OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Swiss Journal of Geosciences is 2. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania)	19
Traces of a prehistoric and potentially tsunamigenic mass movement in the sediments of Lake Thun (Switzerland)	17
Arya Udry receives the 2021 Paul Niggli Medal	15
Alpine peak pressure and tectono-metamorphic history of the Monte Rosa nappe: evidence from the cirque du Véraz, upper Ayas valley, Italy	10
Postglacial evolution of Lake Constance: sedimentological and geochemical evidence from a deep-basin sediment core	9
Correction to: New insights on the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian–Barremian) Urgonian lithostratigraphic units in the Jura Mountains (France and Switzerland): the Gorges de l’Orbe and the Rocher des Hi	9
First fossil record of Varanus (Reptilia, Squamata) from Switzerland and the earliest occurrences of the genus in Europe	8
From freshwater inflows to salt lakes and salt deposits in the Qaidam Basin, W China	8
Palaeomagnetic and mineral magnetic analyses of the Deckenschotter of northern Switzerland and southern Germany	8
The Flims rock avalanche: structure and consequences	8
The Maira-Sampeyre and Val Grana Allochthons (south Western Alps): review and new data on the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais distal margin	8
Mid-Cretaceous extensional magmatism in the Alborz Mountains, north Iran; geochemistry and geochronology of Gasht-Masuleh gabbros	7
New insights on the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian–Barremian) Urgonian lithostratigraphic units in the Jura Mountains (France and Switzerland): the Gorges de l’Orbe and the Rocher des Hirondelles forma	7
P–T-t conditions of successive deformation stages during exhumation of orogenically thickened crust; a case study from the Aar Massif, Central Alps, Switzerland	7
Sedimentary architecture of shallow-water fan-delta front in a lacustrine basin: Sangyuan section of Lower Cretaceous Xiguayuan Formation, Luanping Basin, northeast China	7
Glaciofluvial sequences recording the Birrfeld Glaciation (MIS 5d–2) in the Bern area, Swiss Plateau	6
Deciphering the dynamics of a Younger Dryas rock avalanche in the Bernese Alps	6
Anatomy of a km-scale fault zone controlling the Oligo-Miocene bending of the Ligurian Alps (NW Italy): integration of field and 3D high-resolution digital outcrop model data	5
Continent-derived metasediments (Cimes Blanches and Frilihorn) within the ophiolites around Zermatt: relations with the Mischabel backfold and Mont Fort nappe (Pennine Alps)	5
Reassessing the intrusive tempo and magma genesis of the late Variscan Aar batholith: U–Pb geochronology, trace element and initial Hf isotope composition of zircon	5
Impact of mechanical stratigraphy on deformation style and distribution of seismicity in the central External Dinarides: a 2D forward kinematic modelling study	5
Seismic- and core-based glacial sequence stratigraphy in an overdeepened trough in the northern Alpine foreland of Switzerland	5
Pliocene to modern sediment routing in the Aare valley: implications for sediment recycling	5
Special Issue: 15th Emile Argand Alpine Workshop, Ljubljana 2022, Slovenia	4
120 years of georesources research in Switzerland: the Swiss Geotechnical Commission (1899–2018)	4

A rapid transition from subduction to Barrovian metamorphism: geochronology of mafic–ultramafic relicts of oceanic crust in the Central Alps, Switzerland	4
Lithofacies, stratigraphy and depositional history of Middle Muschelkalk evaporites (Zeglingen Formation) in northern Switzerland	4
Tectonics of the Western Internal Jura fold-and-thrust belt: 2D kinematic forward modelling	4
Tectonic architecture of the northern Dora-Maira Massif (Western Alps, Italy): field and geochronological data	4
Geochronology, geochemistry, and geological evolution of the Troiseck-Floning and Rosskogel nappes (Eastern Alps): unraveling parallels between the Eastern Alps and Western Carpathians	4
Unlocking the hidden forces: deformation and associated stress distribution in the present-day Geneva Basin and Jura fold-and-thrust belt	4
Special Issue: Evolution of collisional orogens in space and time—the Alpine-Himalayan system in 4 dimensions	3
Magmatic genesis, hydration, and subduction of the tholeiitic eclogite-facies Allalin gabbro (Western Alps, Switzerland)	3
Evidence for a pre-Himalayan metamorphism in the High Himalayan Crystalline of the Miyar Valley (NW India)	3
The Val Biandino Intrusive Suite (central Southern Alps, N Italy): new geochronological and geochemical data on the Early Permian magmatic activity in the Southalpine Domain	3
Seismic anisotropy of Opalinus Clay: tomographic investigations using the infrastructure of an underground rock laboratory (URL)	3
Carbon retention during subduction of ophicarbonate rocks from the Zermatt-Saas unit (Western Alps)	3
Genesis of host rock in the Tamusu Mudstone pre-selected area in Northwest China for high-level radioactive waste geological disposal purposes	3
The deep Basel-1 geothermal well: an attempt assessing the predrilling hydraulic and hydrochemical conditions in the basement of the Upper Rhine Graben	3
Schistes Lustrés in a hyper-extended continental margin setting and reinterpretation of the limit between the Mont Fort and Tsaté nappes (Middle and Upper Penninics, Western Swiss Alps)	3
Facies architecture, geochemistry and petrogenesis of Middle Triassic volcaniclastic deposits of Mt. Ivanščica (NW Croatia): evidence of bimodal volcanism in the Alpine-Dinaridic transitional zone	3
East Asian analogues for early Alpine orogenesis	3
Crushed but not lost: a colubriform snake (Serpentes) from the Miocene Swiss Molasse, identified through the use of micro-CT scanning technology	2
Sedimentology of the Jura Molasse: Miocene tidal clastics and freshwater carbonates from the Tramelan-2 Borehole, NW Switzerland	2
Potential and challenges of underground CO2 storage via in-situ mineralization in Switzerland	2
The Saint-Ursanne earthquakes of 2000 revisited: evidence for active shallow thrust-faulting in the Jura fold-and-thrust belt	2
Anatomy and kinematic evolution of an ancient passive margin involved into an orogenic wedge (Western Southern Alps, Varese area, Italy and Switzerland)	2
Stress in the Greater Geneva Basin	2
A gravimetric assessment of the Gotthard Base Tunnel geological model: insights from a novel gravity terrain-adaptation correction and rock physics data	2
Rift-related paleogeography of the European margin in the Eastern Alps (Central Tauern Window)	2
The North Penninic Bündnerschiefer and Flysch of the Prättigau (Swiss Alps) revisited	2
Seiches and the slide/seiche dynamics; subcritical and supercritical subaquous mass flows and their deposits. Examples from Swiss Lakes	2