OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Elastic Thermobarometry	139
Where Has All the Carbon Gone?	120
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Introduction	74
The Once and Future Gas: Methane's Multifunctional Roles in Earth's Evolution and Potential as a Biosignature	49
Isotope Evolution of the Depleted Mantle	43
River Deltas and Sea-Level Rise	40
Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate	36
Neogene History of the Amazonian Flora: A Perspective Based on Geological, Palynological, and Molecular Phylogenetic Data	36
Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Significance of Xenolithic Eclogites	32
Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models	32
Reconstructing Tropical Cyclone Activity from Sedimentary Archives	30
Wave Structuring in the Shock Compression of Geologic Matter at the Planetary and Laboratory Scales	29
The Geologic History of Plants and Climate in India	29
Biomarker Approaches for Reconstructing Terrestrial Environmental Change	26
Coccoliths as Recorders of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate over the Past 66 Million Years	24
Deciphering Temperature Seasonality in Earth's Ancient Oceans	23
On Dislocation Climb as an Important Deformation Mechanism for Planetary Interiors	23
Research on Teaching Geoscience with Virtual Field Experiences	22
The Anatomy and Lethality of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province	21
Seismic Advances in Process Geomorphology	21
Carbon Cycle–Climate Feedbacks in the Post-Paris World	20
The Hidden Hydrogeosphere: The Contribution of Deep Groundwater to the Planetary Water Cycle	20
Metal Isotopes in Mammalian Tissues	19
Civilization-Saving Science for the Twenty-First Century	18

Volcanic Outgassing of Volatile Trace Metals	17
A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time	17
Pleistocene Periglacial Processes and Landforms, Mid-Atlantic Region, Eastern United States	17
The Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition	17
Aftershock Forecasting	16
Dynamos in the Inner Solar System	15
Frontiers of Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometry	13
Introduction	13
Continental Crustal Growth Processes Recorded in the Gangdese Batholith, Southern Tibet	13
Estella Atekwana: Autobiographical Notes	13
Halogen Cycling in the Solid Earth	12
Puzzles in Planetary Dynamos: Implications for Planetary Interiors	12
Application of Light Hydrocarbons in Natural Gas Geochemistry of Gas Fields in China	12
The Isotopic Ecology of the Mammoth Steppe	12
Origin of Phobos and Deimos Awaiting Direct Exploration	12
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Bubble Formation in Magma	11
Origin and Early Evolution of Echinoderms	11
Hydrological Consequences of Solar Geoengineering	10
Fifty Years in the Foothills: Ecosystem Evolution in the Neogene Siwalik Record of Pakistan	10
Instructive Surprises in the Hydrological Functioning of Landscapes	10
The Composition of Earth's Lower Mantle	10
Ductile Deformation of the Lithospheric Mantle	9
Life on the Edge: The Cambrian Marine Realm and Oxygenation	9
Iceberg Calving: Regimes and Transitions	9
Reconstructing the Environmental Context of Human Origins in Eastern Africa Through Scientific Drilling	9
Submarine Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impacts on Hydrothermal Systems and Biological Communities	7
Modeling Past Hothouse Climates as a Means for Assessing Earth System Models and Improving the Understanding of Warm Climates	7