OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences is 10. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Where Has All the Carbon Gone?	367
Elastic Thermobarometry	243
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The Once and Future Gas: Methane's Multifunctional Roles in Earth's Evolution and Potential as a Biosignature	136
Introduction	112
Isotope Evolution of the Depleted Mantle	110
Hydration and Dehydration in Earth's Interior	96
Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate	67
River Deltas and Sea-Level Rise	66
Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models	61
Neogene History of the Amazonian Flora: A Perspective Based on Geological, Palynological, and Molecular Phylogenetic Data	59
Reconstructing Tropical Cyclone Activity from Sedimentary Archives	54
Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Significance of Xenolithic Eclogites	50
Toward an Integrative Geological and Geophysical View of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes	48
Subduction-Driven Volatile Recycling: A Global Mass Balance	48
The Geologic History of Plants and Climate in India	45
Biomarker Approaches for Reconstructing Terrestrial Environmental Change	43
Coccoliths as Recorders of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate over the Past 66 Million Years	38
Research on Teaching Geoscience with Virtual Field Experiences	37
Deciphering Temperature Seasonality in Earth's Ancient Oceans	36
On Dislocation Climb as an Important Deformation Mechanism for Planetary Interiors	35
Seismic Advances in Process Geomorphology	32
Metal Isotopes in Mammalian Tissues	31
Mission Statement	30
Carbon Cycle–Climate Feedbacks in the Post-Paris World	30

The Hidden Hydrogeosphere: The Contribution of Deep Groundwater to the Planetary Water Cycle	27
Submarine Landslides and Their Tsunami Hazard	27
Pleistocene Periglacial Processes and Landforms, Mid-Atlantic Region, Eastern United States	26
Civilization-Saving Science for the Twenty-First Century	26
A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time	25
Volcanic Outgassing of Volatile Trace Metals	25
The Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition	25
Aftershock Forecasting	23
Climate Risk Management	23
Dynamos in the Inner Solar System	22
Past Warmth and Its Impacts During the Holocene Thermal Maximum in Greenland	22
Geologically Diverse Pluto and Charon: Implications for the Dwarf Planets of the Kuiper Belt	21
Continental Crustal Growth Processes Recorded in the Gangdese Batholith, Southern Tibet	20
Estella Atekwana: Autobiographical Notes	20
A 2020 Observational Perspective of Io	20
Frontiers of Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry	20
Minoru Ozima: Autobiographical Notes	19
Origin of Phobos and Deimos Awaiting Direct Exploration	18
Halogen Cycling in the Solid Earth	17
Puzzles in Planetary Dynamos: Implications for Planetary Interiors	17
The Isotopic Ecology of the Mammoth Steppe	17
Application of Light Hydrocarbons in Natural Gas Geochemistry of Gas Fields in China	17
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Origin and Early Evolution of Echinoderms	17
The Composition of Earth's Lower Mantle	16
Bubble Formation in Magma	16
Ductile Deformation of the Lithospheric Mantle	14
Iceberg Calving: Regimes and Transitions	13
Instructive Surprises in the Hydrological Functioning of Landscapes	13
Hydrological Consequences of Solar Geoengineering	13
Earth's First Redox Revolution	13
The Laurentian Great Lakes: A Biogeochemical Test Bed	12
Life on the Edge: The Cambrian Marine Realm and Oxygenation	12
Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling	11
Reactive Nitrogen Cycling in the Atmosphere and Ocean	11
Modeling Past Hothouse Climates as a Means for Assessing Earth System Models and Improving the Understanding of Warm Climates	11
Geology: The Once and Future Crown Jewel of Science?	10
Introduction	10
Mars Seismology	10
Toward a Natural History of Microbial Life	10
Evolution, Modification, and Deformation of Continental Lithosphere: Insights from the Eastern Margin of North America	10
What Models Tell Us About the Evolution of Carbon Sources and Sinks over the Phanerozoic	10