OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of CATENA is 59. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
15 years ecohydrological long-term monitoring of the artificial catchment Chicken Creek – A brief summary	256
Editorial Board	170
Bryophyte diversity and soil organic carbon content in contrasting Northern Appalachian vernal pools	140
Multiple forcing on Late Miocene East Asian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability in NE Tibetan Plateau	134
Effects of slope aspect and tillage type on soil microbial biomass and its stoichiometric ratios in karst trough valley	133
Corrigendum to “Carbon storage in typical ecosystems of coastal wetlands in Jiangsu, China: Spatiotemporal patterns and mechanisms” [Catena 254 (2025) 108882]	117
Continental–scale distribution and source identification of boron in soils of China	115
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)	113
Dissolved organic matter movements from forests influence downstream soil CO2 flux during thawing	112
Paleosols under kurgans and kurgan constructions of the bronze age as indicators of paleoenvironmental conditions in steppe area of russia	112
Exploring the impact of rainfall spatial differentiation on sediment yield of a typical watershed in the Loess Plateau of China	104
Climatic and hydrological variability as a driver of the Lake Gościąż biota during the Younger Dryas	100
Development of an argillic horizon in polygenetic paleosols in the Marília Formation (Maastrichtian), Brazil: Precautions for paleoenvironmental interpretation	98
Spatiotemporal variability of rainfall erosivity and its teleconnection with atmospheric circulation in monsoon-driven climate region	96
Sediment yield in a basin in Brazilian Semiarid Regions: A discussion on positive allometry	91
An improved spatial case-based reasoning considering multiple spatial drivers of geographic events and its application in landslide susceptibility mapping	89
Ontogenetic shifts in alfalfa root distribution and morphology drive soil water depletion and productivity decline in Loess Plateau pastures	85
Unravelling chemical and physical processes in Fourier transform spectra of low frequency dissolved oxygen time series in Swiss lakes	84
Contrasting soil dynamics in a formerly glaciated and non-glaciated Mediterranean mountain plateau (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)	83
Geographic factors explain soil nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in the Chinese wetlands	83
Carbon saturation deficit and litter quality drive the stabilization of litter-derived C in mineral-associated organic matter in long-term no-till soil	79
Hydro-sedimentary dysfunctions as a key factor for the storage of contaminants in mountain rivers (Bienne River, Jura Mountains, France)	78
Boreal soil homogenization after conversion to agricultural use is constrained by carbon dynamics and soil health	75
Relationships between livestock density and soil phosphorus contents – County and farm level analyses	75
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	75

Long-term changes in soil composition in unmanaged central European mountain spruce forests after decreased acidic deposition and a bark beetle outbreak	74
Fluctuating nature of prehistoric settlement and land use preserved in sedimentary record of vanished gully	74
Contrasting global patterns of soil microbial quotients of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems	74
Spatiotemporal dynamics of river dissolved organic matter in small watershed with vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau	72
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	72
Background concentrations and accumulation rates in sediments of pristine tropical environments	72
Clay mineral assemblages of the Luojiawopeng Formation red bed in the Songnen Plain, NE China and their paleoenvironment implications	71
The impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on erosion in the Northeastern loess Plateau, China, during the past 10,000 years	71
Coupling effects of soil and vegetation from an ecosystem service perspective	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
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	70
Rock glaciers in the Gangdise Mountains, southern Tibetan Plateau: Morphology and controlling factors	70
Temperature and precipitation effects on soil nitrogen availability and cycling in Chinese fir plantations across subtropical China	69
Implications of geomorphometric parameters on the occurrence of landslides in the Kali Valley, Kumaun Himalaya, India	69
Testing a low-complexity spatially distributed model to simulate the intra-annual dynamics of soil erosion and sediment delivery	69
Exploring underlying drivers of coarse above- and below-ground carbon sequestration in China's plantations	69
Temporal changes on soil conservation services in large basins across the world	68
Effects of warming and precipitation reduction on soil respiration in Horqin sandy grassland, northern China	68
Comparison of distinctive diversities, co-occurrence patterns and potential ecological functions of microbial communities in heterogeneous soil areas in typical subtropical forests, southeast China	67
Simulating soil organic carbon stock under different climate change scenarios: A RothC model application to typical land-use systems of Goa, India	67
Indices accounting for rainstorm erosivity – Theory and practice	66
Skeletal and sedimentary structures in yardang caverns in the Mars analog, Qaidam Basin: origin and implication	65
Climate dynamics during the last 3000 years forced environmental and sedimentation changes in southern Spain: The Laguna Grande de Archidona record	64
Estimated nutrient leakage from arable land in different bioeconomy scenarios for two areas in central Sweden, determined using a leaching coefficient method	63
Isoerodent surfaces of the continental US for conservation planning with the RUSLE2 water erosion model	63
Fertile island effects across developmental stages of Caragana korshinskii nebkhas drive microbial nutrient cycling in arid ecosystems	63
Influence of geochemistry and topography on vegetation in tropical Nigeria: Geochemistry and soil thickness surpass topographic position	62
Rainfall erosivity variability over the United States associated with large-scale climate variations by El Niño/southern oscillation	60
Use of multifractal parameters to determine soil particle size distribution and erodibility of a physical soil crust in the Loess Plateau, China	60
The difference in leaf color quality of Cotinus coggygria during the coloration peak period affected by soil and topographic heterogeneity	60
Integrative analysis of nutrient dynamics and its hydrological pathways in a tropical montane forest watershed: Implications for landscape management	59
Integrated soil water content and stable isotopes reveal contrasting soil water driving forces between seasons in hot-dry valleys	59
Amino acid nitrogen trends in paddy soils under long-term rice cultivation in southeast coast of China	59
Contrasting impacts of grassland restoration methods on soil greenhouse gases emissions under warming conditions in Northern Tibet	59