OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Polar Science is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Zircon geochronology of Mt. McMaster and Aker Peaks, Napier Complex, East Antarctica	56
Evaluating and locating a suitable bedrock drilling site near zhongshan station with airborne and ground-based observations	17
Comparison of underwater noise at the Chukchi Plateau under open-water and ice-covered conditions	17
The seasonality of precipitation on the eastern Antarctic plateau (Dome-C) as derived from LIDAR and ICECAMERA	14
Prospects for the development of the Northern Sea Route after February 2022: An analysis of Russia's policy in the new conditions	12
Dynamic nature of an emerging paraglacial lagoon in Svalbard, Arctic: hydrological and geomorphological features	12
Brood patch size as a field indicator for feather mercury concentration, but not plastic ingestion, in a harvested seabird of the high Arctic: The little auk Alle alle	12
Assessment of various microwave brightness temperature products and methods for surface melt detection over Greenland ice sheet	11
A broadband seismological observatory at Larsemann Hills, Antarctica: Noise characteristics and data quality	11
Multi-level legal protection of traditional knowledge of Arctic indigenous peoples: Decolonizing knowledge production for sustainable development	11
Life history and population structure of the Antarctic icefish, Pagetopsis maculata (Notothenioidei, Channichthyidae) from the Weddell Sea	11
Differentiating Indigenous Peoples from local communities under climate regimes in just energy transition: Implications for the Inuit and Sami Peoples	11
Reindeer in a desert (Desertification in the Arctic because of overgrazing)	10
Rapid deceleration in the ice-flow velocity of the Shirase Glacier ice tongue and its influence on the velocity field: Observations from Sentinel-1 C-SAR	10
Optimizing the use of portable ROVs for community-based benthic surveys: A case study on the demographics of sea cucumbers around nursery habitats in the Arctic	10
Thaw slump development and other rapid permafrost disturbances in Hollendardalen Valley, Svalbard	9
Arctic science diplomacy of Norway: A case study of svalbard	9
Bacterial community structure, adaptations and prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from Antarctica: A review	8
Methane release from open leads and new ice following an Arctic winter storm event	8
Editorial Board	8
Reducing arctic black carbon emissions: Features of national regulatory systems as a key factor	8
Sustainable polar shipping under climate change: A bibliometric review of emissions and efficiency	7
Editorial: Research advances from Larsemann Hills, Antarctica: International cooperation and future prospects	7
Year-long ground-based observations of bromine oxide over Bharati Station, Antarctica	7
Hot-water rescue ice drilling system to recover subglacial lake exploring sonde: General concept	7

Thermotectonic evolution of the Rauer Group and Vestfold Hills in Prydz Bay: implications for Neoproterozoic assembly of the East Antarctic Shield	7
Hidden dendritic high quartz, grandidierite, euhedrally zoned Mg–Fe carbonate and chalcedony in garnet; documentation and significance of multi–stage recrystallization of garnetiferous granulite from	7
Sediment sources and transport pathways on shelves of the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas: Evidence from the heavy minerals and garnet geochemistry	7
Estimating spatio-temporal changes in front edge of the Ronne Ice Shelf in context of climate change using remote sensing based integrated approach	7
Similarities and differences in circulation beneath the Filchner- Ronne and Ross Ice Shelves: A Lagrangian point of view	7
How does a dynamic surface roughness affect snowpack modeling?	7
Dynamics of pollutants accumulation in the snow of an urban agglomeration	6
Late Quaternary geomorphic evolution of Teesta-Khangtse basin, north Sikkim	6
Important factors affecting transportation for shippers and potential demand for the Northeast Passage: A conjoint analysis of Japan	6
Editorial Board	6
Assessment of oral clinical markers of ANTAR XXXI expedition personnel at the Machu Picchu Antarctic scientific station (ECAMP) after a two-month expedition	6
Studies of atmospheric climate forcers in the Arctic during the ArCS II project	6
An estimation of atmospheric attenuation on an earth-space radio link operating at Ka-band over Larsemann hills area of Antarctica	6
International collaboration- An indispensable tool for Antarctic research: Status report of India's endeavours on the icy continent	6
Snow disappearance timing associated with elevation and vegetation type determines heterogeneity in spring onset in interior Alaska	6
Improving the quality of implementation of the container transportation project along the NSR based on the environmental and energy transition agenda	6
Assessment of the human footprint in Antarctica: A case study Larsemann Hills	6
Mapping lichen abundance in ice-free areas of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica using remote sensing and lichen spectra	6
Predictability and applicability evaluation of winter temperatures in China based on Eurasian Arctic sea ice concentrations in autumn	5
Editorial Board	5
Unveiling risk factors influencing the selection of the Northern Sea Route: A conjoint analysis approach for Japanese shippers	5
Meiofauna community structure of deep-sea habitats at the northeastern margin of the Antarctic Peninsula	5
Cellulose δ18O as a hydrological proxy: A case study for willows growing in Indigirka river lowland, Northeastern Siberia	5
First characterization of a nursery ground for the commercial sea cucumber Cucumaria frondosa	5
Geological evolution in East Antarctica and related Gondwana fragments	5
Evolution of the Archean crust in the Indian Ocean coastal sector (Napier Complex, and nearby areas) of Antarctica – Review	5
Editorial Board	5
Shear Wave Velocity Structure beneath Maitri station in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica from Joint Inversions of Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity, Multimode Surface Waves and Diffused Wave Horizontal-to-	5
Hydrographic variability associated with enhanced warming in the eastern Antarctic region during the austral summer	5
Sympagic communities of the seasonal drift ice fields in the Kara and northeastern Barents Seas	5
Melting processes of the marginal ice zone inferred from floe size distributions measured with a drone in the southern Sea of Okhotsk	5
Structural evolution of the Instekleppane, Lützow-Holm Complex: Deformation patterns in high-grade zones of east Antarctica	5
First record of an early ephyra of Desmonema glaciale (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the Northern Antarctic Peninsula	4
Atmospheric aerosol optical properties and trends over Antarctica using in-situ measurements and MERRA-2 aerosol products	4
Regional ensemble of CMIP6 global climate models for Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Northern Eurasia	4
Application of menthol anesthetics for body size measurements of the sea angel Clione elegantissima (Mollusca: Gymnosomata)	4
New insights on the phylogeny and genetic status of a highly vagile seabird from East Antarctica	4
Polar federated search: New infrastructure to support the polar community	4
Performance monitoring of the wastewater system of Bharati Station, Antarctica	4
Lichens of Larsemann Hills and adjacent oases in the area of Prydz Bay (Princess Elizabeth Land and MacRobertson Land, Antarctica)	4
High-grade metamorphic rocks in Instekleppane, Lützow-Holm Complex, east Antarctica: A potential new locality of ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) metamorphic rocks	4
Corrigendum to “The digital beam forming technique in AgileDARN high-frequency radar”[Polar Sci, 28(2020) 100595, Special Issue on "SuperDARN/ studies of geospace dynamics - Today and future"]	4
NARR-based analysis of changes in the mesoscale wind and temperature over the Hudson Bay Lowlands and their impact on the surface energy balance: 1979–2018	4
Corrigendum to “Isolation and primary characterisation of yeasts isolated from different ecosystems in East Antarctica” [Polar Science 46 (2025) 101262]	4
Post-collisional K-rich mafic magmatism in the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Magmatic processes of layered syenite and mantle modification	4
Metal speciation in the surface sediments of an Arctic fjord and nearby lakes	4
Evaluation of meteorological characteristics and the influence of the Southern Annular Mode at newly established Bharati Station, East Antarctica	4
Who addresses pollution? Relationships among actors and grant money for waste management efforts in remote Alaskan communities	4
The strong activity of noctilucent clouds at middle latitudes in 2020	4
Determination of initial breaking pattern in the bending failure of a semi-infinite ice sheet	4

Soil organic matter and biogenic-abiogenic interactions in soils of Larsemann Hills and Bunger Hills, East Antarctica	4
Mercury levels in tissues (cartilage, skin, and muscle) of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus): Potential contamination sources and implications for health and conservation	4
Thermal germination characteristics of three High Arctic plants: Implications for their response to climate warming	4
Editorial Board	4
Effect of varying temperature increases on the microbial community of Pleistocene and Holocene permafrost	4
Corrigendum to“Estimation of aboveground biomass, stand density, and biomass growth per year in the past using stand reconstruction technique in black spruce and Scotch pine in boreal forest” [Polar S	4
Evidence of Paleoproterozoic metamorphism in Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica: Insights from phase equilibria modelling and monazite CHIME dating	4
Estimating the probability of human error for navigational safety in the Arctic waters	4
Contamination assessment and source apportionment of trace metals in the surface sediments of Prydz Bay, coastal Antarctica using positive matrix factorization (PMF)	3
Editorial: Research advances from Larsemann Hills, Antarctica: International cooperation and future prospects (Part-2)	3
Knowledge exchange in the arctic environmental studies: Bridging science and the local community in dialogue	3
Editorial Board	3
The situation of Inuit communities in northwest Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) amid continuously changing environmental and social conditions	3
Origin of retrograde saline fluids during collision zone high-temperature metamorphism constrained from whole-rock sulfur isotope composition, the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica	3
Uncovering the economic impact of thawing arctic permafrost: Exploring GDP production in a changing landscape	3
Pitfalls of the green transition: Towards a genuine understanding of the right to free, prior and informed consent of the Indigenous peoples	3
Influence of early sea ice melting on the autumn microplankton community of the Pacific Arctic Ocean	3
Prospective memory performance and emotional regulation during wintering at Bharati station in Antarctica	3
New approaches to modeling the critical refreezing length of a Philberth melt probe for ice sheet exploration	3
Formation of subaerial taliks in Larsemann hills, princess Elizabeth land, East Antarctica	3
Cold winds in the north: Three perspectives on the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine on security and international relations in the Arctic	3
First direct measurement and characterisation of plasma waves, originating from outer space, in the polar upper atmosphere, achieved in the Larsemann-Vestfold region by winter traverses onto the iceca	3
Development of long-term monitoring of Antarctic moss banks to recent climate changes	3
Interannual variability of surface bio-optical characteristics in the frontal zones of the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer	3
Investigating long range dependence in temperatures in Siberia	3
Investigating noble gases and nitrogen in Zag (H3-6) and ALH 77216 (L3.7–3.9): The ordinary chondrites with solar type neon and argon	3
Community perspectives inform coastal marine ecosystem research in northwestern Greenland	3
A proposed framework for describing, understanding and protecting Antarctic wetlands: The Cierva Point Wetland complex case	3
Arctic marine environments regulated by ocean transport and air‒sea‒land interaction: Findings from the ArCS II Ocean Research Program	3
Monitoring of patchy and sporadic permafrost in the southern territory of the Khentii Mountainous region, Mongolia	3
Editorial Board	3
The seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-7)	3
High-resolution insights of physical properties of water columns of lakes at the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica	3
The effects of environmental variables on hotspots of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Bransfield Strait during autumn	3
Seasonal and solar activity dependence of TEC over Bharati station, Antarctica	2
Sustainable development in the Arctic for Indigenous peoples	2
Estimating spatial distributions of design air temperatures for ships and offshore structures in the Arctic Ocean	2
Spatial and temporal occurrence of two Gyrodinium species in the seasonal ice zone off Wilkes Land, Southern Ocean	2
Spatio-temporal variability of Atmospheric CO2 and CH4 concentrations over Antarctica using Ground and Space-based measurements	2
Estimation of annual and seasonal glaciological-based mass balance of Ladakh range in cold-arid Himalayan region – Case studies of Phuche and Khardung glaciers in 2014–2017	2
The third-quarter time phenomenon: State of research, findings, and perspectives in isolated, confined, and extreme environments	2
Projected changes in near-surface wind speed in the Arctic by a regional climate model	2
Factors influencing harvest success for an Arctic under-ice subsistence fishery	2
Pressure-Temperature-time (P-T-t) evolution of pelitic granulites from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica: Insights from accessory mineral geochronology and phase equilibria modeling	2
The current state of Lake Dålk (Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica)	2
A geological cross section of Neogene to Quaternary sediments in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica	2
Morphometric characteristic and internal structure of shear ice ridge investigated at "North Pole − 42" drifting station	2
The one who takes your breath away in the polar region: A systematic review	2
Long-term change of the ice phenology in Saroma-ko Lagoon, Hokkaido, Japan	2
Features of freshwater ecosystems of the Franz Josef Land archipelago	2
Occurrence and abundance of the gymnosome pteropod genus Clione in the coastal waters of Mombetsu, southern Okhotsk Sea, from 2004 to 2012	2
First record of a halacarid mite Bradyagaue drygalskii (Halacaroidea, Acari) from Lützow-Holm Bay in East Antarctica	2
Investigation of background radiation levels and environmental radioactivity around Bharati Station, Larsemann Hills in east Antarctica-an overview	2
Editorial Board	2
Earlier lake ice breakup in response to warming in the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian High Arctic: Evidence from MODIS data (2000-2024)	2
Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic tectono-thermal events in Mt. Cronus, Napier Complex, East Antarctica	2
Franz Josef Land's macrobenthos: Record-high wet biomass values on the Eurasian Arctic shelf	2
Neoproterozoic crustal evolution of Rayner province, East Antarctica: New insight from subglacial drilling	2
Biophysical effects of an old tundra fire in the Brooks Range Foothills of Northern Alaska, U.S.A	2
Analysis of Near-Earth plasma-sheet cumulative magnetic flux transport and its’ comparison for several different runs using the Rice Convection Model	2
Neoarchean crustal evolution in the Madras Block: Geochemical and petrological evidence from felsic gneiss and amphibolite	2
Status on snow cover area, mass balance, glacial area loss, surface velocities and applications of snowmelt runoff model over Kashmir Himalayas and Upper Indus Basin: A review	2
Editorial Board	2
Himalayan glacier thickness mapper (HIGTHIM) tool: An automated approach to map potential glacier lakes and expansion of existing lakes	2
Ice ridge evolution: Investigation in-situ and computer simulations	2
First limnological investigations of lakes at Cape Burks, Marie Byrd Land (West Antarctica)	2
Climate-driven mobilization of rare earth elements and metals in Antarctica: Pathways, ecological exposure, and implications for trophic transfer	2
Editorial Board	2
Editorial Board	2
Analysis of mountain glaciers mass loss in Iran's largest glacier region, Takht-e Soleyman, from 1997 to 2023, using the geodetic techniques	2
Estimation of aboveground biomass, stand density, and biomass growth per year in the past using stand reconstruction technique in black spruce and Scotch pine in boreal forest	2
Elucidating the influence of freshwater and sympagic inputs on biogeochemical cycling in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago	2
Characterizing Antarctic air-breathing predator dive patterns on a common prey base from stationary echosounders	2
Climate change, community well-being, and consumption: Reconsidering human-environment relationships in Greenland under global change	2
Comprehending the surface melt characteristics, calving processes, and seasonal ice velocity of Dålk glacier in Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica	2
Unpacking inclusivity of the Antarctic Treaty System amidst contemporary challenges	2