OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine Biology Research 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
New records and observations of marine algae from Morocco (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)	13
On Caretta caretta’s shell: first spatial analysis of micro- and macro-epibionts on the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle carapace	13
Trophic ecology of the clingfish Gobiesox marmoratus (Gobiesocidae): experimental evaluation of constraints to foraging behaviour	13
Brewed in the African pot: the phylogeography of the toothed barnacle Chthamalus dentatus (Chthamaloidea: Chthamalidae)	10
Revealing the variety in phytoplankton communities in waters near the Antarctic Peninsula by high-throughput sequencing	9
Hand dredging for the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) in the Algarve coast (southern Portugal): fishing yield, bycatch, discards and damage rates	8
Isolation and identification of marine microalgae from Egyptian coasts as potential source of biodiesel: morphology and sequence-based screening	8
A histology-free description of Tetrastemma cupido sp. nov. (Nemertea: Eumonostilfera) from Sagami Bay, Japan	8
Temporal and inter-specific population genetics analyses of Sebastiscus marmoratus and S. tertius provide novel implications for fishery m	8
Annual variation in leaf canopy across a seagrass distribution range is modulated by local environmental variation	6
Advances in population monitoring of the mangrove ‘uçá’-crab (Ucides cordatus): reduction of body size variance for better evaluation of population structure and extractive potential	6
First record of stonefish metabolism: baseline respiration and spontaneous activity of tropical marine Synanceia verrucosa	6
Phylogeny and genetic diversity of Echinometra sea urchin in Taiwan	6
Correction	6
Exploring global cephalopod parasites and their ecological dynamics: a perspective from waters of the Indian subcontinent	6
Effects of temperature and irradiance on the growth of regenerated juveniles from Sargassum fusiforme holdfasts	6
Conserve immatures and rebound the potential: stock status and reproduction of whiting (Merlangius merlangus [Linnaeus, 1758]) in the Western Black Sea	5
A deep abyssal natural wood fall in the Northwestern Pacific and its associated fauna	5
Genetic homogeneity in soldier crab Mictyris guinotae populations across their geographic distribution in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan	5
Seasonal biomass and composition of mesozooplankton communities in Sea of Oman and Arabian Sea	5
First record of the genus Harpinia Boeck, 1876 (Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae: Harpiniinae) from the southern hemisphere, with description of three new species	5
Effects of elevated pCO₂ on the response of coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi to prolonged darkness	4
Diversity of ctenophores from the Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone	4
Aggregation patterns in juvenile southern king crab Lithodes santolla (Molina, 1782). Are the aggregations related to moulting activity?	4
The diet of juvenile Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) feeding in new northern nursery areas along the Norwegian coast	4

On some cryptic sponges associated with Lessonia trabeculata holdfasts in the South-eastern Pacific	4
The interspecific abundance–occupancy relationship in rocky intertidal communities	4
Exposure at low tide leads to a different microbial abundance of intertidal coral Acropora pulchra	4
Night underwater rides: the activity of a sandy beach gastropod is affected by interactive effects of light availability and water level	4
Crustacea biodiversity in tubes of Ceriantharia (Cnidaria; Anthozoa), including the description of a novel species of Amphipoda from southeastern Brazil	4
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	4
A new species of branchial fish parasitic isopod, Norileca Bruce, 1990 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), from the Andaman Islands, India	4
Notes on the occurrence of ectoparasites on cetaceans off the northeastern coast of Brazil	4
Microbiota in Ariake bay tidal mud and the guts of indigenous mud skipper and eel goby	4
Nine new records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Indian waters	4
Under pressure: Cassiopea andromeda jellyfish exposed to increasing water temperature or lead, cadmium and anthropogenic gadolinium contamination	3
Relationships between environmental heterogeneity and fish beta diversity in a tropical bay	3
Effect of water trophic status on bio-optical properties and productive characteristics of phytoplankton of the Black Sea coastal waters near Sevastopol	3
Bathymodiolinae Mussels in the South-eastern Pacific: the presence of the genus Adipicola (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) at a methane seep site off central Chile	3
Influence of salinity on the horizontal distribution of soldier crab Mictyris guinotae in a subtropical river in Japan	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
Spatial and temporal patterns of scyphozoan jellyfish abundance and growth in Icelandic coastal waters – a climate change perspective	3
Variations in seaweed-associated and planktonic bacterial communities along the coast of Ghana	3
Elucidating the bacterial communities and their hydrolytic enzyme activities during the southwest monsoon season, along the west coast of India	3
Morphometric analyses of Mithraculus forceps (Brachyura: Mithracidae): linear and geometric approaches in a no-take marine reserve population	3
Feeding of the crab Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Eriphiidae) as a tool to assess the impacts of oil spills	3
Long-term changes and causes of biota assemblages in the southern Black Sea coasts	3
Taxonomic status and geographic distribution ofPhycogorgia fucata(Valenciennes 1846) (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)	3
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833 and Rocinela signata Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 (Crustacea: Isopoda) parasitizing commercial snappers (Teleostei: Lutja	3
Reef-associated palaemonid shrimp fauna of Lakshadweep islands: special focus on Cuapetes Clark, 1919 (Decapoda; Caridea) with a description of new species and phylogenetic notes	3