OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ore Geology Reviews is 33. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Seabed mineral resources, an alternative for the future of renewable energy: A critical review	83
Pyrite trace element behavior in magmatic-hydrothermal environments: An LA-ICPMS imaging study	67
Cobalt resources in Europe and the potential for new discoveries	65
Iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits – A review (part 1): Settings, mineralogy, ore geochemistry and classification	52
Cretaceous large-scale metal accumulation triggered by post-subductional large-scale extension, East Asia	52
Multi-scale, multi-sensor data integration for automated 3-D geological mapping	50
Global rare earth elements projects: New developments and supply chains	50
The importance of H2O in arc magmas for the formation of porphyry Cu deposits	49
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	48
Concentration-concentration fractal modelling: A novel insight for correlation between variables in response to changes in the underlying controlling geological-geochemical processes	48
Ensemble learning models with a Bayesian optimization algorithm for mineral prospectivity mapping	48
Lithium brine production, reserves, resources and exploration in Chile: An updated review	44
Assessing the effects of mineral systems-derived exploration targeting criteria for random Forests-based predictive mapping of mineral prospectivity in Ahar-Arasbaran area, Iran	43
Support vector machine and artificial neural network modelling of orogenic gold prospectivity mapping in the Swayze greenstone belt, Ontario, Canada	42
Recognition of multivariate geochemical anomalies associated with mineralization using an improved generative adversarial network	42
Mineral prospectivity mapping by deep learning method in Yawan-Daqiao area, Gansu	40
Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of deep-sea sediments from the western North Pacific Ocean: Constraints on the enrichment processes of rare earth elements	40
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	40
Scandium: Ore deposits, the pivotal role of magmatic enrichment and future exploration	39
Geochemical signatures in native gold derived from Au-bearing ore deposits	39
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	37
The lithospheric architecture of the Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, East China: Insights into an extensive Fe–Cu mineral system	36
The crustal thickness and composition in the eastern South China Block constrained by receiver functions: Implications for the geological setting and metallogenesis	35
Mapping prospectivity for regolith-hosted REE deposits via convolutional neural network with generative adversarial network augmented data	35
Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Late Triassic coal from the Caotang mine, northeastern Sichuan Basin, China, with emphasis on the enrichment of the critical element lithium	35

In situ low-U garnet U-Pb dating by LA-SF-ICP-MS and its application in constraining the origin of Anji skarn system combined with Ar-Ar dating and Pb isotopes	35
A review of magnetite geochemistry of Chilean iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits and its implications for ore-forming processes	34
Multivariate statistical analysis of trace element compositions of native gold from orogenic gold deposits: Implication for mineral exploration	34
Towards sustainability in mineral resources	33
Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the eastern South China Block: A review on the synthesis of the regional deformation and magmatism	33
Metal remobilization from country rocks into the Jiaodong-type orogenic gold systems, Eastern China: New constraints from scheelite and galena isotope results at the Xiadian and Majiayao gold deposits	33
Review of rare earth element (REE) adsorption on and desorption from clay minerals: Application to formation and mining of ion-adsorption REE deposits	33
Bismuth: Economic geology and value chains	33
Metallogenesis of Co-rich ferromanganese nodules in the northwestern Pacific: Selective enrichment of metallic elements from seawater	33