OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Limnology 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Realizing the global presence of microplastics in urban lakes	25
Takayuki Hanazato (1957–2021) in memoriam	19
Application of environmental DNA metabarcoding in a lake with extensive algal blooms	13
Spatial pattern of freshwater habitats and their prioritization using additive partitions of beta diversity of inhabitant piscine assemblages in the Terai–Dooars ecoregion of Eastern Himalayas	13
Route selection by fish during post-spate movement in a braided river: a potential effect on local assemblages	12
Saline lakes of Transbaikalia (Russia): limnology and diversity of plankton communities	11
Heavy metals in surface waters of Laguna de Bay, Philippines: current levels and trends	11
Temporal dynamics of Chironomid (Diptera) diversity under flood–drought pulses in a shallow tropical floodplain lake	11
Hydrography of Crater Lake of Isabel Island, Nayarit, México	10
Hovenia dulcis Thunb. (Rhamnaceae) invasion in the riparian zone alters the dynamics and decomposition of organic matter in subtropical streams, but not of associated invertebrate assemblages	8
Interspecific interactions between coexisting Siberian and Ezo salamander larvae examined by stable isotope analyses	7
Biomonitoring of freshwater lentic habitats using desmids	7
Ecological advantage of polarized light pollution: positive effect of a dark lake patch at a canal inflow on habitat of non-biting midges	7
New data on morphology, distribution, and relationship of two Asian endemics Netzelia tuberspinifera and Netzelia mulanensis (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) co-existing in the largest natural freshwater lake	7
Biodiversity, distribution and production of macrozoobenthos communities in the saline Chernavka River (Lake Elton basin, South-West Russia)	7
The first report of the non-indigenous Chydorus brevilabris Frey, 1980 (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Asian freshwaters	6
How the morphology of two closely related riverine sympatric species are reflected in ecological niche overlapping? A case study of two Capoeta species	5
On the taxonomic richness, evenness and divergence of periphytic algae in Amazon streams	5
A 40-year numerical experiment of circulations in Lake Biwa (1): summer gyre systems	5
Taxonomic re-evaluation of the Brachionus calyciflorus species complex (Rotifera) in Japanese freshwaters	5
Effect of increasing temperature on periphyton accrual under controlled environmental conditions	5
Simple extraction and analysis of environmental DNA using glass fibers in suspension form	4
Vertical mixing and oxygen flux caused by daily sea breezes in a shallow stratified lake	4
Growth and grazing mortality of Synechococcus during its summer bloom in a brackish hypertrophic lake (Lake Sanaru, Japan)	4
The effects of presence of macrophytes on resource uptake by phytoplankton and zooplankton in a tropical reservoir	4

Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages detect the consequences of a sewage spill: a case study of a South American environmental challenge	4
Construction of an isoscape of the strontium isotope ratios of the entire Nagara River in central Japan	4
Water hyacinth infestation in Lake Tana, Ethiopia: a review of population dynamics	4
Acknowledgement to reviewers	4
Nematode fauna associated with freshwater microbialites in Bacalar Lake, Quintana Roo, Mexico	4
Eddy-covariance measurements of turbulent fluxes across the oxygen-depleted benthic layer in a shallow stratified lake	3
Correction: Redescription of Utaperla orientalis (Plecoptera, Chroloperlidae) from Hokkaido: the first record of a Utaperla stonefly in Japan	3
Absorption properties of dissolved organic matter in East Asian temperate lakes	3
Establishment of environmental DNA method for detecting invasive African-clawed frogs in Japan	3
A study on the coloration mechanism of Ao-ike Pond, Aomori Prefecture, Japan: refinement of the image analysis methods	3
Influence of environmental settings, including vegetation, on speciation of the redox-sensitive elements in the sediments of monomictic Lake Kinneret	3
Forest expansion affects Odonata assemblage in floodplain: a case study in the Kiso River, central Japan	3
Biogeochemical characteristics of the Hövsgöl–Ustilimsk water system in Mongolia and Russia: the effect of environmental factors on dissolved chemical components	2
Characteristics of streambed morphology at reach and unit scales in a sandstone-dominated headstream area of the Kantō Range	2
Can botanic gardens serve as refuges for taxonomic and functional diversity of Odonata? The case of the botanic garden of Castilla–La Mancha (Spain)	2
Closed-circuit hypolimnetic withdrawal and treatment: impact of effluent discharge on epilimnetic P and N concentrations	2
The presence of macrophytes changes the beta diversity of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) assemblages in Cerrado streams in Northeastern Brazil	2
Antibiotic resistance of fecal indicator bacteria from fishponds and nearby water sources in the Ayeyarwady Delta region of Myanmar	2
A study on spatio-temporal variations in physicochemical parameters and ciliate community structure of three freshwater bodies from Delhi, India	2
Temporal patterns of alpha and beta diversities of microzooplankton in a eutrophic tidal river in the eastern Amazon	2
Impacts of a floating photovoltaic system on temperature and water quality in a shallow tropical reservoir	2
Water temperature and some water quality in Lake Toba, a tropical volcanic lake	2
Biological traits analysis of free-living nematodes as indicators of environmental quality at Lake Bacalar, Mexico	2
Is the littoral zone taxonomically and functionally more diverse? Investigating the rotifer community of a tropical shallow lake	2
First occurrence of Cylindrospermopsin in the Azores (Lake São Brás, S. Miguel Island)	1
Simplification and replacement of diatom functional traits from a subtropical floodplain lakes paleolimnological records	1
Correction: Haul-out site use by Ladoga ringed seal (Pusa hispida ladogensis) on the islands of the Valaam Archipelago	1
Ten-year ecological investigation into eight-barbel loach, Lefua tokaiensis (Nemacheilidae, Cypriniformes)	1
Seasonal variations of rotifer communities in three climatic zones: effects of environmental parameters on changes of functional groups	1
Development of novel PCR primer sets for DNA barcoding of aquatic insects, and the discovery of some cryptic species	1
Cadmium uptake and oxidative-stress-induced DNA alterations in the freshwater cladoceran Moina macrocopa (Straus 1820) following consecutive short-term exposure assessments	1
Spatial–temporal heterogeneity in a small lake and its implication for paleoclimate reconstruction	1
Do the snail (Filopaludina bengalensis) and mussel (Lamellidens marginalis) vary in bioturbation effects? Inference from the changes in water quality and producers	1
Distribution and risk assessment of heavy metals in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the Yellow River wetlands	1
Geographical fine-scaled distributional differentiation caused by niche differentiation in three closely related mayflies	1
Stream water acidification in the Far East of Russia under changing atmospheric deposition and precipitation patterns	1
Seasonal changes in the diurnal behavior of Chimarrogale platycephalus evaluated using environmental DNA	1
Rainfall and drainage basin shape strongly control temporal and spatial variation of dissolved organic matter in a tropical lake	1
Land use effect on nutrient concentrations in Pampas streams (Buenos Aires, Argentina)	1
Radiocesium transfer into freshwater planktonic Chlamydomonas spp. microalgae in a pond near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant	1
Trophic niche partitioning of Mekong giant catfish Pangasianodon gigas in a tropical reservoir: evidence from stable isotope and fatty acid analyses	1
Development of specific detection assays from environmental DNA of invasive diatom Cymbella janischii in Japan	1
Lipid and fatty acid composition of scavenging amphipods Ommatogammarus spp. from different depths of lake Baikal	1
Stream habitats and human disturbances explain the diversity of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) assemblages in Neotropical Savanna headwater streams	1
First report of the invasive freshwater sponge Heterorotula multidentata (Weltner, 1895) in Europa: a latent threat for aquatic ecosystems?	1
Application of a Bayesian structural time series model for evaluating 11-year variation in pH in the headwaters of the Tama River, Japan	1
Interstitial water chemistry and soil particles determine vegetation in Ozegahara Mire, Japan	1
Impact of throughfall deposition and its runoff through different land use surfaces on the chemistry of Ganga water, Varanasi	1
Lead cytotoxicity associated with temperature variation in Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) (Mollusca, Gastropoda) hemocytes	1
Response rate of submerged macrophyte chlorophyll content under changing light conditions	1