OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment is 6. 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
Sediment yield over glacial cycles: A conceptual model	22
Peat definitions: A critical review	22
A method for spatio-temporal process assessment of eco-geological environmental security in mining areas using catastrophe theory and projection pursuit model	22
Declining honey production and beekeeper adaptation to climate change in Chile	20
Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments I: Inputs and accumulation	19
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
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
Quantifying alpha, beta and gamma geodiversity	17
Spatiotemporal variation in human settlements and their interaction with living environments in Neolithic and Bronze Age China	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
Unoccupied aerial vehicle-assisted monitoring of benthic vegetation in the coastal zone enhances the quality of ecological data	11

Geodiversity inclusiveness in biodiversity assessment	11
Assessing the effectiveness of alternative landslide partitioning in machine learning methods for landslide prediction in the complex Himalayan terrain	10
Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments II: Release and downstream consequences	10
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
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
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
Costa Rican wetlands vulnerability index	8
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
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
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
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