OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of CATENA is 61. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Ontogenetic shifts in alfalfa root distribution and morphology drive soil water depletion and productivity decline in Loess Plateau pastures	370
Contrasting impacts of grassland restoration methods on soil greenhouse gases emissions under warming conditions in Northern Tibet	197
Parent materials influence in the formation of vertical textural differentiation in humid tropical landscapes	174
Editorial Board	162
Rock glaciers in the Gangdise Mountains, southern Tibetan Plateau: Morphology and controlling factors	139
Unravelling chemical and physical processes in Fourier transform spectra of low frequency dissolved oxygen time series in Swiss lakes	127
Contrasting soil dynamics in a formerly glaciated and non-glaciated Mediterranean mountain plateau (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)	125
Boreal soil homogenization after conversion to agricultural use is constrained by carbon dynamics and soil health	116
Indices accounting for rainstorm erosivity – Theory and practice	112
Isoerodent surfaces of the continental US for conservation planning with the RUSLE2 water erosion model	110
Response of hydrological processes to event- and annual-scale precipitation extremes in a rocky mountainous area of northern China	106
Integrative analysis of nutrient dynamics and its hydrological pathways in a tropical montane forest watershed: Implications for landscape management	103
Fault-related basins as carbon reservoirs: Soil CO2 emissions in the SE Korean Peninsula	99
Influence of geochemistry and topography on vegetation in tropical Nigeria: Geochemistry and soil thickness surpass topographic position	99
Microtopography and surface features of the mid-Pleistocene Kalkkop impact crater and Palaeolake, South Africa	96
Corrigendum to “Carbon storage in typical ecosystems of coastal wetlands in Jiangsu, China: Spatiotemporal patterns and mechanisms” [Catena 254 (2025) 108882]	96
Historical and future runoff changes and their impacts on stormflow characteristics in the upper Yangtze River basin, China	92
Direct rain splash and downwearing of internal surfaces as an important erosion process in alluvial gully development	90
Clay mineral assemblages of the Luojiawopeng Formation red bed in the Songnen Plain, NE China and their paleoenvironment implications	88
Exploring underlying drivers of coarse above- and below-ground carbon sequestration in China's plantations	88
Landslide susceptibility prediction in the loess tableland considering geomorphic evolution	85
Estimated nutrient leakage from arable land in different bioeconomy scenarios for two areas in central Sweden, determined using a leaching coefficient method	85
Carbon saturation deficit and litter quality drive the stabilization of litter-derived C in mineral-associated organic matter in long-term no-till soil	84
MIS 3 vast alluviation by the Białka River, and further implications to the Tatra glaciers and river incision.	83
Climate change promotes universal increases in suspended sediment load of glacier-fed lakes on the Tibetan plateau	82

Long-term succession and driving mechanisms of soil microbial communities in reclaimed farmland	79
Paleosols under kurgans and kurgan constructions of the bronze age as indicators of paleoenvironmental conditions in steppe area of russia	79
Contribution of herbaceous energy crops in maintaining runoff and reducing soil loss on the loess slopes under natural rainfall in the semi-arid area	77
Impact of dams on river regime and extreme flow events in MIÑO–SIL river basin (NW of the IBERIAN peninsula)	75
Transition of soil microbial abundances and functions from passive response to active adaptation over 15 repeated freeze-thaw cycles	74
Active spreading at Maltese heritage sites: unravelling instability mechanisms via integrated InSAR, photogrammetry, and geotechnical analysis	74
Runoff hydrodynamic variations on terraced slopes with different soil types in the dry–hot valley region, Southwest China	72
Relationships between livestock density and soil phosphorus contents – County and farm level analyses	72
Exploring the impact of rainfall spatial differentiation on sediment yield of a typical watershed in the Loess Plateau of China	72
Testing a low-complexity spatially distributed model to simulate the intra-annual dynamics of soil erosion and sediment delivery	71
Evaluating the effectiveness of four representative land uses in soil and water conservation on a typical rainfed Mediterranean agricultural landscape in La Rioja (Spain)	70
Integrating the SLIDE model within CAESAR-Lisflood: Modeling the ‘rainfall-landslide-flash flood’ disaster chain mechanism under landscape evolution in a mountainous area	70
Prescribed burning of scrubland only affects very sensitive topsoil properties: A decadal-scale study in encroached grasslands of the southern Pyrenees	69
Spatiotemporal dynamics of river dissolved organic matter in small watershed with vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau	69
Long-term changes in soil composition in unmanaged central European mountain spruce forests after decreased acidic deposition and a bark beetle outbreak	69
Response of soil aggregate stability and rill erodibility to soil electric field	69
Dissolved organic matter movements from forests influence downstream soil CO2 flux during thawing	68
An improved spatial case-based reasoning considering multiple spatial drivers of geographic events and its application in landslide susceptibility mapping	68
Using a novel vector length stability index (VLSI) to evaluate soil aggregate stability: A preliminary study	67
Plant available silicon depletion in karst bamboo forest soils: Evidence from a bamboo afforestation chronosequence	67
Multiple forcing on Late Miocene East Asian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability in NE Tibetan Plateau	66
A new cryptic Refugium: the Gran Zebrù Nunatak (2900 m asl) during the last glacial maximum in the European Central Alps	65
The impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on erosion in the Northeastern loess Plateau, China, during the past 10,000 years	65
Runoff and sediment effect of the soil-water conservation measures in a typical river basin of the Loess Plateau	64
15 years ecohydrological long-term monitoring of the artificial catchment Chicken Creek – A brief summary	64
Soil nutrients and nutrient ratios influence the ratios of soil microbial biomass and metabolic nutrient limitations in mountain peatlands	64
Species identity outweighs richness in shaping soil microbial resource limitation in subtropical mixed Pinus massoniana-broadleaved plantations	64
A strategy for modelling sediment distribution along slope lengths of an ephemeral gully through the simulated scouring experiments	63
Rainfall erosivity variability over the United States associated with large-scale climate variations by El Niño/southern oscillation	63
Runoff–sediment coupling in low vegetation coverage scenario: Insights from plot scale experiment in the loess environment	63
Geographic factors explain soil nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in the Chinese wetlands	62
Coupling effects of soil and vegetation from an ecosystem service perspective	62
Divergent contributions of plant- and microbial-derived carbon to soil organic matter fractions in mangrove wetland along a salinity gradient	61
Spatiotemporal variability of rainfall erosivity and its teleconnection with atmospheric circulation in monsoon-driven climate region	61
The effectiveness of sediment and phosphorus removal by a small constructed wetland in Norway: 18 years of monitoring and perspectives for the future	61
Wildfire reshapes the composition and symbiotic networks of soil microbial communities in alpine marshy meadows	61