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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Tried and true vs. shiny and new: Method switching in long‐term aquatic datasets	74
Cross‐contamination risks in sediment‐based resurrection studies of phytoplankton	67
Eutrophication triggers diel and seasonal shifts of carbon dioxide and oxygen in tropical urban coastal waters	64
Ice‐melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear‐water Arctic lakes	54
Exploring the mismatch between the theory and application of photosynthetic quotients in aquatic ecosystems	48
Vertical stratification of environmental DNA in the open ocean captures ecological patterns and behavior of deep‐sea fishes	47
Lagging spawning and increasing phenological extremes jeopardize walleye (Sander vitreus) in north‐temperate lakes	45
Grazer‐induced changes on mechanical properties of diatoms frustule: A new proof for a watery arms race	45
Diverse impacts of day and night temperature on spring phenology in freshwater marshes of the Tibetan Plateau	43
A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”	41
Sequestration by the biological carbon pump: Do we really know what we are talking about?	37
Always ready? Primary production of Arctic phytoplankton at the end of the polar night	36
Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud‐based analysis	34
Biogeochemical‐Argo floats show that chlorophyll increases before carbon in the high‐latitude Southern Ocean spring bloom	34
Blooms also like it cold	33
Effects of freshwater salinization on a salt‐naïve planktonic eukaryote community	32
Unveiling differential thermal sensitivities in marine phytoplankton within the China Seas	29
Recent warming of the Kuroshio Current has promoted offshore sediment transport in the Yellow Sea	28
Clarifying water clarity: A call to use metrics best suited to corresponding research and management goals in aquatic ecosystems	28
Seasonal patterns of microbial diversity across the world oceans	27
Remote silicate supply regulates spring phytoplankton bloom magnitude in the Gulf of Maine	27
An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem	26
Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake	25
Key bacterial groups maintain stream multifunctionality in response to episodic drying	24
Taking steps to address inequities in open‐access publishing through an early career publication honor	22

Biologically driven isotope fractionation in ultrastructurally different shell portions of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): Implications for stream water δ¹⁸O	21
The role of surface water waves on cyanobacterial blooms in lakes	20
Calcium carbonate and phosphorus interactions in inland waters	20
Taxonomic identity, biodiversity, and antecedent disturbances shape the dimensional stability of stream invertebrates	20
Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation	19
Show and tell: approaches for effective figures	19
Brachiopods as archives of intrannual, annual, and interannual environmental variations	19
Arctic fishes reveal patterns in radiocarbon age across habitats and with recent climate change	19
Biotic and thermal drivers alter zooplankton phenology in western Lake Erie	19
Local water year values for the conterminous United States	18
Enhanced stream greenhouse gas emissions at night and during flood events	18
Energy inputs imprint seasonality and fractal structure on river metabolic regimes	18
Shedding light on cobalamin photodegradation in the ocean	18
Changes in phytoplankton and biomineral content of particles during episodic fluxes to abyssal depth	17
LAGOS‐US RESERVOIR: A database classifying conterminous U.S. lakes 4 ha and larger as natural lakes or reservoir lakes	17
Diazotrophy in the Indian Ocean: Current understanding and future perspectives	16
A dataset of individual wet weights of benthic macroinvertebrates	16
Confirming existing parameterizations for methane gas transfer velocity in lakes based on direct and high‐frequent methods	15
Impacts of riverine heatwaves on rates of ecosystem metabolism in the United States	15
Harnessing nature's buffer: Assessing the role of bivalve shells in coastal alkalinity regeneration	15
Extreme plasticity in the photosystem composition of a low‐light Prochlorococcus ecotype in response to iron and light	15
Salinity is diagnostic of maximum potential chlorophyll and phytoplankton community structure in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System	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
Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers	13
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Qualitative and quantitative changes in phenology of chlorophyll a concentrations during the transition from eutrophy to oligotrophy	13
Age‐based δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C values of otolith organic matter reveal trophic ecology in marine fishes	13
Diverse arsenic‐containing lipids in the surface ocean	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
Anthropogenic nutrient inputs affect productivity–biodiversity relationships in marine tintinnid assemblages	13
DOC, grazers, and resilience of phytoplankton to enrichment	13
Predictable shifts in diversity and ecosystem function in phytoplankton communities along coastal salinity continua	13
Does salinization impact long‐term Daphnia assemblage dynamics? Evidence from the sediment egg bank in a small hard‐water lake	13
Combining genetic and isotope frameworks improves reconstruction of fish provenance across riverscapes	13
Resolving the environmental factors that determine pond thermal refuge quality	12
Thermal sensitivity in dual‐breathing ectotherms: Embryos and mothers determine species' vulnerability to climate change	12
A rationale for higher ratios of CH₄ to CO₂ production in warmer anoxic freshwater sediments and soils	12
Interactive effects of increasing chloride concentration and warming on freshwater plankton communities	12
Boat wakes enhance oyster reef mortality in a short‐fetch estuary	12
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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
Contrasting impacts of warming and browning on periphyton	11
Reconstructing life‐time reproductive histories using steroid hormones in cephalopod beaks	11
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Decadal warming has intensified Microcystis‐dominated cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie	11
Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments	11
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Species richness and intraspecific variation interactively shape marine diatom community functioning	11
A model of near‐sea ice phytoplankton blooms	10

Bifurcate responses of tidal range to sea‐level rise in estuaries with marsh evolution	10
Effects of seagrass overgrazing on sediment erosion and carbon sink capacity: Current understanding and future priorities	10
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Dissolved organic matter offsets the detrimental effects of climate change in the nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera	10
Variable phenology but consistent loss of ice cover on 1213 Minnesota lakes	9
Five state factors control progressive stages of freshwater salinization syndrome	9
Concurrent global change and marine heatwaves disturb phototrophic more than heterotrophic protist diversity	9
Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO₂ equilibration for marine CO₂ removal	9
Tributary chloride loading into Lake Michigan	9
Extreme value distributions describe interannual variability in the seasonal North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom	9
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Mud in the city: Effects of freshwater salinization on inland urban wetland nitrogen and phosphorus availability and export	9
Tagging of water masses with covariance of trace metals and prokaryotic taxa in the Southern Ocean	9
Polyphosphate phosphorus in the Great Lakes	9
Unexpected mismatches in population structure among marine mussel life‐history stages reveal the true scales of planktonic larval dispersal	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