OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Minerals is 33. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
A Comprehensive Review of Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Coal-Related Materials	106
Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Mining from Exploration to Reclamation: A Review	94
X-ray Diffraction Techniques for Mineral Characterization: A Review for Engineers of the Fundamentals, Applications, and Research Directions	93
SEM-Based Automated Mineralogy and Its Application in Geo- and Material Sciences	75
Influence of Solid Content, Cement/Tailings Ratio, and Curing Time on Rheology and Strength of Cemented Tailings Backfill	67
Rheological Properties of Cemented Paste Backfill with Alkali-Activated Slag	65
Common Problems and Pitfalls in Fluid Inclusion Study: A Review and Discussion	62
Microbial Interaction with Clay Minerals and Its Environmental and Biotechnological Implications	62
Mine Waste Rock: Insights for Sustainable Hydrogeochemical Management	57
Amp-TB2: An Updated Model for Calcic Amphibole Thermobarometry	56
Analysis of Strength and Microstructural Characteristics of Mine Backfills Containing Fly Ash and Desulfurized Gypsum	56
Toward an Improved Understanding of the Marine Barium Cycle and the Application of Marine Barite as a Paleoproductivity Proxy	51
Invisible Gold Paragenesis and Geochemistry in Pyrite from Orogenic and Sediment-Hosted Gold Deposits	50
Nano-Scale Pore Structure and Its Multi-Fractal Characteristics of Tight Sandstone by N2 Adsorption/Desorption Analyses: A Case Study of Shihezi Formation from the Sulige Gas Filed, Ordos Basin, China	50
A Study of Thermal Stability of Hydroxyapatite	45
Factors Affecting the Compressive Strength of Geopolymers: A Review	45
Systematic Review of Machine Learning Applications in Mining: Exploration, Exploitation, and Reclamation	44
A Review of Tungsten Resources and Potential Extraction from Mine Waste	40
Carbonatite-Related REE Deposits: An Overview	40
Characterization of Macro Mechanical Properties and Microstructures of Cement-Based Composites Prepared from Fly Ash, Gypsum and Steel Slag	39
The Development History and Latest Progress of Deep-Sea Polymetallic Nodule Mining Technology	39
Probing the Dehydroxylation of Kaolinite and Halloysite by In Situ High Temperature X-ray Diffraction	39
Study on the Nonlinear Characteristics of EMR and AE during Coal Splitting Tests	39
Improving Separation Efficiency in End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries Flotation Using Attrition Pre-Treatment	37
Repeated UAV Campaigns, GNSS Measurements, GIS, and Petrographic Analyses for Landslide Mapping and Monitoring	37

Manganese Nodules in Chile, an Alternative for the Production of Co and Mn in the Future—A Review	36
Genesis and Evolution of Ferromanganese Crusts from the Summit of Rio Grande Rise, Southwest Atlantic Ocean	36
Shear-Related Gold Ores in the Wadi Hodein Shear Belt, South Eastern Desert of Egypt: Analysis of Remote Sensing, Field and Structural Data	35
Gravimetric Separation of Heavy Minerals in Sediments and Rocks	35
Clay Minerals in Hydrothermal Systems	35
Gypsum Precipitation under Saline Conditions: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Morphology, and Size Distribution	34
Bioleaching of Iron, Copper, Lead, and Zinc from the Sludge Mining Sediment at Different Particle Sizes, pH, and Pulp Density Using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans	34
Review of the Main Factors Affecting the Flotation of Phosphate Ores	34
Mineral Physicochemistry Underlying Feature-Based Extraction of Mineral Abundance and Composition from Shortwave, Mid and Thermal Infrared Reflectance Spectra	33