OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Geochemical Exploration is 25. 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
Recovery potential of rare earth elements from mining and industrial residues: A review and cases studies	104
A data augmentation approach to XGboost-based mineral potential mapping: An example of carbonate-hosted Zn Pb mineral systems of Western Iran	85
Predicting heavy metal contents by applying machine learning approaches and environmental covariates in west of Iran	67
Data analysis methods for prospectivity modelling as applied to mineral exploration targeting: State-of-the-art and outlook	64
Multiple factors control groundwater chemistry and quality of multi-layer groundwater system in Northwest China coalfield — Using self-organizing maps (SOM)	55
Application of self-organizing map (SOM) and K-means clustering algorithms for portraying geochemical anomaly patterns in Moalleman district, NE Iran	45
Concentration and distribution of selenium in soils of mainland China, and implications for human health	44
Category-based fractal modelling: A novel model to integrate the geology into the data for more effective processing and interpretation	40
A simulation-based framework for modulating the effects of subjectivity in greenfield Mineral Prospectivity Mapping with geochemical and geological data	34
Occurrence and distribution of OCPs and PAHs in water, soil and sediment of Daye lake	33
Legacy iron and steel wastes in the UK: Extent, resource potential, and management futures	33
Systematic characterization of historical tailings for possible remediation and recovery of critical metals and minerals – The Yxsjöberg case	33
Fluid geochemistry in a low-enthalpy geothermal field along a sector of southern Apennines chain (Italy)	32
Trace element geochemistry of sphalerite and chalcopyrite in arc-hosted VMS deposits	31
Combining the outputs of various k-nearest neighbor anomaly detectors to form a robust ensemble model for high-dimensional geochemical anomaly detection	30
Principal component analysis and K-means clustering as tools during exploration for Zn skarn deposits and industrial carbonates, Sala area, Sweden	30
Detecting REE-rich areas in heterogeneous drill cores from Storkwitz using LIBS and a combination of k-means clustering and spatial raster analysis	30
Distribution of potentially toxic elements in soils surrounding abandoned mining waste located in Taltal, Northern Chile	30
Rapid geochemical imaging of rocks and minerals with handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)	29
Sphalerite as a record of metallogenic information using multivariate statistical analysis: Constraints from trace element geochemistry	28
Trace elements leaching from Pb Zn mine waste (Plombières, Belgium) and environmental implications	28
Incorporation of sulphidic mining waste material in ceramic roof tiles and blocks	27
Knowledge discovery of geochemical patterns from a data-driven perspective	27
Antimony leaching from soils and mine waste from the Mau Due antimony mine, North-Vietnam	27
Mine waters as a secondary source of rare earth elements worldwide: The case of the Iberian Pyrite Belt	25