OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Limnology and Oceanography Letters is 10. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Sequestration by the biological carbon pump: Do we really know what we are talking about?	86
Grazer‐induced changes on mechanical properties of diatoms frustule: A new proof for a watery arms race	72
A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”	58
Eutrophication triggers diel and seasonal shifts of carbon dioxide and oxygen in tropical urban coastal waters	53
Ice‐melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear‐water Arctic lakes	50
Exploring the mismatch between the theory and application of photosynthetic quotients in aquatic ecosystems	49
Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud‐based analysis	43
Cross‐contamination risks in sediment‐based resurrection studies of phytoplankton	40
Blooms also like it cold	39
Effects of freshwater salinization on a salt‐naïve planktonic eukaryote community	37
Diverse impacts of day and night temperature on spring phenology in freshwater marshes of the Tibetan Plateau	36
Always ready? Primary production of Arctic phytoplankton at the end of the polar night	33
Unveiling differential thermal sensitivities in marine phytoplankton within the China Seas	32
Tried and true vs. shiny and new: Method switching in long‐term aquatic datasets	30
Lagging spawning and increasing phenological extremes jeopardize walleye (Sander vitreus) in north‐temperate lakes	29
Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake	29
Biogeochemical‐Argo floats show that chlorophyll increases before carbon in the high‐latitude Southern Ocean spring bloom	29
Clarifying water clarity: A call to use metrics best suited to corresponding research and management goals in aquatic ecosystems	28
An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem	26
Recent warming of the Kuroshio Current has promoted offshore sediment transport in the Yellow Sea	23
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Remote silicate supply regulates spring phytoplankton bloom magnitude in the Gulf of Maine	22
Key bacterial groups maintain stream multifunctionality in response to episodic drying	22
Coupling air–water CO ₂ flux and primary production dynamics under hydro	21
Seasonal patterns of microbial diversity across the world oceans	21

Taking steps to address inequities in open‐access publishing through an early career publication honor	20
Biologically driven isotope fractionation in ultrastructurally different shell portions of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): Implications for stream water δ¹⁸O	19
Energy inputs imprint seasonality and fractal structure on river metabolic regimes	19
Arctic fishes reveal patterns in radiocarbon age across habitats and with recent climate change	19
Calcium carbonate and phosphorus interactions in inland waters	19
Taxonomic identity, biodiversity, and antecedent disturbances shape the dimensional stability of stream invertebrates	19
Local water year values for the conterminous United States	19
Shedding light on cobalamin photodegradation in the ocean	19
Show and tell: approaches for effective figures	18
Enhanced stream greenhouse gas emissions at night and during flood events	18
Biotic and thermal drivers alter zooplankton phenology in western Lake Erie	18
The cycling of glycine betaine and homarine in marine microbial communities: Quantitative flux measurements and the role of competitive uptake inhibition	18
The role of surface water waves on cyanobacterial blooms in lakes	18
Changes in phytoplankton and biomineral content of particles during episodic fluxes to abyssal depth	17
Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation	17
Extreme plasticity in the photosystem composition of a low‐light Prochlorococcus ecotype in response to iron and light	17
Brachiopods as archives of intrannual, annual, and interannual environmental variations	17
LAGOS‐US RESERVOIR: A database classifying conterminous U.S. lakes 4 ha and larger as natural lakes or reservoir lakes	16
A dataset of individual wet weights of benthic macroinvertebrates	16
Harnessing nature's buffer: Assessing the role of bivalve shells in coastal alkalinity regeneration	15
Impacts of riverine heatwaves on rates of ecosystem metabolism in the United States	15
Confirming existing parameterizations for methane gas transfer velocity in lakes based on direct and high‐frequent methods	15
Salinity is diagnostic of maximum potential chlorophyll and phytoplankton community structure in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System	15
Combining genetic and isotope frameworks improves reconstruction of fish provenance across riverscapes	14
Diazotrophy in the Indian Ocean: Current understanding and future perspectives	14
Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers	14
Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi‐disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications	14
Rapid phytoplankton response to wind forcing influences productivity in upwelling bays	14
Predictable shifts in diversity and ecosystem function in phytoplankton communities along coastal salinity continua	13
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Age‐based δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C values of otolith organic matter reveal trophic ecology in marine fishes	13
Contrasting greenhouse gas dynamics along a coastal‐to‐oligotrophic ocean continuum	13
Qualitative and quantitative changes in phenology of chlorophyll a concentrations during the transition from eutrophy to oligotrophy	13
Anthropogenic nutrient inputs affect productivity–biodiversity relationships in marine tintinnid assemblages	13
Sulfate enrichment in estuaries of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: The potential effect of sulfide oxidation on carbonate chemistry under a changing climate	13
DOC, grazers, and resilience of phytoplankton to enrichment	13
Boat wakes enhance oyster reef mortality in a short‐fetch estuary	12
Reconstructing life‐time reproductive histories using steroid hormones in cephalopod beaks	12
Interactive effects of increasing chloride concentration and warming on freshwater plankton communities	12
Efficient cobalamin uptake and cycling contribute to the lack of cobalamins in the surface cobalt‐binding ligand pool in the North Pacific	12
A rationale for higher ratios of CH₄ to CO₂ production in warmer anoxic freshwater sediments and soils	12
Resolving the environmental factors that determine pond thermal refuge quality	12
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Thermal sensitivity in dual‐breathing ectotherms: Embryos and mothers determine species' vulnerability to climate change	11
Emerging patterns of CO₂ : O₂ dynamics in rivers and their link to ecosystem carbon processing	11
Decadal warming has intensified Microcystis‐dominated cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie	11
Species richness and intraspecific variation interactively shape marine diatom community functioning	11
Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments	11
Century‐scale resilience of stored seagrass blue carbon	11
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Bifurcate responses of tidal range to sea‐level rise in estuaries with marsh evolution	10
Tributary chloride loading into Lake Michigan	10
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Dissolved organic matter offsets the detrimental effects of climate change in the nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera	10
Mud in the city: Effects of freshwater salinization on inland urban wetland nitrogen and phosphorus availability and export	10
A model of near‐sea ice phytoplankton blooms	10
Contrasting impacts of warming and browning on periphyton	10
Earlier ice melt increases hypolimnetic oxygen despite regional warming in small Arctic lakes	10
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Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO₂ equilibration for marine CO₂ removal	10