Organic Geochemistry

Papers
(The TQCC of Organic Geochemistry 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.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board37
On the validity of position specific carbon isotopic analysis (PSIA) of propane35
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – March 202232
Molecular composition of dissolved organic matter in saline lakes of the Qing-Tibetan Plateau32
Complexity of the serpentinization lipidome26
Environmental controls on the distribution of GDGT molecules in Lake Höglwörth, Southern Germany24
Differential evolution of extracted bitumen and solid bitumen in a hybrid shale system22
Analytical inconsistencies in the measurement and reporting of IP25, IPSO25 and related biomarkers for paleo sea ice reconstruction21
Early stages of Type I-S kerogen formation revealed by Rock-Eval® 7S analysis of sediment from a modern halo-alkaline lake (Dziani Dzaha, Mayotte)19
Assessing the reliability of H-brGDGTs as terrestrial paleothermometers in Plio-Pleistocene fluvio-lacustrine deposits from Northern China19
In-situ provenance of brGDGTs in peat sediments: A case study from southern China and a comparison of global results18
Direct evidence of gas flushing oil in deep reservoirs: Insight from integrated fluid inclusion analyses17
Editorial Board16
Exceptionally high contents of rearranged hopanes in a late Permian section, southern Sydney Basin, Australia16
Introduction to Xplorer, Hybrid and Early-Career Virtual Special Issue16
Geochemical analysis of bituminous samples from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Nahal Efe (Northern Negev, Israel): Earliest evidence in the region and an example of alteration of the Dead Sea bit15
Editorial Board15
Methylation and demethylation of naphthalene homologs in highly thermal mature sediments15
Geochemistry Articles – April 202414
A new empirical approach for rapid quantification of organic and pyritic sulfur in sedimentary rocks using the Rock-Eval 7S14
Geochemistry Articles – July 202414
Editorial Board13
Robert Alexander Obituary died 28th July 2023 (82 years)13
Comment: Suppression of vitrinite reflectance by bitumen generated from liptinite during hydrous pyrolysis of artificial source rock by Peters et al. (2018)13
Fire-induced shifts in stalagmite organic matter mapped using Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy13
Chemodiversity of soil dissolved organic matter complementally improved by stepwise elution and electrospray ionization modes13
Three major types of trimethyl-alkylbenzenes and significance for the genesis of reservoir bitumens from the northwestern Sichuan Basin, South China12
Variability and composition of amino acids and amino sugars in sediment cores of the Changjiang Estuary12
Effects of fluid pressure on the occurrence of multi-phase oil and accumulation of light oil and condensate from crude oil cracking: Insights from modified gold tube pyrolysis experiments12
Impacts of temperature and fluid seepage on organic matter composition in sediments of an active hydrothermal basin12
Annotation of DOM metabolomes with an ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry molecular formula library12
Soil chemistry, temperature and bacterial community composition drive brGDGT distributions along a subarctic elevation gradient11
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – June 202211
Distributions of vanadyl and nickel porphyrins in the Woodford Shale and selective chelation of metal species by different tetrapyrrole configurations11
Geochemistry Articles – April 202511
Impact of organic carbon reworking upon GDGT temperature proxies during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum11
Assessment of branched glycerol monoalkyl glycerol tetraether (brGMGT)-based paleothermometry in the 250,000-year sediment record of Lake Chala, equatorial East Africa11
Generation of carbazoles in Type II-S source rocks: Experimental analysis for kinetic parameters estimation11
Organic matter composition and thermal maturity evaluation of Mesoproterozoic source rocks in the Beetaloo Sub-Basin, Australia11
Molecular and carbon isotopic evidence for the possible origin of 13α(n-alkyl)-tricyclic terpanes in Mesoproterozoic bitumens from the Yanliao Rift, North China11
Geochemistry Articles – January 202410
Controlling factors and geological applications of the drimane-skeleton compound content and composition of crude oils in complex petroleum systems: New insights from the Western Pearl River Mouth Bas10
Bacterial physiology highlighted by the δ13C fractionation of bacteriohopanetetrol isomers10
Robust determination of kerogen properties in organic-rich mudrocks via Raman Spectroscopy10
Polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles used as molecular markers in crude oils and source rocks10
Editorial Board10
Practical considerations for amino acid isotope analysis10
Using ToF-SIMS analyses for analysing individual oil inclusions of different fluorescence colours in a single quartz crystal from the Barrandian (Czech Republic)9
Reply to Comment by M.D. Lewan9
Plant-wax n-alkanes from the central Congo Basin as palaeo-environmental and −climatic proxies9
Intramolecular carbon isotopic rollover in propane from natural gas reservoirs of the Santanghu Basin: Insights into chemical structure of kerogen9
Mid- to Late-Holocene branched GDGT-based air temperatures from a crater lake in Cameroon (Central Africa)9
Environmental indications and controls of bacterial membrane lipids in a tropical peatland from Panama9
Pyrolysis experiments of model compounds to explore carbon isotope fractionation in propane from natural gas9
Biomarkers reveal Eocene marine incursions into the Qaidam Basin, north Tibetan Plateau9
Geochemistry Articles – October 20249
Identifying the drivers of GDGT distributions in alkaline soil profiles within the Serengeti ecosystem8
The global distribution of Isoprenoidal Glycerol Dialkyl Diethers (isoGDDs) is consistent with a predominant degradation origin8
Hydrogen isotope biogeochemistry of plant waxes in paired lake catchments8
Contribution of abiotic methane polymerization of C2+ hydrocarbons in highly mature natural gas reservoirs8
Magma-induced thermal alteration in Devonian organic-rich rocks (Paraná Basin, Brazil): molecular transformations and clay-catalyzed maturation8
Seasonality of amino acid enantiomers and microbial communities at MOLA time series in the NW Mediterranean Sea8
The giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta takes up dissolved organic matter from benthic cyanobacterial mats7
Editorial Board7
Five series of benzohopanes in early Cretaceous sediments from the Chaoyang Basin, NE China7
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – October 20227
Geochemical fingerprints of Dongpu Depression crude oils in Bohai Bay Basin, northern China: Insights from biomarkers and isotopic compositions of selected alkylnaphthalenes and alkylphenanthrenes7
High abundances of degraded triterpenoids in Miocene turbiditic sediments of south-central Hokkaido, Japan7
Geochemistry Articles – June 20257
The bacterial influencing mechanisms of salinity fluctuations in a brackish-water lake on the dissolved organic matter characteristics of pore water7
Impact of biodegradation on methyltrimethyltridecylchromans (MTTCs) in crude oils from the Bohai Bay Basin, China7
Obituary for Prof. Dr. Dietrich Welte (1935–2025)7
Characterisation of radiogenic monoalkenes in Australian oils and condensate7
Editorial Board7
Geochemical rationalisation for the variable oil quality in the Orcutt reservoir, California, USA7
A potential new sea surface temperature proxy based on isomeric highly branched isoprenoid lipid biomarkers: EZ257
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – November 20217
Triaromatic dinosteroids – Isomeric distributions and their geochemical significance7
A new method for the quantification of hydrogen contribution from water to methane during hydrous kerogen pyrolysis6
Isoprenoidal GDGTs and GDDs associated with anoxic lacustrine environments6
Distribution and carbon isotopic composition of diploptene from epiphytic bryophytes in Wuhan, central China6
Natural and laboratory-induced maturation of kerogen from the Vaca Muerta Formation: A comparison study6
Geochemistry Articles – September 20236
Compositions, structures, and confined pyrolysis of the alga Chlorella and its nonhydrolyzable fractions6
Solvent effect in Soxhlet extraction of source rocks6
Interaction between peptide and solid lignin suggest mechanisms of abiotic covalent bond formation6
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – July 20216
Organic geochemical heterogeneity of the Cretaceous Abu Gabra Formation and reassessment of oil sources in the Sufyan sub-basin, Sudan6
Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether signatures in tropical mesotidal estuary sediments of Qua Iboe River, Gulf of Guinea6
Impact of terrestrial organic matter input on distributions of hydroxylated isoprenoidal GDGTs in marine sediments: Implications for OH-isoGDGT-based temperature proxies6
Effects of inorganic sulfur species on hydrocarbon conversion and 34S isotope fractionation during thermal maturation of Type II kerogen6
Characteristics of n-alkyl lipids in cultivated Sphagnum and their preservation potential in the topsoil of Sphagnum farmlands in southwest China6
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – August 20236
Heterotrophic origin and diverse sources of branched glycerol monoalkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGMGTs) in peats and lignites6
Fast quantitative analysis of n-alkanes, PAHs and alkenones in sediments6
Impact of water depth on the distributions and proxies of isoprenoidal hydroxylated GDGTs in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea6
The biological source and paleoenvironment implication of rare short-chain lanostanes in alkaline lacustrine sediments6
Geochemical constraints on the hydrocarbon generation and expulsion in source rocks with different primary organic matter compositions: A case study on the Lucaogou Formation in the Jimusaer Sag, Jung6
Characteristics of light hydrocarbons under the superimposed influence of biodegradation and subsequent thermal maturation6
Gas-phase reaction of CH4 and H2S – Evidence from pyrolysis experiments and case study from the Sichuan Basin5
Seasonal temperature dependency of aquatic branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers: A mesocosm approach5
Comparing extraction methods for analyzing n-alkyl lipids in shelf sediments from the China Sea5
Structural characterization and confined pyrolysis of resistant aliphatic biopolymer derived from cyanobacteria5
A paleoenvironmental and ecological analysis of biomarkers from the Eocene Fossil Basin, Green River Formation, U.S.A.5
Elucidating the composition of organic matter in water-repellent forest soils using analytical pyrolysis combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py-GC–MS)5
Phase behavior and GOR evolution using a natural maturity series of lacustrine oil-prone shale: Implications from compositional modelling5
Incorporation of wet gases to kerogen in petroleum formation and evolution5
Influence of vegetation type on brGDGTs: Results from surface soils beneath sub-alpine forest and grassland under the same climatic conditions5
Diagenetic fate of glycerol ethers revealed by two novel isoprenoid hydroxyphytanyl glycerol monoethers and non-isoprenoid alkyl glycerol ethers5
Dissolved oxygen concentrations influence the distribution of isoGDGTs in a deep Lake Fuxian in China: Implications for the use of TEX86 in stratified lakes5
Occurrence and origin of perylene in Paleogene sediments from the Tasmanian Gateway, Australia5
Reservoir oil geochemistry in the northern Western Desert of Egypt – High-resolution mass spectrometry and stable carbon isotope characterization5
Geochemistry Articles – December 20235
Reply to “Discussion on the studies of position-specific carbon isotopes of propane by Li et al. (2018), Zhang et al. (2022) and Shuai et al. (2023)”5
Dissolved organic matter molecular composition controls potential biodegradability5
C/H isotope fractionation of hydrocarbon gases from hydrogenation of organic matter: Insights from hydrothermal experiments5
Biodegradation sequence of coal organic matter and mechanism of biomethane formation in secondary biogenic gas accumulation areas5
GEOCHEMISTRY ARTICLES – December 20215
Correlations between biomarkers of varying bioavailability and putative hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria in an Early-Eocene marlstone sedimentary record5
Re-arranged hopanes and novel re-arranged tricyclic terpanes in Paleozoic rock extracts and oils in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma5
Resource potential of the Proterozoic–Paleozoic Carrara depocentre, South Nicholson region, Australia: Insights from stratigraphic drilling5
Editorial Board5
Editorial Board5
Structural properties of organic matter in marine-continental transitional shales and impacts on methane accumulation5
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