OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aquatic Invasions is 4. 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
Abundance and growth of the invasive Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, in the lower Columbia River, USA	97
Introduced Placobdella parasitica in the lower Rogue River, Oregon: origin story	17
Comparative population dynamics of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations in two similar closely adjacent warm-water Texas reservoirs	12
Non-native marine and estuarine fouling bryozoans detected along North American Coasts: a twenty-year synthesis	10
Potential overwintering areas of the alien apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata, in Japan at its northern distribution limit	8
Long-term evaluation of the impact of urbanization on native and non-native fish assemblages	8
Field surveys reveal physicochemical conditions promoting occurrence and high abundance of an invasive freshwater snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)	8
Adaptive mechanisms of invasion of Chthamalus challengeri (Hoek, 1883) in the trans-oceanic zone of coastal China	8
The distribution and spread of quagga mussels in perialpine lakes north of the Alps	8
Continued persistence of non-native ascidians in Southern California harbors and marinas	8
Ecological niche dynamics of three invasive marine species under the conservatism and shift niche hypotheses	8
Current temperatures limit the potential impact of a commonly traded predatory gastropod	7
Expansion of the alien East Asian river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849) in southwestern Ukraine and assessment of its commercial usage prospects	7
Molluscan assemblages on artificial structures: a bioinvasion perspective from Northeast Brazilian ports	6
Horizon scanning for potentially invasive non-native marine species to inform trans-boundary conservation management – Example of the northern Gulf of Mexico	6
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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
Size-dependent desiccation tolerance in adult and juvenile introduced freshwater Japanese mystery snails (Cipangopaludina japonica, previously Heterogen japonica)	6
Temperature and salinity tolerances of juvenile invasive Japanese mystery snails	6
Pontederia crassipes invasiveness on Jeju island is linked to a decline in water pH and climate change-driven overwintering	6
Taxonomic studies of Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) (Serrasalmidae): a non-native species collected from Polish water bodies and laboratory culture	6
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Non-native marine sessile benthic species from the coastal upwelling ecosystem of Arraial do Cabo, Brazil	5
Non-native species in Poyang Lake Basin: status, threats and management	5
Modeling the dispersal of the cryptogenic alga Chondria tumulosa (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument	5

Environmental related variation in growth and life-history traits of non-native sailfin catfishes (Pterygoplichthys spp.) across river basins of South China	4
Functionally novel invasive predator eradicates herbivores of a littoral community	4
Here today, gone tomorrow – the Levantine population of the Brown mussel Perna perna obliterated by unprecedented heatwave	4