OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geothermics is 31. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Direct utilization of geothermal energy 2020 worldwide review	416
A Sustainable model for the integration of solar and geothermal energy boosted with thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for electricity, cooling and desalination purpose	110
Development and multiobjective optimization of an integrated flash-binary geothermal power plant with reverse osmosis desalination and absorption refrigeration for multi-generation	74
Lithium-rich geothermal brines in Europe: An up-date about geochemical characteristics and implications for potential Li resources	69
Machine learning in subsurface geothermal energy: Two decades in review	68
Reinjection in geothermal fields: An updated worldwide review 2020	61
Significance and complications of drilling fluid rheology in geothermal drilling: A review	58
Macroscopic and microscopic experimental research on granite properties after high-temperature and water-cooling cycles	52
Characteristics and trends in geothermal development and use, 1995 to 2020	51
Factors affecting pore structure of granite under cyclic heating and cooling: A nuclear magnetic resonance investigation	50
Multi-criteria decision support for geothermal resources exploration based on remote sensing, GIS and geophysical techniques along the Gulf of Suez coastal area, Egypt	46
Effective parameters on the performance of ground heat exchangers: A review of latest advances	44
Crustal architecture, heat transfer modes and geothermal energy potentials of the Algerian Triassic provinces	44
Artificial neural network for predicting the thermal conductivity of soils based on a systematic database	43
Techno-Economic Performance of Closed-Loop Geothermal Systems for Heat Production and Electricity Generation	42
Life cycle assessment of shallow to medium-depth geothermal heating and cooling networks in the State of Geneva	40
Geothermal resource potential assessment utilizing GIS - based multi criteria decision analysis method	39
Impact of fracture shear dilation on long-term heat extraction in Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Insights from a fully-coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical simulation	37
Evaluation of the geothermal parameters to decipher the thermal structure of the upper crust of the Longmenshan fault zone derived from borehole data	36
Modeling study of the thermal-hydraulic-mechanical coupling process for EGS based on the framework of EDFM and XFEM	36
Analysis of thermal performance and economy of ground source heat pump system: a case study of the large building	35
Numerical analysis and optimization of the performance of CO2-Plume Geothermal (CPG) production wells and implications for electric power generation	34
Observations and analyses of the first two hydraulic stimulations in the Pohang geothermal development site, South Korea	34
Enhancing the performance of an integrated CCHP system including ORC, Kalina, and refrigeration cycles through employing TEG: 3E analysis and multi-criteria optimization	34
Comparative analysis of heat transfer performance of coaxial pipe and U-type deep borehole heat exchangers	34

Experimental study of mechanical properties of hot dry granite under thermal-mechanical couplings	34
Thermo-economic investigation of binary flashing cycle for enhanced geothermal system	32
A novel temperature-sensitive expandable lost circulation material based on shape memory epoxy foams to prevent losses in geothermal drilling	32
Increased Power Generation due to Exothermic Water Exsolution in CO2 Plume Geothermal (CPG) Power Plants	31
A novel working fluid selection and waste heat recovery by an exergoeconomic approach for a geothermally sourced ORC system	31
Geothermal 4.0: AI-enabled geothermal reservoir development- current status, potentials, limitations, and ways forward	31