OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Earth-Science Reviews is 63. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Plate tectonic modelling and the energy transition	327
A systematic review of predictor screening methods for downscaling of numerical climate models	320
Lithospheric weakspots, not hotspots: New England-Quebec and Shenandoah anorogenic magmatism in the context of global plate tectonics, intraplate stress and LIPs	277
Multi-train roll waves, antidunes and bars in inclined flumes	237
Long-period astronomical forcing of climatic and biological evolution during the late Paleozoic icehouse-to-greenhouse transition	172
Innovations in underground hydrogen storage with multiphysics simulations, optimization, and monitoring: A review	157
Paleoproterozoic accretion and assembly of the Western Block of North China: A new model	155
The Samail subduction zone dilemma: Geochronology of high-pressure rocks from the Saih Hatat window, Oman, reveals juxtaposition of two subduction zones with contrasting thermal histories	144
Cycles of ∼32.5 My and ∼26.2 My in correlated episodes of continental flood basalts (CFBs), hyper-thermal climate pulses, anoxic oceans, and mass extinctions over the last 260 My: Connections between	143
Lower Palaeozoic-Paleogene geological development of a deep-water rift (Güzelsu Corridor) along the northern continental margin of the Southern Neotethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region: Evidence	142
Sardinia and the Alpine cycle: A tectono-sedimentary history at the Western Tethys edge	140
A review of Paleozoic phytoplankton biodiversity: Driver for major evolutionary events?	137
Research status and prospects of CO2 geological sequestration technology from onshore to offshore: A review	136
A review of new detrital zircon U-Pb ages from the Mogok area of Myanmar: Implications for the stratigraphy and early tectonic evolution of the Mogok Metamorphic Belt (MMB)	130
Mechanics of methane bubbles in consolidated aquatic muds	129
Magnetostratigraphic dating of earliest hominin sites in Europe	128
Fringed Patagonian tableland: One of Earth's largest and oldest landslide terrains	128
Remote sensing algorithms for particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) and the global cycle of PIC	125
Thermally driven organic-inorganic interactions in sedimentary basins: A review from source rocks to reservoirs	115
Nitrogen cycling during the Mesoproterozoic as informed by the 1400 million year old Xiamaling Formation	113
Representing the role of soil moisture on erosion resistance in sediment models: Challenges and opportunities	112
Tectonic imprints in Permian paleomagnetic data of Morocco	112
Geotectonic settings of Variscan explosive volcanism in the light of Famennian tuffites provenance from southern Poland	107
Nickel: Geochemistry, biochemistry and its role in chemical and biological evolutions	104
Contrasting characteristics, changes, and linkages of permafrost between the Arctic and the Third Pole	102

Geologic, geomorphic, tectonic, and paleoclimatic controls on the distribution and preservation of Chicxulub distal ejecta: A global perspective	94
New Maps of Global Geological Provinces and Tectonic Plates	89
Moraine-dammed glacial lakes and threat of glacial debris flows in South-East Kazakhstan	88
Review of sediment connectivity: Conceptual connotations, characterization indicators, and their relationships with soil erosion and sediment yield	86
CO2 sequestration in geological formations: Insights into mineral reactions and reservoir dynamics	85
Grain size from source to sink – modern and ancient fining rates	85
Bayesian back analysis of unsaturated hydraulic parameters for rainfall-induced slope failure: A review	84
A continental review of Australia's Cenozoic megafans and associated large accretionary fluvial systems	81
Valley incision chronologies from alluvium-filled cave systems	81
Petrogenetic interpretation of Archean low δ18O zircon: Implications for origin of continental crust on early Earth	80
What water color parameters could be mapped using MODIS land reflectance products: A global evaluation over coastal and inland waters	80
Dynamics of Tethyan marine de‑oxygenation and relationship to S-N-P cycles during the Permian-Triassic boundary crisis	79
Quantitative paleogeographical reconstructions and basin evolution of South China during the Ordovician	79
Evolution mechanisms, impacts, and variations of the vortices originated from the Tibetan Plateau	74
Neoarchean SSZ and MOR ultra-/high-pressure ophiolitic mélanges of the Eastern Hebei Complex, North China Craton: Dynamics of an Archean paleo-subduction zone	73
Antarctic mineral resources: Looking to the future of the Environmental Protocol	73
Tectonic influence on the characteristics of contourite systems	72
Triassic terrestrial tetrapod faunas of the Central European Basin, their stratigraphical distribution, and their palaeoenvironments	72
The End-Devonian Hangenberg Event and its aftermath in South China: Stratigraphic and sedimentary records from shallow to deep water facies	72
Source-to-sink reconstruction of early Paleozoic Western Gondwana mega-scale alluvial systems	71
Comment on “Early Archean biogeochemical iron cycling and nutrient availability: New insights from a 3.5 Ga land-sea transition” by Clark M. Johnson, Xin-Yuan Zheng, Tara Djokic, Martin J. Van Kranend	70
Research progress and current application of weak turbulence and turbulence intermittency in stable boundary layers	69
Evolution of the Zagros sector of Neo-Tethys: Tectonic and magmatic events that shaped its rifting, seafloor spreading and subduction history	67
The supercontinent cycle seen from a hafnium isotope perspective in the Mongolian Accretionary Collage	67
Planetary albedo and reflected shortwave flux: Basic characteristics, mechanisms of change and future projections	67
Early paleozoic tectonics and paleogeography of the Eastern Arctic and Siberia: Review of paleomagnetic and geologic data for the De Long Islands	67
Hybrid volcanic rocks from Alech Hills, Saurashtra, western India- insight into the role of magma mixing in the evolution of Late Cretaceous Deccan Traps Volcanic Province	67
The Egéré Paleo-Mesoproterozoic rifted passive margin of the LATEA metacraton (Central Hoggar, Tuareg Shield, Algeria) subducted and exhumed during the Pan-African orogeny: U-Pb zircon ages, P-T-t pat	66
The DC and AC global electric circuits and climate	65
Sulfuric acid caves of the world: A review	65
Sediment-transport rates from decadal to millennial timescales across the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Impacts of tectonics, climatic processes, and vegetation cover	64
Clay minerals on Mars: An up-to-date review with future perspectives	64
Multistage plate subduction controls intraplate volcanism and cratonic lithospheric thinning in Northeast Asia	64
Detecting the impact of climate change on alpine mass movements in observational records from the European Alps	64
Subduction initiation as recorded in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc	64
Incorporating cross-scale insights into colloid-facilitated radionuclide transport in fractured rocks: A critical review	64
The Devonian System in northwestern Gondwana: Focus on Colombia	63
The geomorphology of monoclinal scarps associated with interstratal-dissolution fronts in evaporite formations, illustrated with the Upper Jurassic Arab and Hith formations in Ar Riyadh and Central Sa	63
Editorial Board	63