OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Hydrogeology Journal is 19. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Shrikant Daji Limaye: From Deccan basalts to global hydrogeology	82
Controls on recharge in thick vadose zones under climate variability and change	56
Analysis of groundwater flow through low-latitude alpine permafrost by model simulation: a case study in the headwater area of Yellow River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	39
Porosity characterization using medical computed tomography scans of two deeply buried paleokarst aquifers in Silurian carbonates, southern Ontario, Canada	38
Multi-scale characterization of a complex karst and alluvial aquifer system in southern Germany using a combination of different tracer methods	36
Stress-dependent permeability of loess fill: evaluating hydrological impacts of land creation engineering in the Loess Plateau of China	33
Application of forensic hydrology to develop a conceptual model for a stratigraphically and structurally compartmentalized alluvial aquifer in the Lower Umatilla Basin, USA	29
Steady-state semianalytical solutions for assessing the two-dimensional hydraulic head distribution induced by an underground dam in a sloping aquifer with artificial aquifer recharge and pumping	27
Combining rainfall-runoff and groundwater modeling to estimate recharge in the data-scarce Verlorenvlei Catchment, South Africa	24
3D thermohydraulic modelling of geologically complex Alpine systems: Insights for geothermal resources exploration from simulating the Upper Aarmassif, Switzerland	24
Factors influencing water quality in surface water and alluvial groundwaters downgradient of a reclaimed surface coal mine in the Powder River Basin of southeastern Montana, USA	22
De-risking green energy from mine waters by developing a robust hydrogeological conceptual model of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow	22
Editor’s Message: The 2025 Editors’ Choice articles	22
A model of transmissivity and hydraulic conductivity from electrical resistivity distribution derived from airborne electromagnetic surveys of the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, Midwest US	22
Application of multi-criteria decision making for groundwater potential mapping in Manabí, Ecuador	21
Hydrochemical quality and microplastic levels of the groundwaters of Tuticorin, southeast coast of India	21
Using groundwater temperature time-series to reveal subsurface thermal and hydraulic processes	20
Utility trench water level recessions in an aquitard: findings from analytical and numerical analyses	19
Michel Bakalowicz: Besides his contributions to a better understanding of coastal karst aquifers, a major scientist in karst hydrogeology	19
Impact of mixing on groundwater age and life expectancy simulations in density-dependent flow systems	19
Downscaling GRACE-scale groundwater storage variations to aquifer scales: A linear regression approach based on the water balance concept	19