OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aeolian Research is 7. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Quantifying dust emission potential of playa and desert surfaces in the Salton Sea Air Basin, California, United States	94
Editorial Board	29
Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of heavy metals in windborne sediments from a residential area (Case study: Tabas, Iran)	28
Seasonal variations in threshold wind speed for saltation depending on soil temperature and vegetation: A case study in the Gobi Desert	24
Parameterizing an aeolian erosion model for rangelands	23
Limitations of applying grain weight similitude in aeolian studies with NASA Mars Wind Tunnel	21
Surface wind strength and sea surface temperature connections along the south peruvian coast during the last 150 years	21
Editorial Board	17
Investigating threshold wind velocity for movement of sparsely distributed gravels in a wind tunnel: Effect of surface coarseness	16
High resolution luminescence chronology of coastal dune deposits near Chumphon, Western Gulf of Thailand	14
A classification scheme for sedimentary architectures arising from aeolian-fluvial system interactions: Permian examples from southeast Utah, USA	13
Dune bistability identified by remote sensing in a semi-arid dune field of northern China	13
Seasonal changes and migration of longitudinal dunes in the northeastern Rub'al Khali Desert	12
Aeolian sand cover on a granite peninsula (Hammeren, Bornholm, Baltic Sea) formed in three episodes during the past 11,600 years	12
Meteorological and geological controls on dust devil activity: Initial results from a field study at Smith Creek Valley, Nevada, USA	11
Classification of synoptic weather clusters associated with dust accumulation over southeastern areas of the Caspian Sea (Northeast Iran and Karakum desert)	11
The influences of boundary layer thickness on the characteristics of saltation sand flow – A large eddy simulation study	10
Development and validation of vegetation indicators for the occurrence of saltation that consider the spatial distribution of vegetation	10
Transport and deposition of microplastics and microrubbers during a dust storm (Sarakhs, northeast Iran)	10
Dune behavior in the Source Area of the Yellow River under climate changes observed from various remote sensing datasets	9
Characterization of potential fugitive dust emissions within the Keeler Dunes, an inland dune field in the Owens Valley, California, United States	9
Influence of crop rotation, irrigation, fertilization, and tillage on the aggregate property and soil wind erosion potential in the floodplain of the Yellow River	9
Aeolian sand transport over a wet, sandy beach	9
Chronology and dust mass accumulation history of the Wenchuan loess on eastern Tibetan Plateau since the last glacial	8
Dust transport pathways from The Great Basin	8

Automatic identification of saltating tracks driven by strong wind in high-speed video using multiple statistical quantities of instant particle velocity	8
Modelled direct causes of dust emission change (2001–2020) in southwestern USA and implications for management	8
Editorial Board	8
Reconstructing star dune dynamics using ground penetrating radar – How movement shapes complex surface structures	7
Use of digital photogrammetry and LiDAR techniques to quantify time-series dune volume estimates of the Keeler Dunes Complex, Owens Valley, California	7
Experimental evidence of dust flux size distribution variation along two consecutive erosion seasons	7
Geochemical characterization of major elements in Gurbantunggut Desert sediments, northwestern China and their regional variations	7
ZIBARS: Distribution, morphology and environmental controls	7
Late Quaternary eolian dune-field mobilization and stabilization near the Laurentide Ice Sheet limit, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA	7
Charges of individual sand grains in natural windblown sand fluxes	7
Vertical flux density and frequency profiles of wind-blown sand as a function of the grain size over gobi and implications for aeolian transport processes	7
Aeolian influences on gully erosion in clay-rich soils in a humid subtropical climate, Southeast USA	7
Vortex core regions of nebkhas and their implications on shadow dune formation	7
Morphological dynamics of a trough-shaped blowout on a fixed dune in China	7
Numerical study on the bearing response trend of perforated sheet-type sand fences	7