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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Theoretical infrared signature of OH defects in Fe3+, Cr3+ and Al3+-doped enstatite	15
Transmission Kikuchi diffraction study of submicrotexture within ultramylonitic peridotite	14
Atomic and microstructural origin of banded colours in purple-blue variety of agate from Yozgat Province, Turkey	14
Thermal annealing of fission and ion tracks in epidote	13
Hydrothermal genesis and growth of the banded agates from the Allumiere-Tolfa volcanic district (Latium, Italy)	11
Stepwise dehydration of Cd-exchanged levyne: thermal stability and structural modifications	11
Magnetic and structure transition of Mn3-xFexO4 solid solutions under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions	10
Electrical conductivity of siderite and the effect of the spin transition of iron	9
CuO and Cu2O nanostructures: pathway to efficient dark current density	9
Determination of P–V equation of state of a natural clinoptilolite using high-pressure powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction	9
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82	8
In situ high-temperature behaviour and breakdown conditions of uvite at room pressure	8
Correction: Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	8
Crystallographic mechanism of the elastic behaviour of synthetic bütschliite K2Ca(CO3)2 on compression to 20 GPa	7
High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of Al-rich and pure-Mg phase D	7
Controls on the distribution of hydrous defects in forsterite from a thermodynamic model	7
A high-pressure Raman study of FeTiO3 ilmenite: Fermi resonance as a manifestation of Fe-Ti charge transfer	7
Mechanisms and conditions of Ti and Cr incorporation in mantle phlogopite: the results of atomistic simulation	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	6
Low-temperature magnetic behavior of isocubanite from seafloor hydrothermal deposits in the Okinawa Trough	6
On the yellow color of gamma-irradiated brazilianite from Minas Gerais (Brazil)	6
Ultimate mechanical properties of enstatite	6
Equation of state of elbaite at high pressure up to 21.1 GPa and room temperature	6
Thermodynamics of the α-FeOOH (goethite)-ScOOH solid solution	5
Structural systematics of SFCA-I type solid-solutions in the system CaO–Fe2O3–FeO–Al2O3	5

The thermal expansion of Ti-substituted CaAl12O19	5
Post-spinel transition of Fe2SiO4 ahrensite at high pressure and high temperature	5
Phase evolution and temperature-dependent behavior of averievite, Cu5O2(VO4)2(CuCl) and yaroshevskite, Cu9O2(VO4)4Cl2	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
Single-crystal X-ray structure refinement of Al-bearing superhydrous phase B	4
Compressional wave velocity for iron hydrides to 100 gigapascals via picosecond acoustics	4
High-pressure behaviour and atomic-scale deformation mechanisms in inyoite, CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O	4
Compressional behavior of the aragonite-structure carbonates to 6 GPa	4
Lanthanide and yttrium substitution in natural fluorite	4
High-pressure structural behavior of α-K2Ca3(CO3)4 up to 20 GPa	4
High pressure and high temperature Brillouin scattering measurements of pyrope single crystals using flexible CO2 laser heating systems	3
A correlation between hydroxyl vibrations under compression and anharmonicity: glaucophane as a test case	3
Mineralogical characterization of fluorescent grossular garnet var. tsavorite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania	3
Optically active centers in brown type IaAB diamonds from the Istok placer in the northeastern Siberian Platform: spectroscopic properties and the effect of HPHT treatment	3
High-pressure behavior of gasparite-(Ce) (nominally CeAsO4), a monazite-type arsenate	3
Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	3
Thermal evolution of metamict davidite-(La) from the Radium Hill, Australia: recrystallization and thermal expansion	3
Sound velocity and elastic properties of Fe–Ni–S–Si liquid: the effects of pressure and multiple light elements	3
Phase transition and melting in zircon by nanosecond shock loading	3
A comparative study on pressure-induced structural transformations in a basaltic glass and melt from Ab initio molecular dynamics calculations	3
Excess heat capacity and entropy of mixing along the hydroxyapatite-chlorapatite and hydroxyapatite-fluorapatite binaries	3
Thermal evolution of the metamict fergusonite-(Y)	3
Thermophysical properties of synthetic marialite	3
Purification mechanism of microcrystalline graphite and dissolution of non-carbon impurity during alkali autoclave-acid leaching	3
Aluminum solubility in rutile (TiO2)	3
Phase transitions and compressibility of alkali-bearing double carbonates at high pressures: a first-principles calculations study	3
Control of deviatoric stress in the diamond anvil cell through thermal expansion mismatch stress in thin films	2
Speciation and diffusive dynamics in hydrated grain boundaries of complex oxide Gd2Ti2O7	2
Application of the double-difference relocation method to acoustic emission events in high-pressure deformation experiments	2
Anisotropic electrical conductivity changes in FeTiO3 structure transition under high pressure	2
Fast anisotropic Mg and H diffusion in wet forsterite	2
Elasticity of natural aragonite samples by Brillouin spectroscopy	2
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	2
Dislocation structure of deformed olivine single crystals from conventional EBSD maps	2
Structural peculiarities of a moissanite (natural SiC) single crystal from Manchary kimberlite pipe, Yakutia	2
Hydrogen defects in feldspars: alkali-supported dehydrogenation of sanidine	2
Dolomite thermal behaviour: A short review	2
The electrical conductivity of Fe4O5, Fe5O6, and Fe7O9 up to 60 GPa	2
Solids and liquids in the (Fe, Mg, Ca)S-system: experimentally determined and thermodynamically modelled phase relations	2
Thermodynamic stabilization in metal organic frameworks based on 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate linkers and rare earth metals	2
Lattice thermal conductivity of Mg2SiO4 olivine and its polymorphs under extreme conditions	2
Crystal structures inherited from parent high-temperature disordered microblocks: Ca2SiO4, Na2SO4–K2SO4 sulfates, and related minerals (bubnovaite and dobrovolskyite)	2
Nanomechanics of minerals: understandings and developments through instrumented nanoindentation techniques	2
Thermal treatment of the tourmaline Fe-rich princivalleite Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O	2
Picosecond acoustics: a new way to access elastic properties of materials at pressure and temperature conditions of planetary interiors	2
Recent developments on high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction at the Partnership for eXtreme Xtallography (PX2) program	1
Experimental studies of charoite mineral transformations under thermal treatment	1
Compressibilities along the magnetite–magnesioferrite solid solution	1
In situ X-ray and IR probes relevant to Earth science at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory	1
The packing fraction of the oxygen sublattice: its impact on the heat of mixing	1

Vibrational entropy of disordering in omphacite	1
Thermodynamic properties of geikielite (MgTiO3) and ilmenite (FeTiO3) derived from vibrational methods combined with Raman and infrared spectroscopic data	1
Characterization and comparison of natural and Zachery-treated turquoise: new data	1
Thermal expansion of talc at high temperature and implications for the exhumation of eclogites in subduction zones	1
Evolution of chemically induced cracks in alkali feldspar: thermodynamic analysis	1
Mineralogical description and hypothesis on the formation of menilites from Galera, Granada (Spain)	1
High-temperature behavior of quartz-in-garnet system revealed by in situ Raman spectroscopy	1
Structure and thermodynamics of calcium rare earth silicate oxyapatites, Ca2RE8(SiO4)6O2 (RE = Pr, Tb, Ho, Tm)	1
Spectral variability of the uranyl silicates uranophane-α and uranophane-β: polymorphism and luminescence	1
Equilibrium melting relations at shallow lower mantle P-T conditions probed by the laser-heated diamond anvil cell	1
Atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy visualisation of channel occupancy in beryl in different crystallographic directions	1
Crystal structure of calcite-type Ca1–xMnxCO3 solid solution by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy	1
High-temperature ramsdellite–pyrolusite transformation kinetics	1
Features of the defect-impurity composition of diamonds from the northern Istok and Mayat placers (Yakutia) according to EPR, IR, and luminescence 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
Stable compounds in the CaO-Al2O3 system at high pressures	1
Correction to: Structural aspects of pyrochlores stability: influence of the cations in [8]A, [6]B positions and lattice parameters	1
Lattice dynamics, sound velocities, and atomic environments of szomolnokite at high pressure	1
In situ high-temperature behaviour of fluor-elbaite: breakdown conditions and products	1
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and IR-spectroscopy studies of potassium-deficient fluorapophyllite-(K)	1
Identification of rare earth elements in synthetic and natural monazite and xenotime by visible-to-shortwave infrared reflectance spectroscopy	1
First-principles calculations of thermodynamic properties of Ni sulfides in the upper mantle	1
High-pressure behaviour of stellerite: single-crystal X-ray diffraction study	1
Greenalite-Chamosite composition, geothermometry and oxygen fugacity variations in pisolitic ironstone and carbonates of the Chilpi Group: implication on Paleoproterozoic seawater chemistry	1
On the crystal-chemistry of inderite, Mg[B3O3(OH)5](H2O)4·H2O	1
Structural variations of amorphous magnesium carbonate during nucleation, crystallization, and decomposition of nesquehonite MgCO3·3H2O	1
LiquidDiffract: software for liquid total scattering analysis	1