OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Earth-Science Reviews is 57. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-03-01 to 2023-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma	1272
Atmospheric methane and global change	523
An outline of the palaeogeographic evolution of the Australasian region since the beginning of the Neoproterozoic	417
Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives	391
History of Indo-Pacific coral reef systems since the last glaciation: Development patterns and controlling factors	334
Reconstructing chemical weathering, physical erosion and monsoon intensity since 25Ma in the northern South China Sea: A review of competing proxies	318
Northern Hemisphere permafrost map based on TTOP modelling for 2000–2016 at 1 km2 scale	304
Organic-matter-rich shales of China	244
Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales	244
Continuous hydrocarbon accumulation over a large area as a distinguishing characteristic of unconventional petroleum: The Ordos Basin, North-Central China	215
Mesozoic tectono-magmatic response in the East Asian ocean-continent connection zone to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate	211
Triassic southeastward subduction of North China Block to South China Block: Insights from new geological, geophysical and geochemical data	185
Sedimentary system response to the global sea level change in the East China Seas since the last glacial maximum	179
Kinematic reconstruction of the Caribbean region since the Early Jurassic	172
Effects of surface coal mining and land reclamation on soil properties: A review	163
Environmental consequences of damming the mainstream Lancang-Mekong River: A review	158
The analysis of Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) relative sea-level indicators: Reconstructing sea-level in a warmer world	151
Mercury as a proxy for volcanic emissions in the geologic record	150
Rip current types, circulation and hazard	146
Reconstruction of northeast Asian deformation integrated with western Pacific plate subduction since 200 Ma	144
Deep learning and its application in geochemical mapping	144
Petrographic classification of sand and sandstone	142
Droughts in East Africa: Causes, impacts and resilience	141
Model-independent sequence stratigraphy	137
Fringing reef growth and morphology: a review	136
The tectonic evolution of the Arctic since Pangea breakup: Integrating constraints from surface geology and geophysics with mantle structure	132
Quantitative analysis of detrital modes: statistically rigorous confidence regions in ternary diagrams and their use in sedimentary petrology	131
Relative sea-level fall since the last interglacial stage: Are coasts uplifting worldwide?	130
Jiangnan Orogen, South China: A ~970–820 Ma Rodinia margin accretionary belt	122
Forecasting the time of failure of landslides at slope-scale: A literature review	121
Tectonic evolution and deep mantle structure of the eastern Tethys since the latest Jurassic	119
Trend analysis of climate time series: A review of methods	115
A review of feldspar alteration and its geological significance in sedimentary basins: From shallow aquifers to deep hydrocarbon reservoirs	114
The Tibetan Plateau cryosphere: Observations and model simulations for current status and recent changes	113
Quaternary time scales for the Pontocaspian domain: Interbasinal connectivity and faunal evolution	111
Applications of geochemistry in tsunami research: A review	107
Rock glaciers and mountain hydrology: A review	106
Carbon and hydrogen isotopes of methane, ethane, and propane: A review of genetic identification of natural gas	105
Nitrous oxide from streams and rivers: A review of primary biogeochemical pathways and environmental variables	100
The Carolina Zone: overview of Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic peri-Gondwanan terranes along the eastern Flank of the southern Appalachians	99
Raman spectroscopy as a tool to determine the thermal maturity of organic matter: Application to sedimentary, metamorphic and structural geology	99
Defining the morphological quality of fossil footprints. Problems and principles of preservation in tetrapod ichnology with examples from the Palaeozoic to the present	97
Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology: Principles and applications, challenges and opportunities	96
A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impact on the cryosphere	96
Weathering mantles and their significance for geomorphological evolution of central and northern Europe since the Mesozoic	95
Thinning and destruction of the lithospheric mantle root beneath the North China Craton: A review	95
Multistage anatexis during tectonic evolution from oceanic subduction to continental collision: A review of the North Qaidam UHP Belt, NW China	94
Multi-decadal variations in delta shorelines and their relationship to river sediment supply: An assessment and review	92
Slaty cleavage — a review of research since 1815	90
Mechano-chemical interactions in sedimentary rocks in the context of CO 2 storage: Weak acid, weak effects?	85
The Paleoproterozoic fossil record: Implications for the evolution of the biosphere during Earth's middle-age	83
On the evaluation of soil erosion models: Are we doing enough?	82
Approaches to evaluate the recent impacts of sea-level rise on shoreline changes	81
Tectonic evolution of early Mesozoic sedimentary basins in the North China block	79
The origin and crustal evolution of microcontinents in the Beishan orogen of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt	78
A review of quantification methodologies for multi-hazard interrelationships	76
Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy of the Xining Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, and its constraints on paleontological, sedimentological and tectonomorphological evolution	76
Evolution of the Singhbhum Craton and supracrustal provinces from age, isotopic and chemical constraints	75
Advances and perspectives on soil water research in China’s Loess Plateau	75
Permafrost conditions in the Mediterranean region since the Last Glaciation	74
Biosedimentological features of major microbe-metazoan transitions (MMTs) from Precambrian to Cenozoic	71
Mercury stable isotopes for monitoring the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention on Mercury	70
Geochronological and geochemical insights into the tectonic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, Sino-Korean Craton	70
Structural architecture and stratigraphic record of Late Mesozoic sedimentary basins in NE China: Tectonic archives of the Late Cretaceous continental margin evolution in East Asia	69
Eastward tectonic migration and transition of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Andean-type continental margin along Southeast China	68
Birth and demise of the Bangong-Nujiang Tethyan Ocean: A review from the Gerze area of central Tibet	68
Insights and issues with estimating northern peatland carbon stocks and fluxes since the Last Glacial Maximum	67
Sedimentogenesis and hydrobiogeochemistry of high arsenic Late Pleistocene-Holocene aquifer systems	66
Effects of changing permafrost conditions on hydrological processes and fluvial fluxes	66
Late Quaternary glacial phases in the Iberian Peninsula	65
Emissions from dry inland waters are a blind spot in the global carbon cycle	65
Spatially explicit simulation of land use/land cover changes: Current coverage and future prospects	64
Digital mapping of peatlands – A critical review	63
Present-day uplift of the European Alps: Evaluating mechanisms and models of their relative contributions	63
Continental margin response to multiple arc-continent collisions: The northern Andes-Caribbean margin	63
Paleoclimate proxies for cyclostratigraphy: Comparative analysis using a Lower Triassic marine section in South China	61
Wave-ravinement surfaces: Classification and key characteristics	60
Sustainable development of enhanced geothermal systems based on geotechnical research – A review	60
From a bipartite Gondwanan shelf to an arcuate Variscan belt: The early Paleozoic evolution of northern Peri-Gondwana	60
Debris-flow monitoring and warning: Review and examples	60
The magnitude and cause of short-term eustatic Cretaceous sea-level change: A synthesis	58
Late Palaeozoic palaeomagnetic and tectonic constraints for amalgamation of Pangea supercontinent in the European Variscan belt	58
Mediterranean Neogene planktonic foraminifer biozonation and biochronology	58
A review of machine learning applications to coastal sediment transport and morphodynamics	57
Triassic to Middle Jurassic geodynamic evolution of southwestern Gondwana: From a large flat-slab to mantle plume suction in a rollback subduction setting	57
A critical reevaluation of palaeoclimate proxy records from loess in the Carpathian Basin	57