OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine Policy is 41. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The implications of the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness (IPMDA) in the South China Sea: A Chinese perspective	115
Understanding vulnerability and sustainable livelihood factors from coastal residents in Taiwan	91
Towards a combined human-natural system approach in the Northern Red Sea Region: Ecological challenges, sustainable development, and community engagement	91
Roles for advisory science in the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)	85
The French procurement transformations: A historical perspective over sovereignty and innovation	77
Who is likely to have illegal eel products after the market regulations? A best-worst scaling approach	69
Marine reserves and resilience in the era of COVID-19	68
Human rights at sea: The limits of inter-state cooperation in addressing forced labour on fishing vessels	67
Passive acoustic monitoring for assessing marine mammals population in European waters: Workshop conclusions and perspectives	65
Scalar politics in transboundary fisheries management: The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission as an eco-scalar fix for South Pacific albacore tuna management	64
Short and long-term solutions for mitigating black carbon emissions in Arctic shipping: Implications for stakeholders	60
Legal assessment of BIMCO’s infectious or contagious diseases (IOCD) clauses for voyage and time charter parties	59
Faroe Islands Fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic: Brexit, Russia, and economic incoherence	54
Irregular migration and its impact on the marine environment: Legal aspects	53
Operational oceanography as a distinct activity from marine scientific research under UNCLOS? – An analysis of WMO Resolution 45 (Cg-18)	53
The ecological and socioeconomic implications of future total allowable catch decisions and illegal fishing scenarios for South Africa’s West Coast rock lobster fishery	52
An evaluation of coastal resilience policies in Anglophone West Africa through a regional comparative analysis	51
Evolution of support policies for the development of distant-water fishing bases in China: Review, performance, challenges and prospects	51
Internationalization of EIA rules in the BBNJ Agreement: Impediments and possible solutions	50
Policy impacts of intellectual property and academic research trends in marine-derived collagen and chitin/chitosan value chains	50
A social cost-benefit analysis of shellfish beds on the Dutch coast as a nature-based measure against climate change	50
A new cold war at sea: Fishing rights vs. the proliferation of military activities in the EEZ	48
Harvest strategies and allocation – A chicken and egg scenario?	47
The current developments and impact of land reclamation control in China	47
Regulation of the Caribbean red snapper fishery on the Amazon continental shelf: 60 years of conflict between conservation and exploitation	46

Management of spatial data integrity including stakeholder feedback in Maritime Spatial Planning	45
Equitable pathways for sustainable tuna fisheries management in the Indian Ocean	44
A review of migrant labour rights protection in distant water fishing in Taiwan: From laissez-faire to regulation and challenges behind	44
Biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices: Current status and future prospects	44
Financing decarbonization through wind-powered vessels	44
Over 30 years of monitoring and implementing the Bern Convention's recommendations for the protection of Mediterranean sea turtles	44
UNCLOS and its contributions to the development of international law: An editorial note	43
An Analysis of Policy Options Available to the International Maritime Organization to Protect the Costa Rica Thermal Dome: Building the Case for a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area	43
Is Maritime Spatial Planning a tool to mitigate the impacts of underwater noise? A review of adopted and upcoming maritime spatial plans in Europe	43
International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects	42
Towards non-entangling and biodegradable drifting fish aggregating devices – Baselines and transition in the world’s largest tuna purse seine fishery	42
Understanding the link between climate change adaptation and household food security among shrimp farmers in Indonesia	42
The oyster fishery in China: Trend, concerns and solutions	42
Seafarers in fishing: A year into the COVID-19 pandemic	41
Pescatourism’s contribution to the management effectiveness of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) of “Taza” (Algeria, Southwestern Mediterranean)	41
Integrating cultural and natural heritage approaches to Marine Protected Areas in the MENA region	41
Mapping fisheries value chains to facilitate their sustainability assessment: Case studies in The Gambia and Mali	41