OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geothermics is 32. 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
Understanding the latent needs of diverse stakeholders unfamiliar with geothermal energy	161
Editorial Board	127
Corrosion inhibitors and lubricants characterization using the Rock-Eval® Shale Play™ method: Case studies to determine the origin of geothermal scales	98
Preface: Enhanced Geothermal Systems – Recent Progress	86
An influence of geothermal water, temperature and pressure on the hydration of multicomponent cement binders	74
Morphostructural controls on heat flow and fluid circulation in the Valle de Nereidas geothermal field, Nevado del Ruiz, Northern Andes, Colombia	60
Geothermal heat pump solutions for frost heave control in railway subgrades	51
A multiscale recurrent neural network model for predicting energy production from geothermal reservoirs	48
Design and optimization of deep coaxial borehole heat exchangers for cold sedimentary basins	42
Extraction turbines and feed-heating in geothermal binary plants: A thermodynamic performance assessment	41
Friction and stability of granite faults in the Gonghe geothermal reservoir and implications for injection-induced seismicity	39
Cyclic CO2 storage and geothermal energy extraction using a huff and puff technique in the Basal Cambrian Sandstone Unit, Canada	39
Findability of geothermal energy websites in seven EU countries and Iceland	38
Combining direct ground cooling with ground-source heat pumps and district heating: Borehole sizing and land area requirements	38
Mechanisms underlying sulfate concentration variations in geothermal waters around the Wugongshan area	37
Effects of building envelope design on ground heat exchanger sizing	37
Lithium prospectivity and capacity assessment in Northern Germany	37
Hydrogen emission characteristics of Changbaishan Volcano: Spatial and temporal distribution and genesis	36
Geothermal potential of karstified Devonian carbonates in NW Germany	36
Geothermal investigation of sandstone reservoirs using a probabilistic neural network with 2D seismic and borehole data: insights into structural and reservoir characteristics	36
Assessment of installation suitability of a vertical closed loop ground source heat pump system in regional scale	36
Meso-damage mechanism and physico-mechanical properties of Zhangzhou granite subjected to water-cooling treatment after elevated temperatures	35
Life cycle assessment of the Theistareykir geothermal power plant in Iceland	35
Permeability estimating beyond boreholes from electrical conductivity data determined from magnetotelluric sounding: Soultz-sous-Forêts site (France) case study	34
The 2017 Pohang, South Korea, Mw 5.4 main shock was either natural or triggered, but not induced	34

Editorial Board	33
Scaling in fractured geothermal carbonate reservoir rocks: An experimental approach	33
Editorial Board	33
Geochemical and isotope constraints on the hydrogeology and geochemistry of the geothermal waters in the Shandong Peninsula, China	33
Editorial Board	33
CO2 and heat energy transport by enhanced fracture permeability in the Monterotondo Marittimo-Sasso Pisano transfer fault system (Larderello Geothermal Field, Italy)	32
High-temperature resistant drilling fluid of Sodium-based rectorite modified by organic laponite	32