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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Cross‐contamination risks in sediment‐based resurrection studies of phytoplankton	90
Grazer‐induced changes on mechanical properties of diatoms frustule: A new proof for a watery arms race	74
Effects of freshwater salinization on a salt‐naïve planktonic eukaryote community	59
Unveiling differential thermal sensitivities in marine phytoplankton within the China Seas	54
Tried and true vs. shiny and new: Method switching in long‐term aquatic datasets	51
Eutrophication triggers diel and seasonal shifts of carbon dioxide and oxygen in tropical urban coastal waters	51
Sequestration by the biological carbon pump: Do we really know what we are talking about?	43
Ice‐melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear‐water Arctic lakes	42
Lagging spawning and increasing phenological extremes jeopardize walleye (Sander vitreus) in north‐temperate lakes	41
Exploring the mismatch between the theory and application of photosynthetic quotients in aquatic ecosystems	37
Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud‐based analysis	37
A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”	34
Diverse impacts of day and night temperature on spring phenology in freshwater marshes of the Tibetan Plateau	34
Biogeochemical‐Argo floats show that chlorophyll increases before carbon in the high‐latitude Southern Ocean spring bloom	33
An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem	30
Clarifying water clarity: A call to use metrics best suited to corresponding research and management goals in aquatic ecosystems	30
Blooms also like it cold	30
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Recent warming of the Kuroshio Current has promoted offshore sediment transport in the Yellow Sea	26
Coupling air–water CO ₂ flux and primary production dynamics under hydro	25
Seasonal patterns of microbial diversity across the world oceans	24
Remote silicate supply regulates spring phytoplankton bloom magnitude in the Gulf of Maine	24
Key bacterial groups maintain stream multifunctionality in response to episodic drying	23
Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake	23
Taking steps to address inequities in open‐access publishing through an early career publication honor	22

Arctic fishes reveal patterns in radiocarbon age across habitats and with recent climate change	21
Show and tell: approaches for effective figures	20
Taxonomic identity, biodiversity, and antecedent disturbances shape the dimensional stability of stream invertebrates	20
Biotic and thermal drivers alter zooplankton phenology in western Lake Erie	20
Local water year values for the conterminous United States	20
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
The role of surface water waves on cyanobacterial blooms in lakes	19
The cycling of glycine betaine and homarine in marine microbial communities: Quantitative flux measurements and the role of competitive uptake inhibition	19
Brachiopods as archives of intrannual, annual, and interannual environmental variations	19
Shedding light on cobalamin photodegradation in the ocean	19
Biologically driven isotope fractionation in ultrastructurally different shell portions of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): Implications for stream water δ¹⁸O	19
Changes in phytoplankton and biomineral content of particles during episodic fluxes to abyssal depth	18
Calcium carbonate and phosphorus interactions in inland waters	18
Energy inputs imprint seasonality and fractal structure on river metabolic regimes	18
A dataset of individual wet weights of benthic macroinvertebrates	17
Extreme plasticity in the photosystem composition of a low‐light Prochlorococcus ecotype in response to iron and light	17
Salinity is diagnostic of maximum potential chlorophyll and phytoplankton community structure in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System	17
Confirming existing parameterizations for methane gas transfer velocity in lakes based on direct and high‐frequent methods	17
Harnessing nature's buffer: Assessing the role of bivalve shells in coastal alkalinity regeneration	17
Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi‐disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications	16
Diazotrophy in the Indian Ocean: Current understanding and future perspectives	15
Combining genetic and isotope frameworks improves reconstruction of fish provenance across riverscapes	15
Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers	15
Age‐based δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C values of otolith organic matter reveal trophic ecology in marine fishes	15
Rapid phytoplankton response to wind forcing influences productivity in upwelling bays	15
Impacts of riverine heatwaves on rates of ecosystem metabolism in the United States	15
LAGOS‐US RESERVOIR: A database classifying conterminous U.S. lakes 4 ha and larger as natural lakes or reservoir lakes	15
Contrasting greenhouse gas dynamics along a coastal‐to‐oligotrophic ocean continuum	14
DOC, grazers, and resilience of phytoplankton to enrichment	14
Predictable shifts in diversity and ecosystem function in phytoplankton communities along coastal salinity continua	14
Anthropogenic nutrient inputs affect productivity–biodiversity relationships in marine tintinnid assemblages	14
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Interactive effects of increasing chloride concentration and warming on freshwater plankton communities	13
A rationale for higher ratios of CH₄ to CO₂ production in warmer anoxic freshwater sediments and soils	13
Qualitative and quantitative changes in phenology of chlorophyll a concentrations during the transition from eutrophy to oligotrophy	13
Oceanographic heterogeneity facilitates gelatinous zooplankton niche space and diversity	13
Resolving the environmental factors that determine pond thermal refuge quality	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
Boat wakes enhance oyster reef mortality in a short‐fetch estuary	13
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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	12
Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments	12
Reconstructing life‐time reproductive histories using steroid hormones in cephalopod beaks	12
Emerging patterns of CO ₂ :	11
Century‐scale resilience of stored seagrass blue carbon	11
A model of near‐sea ice phytoplankton blooms	11
Species richness and intraspecific variation interactively shape marine diatom community functioning	11
Decadal warming has intensified Microcystis‐dominated cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie	11
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Contrasting impacts of warming and browning on periphyton	11
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Dissolved organic matter offsets the detrimental effects of climate change in the nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera	11
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Mud in the city: Effects of freshwater salinization on inland urban wetland nitrogen and phosphorus availability and export	10
Concurrent global change and marine heatwaves disturb phototrophic more than heterotrophic protist diversity	10
Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO₂ equilibration for marine CO₂ removal	10
Polyphosphate phosphorus in the Great Lakes	10
Earlier ice melt increases hypolimnetic oxygen despite regional warming in small Arctic lakes	10
Climate‐influenced phenology of larval fish transport in a large lake	10
Bifurcate responses of tidal range to sea‐level rise in estuaries with marsh evolution	10
Tributary chloride loading into Lake Michigan	10
Variable phenology but consistent loss of ice cover on 1213 Minnesota lakes	10