OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Swiss Journal of Geosciences is 4. 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
Tectonometamorphic evolution of a subduction plate interface at the base of the Mirdita Ophiolite (Bajram Curri, northeastern Albania)	16
Traces of a prehistoric and potentially tsunamigenic mass movement in the sediments of Lake Thun (Switzerland)	14
Arya Udry receives the 2021 Paul Niggli Medal	12
Alpine peak pressure and tectono-metamorphic history of the Monte Rosa nappe: evidence from the cirque du Véraz, upper Ayas valley, Italy	11
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	10
Postglacial evolution of Lake Constance: sedimentological and geochemical evidence from a deep-basin sediment core	9
The Flims rock avalanche: structure and consequences	8
First fossil record of Varanus (Reptilia, Squamata) from Switzerland and the earliest occurrences of the genus in Europe	8
Sedimentary architecture of shallow-water fan-delta front in a lacustrine basin: Sangyuan section of Lower Cretaceous Xiguayuan Formation, Luanping Basin, northeast China	7
The Maira-Sampeyre and Val Grana Allochthons (south Western Alps): review and new data on the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Briançonnais distal margin	7
Palaeomagnetic and mineral magnetic analyses of the Deckenschotter of northern Switzerland and southern Germany	7
From freshwater inflows to salt lakes and salt deposits in the Qaidam Basin, W China	7
Mid-Cretaceous extensional magmatism in the Alborz Mountains, north Iran; geochemistry and geochronology of Gasht-Masuleh gabbros	6
Deciphering the dynamics of a Younger Dryas rock avalanche in the Bernese Alps	6
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	6
Pliocene to modern sediment routing in the Aare valley: implications for sediment recycling	5
Glaciofluvial sequences recording the Birrfeld Glaciation (MIS 5d–2) in the Bern area, Swiss Plateau	5
120 years of georesources research in Switzerland: the Swiss Geotechnical Commission (1899–2018)	5
Impact of mechanical stratigraphy on deformation style and distribution of seismicity in the central External Dinarides: a 2D forward kinematic modelling study	5
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
Lithofacies, stratigraphy and depositional history of Middle Muschelkalk evaporites (Zeglingen Formation) in northern Switzerland	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
Tectonic architecture of the northern Dora-Maira Massif (Western Alps, Italy): field and geochronological data	4
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	4

Special Issue: 15th Emile Argand Alpine Workshop, Ljubljana 2022, Slovenia	4
Tectonics of the Western Internal Jura fold-and-thrust belt: 2D kinematic forward modelling	4