OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences is 8. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Where Has All the Carbon Gone?	154
Elastic Thermobarometry	132
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The Once and Future Gas: Methane's Multifunctional Roles in Earth's Evolution and Potential as a Biosignature	84
Introduction	62
Isotope Evolution of the Depleted Mantle	43
Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate	42
River Deltas and Sea-Level Rise	39
Neogene History of the Amazonian Flora: A Perspective Based on Geological, Palynological, and Molecular Phylogenetic Data	38
Reconstructing Tropical Cyclone Activity from Sedimentary Archives	34
Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models	34
Wave Structuring in the Shock Compression of Geologic Matter at the Planetary and Laboratory Scales	33
Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Significance of Xenolithic Eclogites	32
The Geologic History of Plants and Climate in India	31
Biomarker Approaches for Reconstructing Terrestrial Environmental Change	30
Coccoliths as Recorders of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate over the Past 66 Million Years	27
On Dislocation Climb as an Important Deformation Mechanism for Planetary Interiors	26
Seismic Advances in Process Geomorphology	25
Research on Teaching Geoscience with Virtual Field Experiences	24
Metal Isotopes in Mammalian Tissues	23
The Anatomy and Lethality of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province	23
Carbon Cycle–Climate Feedbacks in the Post-Paris World	23
Deciphering Temperature Seasonality in Earth's Ancient Oceans	23
The Hidden Hydrogeosphere: The Contribution of Deep Groundwater to the Planetary Water Cycle	22
Pleistocene Periglacial Processes and Landforms, Mid-Atlantic Region, Eastern United States	21

Civilization-Saving Science for the Twenty-First Century	21
A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time	20
Volcanoes, Climate, and Society	19
Aftershock Forecasting	18
The Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition	17
Volcanic Outgassing of Volatile Trace Metals	17
Frontiers of Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry	15
Dynamos in the Inner Solar System	15
Introduction	15
Estella Atekwana: Autobiographical Notes	15
Halogen Cycling in the Solid Earth	14
Continental Crustal Growth Processes Recorded in the Gangdese Batholith, Southern Tibet	14
Origin of Phobos and Deimos Awaiting Direct Exploration	13
Application of Light Hydrocarbons in Natural Gas Geochemistry of Gas Fields in China	13
Puzzles in Planetary Dynamos: Implications for Planetary Interiors	13
The Isotopic Ecology of the Mammoth Steppe	13
Fifty Years in the Foothills: Ecosystem Evolution in the Neogene Siwalik Record of Pakistan	13
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Bubble Formation in Magma	13
Origin and Early Evolution of Echinoderms	12
Ductile Deformation of the Lithospheric Mantle	11
The Composition of Earth's Lower Mantle	11
Iceberg Calving: Regimes and Transitions	10
Submarine Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impacts on Hydrothermal Systems and Biological Communities	9
Hydrological Consequences of Solar Geoengineering	9
Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling	9
Instructive Surprises in the Hydrological Functioning of Landscapes	9
Modeling Past Hothouse Climates as a Means for Assessing Earth System Models and Improving the Understanding of Warm Climates	8
Life on the Edge: The Cambrian Marine Realm and Oxygenation	8