OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Sea Research is 6. 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
Editorial Board	40
Tidally driven porewater exchange and the key affecting factors in mangroves in the Pearl River Estuary, China	36
Distribution, source, and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface sediments from Dingzi Bay, China	32
Environmental concentrations of antifouling biocides affect cell proliferation, possibly by a synergic interaction	32
Nutrient regeneration from riverine high-molecular-weight dissolved organic matter through marine bacterial decomposition in a eutrophic coastal system: The Ariake Sea, Japan	28
Distribution of Ulva prolifera, the dominant species in green tides along the Jiangsu Province coast in the Southern Yellow Sea, China	27
A novel metaheuristic approach for AGVs resilient scheduling problem with battery constraints in automated container terminal	25
Testing the applicability of marine biotic indices for ecological quality in the northern East China Sea	25
Systematic review of a RAMSAR wetland and UNESCO biosphere reserve in a climate change hotspot (Ichkeul Lake, Tunisia)	25
Guardians of the seabed: Nature-inclusive design of scour protection in offshore wind farms enhances benthic diversity	24
Mussel reefs promote taxonomic biodiversity and host a unique assemblage of mobile marine fauna in a coastal area of poor ecological status	24
Editorial Board	23
Predicting the impacts of environmental variability on phytoplankton communities of a sub-tropical estuary	20
Effect of selected environmental factors on microalgae diversity and abundance in Gazi Bay, south coast Kenya	19
Does Spartina invasion affect the carbohydrate assimilation of polychaetes in mangroves? A case study in the Zhangjiang Estuary Mangrove National Nature Reserve	19
The role of financial development in improving marine living resources towards sustainable blue economy	18
Study on microplastic pollution in the coastal seawaters of selected regions along the northern coast of Kerala, southwest coast of India	18
Abnormal high water temperature prediction in nearshore waters around the Korean Peninsula using ECMWF ERA5 data and a deep learning model	17
Long-term biogeochemical variations in the southern South China Sea and adjacent seas: A model data analysis	17
Feeding habits of Bryde's and sei whales in the western North Pacific inferred from stomach contents and skin stable isotope ratios	16
Feasibility study for kelp afforestation in the German Bight: Habitat availability and light requirements of Laminaria hyperborea	16
Accelerated land loss and nuisance flooding potential in the Barataria Basin: The impacts of land subsidence, sea-level rise, and tidal dynamics	16
Using acoustic telemetry to locate flatfish spawning areas: Estuarine migrations of turbot Scophthalmus maximus and European flounder Platichthys flesus	15
Environmental and human health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Musa estuary (northwest of Persian Gulf), Iran	15
Multi-decade changes in the condition index of adult Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in response to climate in a US west coast estuary	14

Chemostratigraphy and source of mercury in the Tropical Western Pacific over the past 600 kyr	14
Integrated ecosystem management and regulation strategies in the South China Sea	14
Research on the spatial evolution of resources and sustainable development of the spatial environment for the development of marine cities	14
Drivers of growth in a keystone fished species along the European Atlantic coast: The common cockle Cerastoderma edule	14
Spring soil CO2 and CH4 emissions in the Yellow River Delta wetland, China	14
Surface manifestation characteristics of internal solitary waves observed by GCOM-C/SGLI imagery	13
Joint monitoring programme of ambient noise North Sea (Jomopans): Opinion paper on continuous noise pollution	13
Microplastics in the tropical Northwestern Pacific Ocean and the Indonesian seas	12
A novel quality control method of time-series ocean wave observation data combining deep-learning prediction and statistical analysis	12
Design of a new composite underwater hull cleaning robot	12
Isotopic niche and niche overlap in benthic crustacean and demersal fish associated to the bottom trawl fishing in south-central Chile	12
Assessing the coastal protection role of seagrass meadows along a barrier beach, southern Romanian coast	11
An analysis of the linkage between marine industry and regional economy – Taking the three coastal economic zones as an example	11
Sand-capping stabilizes muddy sediment and improves benthic light conditions in eutrophic estuaries: Laboratory verification and the potential for recovery of eelgrass (Zostera marina)	11
Understanding the shift in bacterial community structure in response to antibiotic pollution and rise in antibiotic resistant genes within Dapeng Cove sea, China	11
Planktonic ciliate community structure and its distribution in the oxygen minimum zones in the Bay of Bengal (eastern Indian Ocean)	10
Sustainable synergistic development of marine economic degree growth and marine art industry	10
Marine indicators of climate change in the Azov Sea ecosystem	10
Application of gradient boosting machine in satellite-derived bathymetry using Sentinel-2 data for accurate water depth estimation in coastal environments	10
Spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton dynamics in-relation to essential oceanographic variables in the south east coast of Bangladesh	9
Taxonomic and functional patterns of macrobenthic communities on a high Arctic shelf: A case study from the East Siberian Sea	9
Representative residual transport pathways in a mixed-energy open tidal system	9
One new species of Oxyonchus ( ) (Enoplida: Nematoda) from the Yellow Sea of China	9
The challenge of harvesting common sole (Solea solea) in highly selective trawl fisheries	9
Intra-individual variability in biochemical constituents and fatty acid composition of adult jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the southeastern Pacific Ocean	9
Food for thought: A realistic perspective on the potential for offshore aquaculture in the Dutch North Sea	9
Influence of restored mussel reefs on denitrification in marine sediments	9
A new method for enhancing signatures of ocean surface waves in nautical X-band radar images	9
Evaluation of light traps for sampling lobster larvae in the German Bight, North Sea	9
Genetic diversity and population structure of Artemia franciscana from southeast coast of India	9
Copepod and monogenean infection of fish under sea surface temperature anomalies	9
Crustaceans of the Northwest Pacific Ocean: Species richness and distribution patterns	8
Seasonal and intra-seasonal variations of surface hydrological parameters over North Yellow Sea and its implications for applicability of quasi-synchronous ship-based multi-station hydrological invest	8
Spatial and temporal changes of water environmental factors and water quality assessment in coastal waters of Jiangsu Province	8
Assessing thornback ray growth pattern in different areas of Western-Central Mediterranean Sea through a Multi-Model Inference analysis	8
Satellite observed oceanographic drivers of Mobulidae fisheries catch in the Southeast Indian Ocean	8
Changes in the marine biosphere of the Northwest Pacific and the Central Indo-Pacific observed via Earth Observation data (EO data used for NWP and CIP biosphere)	8
Production of dimethylsulfoniopropionate, dimethylsulfide and acrylic acid from marine microalgae	8
Footprints of fishing vessels in Chinese waters based on automatic identification system data	8
Bathymetry of shallow coastal environment using multi-spectral passive data under rapid sea–level change	8
Responses of nematodes to oil contamination in a mangrove sediment: A microcosm study	8
Spatiotemporal analysis of marine environmental influence on the distribution of chub mackerel in the Northwest Pacific Ocean based on geographical and temporal weighted regression	8
Characteristics of foraminiferal communities in the western Clarion–Clipperton Zone revealed by eDNA metabarcoding	8
Coupled model to predict wave-induced liquefaction and morphological changes	8
Incorrect identification of invasive Indo-Pacific member of the bivalve genus Mytilopsis can affect construction of molecular phylogenies	7
Lateral changes of crustal extension and passive margin type along the Brazilian southeastern margin	7
Diel activity patterns of rocky shore macroinvertebrates in the northern Baltic Sea	7
Assessing habitat microscale conditions underlying with mortality and survival of Pinna nobilis in the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (SE Spain)	7
Modulation effects of different dissolved nitrogen compositions on the phytoplankton community structure based on combined field experiments and the NbPD model in Jiaozhou Bay	7
Imposex and ecological quality status in Stramonita brasiliensis (Claremount & Reid, 2011): A temporal (2007 to 2018) and spatial evaluation on the southeastern coast of Brazil	7

Plicopurpura patula and Monoplex parthenopeus (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda): New evidence of the tropicalization of the Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic)	7
Model and prediction relationship of sound velocity and porosity of seafloor sediments	7
Diet of eiders and body condition change from the late 1980s to the mid 2010s	6
A Video Plankton Recorder user guide: Lessons learned from in situ plankton imaging in shallow and turbid coastal waters in the Belgian part of the North Sea	6
Morphological evolution of Indus shelf region under the influence of hydrodynamic conditions in 20th century	6
No evidence that the Atlantic jackknife clam Ensis leei benefits from shrimp fisheries	6
Examining effects of sample concentration on estimates of live phytoplankton abundance	6
Editorial Board	6
A scientometric review of climate change and research on crabs	6
Trophic inferences of the gray triggerfish Balistes capriscus based on stable isotopes analyses, in the Colombian Caribbean	6
Improving phytoplankton abundance estimation accuracy for autonomous microscopic imaging systems	6
Residual circulation and freshwater retention within an event-driven system of intertidal basins	6
Editorial Board	6
Prediction of abnormal proliferation risk of Phaeocystis globosa based on correlation mining of PC concentration indicator and meteorological factors along Qinzhou Bay, Guangxi	6
China's island management system based on qualitative content analysis: The choice between development and conservation	6
The impact of marine industrial structure rationalization on marine economic growth	6
Description and discrimination of sagittae otoliths of two sympatric labrisomid blennies Auchenionchus crinitus and Auchenionchus microcirrhis using morphometric analyses	6
Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary processes since the last glacial maximum in Nha Phu Bay and adjacent shelf, central Vietnam	6
Spatial variation and mechanism of the dissolved/particulate organic carbon partitioning of seawater adjacent to the mangrove in Zhangjiang Estuary	6
Accelerated Ocean thermal expansion and its contribution to Global Sea-level rise	6
Monitoring of ichthyoplanktonic community at the Doce River mouth and adjacent marine region in Southeast Brazil after Fundão dam collapse	6
Diversity and distribution of archaeal and bacterial nitrifiers in deep oceans	6
Analysis of the effect of salt processing on microplastic residues in crushed and washed sea salt	6