OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Fish and Fisheries is 12. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Vertical ambush corridors: Intriguing multi‐mechanism ecological structures embedded in the kinetic fluid architectures of ocean living resource production systems	95
Probability ogives for trends in stock biomass and fishing mortality from landings time series	62
Temporal patterns and regional comparisons of recruitment rates of United States fish stocks	62
Effects of early life mass mortality events on fish populations	61
Declining Marine Survival of Steelhead Trout Linked to Climate and Ecosystem Change	54
The relative influence of temperature and ontogeny on groundfish distribution varies across life stages	53
Eponym Dictionary of Fishes by BoBeolens, MichaelGrayson and MichaelWatkins 2023. Whittles Publishing. xiv, 1463 pp	51
The FishPath approach for fisheries management in a data‐ and capacity‐limited world	49
Issue Information	47
Accounting for Salmon Body Size Declines in Fishery Management Can Reduce Conservation Risks	47
Neglected fishery data sources as indicators of pre‐industrial ecological properties of Mediterranean swordfish (Xiphias gladius, Xiphiidae)	45
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‘Destructive fishing’—A ubiquitously used but vague term? Usage and impacts across academic research, media and policy	42
The King's aquatic desires: 16th‐century fish and crayfish introductions into Spain	42
The universal imprint of oxygen isotopes can track the origins of seafood	40
Why do some fish grow faster than others?	40
A Comparison of Fleet Dynamics Models for Predicting Fisher Location Choice	38
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A field guide to coastal fishes of Bermuda, Bahamas and the Caribbean Sea. ValKells, Luiz A.Rocha, Carole C.Baldwin, Baltimore, MA: John Hopkins University Press. 2022	33
Hidden in the ocean: The importance of detecting hybridisation in pelagic and deep‐water fishes	33
Spatial Distribution of Numerical Density of Pelagic Juveniles (0‐Group) of Broadcast Spawning Fish Stocks Follows a Common Statistical Pattern	32
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Using an EBFM lens to guide the management of marine biological resources under changing conditions	31
Probabilistic Forecasts of Fish Abundances With Spatio‐Temporal Models to Support Fisheries Management	31

Examining the Relevance of Democratic Decline for Marine Fisheries	29
Reviving the unique potential of recreational fishers as environmental stewards of aquatic ecosystems	29
Biological life‐history and farming scenarios of marine aquaculture to help reduce wild marine fishing pressure	29
Putting the fish into inland fisheries – A global allocation of historic inland fish catch	29
Reproductive resilience or sweepstakes recruitment? Assessing drivers of lifetime reproductive success in exploited marine fish	28
Multi‐specific small‐scale fisheries rely on few, locally essential, species: Evidence from a multi‐area study in the Mediterranean	27
Corrigendum to ‘Fecundity trends of Chinook salmon in the Pacific Northwest’	27
Global assessment of shark strandings	27
A synthetic control approach to estimate the effect of total allowable catches in the high seas	26
Making the Most of Available Data: A Case Study of Converging Analyses to Model an Emerging Fishery for Jonah Crab (Cancer borealis)	25
Into the Deep: Origins and Evolution of Northeastern Pacific Ocean Tuna (Thunnus spp.) Fisheries	25
The puzzle of the anchovy–sardine inverse fishery at the south‐eastern coast of the Arabian Sea and climate variability	25
The Benefits of Hierarchical Ecosystem Models: Demonstration Using EcoState, a New State‐Space Mass‐Balance Model	25
Recruitment regime shifts and nonstationarity are widespread phenomena in harvestable stocks experiencing pronounced climate fluctuations	24
Depredation: An old conflict with the sea	24
Focusing on what matters most: Evaluating multiple challenges to stability in recreational fisheries	23
Increase in Harp Seal Ecosystem Role After the Cod Collapse in Newfoundland & Labrador	22
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A Global Synthesis of Environmental Enrichment Effect on Fish Stress	22
Dissecting co‐management: Fisher participation across management components and implications for governance	21
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Alaska Herring History: The story of Alaska's herring fisheries and industryJamesMackovjak	21
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Guiding principles for integrating stakeholder‐based data into marine fisheries decision‐making with a focus on USA fisheries management	21
Hearing in catfishes: 200 years of research	20
Untangling social–ecological interactions: A methods portfolio approach to tackling contemporary sustainability challenges in fisheries	20
Hope or Despair Revisited: Assessing Progress and New Challenges in Global Fisheries	19
Linking observed changes in pelagic catches to temperature and oxygen in the Eastern Tropical Pacific	19
Preference, avoidance, motivation and their importance to fish welfare	19
Basin‐scale approach needed for Yangtze River fisheries restoration	18
Quota use in mixed‐stock fisheries	17
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Ocean Ecology. Marine life in the age of humansJ. EmmettDuffy. Princeton University Press. 2021. ISBN: 9780691161556 (Hbk). Pp vii—444. GBP62.00; USD80.00	17
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Trees for fishes: The neglected role for phylogenetic comparative methods in fisheries science	17
Modelling the distribution of marine fishery resources: Where are we?	16
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Global meta‐analysis of demersal fishing impacts on organic carbon and associated biogeochemistry	15
A snapshot of the economic benefits from foreign bottom trawling in coastal West Africa: A mutually‐beneficial trade in services, no winners or extractivism?	15
Re‐imagining the precautionary approach to make collaborative fisheries management inclusive of Indigenous Knowledge Systems	15
Risk equivalence in data‐limited and data‐rich fisheries management: An example based on the ICES advice framework	15
Scale morphology is a promising, additional tool for exploring the taxonomy and ecology of freshwater fishes	15
Widespread Evidence for Rapid Recent Changes in Global Range and Abundance of Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)	14
A history and evaluation of catch‐only stock assessment models	14
A delay‐differential model for representing small pelagic fish stock dynamics and its application for assessing alternative management strategies under environmental uncertainty	14
Mystery of the Disappearing Dogfish: Transboundary Analyses Reveal Steep Population Declines Across the Northeast Pacific With Little Evidence for Regional Redistribution	14
Climate change projections of commercial fish distribution and suitable habitat around north western Europe	14
Simulating benefits, costs and trade‐offs of spatial management in marine social‐ecological systems	14
Mapping small‐scale fisheries through a coordinated participatory strategy	14
A commentary on the role of hatcheries and stocking programs in salmon conservation and adapting ourselves to less‐than‐wild futures	14

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Metabolism, population growth, and the fast‐slow life history continuum of marine fishes	13
Dried fish at the intersection of food science, economy, and culture: A global survey	13
Fishers' Local Ecological Knowledge Reveals Complex Food Web Dynamics With Rapidly Warming Waters	13
Ecosystem‐based fisheries management – Progress, importance and impacts in the United States.Jason S.Link and Anthony R.Marshak.Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2021. 712 pp.	13
Learning from positive deviants in fisheries	13
Drivers and Dynamics of Salmon Bycatch in the Eastern Bering Sea Pollock Fishery	13
How consistent is the advice from stock assessments? Empirical estimates of inter‐assessment bias and uncertainty for marine fish and invertebrate stocks	12
Collapse and recovery of seafood wholesale prices in time of COVID‐19	12
Revealing Chronotypes Across Aquatic Species Using Acoustic Telemetry	12
Incorporating Climate Change Impacts Within Harvest Strategies: An Overview of Approaches	12
Bottom‐Up Interactions in State‐Space Age‐Structured Models Using Mass‐Balance Dynamics	12
Racial capitalism and the sea: Development and change in Black maritime labour, and what it means for fisheries and a blue economy	12