OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is 1. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Theoretical infrared signature of OH defects in Fe3+, Cr3+ and Al3+-doped enstatite	22
Thermal annealing of fission and ion tracks in epidote	21
The nature of color of gem-quality diaspore (“zultanites”) from Turkey	18
Magnetic and structure transition of Mn3-xFexO4 solid solutions under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions	14
Atomic and microstructural origin of banded colours in purple-blue variety of agate from Yozgat Province, Turkey	13
Hydrothermal genesis and growth of the banded agates from the Allumiere-Tolfa volcanic district (Latium, Italy)	12
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82	11
High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of Al-rich and pure-Mg phase D	9
Electrical conductivity of siderite and the effect of the spin transition of iron	9
In situ high-temperature behaviour and breakdown conditions of uvite at room pressure	8
Crystallographic mechanism of the elastic behaviour of synthetic bütschliite K2Ca(CO3)2 on compression to 20 GPa	8
Determination of P–V equation of state of a natural clinoptilolite using high-pressure powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction	8
Correction: Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	8
CuO and Cu2O nanostructures: pathway to efficient dark current density	8
Low-temperature magnetic behavior of isocubanite from seafloor hydrothermal deposits in the Okinawa Trough	7
Experimental observations of CaSiO3-CaTiO3 perovskites: implications for Ca-rich inclusions observed in sub-lithospheric diamonds	6
Equation of state of elbaite at high pressure up to 21.1 GPa and room temperature	6
Post-spinel transition of Fe2SiO4 ahrensite at high pressure and high temperature	6
Equation of state and structural variations of synthetic forsterite-fayalite solid solution by single-crystal X-ray diffraction	6
Characterization of the lattice preferred orientation of hcp iron transformed from the single-crystal bcc phase in situ at high pressures up to 80 GPa	5
In-situ high-pressure and high-temperature spectroscopic studies of phengite in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite: implications for water transport during ultra-deep continental subduction	5
High-pressure structural behavior of α-K2Ca3(CO3)4 up to 20 GPa	5
Mechanisms and conditions of Ti and Cr incorporation in mantle phlogopite: the results of atomistic simulation	5
The thermal expansion of Ti-substituted CaAl12O19	5
Relics of possible (Mg,Fe)3Si2O7 and (Mg,Fe)4Si3O10: potential messengers from the Earth’s mantle	5

Ultimate mechanical properties of enstatite	5
Thermodynamics of the α-FeOOH (goethite)-ScOOH solid solution	5
Phase evolution and temperature-dependent behavior of averievite, Cu5O2(VO4)2(CuCl) and yaroshevskite, Cu9O2(VO4)4Cl2	5
Optical bandgap dependence on crystallite size of SnO2 synthesized by stannic chloride from chlorination tin ingot	4
Sound velocity and elastic properties of Fe–Ni–S–Si liquid: the effects of pressure and multiple light elements	4
High pressure and high temperature Brillouin scattering measurements of pyrope single crystals using flexible CO2 laser heating systems	4
Compressional behavior of the aragonite-structure carbonates to 6 GPa	4
Lanthanide and yttrium substitution in natural fluorite	4
A correlation between hydroxyl vibrations under compression and anharmonicity: glaucophane as a test case	4
Mineralogical characterization of fluorescent grossular garnet var. tsavorite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania	4
Thermal evolution of the metamict fergusonite-(Y)	4
Thermal expansion of iron phosphides	4
Thermophysical properties of synthetic marialite	4
Purification mechanism of microcrystalline graphite and dissolution of non-carbon impurity during alkali autoclave-acid leaching	4
Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	4
Raman spectroscopic study of liebenbergite and Ni2SiO4 spinel at high pressure and high temperature: nickel effects on the vibration properties of olivine and spinel structures	3
Atomic-scale deformation mechanisms at high-pressure in hydroboracite, CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	3
Effect of molybdenum and vanadium substitution in langbeinite phosphates: structural and thermal expansion investigation of KPbCr2P3−xMxO12 (M = V, Mo and x = 0.1, 0.2)	3
Metastable orthopyroxene in cold slabs revealed by high pressure and temperature raman study	3
Solids and liquids in the (Fe, Mg, Ca)S-system: experimentally determined and thermodynamically modelled phase relations	3
Insight on the global water distribution in opal considering its bi-component nature	3
Lattice thermal conductivity of Mg2SiO4 olivine and its polymorphs under extreme conditions	3
Equation of state of nitrogen-bearing K-cymrite	3
Phase transitions and compressibility of alkali-bearing double carbonates at high pressures: a first-principles calculations study	3
Application of the double-difference relocation method to acoustic emission events in high-pressure deformation experiments	3
Crystal structures inherited from parent high-temperature disordered microblocks: Ca2SiO4, Na2SO4–K2SO4 sulfates, and related minerals (bubnovaite and dobrovolskyite)	3
Picosecond acoustics: a new way to access elastic properties of materials at pressure and temperature conditions of planetary interiors	3
Thermal evolution of metamict davidite-(La) from the Radium Hill, Australia: recrystallization and thermal expansion	3
High-pressure behavior of gasparite-(Ce) (nominally CeAsO4), a monazite-type arsenate	3
Thermodynamic stabilization in metal organic frameworks based on 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate linkers and rare earth metals	3
Structural peculiarities of a moissanite (natural SiC) single crystal from Manchary kimberlite pipe, Yakutia	3
Hydrogen defects in feldspars: alkali-supported dehydrogenation of sanidine	3
Speciation and diffusive dynamics in hydrated grain boundaries of complex oxide Gd2Ti2O7	3
Linking feldspar luminescence phenomena and mineralogy using spatially resolved techniques	2
Lattice dynamics, sound velocities, and atomic environments of szomolnokite at high pressure	2
Vibrational entropy of disordering in omphacite	2
Nanomechanics of minerals: understandings and developments through instrumented nanoindentation techniques	2
‌ Impact of minor aluminum incorporation on the high-pressure properties of stishovite	2
Dolomite thermal behaviour: A short review	2
Thermal expansion of talc at high temperature and implications for the exhumation of eclogites in subduction zones	2
Crystal structure of calcite-type Ca1–xMnxCO3 solid solution by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy	2
Filling the gap between lansfordite and nesquehonite: MgCO3·4H2O, a new magnesium carbonate hydrate	2
Characterization and comparison of natural and Zachery-treated turquoise: new data	2
Nonlinear variation of structural, thermodynamic and elastic properties of Mg2SiO4-ringwoodite caused by cation disorder	2
Fast anisotropic Mg and H diffusion in wet forsterite	2
Stable compounds in the CaO-Al2O3 system at high pressures	2
Experimental studies of charoite mineral transformations under thermal treatment	2
Mineralogical description and hypothesis on the formation of menilites from Galera, Granada (Spain)	2
Features of the defect-impurity composition of diamonds from the northern Istok and Mayat placers (Yakutia) according to EPR, IR, and luminescence data	2
On the crystal-chemistry of inderite, Mg[B3O3(OH)5](H2O)4·H2O	2

Elasticity of natural aragonite samples by Brillouin spectroscopy	2
Thermal treatment of the tourmaline Fe-rich princivalleite Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O	2
Anisotropic electrical conductivity changes in FeTiO3 structure transition under high pressure	2
Alexandra Navrotsky	2
Equation of state of FeTiO3 and MgTiO3 by in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction at high pressures	1
Compressibilities along the magnetite–magnesioferrite solid solution	1
Greenalite-Chamosite composition, geothermometry and oxygen fugacity variations in pisolitic ironstone and carbonates of the Chilpi Group: implication on Paleoproterozoic seawater chemistry	1
In situ X-ray and IR probes relevant to Earth science at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory	1
New insight into the phase transition and kinetics of the dehydroxylation of bulk-to-nano chrysotile	1
High-pressure behaviour of stellerite: single-crystal X-ray diffraction study	1
Effect of ball-milling and thermal environment on the structural and thermal stability of antigorite serpentine: Sr$$^{2+}$$ adsorption and thermal expansion	1
Pressure-induced large volume collapse and possible spin transition in HP-PdF2-type FeCl2	1
Spectral variability of the uranyl silicates uranophane-α and uranophane-β: polymorphism and luminescence	1
Atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy visualisation of channel occupancy in beryl in different crystallographic directions	1
Structural variations of amorphous magnesium carbonate during nucleation, crystallization, and decomposition of nesquehonite MgCO3·3H2O	1
The packing fraction of the oxygen sublattice: its impact on the heat of mixing	1
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and IR-spectroscopy studies of potassium-deficient fluorapophyllite-(K)	1
Single crystals of phenakite-like Be2(Si1−xGex)O4 solid solution: novel experimental data on hydrothermal crystal growth, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy study	1
2M1 phlogopite–muscovite series minerals at increasing pressure to 9 GPa. I Atomic volumes and compressibilities	1
Crystal–melt interfaces in Mg2SiO4 at high pressure: structural and energetics insights from first-principles simulations	1
Grain growth inhibited during grain size-sensitive creep in polycrystalline ice: an energy dissipation-rate perspective	1
High-temperature behavior of quartz-in-garnet system revealed by in situ Raman spectroscopy	1
Equilibrium melting relations at shallow lower mantle P-T conditions probed by the laser-heated diamond anvil cell	1
Thermodynamic properties of geikielite (MgTiO3) and ilmenite (FeTiO3) derived from vibrational methods combined with Raman and infrared spectroscopic data	1
Thermal expansivity and high-pressure sound velocities of natural topaz and implications for seismic velocities and H2O and fluorine recycling in subduction zones	1
Experimental determination of thermal expansivity of calcium ferrite-type MgAl2O4 and its application to thermodynamical assessment of thermoelastic parameters	1
Identification of rare earth elements in synthetic and natural monazite and xenotime by visible-to-shortwave infrared reflectance spectroscopy	1
Hydrothermal synthesis and formation of a synthetic analogue of reichenbachite, Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4	1
Thermodynamic modeling of the Mn–Si–O system	1
The effect of Fe incorporation on the single-crystal elasticity of δ-AlOOH	1