OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Communications Earth & Environment is 47. 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
The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe since 1979	928
Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia	401
Perceived global increase in algal blooms is attributable to intensified monitoring and emerging bloom impacts	238
Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere	155
Contribution of climatic changes in mean and variability to monthly temperature and precipitation extremes	141
Projected increases in western US forest fire despite growing fuel constraints	129
Cleaner burning aviation fuels can reduce contrail cloudiness	119
Earthquake doublet in Turkey and Syria	117
Country-based rate of emissions reductions should increase by 80% beyond nationally determined contributions to meet the 2 °C target	115
The global carbon sink potential of terrestrial vegetation can be increased substantially by optimal land management	107
More meteorological events that drive compound coastal flooding are projected under climate change	106
Rice paddy soils are a quantitatively important carbon store according to a global synthesis	97
Microplastics distribution in the Eurasian Arctic is affected by Atlantic waters and Siberian rivers	87
Stop blaming the climate for disasters	85
An extremeness threshold determines the regional response of floods to changes in rainfall extremes	82
Stratospheric drivers of extreme events at the Earth’s surface	73
Accelerating land cover change in West Africa over four decades as population pressure increased	73
Provinces with transitions in industrial structure and energy mix performed best in climate change mitigation in China	69
Global patterns of nitrate isotope composition in rivers and adjacent aquifers reveal reactive nitrogen cascading	67
Training machine learning models on climate model output yields skillful interpretable seasonal precipitation forecasts	67
Increasing ENSO–rainfall variability due to changes in future tropical temperature–rainfall relationship	65
Deforestation and climate change are projected to increase heat stress risk in the Brazilian Amazon	64
Surface warming in global cities is substantially more rapid than in rural background areas	64
Success of coastal wetlands restoration is driven by sediment availability	64
Global urban growth between 1870 and 2100 from integrated high resolution mapped data and urban dynamic modeling	63

Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula	62
Changes in the Gulf Stream preceded rapid warming of the Northwest Atlantic Shelf	62
Protected-area targets could be undermined by climate change-driven shifts in ecoregions and biomes	59
A multi-model assessment of the Global Warming Potential of hydrogen	59
An integrated approach to quantifying uncertainties in the remaining carbon budget	58
Transformation of abundant magnesium silicate minerals for enhanced CO2 sequestration	58
Carboxyl-richness controls organic carbon preservation during coprecipitation with iron (oxyhydr)oxides in the natural environment	57
Hadal trenches are dynamic hotspots for early diagenesis in the deep sea	57
Temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower peak warming in a well-below 2 °C scenario	57
Ice dynamics will remain a primary driver of Greenland ice sheet mass loss over the next century	56
Distinct influences of large-scale circulation and regional feedbacks in two exceptional 2019 European heatwaves	56
Southward migration of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds corresponds with warming climate over centennial timescales	54
The unexpected radiative impact of the Hunga Tonga eruption of 15th January 2022	53
Relocating croplands could drastically reduce the environmental impacts of global food production	52
Mineral-enriched biochar delivers enhanced nutrient recovery and carbon dioxide removal	51
Assessing seafood nutritional diversity together with climate impacts informs more comprehensive dietary advice	50
Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry reveals widespread soil phosphorus limitation to microbial metabolism across Chinese forests	50
Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state	50
Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds	50
Probabilistic projections of increased heat stress driven by climate change	50
Soil texture and environmental conditions influence the biogeochemical responses of soils to drought and flooding	49
Past megadroughts in central Europe were longer, more severe and less warm than modern droughts	49
Projections of salt intrusion in a mega-delta under climatic and anthropogenic stressors	47
The vulnerability of lakes to climate change along an altitudinal gradient	47