OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Palaeoworld 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
New record of Brachyoxylon wood from the Lower Cretaceous of Qingyuan, southeastern China and its palaeoclimatic implications	17
New fossil woods from the middle Eocene climate optimum of north-central Turkey	14
Benthic primary producers in exceptionally preserved Cambrian biotas of North China	14
Small cornulitids from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) of Estonia	14
A second progonocimicid (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha) from the middle Cretaceous Kachin amber of Myanmar	13
Anatomy of Stigmaria asiatica Jongmans et Gothan from the Asselian (lowermost Permian) of Wuda Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, North China	12
Unraveling the Early Devonian provenance of the Longmenshan region through detrital zircon records: Implications for floral differentiation in South China	12
New Jurassic notocupedins (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) from the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau	11
Caenogastropoda and Stylommatophora (Gastropoda) from the mid-Miocene Zhangpu amber of East Asia	10
Impact of the onset of Late Cretaceous Deccan volcanism on flora and climate: Palynofloral and megafloral evidence	10
Holocene palaeoenvironments of southern Sikhote-Alin Mountains (southern Far East), reconstructed from palaeontological data	10
Earliest upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) record of bivalve Pinna (Pinnidae) from the Kopet-Dagh Basin, northeastern Iran and its possible predators	10
Oldhamia radiata: the trace of an undermat miner from the Cambrian Series 2 Xinji Formation, western Henan, North China	9
Parasitic hump-backed flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Miocene ambers	9
Conodonts across the Lochkovian/Pragian boundary in central Guangxi, South China	9
Widespread Thalassinoides facies from the upper Silurian of South China: A case study from the northwestern Hunan Province, middle to upper Yangtze Block	9
Can the occurrence of the ammonite genus Hildoglochiceras Spath serve as an early Tithonian marker event?	9
Early Permian (Asselian) flora from the Talchir Formation, Son Basin, India: Biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental implications	8
Book review	8
Editorial Board	8
New material of Brachyhyops neimongolensis (Artiodactyla, Entelodontidae) from the upper Eocene in Jeminay, Xinjiang, China	8
Middle to late Maastrichtian planktonic foraminifera from the Gongzha section in Dingri area, southern Xizang, China	8
Dating of Early Triassic Chaohu Fauna by precise U-Pb age constraints: Temporal calibration of the emergence and first radiation of Mesozoic marine reptiles	8
Editorial Board	8
A new Trapa from the middle Miocene of Zhangpu, Fujian, southeastern China	7

New Ediacaran tubular fossils from southern Shaanxi, China	7
Macroalgal fossil Longfengshania from the Tonian Shiwangzhuang and Jiuliqiao formations in western Shandong and northern Anhui, North China	7
Anatomy and paleoclimatic implications of Cenozoic Coryphoideae palm wood species in Egypt	7
Review and update on the applications of inertinite macerals in coal geology, paleoclimatology, and paleoecology	7
Palaeoenvironmental implications of a turritelline-dominated assemblage from Upper Cretaceous carbonate rocks of Narmada Basin, India	7
Integrated biostratigraphy for the Santonian/Campanian boundary interval, the Kurdistan Region, northeast Iraq	7
New fishes from the Viséan–Serpukhovian boundary beds (Carboniferous) of the Verkhnyaya Kardailovka section (South Urals, Russia)	7
Editorial Board	7
The bivalved arthropod Caudicaella aff. bispinata from the Heatherdale Shale (Cambrian Stage 3), South Australia	7
Middle Ordovician trilobites from the Zhongpu Formation, Yongdeng, Gansu and their palaeobiogeographic implications from quantitative morphometric analysis	7
First Caliscelidae planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from mid-Miocene Zhangpu amber	7
First record of Soergelia (Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from East Asia: Implications for its taxonomy, evolution, and dispersal history	7
Taxonomy and evolutionary implications of a new fossil stonefly family (Insecta, Plecoptera) from Middle Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar	6
Actinopterygians from the continental Permian–Triassic boundary section at Babiy Kamen (Kuznetsk Basin, Siberia, Russia)	6
On the systematic position of the Early Cretaceous fern genus “Athyrium”	6
A gorgonopsian from the Wutonggou Formation (Changhsingian, Permian) of Turpan Basin, Xinjiang, China	6
Palynological succession in Gzhelian No. 8 Thick Coal of the Taiyuan Formation, Ordos Basin, North China	6
New material of heteromorph ammonites from the Lower Cretaceous of Lhozhag County, southern Tibet and its biostratigraphic implications	6
FossilMorph: A new tool for fossil automatic measurement and statistical analysis	6
… and the devil is in the details: A response to Furió et al. (2024)	6
Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic changes during the Late Cretaceous and Cretaceous–Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary transition in Tattofte, External Rif, northwestern Morocco: implications from dinoflage	6
A new odonatan (Stenophlebiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Sinuiju Formation of North Phyongan Province, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	6
Miocene Equisetum tubers from the Wulan Basin, Northeast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and their paleoecological significance	6
Terreneuvian skeletonized microfossils from the Central Iberian Zone (Spain) and correlation of the Fortunian Stage throughout southwestern Europe	6
Editorial Board	6
Coniferous woods from the Albian (Piedra Clavada Formation) of Argentine Patagonia	6
Deposition of fluorite in xylem cells of a new enigmatic seed plant from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil	6
A basal member of Capitosauria from the Lower Triassic Heshanggou Formation, China	5
Upper Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) radiolarians from Rybaki Section, Moscow Region, Central Russia	5
Beetle or roach: systematic position of the enigmatic Umenocoleidae based on new material from Zhonggou Formation in Jiuquan, Northwest China, and a morphocladistic analysis	5
New larval records of the extinct hard tick Compluriscutula vetulum (Arachnida: Ixodida) from Burmese amber, with notes on its morphology	5
Phylogenetic evolution of Neorotalia mecatepecensis to Miogypsinidae from Rajamandala Formation, West Java, Indonesia	5
Fossilized soft tissues in tentaculitids from the Upper Devonian of Armenia: Towards solving the mystery of their phylogenetic affinities	5
Dinocrocuta gigantea from the Upper Miocene site of Eldari, Azerbaijan	5
Short-term climate and vegetation dynamics in Lena River Delta (northern Yakutia, Eastern Siberia) during early Eocene	5
A new Devonian species of the enigmatic Carboniferous conodont Dollymae	5
Fossil involucres and a nutlet of Ostrya (Betulaceae) from the upper Eocene of Shaanxi and their biogeographic implications	5
Editorial Board	5
A probable hyalonematid sponge (Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora) from the Middle Ordovician of the Builth Inlier, Wales	5
Hybodontiform sharks from Middle Triassic Chang 7 Member of the Ordos Basin, Shaanxi, North China: palaeobiological and palaeoecological significances	5
Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany	5
Lutetian–Bartonian (Middle Eocene) micropalaeontology, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Mengen Coal Basin, Northwest Türkiye (Turkey)	5
Lebanese amber: A glimpse into the origins of Recent terrestrial biodiversity	5
A new genus of Neoliodidae (Acariformes: Oribatida) from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber and Azarliodes andreneli n. comb.	5
Devonian Lingulichnus and in situ lingulids: Taphonomy and paleoenvironments of preservation	5
Paleoecological insights from coprolites and their inclusions from the Permian Rio do Rasto Formation, Brazil	5
First complete Niobe yangtzeensis Lu, 1975 (Asaphidae, Trilobita) from the Middle Ordovician of South China, and its systematic and palaeogeographic implications	5
Editorial Board	5
Guangyuanichnus majianus n. igen. n. isp., a large, complex burrow system from the Lower Devonian Pingyipu Formation of the northwestern Yangtze platform, South China	5
New fossils reveal the Paleogene establishment of relict Craigia (Malvaceae) in its extant range	5

Middle to Upper Ordovician stable carbon isotope stratigraphy and sedimentary facies in the Shunbei and Tahe areas, northern-central Tarim, China	5
A new skull of early cetacean Remingtonocetus harudiensis from the Eocene of Kutch Basin, India	5
Type and evolution of the Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous basin at the northern margin of the Lhasa Block: constraints of sedimentary characteristics and provenance tracing based on zircon U-Pb ages	5
Systematic revision of Onaraspis (Trilobita) and related genera from Cambrian Series 2 of the Iberian Chains (Northeast Spain)	5
Late Darriwilian–early Katian (Ordovician) ostracods of northeastern Yunnan, Southwest China	4
Zonation and biofacies of the Early Mississippian conodonts from Baoshan, Yunnan, Southwest China	4
First fossil record of Brachyptera (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) in Eocene Baltic amber	4
Early Cretaceous radiolarian assemblages in mélange of Yarlung-Tsangpo suture zone in the Saga area, southern Xizang	4
Diversity and discrimination of large ornithopods revealed through their tracks (Lower Cretaceous, Spain): A phenetic correlation approach	4
Cretaceous climate variations indicated by palynoflora in South China	4
The disappearance of European dirk-toothed cats	4
The sedimentary facies and tectono-stratigraphic successions of the Carboniferous–Lower Permian deposits in western South Qiangtang Block: Implication for a rifting process on the Gondwana margin	4
The age and depositional environments of the lower Karoo Moatize Coalfield of Mozambique: insights into the postglacial history of central Gondwana	4
New records of barklice (Psocodea, Empheriidae) from the Bqaatouta and Baskinta amber (early Barremian, Early Cretaceous) in Lebanon	4
A new silicified plectorthoid brachiopod from the upper Furongian (Stage 10) Ninmaroo Formation at Black Mountain, western Queensland, Australia	4
No place for Pliocene tourists with Ockham’s razor in the pocket: Comment on Crespo et al. (2023)	4
Palaeoenvironmental implications of Baiera hallei Sze from the Middle Jurassic in Shaanxi Province, China	4
Microclots in early Paleoproterozoic stromatolites from Dashiling Formation, Wutai, North China: Implications for microbial calcification and atmospheric CO2 levels during Great Oxidation Event	4
A novel gymnosperm reproductive organ from the Jurassic of China	4
A new late Katian (Late Ordovician) trilobite association from Zhenxiong, northeastern Yunnan, Southwest China and its palaeoecological implications	4
First fossil record of Canarium (Burseraceae) from the middle Miocene of Fujian, southeastern China and its paleoecological implications	4
Radula heinrichsii (Radulaceae, Porellales), a leafy liverwort from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar	4
Additions to the Jurassic mecopteran assemblages from the Ordos and Jiyuan basins, north-central China	4
Devonian–Carboniferous transition in various facies of Northeast Laurussia (North Urals)	4
Hydrodynamics and sliding posture analysis of the Cambrian arthropod Ercaicunia multinodosa	4
First record of plant-plant facilitative interaction from the Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, upper Carboniferous) of North China	4
A cranium of “Gazella” nihensis from Pliocene of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the differentiation of early Antilopina	4
New data on the Cambrian–Ordovician (Tremadocian) conodont biostratigraphy of Guizhou Province, Southwest China	4
X-ray micro-computed tomography of minute hooded beetles (Coleoptera: Corylophidae) reveals its hidden paleodiversity in the Eocene Baltic amber	3
Ginkgoites manchurica from the Lower Cretaceous Shahezi Formation of Liaoning, China, and its palaeoclimate implications	3
Diversity of the mostly Mesozoic genus Mesypochrysa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Limaiinae) in the lowermost Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark	3
Editorial Board	3
Chronology and geochemistry of radiolarian chert from Zhongba, southern Xizang (Tibet): Implications for the evolution of the Neo-Tethys Ocean	3
Convergent evolution of encrusting calcareous tubeworms	3
Editorial Board	3
Albaillellarian (radiolaria) assemblages across the Guadalupian–Lopingian boundary (Permian) and their environmental implications	3
Preliminary results on reproductive organs and in situ spores of an early land plant Tichavekia grandis Pšenička et al. from Přídolí (upper Silurian) of the Prague Basin, Czech Republic	3
The successive evolution of hexangulaconulariids and the growth pattern of carinachitiids revealed by new materials from the lower Cambrian of South China	3
Oceanic redox evolution across the end-Permian mass extinction at Penglaitan section, South China	3
First jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from mid-Miocene Zhangpu amber	3
Provenance analysis of Cenozoic conglomerates: Insights from Lower Cretaceous radiolarians in chert clasts from the Xigaze area, southern Tibet	3
Editorial Board	3
Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous palynology of the CSDP-2 Borehole in the southern Yellow Sea, China	3
First record of the latest Devonian ostracods from Xainza region, Tibet, China: implications on palaeoenvironment and palaeobiogeography	3
Toward a unified and refined Ordovician stratigraphy for the western Yangtze region, South China	3
Climate and vegetation changes in southern Primorye (Russian Far East) since the Last Glacial Maximum: A quantitative analysis	3
Paleogene ostracodes from the Dawenkou Basin, East China and their biostratigraphic significance for the age of mineral resources	3
On Procobus Khomenko, 1913 (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae), with new evidence from the Late Miocene of Greece	3
Glabrobournonia Morris and Skelton (Rudist, Bivalvia) from the Campanian–Maastrichtian of Türkiye: Taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography	3
A remarkable new fossil species of Amplectister with peculiar hindleg modifications (Coleoptera: Histeridae): further evidence for myrmecophily in Cretaceous clown beetles	3
First late Silurian (Ludfordian–Pridoli?) brachiopods from Iran	3
Foraminiferal biozonation, biostratigraphy and trans-basinal correlation of the Oligo-Miocene Qom Formation, Iran (northeastern margin of the Tethyan Seaway)	3
The Paleocene soritid foraminifer Mardinella daviesi (Henson, 1950) from southeastern Turkey	3
Preliminary investigation of Paleocene warming events in the lower Zongpu Formation at the Chaqiela section, Gamba, southern Xizang (Tibet)	3
Vegetation dynamics in the Early–Middle Pennsylvanian coal swamps of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Coalfield, France	3
Radiolarians from the upper Oxfordian to lower Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) Domodedovo Section, Moscow Region, Central Russia	3
Stromatoporoids from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) Koumenzi Formation of North Qilian Mountains, China	3
A new obolellid brachiopod from the Wirrealpa Limestone (Cambrian; Stage 4), Flinders Ranges, South Australia	3
A new genus and species of Susumaniidae (Insecta: Phasmatodea) from the Middle Jurassic of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China	3
High-resolution sedimentary cyclostratigraphy and astronomical signals in the Upper Ordovician of Southwest China	3
Stigmaria: on the substrate before in the substrate	3
Cretaceous–Paleogene palynodebris from two offshore cores in Cape Basin, South Atlantic Ocean and their paleoenvironmental implications	3