OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law is 2. 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
Potential environmental impacts of lithium mining	67
Renewable and citizen energy communities in the European Union: how (not) to regulate community energy in national laws and policies	42
The importance of lithium for achieving a low-carbon future: overview of the lithium extraction in the ‘Lithium Triangle’	28
How voluntary carbon markets can drive climate ambition	21
How to improve the EU legal framework in view of the circular economy	14
The identification and impact of justice risks to commercial risks in the energy sector: post COVID-19 and for the energy transition	13
The LULUCF Regulation: the new role of land and forests in the EU climate and policy framework	12
COVID-19 and the energy and natural resources sectors: little room for error	12
What does energy security mean for energy-exporting countries? A closer look at the Russian energy security strategy	10
Clean or renewable – hydrogen and power-to-gas in EU energy law	8
Critical perspectives on South Africa’s groundwater law: established practice and the novel concept of public trusteeship	7
Groundwater management in India's Punjab and Haryana: a case of too little and too late?	7
Retrospective application of legal rules in the European Union: recent practice in the energy sector	6
‘All that glitters is not gold’: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on artisanal and small-scale gold mining and supply chains in Peru	6
Cybersecurity in the energy sector: are we really prepared?	5
Improving public compliance with modern environmental laws in Nigeria: looking to traditional African norms and practices	4
Just energy business needed! How to achieve a just energy transition by engaging energy companies in reaching climate neutrality: (re)conceptualising energy law for energy corporations	4
The challenges facing Eastern Mediterranean gas and how international law can help overcome them	4
The lithium triangle – the importance of Bolivia	3
Review of electricity laws and regulations of Bangladesh	3
‘Green responses’ to COVID-19: Europe and the United States diverge yet again	3
What are national ‘climate change acts’?	3
Navigating the emerging lithium rush: lithium extraction from brines for clean-tech battery storage technologies	3
Regulation and remediation of the impacts of mine wastes on land and water in South Africa	3
Canada’s carbon energy overhang	3

Towards sustainable blue energy production: an analysis of legal transformative and adaptive capacity	3
Rethinking international taxation and energy policy post COVID-19 and the financial crisis for developing countries	3
Climate, ESG, and the board of directors: ‘You cannot direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails’	3
China’s ownership policies in the coal sector: effectiveness of capacity regulation and prospect for climate change mitigation	2
Fossil fuel mineral wealth and climate change law: expectations of coal mine development in a time of decarbonisation	2
Energy law for the next generation, towards 2030 to 2050	2
Keeping the lights on: oil and gas development in a low-carbon world	2
Environmental information access and management in the Lithium Triangle: is it transparent information?	2
Governing nuclear safety in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident: incremental or radical change?	2
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Zimbabwe: an appraisal of prospects and challenges	2
Indigenous co-ownership of mining projects: a preliminary framework for the critical examination of equity participation	2