OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences is 9. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Where Has All the Carbon Gone?	162
Elastic Thermobarometry	135
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The Once and Future Gas: Methane's Multifunctional Roles in Earth's Evolution and Potential as a Biosignature	88
Introduction	67
Isotope Evolution of the Depleted Mantle	45
River Deltas and Sea-Level Rise	44
Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate	42
Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models	41
Neogene History of the Amazonian Flora: A Perspective Based on Geological, Palynological, and Molecular Phylogenetic Data	37
Wave Structuring in the Shock Compression of Geologic Matter at the Planetary and Laboratory Scales	35
Reconstructing Tropical Cyclone Activity from Sedimentary Archives	34
Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Significance of Xenolithic Eclogites	32
The Geologic History of Plants and Climate in India	31
Biomarker Approaches for Reconstructing Terrestrial Environmental Change	30
Coccoliths as Recorders of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate over the Past 66 Million Years	30
Research on Teaching Geoscience with Virtual Field Experiences	27
The Anatomy and Lethality of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province	27
Seismic Advances in Process Geomorphology	26
On Dislocation Climb as an Important Deformation Mechanism for Planetary Interiors	24
Deciphering Temperature Seasonality in Earth's Ancient Oceans	24
Carbon Cycle–Climate Feedbacks in the Post-Paris World	23
Metal Isotopes in Mammalian Tissues	23
A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time	23
The Hidden Hydrogeosphere: The Contribution of Deep Groundwater to the Planetary Water Cycle	23

Pleistocene Periglacial Processes and Landforms, Mid-Atlantic Region, Eastern United States	22
Civilization-Saving Science for the Twenty-First Century	21
Volcanoes, Climate, and Society	21
Volcanic Outgassing of Volatile Trace Metals	19
Aftershock Forecasting	18
The Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition	18
Dynamos in the Inner Solar System	17
Estella Atekwana: Autobiographical Notes	16
Frontiers of Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry	16
Introduction	16
Continental Crustal Growth Processes Recorded in the Gangdese Batholith, Southern Tibet	15
Halogen Cycling in the Solid Earth	15
Application of Light Hydrocarbons in Natural Gas Geochemistry of Gas Fields in China	14
The Isotopic Ecology of the Mammoth Steppe	14
Origin of Phobos and Deimos Awaiting Direct Exploration	14
Puzzles in Planetary Dynamos: Implications for Planetary Interiors	13
Origin and Early Evolution of Echinoderms	13
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Fifty Years in the Foothills: Ecosystem Evolution in the Neogene Siwalik Record of Pakistan	13
The Composition of Earth's Lower Mantle	12
Ductile Deformation of the Lithospheric Mantle	11
Bubble Formation in Magma	11
Instructive Surprises in the Hydrological Functioning of Landscapes	10
Iceberg Calving: Regimes and Transitions	9
Modeling Past Hothouse Climates as a Means for Assessing Earth System Models and Improving the Understanding of Warm Climates	9
Hydrological Consequences of Solar Geoengineering	9
Submarine Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impacts on Hydrothermal Systems and Biological Communities	9
Introduction	9
Life on the Edge: The Cambrian Marine Realm and Oxygenation	9
Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling	9