OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Minerals Engineering is 43. 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
Towards a low-carbon society: A review of lithium resource availability, challenges and innovations in mining, extraction and recycling, and future perspectives	235
Geometallurgy of cobalt ores: A review	136
The interaction of flotation reagents with metal ions in mineral surfaces: A perspective from coordination chemistry	112
Evaluation of red mud as a polymetallic source – A review	102
Pretreatment options for the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries: A comprehensive review	95
New insights into selective-depression mechanism of novel depressant EDTMPS on magnesite and quartz surfaces: Adsorption mechanism, DFT calculations, and adsorption model	81
The potential for copper slag waste as a resource for a circular economy: A review – Part II	78
Ore image classification based on small deep learning model: Evaluation and optimization of model depth, model structure and data size	71
A review of environmental aspect of rare earth element extraction processes and solution purification techniques	65
Mechanism and kinetics study on ultrasound assisted leaching of gallium and zinc from corundum flue dust	63
Recovery of scandium from various sources: A critical review of the state of the art and future prospects	63
Hydrodynamics of froth flotation and its effects on fine and ultrafine mineral particle flotation: A literature review	62
Recovery of gold from sulfide refractory gold ore: Oxidation roasting pretreatment and gold extraction	61
The potential for copper slag waste as a resource for a circular economy: A review – Part I	61
Review on metal extraction technologies suitable for critical metal recovery from mining and processing wastes	57
The flotation separation behavior of apatite from calcite using carboxymethyl chitosan as depressant	57
Dithiouracil, a highly efficient depressant for the selective separation of molybdenite from chalcopyrite by flotation: Applications and mechanism	56
Technological assessments on recent developments in fine and coarse particle flotation systems	55
Review of rhenium extraction and recycling technologies from primary and secondary resources	54
Reaction of calcium carbonate minerals in sodium silicate solution and its role in alkali-activated systems	52
Circular economy and household e-waste management in India: Integration of formal and informal sectors	51
Activation mechanism of lead ions in the flotation of sulfidized azurite with xanthate as collector	51
Modelling for froth flotation control: A review	51
Silicon recycling and iron, nickel removal from diamond wire saw silicon powder waste: Synergistic chlorination with CaO smelting treatment	50
An ion-tolerance collector AESNa for effective flotation of magnesite from dolomite	50

Micro-scale mechanism of sealed water seepage and thickening from tailings bed in rake shearing thickener	49
Synthesis of high-efficient TiO2/clinoptilolite photocatalyst for complete degradation of xanthate	48
Upcycling of mechanically treated silicate mine tailings as alkali activated binders	48
Improved thiourea leaching of gold with additives from calcine by mechanical activation and its mechanism	48
A review on flotation of coal using mixed reagent systems	48
Recycling iron from oolitic hematite via microwave fluidization roasting and magnetic separation	47
Long short-term memory-based grade monitoring in froth flotation using a froth video sequence	46
Flotation separation of molybdenite from chalcopyrite using rhodanine-3-acetic acid as a novel and effective depressant	45
A brief overview on the dissolution mechanisms of sulfide minerals in acidic sulfate environments at low temperatures: Emphasis on electrochemical cyclic voltammetry analysis	45
A review of gold extraction using alternatives to cyanide: Focus on current status and future prospects of the novel eco-friendly synthetic gold lixiviants	45
Role of nanobubbles in the flotation of fine rutile particles	45
Lithium enrichment optimization from Dead Sea end brine by chemical precipitation technique	44
Flotation separation of fluorite from calcite by using psyllium seed gum as depressant	44
Effects of emulsified kerosene nanodroplets on the entrainment of gangue materials and selectivity index in aphanitic graphite flotation	44
Leaching and recovery of gold from ore in cyanide-free glycine media	43
Orbital symmetry matching study on the interactions of flotation reagents with mineral surfaces	43
Extraction of rare earths from bastnaesite concentrates: A critical review and perspective for the future	43
Direct reduction of iron ore pellets by H2 and CO: In-situ investigation of the structural transformation and reduction progression caused by atmosphere and temperature	43
Selective depressive effect of pectin on sphalerite flotation and its mechanisms of adsorption onto galena and sphalerite surfaces	43