OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and humans	281
Earth-affecting solar transients: a review of progresses in solar cycle 24	67
Nationwide urban ground deformation monitoring in Japan using Sentinel-1 LiCSAR products and LiCSBAS	58
A review of theoretical salt weathering studies for stone heritage	57
Ensemble flash flood predictions using a high-resolution nationwide distributed rainfall-runoff model: case study of the heavy rain event of July 2018 and Typhoon Hagibis in 2019	42
Applications of soft computing models for predicting sea surface temperature: a comprehensive review and assessment	34
Impact of climate change on flood inundation in a tropical river basin in Indonesia	34
Deep mantle melting, global water circulation and its implications for the stability of the ocean mass	33
Evaluation of the contribution of tropical cyclone seeds to changes in tropical cyclone frequency due to global warming in high-resolution multi-model ensemble simulations	31
Anthropogenic climate change has changed frequency of past flood during 2010-2013	30
Climatic zonation of Egypt based on high-resolution dataset using image clustering technique	26
From desert to monsoon: irreversible climatic transition at ~ 36 Ma in southeastern Tibetan Plateau	25
A review on slow earthquakes in the Japan Trench	25
Solar evolution and extrema: current state of understanding of long-term solar variability and its planetary impacts	24
Natural and experimental high-pressure, shock-produced terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials	24
Formation, preservation and extinction of high-pressure minerals in meteorites: temperature effects in shock metamorphism and shock classification	23
Dynamics of the terrestrial radiation belts: a review of recent results during the VarSITI (Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact) era, 2014–2018	20
Development of high-resolution future ocean regional projection datasets for coastal applications in Japan	20
Model improvement and future projection of permafrost processes in a global land surface model	20
Flood inundation simulations based on GSMaP satellite rainfall data in Jakarta, Indonesia	19
Widespread distribution of radiocesium-bearing microparticles over the greater Kanto Region resulting from the Fukushima nuclear accident	17
Infiltration metasomatism of the Allende coarse-grained calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions	17
Geochemical characteristics of back-arc basin lower crust and upper mantle at final spreading stage of Shikoku Basin: an example of Mado Megamullion	16
Role Of the Sun and the Middle atmosphere/thermosphere/ionosphere In Climate (ROSMIC): a retrospective and prospective view	16
Strength models of the terrestrial planets and implications for their lithospheric structure and evolution	15

Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite 2 (GOSAT-2): mission overview	14
Enstatite chondrites: condensation and metamorphism under extremely reducing conditions and contributions to the Earth	14
Terrestrial planet compositions controlled by accretion disk magnetic field	14
Identifying key processes and sectors in the interaction between climate and socio-economic systems: a review toward integrating Earth–human systems	14
A potential suite of climate markers of long-chain n-alkanes and alkenones preserved in the top sediments from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean	13
Seismicity distribution in the Tonankai and Nankai seismogenic zones and its spatiotemporal relationship with interplate coupling and slow earthquakes	12
A review of the SCOSTEP’s 5-year scientific program VarSITI—Variability of the Sun and Its Terrestrial Impact	12
Development of Integrated Land Simulator	12
The response of the hydrological cycle to temperature changes in recent and distant climatic history	12
Review of the Early–Middle Pleistocene boundary and Marine Isotope Stage 19	11
Continuous multi-component MAX-DOAS observations for the planetary boundary layer ozone variation analysis at Chiba and Tsukuba, Japan, from 2013 to 2019	10
Evaluation of earth system model and atmospheric inversion using total column CO2 observations from GOSAT and OCO-2	10
Mineralogical and physico-chemical properties of halloysite-bearing slip surface material from a landslide during the 2018 Eastern Iburi earthquake, Hokkaido	9
Prediction of soil erosion and sediment transport in a mountainous basin of Taiwan	9
The message of oldhamites from enstatite chondrites	9
Classification of imbalanced cloud image data using deep neural networks: performance improvement through a data science competition	8
Paleoceanography of the northwestern Pacific across the Early–Middle Pleistocene boundary (Marine Isotope Stages 20–18)	8
A new mechanical perspective on a shallow megathrust near-trench slip from the high-resolution fault model of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake	8
Increase of organic carbon burial response to mangrove expansion in the Nanliu River estuary, South China Sea	8
Forensic investigation of flowslides triggered by the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake	8
Formation of undulating topography and gravel beds at the bases of incised valleys: Last Glacial Maximum examples beneath the lowlands facing Tokyo Bay	8
Quantitative evaluation of mixed biomass burning and anthropogenic aerosols over the Indochina Peninsula using MERRA-2 reanalysis products validated by sky radiometer and MAX-DOAS observations	8
How large peak ground acceleration by large earthquakes could generate turbidity currents along the slope of northern Japan Trench	8
Global polygons for terrain classification divided into uniform slopes and basins	8
Evolution of the geological structure and mechanical properties due to the collision of multiple basement topographic highs in a forearc accretionary wedge: insights from numerical simulations	8
In situ occurrence of Muong Nong-type Australasian tektite fragments from the Quaternary deposits near Huai Om, northeastern Thailand	7
Atmospheric resuspension of insoluble radioactive cesium-bearing particles found in the difficult-to-return area in Fukushima	7
Crustal deformation detection capability of the GNSS-A seafloor geodetic observation array (SGO-A), provided by Japan Coast Guard	7
Multiproxy sedimentological and geochemical analyses across the Lower–Middle Pleistocene boundary: chemostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the Chiba composite section, central Japan	7
Geomorphological processes and their connectivity in hillslope, fluvial, and coastal areas in Bangladesh: A review	7
Impact of stratospheric ozone on the subseasonal prediction in the southern hemisphere spring	7
The role of hydrogen bonds in hydrous minerals stable at lower mantle pressure conditions	7
Hadean/Eoarchean tectonics and mantle mixing induced by impacts: a three-dimensional study	7
NanoSIMS and EPMA dating of lunar zirconolite	7
Clockwise rotation of SW Japan and timing of Izanagi–Pacific ridge subduction revealed by arc migration	7
Heterogeneous rheology of Japan subduction zone revealed by postseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake	7
Characterization of water masses around the southern Ryukyu Islands based on isotopic compositions	6
Effects of snow manipulation on larch trees in the taiga forest ecosystem in northeastern Siberia	6
Classification of topography for ground vulnerability assessment of alluvial plains and mountains of Japan using 30 m DEM	6
X-ray fluorescence core scanning, magnetic signatures, and organic geochemistry analyses of Ryukyu Trench sediments: turbidites and hemipelagites	6
An introductory review of the thermal structure of subduction zones: III—Comparison between models and observations	6
Development of particle swarm clustered optimization method for applications in applied sciences	6
Toward a long-term atmospheric CO2 inversion for elucidating natural carbon fluxes: technical notes of NISMON-CO2 v2021.1	6
Back-transformation processes in high-pressure minerals: implications for planetary collisions and diamond transportation from the deep Earth	6
Climate-relevant properties of black carbon aerosols revealed by in situ measurements: a review	6
Experimental simulations of shock textures in BCC iron: implications for iron meteorites	6
Short-wave run-ups of the 1611 Keicho tsunami along the Sanriku Coast	5
Spatiotemporal vertical velocity variation in the western tropical Pacific and its relation to decadal ocean variability	5
Sedimentary facies analysis of the fluvial environment in the Siwalik Group of eastern Nepal: deciphering its relation to contemporary Himalayan tectonics, climate and sea-level change	5
Paleoceanography and dinoflagellate cyst stratigraphy across the Lower–Middle Pleistocene Subseries (Calabrian–Chibanian Stage) boundary at the Chiba composite section, Japan	5

Comparison of regional characteristics of land precipitation climatology projected by an MRI-AGCM multi-cumulus scheme and multi-SST ensemble with CMIP5 multi-model ensemble projections	5
Simulated decadal variations of surface and subsurface phytoplankton in the upstream Kuroshio Extension region	5
Washover deposits related to tsunami and storm surge along the north coast of the Shimokita Peninsula in northern Japan	5
Three thousand year paleo-tsunami history of the southern part of the Japan Trench	5
River discharge prediction for ungauged mountainous river basins during heavy rain events based on seismic noise data	5
Surface and aloft NO2 pollution over the greater Tokyo area observed by ground-based and MAX-DOAS measurements bridged by kilometer-scale regional air quality modeling	5
Climate, vegetation and fire history during the past 18,000 years, recorded in high altitude lacustrine sediments on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains (Ethiopia)	5
A possible mechanism for spontaneous cyclic back-arc spreading	5
Millennial-scale oscillations in the Kuroshio–Oyashio boundary during MIS 19 based on the radiolarian record from the Chiba composite section, central Japan	5
Application of Soil Water Index to landslide prediction in snowy regions: sensitivity analysis in Japan and preliminary results from Tomsk, Russia	5
An Almahata Sitta EL3 fragment: implications for the complex thermal history of enstatite chondrites	4
Reconstruction of ocean environment time series since the late nineteenth century using sclerosponge geochemistry in the northwestern subtropical Pacific	4
Liquid and supercritical CO2 as an organic solvent in Hadean seafloor hydrothermal systems: implications for prebiotic chemical evolution	4
Fluids and physicochemical properties and processes in the Earth	4
Phylogenetic positions of “pico-sized” radiolarians from middle layer waters of the tropical Pacific	4
Ensemble rainfall–runoff and inundation simulations using 100 and 1000 member rainfalls by 4D LETKF on the Kumagawa River flooding 2020	4
The nature of the Pacific plate as subduction inputs to the northeastern Japan arc and its implication for subduction zone processes	4
Submarine paleoseismology in the Japan Trench of northeastern Japan: turbidite stratigraphy and sedimentology using paleomagnetic and rock magnetic analyses	4
Comparison of length and dynamics of wood pieces in streams covered with coniferous and broadleaf forests mapped using orthophotos acquired by an unmanned aerial vehicle	4
Future dynamic sea level change in the western subtropical North Pacific associated with ocean heat uptake and heat redistribution by ocean circulation under global warming	4
High-resolution flow simulation in Typhoon 21, 2018: massive loss of submerged macrophytes in Lake Biwa	4
To what extent tsunami source information can be extracted from tsunami deposits? Implications from the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits and sediment transport simulations	4
Detection of Martian dust storms using mask regional convolutional neural networks	4
The vertical structure of annual wave energy flux in the tropical Indian Ocean	4
Sr isotopic ratios of hydrothermal fluids from the Okinawa Trough and the implications of variation in fluid–sediment interactions	4
Time difference between the 1854 CE Ansei–Tokai and Ansei–Nankai earthquakes estimated from distant tsunami waveforms on the west coast of North America	4
A three-dimensional atmospheric dispersion model for Mars	4
Upper and lower plane bed definitions revised	4
Right-lateral offset associated with the most recent earthquake on the Ikeda fault of the Median Tectonic Line, southwest Japan, revealed by ground-penetrating radar profiling	4
Metal contamination in a sediment core from Osaka Bay during the last 400 years	4
Complex rupture process on the conjugate fault system of the 2014 Mw 6.2 Thailand earthquake	4
Development of a snowdrift model with the lattice Boltzmann method	4
Si- versus Mg-metasomatism at the crust–mantle interface: insights from experiments, natural observations and geochemical modeling	3
Visualizing heterogeneities of earthquake hypocenter catalogs: modeling, analysis, and compensation	3
Incoming plate structure at the Japan Trench subduction zone revealed in densely spaced reflection seismic profiles	3
Accessing the energy-limited and sparsely populated deep biosphere: achievements and ongoing challenges of available technologies	3
Integrated impact assessment of climate change and hydropower operation on streamflow and inundation in the lower Mekong Basin	3
Carbonate clumped isotope thermometry of fault rocks and its possibilities: tectonic implications from calcites within Himalayan Frontal Fold-Thrust Belt	3
Rapid water parcel transport across the Kuroshio Extension in the lower thermocline from dissolved oxygen measurements by Seaglider	3
Exploration of spatial and temporal variability of rainfall and their impact on rice production in Burma in 1901–1939 during the colonial period	3
Imaging crustal features and Moho depths through enhancements and inversion of gravity data from the Philippine island arc system	3
Can quasicrystals survive in planetary collisions?	3
Correction to: Seismicity distribution in the Tonankai and Nankai seismogenic zones and its spatiotemporal relationship with interplate coupling and slow earthquakes	3
Lithological structure of western Pacific lithosphere reconstructed from mantle xenoliths in a petit-spot volcano	3
Geological history of the land area between Okinawa Jima and Miyako Jima of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and its phylogeographical significance for the terrestrial organisms of these and adjacent island	3
Changes in surface water masses in the northern East China Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum based on diatom assemblages	3
Identifying tsunami traces beyond sandy tsunami deposits using terrigenous biomarkers: a case study of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami in a coastal pine forest, northern Japan	3
Simulated distributions of pumice rafts in Japan following eruptions at volcanic islands and submarine volcanoes	3
Coupled investigations of ionosphere variations over European and Japanese regions: observations, comparative analysis, and validation of models and facilities	3
Forecasting tectonic tremor activity using a renewal process model	3
Depth profile of frictional properties in the inner Nankai accretionary prism using cuttings from IODP Site C0002	3
Relationship between physical and biogeochemical parameters and the scenario dependence of the transient climate response to cumulative carbon emissions	3
Detection of planktonic coenzyme factor 430 in a freshwater lake: small-scale analysis for probing archaeal methanogenesis	3
Historical regional climate changes in Japan in winter as assessed by a 5-km regional climate model with a land surface process	3
Progress and application of the synthesis of trans-oceanic tsunamis	3
High precision measurement of trace F and Cl in olivine by electron probe microanalysis	3
Comment on “Soil salinity assessment by using near-infrared channel and Vegetation Soil Salinity Index derived from Landsat 8 OLI data: a case study in the Tra Vinh Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam” by	3
Stalagmite evidence for East Asian winter monsoon variability and 18O-depleted surface water in the Japan Sea during the last glacial period	3
Impact of air–sea coupling on the probability of occurrence of heat waves in Japan	3
Recent global nonhydrostatic modeling approach without using a cumulus parameterization to understand the mechanisms underlying cloud changes due to global warming	3
Foreland basin unconformity, Western Himalaya, Pakistan: timing gap, regional correlation and tectonic implications	3
An introductory review of the thermal structure of subduction zones: I—motivation and selected examples	3
Quantitative determination of the lowest density domain in major fault zones via medical X-ray computed tomography	3
Numerical estimation of a tsunami source at the flexural area of Kuril and Japan Trenches in the fifteenth to seventeenth century based on paleotsunami deposit distributions in northern Japan	3
Bubbles to Chondrites-II. Chemical fractionations in chondrites	3
Subinertial frequency variations in the axis of the Tsugaru Warm Current east of the Tsugaru Strait	3
Deep-sea bottom-water environment change caused by sediment resuspension on the continental slope off Sanriku, Japan, before and after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake	3