OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Palaeoworld 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Unraveling the Early Devonian provenance of the Longmenshan region through detrital zircon records: Implications for floral differentiation in South China	21
Earliest upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) record of bivalve Pinna (Pinnidae) from the Kopet-Dagh Basin, northeastern Iran and its possible predators	14
Small cornulitids from the Upper Ordovician (Katian) of Estonia	13
New fossil woods from the middle Eocene climate optimum of north-central Turkey	13
A second progonocimicid (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha) from the middle Cretaceous Kachin amber of Myanmar	13
New record of Brachyoxylon wood from the Lower Cretaceous of Qingyuan, southeastern China and its palaeoclimatic implications	13
Benthic primary producers in exceptionally preserved Cambrian biotas of North China	12
Caenogastropoda and Stylommatophora (Gastropoda) from the mid-Miocene Zhangpu amber of East Asia	12
New Jurassic notocupedins (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) from the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau	12
Anatomy of Stigmaria asiatica Jongmans et Gothan from the Asselian (lowermost Permian) of Wuda Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, North China	12
Editorial Board	11
Lower Jurassic corals from the Pamir Mountains, Central Asia	11
Oldhamia radiata: the trace of an undermat miner from the Cambrian Series 2 Xinji Formation, western Henan, North China	10
Conodonts across the Lochkovian/Pragian boundary in central Guangxi, South China	10
Widespread Thalassinoides facies from the upper Silurian of South China: A case study from the northwestern Hunan Province, middle to upper Yangtze Block	10
Parasitic hump-backed flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Miocene ambers	10
First Caliscelidae planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from mid-Miocene Zhangpu amber	9
Book review	9
Anatomy and paleoclimatic implications of Cenozoic Coryphoideae palm wood species in Egypt	9
Macroalgal fossil Longfengshania from the Tonian Shiwangzhuang and Jiuliqiao formations in western Shandong and northern Anhui, North China	9
Editorial Board	8
New fishes from the Viséan–Serpukhovian boundary beds (Carboniferous) of the Verkhnyaya Kardailovka section (South Urals, Russia)	8
A new Trapa from the middle Miocene of Zhangpu, Fujian, southeastern China	8
Integrated biostratigraphy for the Santonian/Campanian boundary interval, the Kurdistan Region, northeast Iraq	7
New Ediacaran tubular fossils from southern Shaanxi, China	7

Review and update on the applications of inertinite macerals in coal geology, paleoclimatology, and paleoecology	7
A gorgonopsian from the Wutonggou Formation (Changhsingian, Permian) of Turpan Basin, Xinjiang, China	7
Taxonomy and evolutionary implications of a new fossil stonefly family (Insecta, Plecoptera) from Middle Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar	7
First report of Schizopholis (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from the Tsinghsutung Formation (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) in Guizhou, China	7
Palaeoenvironmental implications of a turritelline-dominated assemblage from Upper Cretaceous carbonate rocks of Narmada Basin, India	7
Editorial Board	7
On the systematic position of the Early Cretaceous fern genus “Athyrium”	7
The bivalved arthropod Caudicaella aff. bispinata from the Heatherdale Shale (Cambrian Stage 3), South Australia	7
A Miocene flora from the Toupi Formation in Jiangxi Province, southeastern China	7
Dating of Early Triassic Chaohu Fauna by precise U-Pb age constraints: Temporal calibration of the emergence and first radiation of Mesozoic marine reptiles	7
A new odonatan (Stenophlebiidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Sinuiju Formation of North Phyongan Province, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	7
Terreneuvian skeletonized microfossils from the Central Iberian Zone (Spain) and correlation of the Fortunian Stage throughout southwestern Europe	7
Editorial Board	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
New material of heteromorph ammonites from the Lower Cretaceous of Lhozhag County, southern Tibet and its biostratigraphic implications	6
A probable hyalonematid sponge (Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora) from the Middle Ordovician of the Builth Inlier, Wales	6
New larval records of the extinct hard tick Compluriscutula vetulum (Arachnida: Ixodida) from Burmese amber, with notes on its morphology	6
Lutetian–Bartonian (Middle Eocene) micropalaeontology, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Mengen Coal Basin, Northwest Türkiye (Turkey)	6
Coniferous woods from the Albian (Piedra Clavada Formation) of Argentine Patagonia	6
FossilMorph: A new tool for fossil automatic measurement and statistical analysis	6
Miocene Equisetum tubers from the Wulan Basin, Northeast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and their paleoecological significance	6
Guangyuanichnus majianus n. igen. n. isp., a large, complex burrow system from the Lower Devonian Pingyipu Formation of the northwestern Yangtze platform, South China	6
Fossilized soft tissues in tentaculitids from the Upper Devonian of Armenia: Towards solving the mystery of their phylogenetic affinities	6
A new skull of early cetacean Remingtonocetus harudiensis from the Eocene of Kutch Basin, India	6
… and the devil is in the details: A response to Furió et al. (2024)	6
Actinopterygians from the continental Permian–Triassic boundary section at Babiy Kamen (Kuznetsk Basin, Siberia, Russia)	6
Hybodontiform sharks from Middle Triassic Chang 7 Member of the Ordos Basin, Shaanxi, North China: palaeobiological and palaeoecological significances	6
Middle to Upper Ordovician stable carbon isotope stratigraphy and sedimentary facies in the Shunbei and Tahe areas, northern-central Tarim, China	6
Upper Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) radiolarians from Rybaki Section, Moscow Region, Central Russia	6
Editorial Board	6
Phylogenetic evolution of Neorotalia mecatepecensis to Miogypsinidae from Rajamandala Formation, West Java, Indonesia	5
Editorial Board	5
New fossils reveal the Paleogene establishment of relict Craigia (Malvaceae) in its extant range	5
Late Darriwilian–early Katian (Ordovician) ostracods of northeastern Yunnan, Southwest China	5
New records of barklice (Psocodea, Empheriidae) from the Bqaatouta and Baskinta amber (early Barremian, Early Cretaceous) in Lebanon	5
Potential pollinators and paleoecological aspects of Eocene Ludwigia (Onagraceae) from Eckfeld, Germany	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
A new Devonian species of the enigmatic Carboniferous conodont Dollymae	5
Devonian Lingulichnus and in situ lingulids: Taphonomy and paleoenvironments of preservation	5
A new late Katian (Late Ordovician) trilobite association from Zhenxiong, northeastern Yunnan, Southwest China and its palaeoecological implications	5
First complete Niobe yangtzeensis Lu, 1975 (Asaphidae, Trilobita) from the Middle Ordovician of South China, and its systematic and palaeogeographic implications	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
Short-term climate and vegetation dynamics in Lena River Delta (northern Yakutia, Eastern Siberia) during early Eocene	5
Radula heinrichsii (Radulaceae, Porellales), a leafy liverwort from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar	5
A new silicified plectorthoid brachiopod from the upper Furongian (Stage 10) Ninmaroo Formation at Black Mountain, western Queensland, Australia	5
A cranium of “Gazella” nihensis from Pliocene of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the differentiation of early Antilopina	4
The Paleocene soritid foraminifer Mardinella daviesi (Henson, 1950) from southeastern Turkey	4
Vegetation dynamics in the Early–Middle Pennsylvanian coal swamps of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Coalfield, France	4
Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous palynology of the CSDP-2 Borehole in the southern Yellow Sea, China	4
Editorial Board	4

First record of plant-plant facilitative interaction from the Moscovian (Pennsylvanian, upper Carboniferous) of North China	4
Cretaceous climate variations indicated by palynoflora in South China	4
First fossil record of Canarium (Burseraceae) from the middle Miocene of Fujian, southeastern China and its paleoecological implications	4
Editorial Board	4
Zonation and biofacies of the Early Mississippian conodonts from Baoshan, Yunnan, Southwest 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
X-ray micro-computed tomography of minute hooded beetles (Coleoptera: Corylophidae) reveals its hidden paleodiversity in the Eocene Baltic amber	4
Ginkgoites manchurica from the Lower Cretaceous Shahezi Formation of Liaoning, China, and its palaeoclimate implications	4
Provenance analysis of Cenozoic conglomerates: Insights from Lower Cretaceous radiolarians in chert clasts from the Xigaze area, southern Tibet	4
Editorial Board	4
First fossil record of Brachyptera (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) in Eocene Baltic amber	4
The disappearance of European dirk-toothed cats	4
New data on the Cambrian–Ordovician (Tremadocian) conodont biostratigraphy of Guizhou Province, Southwest China	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
A basal member of Capitosauria from the Lower Triassic Heshanggou Formation, China	4
No place for Pliocene tourists with Ockham’s razor in the pocket: Comment on Crespo et al. (2023)	4
Stigmaria: on the substrate before in the substrate	4
Devonian–Carboniferous transition in various facies of Northeast Laurussia (North Urals)	4
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	4
Diversity and discrimination of large ornithopods revealed through their tracks (Lower Cretaceous, Spain): A phenetic correlation approach	4
The age and depositional environments of the lower Karoo Moatize Coalfield of Mozambique: insights into the postglacial history of central Gondwana	4
Hydrodynamics and sliding posture analysis of the Cambrian arthropod Ercaicunia multinodosa	4
A novel gymnosperm reproductive organ from the Jurassic of China	4