OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Limnology and Oceanography Letters is 9. 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
Diverse impacts of day and night temperature on spring phenology in freshwater marshes of the Tibetan Plateau	69
Lagging spawning and increasing phenological extremes jeopardize walleye (Sander vitreus) in north‐temperate lakes	67
Unveiling differential thermal sensitivities in marine phytoplankton within the China Seas	62
Tried and true vs. shiny and new: Method switching in long‐term aquatic datasets	52
Effects of freshwater salinization on a salt‐naïve planktonic eukaryote community	46
Cross‐contamination risks in sediment‐based resurrection studies of phytoplankton	46
Grazer‐induced changes on mechanical properties of diatoms frustule: A new proof for a watery arms race	44
Always ready? Primary production of Arctic phytoplankton at the end of the polar night	42
Eutrophication triggers diel and seasonal shifts of carbon dioxide and oxygen in tropical urban coastal waters	42
Ice‐melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear‐water Arctic lakes	41
Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud‐based analysis	38
A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”	38
Vertical stratification of environmental DNA in the open ocean captures ecological patterns and behavior of deep‐sea fishes	35
Biogeochemical‐Argo floats show that chlorophyll increases before carbon in the high‐latitude Southern Ocean spring bloom	34
Exploring the mismatch between the theory and application of photosynthetic quotients in aquatic ecosystems	33
Blooms also like it cold	32
Recent warming of the Kuroshio Current has promoted offshore sediment transport in the Yellow Sea	30
Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake	29
Key bacterial groups maintain stream multifunctionality in response to episodic drying	29
Remote silicate supply regulates spring phytoplankton bloom magnitude in the Gulf of Maine	28
Clarifying water clarity: A call to use metrics best suited to corresponding research and management goals in aquatic ecosystems	28
Taking steps to address inequities in open‐access publishing through an early career publication honor	26
Seasonal patterns of microbial diversity across the world oceans	26
Biologically driven isotope fractionation in ultrastructurally different shell portions of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): Implications for stream water δ¹⁸O	25
Arctic fishes reveal patterns in radiocarbon age across habitats and with recent climate change	24

Taxonomic identity, biodiversity, and antecedent disturbances shape the dimensional stability of stream invertebrates	23
The role of surface water waves on cyanobacterial blooms in lakes	22
Biotic and thermal drivers alter zooplankton phenology in western Lake Erie	21
Show and tell: approaches for effective figures	21
Brachiopods as archives of intrannual, annual, and interannual environmental variations	20
Energy inputs imprint seasonality and fractal structure on river metabolic regimes	20
Shedding light on cobalamin photodegradation in the ocean	19
Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation	19
Enhanced stream greenhouse gas emissions at night and during flood events	19
Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi‐disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications	18
Calcium carbonate and phosphorus interactions in inland waters	18
Changes in phytoplankton and biomineral content of particles during episodic fluxes to abyssal depth	18
Local water year values for the conterminous United States	18
LAGOS‐US RESERVOIR: A database classifying conterminous U.S. lakes 4 ha and larger as natural lakes or reservoir lakes	17
Extreme plasticity in the photosystem composition of a low‐light Prochlorococcus ecotype in response to iron and light	17
Diazotrophy in the Indian Ocean: Current understanding and future perspectives	16
A dataset of individual wet weights of benthic macroinvertebrates	16
Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers	16
Rapid phytoplankton response to wind forcing influences productivity in upwelling bays	16
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	14
Combining genetic and isotope frameworks improves reconstruction of fish provenance across riverscapes	14
Harnessing nature's buffer: Assessing the role of bivalve shells in coastal alkalinity regeneration	14
Age‐based δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C values of otolith organic matter reveal trophic ecology in marine fishes	14
Diverse arsenic‐containing lipids in the surface ocean	14
Qualitative and quantitative changes in phenology of chlorophyll a concentrations during the transition from eutrophy to oligotrophy	13
DOC, grazers, and resilience of phytoplankton to enrichment	13
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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
Predictable shifts in diversity and ecosystem function in phytoplankton communities along coastal salinity continua	13
Reconstructing life‐time reproductive histories using steroid hormones in cephalopod beaks	12
Boat wakes enhance oyster reef mortality in a short‐fetch estuary	12
Does salinization impact long‐term Daphnia assemblage dynamics? Evidence from the sediment egg bank in a small hard‐water lake	12
Species richness and intraspecific variation interactively shape marine diatom community functioning	12
Interactive effects of increasing chloride concentration and warming on freshwater plankton communities	12
Resolving the environmental factors that determine pond thermal refuge quality	12
Decadal warming has intensified Microcystis‐dominated cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie	12
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Nutrient co‐limitation in the subtropical Northwest Pacific	12
A rationale for higher ratios of CH₄ to CO₂ production in warmer anoxic freshwater sediments and soils	12
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Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments	11
Thermal sensitivity in dual‐breathing ectotherms: Embryos and mothers determine species' vulnerability to climate change	11
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Efficient cobalamin uptake and cycling contribute to the lack of cobalamins in the surface cobalt‐binding ligand pool in the North Pacific	11
Bifurcate responses of tidal range to sea‐level rise in estuaries with marsh evolution	11
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Contrasting impacts of warming and browning on periphyton	11
A model of near‐sea ice phytoplankton blooms	10

Effects of seagrass overgrazing on sediment erosion and carbon sink capacity: Current understanding and future priorities	10
Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO₂ equilibration for marine CO₂ removal	10
Dissolved organic matter offsets the detrimental effects of climate change in the nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera	10
Lake networks and connectivity metrics for the conterminous U.S. (LAGOS‐US NETWORKS v1)	10
Mud in the city: Effects of freshwater salinization on inland urban wetland nitrogen and phosphorus availability and export	10
Extreme value distributions describe interannual variability in the seasonal North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom	9
Tagging of water masses with covariance of trace metals and prokaryotic taxa in the Southern Ocean	9
Concurrent global change and marine heatwaves disturb phototrophic more than heterotrophic protist diversity	9
Earlier ice melt increases hypolimnetic oxygen despite regional warming in small Arctic lakes	9
Climate‐influenced phenology of larval fish transport in a large lake	9
Tributary chloride loading into Lake Michigan	9
Five state factors control progressive stages of freshwater salinization syndrome	9
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Polyphosphate phosphorus in the Great Lakes	9
Variable phenology but consistent loss of ice cover on 1213 Minnesota lakes	9