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
3D thermohydraulic modelling of geologically complex Alpine systems: Insights for geothermal resources exploration from simulating the Upper Aarmassif, Switzerland	24
Combining rainfall-runoff and groundwater modeling to estimate recharge in the data-scarce Verlorenvlei Catchment, South Africa	24
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
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
Hydrochemical quality and microplastic levels of the groundwaters of Tuticorin, southeast coast of India	21
Application of multi-criteria decision making for groundwater potential mapping in Manabí, Ecuador	21
Using groundwater temperature time-series to reveal subsurface thermal and hydraulic processes	20
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
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