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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Recovery potential of rare earth elements from mining and industrial residues: A review and cases studies	77
A data augmentation approach to XGboost-based mineral potential mapping: An example of carbonate-hosted Zn Pb mineral systems of Western Iran	74
The characteristics of heavy metal pollution in surface dust in Tangshan, a heavily industrialized city in North China, and an assessment of associated health risks	49
Impact assessment of coal mining on groundwater chemistry and its quality from Brajrajnagar coal mining area using indexing models	49
Potentially toxic elements in soils of Campania region (Southern Italy): Combining raw and compositional data	46
Data analysis methods for prospectivity modelling as applied to mineral exploration targeting: State-of-the-art and outlook	46
Predicting heavy metal contents by applying machine learning approaches and environmental covariates in west of Iran	42
Multiple factors control groundwater chemistry and quality of multi-layer groundwater system in Northwest China coalfield — Using self-organizing maps (SOM)	41
Geochemical characterization of shallow groundwater using multivariate statistical analysis and geochemical modeling in an irrigated region along the upper Yellow River, Northwestern China	38
Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface sediments from shallow lakes in East China	38
Composite assessment of human health risk from potentially toxic elements through multiple exposure routes: A case study in farmland in an important industrial city in East China	36
Concentration and distribution of selenium in soils of mainland China, and implications for human health	35
Statistical analysis of tailings ponds in China	35
Urban soil contamination in Salerno (Italy): Concentrations and patterns of major, minor, trace and ultra-trace elements in soils	33
A simulation-based framework for modulating the effects of subjectivity in greenfield Mineral Prospectivity Mapping with geochemical and geological data	32
Category-based fractal modelling: A novel model to integrate the geology into the data for more effective processing and interpretation	32
Determining fluoride distribution and influencing factors in groundwater in Songyuan, Northeast China, using hydrochemical and isotopic methods	31
Application of self-organizing map (SOM) and K-means clustering algorithms for portraying geochemical anomaly patterns in Moalleman district, NE Iran	31
Arsenic-fluoride co-contamination in groundwater: Background and anomalies in a volcanic-sedimentary aquifer in central Italy	30
Uranium, thorium and potassium insights on Campania region (Italy) soils: Sources patterns based on compositional data analysis and fractal model	30
Fluid geochemistry in a low-enthalpy geothermal field along a sector of southern Apennines chain (Italy)	28
Legacy iron and steel wastes in the UK: Extent, resource potential, and management futures	27
Occurrence and distribution of OCPs and PAHs in water, soil and sediment of Daye lake	27
Combining the outputs of various k-nearest neighbor anomaly detectors to form a robust ensemble model for high-dimensional geochemical anomaly detection	26
Trace elements leaching from Pb Zn mine waste (Plombières, Belgium) and environmental implications	26

Detecting REE-rich areas in heterogeneous drill cores from Storkwitz using LIBS and a combination of k-means clustering and spatial raster analysis	25
Systematic characterization of historical tailings for possible remediation and recovery of critical metals and minerals – The Yxsjöberg case	25
Rapid geochemical imaging of rocks and minerals with handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)	25