OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ore Geology Reviews is 30. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The story of rare earth elements (REEs): Occurrences, global distribution, genesis, geology, mineralogy and global production	268
Identifying high potential zones of gold mineralization in a sub-tropical region using Landsat-8 and ASTER remote sensing data: A case study of the Ngoura-Colomines goldfield, eastern Cameroon	83
Seabed mineral resources, an alternative for the future of renewable energy: A critical review	76
Cobalt resources in Europe and the potential for new discoveries	54
Pyrite trace element behavior in magmatic-hydrothermal environments: An LA-ICPMS imaging study	51
Chemostratigraphy of deep-sea sediments in the western North Pacific Ocean: Implications for genesis of mud highly enriched in rare-earth elements and yttrium	48
Regional metallogeny of Tungsten-tin-polymetallic deposits in Nanling region, South China	46
Modeling of Cu-Au prospectivity in the Carajás mineral province (Brazil) through machine learning: Dealing with imbalanced training data	44
Boron isotope variations in tourmaline from hydrothermal ore deposits: A review of controlling factors and insights for mineralizing systems	43
LA-ICP-MS analyses of trace elements in base metal sulfides from carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb deposits, South China: A case study of the Maoping deposit	43
Cretaceous large-scale metal accumulation triggered by post-subductional large-scale extension, East Asia	42
The importance of H2O in arc magmas for the formation of porphyry Cu deposits	40
Multi-scale, multi-sensor data integration for automated 3-D geological mapping	39
Assessing the effects of mineral systems-derived exploration targeting criteria for random Forests-based predictive mapping of mineral prospectivity in Ahar-Arasbaran area, Iran	38
Iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits – A review (part 1): Settings, mineralogy, ore geochemistry and classification	36
The 127 Ma gold mineralization in the Wulong deposit, Liaodong Peninsula, China: Constraints from molybdenite Re-Os, monazite U-Th-Pb, and zircon U-Pb geochronology	36
Support vector machine and artificial neural network modelling of orogenic gold prospectivity mapping in the Swayze greenstone belt, Ontario, Canada	36
Concentration-concentration fractal modelling: A novel insight for correlation between variables in response to changes in the underlying controlling geological-geochemical processes	36
Ensemble learning models with a Bayesian optimization algorithm for mineral prospectivity mapping	35
Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of deep-sea sediments from the western North Pacific Ocean: Constraints on the enrichment processes of rare earth elements	34
A review of the Yanshanian ore-related felsic magmatism and tectonic settings in the Nanling W-Sn and Wuyi Au-Cu metallogenic belts, Cathaysia Block, South China	34
Introduction to the special issue on spatial modelling and analysis of ore-forming processes in mineral exploration targeting	34
Recognition of multivariate geochemical anomalies associated with mineralization using an improved generative adversarial network	34
Lithium brine production, reserves, resources and exploration in Chile: An updated review	33
A geological and mineralogical review of clay mineral deposits and phyllosilicate ore guides in Central Europe – A function of geodynamics and climate change	33

Miocene Sn polymetallic mineralization in the Tethyan Himalaya, southeastern Tibet: A case study of the Cuonadong deposit	32
The lithospheric architecture of the Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, East China: Insights into an extensive Fe–Cu mineral system	32
The crustal thickness and composition in the eastern South China Block constrained by receiver functions: Implications for the geological setting and metallogenesis	32
Scandium: Ore deposits, the pivotal role of magmatic enrichment and future exploration	31
Geochemical signatures in native gold derived from Au-bearing ore deposits	30
Geochemical features of Fe-Mn micronodules in deep-sea sediments of the western North Pacific Ocean: Potential for co-product metal extraction from REY-rich mud	30