OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Earth-Science Reviews is 66. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: The earth’s changing climate during the last 540 million years	327
Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios	286
Machine learning for digital soil mapping: Applications, challenges and suggested solutions	281
Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic	227
Warming amplification over the Arctic Pole and Third Pole: Trends, mechanisms and consequences	208
Drought effects on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in global natural ecosystems	196
Desiccation cracking of soils: A review of investigation approaches, underlying mechanisms, and influencing factors	170
Recent advances in carbon dioxide geological storage, experimental procedures, influencing parameters, and future outlook	170
Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block	166
A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impact on the cryosphere	161
Tectonic evolution of the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China	159
Pollen-based climate reconstruction techniques for late Quaternary studies	154
Elevation dependent warming over the Tibetan Plateau: Patterns, mechanisms and perspectives	152
Modes of occurrence of elements in coal: A critical evaluation	149
Deep learning for geological hazards analysis: Data, models, applications, and opportunities	144
The status and stability of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau	142
Recent climate and hydrological changes in a mountain–basin system in Xinjiang, China	141
Exploring the multiple land degradation pathways across the planet	138
Landslide failures detection and mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar: Past, present and future	135
Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art	133
Fenton chemistry and reactive oxygen species in soil: Abiotic mechanisms of biotic processes, controls and consequences for carbon and nutrient cycling	132
Loess landscapes of Europe – Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation	131
Global impact of climate change on soil erosion and potential for adaptation through soil conservation	130
Movable oil content evaluation of lacustrine organic-rich shales: Methods and a novel quantitative evaluation model	129
A comprehensive review on deep learning based remote sensing image super-resolution methods	127

Leakage risk assessment of a CO2 storage site: A review	125
Tortuosity of porous media: Image analysis and physical simulation	123
Carbon mineralization and geological storage of CO2 in basalt: Mechanisms and technical challenges	118
Application of artificial intelligence in geotechnical engineering: A state-of-the-art review	115
Magmatic perspective on subduction of Paleo-Pacific plate and initiation of big mantle wedge in East Asia	114
Deep learning in pore scale imaging and modeling	113
Soil moisture retrieval from remote sensing measurements: Current knowledge and directions for the future	112
Increasing cryospheric hazards in a warming climate	107
Sulphate in freshwater ecosystems: A review of sources, biogeochemical cycles, ecotoxicological effects and bioremediation	101
Increasing glacial lake outburst flood hazard in response to surge glaciers in the Karakoram	98
An overview of monitoring methods for assessing the performance of nature-based solutions against natural hazards	95
Understanding interactions among climate, water, and vegetation with the Budyko framework	93
An orocline in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt	89
Breaches of embankment and landslide dams - State of the art review	88
Effectiveness of post-fire soil erosion mitigation treatments: A systematic review and meta-analysis	87
Dam builders and their works: Beaver influences on the structure and function of river corridor hydrology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry and ecosystems	87
Cenozoic evolution of the Qaidam basin and implications for the growth of the northern Tibetan plateau: A review	85
Multi-stage tectonics and metallogeny associated with Phanerozoic evolution of the South China Block: A holistic perspective from the Youjiang Basin	85
Andean mountain building since the Late Cretaceous: A paleoelevation reconstruction	81
Learning from natural sediments to tackle microplastics challenges: A multidisciplinary perspective	81
Lithosphere thickness controls the extent of mantle melting, depth of melt extraction and basalt compositions in all tectonic settings on Earth – A review and new perspectives	80
Schwertmannite: A review of its occurrence, formation, structure, stability and interactions with oxyanions	79
Sediment oxygen consumption: Role in the global marine carbon cycle	78
Mapping paleocoastlines and continental flooding during the Phanerozoic	77
Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) mapping: A critical review of methods and approaches	77
Radium isotopes as submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) tracers: Review and recommendations	76
The Mid-Variscan Allochthon: Keys from correlation, partial retrodeformation and plate-tectonic reconstruction to unlock the geometry of a non-cylindrical belt	76
Exploring a lost ocean in the Tibetan Plateau: Birth, growth, and demise of the Bangong-Nujiang Ocean	75
Tectono-thermal evolution of the Qilian orogenic system: Tracing the subduction, accretion and closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean	74
The lower shoreface: Morphodynamics and sediment connectivity with the upper shoreface and beach	73
Towards a universal model for orogenic gold systems: A perspective based on Chinese examples with geodynamic, temporal, and deposit-scale structural and geochemical diversity	72
SEM petrography of dispersed organic matter in black shales: A review	71
A review of ocean-atmosphere interactions during tropical cyclones in the north Indian Ocean	71
Cenozoic lithospheric architecture and metallogenesis in Southeastern Tibet	71
Geochronology of the Paraná-Etendeka large igneous province	70
Interactions of Asian mineral dust with Indian summer monsoon: Recent advances and challenges	70
Spatiotemporal forecasting in earth system science: Methods, uncertainties, predictability and future directions	70
Timing and patterns of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event and Late Ordovician mass extinction: Perspectives from South China	69
Albedo reduction as an important driver for glacier melting in Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas	68
A critical review on pore to continuum scale imaging techniques for enhanced shale gas recovery	66
Fluids associated with carbonatitic magmatism: A critical review and implications for carbonatite magma ascent	66