OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine Biology Research is 2. 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
Have Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) adequately addressed key needs to monitor and mitigate fishery impacts on endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) species? A review, with recommendations t	18
Scraping and grazing herbivorous/detritivorous fish display opposite feeding behaviours under different protection regulations	14
Recolonization behavior of rapa whelk ( Rapana venosa ) and common starfish ( Asterias rubens ) eradicated from mussel bed	13
Record ofCrambionella annandaleiRao, 1931 from Bangladesh, with a review of the geographic distribution of the genusCrambionella(Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)	12
Importance of pneumatophore fringe-mudflat continuum for an estuary-dependent fish species	10
Spirulina- a marine miracle for sustainable food system	8
Sea pens and bamboo corals in Skagerrak and the Norwegian trench	8
On Caretta caretta’s shell: first spatial analysis of micro- and macro-epibionts on the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle carapace	8
Trophic ecology of the clingfish Gobiesox marmoratus (Gobiesocidae): experimental evaluation of constraints to foraging behaviour	8
Underwater photo-identification of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off Mauritius	7
Swallowers (Chiasmodontidae, Scombriformes) of The Gully Marine Protected Area, in the northwest Atlantic	6
Age and growth of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai , in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean	6
Efficiency of different collectors for spat settlement of Mediterranean mussel ( Mytilus galloprovincialis ) in the southeastern Marmara Sea, Türkiye	6
Reproductive biology of mangrove clamsGeloina expansa(Mousson, 1849) from mangrove at Kendari Bay, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia	6
A preliminary investigation of epibiotic macrofauna on the mangrove horseshoe crab Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille, 1802) in Singapore	5
Aggregation patterns in juvenile southern king crab Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782). Are the aggregations related to moulting activity?	5
Effects of elevated pCO₂ on the response of coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi to prolonged darkness	5
First record of the mating system in the grey smoothhound shark (Mustelus californicus)	5
Intertidal burrowing shrimps (Axiidea: Callianassidae, Callichiridae; Gebiidea: Axiannassidae, Upogebiidae) collected along the Brazilian coast	5
Larval dispersal and climate models provide insights into present and future distribution of a tropical sardine	5
Microbiota in Ariake bay tidal mud and the guts of indigenous mud skipper and eel goby	5
Temporal and spatial variability in metabolism of the Antarctic pelagic tunicate Salpa thompsoni Foxton, 1961	5
Bioluminescence of greenNoctiluca scintillansfrom the coastal waters of Kochi (southwest coast of India) andin vivoexperiments on bioluminescence in response to mechanical stimuli and it	4
The local phytoplankton community in Shizugawa Bay, Japan, from 2021 to 2022: analysis by DNA metabarcoding	4
Population variation and sexual dimorphism in the deep-sea crab Parilia alcocki (Brachyura, Leucosiidae)	4

Flow cytometric investigation and comparison of Synechococcus spp . pico-, nano- and microplankton in the Arctic and Antarctic polar regio	4
New records and observations of marine algae from Morocco (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)	4
The African cryptic clades of the toothed barnacle Chthamalus dentatus (Chthamaloidea, Chthamalidae)	4
Phylogeographic analysis of Thyrsites atun (Perciformes: Gempylidae) reveals connectivity between fish from South Africa and Chile	4
First report of an epibiontic diatom Protoraphis hustedtiana R. Simonsen, 1970 (Protoraphidaceae) in association with copepod Pontella andersoni Sewell, 1912 from northern coastal waters	4
Brewed in the African pot: the phylogeography of the toothed barnacle Chthamalus dentatus (Chthamaloidea: Chthamalidae)	4
Advances in carbon sequestration technology using marine microalgae	4
Benthic community structure on offshore northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) grounds north of Iceland	3
Effects of the seawater temperature and salinity on the survival and growth of the Sanderia malayensis (Cnidaris: Scyphozoa) ephyrae	3
Bioengineering by the alien false musselMytilopsis sallei(Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) affects small-scale distribution pattern of benthic macroinvertebrates in an estuarine system	3
Assessing the stock status of Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque 1810) exploited by tuna purse seiners in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: implications of using the length-	3
Growth and biochemical profiling of marine microalgae Chlorella salina with response to nitrogen starvation	3
Relationships between environmental heterogeneity and fish beta diversity in a tropical bay	3
Letter to editor: misidentification of species in the experimental study carried out in the sea of Marmara by Karadurmuş ( Marine Biology Research , 2022: 18, 315–325)	3
Notes on the reproduction and otoliths of Neoscopelus cf. microchir (Myctophiformes: Neoscopelidae) in the Galicia Bank, NE Atlantic.	3
Long-term changes and causes of biota assemblages in the southern Black Sea coasts	3
Protective effects of indigenous lactic acid bacteria in Artemia salina challenged with Vibrio parahaemolyticus : an in vit	3
Growth parameters and stock assessment of Carangoides bajad Forsskal, 1775 (Carangiformes: Carangidae) in Jeddah fisheries	3
Under pressure: Cassiopea andromeda jellyfish exposed to increasing water temperature or lead, cadmium and anthropogenic gadolinium contamination	3
Isolation and identification of marine microalgae from Egyptian coasts as potential source of biodiesel: morphology and sequence-based screening	3
Temporal and inter-specific population genetics analyses of Sebastiscus marmoratus and S. tertius provide novel implications for fishery m	3
Phylogenetic placement and molecular dating of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae) based on whole mitogenomes	2
Annual variation in leaf canopy across a seagrass distribution range is modulated by local environmental variation	2
Spatio-temporal variations in culturable bacterial community associated with denitrification in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone	2
First record of stonefish metabolism: baseline respiration and spontaneous activity of tropical marine Synanceia verrucosa	2
Short-term microplastic exposure triggers cellular damage through oxidative stress in the soft coralCoelogorgia palmosa	2
Night underwater rides: the activity of a sandy beach gastropod is affected by interactive effects of light availability and water level	2
Effects of tropical cyclone Amphan on the copepods of the Ganges estuary	2
Recombinase polymerase amplification combined with lateral flow dipstick for the rapid detection of Prorocentrum donghaiense	2
Grid-net design that successfully reduces discarded catch and damage to benthic species in the veined rapa whelk beam trawl fishery	2
Length–weight relationship and seasonal variations in diet composition of whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the South-eastern Black Sea	2
Spatio-temporal occurrence patterns of epibiota along the leaves of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in the Northern Adriatic Sea	2
Early life stages of the snapping shrimp Alpheus cf . packardii : morphological description of the first three zoeal stages	2
Fauna associated with non-nativeSargassum muticum(Fucales, Phaeophyceae) vary with thallus morphology and site type (sounds and bays)	2
First in situ observations of the free-floating gelatinous matrix of blackbelly rosefish Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)	2
Deep genetic divergence in Randall’s threadfin bream Nemipterus randalli Russell, 1986 population from northern Bay of Bengal inferred by mtDNA sequences	2
Distinct inter and intrapopulation variation in the otolith shape and size of Mullus barbatus (Actinopterygii: Mullidae) from the Bizerte and Ghar El Melh lagoons in Tunisian waters	2
Revealing the variety in phytoplankton communities in waters near the Antarctic Peninsula by high-throughput sequencing	2
Influence of fragment size on post transplantation growth and survival of domed scleractinian corals	2
Megabenthic communities distributed in the outer margins of the Yucatan shelf and their relationship to environmental variables	2
Differences in the concentrations of trace elements among different hard structures and their potential application in species identification: a case study on Loliginidae cryptic species	2
On some cryptic sponges associated with Lessonia trabeculata holdfasts in the South-eastern Pacific	2
Redescription of two Phyllodoce (Annelida: Phyllodocidae) species from Hawaii	2
Effects of salinity on physiological responses in the sesarmid crab Episesarma mederi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)	2
On the biology of the alien Red Sea goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) in the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean	2
Toxicity of iron-based nanoparticles to Nannochloropsis oculata: effects of Fe₂O₃-NPs on oxidative stress and fatty acid composition	2
Crustacea biodiversity in tubes of Ceriantharia (Cnidaria; Anthozoa), including the description of a novel species of Amphipoda from southeastern Brazil	2
Seasonal and interannual variations of the abundance of the dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans in the northern Black Sea	2
Intra and interspecies discrimination of three teleost species collected from the Komo Estuary in Gabon in relation to living depth levels using otolith shape analysis	2
Nine new records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Indian waters	2

Distribution and potential roles of microbial protoporphyrin IX in marine sediments	2
The diet of juvenile Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) feeding in new northern nursery areas along the Norwegian coast	2
Hand dredging for the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) in the Algarve coast (southern Portugal): fishing yield, bycatch, discards and damage rates	2
A histology-free description of Tetrastemma cupido sp. nov. (Nemertea: Eumonostilfera) from Sagami Bay, Japan	2
Catch composition of non-target species escaping dredge gear of Rapana fisheries in the western coast of the Black Sea	2
Baleen whale distribution, behaviour and overlap with anthropogenic activity in coastal regions of the New York Bight	2