OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aquatic Invasions is 5. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Abundance and growth of the invasive Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, in the lower Columbia River, USA	107
Introduced Placobdella parasitica in the lower Rogue River, Oregon: origin story	18
Non-native marine and estuarine fouling bryozoans detected along North American Coasts: a twenty-year synthesis	13
Comparative population dynamics of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations in two similar closely adjacent warm-water Texas reservoirs	11
Potential overwintering areas of the alien apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata, in Japan at its northern distribution limit	10
Field surveys reveal physicochemical conditions promoting occurrence and high abundance of an invasive freshwater snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)	9
The distribution and spread of quagga mussels in perialpine lakes north of the Alps	9
Long-term evaluation of the impact of urbanization on native and non-native fish assemblages	8
Ecological niche dynamics of three invasive marine species under the conservatism and shift niche hypotheses	8
Continued persistence of non-native ascidians in Southern California harbors and marinas	8
Adaptive mechanisms of invasion of Chthamalus challengeri (Hoek, 1883) in the trans-oceanic zone of coastal China	8
Expansion of the alien East Asian river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849) in southwestern Ukraine and assessment of its commercial usage prospects	8
Pontederia crassipes invasiveness on Jeju island is linked to a decline in water pH and climate change-driven overwintering	7
Taxonomic studies of Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) (Serrasalmidae): a non-native species collected from Polish water bodies and laboratory culture	7
Horizon scanning for potentially invasive non-native marine species to inform trans-boundary conservation management – Example of the northern Gulf of Mexico	7
Current temperatures limit the potential impact of a commonly traded predatory gastropod	7
Size-dependent desiccation tolerance in adult and juvenile introduced freshwater Japanese mystery snails (Cipangopaludina japonica, previously Heterogen japonica)	7
Temperature and salinity tolerances of juvenile invasive Japanese mystery snails	6
Matching field-based ranges in brackish water gradients with experimentally derived salinity tolerances of Conrad’s false mussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata cochleata) and zebra mussel (Dreissena polymor	6
Non-native marine sessile benthic species from the coastal upwelling ecosystem of Arraial do Cabo, Brazil	6
Modeling the dispersal of the cryptogenic alga Chondria tumulosa (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument	6
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Here today, gone tomorrow – the Levantine population of the Brown mussel Perna perna obliterated by unprecedented heatwave	6
Molluscan assemblages on artificial structures: a bioinvasion perspective from Northeast Brazilian ports	6
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Functionally novel invasive predator eradicates herbivores of a littoral community	6
Non-native species in Poyang Lake Basin: status, threats and management	6
Massive colonization by the solitary ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878, on the sandy bottom of the Israeli littoral	5
Consumption pressure in estuaries peaks at intermediate salinities	5
Environmental related variation in growth and life-history traits of non-native sailfin catfishes (Pterygoplichthys spp.) across river basins of South China	5
Population structure and density of a new invasive species Rangia cuneata in the Szczecin Lagoon (Odra/Oder estuary, Poland)	5
Aliens eating aliens: an introduced amphipod as a potential prey of an invasive rocky shore crab in laboratory experiments	5
Presence of a second Eriocheir species in Europe as confirmed by molecular and morphological data	5