OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences is 11. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Elastic Thermobarometry	192
Where Has All the Carbon Gone?	154
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Introduction	117
The Once and Future Gas: Methane's Multifunctional Roles in Earth's Evolution and Potential as a Biosignature	83
Isotope Evolution of the Depleted Mantle	59
Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate	54
River Deltas and Sea-Level Rise	52
Science and Society's Views of the Anthropocene	49
Neogene History of the Amazonian Flora: A Perspective Based on Geological, Palynological, and Molecular Phylogenetic Data	47
Wave Structuring in the Shock Compression of Geologic Matter at the Planetary and Laboratory Scales	45
Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models	45
Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Significance of Xenolithic Eclogites	44
Reconstructing Tropical Cyclone Activity from Sedimentary Archives	41
Biomarker Approaches for Reconstructing Terrestrial Environmental Change	36
The Geologic History of Plants and Climate in India	35
Coccoliths as Recorders of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate over the Past 66 Million Years	34
The Anatomy and Lethality of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province	33
Seismic Advances in Process Geomorphology	31
Research on Teaching Geoscience with Virtual Field Experiences	29
Deciphering Temperature Seasonality in Earth's Ancient Oceans	29
Carbon Cycle–Climate Feedbacks in the Post-Paris World	29
On Dislocation Climb as an Important Deformation Mechanism for Planetary Interiors	29
The Hidden Hydrogeosphere: The Contribution of Deep Groundwater to the Planetary Water Cycle	27
Metal Isotopes in Mammalian Tissues	27

Civilization-Saving Science for the Twenty-First Century	27
Pleistocene Periglacial Processes and Landforms, Mid-Atlantic Region, Eastern United States	26
Petrological Constraints on the Thermal History of Magma Storage in the Crust	25
A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time	25
Volcanoes, Climate, and Society	24
Molten Salts: Fluid Inclusion Record and Role in Forming Mineral Deposits	23
Volcanic Outgassing of Volatile Trace Metals	21
Aftershock Forecasting	20
Dynamos in the Inner Solar System	20
The Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition	20
A Practical Guide to Phylogenetic Paleoecology	19
Estella Atekwana: Autobiographical Notes	19
Introduction	18
Frontiers of Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry	17
Continental Crustal Growth Processes Recorded in the Gangdese Batholith, Southern Tibet	17
The Mechanics of Multiphase Magmas: A Perspective from the Scale of Crystals and Bubbles to Magma Reservoirs	17
Origin of Phobos and Deimos Awaiting Direct Exploration	17
Halogen Cycling in the Solid Earth	16
Application of Light Hydrocarbons in Natural Gas Geochemistry of Gas Fields in China	16
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The Isotopic Ecology of the Mammoth Steppe	16
Puzzles in Planetary Dynamos: Implications for Planetary Interiors	14
The Composition of Earth's Lower Mantle	13
Bubble Formation in Magma	13
Fifty Years in the Foothills: Ecosystem Evolution in the Neogene Siwalik Record of Pakistan	13
Instructive Surprises in the Hydrological Functioning of Landscapes	13
Origin and Early Evolution of Echinoderms	13
Iceberg Calving: Regimes and Transitions	12
Hydrological Consequences of Solar Geoengineering	12
Ductile Deformation of the Lithospheric Mantle	12
Life on the Edge: The Cambrian Marine Realm and Oxygenation	11
Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling	11