OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biogeosciences is 30. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The geothermal gradient shapes microbial diversity and processes in natural-gas-bearing sedimentary aquifers	112
Meteorological history of low-forest-greenness events in Europe in 2002–2022	102
Methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions from two clear-water and two turbid-water urban ponds in Brussels (Belgium)	84
The onset of the spring phytoplankton bloom in the coastal North Sea supports the Disturbance Recovery Hypothesis	76
Mechanisms of soil organic carbon and nitrogen stabilization in mineral-associated organic matter – insights from modeling in phase space	72
Reviews and syntheses: VOC emissions from soil cover in boreal and temperate natural ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere	67
Assessment framework to predict sensitivity of marine calcifiers to ocean alkalinity enhancement – identification of biological thresholds and importance of precautionary principle	60
Strong influence of trees outside forest in regulating microclimate of intensively modified Afromontane landscapes	52
Seasonal particulate organic carbon dynamics of the Kolyma River tributaries, Siberia	52
Temporal and spatial evolution of bottom-water hypoxia in the St Lawrence estuarine system	51
Drivers of particle sinking velocities in the Peruvian upwelling system	48
Carbon soil stock change in an intensive crop field near Paris reveals significant carbon losses over a decade	44
Investigating the effect of silicate- and calcium-based ocean alkalinity enhancement on diatom silicification	43
Long-term forest-line dynamics in the French Pyrenees: an accelerating upward shift related to forest context, global warming and pastoral abandonment	42
High-resolution remote sensing and machine-learning-based upscaling of methane fluxes: a case study in the Western Canadian tundra	42
Temperature fluctuation alleviates the negative effects of warming on marine diatoms: comparison between Thalassiosira sp. and Nit	40
Temporal and spatial influences of environmental factors on the distribution of mesopelagic organisms in the North Atlantic Ocean	40
Combined effects of topography, soil moisture, and snow cover regimes on growth responses of grasslands in a low- mountain range (Vosges, France)	39
Monthly element ∕ Ca trends and inter chamber variability in two planktic Foraminifera species: Globigerinoides ruber albus and Tu	37
Culturing experiments reveal mechanisms of daily trace element incorporation into Tridacna shells	36
Nitrogen dynamics and nitrate stable isotopes indicate nitrogen loss in the Bay of Bengal	36
A differentiable, physics-informed ecosystem modeling and learning framework for large-scale inverse problems: demonstration with photosynthesis simulations	35
Technical note: Comparison of simultaneously applied chamber-based gas flux measurements from arable soils using gas chromatography (static chamber) and mid-infrared laser absorption spectroscopy (dyn	35
Seasonal carbon fluxes from vegetation and soil in a Mediterranean non-tidal salt marsh	34
A niche for diverse cable bacteria in continental margin sediments overlain by oxygen-deficient waters	33

Potential of carbon uptake and local aerosol production in boreal and hemi-boreal ecosystems across Finland and in Estonia	33
Interannual variability of the initiation of the phytoplankton growing period in two French coastal ecosystems	32
The influence of mesoscale climate drivers on hypoxia in a fjord-like deep coastal inlet and its potential implications regarding climate change: examining a decade of water quality data	32
Adaptation of methane-oxidizing bacteria to environmental changes: implications for coastal methane dynamics	32
Zinc stimulation of phytoplankton in a low-carbon-dioxide, coastal Antarctic environment: evidence for the Zn hypothesis	31
Technical note: Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Pelagic Impact Intercomparison Project (OAEPIIP)	30
Variation in calcification of Reticulofenestra coccoliths over the Oligocene–Early Miocene	30
Potassium limitation of forest productivity – Part 1: A mechanistic model simulating the effects of potassium availability on canopy carbon and water fluxes in tropical eucalypt stands	30