OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of CATENA is 54. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Microbial biomass and activity restrict soil function recovery of a post-mining land in eastern Loess Plateau	228
Rapid geomorphological evolution in the Mediterranean Basilicata region (southern Italy) during Little Ice Age	122
Aeolian process and climatic changes in loess records from the eastern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for paleoenvironmental dynamics since MIS 3	113
Editorial Board	110
Atterberg limits fail in recognizing fragipan horizons	106
Editorial Board	102
Processes controlling the organic matter degradation in a tropical coastal wetland: Mboro, Senegal	99
Proposal of a new Mining and Geology Impact Factor (MaGIF) index for the study of post-mining environment	94
The difference in leaf color quality of Cotinus coggygria during the coloration peak period affected by soil and topographic heterogeneity	90
Editorial Board	89
Projecting the impacts of the bioeconomy on Nordic land use and freshwater quality and quantity – An overview	85
Soil bacterial communities at the treeline in subtropical alpine areas	84
Sea level rise may contribute to the greening of Arctic coastal freshwaters – Implications from the ontogeny of Greiner Lake, Nunavut, Canada	81
Editorial Board	80
Are active and former floodplain soils of the lower middle Elbe similar? A study of soil characteristics and possible implications for forest restoration	80
Editorial Board	79
The evolution process and degradation model of permafrost in the Source Area of the Yellow River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau since the Little Ice Age	78
Controls on soil dissolved organic carbon along the 4000 km North-South forest transect in Eastern China	78
Tree ring archives of debris flow contamination in a post-mined area: Combined dendroecological research	78
Histosol pedogenesis in floodplain coastal environments in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	77
A tribute to Professor Ad de Roo (1963–2022). A dedicated life for flood risk assessment, modelling & risk reduction	76
Relationships between livestock density and soil phosphorus contents – County and farm level analyses	73
Structural characteristics of pools in headstream areas	71
Bryophyte diversity and soil organic carbon content in contrasting Northern Appalachian vernal pools	70
Suspended sediment response to Nordic bioeconomy and climate change scenarios in a first-order agricultural catchment	70

Hydro-sedimentary dysfunctions as a key factor for the storage of contaminants in mountain rivers (Bienne River, Jura Mountains, France)	69
Topographical influence on pedogenesis – Insights from Rock Magnetism	66
Cultural layers and a paleosol of a Late Medieval settlement as proxies of environmental change and anthropogenic influence – A case study of Tula Kremlin, Russia	65
Formation of Colluvisols in different soil regions and slope positions (Czechia): Post-sedimentary pedogenesis in colluvial material	65
Bankline dynamics and their effects on protected areas along the Brahmaputra river	65
Isotopic evolution of snowmelt and its hydrometeorological importance in snow-covered regions	64
Comment on “Review of methods of spatio-temporal evaluation of rainfall erosivity and their correct application” by Brychta et al. (2022), Catena 217, 106454	63
Using a novel vector length stability index (VLSI) to evaluate soil aggregate stability: A preliminary study	63
Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of suprapermafrost groundwater dynamic processes in the permafrost region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	63
Ground surface temperature regimes are controlled by the topography and snow cover in the ice-free areas of Maritime Antarctica	63
Mineral transformation, element transport and hydrological impact in weathering at the Bingling Temple Grottoes: Implications for weathering in alkaline environments in NW China	62
Development of an argillic horizon in polygenetic paleosols in the Marília Formation (Maastrichtian), Brazil: Precautions for paleoenvironmental interpretation	62
Changes in soil hydrodynamic parameters during intermittent rainfall following tillage	61
Exploring RPAS potentiality using a RGB camera to understand short term variation on sandy beaches	60
Comment on “Reconstruction of 26 kyrs palaeoenvironmental history of the Czarny Dunajec Fan — A multiproxy study of the Długopole gravel pit deposits (Western Carpathians, S Poland)” by Hrynowiecka et	60
Spatiotemporal variation and controlling factors of dried soil layers in a semi-humid catchment and relevant land use management implications	60
Responses of net ecosystem carbon budget and net global warming potential to long-term nitrogen deposition in a temperate grassland	60
Estimated nutrient leakage from arable land in different bioeconomy scenarios for two areas in central Sweden, determined using a leaching coefficient method	60
Isotopic approach to linking landscape and catchment storage across multiple spatial scales	59
Provenance evidence for the early-to-middle Pleistocene drainage reorganization of the Songhua River, NE China	59
Identification and quantification of nutrients sources in the Aspio watershed (Italy). Insight from geogenic mineralization and anthropogenic pressure	58
Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon and macronutrients in the deep soil across a chronosequence of tea agroforestry	58
Creep features and mechanism of active-layer detachment slide on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by InSAR	57
Sediment yield in a basin in Brazilian Semiarid Regions: A discussion on positive allometry	57
Specific species response of Cladocera to the trophic and hydrological environments of lakes: A case study of a typical shallow mesotrophic lake	56
Exploring the spatiotemporal distribution and driving factors of vegetation canopy rainfall interception in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China	56
Climate change impacts on renewable groundwater resources in the andosol-dominated Andean highlands, Ecuador	55
Contributions of mycorrhizal fungi to soil aggregate formation during subalpine forest succession	55
A strategy for modelling sediment distribution along slope lengths of an ephemeral gully through the simulated scouring experiments	54