OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The last millennium vegetation and environmental history of the Hyrcanian highland region, a pollen record from Shekardasht mire, northern Iran	37
Tempskya hailunensis sp. nov. (Tempskyaceae), a new tree fern with preserved leaf-like structures, from the Cretaceous of the Songliao Basin, Northeast China	20
Reconstructing the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) vegetation from the Anglo-Welsh Basin: Two spore masses containing Emphanisporites McGregor spores	19
Diodonopteris virgulata sp. nov., a climbing fern from the early Permian Wuda Tuff Flora and its paleoecology	18
Phytolith records from 15 continuously growing Bambusa emeiensis leaves and its climatic significance	18
Report of Sublepidodendron (Lycopsida) from the Upper Devonian borehole core of the CSDP-2 Well, South Yellow Sea, China	17
RETRACTED: Reconstructing past vegetation based on fossil and modern pollen data in Sougna mountain (Western Rif mountains - Northern Morocco)	17
The systematic value of pollen morphology in Homalolepis and other six Neotropical genera of Simaroubaceae	17
A new species of Stutzeliastrobus (Cupressaceae) from the Early Cretaceous of the Guyang Basin, northern China, and its paleoenvironmental implications	16
Spores constraining age of the Middle Devonian paleosol from Voronezh, Russia and their paleopedological and evolutionary significances	16
Annotated catalog of the Egyptian macrofossil plants: An overview of over 200 years of research—Cryptogamae and Phanerogamae	15
Tibetan Plateau palm fossils prove the Kohistan-Ladakh Island Arc is a floristic steppingstone between Gondwana and Laurasia	15
Ovule-bearing structures of Karkenia Archangelsky, associated dispersed seeds and Sphenobaiera leaves from the Middle Jurassic of East Siberia, Russia	14
Subrecent charophyte flora from the Pheneos palaeolake (Greece): Palaeoecological implications	14
An unusual plane tree from the Early Cretaceous of Kansas, USA	14
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Maastrichtian palynological assemblages from the Chorrillo Formation, Patagonia, Argentina	13
Relationships between pollen assemblages and modern vegetation of the southern Gaoligong Mountains region, southwest China	13
Study on macro- and sporemorphology of a new species of Coniopteris (Dicksoniaceae) from the Middle Jurassic of western Liaoning, Northeast China	13
Fertile organs and in situ spores of a marattialean fern (Asterotheca) from the Early Permian of northwestern China	12
Extinct seed plant diversity in the Early Cretaceous: An enigmatic new microsporangiate fossil with Decussosporites pollen in situ	12
Late Holocene vegetation dynamics and climate variations through pollen analysis of sediments from Lake Sülük (Çorum, Türkiye)	12
Pollen reveals the diet and environment of an extinct Pleistocene giant deer from the Netherlands	12
Temporal and spatial patterns of airborne pollen dispersal in six salt marsh halophytes	11
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Pliocene Lythrum (loosestrife, Lythraceae) pollen from Portugal and the Neogene establishment of European lineages	11
Atlas of Holocene pollen of Southern Italy (Mar Piccolo, Taranto)	11
Potential and limitations of New Zealand's pre-deforestation fossil pollen records as recent analogues in palaeoecological research	11
New callistophytalean species from the Duckmantian of the Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Czech Republic	11
Earliest fossil pollen records of endemic African Sclerosperma palms and the palaeoecological aspects of the genus	10
New pollen taxon Syncolpraedapollis angolensis nov. gen. sp. nov.: A noteworthy discovery reported in the preliminary investigation of the latest Eocene-latest Oligocene deposits in the Kwanza Basin,	10
Further observations on stalked microfossils from the Lower Devonian Rhynie cherts that resemble the algae Characiopsis (Eustigmatophyceae) and Characium (Chlorophyceae)	10
Leaf phenology and paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental insights derived from Yiwupitys elegans of the Yiwu Jurassic Forest, Xinjiang, China	10
First report of staminate flowers of Calatola (Metteniusales: Metteniusaceae) from the Miocene Mexican amber	10
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Microspores of the Middle Triassic lycopsid Lepacyclotes (syn. Annalepis) zeilleri: Morphology, ultrastructure, laminated zones and comments about the lycopsid evolution	10
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Is biodiversity promoted in rift-associated basins? Evidence from Middle Jurassic conifers from the Otlaltepec Formation in Puebla, Mexico	10
A critical evaluation of fossil pollen records from the mangrove tree Pelliciera beyond the Neotropics: Biogeographical and evolutionary implications	10
Modern pollen distribution and its relationship with environmental gradient in southern Morocco	10
The South American and Antarctic Peninsula fossil record of Salviniales (water ferns): Its implication for understanding their evolution and past distribution	10
Reinvestigation of the type specimen of Ginkgophyllum grassetii Saporta 1875 using Reflectance Transforming Imaging	10
A new gymnospermous stem from the Moscovian (Carboniferous) of North China, and its palaeoecological significance for the Cathaysian Flora at the early evolutionary stage	9
Franscinella riograndensis (Salvi et al.) gen. nov. et comb. nov.: The first record of a lycopsid with in situ spores for the Permian strata of the Paraná Basin, Brazil	9
A new cheirolepidiaceous microsporangiate cone Classostrobus archangelskyi with in situ pollen from the Lower Cretaceous of Figueira da Foz Formation, central-western mainland Portugal	9
Corrigendum to the paper: Possible earliest evidence of insect pollination based on a new species of the Carboniferous medullosalean ‘seed’ genus Pachytesta. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Vol	9
A land plant saga: Tribute to Jean Galtier – Introduction	9
Morphometry of Lamiaceae pollen grains from the archaeological site of Kastrì (Epirus-Greece; 15th–16th cent. AD)	9
A contribution to the knowledge of Cretaceous to Neogene Palynology in the Colombian Caribbean.	9
The late Serpukhovian-earliest Moscovian flora from westernmost Gondwana	9
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Morphology and ultrastructure of cicatricose spores found in an isolated sporangium-bearing structure of a schizaealean fern from the Lower Cretaceous rocks at Casal do Borracho, Torres Vedras, wester	9
Incursion of tropically-distributed plant taxa into high latitudes during the middle Eocene warming event: Evidence from the Río Turbio Fm, Santa Cruz, Argentina	9
A gondwanan Jurassic bryoflora? Anatomically preserved bryophytes in geothermal paleoenvironments from the Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina	9
A fungal mycelium containing abundant endoconidia from the Lower Devonian Rhynie cherts of Scotland	9
Fossil Pinus from the Cenozoic of Thailand	8
Clarification of the Lopingian palaeoclimatic conditions of the northwestern coastal regions of Palaeotethys based on the Transdanubian geological record	8
A new conceptual framework for the development of international melissopalynological research: Africa as a case study	8
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Frenelopsis antunesii sp. nov., a new cheirolepidiaceous conifer from the Lower Cretaceous of Figueira da Foz Formation in western Portugal	8
Comparative pollen morphology of the genera Axyris L., Ceratocarpus L., Grayia Hook. & Arn. and Krascheninnikovia Gueldenst. (Amaranthaceae)	8
Palynological assemblage of the Lower Devonian of Hezhang, Guizhou, southwestern China	8
On the exine ultrastructure of fossil ginkgoaleans: In situ pollen of Sorosaccus Harris	8
Nectar and pollen source of natural honey produced by Apis cerana skorikovi Engel (=himalaya): Palynological analysis from tropical to sub-tropical forests of eastern Himalaya	8
The taxonomy of selected marine microplankton from the Middle and Upper Jurassic (Callovian–Kimmeridgian) of the North West Shelf, Australia	8
The pollen record from Grotta Romanelli (Apulia, Italy): New insight for the Late Pleistocene Mediterranean vegetation and plant use	8
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New palynological data from Maniamba Basin, Mozambique (Karoo): Correlations and implications for Lopingian floristic ecosystem reconstruction	8
Panxianopteris taeniopteroides gen. et sp. nov., an anatomically preserved taeniopterid leaf from the upper Permian of Guizhou Province, China	8
An illustrated protocol for extracting palynomorphs from Early Pleistocene pollen-poor sediments using LST Fastfloat	8
Preservation quality of plant macrofossils through a Quaternary cave sediment sequence at Naracoorte, South Australia: Implications for vegetation reconstruction	8
Adding ‘flavour’ to past cuisines: First steps towards a phytolith reference collection of modern Mediterranean herbs	8
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Ptilozamites chinensis (Pteridospermopsida) from the Late Triassic of South China with considerations on its intraspecific variability and palaeoenvironmental preferences	7
Mid-Pleistocene pollen types of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Colônia, São Paulo, Brazil)	7

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Leaf anatomy of Ningxiaites specialis from the Lopingian of Northwest China	7
Representation of vegetation and climate by modern pollen assemblages on the south-eastern Tibetan Plateau	7
A palynological perspective on a cave: Does pollen content differ in guano deposits within?	7
Fossil pollen data can reconstruct robust spatial patterns of biodiversity in the past	7
Fossil charcoal from the Upper Triassic Karamay Formation in the Junggar Basin, NW China, and its geological implications	7
The Triassic pollen genus Camerosporites: New morphological and ultrastructural data, revised taxonomy and paleobiogeographical aspects	7
A new species of Gymnostoma (Casuarinaceae) present during the Neogene aridification of Southern Australia	7
Can the initial phase of the K/Pg boundary fern spike be reconciled with contemporary models of the Chicxulub impact? New insights from the birthplace of the fern spike concept	7
Cordaites and pteridosperm-like foliage from the Kungurian (early Permian) flora of Tregiovo (Trento, NE Italy)	7
Lateglacial to Middle Holocene landscape development in a small-sized river valley near Antwerp (Belgium)	7
Tracing 40,000 years of vegetation change in the Baetic-Rifan biodiversity hotspot	7
Long-term dynamics of Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) stands in the Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran	7
A new early Miocene fossil forest of the Galatian Volcanic Province (Turkey) and its evaluation in respect of palaeoclimatology	7
New discovery of rare insect damage in the Pliocene of India reinforces the biogeographic history of Eurasian ecosystems	7
Moisture conditions during the Younger Dryas and 4.2 ka event as revealed from a subalpine peat record in the Luoxiao Mountains, southern China	7
Middle Devonian (Givetian) palynology of the northern Holy Cross-Mountains (Miłoszów, south-central Poland)	7
A Paleocene occurrence of cornelian cherries Cornus subg. Cornus in the land-mammal site of Berru (Paris Basin, France)	7
A freshwater palynological assemblage from the Hirnantian of Saudi Arabia	7
Neogene long-term trends in climate of the Colchic vegetation refuge in Western Georgia – Uplift versus global cooling	7
Reproductive organs of fossil plants and their spores and pollen: Aspects, trends and perspectives	7
Vegetation transition from the terminal Pleistocene to early Holocene reconstructed from phytolith records in the southernmost part of mainland Japan	6
Phytolith morphology and assemblage variations in a bamboo forest plant–soil system	6
How many pollen grains should we count? – A basic statistical view	6
Late Rupelian flora of the Zaissan Depression (Eastern Kazakhstan)	6
The classic mid-Devonian Eospermatopteris localities, Gilboa NY, USA	6
Cannabis pollen sources and dispersal in the Iberian Pyrenees during the last century: Preliminary results and proposals for future studies	6
Identifying the “unidentifiable”: The basketry plants of the Late Cycladic Akrotiri	6
Pollen cones and in situ pollen of Aegianthus Krassilov from the Middle Jurassic of East Siberia, Russia	6
Revealing early Neolithic vegetation and environmental changes in the Lower Yangtze Valley, eastern China: Pollen insights	6
The ‘4.2 ka drought event’ and the fall of the Harappan Civilization: A critical review	6
Corrigendum to “Systematic and organ relationships of Neocalamites (Halle) Vladimirovicz, and Nododendron (Artabe and Zamuner) emend. From the Triassic of Patagonia. Palaeobiogeographic, palaeoenviron	6
Distinguishing pollen grains of cereal from wild grasses in the Sundaland region using size separation	6
Pterophyllum fossils from the Middle Jurassic Yaojie Formation, Gansu Province and its paleogeographical significance in China	6
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Depositional environments and plant communities in the exceptional context of the Kungurian megacaldera of the Athesian Volcanic Group (Southern Alps, N-Italy)	6
A rare permineralized Sphenophyllum (Sphenophyta, Sphenophyllales) stem containing abundant fungal remains from the Permian of Autun, central France	6
A new species of the fossil fern Millerocaulis (Osmundales: Osmundaceae) from the Snow Hill Island Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula	6
Possible earliest evidence of insect pollination based on a new species of the Carboniferous medullosalean ‘seed’ genus Pachytesta	6
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Plant–insect interactions from the Late Pennsylvanian of the Iberian Peninsula (León, northern Spain)	6
A new species of Neocalamites from the Upper Buntsandstein (Anisian) of Üdingen (Rur Eifel, Germany)	6
Plant–insect interaction patterns in the late Neogene palaeoforest of Chotanagpur Plateau, eastern India	5
Palynological and sedimentological implications of the sauropterygian Upper Triassic site of El Atance (Central Iberian Peninsula)	5
Did ash (Fraxinus) become extinct on Cyprus?	5
First record of fossil algal diversity in Lake Sevan, Armenia: Illuminating ecological dynamics and environmental parameters	5
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Revisiting past savanna environments: Pollen analysis of the Colbyn wetland on the southern African central plateau	5
The ultrastructure of in situ araucarian pollen from the male cone Callialastrobus sousai, Lower Cretaceous of Catefica, Lusitanian Basin, western Portugal	5
The early Miocene angiosperm flora of Akrocheiras in Lesvos Petrified Forest (North Aegean, Greece) - Preliminary results	5
Komlopteris: A persistent lineage of post-Triassic corystosperms in Gondwana	5
Middle Jurassic plant fossils from the East Gobi Basin (Mongolia)	5
Plant use and vegetation trends in Algeria from Late Glacial to Middle Holocene: Charcoal and seeds from Gueldaman GLD 1 cave (Babors d'Akbou)	5
Ancestors of Ulmus parvifolia from late Miocene sediments in Yunnan, Southwest China and its future distribution	5
The utility of freshwater dinoflagellate cyst assemblages as a paleoecological proxy: An assessment from boreal lakes (northwest Ontario, Canada)	5
A new Cheirolepidiaceae conifer Watsoniocladus cunhae sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) of western Portugal	5
Rate of vegetation change in southeast China during the Holocene and its potential drivers	5
Disruption of terrestrial plant ecosystem in Miocene (sub) tropics: A palynological perspective from Fotan Formation, Southeast China	5
SEM pollen analysis of Miocene deposits of Entrischenbrunn (Bavaria, Germany) reveal considerable amounts of pollen of subhumid and sclerophyllous together with azonal water plants reflecting the vege	5
Phytolith spectra of the monotypic grass Danthonidium gammiei (Bhide) Hubb. in Hook. (Danthonioideae) from Northern Western Ghats, India: Taxonomic and environmental significance of its distinctive Bi	5
Decline of Neogene lignite formation as a result of vegetation and climate changes reflected in the middle Miocene palynoflora from the Ruja lignite deposit, SW Poland	5
Eocene–Oligocene vegetation and climate changes in southeastern Brazil	5
A palynological atlas of the Cerrado-Caatinga ecotone in northeastern Brazil	5
Wildfires during the Paleogene (late Eocene–late Oligocene) of the Neuwied Basin (W-Germany)	5
Callovian − Kimmeridgian palynology and palaeobiogeography of the Essaouira − Agadir Basin (Moroccan Atlantic Margin)	5
Grimmipollis burmanica gen. et sp. nov.: New genus of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) from the late Eocene of central Myanmar	5
Promoting a standardized description of fossil tracheidoxyls	5
A Late Devonian plant assemblage from New South Wales, Australia: Diversity and specificity	5
Two plant-fossil assemblages of early Permian age from north-central Texas and their comparison with other Permian deposits of the region	5
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History of Tilia in Europe since the Eemian: Past distribution patterns	5
Recognition of an extended record of euglenoid cysts: Implications for the end-Triassic mass extinction	5
A 1100-years paleovegetation and paleoclimate record from western Türkiye linked to the North Atlantic Oscillation variability	5
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Scolecopteris oxydonta sp. nov., a new marattialean fern from the early Permian Wuda Tuff Flora	5
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Anthropogenic impacts on vegetation landscapes and environmental implications during the Middle-Late Holocene in the Iberian Central Pre-Pyrenees: An anthracological approach	5