OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Maps is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Geology of the Asinara Island (Sardinia, Italy)	37
LiDAR point clouds processing for large-scale cave mapping: a case study of the Majko dome in the Domica cave	35
Mapping the ‘Magic of Huesca’: a methodological proposal for the design of tourist cartography	18
Geomorphology of a recently deglaciated high mountain area in Eastern Anatolia (Turkey)	18
Service sector employment in Great Britain 1841–2011	15
Tectonic relationships between the Paleozoic basement and the Mesozoic cover succession in the northern Dora-Maira Massif (Susa Valley, Western Alps)	14
Bioclimatic drought trend study through the application of the ombroxeric index. A case study: the province of León (Spain)	13
Deep learning ancient map segmentation to assess historical landscape changes	13
The Albeşti Limestone: a geoheritage and cultural heritage in Romania	12
Hydrological features of Matese Karst Massif, focused on endorheic areas, dolines and hydroelectric exploitation	12
Holocene to near-future evolution of the southern Molise coast (Central Adriatic, Italy) under the influence of natural and anthropogenic controls	11
Geology and structure of the Serre Massif upper crust: a look in to the late-Variscan strike–slip kinematics of the Southern European Variscan chain	11
A malaria risk model for the Mediterranean in antiquity based on the historical Carta della Malaria dell’Italia	11
Landscape evolution and the karst development in the Ojo Guareña multilevel cave system (Merindad de Sotoscueva, Burgos, Spain)	11
Editorial: summary of activities 2022	10
Geology and geodiversity of the Folafótur peninsula (Westfjords, Iceland)	10
Picher field underground mine workings of the abandoned Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District in the United States	10
Recovering urban nightlife: COVID-19 insights from Google Places activity trends in Madrid	9
Habitat types of ‘Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park’ and adjoining Natura 2000 areas (Italy)	9
Flood fatalities in eastern Kentucky and the public health legacy of mountaintop removal coal mining	9
Dual-proxy estimation of Vs30: the case study of the Marche Region (central Italy)	9
The Alpine settlement system: capturing relevance beyond size	8
Spatial patterns in recent forest growth trends across the Czech Republic	8
Quaternary morpho-stratigraphic evolution of the eastern Campo Imperatore basin (Gran Sasso range, central Italian Apennines) and tectonic implication	8
Using SaTScan to identify and map nightlife areas in Philadelphia, PA	8

Geohazard features of the Gulf of Taranto	8
Measuring postal access and direct delivery services among Native American reservations in Montana and South Dakota	8
Evaluating territorial management of integrated development region (RIDE-DF) and its effect on land use land cover transformation	8
The geomorphometric atlas of Romania: an open-access database on landform classifications and morphometric variables	7
Geology, U-Pb dating and 3D visualisation of late-orogenic Klenov Pluton (Pelhřimov Core Complex, Central European Variscides)	7
Geology of Tolstoj quadrangle (H08), Mercury	7
Landscape planning-addressed regional-scale mapping of geolithological units: an example from Southern Italy	7
Delimitation of rural and urban areas from spatial data in statistical grids: the province of Jaén (Spain) as a case study	7
Geological study of the seafloor applied to marine renewable energies	7
Linosa island: a unique heritage of Mediterranean biodiversity	7
Creating Colorado’s 8th congressional district	7
Shallow landslide susceptibility map at a regional scale (Asturias, NW Spain). A heuristic-driven approach	7
Areas simultaneously susceptible and (dis-)connected to debris flows in the Dolomites (Italy): regional-scale application of a novel data-driven approach	7
Geohazard features of the Ligurian Sea	6
Archaeological sites and palaeoenvironments of Pleistocene West Africa	6
Evidence for Cenozoic topographic rejuvenation associated with the Laurel Creek Lineament in the Spruce Pine 7.5-minute quadrangle, western North Carolina, USA	6
Geologic map of the Terra Cimmeria-Nepenthes Mensae transitional zone, Mars – 1:1.45Million	6
Normalizing the pandemic: exploring the cartographic issues in state government COVID-19 dashboards	6
Yuuyaraq today, Yuuyaraq tomorrow: modeling erosion threats to Yup’ik traditional land use areas	6
Glacial geomorphology of the Notsarula and Chanchakhi river valleys, Georgian Caucasus	6
The naïve map of the sixteenth century roads in Spain	6
The potential risk of combined effects of water and tillage erosion on the agricultural landscape in Czechia	6
Visualizing climate targets: mapping the 93 funded E.U. Erasmus+ projects versus SDGs and horizon missions targets	6
Geological map of the San Donato – Costa Thrust Zone, Belluno Thrust System, eastern Southern Alps (northern Italy)	6
Internal migration: census data as a gold standard for insight and visualisation	6
The influence of soil parameters on the price of agricultural land in Slovakia	6
Geomorphology of the topmost part of the Bistra Mountain, Mavrovo Park, North Macedonia	6
Morphostructural mapping of Borealis Planitia, Mercury	5
The glacial geomorphology of sub-Antarctic Marion Island	5
The paleolandscape evolution of the southwestern coast of Sardinia (Italy) and its impact on Mesolithic settlements	5
Pasture areas in the Gran Paradiso National Park	5
A spatial analyses of food insecurity and disability in the Southeast region of the United States	5
Morpho-sedimentological and dynamic patterns in a ria type estuary: the Belon estuary (South Brittany, France)	5
Putting the rights of nature on the map. A quantitative analysis of rights of nature initiatives across the world	5
Geomorphological slope units of the Himalayas	5
Electoral abstention in a time of economic crisis in Greece	5
Onshore hydrocarbon seep detection using the GF-5 hyperspectral image: a case study in the Karamay area, NW China	5
Metallogeny of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico	5
UAV and field survey observations on the November 26th 2022 Celario flowslide, Ischia Island (Southern Italy)	5
Alluvial Terraces and Contaminant Sources of the Santa Catarina River in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area, Mexico	5
Bottom water masses on the European continental margins	5
Geology of the Magura Nappe, south-western Gorce Mountains (Outer Carpathians, Poland)	5
Shoreline dynamics over last three decades and predictions for 2032 and 2042: a spatial analysis along the coastal stretch of Aruvi Aru and Kal Aru estuaries in Mannar district, Sri Lanka	5
Estimation of the minimum required bus capacity between the hinterland and the centre of a functional urban region – a comparative study of the five largest Serbian cities	5
Efficient geomorphological mapping based on geographic information systems and remote sensing data: an example from Jena, Germany	5
Submerged coastal systems along the western Sardinian shelf (Mediterranean Sea)	5
Geohazards and Geomorphological Setting in Poznań Urban Area, Poland	5
One hundred lava flows of Mt. Etna, Italy: July 2019–December 2023 update	4
Geohydrologic units of Ischia Island (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)	4
Forest accessibility, Madonie mountains (northern Sicily, Italy): implementing a GIS decision support system	4

Geohazard features of the Central-Southern Tyrrhenian seamounts	4
Critical areas for sediment delivery to the Chubut River, Patagonia Argentina: geomorphological evidence from the Sagmata pilot basin	4
Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, Afghanistan	4
The spatial relationship between patterns of disappeared streams and residential development in Portland, Oregon, USA	4
Geohazard Features of the Ionian Calabrian Margin	4
Administrative and ethno-linguistic boundaries of Western Tigray (Ethiopia) since 1683	4
Geohazard features of the Southern Sardinia	4
Combining multi-typologies landslide susceptibility maps: a case study for the Visso area (central Italy)	4
Coralligenous banks along the western and northern continental shelf of Sardinia Island (Mediterranean Sea)	4
Groundwater resources in a fractured-rock aquifer, Conglomerate of Portofino	4
Measuring and mapping the existence of phantom borders at a local scale: example of Sudetenland in Czechia	4
Hydrogeochemistry of the shallow aquifer in the western Po Plain (Piedmont, Italy): spatial and temporal variability	4
Rural tourism in Portugal: moving to the countryside	4
The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission	4
Geohazard features of the Northern Sardinia	4
Structure of a Variscan migmatite-granite transition zone (N Sardinia, Italy)	4
Geomorphology of the Clarion Clipperton Zone, tropical North Pacific Ocean	4
Geology of the Kuiper quadrangle (H06), Mercury	3
Roads to development? A comparison of development corridors vs regional roads in the Zambezi Region, Namibia	3
Bedrock surface topography of Latvia	3
The geodiversity of the Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park (Central Italy)	3
Geomorphology of the SW flank of the Doña Juana Volcanic Complex, Colombia: interplay of fluvial, denudational, structural, and volcanic processes	3
Geology of the Macao Special Administrative Region (China)	3
Geomorphological evolution and mapping of the littoral of Asturias and Cantabria (Northern Spain) in the area of El Pindal Cave: relations between coastline and karstic morphologies	3
Oxia Planum, Mars, classified using the NOAH-H deep-learning terrain classification system	3
Geomorphology of the seafloor north east of the Maltese Islands, Central Mediterranean	3
Impact crater degradation, Oxia Planum, Mars	3
PaleoMaps: representations of quaternary paleoenvironments, human–environment interaction and human dispersal	3
Geology of the Debussy quadrangle (H14), Mercury	3
Soluble phosphorus content of Lake Balaton sediments	3
Geomorphology of the Aran Valley (Upper Garonne Basin, Central Pyrenees)	3
‘My Sweet Little Village’: Central Settlement System in Socialist Central Bohemia	3
Palaeoenvironments and landscape diversity in Egypt during the Last Interglacial and its implications on the dispersal of Homo sapiens	3
Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformations in Molise region (Italy): novel inventory and main geomorphological features	3
Salt sheet extrusion and emplacement within the South-Central Pyrenean fold-and-thrust belt: the Les Avellanes Diapir case-of-study	3
Mapping urban land type with multi-source geospatial big data: a case study of Shenzhen, China	3
Hydrogeology of the lower sector of Basento and Cavone river basins (southern Italy)	3
The channels East of Olympus Mons, Mars	3
Geo-historical study for landslide hazard assessment in territory management: the Casaleto-Illica landslide in the Ceno Valley (Northern Apennines, Italy)	3
Glacial geomorphology of the Republic of Karelia, northwest Russia: the Younger Dryas-early Holocene ice marginal zone	3
Geology of the basement rocks of Andorra, central Pyrenees	3
Straight impact crater rim segments on Mercury	3
Two decades of ‘Brain Drain’ in Olomouc (Czechia)	3
Spatial disparities in air conditioning ownership in Florida, United States	3
Harmonizing multi-source backscatter data using bulk shift approaches to generate regional seabed maps: Bay of Fundy, Canada	3
Maps of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula (Dioecesis Parentina et Polensis)	3
A drift isopach model for the southwestern Great Slave Lake region, Northwest Territories, Canada	3
Mawrth Vallis, Mars, classified using the NOAH-H deep-learning terrain classification system	3
Glacial geomorphology between the Gran Campo Nevado and Estrecho de Magallanes, Chile (52–53°S, 73°W)	3
Modelling and simulation of a lava flow affecting a shore platform: a case study of Montaña de Aguarijo eruption, El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain)	3
Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury	3
Geomorphology of the southwest Sinus Sabaeus region: evidence for an ancient hydrological cycle on Mars	3
Comparison of turnout in Italian parliamentary elections: a two-stage affinity propagation approach	3
Volcanic geology of the easternmost sector of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico	3
The spatiotemporal dimension of population change in Ireland: visualisation of growth and shrinkage in Irish Electoral Divisions (1986–2016)	3
Quantifying and visualizing the 15-Minute walkable city concept across Europe: a multicriteria approach	3