OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ore Geology Reviews is 31. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
The story of rare earth elements (REEs): Occurrences, global distribution, genesis, geology, mineralogy and global production	307
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	91
Seabed mineral resources, an alternative for the future of renewable energy: A critical review	79
Pyrite trace element behavior in magmatic-hydrothermal environments: An LA-ICPMS imaging study	61
Cobalt resources in Europe and the potential for new discoveries	58
Modeling of Cu-Au prospectivity in the Carajás mineral province (Brazil) through machine learning: Dealing with imbalanced training data	48
Cretaceous large-scale metal accumulation triggered by post-subductional large-scale extension, East Asia	47
The importance of H2O in arc magmas for the formation of porphyry Cu deposits	46
Boron isotope variations in tourmaline from hydrothermal ore deposits: A review of controlling factors and insights for mineralizing systems	46
Iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits – A review (part 1): Settings, mineralogy, ore geochemistry and classification	46
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	44
Multi-scale, multi-sensor data integration for automated 3-D geological mapping	44
Concentration-concentration fractal modelling: A novel insight for correlation between variables in response to changes in the underlying controlling geological-geochemical processes	43
Assessing the effects of mineral systems-derived exploration targeting criteria for random Forests-based predictive mapping of mineral prospectivity in Ahar-Arasbaran area, Iran	41
Lithium brine production, reserves, resources and exploration in Chile: An updated review	39
Global rare earth elements projects: New developments and supply chains	39
Support vector machine and artificial neural network modelling of orogenic gold prospectivity mapping in the Swayze greenstone belt, Ontario, Canada	38
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	38
Ensemble learning models with a Bayesian optimization algorithm for mineral prospectivity mapping	38
Recognition of multivariate geochemical anomalies associated with mineralization using an improved generative adversarial network	38
Scandium: Ore deposits, the pivotal role of magmatic enrichment and future exploration	37
Geochemical signatures in native gold derived from Au-bearing ore deposits	36
Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of deep-sea sediments from the western North Pacific Ocean: Constraints on the enrichment processes of rare earth elements	35
The lithospheric architecture of the Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, East China: Insights into an extensive Fe–Cu mineral system	35
The crustal thickness and composition in the eastern South China Block constrained by receiver functions: Implications for the geological setting and metallogenesis	33

Mineral prospectivity mapping by deep learning method in Yawan-Daqiao area, Gansu	33
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	32
A review of magnetite geochemistry of Chilean iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits and its implications for ore-forming processes	32
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	32
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	32
Multivariate statistical analysis of trace element compositions of native gold from orogenic gold deposits: Implication for mineral exploration	31
Metal source and ore-forming process of the Maoping carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn deposit in Yunnan, SW China: Evidence from deposit geology and sphalerite Pb-Zn-Cd isotopes	31
Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the eastern South China Block: A review on the synthesis of the regional deformation and magmatism	31