| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | When can marine reserves improve fisheries management? | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2004 | 533 |
| 2 | Approaches to monitoring, control and management of harmful algal blooms (HABs) | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2009 | 477 |
| 3 | The role of ecosystems in coastal protection: Adapting to climate change and coastal hazards | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2014 | 444 |
| 4 | Artificial reefs: a review of their design, application, management and performance | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2001 | 419 |
| 5 | Trends in ocean and coastal tourism: the end of the last frontier? | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2001 | 390 |
| 6 | Managing for cumulative impacts in ecosystem-based management through ocean zoning | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2008 | 384 |
| 7 | Overcoming the impacts of aquaculture on the coastal zone | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2006 | 373 |
| 8 | Improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers to facilitate the adaptive governance of marine resources: A review of knowledge and research needs | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2015 | 343 |
| 9 | Ecosystem-based marine spatial management: Review of concepts, policies, tools, and critical issues | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2011 | 327 |
| 10 | Development and management of land reclamation in China | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2014 | 304 |
| 11 | A review of the application and evolution of the DPSIR framework with an emphasis on coastal social-ecological systems | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2015 | 303 |
| 12 | Aquaculture: Relevance, distribution, impacts and spatial assessments – A review | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2016 | 287 |
| 13 | The diversity of harmful algal blooms: a challenge for science and management | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2000 | 274 |
| 14 | Discovering factors that influence the success of community-based marine protected areas in the Visayas, Philippines | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2001 | 272 |
| 15 | Impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life: Publication patterns, new discoveries, and future directions in research and management | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2015 | 267 |
| 16 | Assessing the capacity of seagrass meadows for carbon burial: Current limitations and future strategies | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2013 | 264 |
| 17 | Community-based and co-management institutions for sustainable coastal fisheries management in Southeast Asia | Ocean and Coastal Management | 1995 | 249 |
| 18 | Mining of deep-sea seafloor massive sulfides: A review of the deposits, their benthic communities, impacts from mining, regulatory frameworks and management strategies | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2013 | 248 |
| 19 | Zoning—lessons from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2002 | 237 |
| 20 | How is your MPA doing? A methodology for evaluating the management effectiveness of marine protected areas | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2005 | 229 |
| 21 | Conservation and restoration of mangroves: Global status, perspectives, and prognosis | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2018 | 226 |
| 22 | Socio-economic indicators and integrated coastal management | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2003 | 218 |
| 23 | Ecosystem services of the tropical seascape: interactions, substitutions and restoration | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2003 | 215 |
| 24 | The economic cost and control of marine debris damage in the Asia-Pacific region | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2011 | 215 |
| 25 | Linking marine protected areas to integrated coastal and ocean management: A review of theory and practice | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2005 | 213 |
| 26 | Coastal erosion and control | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2011 | 213 |
| 27 | Frameworks and indicators for assessing progress in integrated coastal management initiatives | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2003 | 211 |
| 28 | Defining coastal squeeze: A discussion | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2013 | 207 |
| 29 | Invading European Seas: Assessing pathways of introduction of marine aliens | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2013 | 206 |
| 30 | Analysis and trends of the world's coastal cities and agglomerations | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2015 | 204 |
| 31 | The effects of urbanisation on coastal habitats and the potential for ecological engineering: A Singapore case study | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2015 | 203 |
| 32 | Public ocean literacy in the United States | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2005 | 200 |
| 33 | Indicator-based assessment of climate-change impacts on coasts: A review of concepts, methodological approaches and vulnerability indices | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2016 | 197 |
| 34 | Links between humans and seagrasses—an example from tropical East Africa | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2004 | 195 |
| 35 | Recreational scuba-diving and carrying capacity in marine protected areas | Ocean and Coastal Management | 1995 | 194 |
| 36 | Clean-coast index—A new approach for beach cleanliness assessment | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2007 | 194 |
| 37 | The management of coastal erosion | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2018 | 191 |
| 38 | Improving fresh groundwater supply—problems and solutions | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2001 | 188 |
| 39 | Influence of socio-economic characteristics of beach users on litter generation | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2005 | 188 |
| 40 | Impacts of shrimp farming in Bangladesh: Challenges and alternatives | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2011 | 184 |
| 41 | Impact of urbanization and tourism on coastal environment | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2004 | 183 |
| 42 | Fishery policy and job satisfaction in three southeast Asian fisheries | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2001 | 181 |
| 43 | A novel hybrid MCDM approach for offshore wind farm site selection: A case study of Iran | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2015 | 181 |
| 44 | Increasing flooding hazard in coastal communities due to rising sea level: Case study of Miami Beach, Florida | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2016 | 175 |
| 45 | Aquaculture with its environment: Prospects for sustainability | Ocean and Coastal Management | 1992 | 173 |
| 46 | Anthropogenic marine radioactivity | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2000 | 173 |
| 47 | Marine renewable energy: The ecological implications of altering the hydrodynamics of the marine environment | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2011 | 171 |
| 48 | Sustainable development and integrated coastal management | Ocean and Coastal Management | 1993 | 170 |
| 49 | Understanding and contextualizing social impacts from the privatization of fisheries: An overview | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2011 | 170 |
| 50 | Sandy beach conservation and recreation: Guidelines for optimising management strategies for multi-purpose use | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2013 | 167 |
