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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A lineage of leadership: a story in memory of Brian Allanson	16
Zooplankton distribution and community structure as a function of environmental variables in the Niger River and its tributaries in Niger	14
Effect of altitudinal gradient on reproductive and feeding behaviours of four congeneric endemic freshwater fish in the Zat Catchment (Morocco)	11
Water quality of the Blue Nile at Khartoum, Sudan, before complete filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam	9
Ecological quality of the Alibori River, northern Benin, using macroinvertebrate indicators	8
A comparative review of decision support tools routinely used by selected transboundary River Basin Organisations	8
The effect of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) invasions on native fish communities in the subtropical Blyde River, Mpumalanga province, South Africa	8
Greenhouse gas concentrations in tropical wetlands of the Cross River estuary, Nigeria	7
Phylogenetic diversity of Actinomycetota species isolated from waters of Lake Natron, Arusha, Tanzania	7
Freshwater ecosystems and interactions with the SDG 2030 Agenda: implications for SDG implementation in South Africa	7
Restoration of South African estuaries: successes, failures and the way forward	7
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)	6
Macroinvertebrate community structure and diversity in relation to environmental factors in wetlands of the lower Gilgel Abay River catchment, Ethiopia	6
A bibliometric study on diatom DNA metabarcording for water quality monitoring: a global perspective	6
DRIFT: incorporating an eco-social system network and time series approach into environmental flow assessments	6
Evidence for overfishing of tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau 1861) in the Kavango River, Namibia	5
First report of Dactylogyrus fimbriphallus (El Gharbi, Birgi & Lambert, 1994) infecting Luciobarbus biscarensis (Boulenger, 1911) in O	5
Potential live feeds for larval fish culture in Ethiopia	5
Water quality monitoring and measuring physicochemical parameters using wireless sensor networks	5
Comparison of oxidative stress biomarkers in Oreochromis mossambicus in minimally and highly disturbed aquatic environments in the Matabeleland region, Zimbabwe	5
A new diatom-based multimetric index (MMI-D) for ecological health monitoring in the Tropical Rift Valley Lake (Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia)	4
Long-term study of the drought impact on the phytoplankton concentration and assemblages in two water supply reservoirs in Namibia	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
Biological and life-history parameters for Labeo rosae Steindachner, 1894 and Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) from Flag Boshielo Dam, Olifants River, South Africa	4

Comparison of calcium concentration in scales and vertebral column of a cyprinid from calcium-limited environments in the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda	4
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
Assessment of surface water quality in a highly anthropised semi-arid catchment (Case of Wadi El Hatab Basin, Tunisia, North Africa)	3
Macrophyte species diversity and distribution in relation to water quality of the Cheleleka Wetland in Ethiopia	3
Water-quality assessment and spatial distribution of water-quality parameters of Dodoma Urban, Tanzania	3
Investigating the potential for saltpan restoration for the provision of multiple ecosystem services	3
Validation of lipid extraction and correction methods for stable isotope analysis of freshwater food webs in southern Africa	3
Spatial distribution of zooplankton in relation to some selected physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia	3
Phytoplankton community structure in relation to physico-chemical factors in a tropical soda lake, Lake Shala (Ethiopia)	3
Effect of land use/land cover changes on water quality in the Upper Athi River sub-catchment in Kenya	3
A trait database for southern African freshwater invertebrates	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
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
Impact of climate change on the distribution of the invasive water hyacinth in Ethiopia	3
Appraisement of groundwater quality status within Enugu, Nigeria, using physicochemical evaluation and water quality indices	3
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 1: reconstruction of the historic hydromorphology	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