OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Bioinvasions Records is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Invasion of Patchiella reaumuri (Kaltenbach, 1843) on taro roots in Asia: a biosecurity concern and new threat to indigenous taro landraces	27
First established population of the Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Greece	17
Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae): a new addition to the freshwater malacofauna of Jamaica with health and economic implications	15
First spontaneous occurrence of Centaurea macrocephala (Asteraceae) in Poland	14
A new invasive neophyte Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) H.St.John for the flora of Türkiye	13
First record of Thalamita oculea Alcock, 1899 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea	11
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First escaped populations of Gazania ×splendens Hend. & Andr. Hend. (Asteraceae) in Algeria	9
Notes on the occurrence of Phytolacca americana L. in crop fields and its potential agricultural impact	9
Interception of non-native Stromatium longicorne (Newman, 1842) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in South Korea	9
Pseudopolydora kempi japonica Imajima & Hartman, 1964 (Polychaeta: Spionidae): a controversial subspecies long overlooked in European waters	8
First record of the invasive non-native Asian date mussel Arcuatula senhousia (Benson 1842) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from Shatt Al-Basrah Canal, Basrah, Iraq	8
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First record of Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from southern Caspian Sea	7
First record of the brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) in the Neman River basin in Belarus	7
New record and population dynamics of the invasive bivalve Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849) in a tropical coastal lake from Indonesia	7
First record of a Didemnum carpet ascidian from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean	6
A new bivalve host record for the exotic parasite Perkinsus marinus in the Gulf of California	6
The Asian hemipteran Brachyplatys subaeneus (Westwood, 1837) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in a protected area in Panama	5
Non-native Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia, Veneroidea) in Central Italy: do the waters pumped by Reclaimed Agencies may have a role in spreading through translocation?	5
Record of naturalized Ipomoea hederifolia (Linnaeus 1759) (Convolvulaceae), Scarlet morning-glory in South Africa	5
First genetically confirmed report of the Japanese mystery snail, Heterogen japonica (Martens, 1861) from California more than a century after its first introduction	5
First record of the Asian Antithamnion sparsum Tokida, 1932 (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in Nova Scotia, Canada	5
Aeonium haworthii Webb & Berthel. and Crassula ovata (Mill.) Druce (Crassulaceae): New records for the Algerian alien flora	5
Gleditsia triacanthos L. (honeylocust, Leguminosae): first record as an invader of riparian woodland in Southern Spain	5

A first record of non-native Korean (black) rockfish Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, 1880 from the Bulgarian Black Sea coast	5
First record of the American clawed lobster, Homarus americanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), in the southeastern Mediterranean	5
The first European record of Lespedeza cuneata (Fabaceae), an invasive alien species of Union concern	5
First record of the Common Crevice-cricket Gryllomorpha dalmatina (Ocskay, 1832) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Slovakia: evidence of a viable population	5
Alien plant species of Haenertsburg Village, Limpopo Province, South Africa	5
Northern range expansion of the Asian mussel Arcuatula senhousia (Benson, 1842) along the French Atlantic coasts	4
First finds in North and South America of Pentacoelum kazukolinda (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), a worldwide invasive flatworm	4
The first wild record of invasive redhead cichlid, Vieja melanura (Günther, 1862), in Hainan Island, China	4
Invasive fishes negatively impact ghost frog tadpole abundance	4
Morphological and molecular identification of Diceratocephala boschmai Baer, 1953 and Decadidymus sp. Cannon, 1991 on wild and cultured environment of Cherax quadricarinatus in Malaysia	4
First reports of the Sohal surgeonfish, Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775) (Actinopterygii, Acanthuridae), and the Violet-eyed swimming crab, Carupa tenuipes Dana, 1852 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae	4
First records of the pitcher plant mite Sarraceniopus gibsoni (Nesbitt, 1954) (Astigmata: Histiostomatidae) in Europe	4
The Yucatan molly Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): an invasive species in the Mediterranean lagoon of Ayn Zayanah (Benghazi, Libya)	4
An update on the known distribution and status of the coypu (Myocastor coypus) in Austria	4
First record of black bullhead (Ameiurus melas Lesueur, 1819) and the occurrence of hybridization with brown bullhead (A. nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820) in Belgium	3
Discovery of Japanese gengorobuna Carassius cuvieri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 in Ethiopia: implications for fisheries governance	3
First report of the introduced isopod Ligia exotica Roux, 1828 in rocky intertidal habitats of Midway Atoll, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as confirmed by morphological and molecular appr	3
Monogenoidea on exotic Indian freshwater fish. 4. Dactylogyrus minutus from Platinum Ogon, an ornamental variety of the common carp Cyprinus carpio (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae)	3
The first occurrence of the southern plains crayfish Procambarus simulans (Faxon, 1884) documented in Montana, USA	3
Molecular identification of the Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis in Israel	3
The invasive brown seaweed Rugulopteryx okamurae (Dictyotales, Ochrophyta) continues to expand: first record in Italy	3
First record of Klasea quinquefolia (M.Bieb. ex Willd.) Greuter & Wagenitz (Asteraceae) in Italy	3
Invasion of synanthropic silverfish continues: first established populations of Ctenolepisma calvum (Ritter, 1910) revealed in the Czech Republic	3
Confirming the invasion by tubeworm Ficopomatus cf. uschakovi (Pillai, 1960) (Annelida, Serpulidae) in Mexico	3
Aquatic non-native invertebrate species in large river basins of southern Iraq	3
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First record of the invasive alien species Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Turkey	3
First report of Greenidea ficicola Takahashi and G. psidii van der Goot (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Chile	3
Invasion done: history and explanation of the spread of the river nerite (Theodoxus fluviatilis L., 1758) along the artificial shoreline of Lake Balaton	3
First record of non-native woody species Amelanchier ×lamarckii (Rosaceae), in Lithuania	3
First records of the alien bush-crickets Rhacocleis annulata Fieber, 1853 and Yersinella raymondii (Yersin, 1860) (Orthoptera) in Slovakia	3
New record of bristlenose catfish, Ancistrus chagresi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 and Ancistrus sp., in Ciliwung Watershed, Indonesia	3
First report of the American eastern cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Lithuania	3
Genetic evidence for the invasion of Cymbella janischii (A. Schmidt) De Toni, 1891 in Japan	3
Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns (Asteraceae): an emerging invasive alien species in Iran	3
Invasive alien species of animals in Armenia	2
First record of American skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Hultén & H. St. John (Araceae) in Poland	2
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Origin of introduced Italian wall lizards, Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810) (Squamata: Lacertidae), in North America	2
First record of adventive species Monoxia obesula Blake, 1939 in Greece	2
First record of Arcania brevifrons Chen, 1989 (Decapoda; Leucosiidae) and further record of Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) indicus Davie, 2012 (Decapoda; Macrophthalmidae) in Hellenic waters	2
The French benthic newcomers: new records of Ampithoe valida S.I. Smith, 1873 and Polydora colonia Moore, 1907 in Brittany, first record of Bispira polyomma Giangrande & Faasse, 2012 in the North-	2
Tarenaya spinosa (Jacq.) Raf. (Cleomaceae): a new addition to the naturalized alien flora of Iran	2
The first documented occurrence and life history characteristics of the Chinese mystery snail, Cipangopaludina chinensis (Gray, 1834) (Mollusca: Viviparidae), in Alberta, Canada	2
Genetic identification of Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) on the uninhabited Sasudo island provides accurate information on invasive species	2
First genetic evidence of Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769 in Southeastern Mexico	2
First records of non-indigenous Timarete caribous (Grube, 1859) (Polychaeta; Cirratulidae) in the Western Mediterranean, and its ecology in the Mar Menor (Murcia, SE Spain)	2
First record of quagga mussel, Dreissena bugensis Andrusov, 1897, in Italy: morphological and genetic evidence in Lake Garda	2
A swallow doesn’t make a summer: the case of Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata (Linnaeus, 1758) in the western Mediterranean Sea	2
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First record of the Turkish snail Helix lucorum Linnaeus, 1758 (Stylommatophora, Helicidae) in Poland	2
The wandering snaggletooth snail, Gastrocopta servilis (Gould, 1843) – a new record of an alien non-marine mollusc in South Africa (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Gastrocoptidae)	2
Austrocylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Backeb. (Cactaceae - Opuntioideae): an invasive new cactus record to the flora of Saudi Arabia	2
Range expansion within the northern USA by the accidentally introduced Carabus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Carabidae)	2
The expansion and establishment of the New Zealand mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) in the freshwater ecosystems of Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)	2
First record of Sphaeralcea bonariensis (Cav.) Griseb. (Malvaceae) as a casual alien species in the Mediterranean area	2
An expansion of the invasive species Amphibalanus subalbidus (Henry, 1973) in the south of Iraq	2
The first record of Chaoborus punctipennis (Say, 1823), an invasive phantom midge (Diptera, Chaoboridae), in Japan	2
Status of the invasive charru mussel Mytella strigata (Hanley, 1843) in the upper Gulf of Thailand five years after it was first surveyed	2
A new misleading colour morph: is Marmorkrebs the only “marbled” crayfish?	2
Distribution status for invasive alien freshwater turtles Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea	2
Presence of free-living Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) at El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, confirmed by morphological and molecular approaches	2
Abundance and size structure of invasive brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819), in a mesotrophic lake (north-eastern Poland)	2
First report of the Chinese sleeper Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877 in the Drava River, Croatia	2
First report of the Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus Krefft, 1864) found in the wild in the Republic of Korea	2
Sisyrinchium rosulatum (Iridaceae), a new alien species to the Bulgarian flora	2
First record of freshwater planarian Girardia sinensis Chen & Wang, 2015 (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola) in South Africa	2
Two alien insect species are new records at the family-level to the Azores archipelago (Portugal)	2
New records of digenetic trematodes infecting Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller, 1774) in Florida, USA	2
Salsuginus seculus (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) and Gyrodactylus gambusiae (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) newly recorded infesting Gambusia affinis (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) from New Zealand	2
First records of the Asian seed beetles Megabruchidius tonkineus (Pic, 1904) and M. dorsalis (Fåhræus, 1839) in Turkey	2
The edge of crisis: discovery of young of year black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846) in the Lower Mississippi River	2
New distribution records for cryptogenic and invasive Vespidae (Hymenoptera) in the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador	2
Expansion of (sub)tropical Asian copepod Thermocyclops taihokuensis (Harada, 1931) (Cyclopoida) in European waters	2