OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Quaternary Science Reviews is 29. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Climate-controlled distribution of erosion over the Himalaya in the late Quaternary: Evidence from Sr-Nd isotope variability in paleo-Yamuna channel sediments	116
Editorial Board	72
The last 21,000 years of climate evolution in the South American Altiplano based on the CHELSA-TraCE21k transient simulation	66
Landscape evolution of the Bolivian Amazon controlled by uplift events dated 13,000, 10,000 and 6000 cal yr BP	56
Human consumption of carnivorans during Prehistory. The case of the Iberian Peninsula	54
Formation conditions of coastal palaeolakes and associated abiotic aragonite deposition in the eastern Mediterranean during the upper Pleistocene	51
Environmental magnetism of late Holocene stalagmites from semi-arid karst in southern Australia	50
Provenance of Quaternary aeolian silts in western China and its spatial difference with source of the Yellow River sediments	48
Evolution of Indian monsoon precipitation and vegetation dynamics in the Bay of Bengal region since the last glacial period	45
Late-Holocene sea levels from vermetids and barnacles at Ponta do Papagaio, 27° 50′S latitude and a comparison with other sectors of southern Brazil	45
Distal tephras along the SE European margin date powerful explosive eruptions from the Elbrus volcanic center (Greater Caucasus)	45
Holocene biome reconstruction on the Chinese loess plateau based on pollen	41
Holocene paleolimnological changes in rundvågshetta lakes in the Soya Coast region and their paleoenvironmental significance with glacial isostatic adjustment in East Antarctica	40
Human-environment interactions in the Mesolithic – The case of site Paliwodzizna 29, a lakeside site in central Poland	39
Asymmetric evolution of incised-valley deposits in response to sea-level changes since the Penultimate Glacial Maximum, southeastern Korea	38
A two-centennial perspective on spatially compounding hydroclimate events in arid and semi-arid north China	36
Midwest North American full glacial paleohydrology from fresh water ostracodes: Comparison of Clementsian and Gleasonian methodologies	35
Sedimentary stratigraphy and provenance off Dronning Maud Land (East Antarctica) during the mid-Pleistocene transition: Implications for paleoclimate and ice dynamics	35
What are the drivers of Caspian Sea level variation during the late Quaternary?	34
Large-scale climatic drivers of bison distribution and abundance in North America since the Last Glacial Maximum	34
Atmospheric Δ14C in the northern and southern hemispheres over the past two millennia: Role of production rate, southern hemisphere westerly winds and ocean circulation changes	34
Provenance of aeolian sands from the southeastern Sahara from a detrital zircon perspective	32
Holocene trends in Nile Delta fire regimes driven by cropland expansion and reduced precipitation	32
Heliomagnetic and geomagnetic activity cycles on millennial timescales	31
Multi-domain magnetic particles in speleothems as a proxy for past cave-stream flooding: A 33 kyr record from central North Island, Aotearoa New Zealand	31

Chronology and paleoclimatic context of hominin occupations in the Fenhe River Basin of northern China during the middle to Late Pleistocene	30
Geochemical relationships between shells of the gastropod Gyraulus convexiusculus and modern water bodies on the Tibetan Plateau, and their paleoenvironmental significance	29
Stalagmite multi-proxy records of weak Asian summer monsoon interval during Termination III as an analogue to Termination I	29
Climate and human impact on vegetation and fire in an arid Colorado Plateau ecosystem in Western North America	29
A Holocene tephrochronological framework for Finland	29