OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Antarctic Science is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Storytelling, exploration and science at the end of the world	23
Mosses of Cockburn Island plateau, Antarctica	18
Gastropod assemblages associated with Himantothallus grandifolius, Sarcopeltis antarctica and other subtidal macroalgae	18
Assessment of trophic segregation amongst gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) individuals in Antarctica using a non-invasive methodology	17
Habitat selection of southern giant petrels: potential environmental monitors of the Antarctic Peninsula	17
Schroeder Hill, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica: Triassic stratigraphy and Sirius Group glacigenic deposits	17
Seasonal shifts in microbial diversity in the lakes of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica	11
Obituary – Dr Yves Frenot (1958–2022)	10
Soil environmental DNA metabarcoding in low-biomass regions requires protocol optimization: a case study in Antarctica	10
ANS volume 34 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	10
International law, climate change and the Antarctic Treaty System: re-contemplating governance questions apropos of the mounting challenges	9
Impacts of ocean acidification on the palatability of two Antarctic macroalgae and the consumption of a grazer	9
Successful deployment of a large uncrewed aerial vehicle for multidisciplinary science from Rothera Research Station, Antarctica: 2024 season overview and lessons learned	9
Experimental tests of feeding behaviour, dietary breadth and cooperative feeding in a predatory carabid invading sub-Antarctic regions	8
Dealing with insecurities and geopolitics: science diplomacy at the poles	8
Preliminary data on the presence of copper minerals in greenschists from Cape Smith, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica	8
The joys of returning to in-person conferences - in an age of travel judgement	8
Identification of mobile resistome in soils exposed to different impacts in Fildes Peninsula, King George Island	8
New records and updated distributional patterns of macroalgae from the South Shetland Islands and northern Weddell Sea, Antarctica	8
Addressing uncertainty in CCAMLR: an opportunity for Adélie penguins	8
The Chinese Antarctic science programme: origins and development	8
ANS volume 34 issue 6 Cover and Back matter	8
Extremes in Antarctica – the ever more pressing headline?	7
Negotiation, adoption and domestic implementation of the annex on liability to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty	7
Fine-scale phylogenetic diversity gradients support the Antarctic geothermal refugia hypothesis	7

Antibiotic resistance genes and taxa analysis from mat and planktonic microbiomes of Antarctic perennial ice-covered Lake Fryxell and Lake Bonney	7
Researchers on ice? How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Antarctic researchers	7
Microhabitats, macro-differences: a survey of temperature records in Victoria Land terrestrial and freshwater environments	7
Low-temperature investigation of residual water bound in free-living Antarctic Prasiola crispa	6
Evolution of ice rises in the Fimbul Ice Shelf, Dronning Maud Land, over the last millennium	6
A spatial model of Marion Island's palaeo-ice extent	6
Public engagement with Antarctic research: a global survey to understand sector capacity	6
Deadly mushrooms of the genus Galerina found in Antarctica colonized the continent as early as the Pleistocene	6
Rock cairn and items from ‘Operation Windmill’ (January 1948) rediscovered in Bunger Hills, East Antarctica	6
New Spanish volcanic monitoring network for Deception Island (Antarctica)	6
The role of substrate characteristics and temperature for potential non-native plant establishment in Maritime Antarctic ecosystems	5
Communicating the best available science to inform Antarctic policy and management: a practical introduction for researchers	5
Biogeographic affinities of Heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Southern Ocean	5
Assessing cryptic non-fungal eukaryotic diversity associated with rocks at Lions Rump, South Shetland Islands, Maritime Antarctica	5
Do chinstrap penguins use olfactory cues for partner recognition?	5
Assessing physiological and behavioural impacts of unmanned aerial vehicles on chinstrap penguin chicks: an experimental approach	5
Nimble vessel cruises as a complementary platform for Southern Ocean biodiversity research: concept and preliminary results from the Belgica 121 expedition	5
Depositional landforms and sediments in western Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica	5
Sixty-year trends in sulphur dioxide emissions from anthropogenic ground-based sources in Antarctica	5
A chromosome map of Belgica antarctica Jacobs (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Antarctica, including chromosome variability	5
Geochemical characterization of humic acids and humification processes in lake sediments of West Antarctica	5
A Journey in Antarctica: Exploring the Future of the White Continent Sergio Rossi Published by Springer Nature Publishing, Cham, Switzerland (2022) ISBN: 978-3-030-89491-7, xv + 198 pp. USD 27.99 (Har	4
Characterization of coastal habitats and marine benthic communities of the sub-Antarctic Crozet archipelago using underwater imagery	4
Phylogeography of Antarctic soil invertebrate fauna reveals ancient origins, repeated colonization and recent evolution	4
Immigration and emigration in the isolated White Island Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) population	4
The impact of the Neoglacial and other environmental changes on the raised beaches of Joinville Island, Antarctica	4
The nightlife of a Ross seal: diving and haul-out behaviour from the eastern Weddell Sea	4
What factors affect the alpha diversity of microarthropods (Acari, Collembola) on King George Island (Antarctica)?	3
ANS volume 34 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	3
Characterizing the variability of Chlorophyta from McMurdo Dry Valley streams	3
Predicting mire distribution using species distribution models: a case study of the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands	3
Revisiting the bipolarity of Roaldia revoluta (Mitt.) P.E.A.S. Câmara & Carv.-Silva (Bryophyta, Pylaisiaceae)	3
Time-lapse recording of yearly activity of the sea star Odontaster validus and the sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri in Tethys Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica)	3
Low-cost preventative measures can effectively mitigate microplastic release from scientific research facilities in Antarctica	3
The risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Southern Ocean: a practical guide for operators and scientists interacting with wildlife	3
Ireland and the Antarctic Treaty System	3
ANS volume 34 issue 5 Cover and Front matter	3
Absence of Wolbachia in the sub-Antarctic midge, Eretmoptera murphyi (Diptera: Chironomidae)	2
Extreme cold (−69.1°C) in the McMurdo Dry Valleys	2
Geological insights from the newly discovered granite of Sif Island between Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers	2
Antarctic science in Chile: a bibliometric analysis of scientific productivity during the 2009–2019 period	2
Extreme precipitation event at the Ross Ice Shelf during the 1911–1912 South Pole run	2
Palaeo-environmental significance of evaporative calcite crusts in the Untersee Oasis, East Antarctica	2
Cold-loving microorganisms in Antarctic glaciers: a review of South Shetland archipelago glaciers	2
Assessing aerial biodiversity over Keller Peninsula, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica, using DNA metabarcoding	2
Retrospective modelling of air pollution due to the operation of scientific stations in Antarctica: an experience of reanalysis	2
ANS volume 34 issue 5 Cover and Back matter	2
Behavioural responses of two penguin species to simulated tourist activities: do nesting sites’ size and position matter?	2
‘I walk a lonely road’: solitary seals have fewer lice	2
Obituary: Bill Block (1937–2023)	2

The emerging contribution of Türkiye to Antarctic science and policy	2
First report of vivipary in Deschampsia antarctica: a new insight into Antarctic plant reproductive strategies	2
Assessing the relationship between viruses and protists and their role in dimethylsulphoniopropionate release in Antarctic surface microlayers	2
Exchanged time in shared isolation: circulation of debt in Antarctica	2
Analysing the trends of research contributions and scientific collaboration networks working in Antarctic science: a look to the production of the Spanish programme honouring the memory of Andrés Barb	2
Thirty-five years of Spanish atmospheric observations at Livingston and Deception islands, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica	2
Findings and challenges in understanding the impacts of human-induced trampling on Antarctic edaphic microbial communities and their recovery potential – CORRIGENDUM	1
Leucistic Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) observations in Erebus Bay, Antarctica	1
ANS volume 34 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	1
Resolving uncertainty in historical observations of the Adélie penguin breeding distribution in southern Prydz Bay, East Antarctica	1
Prediction of subglacial lake melt source regions from site characteristics	1
Antarctic and Arctic science in the classroom and for society	1
The June 2022 extreme warm event in central West Antarctica	1
Thermal regimes and phases of surface temperature in Livingston and Deception islands, Antarctica, 2007–2021: influence of snow cover and implications for frozen ground	1
Public support for Antarctic science: lessons from a national survey of Australians	1
A paradise for Maldane sarsi antarctica : preliminary characterization of the marine soft-bottom fauna of False Bay (Livingston Island, South Shetland Is	1
The policy-law-science nexus in the Antarctic	1
Advancing Antarctic climate change policy: upcoming opportunities for scientists and policymakers to work together	1
Amphipod diversity and metabolomics of the Antarctic spongeDendrilla antarctica	1
Testing a low-cost ultrasonic sensor to monitor snow depth under harsh Antarctic weather conditions in the South Shetland Islands	1
Seismic exploration of the sea floor using fin whale songs and seismic airguns in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica	1
Spatial and temporal dynamics of surface water physicochemical parameters and the influence of atmospheric conditions in Admiralty Bay, Antarctic Peninsula	1
Divergent responses of Pygoscelis penguins to unfavourable weather conditions in the South Shetland Islands	1
Formal recognition of extinct Antarctic polar forests as a distinct biome	1
Submarine volcanic edifices in the Bransfield Strait (Antarctica): towards a unified toponymy	1
The distribution of lichens and mosses at Edward VII Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica	1
Isolation and characterization of a novel laccase from an Antarctic thermophilic Geobacillus	1
The geology of Alexander Island (Antarctic Peninsula): a new 1:500 000 geological map	1
Microsatellite locus development in the seaweed Plocamium sp.	1
Triassic silicified peat from the Rennick Glacier area, north Victoria Land, Antarctica	1
Permafrost and ground-ice conditions in the Untersee Oasis, Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica	1
ANS volume 34 issue 1 Cover and Back matter	1