OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Geochemical Exploration 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Mineral exploration and regional surface geochemical datasets: An anomaly detection and k-means clustering exercise applied on laterite in Western Australia	128
Editorial Board	62
Mineral chemistry in apatite from heavy mineral concentrate samples as a prospecting tool for carbonatites in the Angico dos Dias region, BA/PI border, Brazil	56
Valorization of sulfide rich tailings with nature-based solutions for pasture lands	55
Spatial heterogeneity and driving factors of temperature sensitivity of soil respiration (Q10) at national scale	48
Numerical simulation-based targeting of the Au mineralization within the Hongbu Altered Rock type gold deposit, Eastern Shandong Peninsula, China	41
Stream sediment and soil geochemistry of the largest volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in Türkiye, Karaburun deposit (Central Pontides)	39
Material source and genesis analysis of lithium-rich claystone in Balun Mahai Salt Lake, Qaidam Basin	39
Formation mechanism of high arsenic geothermal water in Gonghe basin, Northwest China	38
Mineralogy and geochemistry of altered Emeishan basaltic volcaniclastics with respect to their critical element mineralization	38
VNIR-SWIR Spectroscopy and Machine Learning: A new approach for Rare Earth Element detection and quantification in fluorapatite veins (Nolans Bore Deposit, Australia)	36
Typomorphic and geochemical signatures of multi-colored fluorite: A proxy for magmatic-hydrothermal W Sn and Mo systems	35
A novel “green” sample preparation method for portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) geochemistry of unconsolidated sediments as compared to traditional laboratory protocols	34
Soil gas geochemical survey exploring for concealed sediment-hosted Au deposits in the semi-humid region: A case study from the Zhaishang Au-deposit, West Qinling, China	34
Use of porphyry indicator zircons (PIZs) in the sedimentary record as an exploration tool for covered porphyry copper deposits in the Atacama Desert, Chile	33
Mineral prediction research using the Geology-based Cyclic Adversarial Network for Anomaly Detection	33
The difference in hydrochemical characteristics of geothermal water between the eastern and western parts of the Wugongshan area and its genetic mechanism	33
New insights into the origin and depositional setting of the Haerdaban Pb Zn deposit, Chinese western Tianshan: Evidence from geology, chert geochemistry, and detrital zircon U Pb geochronology	32
Two-stage Cu Pb Zn mineralization of the Baoshan deposit in southern Hunan, South China: Constraints from zircon and pyrite geochronology and geochemistry	31
Editorial Board	31
Single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: A new method to detect geochemical anomalies in stream sediments	31
Geothermometrical calculations of thermal waters affected by secondary processes: The case of Sierra Elvira (Spain)	31
A high-performance extreme gradient boosting outlier detection framework for integrating the outputs of diverse anomaly detectors for detecting mineralization-related geochemical anomalies	30
Fluctuations of trace elements and Sr isotopes of the multi-stage scheelite in the reduced polymetallic Yupo tungsten skarn deposit, South China: Implications for ore-forming process	30
A new statistical approach for geochemical stream sediment data interpretation in geologically complex terranes: Stream sediment reconnaissance survey in middle Black Forest, South Western Germany	30

Influence of monsoon season on heavy metal composition of Hooghly River estuary sediments, West Bengal, India	30
Magnetite chemistry of the Sarkuh Porphyry Cu deposit, Urumieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA), Iran: A record of deviation from the path sulfide mineralization in the porphyry copper systems	30
Utilizing thiourea-modified biochars to mitigate toxic metal pollution and promote mustard (Brassica campestris) plant growth in contaminated soils	28
The effect of Fe P coupling on arsenic species in sediments during the ice-bound period of lakes in cold regions	28
Defining urban soil geochemical backgrounds: A review for application to the French context	28