OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geothermics 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Numerical and thermodynamic modeling for estimating production capacity of NW Sabalan geothermal field, Iran	464
Combining direct ground cooling with ground-source heat pumps and district heating: Borehole sizing and land area requirements	110
Resource assessment of the Copahue geothermal field	76
Electrical conductivity of H2	72
Evaluation of a potential supercritical geothermal system in the Kuju region, central Kyushu, Japan	59
A CFD analysis on using a standardized blade in different mechanical draft cooling towers for geothermal power plants	59
Remote exploration and monitoring of geothermal sources: A novel method for foliar element mapping using hyperspectral (VNIR-SWIR) remote sensing	58
Extended version at 25 years of the ASHRAE-Tp8 method for the design of BHE fields operating with geothermal heat pumps	57
An assessment of a shallow geothermal reservoir of Mae Chan hot spring, northern Thailand via magnetotelluric surveys	53
Analytic models and effective resistances for coaxial ground heat exchangers	50
Experimental investigation on heat extraction performance of deep borehole heat exchanger for ground source heat pump systems in severe cold region	49
Investigation of thermal cooling effect of long-term circulation in Raft River enhanced geothermal system	47
Geothermal energy extraction from abandoned oil and gas wells using mono and hybrid nanofluids	44
Global geothermal industry data collection: A systematic review	42
Permeability estimating beyond boreholes from electrical conductivity data determined from magnetotelluric sounding: Soultz-sous-Forêts site (France) case study	38
A hybrid analytical-numerical model for predicting the performance of the Horizontal Ground Heat Exchangers	37
Geothermal energy potential in relation to black carbon reduction and CO2 mitigation of Himalayan geothermal belt – A review	36
Influence of fracture pattern between Hot Sedimentary Aquifer (HSA) and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) on thermal production and permeability evolution	36
Experimental and numerical simulation research on hot dry rock wellbore stability under different cooling methods	34
Extrapolation of locations, depths, and flow rates of naturally occurring cold water recharges in the Olkaria Domes geothermal field by integrating numerical simulation and geophysical information	32
Fluid-CO2 injection impact in a geothermal reservoir: Evaluation with 3-D reactive transport modeling	31
Comparative study of novel backfill coupled heat exchangers using different waste materials in underground stopes	31
Natural state geothermal reservoir modelling: Mineralogical and geochemical evolution perspective	30
Expert-driven play Fairway Analysis applied to the Azufral Volcano Geothermal Area in southwestern Colombia	30
Experimental study on impedance dispersion characteristics and electrical resistivity of high temperature granite	26

Integrated assessment of deep geothermal heating investments in Northern Belgium through techno-economic, life cycle, global sensitivity and real options analysis