OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Journal of Aquatic Science is 3. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Green technology for bioremediation of the eutrophication phenomenon in aquatic ecosystems: a review	26
Trends in chemical pollution and ecological status of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia: a review focussing on nutrients, metals and pesticides	24
A review of the populations of tilapiine species in lakes Victoria and Naivasha, East Africa	14
Phytoplankton community structure in relation to physico-chemical factors in a tropical soda lake, Lake Shala (Ethiopia)	11
Changing patterns of Schistosoma host snail population densities in Maun, Botswana	10
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) affects the composition and abundance of zooplankton in the littoral region of Koka Reservoir, Ethiopia	9
A survey of phytoplankton and zooplankton communities in the newly created Tugwi-Mukosi reservoir, Zimbabwe, during the filling phase	9
Plankton Index of Biotic Integrity (P-IBI) for assessing ecosystem health within the Ouémé River basin, Republic of Benin	8
Disaggregation and assessment of estuarine pressures at the country-level to better inform management and resource protection – the South African experience	7
Quality assessment of groundwater in an agricultural belt in eastern Nigeria using a Water Quality Index	7
Assessment of heavy metals pollution in surface and groundwater systems in Oued Righ region (Algeria) using pollution indices and multivariate statistical techniques	7
The Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) – mobilising data for evaluating long-term change in South African rivers	7
Identifying multiple geographically restricted phylogeographic lineages of Moggel (Cyprinidae: Labeo umbratus) in South Africa	6
Age and growth of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Lake Tana, Ethiopia	6
Effects of fragmented mangroves on macrozoobenthos: a case study of mangrove clearance for powerline right-of-way at Oproama Creek, Niger Delta, Nigeria	6
Biomarker responses in African sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822), as indicators of potential metal and organic pollution along the Vaal River system, South Africa	6
Water quality of the volcanic crater lake, Lake Barombi Kotto, in Cameroon	6
Ten research questions to support South Africa’s Inland Fisheries Policy	6
Threats posed by xenoestrogenic chemicals to the aquatic ecosystem, fish reproduction and humans: a review	6
Spatial variability of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: considerations for developing a rapid bioassessment tool	6
Spatio-temporal typology of the physico-chemical parameters of a large North African river: the Moulouya and its main tributaries (Morocco)	6
Impact of flood regime on phytoplankton communities in the large African reservoir, Lake Nasser, Egypt	5
Spatial distribution of zooplankton in relation to some selected physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia	5
Agents sans frontiers: cross-border aquatic weed biological control in the rivers of southern Mozambique	5
Diversity of macrophytes in relation to environmental conditions in wetlands along the lower part of the Gilgel Abay River catchment in Ethiopia	5

Seasonal variation and drivers of zooplankton, macroinvertebrate and littoral fish communities from irrigation ponds in a semi-arid region in the Eastern Cape (South Africa)	5
Quality assessment of surface water using the Nile Chemical Pollution Index (NCPI) and microbiological pollution of the Rosetta Branch (Nile River, Egypt)	5
Seasonal variation in water quality, plankton diversity and microbial load of tropical freshwater lakes in Nigeria	5
The effect of cadmium toxicity on Oreochromis niloticus and human health	5
Using action cameras to estimate the abundance and habitat use of threatened fish in clear headwater streams	5
A critical review of macroinvertebrate-based bioassessment approaches in Africa’s lotic systems: developments, challenges, and legal requirements	4
Cyanobacterial abundance and microcystins in water, seston and fish tissues in Lake Hora-Arsedi (Ethiopia)	4
Soil organic carbon storage in a tropical freshwater wetland: the influence of vegetation type	4
A review of the limnology of the Okavango Delta, Botswana	4
Assessing fish community response to water quality and habitat stressors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	4
Host selection and notes on the distribution of Chonopeltis australis Boxshall, 1976 in southern Africa	4
Statement from world aquatic scientific societies on the need to take urgent action against human-caused climate change, based on scientific evidence	4
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 2: two-dimensional hydrodynamic modelling in support of an eco-social assessment	4
Development of a multimetric index for assessing the ecological integrity of some selected rivers and streams in the north-eastern part of Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia	3
A trait database for southern African freshwater invertebrates	3
Estimation of pesticide mixture interaction in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using survival analysis	3
Risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of the Ekulu River in Enugu State in Nigeria	3
Seasonal variance in water quality, trace metals and infection variables of Cichlidogyrus philander Douëllou, 1993 (Monogenea, Ancyrocephalidae) infecting the gills of Pseudocrenilabrus phil	3
DRIFT: incorporating an eco-social system network and time series approach into environmental flow assessments	3
Assessment of the ecological status of the Kinyankonge River (Burundi), using a Biotic Integrity Index of zooplankton (BII-zooplankton)	3
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 3: the application of an eco-social model to assess options for managing ecological status	3
Spatio-temporal distribution of organochlorine pesticide residues in water and sediments of tropical reservoirs: a case study of Bui Reservoir, Ghana	3
Mass developments ofEuglena sanguineaEhrenberg in South Africa	3
The contribution and value of the trait-based approach to water resource protection	3
Bioaccumulation of trace metals in the ocypodid burrowing crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, in Richards Bay Harbour, South Africa	3
The effect of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) invasions on native fish communities in the subtropical Blyde River, Mpumalanga province, South Africa	3
An assessment of water and sediment quality of aquatic ecosystems within South Africa’s largest floodplain	3
Size at maturity, maturity stages and sex ratio of tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe: assessing the influence of decades of fisheries exploitation	3
Rotifers in the Niger River, Niger: diversity and abundance in relation to environmental parameters	3
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 1: reconstruction of the historic hydromorphology	3
Settlement of the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in a warm temperate estuarine embayment in South Africa	3
The impact of rubber effluent discharges on the water quality of a tropical rain forest river in Nigeria	3
Zooplankton communities in Lake Nasser, Egypt, under the current flood regime, before the construction of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)	3
Physico-chemical limnology during the filling phase of Tugwi-Mukosi, a tropical reservoir in Zimbabwe	3