OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Economic Geology is 28. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Role of Mg Gangue Minerals in Natural Analogue CO2 Sequestration	114
The Petrogenesis of the Lower Critical Zone and Lower Group Chromitites, Eastern Bushveld Complex: Incremental Development of Igneous Layering and Injection of Chromite Slurries	88
High-Precision Geochronology of the Xiaojiayingzi Mo Skarn Deposit: Implications for Prolonged and Episodic Hydrothermal Pulses	86
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Mupane and Shashe Gold Deposits of the Tati Greenstone Belt (NE Botswana): Implications for Mineral Deposit Models and Exploration	86
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS, 2026	80
Formation of an Active Giant Nonsulfide Zinc System, Jinding, China: Relationships Among Tectonics, Climate, and Supergene Metal Remobilization	74
U-Pb DATING OF APATITE FROM SILVERMINES DEPOSIT, IRELAND: A MODEL FOR HYDROTHERMAL ORE GENESIS	57
Complex Effects of Assimilation on Sulfide Saturation Revealed by Modeling with the Magma Chamber Simulator: A Case Study on the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA	55
Time Series Studies and Drilling Results from IODP Expedition 376 to Brothers Volcano, New Zealand: Insights into Petrology, Hydrothermal Processes, and Mineralization—Introduction	50
Mineralization and Geochemistry of the Metasedimentary Rock-Hosted Au-(Ag-Sb-W) West End Deposit, Stibnite Roof Pendant, Yellow Pine Mining District, Idaho	49
Shape and Size Distribution of Sulfide Globules in the Raglan Magmatic Sulfide Deposit: Implications for Deposition and Exploration of Massive Sulfide Orebodies	49
Lithium Pegmatites in Africa: A Review	47
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-	44
The GREENPEG Project Toolset to Explore for Buried Pegmatites Hosting Lithium, High-Purity Quartz, and Other Critical Raw Materials	42
Mobilization and Fractionation of Magmatic Sulfide: Emplacement and Deformation of the Munali Ni-(Cu-Platinum Group Element) Deposit, Zambia	39
INTERESTING PAPERS IN OTHER JOURNALS	39
Lithium in the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province: A Synthesis Highlighting Spodumene-Rich Deposits	38
Amphiboles of the Rare Earth Element-Rich Baerzhe Peralkaline Granite, Northeast China: Recorders of Fluoride-Silicate Melt Immiscibility and Rare Metal Enrichment	36
Paleogeographic and Structural Controls on the Sediment-Hosted Zhaishang Au Deposit, West Qinling Orogen, China	36
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
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”)	33
Timing of Rhyolite Intrusion and Carlin-Type Gold Mineralization at the Cortez Hills Carlin-Type Deposit, Nevada, USA	32
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	32
Geology of Porphyry Cu-Au and Epithermal Cu-Au-Ag Mineralization at Filo del Sol, Argentina-Chile: Extreme Telescoping During Andean Uplift	31
A Letter from the Editor	31

Formation of Gold Deposits (Neil Phillips)	30
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	30
Using Machine Learning to Characterize the Genesis of Lithium-Bearing Sedimentary Rocks in the Western United States	28