OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Marine Science is 30. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Introduction	299
Neutral Theory and Plankton Biodiversity	133
The Physical Oceanography of Ice-Covered Moons	130
Viruses in Marine Invertebrate Holobionts: Complex Interactions Between Phages and Bacterial Symbionts	113
New Technologies for Monitoring Coastal Ecosystem Dynamics	103
Insights from Fossil-Bound Nitrogen Isotopes in Diatoms, Foraminifera, and Corals	89
The Gulf Stream: Its History and Links to Coastal Impacts and Climate Change	88
Metal Organic Complexation in Seawater: Historical Background and Future Directions	74
The Global Turbidity Current Pump and Its Implications for Organic Carbon Cycling	66
Nuclear Reprocessing Tracers Illuminate Flow Features and Connectivity Between the Arctic and Subpolar North Atlantic Oceans	65
Using the Fossil Record to Understand Extinction Risk and Inform Marine Conservation in a Changing World	56
Carbon Export in the Ocean: A Biologist's Perspective	55
Physiological Consequences of Oceanic Environmental Variation: Life from a Pelagic Organism's Perspective	54
The Impact of Fine-Scale Currents on Biogeochemical Cycles in a Changing Ocean	53
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Pollution: Aerosol Nutrient Sources and Impacts on Ocean Biogeochemistry	49
The Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Gyre	43
Physics of the Seasonal Sea Ice Zone	43
Oil Transport Following theDeepwater HorizonBlowout	42
Welcoming More Participation in Open Data Science for the Oceans	41
Temporal and Spatial Signaling Mediating the Balance of the Plankton Microbiome	39
Coral Disease: Direct and Indirect Agents, Mechanisms of Disease, and Innovations for Increasing Resistance and Resilience	38
Ventilation of the Southern Ocean Pycnocline	37
Phaeocystis: A Global Enigma	32
Modes and Mechanisms of Pacific Decadal-Scale Variability	31
	31

The Goldilocks Principle: A Unifying Perspective on Biochemical Adaptation to Abiotic Stressors in the Sea