OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Marine Science is 26. 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
Introduction	276
Viruses in Marine Invertebrate Holobionts: Complex Interactions Between Phages and Bacterial Symbionts	120
New Technologies for Monitoring Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics	116
Neutral Theory and Plankton Biodiversity	100
The Physical Oceanography of Ice-Covered Moons	89
The Global Turbidity Current Pump and Its Implications for Organic Carbon Cycling	84
Metal Organic Complexation in Seawater: Historical Background and Future Directions	83
Insights from Fossil-Bound Nitrogen Isotopes in Diatoms, Foraminifera, and Corals	71
Nuclear Reprocessing Tracers Illuminate Flow Features and Connectivity Between the Arctic and Subpolar North Atlantic Oceans	61
Using the Fossil Record to Understand Extinction Risk and Inform Marine Conservation in a Changing World	59
Carbon Export in the Ocean: A Biologist's Perspective	52
Physiological Consequences of Oceanic Environmental Variation: Life from a Pelagic Organism's Perspective	51
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Pollution: Aerosol Nutrient Sources and Impacts on Ocean Biogeochemistry	50
The Impact of Fine-Scale Currents on Biogeochemical Cycles in a Changing Ocean	48
The Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Gyre	46
Oil Transport Following theDeepwater HorizonBlowout	42
Physics of the Seasonal Sea Ice Zone	41
Coral Disease: Direct and Indirect Agents, Mechanisms of Disease, and Innovations for Increasing Resistance and Resilience	39
Ventilation of the Southern Ocean Pycnocline	38
Welcoming More Participation in Open Data Science for the Oceans	38
Temporal and Spatial Signaling Mediating the Balance of the Plankton Microbiome	34
Modes and Mechanisms of Pacific Decadal-Scale Variability	28
Phaeocystis: A Global Enigma	28
The Goldilocks Principle: A Unifying Perspective on Biochemical Adaptation to Abiotic Stressors in the Sea	28
	27

Modeling the Morphodynamics of Coastal Responses to Extreme Events: What Shape Are We In?