OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ore Geology Reviews is 34. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Reinterpretation of the geodynamic evolution and multistage mineralization events of the Nifty copper deposit, Paterson Province, Western Australia through age, textural and geochemical data	130
Sources and enrichment processes of rare earth elements and yttrium in fish bones from deep-sea sediments: A study from the Wake Seamounts area in the western North Pacific Ocean	86
Metallogenic conditions and prediction of the Tugeman lithium-beryllium deposit in Xinjiang: Insights from geology and Worldview-3 imagery	84
Semi-supervised named entity recognition in low-resource domains: A case study of rare earth elements in coal	77
Petrological and geochemical studies of the Xiamaidi mafic–ultramafic intrusion in the Baoshan block, with implications for Ni exploration	73
Occurrence and enrichment of cobalt and nickel in the Yindongshan ultramafic–mafic intrusion-hosted iron deposit, western Hubei Province, China	65
Editorial Board	62
Geochemistry of cassiterite and skarn minerals as indicators for formation mechanism and fluid evolution of the newly discovered Jinshui skarn tin deposit in the East Kunlun orogenic belt, NW China	58
Novel comprehensions of lithological and structural features gleaned via Sentinel 2 texture analysis	57
Ore forming and reworking processes in the Xitieshan Pb–Zn deposit, Qinghai Province, China: Constraints from in situ trace-element and S isotope compositions of sulfides	56
Corrigendum to “Constraints on metallogenic temperature and mineralization style from reflection color of sphalerite” [Ore Geol. Rev. 161 (2023) 105634]	55
Targeting REE deposits associated with carbonatite and alkaline complexes in northeast India	51
Tungsten mineralization process and oxygen fugacity evolution in the Weijia W deposit, South China: Constraints from the microstructures, geochemistry, and oxygen isotopes of scheelite, garnet, and ca	51
Geological, fluid inclusion, and H–O–S–Pb isotopic constraints on the genesis of the Bajiazi mesothermal lode gold deposit in the Jiapigou ore cluster, northeast China	49
Deep ore‑forming fluid characteristics of the Jiaodong gold province: Evidence from the Qianchen gold deposit in the Jiaojia gold belt	49
Origin and depositional history of platinum-group minerals in placers – A critical review of facts and fiction	47
The petrogenesis and metallogenesis of the Chakabeishan Li-Be pegmatitic deposit in Qinghai, NW China: Evidence from Geochronology, Geochemistry, and mineral geochemistry	45
New insight into the source of metals in Hg deposits at the southwestern margin of the Yangtze Platform, China: Evidence from mercury stable isotope compositions	44
Genesis of the Gaolong gold deposit in Northwest Guangxi Province, South China: Insights from in situ trace elements and sulfur isotopes of pyrite	44
Skarn mineralogy and in-situ LA–ICP–MS U–Pb geochronology of wolframite for the Caojiaba tungsten deposit, southern China: Implications for a reduced tungsten skarn deposit	44
Porphyry indicator zircons (PIZ) and geochronology of magmatic rocks from the Malmyzh and Pony Cu-Au porphyry ore fields (Russian Far East)	40
Trace-element composition of pyrite in the Baoshan Cu–Mo–Pb–Zn deposit, southern Hunan Province, China: Insights into the ore genesis	40
Geochronology, ore-forming processes and fluid sources of the Qinglonggou gold deposit, North Qaidam (NW China): Constraints from in-situ U-Pb dating of monazite and geochemistry of pyrite	39
Geothermal target detection integrating multi-source and multi-temporal thermal infrared data	38
Fluid evolution and metal precipitation mechanisms in the Yulong porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Eastern Tibet: insights from the two-stage mineralization process	37

Geochronology, geochemistry, and Hf isotopic compositions of the Jintonghu porphyry Cu-Mo deposit in the Zijinshan ore district, SE China: Insights into the controlling factors on magma fertility	37
Relationship between electrical conductivity, metallogeny, and lithospheric structure in south China	37
Antimony mineralization superimposed by late gold mineralization: A case study of the Miaolong Au-Sb deposit, Guizhou Province, China	37
Zircon trace elemental and Hf-O isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of the REE-fertile and barren alkaline rocks in the South Qinling Belt, China	36
Geology and geochronology of the Huanglongling super-large pegmatite-type lithium deposit, Altyn Tagh, NW China	36
Quantitative prediction methods and applications of digital ore deposit models	36
Magmatic-hydrothermal redox state and ore-controlling factors for the Yangla skarn Cu deposit, Sanjiang region, SW China	36
Age and genesis of the ji’an Pb-Zn deposit in the east of Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, NE China	36
New discovery of the Early Paleozoic carbonatite in Bayan Obo (China): Insights into the giant REE accumulation	35
Newly discovered veinlet-disseminated type scheelite mineralization in the deep-seated biotite monzogranite from the giant Zhuxi deposit: Implications for source and evolution of ore-forming fluid	34
Petrogenesis of Mo-associated Mesozoic granitoids on the Jiaodong Peninsula: Implications for crustal architecture and Mo mineralization along the Dabie–Sulu Orogen	34
Comparison of vein- and breccia-type Au-mineralization in the giant Jiapigou mining district of Northeast China	34
Astronomical forcing in the coal-bearing Middle Jurassic Dameigou Formation, Qaidam Basin, northwestern China	34