OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of American Journal of Science is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Timescales of Drainage Network Evolution Revealed: Spatiotemporal Variability in Drainage Density in the Post-Glacial Central Lowlands, USA	35
Serpentinites of the Guatemala Suture Zone: Varieties, Origin, and Compositional Modification	34
Post-depositional transformations in sedimentary rocks and implications for paleoenvironmental studies: evidence from the Mesoproterozoic (∼1.1 Ga) of the Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania	17
Guadalupian carbon isotope stratigraphy indicates extended interval of carbon cycle stability	15
Abundant 2480 Ma Detrital Zircons in ∼1740 Ma Vishnu Schist in Northwestern Arizona: Derivation From the Matachewan Large Igneous Province?	13
Late Ediacaran to Early Cambrian Breakup Sequences and Establishment of the Eastern Laurentian Passive Margin, Newfoundland, Canada	13
A Micromechanical Model for Mineral Replacement Reactions and Associated Deformation: From Pore Clogging to Solid Volume Increase	13
Assessing the long-term low-temperature thermal evolution of the central Indian Bundelkhand craton with a complex apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He dataset	11
Large-strain Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Formulations for Host-Inclusion Systems and Their Applications in Thermobarometry and Geodynamics	10
Oxygen Isotopes of Iron Oxides as a Diagnostic Tool for Iron Formation-Hosted High-Grade Magnetite-Hematite Deposits	10
Organic-rich Shales Reveal Local Controls That Enhanced Mercury Accumulation During a non-LIP Interval of the Miocene: Implications for the Mercury Paleoproxy	9
A Cenozoic Record of Deep Oceanic Zn Isotopic Composition in Ferromanganese Crusts	8
Isotope Ratio – Discharge Relationships of Solutes Derived From Weathering Reactions	8
Evidence for Low Dissolved Silica in mid-Mesozoic Oceans	8
Cenozoic Basin Evolution During Alternating Extension and Shortening in the Southern Central Andes Along the Chile-Argentina Border, 37–38°S	7
Reversed Inter-Mineral Fe-Zn Isotope Fractionation in Ophiolitic Peridotites: Evidence for Widespread Hydration of Oceanic Lithospheric Mantle	7
Determination of an intracontinental transform system along the southern Central Asian orogenic belt in the latest Paleozoic	7
Zircon U-Pb Age and Hf-O Isotope Evidence of the Taihua Complex on the Southern Margin of the North China Craton: Implications for Its Magmatic Process During the Early Paleoproterozoic	7
Dependence of River Water Lithium Isotope Ratios on Watershed Attributes Complicates Interpretation of Weathering-Driven CO ₂ Drawdown	6
The Carbon Isotopic Composition of Archean Kerogen and Its Resilience Through the Rock Cycle	6
EPR Dating of Clay Minerals Formation Through Geological Times: Benchmarking From the Quaternary to the Neoproterozoic Era	5
The World’s Highest-Grade Cobalt Mineralization at Bou Azzer Associated With Gondwana Supercontinent Breakup, Serpentinite and Kellwasser Hydrocarbon Source Rocks	4
Plio-Pleistocene Western Retroarc Magmatic Evolution and Its Relation With Variable Subduction Settings in the Southern Central Andes (34-38 °S)	4
Late Cretaceous Uplift of Grand Canyon: Evidence From Fluid Inclusions	4
The Influence of Warming on Phosphorus Burial in Continental Margin Sediments	4

Silicate Weathering and Diagenetic Reaction Balances in Deltaic Muds	4
The PATCH Lab v1.0: A database and workspace for Cenozoic terrestrial paleoclimate and environment reconstruction	4
Insights Into the Terminal Ediacaran Marine Carbonate Record From Shale-Hosted Carbonate Carbon Isotopes	4
Permian Syn-Extensional Barrovian Metamorphism in the Envelope of a Migmatite Dome of the Mongolian Altai – Petrostructural and Geochronological Arguments	3
Petrogenesis of the Early Paleogene North Island Syenite Complex, Seychelles	3
The Rare Earth Element Distribution in Marine Carbonates as a Potential Proxy for Seawater pH on Early Earth	3
Deformation by Pressure Solution and Grain Boundary Sliding in a Retrograde Shear Zone in Southern New England, USA	3
A Physical Model for Accurate Paleotemperature Reconstruction From Fluid Inclusions in Halite	3