OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences is 21. 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
	122
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