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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Where Has All the Carbon Gone?	174
Elastic Thermobarometry	144
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Introduction	106
The Once and Future Gas: Methane's Multifunctional Roles in Earth's Evolution and Potential as a Biosignature	78
Isotope Evolution of the Depleted Mantle	53
River Deltas and Sea-Level Rise	50
Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate	48
Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models	46
Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Significance of Xenolithic Eclogites	43
Neogene History of the Amazonian Flora: A Perspective Based on Geological, Palynological, and Molecular Phylogenetic Data	43
Wave Structuring in the Shock Compression of Geologic Matter at the Planetary and Laboratory Scales	38
Biomarker Approaches for Reconstructing Terrestrial Environmental Change	37
Reconstructing Tropical Cyclone Activity from Sedimentary Archives	37
The Geologic History of Plants and Climate in India	33
Coccoliths as Recorders of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate over the Past 66 Million Years	32
On Dislocation Climb as an Important Deformation Mechanism for Planetary Interiors	30
Research on Teaching Geoscience with Virtual Field Experiences	30
Seismic Advances in Process Geomorphology	30
The Anatomy and Lethality of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province	28
Metal Isotopes in Mammalian Tissues	26
Deciphering Temperature Seasonality in Earth's Ancient Oceans	26
Pleistocene Periglacial Processes and Landforms, Mid-Atlantic Region, Eastern United States	25
The Hidden Hydrogeosphere: The Contribution of Deep Groundwater to the Planetary Water Cycle	25
Carbon Cycle–Climate Feedbacks in the Post-Paris World	25

Civilization-Saving Science for the Twenty-First Century	24
A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time	24
Volcanoes, Climate, and Society	23
The Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition	22
Volcanic Outgassing of Volatile Trace Metals	22
Aftershock Forecasting	21
Estella Atekwana: Autobiographical Notes	19
Dynamos in the Inner Solar System	19
Introduction	18
Continental Crustal Growth Processes Recorded in the Gangdese Batholith, Southern Tibet	18
Frontiers of Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry	18
The Isotopic Ecology of the Mammoth Steppe	17
Origin of Phobos and Deimos Awaiting Direct Exploration	17
Halogen Cycling in the Solid Earth	17
Fifty Years in the Foothills: Ecosystem Evolution in the Neogene Siwalik Record of Pakistan	15
Application of Light Hydrocarbons in Natural Gas Geochemistry of Gas Fields in China	15
Puzzles in Planetary Dynamos: Implications for Planetary Interiors	15
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Origin and Early Evolution of Echinoderms	14
The Composition of Earth's Lower Mantle	14
Iceberg Calving: Regimes and Transitions	12
Bubble Formation in Magma	12
Ductile Deformation of the Lithospheric Mantle	12
Hydrological Consequences of Solar Geoengineering	12
Instructive Surprises in the Hydrological Functioning of Landscapes	11
Submarine Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impacts on Hydrothermal Systems and Biological Communities	11
Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling	11
Modeling Past Hothouse Climates as a Means for Assessing Earth System Models and Improving the Understanding of Warm Climates	11
Life on the Edge: The Cambrian Marine Realm and Oxygenation	11