OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Current trends and future directions in quantitative geodiversity assessment	41
Global assessment of wind erosion based on a spatially distributed RWEQ model	34
Interbasin water transfer in a changing world: A new conceptual model	28
Large scale rocky desertification reversal in South China karst	26
Remote sensing of the mountain cryosphere: Current capabilities and future opportunities for research	25
Nitrogen dynamics in the Critical Zones of China	23
Mainstreaming natural flood management: A proposed research framework derived from a critical evaluation of current knowledge	23
A method for spatio-temporal process assessment of eco-geological environmental security in mining areas using catastrophe theory and projection pursuit model	22
Sediment yield over glacial cycles: A conceptual model	22
Peat definitions: A critical review	22
Declining honey production and beekeeper adaptation to climate change in Chile	20
Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments I: Inputs and accumulation	19
Coastal erosion in sandy beaches along a tectonically active coast: The Chile study case	18
The effects of urbanization on vegetation conditions in coastal zone of China	18
Scale mismatches between predictor and response variables in species distribution modelling: A review of practices for appropriate grain selection	18
Review of vegetation phenology trends in China in a changing climate	18
Spatiotemporal variation in human settlements and their interaction with living environments in Neolithic and Bronze Age China	17
Quantifying alpha, beta and gamma geodiversity	17
More accurate less meaningful? A critical physical geographer’s reflection on interpreting remote sensing land-use analyses	16
Inland wetlands in Africa: A review of their typologies and ecosystem services	16
Predicting the supply–demand of ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Middle Reaches Urban Agglomeration	14
Latest 30-m map of mature rubber plantations in Mainland Southeast Asia and Yunnan province of China: Spatial patterns and geographical characteristics	13
Rainfall intensity in geomorphology: Challenges and opportunities	13
Soil as part of the Earth system	12
Geodiversity inclusiveness in biodiversity assessment	11

Unoccupied aerial vehicle-assisted monitoring of benthic vegetation in the coastal zone enhances the quality of ecological data	11
Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments II: Release and downstream consequences	10
Assessing the effectiveness of alternative landslide partitioning in machine learning methods for landslide prediction in the complex Himalayan terrain	10
Recent geomorphological changes in the Paraiba do Sul delta, South America East Coast	9
Formation and evolution of mountainous aeolian sediments in the northern Tibet Plateau and their links to the Asian winter monsoon and westerlies since the Last Glacial Maximum	9
The spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the relationship between PM_2.5 concentrations and the surface urban heat island effect in Beijing, China	9
Rainfall patterns and geomorphological controls driving inundation frequency in tropical wetlands: How does the Pantanal flood?	9
Soil erosion on arable land: An unresolved global environmental threat	9
The origins of modern urban climate science: reflections on ‘A numerical model of the urban heat island’	9
Costa Rican wetlands vulnerability index	8
Identification of driving forces for windbreak and sand fixation services in semiarid and arid areas: A case of Inner Mongolia, China	8
Morphodynamic modelling of dryland non-perennial riverscapes, with implications for environmental water allocation	8
Intra-gully mapping of the largest documented gully network in South Africa using UAV photogrammetry: Implications for restoration strategies	8
Assessing urbanization’s contribution to warming in mainland China using satellite-estimated air temperature data	8
A wrapper feature selection approach for efficient modelling of gully erosion susceptibility mapping	7
Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences	7
A conceptual hydrological model of semiarid Andean headwater systems in Chile	7
Reconstructing glacial outburst floods (jökulhlaups) from geomorphology: Challenges, solutions, and an enhanced interpretive framework	7
Contextualizing lobate debris aprons and glacier-like forms on Mars with debris-covered glaciers on Earth	7
A review of wildfire impacts on stream temperature and turbidity across scales	7
Prediction of winter wheat yield at county level in China using ensemble learning	7
Identification of priority areas for soil erosion control based on minimum administrative units and karst landforms in karst areas of Guizhou	6
Long-term mass-balance monitoring and evolution of ice in caves through structure from motion–multi-view stereo and ground-penetrating radar techniques	6
Advances in remote sensing of the early Anthropocene in tropical wetlands: From biplanes to lidar and machine learning	6
Assessing the lidar revolution in the Maya lowlands: A geographic approach to understanding feature classification accuracy	6
The water, food, energy, and ecosystem nexus in the Asian Alpine Belt: Research progress and future directions for achieving sustainable development goals	6
The response of geographical processes to landscape restoration: China’s research progress	5
Rural outmigration generates a carbon sink in South China karst	5
Go or grow? Feedbacks between moving slopes and shifting plants in high mountain environments	5
River science and flood risk management policy in England	5
Responses of sedimentary proxy indicators to lake-level fluctuations on the central Tibetan Plateau since the last deglaciation	5
Nitrogen cycling in aquatic environments of China: Progress and future challenges	5
Quantitative analysis and spatial distribution of landform spatial structure on Loess Plateau	4
Mid and late Holocene climate changes recorded by biomarkers in the sediments of Lake Gouchi and their relationship with the cultural evolution of northern Shaanxi	4
Drought and water management in ancient Maya society	4
Tracking the methodological evolution of climate change projections for UK river flows	4
Impacts of floods on Colombo during two decades: Looking back and thinking forward	4
The roles of environmental conditions in the pollutant emission-induced gross primary production change: Co-contribution of meteorological fields and regulation of its background gradients	4
Enhancing physical geography schools outreach: Insights from co-production and storytelling narratives	4
Four decades of understanding Martian geomorphology: Revisiting Baker’s ‘The geomorphology of Mars’	4
Progress of studies on satellite-based terrestrial vegetation production models in China	4
Projected climate change impacts on tropical life zones in Costa Rica	4
The development process of the Korean coastal mountain range: Examination from spatial distribution of knickzones	3
Spatial and seasonal patterns of rainfall erosivity in the Lake Kivu region: Insights from a meteorological observatory network	3
Prehistoric human occupation and adaptation on the hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau in the Early Holocene	3
A statistical-based reach scale classification for the lower Tapajós river channel, eastern Amazonia	3
Fragility curves for road embankments exposed to adjacent debris flow	3
Application of fractal and multifractal analysis on Blue Nile drainage patterns in the morphostructural analysis of the Ethiopian highlands, Ethiopia	3
Distinct response of high-latitude ecosystem and high-altitude alpine ecosystem to temperature and precipitation dynamics: A meta-analysis of experimental manipulation studies	3
Cross-continental hydroclimate proxies: Tree-rings in Central Chile reconstruct historical streamflow in Southeastern South American rivers	3

Determinants of ecosystem processes and services in the karst critical zone in south-west China	3
Nonlinear characteristics of the vegetation change and its response to climate change in the karst region of southwest China	3
Multifaceted characteristics of aridity changes and causal mechanisms in Chinese drylands	3
Modelling differential geomorphic effectiveness in neighbouring upland catchments: implications for sediment and flood risk management in a wetter world	3
Spatial analysis guiding decision making in environmental conservation: Systematic conservation planning and ecosystem services	3
Multi-source remote sensing data shows a significant increase in vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau since 2000	3
Environmental heterogeneity as a driver of terrestrial biodiversity on a global scale	3
How do spatial factors of green spaces contribute to flood regulation in urban areas? A systematic mapping approach	3
Coastal development in southwestern Bangladesh: understanding the interplay between storms and sea level rise	3
An inverse relationship between moisture and grazing intensity in an arid mountain-basin system	3
A horizon scan for novel and impactful areas of physical geography research in 2023 and beyond	3
The shape-shifting form of UK floodplains: Fusing analysis of the territorially constructed with analysis of natural terrain processes	2
Jennings’ Karst (1971, MIT Press) and current critical zone science	2
A new formula for predicting movable bed roughness coefficient in the Middle Yangtze River	2
Impacts of irrigation-climate interactions on irrigated soybean yields in the US Arkansas Delta from 2003 to 2017	2
Anatomy of a storm: A review of shape analysis research that fuses form and function in weather forecasting and analysis	2
The interactions between wildfires, bamboo and aerosols in the south-western Amazon: A conceptual model	2
Physical geography in the Maya Lowlands	2
Combined use of environmental and spectral variables with vegetation archives for large-scale modeling of grassland habitats	2
Tree species on environmental gradients in subtropical forest of northwest Belize, in the Maya Lowlands	2
Spatial assessment of flow and benefit of tropical cyclone hazard mitigation service	2
Mayan Urbanism: Impact on a Tropical Karst Environment	2
Estimation of recent peat accumulation with tree saplings	2
Permafrost, thermal conditions and vegetation patterns since the mid-20^th century: A remote sensing approach applied to Jotunheimen, Norway	2
Four millennia of geomorphic change and human settlement in the lower Usumacinta–Grijalva River Basin, Mexico	2
Limited impacts of global warming on rockfall activity at low elevations: Insights from two calcareous cliffs from the French Prealps	2
Experimental and numerical investigation on the hydraulic design criteria for a step-pool nature-like fishway	2
Investigation of sedimentary records of Hurricane Irma in sinkholes, Big Pine Key, Florida	2
Rock varnish revisited	2
Why can China maintain a high crop diversity? A spatial-temporal dynamic analysis	2
Capability of the variogram to quantify the spatial patterns of surface fluxes and soil moisture simulated by land surface models	2
The Longleaf Tree-Ring Network: Reviewing and expanding the utility of Pinus palustris Mill. Dendrochronological data	2