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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A lineage of leadership: a story in memory of Brian Allanson	12
Comparative study of the occurrence and distribution of parasites in pond and cage-cultured Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in the Lake Victoria Cre	11
Body condition metrics and reproductive aspects of three spiny eels (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) from littoral habitats in southern Lake Tanganyika	11
Zooplankton distribution and community structure as a function of environmental variables in the Niger River and its tributaries in Niger	11
An assessment of heavy metal accumulation in the Vaal River system, South Africa, using artificial mussels	10
Effect of altitudinal gradient on reproductive and feeding behaviours of four congeneric endemic freshwater fish in the Zat Catchment (Morocco)	8
Restoration of South African estuaries: successes, failures and the way forward	7
Fish community dynamics of seasonal rivers of the Incomati Basin, Kruger National Park, South Africa	7
Water quality of the Blue Nile at Khartoum, Sudan, before complete filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam	7
Greenhouse gas concentrations in tropical wetlands of the Cross River estuary, Nigeria	6
Influence of water physico-chemical properties and vegetation type on the distribution of schistosomiasis intermediate host snails in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa	6
Macrofauna assemblages and their relationships with environmental parameters in mangroves of Kribi, Cameroon	6
Freshwater ecosystems and interactions with the SDG 2030 Agenda: implications for SDG implementation in South Africa	6
Quality assessment of groundwater in a crystalline semi-urbanised environment (Lefock watershed, Cameroon)	6
Phylogenetic diversity of Actinomycetota species isolated from waters of Lake Natron, Arusha, Tanzania	5
A bibliometric study on diatom DNA metabarcording for water quality monitoring: a global perspective	5
DRIFT: incorporating an eco-social system network and time series approach into environmental flow assessments	5
Assessment of the physico-chemical water quality, distribution and abundance of Macrobrachium species in Okwagbe River, Delta State, Nigeria	5
Comparison of oxidative stress biomarkers in Oreochromis mossambicus in minimally and highly disturbed aquatic environments in the Matabeleland region, Zimbabwe	5
Biological and life-history parameters for Labeo rosae Steindachner, 1894 and Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) from Flag Boshielo Dam, Olifants River, South Africa	4
Long-term study of the drought impact on the phytoplankton concentration and assemblages in two water supply reservoirs in Namibia	4
Potential live feeds for larval fish culture in Ethiopia	4
Assessment of the ecological integrity and fish community structures of the uMngeni River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	4
Marine–estuarine connectivity, salinity and sedimentation in the St Lucia system, South Africa, following reconnection with the uMfolozi River	4
Water quality monitoring and measuring physicochemical parameters using wireless sensor networks	4

Drivers of periphyton biomass in south-western Cape rivers, South Africa, and the implications for management	4
Diversity of euglenoids in a drinking water source in Burkina Faso (West Africa): implications for sustainability and water quality	4
First report of Dactylogyrus fimbriphallus (El Gharbi, Birgi & Lambert, 1994) infecting Luciobarbus biscarensis (Boulenger, 1911) in O	4
Effects of land-use change on the provisioning ecosystem service of wetlands: the case of a social-ecological systems perspective of Boyo Wetland in Ethiopia	3
Assessing the extent to which African wetland inventories can report to the global targets on biodiversity, including Goal A of the Global Biodiversity Framework	3
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 2: two-dimensional hydrodynamic modelling in support of an eco-social assessment	3
Status and distribution of a novel redfin lineage, Pseudobarbus sp. ‘burchelli Tradouw’ from the Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa	3
Advancing disease-resistant stock in aquaculture: a brief overview	3
Comparative analysis of habitat structure and macroinvertebrate assemblages in headwater streams of Odzi sub-catchment, Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe, post Cyclone Idai-induced flooding	3
Validation of lipid extraction and correction methods for stable isotope analysis of freshwater food webs in southern Africa	3
Impact of climate change on the distribution of the invasive water hyacinth in Ethiopia	3
A new diatom-based multimetric index (MMI-D) for ecological health monitoring in the Tropical Rift Valley Lake (Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia)	3