OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Gondwana Research is 59. 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
Geochronology and petrogenesis of Eocene gabbros and granitic rocks of the eastern Gangdese belt, southern Tibet: Implications for the timing of India-Asia collision	275
Comment to “Deep subduction of felsic rocks hosting UHP lenses in the central Saxonian Erzgebirge: Implications for UHP terrane exhumation” by	257
Detrital zircon U-Pb provenance analysis of Precambrian and Paleozoic strata from southwestern Brazil: Assessment of potential Grenvillian sediment input and Amazonian-Laurentian tectonic interaction	236
IBM-type forearc magmatism in the Qilian Orogen records evolution from a continental to an intra-oceanic arc system in the Proto-Tethyan Ocean	227
The Late Paleozoic Ice Age in western equatorial Pangea: Context for complex interactions among aeolian, alluvial, and shoreface sedimentary environments during the Late Pennsylvanian – early Permian	212
Nature of early Mesoproterozoic magmatism in the Qilian-North Qaidam tectonic belt, NW China: Implications for prolonged extension processes and transition from Columbia to Rodinia	204
From Rodinian passive margin to peri-Siberian continental arc: Evidence from the multiphase Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic magmatic record of the Zavkhan Block in the Mongolian Collage	195
Building resilience in the face of natural disasters: ICT, fossil fuel use, and sustainable development in an emerging economy	185
Inter-cratonic geochronological and geochemical correlations of the Derim Derim–Galiwinku/Yanliao reconstructed Large Igneous Province across the North Australian and North China cratons	172
Seafloor tectonics in Northeast Atlantic Ocean and South China Sea: Preface	154
Editorial Board (IFC)	144
Origin of microplates under oblique subduction system in New Guinea: Inferences from gravity and magnetic data	144
Carbon isotope stratigraphy of Precambrian iron formations and possible significance for the early biological pump	140
An Ordovician ophiolitic complex in West Junggar, NW China: Implications for subduction initiation and oceanic arc evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean	138
Geochronology and sediment provenance of the Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia: Implications for the palaeogeography of eastern Gondwana	136
Multi-mineral geochronology of kimberlites, kamafugites and alkaline-carbonatite rocks, SW São Francisco Craton, Brazil: Appraisal of intrusion ages	133
Hazard assessment model of ground subsidence coupling AHP, RS and GIS – A case study of Shanghai	132
U-Pb geochronology of the Silurian-Devonian Bega Batholith, south-eastern Australia: Insights into the origin and development of I-type granites	125
Quantifying the formation pathways of nitrate in size-segregated aerosols during winter haze pollution	124
Origin and evolution of a porphyry-skarn-stratabound system: constraints from geology, magmatic-hydrothermal zircon U–Pb and molybdenite Re–Os geochronology, and in situ S isotopes of the Dongguashan	121
One-billion-year-old epibionts highlight symbiotic ecological interactions in early eukaryote evolution	104
Using U-Pb detrital zircon systematics to constrain the architecture and provenance of the Ronda peridotites’ crustal hanging wall, S Spain	98
Episodic intra-continental reactivation during collapse of a collisional orogen: The Damara Belt, Namibia	97
Petrogenesis of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian mafic-ultramafic-felsic complexes in the eastern Central Tianshan, NW China: The result of subduction-related transtension?	97
The South Armenian Block: Gondwanan origin and Tethyan evolution in space and time	95

Air quality change and public perception during the COVID-19 lockdown in India	95
Volcanism at the end of continental rifting: The Cretaceous syn-rift to post-rift transition in the Songliao Basin (NE China)	92
High-temperature hydrothermal resource exploration and development: Comparison with oil and gas resource	91
A three-dimensional coupled thermo-hydro model for geothermal development in discrete fracture networks of hot dry rock reservoirs	91
The Far-Field imprint of the late Paleozoic Ice Age, its demise, and the onset of a dust-house climate across the Eastern Shelf of the Midland Basin, Texas	90
Crustal structure beneath the Zhongsha Block and the adjacent abyssal basins, South China Sea: New insights into rifting and initiation of seafloor spreading	88
HIRM variation in the Ganzi loess of the eastern Tibetan Plateau since the last interglacial period and its paleotemperature implications for the source region	88
The heterogeneous impact of geopolitical risk and environment-related innovations on greenhouse gas emissions: The role of nuclear and renewable energy in the circular economy	87
Bioavailability and toxicity of microplastics to zooplankton	87
Two-stage rollbacks of the paleo-Pacific plate beneath the Cathaysia block during Cretaceous: Insights from A-type granites and volcanic rocks	85
Population aging, renewable energy budgets and environmental sustainability: Does health expenditures matter?	84
Characterizing coal gas reservoirs: A multiparametric evaluation based on geological and geophysical methods	83
Zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes and geochemistry of granitoids in central Tibet: Bringing the missing Early Jurassic subduction events to light	83
How does green technology innovation affect green growth in ASEAN-6 countries? Evidence from advance panel estimations	83
Mesozoic contractional deformation in central East Asia: Constraints from deformation and sedimentary record of the Helanshan fold and thrust belt, North China Craton	82
Editorial Board (IFC)	78
Counterclockwise P-T-t path, cyclic crustal anatexis and magmatic tempo in accretionary orogens: A case study in the Devonian arc of Central Patagonia, Argentina	77
U-Pb in-situ SIMS baddeleyite and zircon dates and thermodynamic modeling of the Mangabal Complex: Indications of asthenospheric mantle influence in the formation of layered intrusions of the Brasília	74
Energy, environment and sustainability: Future directions	72
Zircon U–Pb ages, Hf-O isotopes and trace elements of the multi-volcanism in the Ningwu ore district, eastern China: Implications for the magma evolution and fertility of iron oxide–apatite (IOA) depo	72
Crustal magnetotelluric imaging of a Paleoproterozoic graphitic suture zone, Curnamona Province, Australia	71
Geodynamic mechanism and classification of basins in the Earth system	71
Pollution level and distribution characteristics of heavy metals and microplastics in the soils from the Qionghai Lake Wetland, Southwest China	71
Zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes reveal the crustal evolution of the SW Angolan Shield (Congo Craton)	69
Contrasting collision-induced far-field orogenesis controlled by thermo-rheological properties of the composite terrane	68
Significant contribution of seamounts to the oceanic rare earth elements budget	68
Differential post-mineralization thermal evolution of the Jiaodong and Liaodong Areas, Eastern China: An indicator of regional tectonic activity	66
The role of crustal thickness on magma composition in arcs: An example from the pre-Andean, South American Cordillera	66
Emplacement and evolution of zoned plutons: Multiproxy isotopic and geochemical evidence from the peraluminous Laojunshan leucogranite suite, southwestern China, and implications on the regional geody	63
Two occurrences of paired metamorphic belts in central Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for two-stage subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean	62
Constraints on Earth’s atmospheric evolution from a gas-aqueous partition of fluid inclusion volatiles	62
Marine Fe cycling linked to dynamic redox variability, biological activity and post-depositional mineralization in the 1.1 Ga Mesoproterozoic Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania	62
Past, present and future global influence and technological applications of iron-bearing metastable nanominerals	61
Neoproterozoic evolution of northern Gondwana recorded in detrital zircon grains from the Gheshlagh bauxite deposit, Alborz Mountains, Iran Block	61
Lithospheric architecture below the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt and adjoining Archean cratons: Imprints of India-Antarctica collision tectonics	59
Potential impacts of future climate on the spatio-temporal variability of landslide susceptibility in Iran using machine learning algorithms and CMIP6 climate-change scenarios	59
The Late Carboniferous to Early Permian high silica magmatism in the Southern Mongolia: Implications for tectonic evolution and continental growth	59