OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Economic Geology is 26. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)

Article	Citations
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS, 2026	98
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Mupane and Shashe Gold Deposits of the Tati Greenstone Belt (NE Botswana): Implications for Mineral Deposit Models and Exploration	92
Formation of an Active Giant Nonsulfide Zinc System, Jinding, China: Relationships Among Tectonics, Climate, and Supergene Metal Remobilization	88
Role of Mg Gangue Minerals in Natural Analogue CO2 Sequestration	65
The Petrogenesis of the Lower Critical Zone and Lower Group Chromitites, Eastern Bushveld Complex: Incremental Development of Igneous Layering and Injection of Chromite Slurries	58
High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses	57
U-Pb DATING OF APATITE FROM SILVERMINES DEPOSIT, IRELAND: A MODEL FOR HYDROTHERMAL ORE GENESIS	51
Complex Effects of Assimilation on Sulfide Saturation Revealed by Modeling with the Magma Chamber Simulator: A Case Study on the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA	50
Time Series Studies and Drilling Results from IODP Expedition 376 to Brothers Volcano, New Zealand: Insights into Petrology, Hydrothermal Processes, and Mineralization—Introduction	49
Shape and Size Distribution of Sulfide Globules in the Raglan Magmatic Sulfide Deposit: Implications for Deposition and Exploration of Massive Sulfide Orebodies	46
The GREENPEG Project Toolset to Explore for Buried Pegmatites Hosting Lithium, High-Purity Quartz, and Other Critical Raw Materials	42
Mineralization and Geochemistry of the Metasedimentary Rock-Hosted Au-(Ag-Sb-W) West End Deposit, Stibnite Roof Pendant, Yellow Pine Mining District, Idaho	42
Mobilization and Fractionation of Magmatic Sulfide: Emplacement and Deformation of the Munali Ni-(Cu-Platinum Group Element) Deposit, Zambia	40
Two Episodes of Postpeak Metamorphic High- to Moderate-Temperature Orogenic Gold Mineralization at Danba, Southwest China: Timing and Fluid Source Constraints from Thermodynamic Modeling and U-Pb, Re-	39
Timing of Rhyolite Intrusion and Carlin-Type Gold Mineralization at the Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada, USA	38
Lithium Pegmatites in Africa: A Review	38
A Letter from the Editor	38
INTERESTING PAPERS IN OTHER JOURNALS	38
Escape a los Andes: La historia de Mauricio Hochschild, “el Schindler de Bolivia” (Escape to the Andes: The story of Mauricio Hochschild, “the Bolivian Schindler”)	35
RECOGNITION OF PORPHYRY QUARTZ IN STREAM SEDIMENTS BY FLUID INCLUSION PETROGRAPHY AND CATHODOLUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY: RESULTS OF SYSTEMATIC DISPERSION STUDIES AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS IN PORPHYRY EX	35
Geology of Porphyry Cu-Au and Epithermal Cu-Au-Ag Mineralization at Filo del Sol, Argentina-Chile: Extreme Telescoping During Andean Uplift	33
Paleogeographic and Structural Controls on the Sediment-Hosted Zhaishang Au Deposit, West Qinling Orogen, China	33
Lithium in the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province: A Synthesis Highlighting Spodumene-Rich Deposits	33
Amphiboles of the Rare Earth Element-Rich Baerzhe Peralkaline Granite, Northeast China: Recorders of Fluoride-Silicate Melt Immiscibility and Rare Metal Enrichment	32
Silver Behavior During Magmatic and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution of a Highly Evolved Reduced Granitic System Related to the Giant Shuangjianzishan Ag-Pb-Zn-(Sn) Epithermal Deposit, Northeast China	31

Distribution of Te, As, Bi, Sb, and Se in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt and Komatiites and in Picrites and Basalts from Large Igneous Provinces: Implications for the Formation of Magmatic Ni-Cu-Platinum Grou	29
Formation of Gold Deposits (Neil Phillips)	26
INTERESTING PAPERS IN OTHER JOURNALS	26
Using Machine Learning to Characterize the Genesis of Lithium-Bearing Sedimentary Rocks in the Western United States	26