OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Phycology 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Buoyancy control of Microcystis using different light regimes combined with extracellular polysaccharides and cationic ions	43
Polylactic acid/microalgal biopolymer synthesis: a complete process including the optimization of microalgae and biopolymer characterization	42
Biodiversity of Tehran freshwater cyanobacteria and remote sensing analysis of reservoirs	23
Structural colour in the brown algal genus Sporochnus (Sporochnales, Phaeophyceae)	23
Workshops	15
Hidden diversity of Chlorococcum (Chlorophyta) in a shallow temporary freshwater lake: description of Chlorococcum szentendrense sp. nov	14
Optimizing the biomass balance of macroalgae and sea urchins in kelp beds by removing the urchins	11
Dynamic Cell Imaging: application to the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum under environmental stresses	11
New genera of thin homocyted cyanobacteria from Brazilian tropical and subtropical marine islands	8
Tracing the introduction of Dictyota acutiloba (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with a reassessment of its geographic distribution	8
Microscopic life stages of Arctic kelp differ in their resilience and reproductive output in response to Arctic seasonality	7
Temporal model of photosynthesis by measuring the instantaneous photosynthetic rate of cyanobacteria under pulsed light	7
Comparative FISH mapping of 45S and 5S rDNA in the genus Gambierdiscus advances understanding of the cytogenetic diversity and mitosis of dinoflagellates	7
Ice-ice disease in cultivated eucheumatoid seaweeds: The perspectives of farmers	7
Eighth European Phycological Congress Programme	7
Mallomonas enigmata sp. nov. (Synurales, Chrysophyceae), an Eocene fossil species with a second and unique scale morphotype attached to its cyst	7
Assessing grazing of Rugulopteryx okamurae (Ochrophyta) by the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata): a prospect for the biocon	7
Paradoxical failure of Laminaria ochroleuca (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) to consolidate a kelp forest inside a Marine National Park	6
Enhanced reducing sugar production and extraction for Chlorella vulgaris in mixotrophic cultivation using high hydrostatic pressure processing and ultrasound	6
Rare earth elements in brown algae of the genus Cystoseira (Phaeophyceae) (Black Sea)	6
Plenary lectures	6
First observation of a Pyrodinium bahamense bloom in the Gulf of Aden, Djibouti: morpho-molecular characterization and spatio-temporal abundance	5
Desmodesmus pseudoperforatus sp. nov., a giant in Desmodesmus , series Maximi	5
Detection of the widespread presence of the genus Ansanella along the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean Sea) and the description of Ansanella catalana sp. nov. (Dinophyceae)	5
Extraction of high purity and quality C-phycocyanin with high antioxidant activity from bulk culture biomass of Arthrospira platensis EGE MACC38	5

History and advances in the taxonomy of the Bangiaceae (Rhodophyta) and new evidence to support splitting the genus Pyropia	5
An insight into the cryptic diversity of Fragilariaceae (Bacillariophyta), with the description of a new Antarctic species, Gedaniella antarctica sp. nov.	5
Linking new DNA sequence data to old scientific names of Parvodinium (Peridiniopsidaceae, Dinophyceae)	5
A European biobanking strategy for safeguarding macroalgal genetic material to ensure food security, biosecurity and conservation of biodiversity	5
Correction	5
Non-indigenous seaweeds in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Macaronesia: a critical synthesis of diversity, spatial and temporal patterns	5
The production of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) by cyanobacteria isolated from biocrusts in Sejzi Plain, Iran, and their contribution to UVB stress tolerance	5
First records of the non-indigenous green algal species Siphonocladus tropicus (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta) and Caulerpa integerrima (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea	5
Genetic and phenotypic intra-species diversity of alga Tisochrysis lutea reveals original genetic structure and domestication potential	4
Studies on lactose utilization by the microalga Graesiella emersonii in the 3N-BBM-V model medium	4
Complete chloroplast genome of the green algaChaetophora lobata(Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta): morphological features and phylogenetic and comparative analysis	4
Seasonal ecophysiology of Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) in the Northern Baltic Sea	4
Clarifying confusion – Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller and Prorocentrum redfieldii Bursa (Prorocentrales, Dinophyceae) are two different species	4
Taxonomic updates in the family Leptolyngbyaceae (Leptolyngbyales, Cyanobacteria): the description of Pseudoleptolyngbya gen. nov, Leptolyngbyopsis	4
Genetic affiliations of miniaturized species and morphotypes within the Fucus genus (Phaeophyceae, Fucales)	4
Diversity of algae and cyanobacteria from biological soil crusts in the high Arctic (Svalbard) along two different moisture gradients	3
Local adaptation of juvenile giant kelp,Macrocystis pyrifera, from their southern limit in the northern hemisphere explored using reciprocal transplantation	3
Antiviral effects of Sarcodia suae water extracts against vesicular stomatitis virus infection	3
A novel sexual system in male gametophytes of Laminaria pallida (Phaeophyceae)	3
Programmed cell death in the coccoid green microalga Ankistrodesmus densus Korshikov (Sphaeropleales, Selenastraceae)	3
Structural colour in Asparagopsis taxiformis (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta) and its possible role in communicative functions	3
Revival of Philozoon Geddes for host-specialized dinoflagellates, ‘zooxanthellae’, in animals from coastal temperate zones of northern and southern hemispheres	3
Biogeography of six species in the planktonic diatom genus Bacteriastrum (Bacillariophyta)	2
Physiological characterisation of the calcified algaCorallina officinalis(Rhodophyta) from the leading to trailing edge in the Northeast Atlantic	2
Taxonomic revision of Dictyosiphon (Ectocarpales s.l., Phaeophyceae) from the north-western Pacific, with descriptions of D. asiaticus sp. nov. and D. sparsus sp. nov	2
Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Parietochloris toyamaensis sp. nov. and P. bilobata (Trebouxiophyceae)	2
Geography and climate drive the distribution and diversification of the cosmopolitan cyanobacterium Microcoleus (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria)	2
Cell fine structure and phylogeny of Parvodinium: towards an ultrastructural characterization of the Peridiniopsidaceae (Dinophyceae)	2
Insight into the morphology and genetic diversity of theChaetoceros tenuissimus(Bacillariophyta) species complex	2
Seasonality of phytoplankton community and dynamics of autotrophic carbon in a cold temperate port (Argentina)	2
Revisiting the free-living Trebouxia strains of the Coimbra Collection of Algae (ACOI): Trebouxia valentina sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Ch	1
Taxonomic revision of Tinocladia (Ectocarpales s.l ., Phaeophyceae): merger of Tinocladia with	1
The pH tolerance range of the airborne species Tetracystis vinatzeri (Chlorophyceae, Chlamydomonadales)	1
Diversity, systematics and biogeography of French Polynesian Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae)	1
First draft of an annotated genome for a lichenised strain of the green alga Diplosphaera chodatii (Prasiolales, Trebouxiophyceae)	1
Mitochondrial genome structure, phylogenetic analyses and substitution rate estimation of the Oedogoniales	1
Physiological impact of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) on the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa	1
Two new species of Pyramimonas (Pyramimonadophyceae, Chlorophyta) associated with the subgenus Trichocystis from coral lagoons of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan	1
Assessment of nine markers for phylogeny, species and haplotype identification of Kappaphycus species and Eucheuma denticulatum (Solieriac	1
Transfer of Pilinia from Ectocarpales to Ishigeales (Phaeophyceae) with proposal of Piliniaceae fam. nov., and taxonomy of Porterinema in Ectocarpales	1
Morphology and phylogeny of two new Thalassiosiroid taxa (Bacillariophyceae), with two marginal rimoportulae	1
Genomic analysis of the lectotype specimens of European Ulva rigida and Ulva lacinulata (Ulvaceae, Chlorophyta) reveals the ongoing misapplication of names	1
Taxonomic relationship between two small-sized Chaetoceros species (Bacillariophyta): C. tenuissimus and C. salsugineus, and comparison with C. olympicus sp. nov. from Cata	1
Isotopic and biochemical composition of Western Mediterranean macroalgae	1
Regional microbiome differentiation of the invasiveSargassum muticum(Fucales, Phaeophyceae) follows the generalist host hypothesis across the North East Atlantic	1
Prevalence and seasonal variation of Olpidiopsis porphyrae (Oomycota) infecting red algal Bangiales from the Southern Pacific	1
Species delimitation within the colonial flagellates Uroglena, Uroglenopsis and Urostipulosphaera (Chrysophyceae)	1
Diversity of the genusAvrainvillea(Dichotomosiphonaceae, Chlorophyta): new insights and eight new species	1
Freezing and desiccation tolerance in the Antarctic bangiophyte Pyropia endiviifolia (Rhodophyta): a chicken and egg problem?	1
Symposia: posters	1

Molecular diversity of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae) in Russia	1
DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights inCystoseiras.l. (Phaeophyceae)	1