OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Antarctic Science is 3. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Antarctica	36
Checklist of the species of notothenioid fishes	30
Extreme summer marine heatwaves increase chlorophyll a in the Southern Ocean	24
Optimization of phenol degradation by Antarctic bacteriumRhodococcussp.	18
The price of cumulative human activities in the Antarctic	16
Detection and community-level identification of microbial mats in the McMurdo Dry Valleys using drone-based hyperspectral reflectance imaging	15
Further evidence that Antarctic toothfish are important to Weddell seals	13
Assessing colonies of Antarctic shags by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at South Shetland Islands, Antarctica	11
Evolution of the Cook Ice Cap (Kerguelen Islands) between the last centuries and 2100 ce based on cosmogenic dating and glacio-climatic modelling	10
Taxonomy 2.0: computer-aided identification tools to assist Antarctic biologists in the field and in the laboratory	9
Contrasting responses of land-terminating glaciers to recent climate variations in King George Island, Antarctica	9
Interannual variability of hydrographic properties in Potter Cove during summers between 2010 and 2017	9
Lithostratigraphy, age and distribution of Eocene volcanic sequences on eastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica	9
Gastropod assemblages associated with Himantothallus grandifolius, Sarcopeltis antarctica and other subtidal macroalgae	9
Species distribution modelling of the Southern Ocean benthos: a review on methods, cautions and solutions	8
National Antarctic Program responses to fieldwork sexual harassment	8
Exploring the plant environmental DNA diversity in soil from two sites on Deception Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands) using metabarcoding	8
A lithostratigraphical and chronological study of Oligocene-Miocene sequences on eastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands (Antarctica), and correlation of glacial episodes with global isotop	8
Anthropogenic effects on the marine environment adjacent to Palmer Station, Antarctica	8
The need for increased protection of Antarctica's inland waters	8
High-resolution spatial distribution ofpCO₂in the coastal Southern Ocean in late spring	7
A debris-covered glacier at Kerguelen (49°S, 69°E) over the past 15 000 years	7
Status and short-term environmental changes of lakes in the area of Devil's Bay, Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula	6
Growth and longevity of the Antarctic scallopAdamussium colbeckiunder annual and multiannual sea ice	6
Cryostratigraphy of mid-Miocene permafrost at Friis Hills, McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica	6

Experimental warming of bryophytes increases the population density of the nematode Plectus belgicae in maritime Antarctica	5
Genetic diversity in clustered colonies of an Antarctic marine mesopredator: a role for habitat quality?	5
A bathymetric compilation of the Cape Darnley region, East Antarctica	5
Seasonal hydrological and suspended sediment transport dynamics and their future modelling in the Orwell Glacier proglacial stream, Signy Island, Antarctica	5
Episodic basin-scale soil moisture anomalies associated with high relative humidity events in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica	5
Habitat selection of southern giant petrels: potential environmental monitors of the Antarctic Peninsula	5
Dealing with insecurities and geopolitics: science diplomacy at the poles	4
Climate and energy balance of the ground in University Valley, Antarctica	4
Can mandible morphology help predict feeding habits in Antarctic amphipods?	4
Eukarya biodiversity in the Thala Hills, East Antarctica	4
Habitat severity characteristics structure soil communities at regional and local spatial scales along the Antarctica Peninsula	4
Can classic biological invasion hypotheses be applied to reported cases of non-native terrestrial species in the Maritime Antarctic?	4
Valley-floor snowfall in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, from 1995 to 2017: spring, summer and autumn	4
Foraging patterns of Antarctic minke whales in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea	4
Periphyton diversity in two different Antarctic lakes assessed using metabarcoding	4
Microhabitats, macro-differences: a survey of temperature records in Victoria Land terrestrial and freshwater environments	4
New determinations of tides on the north-western Ross Ice Shelf	4
Yeasts from the Maritime Antarctic: tools for industry and bioremediation	4
Harnessing Erebus volcano's thermal energy to power year-round monitoring	4
Renewables in Antarctica: an assessment of progress to decarbonize the energy matrix of research facilities	4
Seasonal shifts in microbial diversity in the lakes of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica	3
A tool to evaluate accessibility due to sea-ice cover: a case study of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica	3
Influence of heavy metals on the occurrence of Antarctic soil microalgae	3
Who should work in Antarctica? An exploration of the individual, social and cultural aspects of expeditioner recruitment	3
Bacteriophages and their microbial hosts in terrestrial biotopes of Antarctica	3
Isolation and characterization of a novel laccase from an Antarctic thermophilic Geobacillus	3
Shape, condition and diet of the pike icefish Champsocephalus esox (Teleostei: Channichthyidae): evidence of phenotypic plasticity?	3
Purified proteases of two Antarctic bacteria: from screening to characterization	3
First glaciological investigations at Ridge B, central East Antarctica	3
Diversity in polar science: promoting inclusion through our daily words and actions	3
The effectiveness of Virkon® S disinfectant against an invasive insect and implications for Antarctic biosecurity practices	3
Advancing Antarctic climate change policy: upcoming opportunities for scientists and policymakers to work together	3
Soil environmental DNA metabarcoding in low-biomass regions requires protocol optimization: a case study in Antarctica	3
Brazil in Antarctica: 40 years of science	3
Experimental determination of reflectance spectra of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Scotia Sea	3
Ice-free valleys in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica: glacial geomorphology, geochronology and potential as palaeoenvironmental archives	3
Salinity response to atmospheric forcing of the Terra Nova Bay polynya, Antarctica	3
Diatom communities differ among Antarctic moss and lichen vegetation types	3
Vertical zonation of benthic invertebrates in the intertidal zone of Antarctica (Admiralty Bay, King George Island)	3