OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine and Petroleum Geology is 32. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Carbonate-ramp reservoirs modelling best solutions: Insights from a dense shallow well database in Central Italy	75
Predicting sequence stratigraphic architecture and its implication for hydrocarbon reservoir potential of the uppermost Silurian through Lower Devonian Winduck Interval, central Darling Basin of weste	69
Quantifying thin heterogeneous gas sand facies of Rehmat gas field by developing petro elastic relationship in fine stratigraphic layers through bayesian stochastic seismic inversion	55
A comparative study of the molecular and isotopic composition of biomarkers in immature oil shale (Aleksinac deposit, Serbia) and its liquid pyrolysis products (open and closed systems)	49
Sedimentology of ephemeral carbonate accumulations in siliciclastic-dominated passive margin settings, Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea	47
Interpreting environments of deposition from facies analysis of outcrop versus seismic reflection data: A cautionary tale from the Mount Messenger Formation, Taranaki Basin (New Zealand)	47
Controls on fracture propagation in bioturbated carbonate rocks: Insights from the Aruma formation, central Saudi Arabia	46
Unraveling deformation mechanism of the Fukang fold-and-thrust belt: Insight into intracontinental orogenesis of the Bogda Mountain, NW China	44
Depositional architecture of the tide-dominated late Oligocene hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Tapti-Daman block, Mumbai Offshore basin, India	43
Mechanism, mode, and prediction of karst caves collapse in the deep marine carbonate fracture-cavity reservoir	43
Formation mechanism of high-quality Palaeogene “compositional mixing” reservoirs in lacustrine rift basins: A case from the offshore Bohai Bay Basin, China	43
Formation mechanism of carbonate cement in tight sandstone reservoirs in the depression zone of foreland basin and its impact on reservoir heterogeneity: The upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation in Wester	42
Variability in mineralization of the petrified forests in the UNESCO Global Geopark of Lesvos, Greece	41
Petrochemical and geochronological data of Permian-Lower Triassic clastic sedimentary rocks in the northwestern Junggar basin, NW China: Implications for provenance, tectonism and paleoclimate	40
3D modelling of flow units and petrophysical properties in brazilian presalt carbonate	40
An innovative method for the characterization of oil content in lacustrine shale-oil systems: A case study from the Middle Permian Lucaogou Formation in the Jimusaer Sag, Junggar Basin	40
Bioturbated strata in the Upper Cretaceous Aruma Formation, central Saudi Arabia: An analog for aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs with large burrows	40
Understanding the role of sequence stratigraphy and diagenesis on the temporal and spatial distribution of carbonate reservoir quality: A conceptual modeling approach	39
Petroleum system of the fold-and-thrust belt of the United Arab Emirates: New insights based on 1D and 2D basin modeling	38
Identifying and quantifying Mg-clays in well logs using new petrophysical methods: A case study from the Brazilian pre-salt	38
An experimental investigation into the elastic and thermal properties of oil shales: Yanchang formation, Ordos basin	37
Origin of calcite cements in the Permian Lucaogou Formation tight reservoirs, Jimsar sag, Junggar basin, NW China: Constraints from geochemistry	37
Analysis of the filling patterns and reservoir development models of the Ordovician paleokarst reservoirs in the tahe oilfield	36
High-resolution sequence stratigraphic framework for the late Albian Viking Formation in central Alberta	35
Oil occurrence mechanism in nanoporous shales: A theoretical and experimental study	35

The formation of authigenic phosphorus minerals in cold-seep sediments from the South China Sea: Implications for carbon cycling below the sulfate-methane transition	34
Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Orphan Basin and Flemish Pass region – Part 2: Regional structural development and lateral variations in rifting style	34
Tectono-eustatic controls on depositional setting and spatial facies distribution of Coniacian–Santonian sequences of the Zagros Basin in Fars area, S. Iran	34
Sediment input, alongshore transport, and coastal mixing in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico based on detrital-zircon geochronology	33
Using multi-proxy approach to constrain temporal variations of methane flux in methane-rich sediments of the southern South China Sea	33
The accretion of the Levant continental shelf alongside the Nile Delta by immense margin-parallel sediment transport	32
Occurrence and maturation transformation of organic and inorganic nitrogen in the Lower Cambrian shelf–slope facies shale: Implications for overmature N2-rich shale reservoirs in Southern China	32
The control of curved faults on structural trap formation: Tiantai slope belt, Xihu Sag, East China Sea	32
Fracture intensity and associated variability: A new methodology for 3D digital outcrop model analysis of carbonate reservoirs	32