OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of CATENA is 58. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Implications of geomorphometric parameters on the occurrence of landslides in the Kali Valley, Kumaun Himalaya, India	285
Differences in microbial communities from Quaternary volcanic soils at different stages of development: Evidence from Late Pleistocene and Holocene volcanoes	139
Landslide susceptibility prediction in the loess tableland considering geomorphic evolution	139
A strategy for modelling sediment distribution along slope lengths of an ephemeral gully through the simulated scouring experiments	123
Spatial variations in water use efficiency across global terrestrial ecosystems	123
Contrasting soil dynamics in a formerly glaciated and non-glaciated Mediterranean mountain plateau (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)	122
Geographic factors explain soil nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in the Chinese wetlands	118
Ion solubilization in surface soil layers of montane region with heavy snowfall	108
Estimated nutrient leakage from arable land in different bioeconomy scenarios for two areas in central Sweden, determined using a leaching coefficient method	106
Exploring underlying drivers of coarse above- and below-ground carbon sequestration in China's plantations	105
Development of an argillic horizon in polygenetic paleosols in the Marília Formation (Maastrichtian), Brazil: Precautions for paleoenvironmental interpretation	103
Multiple forcing on Late Miocene East Asian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability in NE Tibetan Plateau	101
Climatic and hydrological variability as a driver of the Lake Gościąż biota during the Younger Dryas	95
Bryophyte diversity and soil organic carbon content in contrasting Northern Appalachian vernal pools	95
Evolution of pore structure and cement composition during weathering of conglomerate at Mogao Grottoes in alkaline and arid regions, NW China	95
15 years ecohydrological long-term monitoring of the artificial catchment Chicken Creek – A brief summary	94
Fluctuating nature of prehistoric settlement and land use preserved in sedimentary record of vanished gully	94
Land use change effect on organic matter dynamics and soil carbon sequestration in the Brazilian Cerrado: A study case in Mato Grosso do Sul state (Midwest-Brazil)	92
Parent materials influence in the formation of vertical textural differentiation in humid tropical landscapes	91
Improving monitoring Karst rocky desertification using high-frequency Landsat observations: A generalized framework and its application to a typical karst region in southeast China	90
Temperature and precipitation effects on soil nitrogen availability and cycling in Chinese fir plantations across subtropical China	88
Rainfall erosivity variability over the United States associated with large-scale climate variations by El Niño/southern oscillation	88
The effectiveness of sediment and phosphorus removal by a small constructed wetland in Norway: 18 years of monitoring and perspectives for the future	87
Indices accounting for rainstorm erosivity – Theory and practice	87
Fault-related basins as carbon reservoirs: Soil CO2 emissions in the SE Korean Peninsula	86

Historical and future runoff changes and their impacts on stormflow characteristics in the upper Yangtze River basin, China	85
Systematic identification of factors influencing the spatial distribution of soil organic matter in croplands within the black soil region of Northeastern China across multiple scales	83
A performance comparison of SRTM v. 3.0, AW3D30, ASTER GDEM3, Copernicus and TanDEM-X for tectonogeomorphic analysis in the South American Andes	80
Assessment of suspended sediment dynamics in a small ungauged badland catchment in the Northern Apennines (Italy) using an in-situ laser diffraction method	78
Low-level nitrogen and short-term addition increase soil carbon sequestration in Chinese forest ecosystems	78
An improved spatial case-based reasoning considering multiple spatial drivers of geographic events and its application in landslide susceptibility mapping	76
Influence of geochemistry and topography on vegetation in tropical Nigeria: Geochemistry and soil thickness surpass topographic position	75
Hydro-sedimentary dysfunctions as a key factor for the storage of contaminants in mountain rivers (Bienne River, Jura Mountains, France)	74
Background concentrations and accumulation rates in sediments of pristine tropical environments	74
The difference in leaf color quality of Cotinus coggygria during the coloration peak period affected by soil and topographic heterogeneity	73
Relationships between livestock density and soil phosphorus contents – County and farm level analyses	72
Editorial Board	72
Integrated soil water content and stable isotopes reveal contrasting soil water driving forces between seasons in hot-dry valleys	71
Comparison of distinctive diversities, co-occurrence patterns and potential ecological functions of microbial communities in heterogeneous soil areas in typical subtropical forests, southeast China	71
Sediment yield in a basin in Brazilian Semiarid Regions: A discussion on positive allometry	71
A rainfall simulator using porous pipes as drop former	70
Long-term changes in soil composition in unmanaged central European mountain spruce forests after decreased acidic deposition and a bark beetle outbreak	69
The effect of altitude on the prediction of momentum for rainfall erosivity studies in Mexico	68
Carbon saturation deficit and litter quality drive the stabilization of litter-derived C in mineral-associated organic matter in long-term no-till soil	65
Evaluation of soil erosion rates in the hilly-gully region of the Loess Plateau in China in the past 60 years using global fallout plutonium	64
Refined estimation of lake water level and storage changes on the Tibetan Plateau from ICESat/ICESat-2	63
Profile distribution of soil organic carbon and its isotopic value following long term land-use changes	62
Fingerprinting sources of beach sands by grain-size, using mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIRS) and portable XRF. Implications for coastal recovery along a tsunami-struck delta coastline	60
Integrative analysis of nutrient dynamics and its hydrological pathways in a tropical montane forest watershed: Implications for landscape management	60
Clay mineralogy fingerprinting of loess-mantled soils on different underlying substrates in the south-western Poland	60
Spatial prediction of soil sand content at various sampling density based on geostatistical and machine learning algorithms in plain areas	60
Soil C:N:P stoichiometry in tropical forests on Hainan Island of China: Spatial and vertical variations	60
Low-severity fire promote carbon emissions in permafrost peatlands of the Great Khingan Mountains, Northeast China	59
Integrating the SLIDE model within CAESAR-Lisflood: Modeling the ‘rainfall-landslide-flash flood’ disaster chain mechanism under landscape evolution in a mountainous area	59
Flooding lowers the emissions of CO2 and CH4 during the freeze-thaw process in a lacustrine wetland	59
Direct rain splash and downwearing of internal surfaces as an important erosion process in alluvial gully development	58
Temporal changes on soil conservation services in large basins across the world	58
Increased radiocarbon age offset of crater lake sediments linked to cool-dry intervals during the past 40,000 yr	58