OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine and Freshwater Research is 4. 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
Early life-history characteristics of Conger leptocephali in the western South Pacific	147
A grey nurse shark from the Northern Territory of Australia shares a mitochondrial haplotype only recorded from the western Australian population	86
Mapping knowledge structure and research frontiers of underwater acoustic tomography: a scientometric study	27
Leaf morphology affects microplastic entrapment efficiency in freshwater macrophytes	25
A step-by-step guide to ageing octopus	19
Reproductive phenology and the influence of temperature in two sympatric New Zealand freshwater mussel species	19
An archaeological example of Aboriginal management of a hydro-ecological system in the Murray River valley, South Australia	18
Baseline assessment of microplastics and biochemical response of Anadara antiquata as a sentinel species for biomonitoring in Fiji	16
Lobster predation on barren-forming sea urchins is more prevalent in habitats where small urchins are common: a multi-method diet analysis	16
Influence of calcium on the toxicity of saline solutions to the mayfly,	16
Effects of common carp on water quality and submerged vegetation: results from a short-term mesocosm experiment in an artificial wetland	15
Corrigendum to: Unravelling a specialised diet of an Amazonian catfish in a controlled flood-pulse area by combining stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses	14
Age and growth of Pomatomus saltatrix in the south-western Pacific Ocean (eastern Australia), with a global comparison	14
Species-specific trophic enrichment factor of stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes in fish otolith organic matter	13
Residency and movement patterns of juvenile yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis, stocked on estuarine artificial reefs	13
Evaluation and analysis of water-regulation value of ecosystem in Qinghai area of Qilian Mountain National Park, China	13
Corrigendum to: Evaluating management effectiveness of the Moulouya River Estuary Ramsar Site in Morocco: an application of the R-METT tool and implications for conservation	13
Testing the waters to find the ‘goldilocks’ zone: fine-scale movement of	12
When and how much a non-native tree species changes the temporal patterns and biomass of litterfall input in subtropical streams	12
Trophic ecology of sympatric juvenile stingrays within a nursery area	12
Simulating the potential effects of a carp virus fish kill on water quality and phytoplankton in lentic environments	12
Dietary overlap of carcharhinid sharks in the Gulf of Papua	12
Closing the driver–response loop for halting and reversing wetland degradation and loss from agriculture	12
Elevation and land use as drivers of macroinvertebrate functional composition in Afromontane headwater streams	11
An analysis of tomistoma (	11

Mangrove mapping using Sentinel-1 data for improved decision support on sustainable conservation and restoration interventions in the Keta Lagoon Complex Ramsar Site, Ghana	11
Field trials to determine the efficacy of aerators to mitigate hypoxia in inland waterways	11
Stability and change in a changing environment: soft-bottom benthic molluscs in the Peel–Harvey Estuary over 42 years	11
Determining the associated risk of beach-washed logs and their origin at Milman Island, a nesting ground for the endangered hawksbill turtle (	11
Spatial patterns in the cover and composition of macroalgal assemblages on fringing and nearshore coral reefs	11
Using integrative taxonomy to distinguish cryptic halfbeak species and interpret distribution patterns, fisheries landings, and speciation	10
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	10
Community-level effects of ivermectin and moxidectin from cattle dung: zooplankton as study case	10
Ecohydraulic model for designing environmental flows supports recovery of imperilled Murray cod (	10
Contributions of nano- and picophytoplankton to the phytoplankton biomass in Saudi Arabian waters of the Arabian Gulf	9
Genomic population structure of great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) across the Indo-Pacific	9
Knowledge of macrophyte requirements and tolerances holds the key to successful shallow lake restoration – a New Zealand perspective	9
Mahseer conservation in Asia: trends and insights from scientometric analysis	9
Is the Paraíba do Sul River colourful? Prevalence of microplastics in freshwater, south-eastern Brazil	8
Incentive for farmers to save water by confirming the rights to agricultural water in the Yellow River Basin	8
Trophic interactions between native and exotic cichlids in a shallow tropical estuary (Lake Vembanad, India)	8
Unravelling a specialised diet of an Amazonian catfish in a controlled flood-pulse area by combining stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses	8
Estimation of soil loss and sediment yield by using the modified RUSLE model in the Indus River basin, including the quantification of error and uncertainty in remote-sensing images	8
Spatial resolution of shell microchemistry for tracking dispersing pelagic mussels in a large open embayment in northern New Zealand	8
Lipid composition of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Black Sea: fatty acid-based indices as environmental biomarkers	8
Age and growth of the endangered Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) by using microchemical analysis	8
Assessing the aquatic metabolic-balance response to future condition in a Mediterranean site: from an experimental-design perspective	8
Spatial and temporal variations in particulate organic carbon in Indonesian waters over two decades	7
Benthic macroinvertebrates in rivers of agricultural lands in Argentina: the functional diversity response to environmental stress	7
Mismatch between shape changes, early growth, and condition for a temperate reef fish from an oceanic island	7
Corrigendum to: Monitoring tropical freshwater fish with underwater videography and deep learning	7
Early warning and monitoring of the safety risk of coastal nuclear power plant cold source under the stress from Phaeocystis globosa blooms	7
Braiding Indigenous oral histories and habitat mapping to understand urchin barrens in southern New South Wales	7
Presence and abundance of microplastics in edible freshwater mussel (	7
Recognising diversity in wetlands and farming systems to support sustainable agriculture and conserve wetlands	7
Spatio-temporal variations of habitat quality in the Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay, based on LUCC and simulation	7
Assessing trap bias in the endemic Australian genus of freshwater crayfish,	6
Amphipod assemblages associated with native habitat-forming seaweeds of the Alboran Sea: influence by environmental protection and biogeographical patterns	6
Sewage-derived nitrogen dispersal and N-fixation in Port Phillip Bay in south-eastern Australia	6
Recognising the importance of shellfish to First Nations peoples, Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in aquaculture and coastal management in Australia	6
Morphological and phylogenetic analysis of a non-toxic	6
Variation in shell morphology and life-history traits of	6
Widespread exposure of marine parks, whales, and whale sharks to shipping	6
Trophic resources use pathways between two coexisting freshwater shrimp (Palaemon argentinus and Macrobrachium borellii)	6
Environmental conditions on the Pacific halibut fishing grounds obtained from a decade of coastwide oceanographic monitoring, and the potential application of these data in stock analyses	6
Improving the size selectivity of crayfish fyke-net codend, applying the hexagonal mesh and sorting grid	6
Comment on Finlayson	6
A 6-year survey of plastic ingestion by aquatic birds in southern Portugal	6
The aquatic ecological health-state assessment and the influencing mechanism of Poyang Lake	6
Repairing Australia’s inland river and groundwater systems: nine priority actions, benefits and the finance gap	6
Assessing the use of environmental flows and stocking for the persistence of a flow-dependent spawner in a drying climate	6
Hierarchical population genetic structure and signatures of adaptation in Lates calcarifer	6
Fish biodiversity and inferred abundance in a highly valued coastal temperate environment: the inner Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand	6
Geographical variations in genetic group composition, life-history traits, and statolith shape for	5
The revelry of plastic! Quali-quantitative variation of microplastics in freshwater before and after Carnival in south-eastern Brazil	5

The distribution and significance of stingray feeding pits in Quandamooka (Moreton Bay), Australia	5
Trends in Indian Ocean marine fisheries since 1950: synthesis of reconstructed catch and effort data	5
No effects of abiotic and anthropogenic factors on reef-associated neonate shark abundance within a shark nursery-area system	5
Fifty years of criteria development for selecting wetlands of international importance	5
Ramsar on repeat: quantifying US policy action by political party	5
First insights into the vertical habitat use of young porbeagles in the north-western Atlantic with implications for bycatch reduction strategies	5
Variation in boldness behaviour across individuals, sexes and strains of the guppy (	5
Multifaceted effects of bycatch mitigation measures on target or non-target species for pelagic longline fisheries and consideration for bycatch management	5
Effect of climate variability on water quality trends in New Zealand rivers	5
An investigation of genetic connectivity shines a light on the relative roles of isolation by distance and oceanic currents in three diadromous fish species	5
Abundance, distribution and behaviour of humpback whales (	5
The role of environmental factors on beta diversity of periphytic algae in a tropical reservoir	5
Contrasting population structures of freshwater atyid shrimps in Hong Kong and their conservation implications	5
Biology and conservation of the unique and diverse halophilic macroinvertebrates of Australian salt lakes	4
Investigating microplastic contamination and biomagnification in a remote area of South Australia	4
Monitoring tropical freshwater fish with underwater videography and deep learning	4
Effects of age composition of Pacific bluefin tuna on their spatiotemporal distribution of active breeding in the south-western North Pacific and on its recruitment strength	4
Downstream migration of telemetry-tagged adult common galaxias (	4
Co-design and Traditional Owner participation in an assessment of abundance and size of Donax deltoides (garlaany, pipi) in Ngambaa Country, New South Wales, Australia	4
Biodiversity patterns of macrofauna associated with Halodule wrightii (Ascherson) in meadows of north-eastern Brazil	4
Disturbed by pH? Nacre tablet thickness of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) is a poor temperature proxy	4
Influence of hydroperiod on aquatic food-web structure and energy production in a floodplain wetland: implications for environmental flow management	4
Response of turtle hatchlings to light emitting diodes at sea	4
Efficacy of estradiol in feminising the eastern mosquitofish,	4
Molecular ecology of the Javanese ricefish, Oryzias javanicus (Bleeker): genetic divergence along the Indonesian Archipelago	4
Wetlands as social ecological systems, and relationality in the policy domain	4
Fine-scale variability in catch and growth rates of western rock lobsters (	4
Do temperature and water depth influence microcrustacean hatching responses from floodplain wetland sediments?	4
Search for the vulnerable giants: the presence of giant guitarfish and wedgefish in the Karimunjawa National Park and adjacent waters	4
The impact of community water ecological design on promoting health behaviours among the elderly	4
New South Wales rocky reefs are under threat	4
Climate extreme triggers cold-water community rescue	4
Connecting young people to Country through marine turtle conservation: exploring three case studies in Western Australia’s Pilbara region	4
First evidence of multiple paternity and hybridisation in Australian sawsharks	4
A consistent vegetation classification for wetland conservation and management in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	4
SARAS: a tool for the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services in semiarid dam reservoirs	4
Evaluation and empirical study of Happy River on the basis of AHP: a case study of Shaoxing City (Zhejiang, China)	4
Movement patterns of Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) in a northern Murray–Darling Basin dryland river	4
Sources and trophic transfer of trace metals in wild fish from coastal areas in the South China Sea	4
Understanding salt-tolerance and biota–stressor interactions in freshwater invertebrate communities	4
Conventional tagging of sharks in Western Australia: the main commercial species exhibit contrasting movement patterns	4