OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geothermics is 30. 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 2020-06-01 to 2024-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Direct utilization of geothermal energy 2020 worldwide review	351
A Sustainable model for the integration of solar and geothermal energy boosted with thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for electricity, cooling and desalination purpose	103
Development and multiobjective optimization of an integrated flash-binary geothermal power plant with reverse osmosis desalination and absorption refrigeration for multi-generation	69
Lithium-rich geothermal brines in Europe: An up-date about geochemical characteristics and implications for potential Li resources	58
Machine learning in subsurface geothermal energy: Two decades in review	57
Reinjection in geothermal fields: An updated worldwide review 2020	55
Significance and complications of drilling fluid rheology in geothermal drilling: A review	47
Factors affecting pore structure of granite under cyclic heating and cooling: A nuclear magnetic resonance investigation	46
Macroscopic and microscopic experimental research on granite properties after high-temperature and water-cooling cycles	46
Thermal performance of the vertical ground heat exchanger with a novel elliptical single U-tube	45
Utah FORGE: Hydrogeothermal modeling of a granitic based discrete fracture network	44
Multi-criteria decision support for geothermal resources exploration based on remote sensing, GIS and geophysical techniques along the Gulf of Suez coastal area, Egypt	42
Crustal architecture, heat transfer modes and geothermal energy potentials of the Algerian Triassic provinces	41
Numerical and experimental analysis of the energy performance of an air-source heat pump (ASHP) coupled with a horizontal earth-to-air heat exchanger (EAHX) in different climates	40
Characteristics and trends in geothermal development and use, 1995 to 2020	40
A review of recharge and clogging in sandstone aquifer	39
Effective parameters on the performance of ground heat exchangers: A review of latest advances	38
Effects of fracture density, roughness, and percolation of fracture network on heat-flow coupling in hot rock masses with embedded three-dimensional fracture network	37
Life cycle assessment of shallow to medium-depth geothermal heating and cooling networks in the State of Geneva	37
Geothermal resource potential assessment utilizing GIS - based multi criteria decision analysis method	36
Lithofacies classification of a geothermal reservoir in Denmark and its facies-dependent porosity estimation from seismic inversion	35
Evaluation of the geothermal parameters to decipher the thermal structure of the upper crust of the Longmenshan fault zone derived from borehole data	35
Artificial neural network for predicting the thermal conductivity of soils based on a systematic database	35
Multi-objective optimization under uncertainty of geothermal reservoirs using experimental design-based proxy models	34
Impact of fracture shear dilation on long-term heat extraction in Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Insights from a fully-coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical simulation	33

Analysis of thermal performance and economy of ground source heat pump system: a case study of the large building	33
Techno-Economic Performance of Closed-Loop Geothermal Systems for Heat Production and Electricity Generation	33
Enhancing the performance of an integrated CCHP system including ORC, Kalina, and refrigeration cycles through employing TEG: 3E analysis and multi-criteria optimization	32
Numerical analysis of heat extraction efficiency in a multilateral-well enhanced geothermal system considering hydraulic fracture propagation and configuration	31
A novel temperature-sensitive expandable lost circulation material based on shape memory epoxy foams to prevent losses in geothermal drilling	30
A novel working fluid selection and waste heat recovery by an exergoeconomic approach for a geothermally sourced ORC system	30