OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Minerals Engineering is 44. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Efficiency of electrocoagulation for simultaneous treatment of As and Mn in neutral mine water	142
Incorporation of chloride ion in a copper solvent extraction process: A thermodynamic view	136
Modelling and model validation of particle stability and detachment from the particle-laden surface	130
Adsorption of Si(OH)4 and Al(OH)4 onto arsenopyrite surface: Exploring the sealing feasibility of geopolymer to arsenopyrite	96
New insights of selective rupture of synthetic sample under high voltage pulse discharge: A numerical simulation of electric field distribution	89
Gold extraction using alternatives to cyanide: Ultrasonic reinforcement and its leaching kinetics	88
Low residual dissolved phosphate in spent medium bioleaching enables rapid and enhanced solubilization of rare earth elements from end-of-life NiMH batteries	80
Flotation separation of bastnaesite from calcite using a novel Gemini surfactant as the collector	78
Mextral® 6103H/naphthenic acid/TOPO synergistic extraction system for recovery of nickel and cobalt from nickel laterite	78
Effect of Na+ alkaline activation on the geopolymerization of a pure metakaolin at room temperature	77
Validation of a population balance model for iron ore dry grinding at the IJmuiden pelletizing plant	76
Impact of axial segregation characteristics on the particle collision energy in rotating drums	75
The development of a novel type of microelectrodes to evaluate the reactivity of fine sulphide mineral particles	75
Editorial Board	72
Assessment of different energy-based breakage distribution functions in population balance model of an industrial scale continuously operated wet stirred media mill	72
Computational modeling of cetyl phosphate adsorption on magnesite (1 0 4) surface	67
Validation of predictive flotation models in blended ores for concentrator process design	61
How copper dump leaching works	60
Iodide-assisted leaching of chalcopyrite concentrate in acidic chloride solution: Effect of different parameters on the copper extraction rate	60
Early-age reactivity and strength development in high volume mine tailings-based alkali activated binders and their application potential	58
Classifying iron ore with water or dust adhesion combining differential feature and random forest using hyperspectral imaging	58
Enhancement mechanism of metal ions on the flotation behavior of muscovite in sodium oleate system	58
Effects of lead contaminants on engineering properties of Iranian marl soil from the microstructural perspective	58
Assessment of a bio-inspired frothing agent derived from Vitamin E in mineral processing	55
Quantifying the variability of a complex ore using geometallurgical domains	55

A study on the correlation between fractal dimension and particle breakage for tungsten ores under impact crushing	54
A new methodology to obtain a corrected Bond ball mill work index valid with non-standard feed size	54
Adsorption of cupferron on malachite (−2 0 1) surface and implication for flotation	54
Technospheric mining of scandium from hydrometallurgical tailings of nickel laterite processing: Selection of lixiviant and optimisation of leaching variables	53
Co-processing of e-waste with natural resources and their products to diversify critical metal supply chains	52
Evaluation of the effects of L-cysteine addition on the bioleaching of zinc and cadmium from sphalerite flotation concentrate	52
Pre-concentration and partial fractionation of rare earth elements by ion exchange	51
Research on microwave hydrothermal alkaline leaching defluorination of spent cathode carbon from aluminum electrolysis	51
Heterogenous carrier flotation technique for recovering finely ground chalcopyrite particles using coarse pyrite particles as a carrier	51
Investigating the evolution of surface physico-chemistry in arsenide minerals during flotation process: A study of skutterudite, gersdorffite, and nickeline	50
Effects of redox potential on chalcopyrite leaching: An overview	50
Environmental evaluation of metals and minerals production based on a life cycle assessment approach: A systematic review	49
Simulation of bubble–particle collision process and estimation of collision probability using a coupled smoothed particle hydrodynamics–discrete element method model	49
Selective depression of galena by sodium polyaspartate in chalcopyrite flotation	46
Full-process analysis on volatilizing gold, zinc by chlorination roasting and synchronous recovery vanadium by water leaching of carbonaceous gold ore	46
Crushing characteristics and performance evaluation of iron ore in a cone crusher: A numerical study	46
Enhanced bioleaching efficiency of vanadium from stone coal vanadium ore by adding biochar and plasma treatment	46
Study on the integrated roasting process of kalsilite ore-CaCl2·2H2O system	45
Enhanced extraction of nickel from limonitic laterite via improved nitric acid pressure leaching process	45
Comparative atmospheric leaching characteristics of scandium in two different types of laterite nickel ore from Indonesia	44