OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences is 25. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Elastic Thermobarometry	183
Where Has All the Carbon Gone?	149
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Introduction	112
The Once and Future Gas: Methane's Multifunctional Roles in Earth's Evolution and Potential as a Biosignature	80
Isotope Evolution of the Depleted Mantle	56
Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate	51
River Deltas and Sea-Level Rise	51
Science and Society's Views of the Anthropocene	48
Neogene History of the Amazonian Flora: A Perspective Based on Geological, Palynological, and Molecular Phylogenetic Data	45
Microbial Ecology to Ocean Carbon Cycling: From Genomes to Numerical Models	44
Reconstructing Tropical Cyclone Activity from Sedimentary Archives	42
Wave Structuring in the Shock Compression of Geologic Matter at the Planetary and Laboratory Scales	41
Petrogenesis and Geodynamic Significance of Xenolithic Eclogites	39
The Geologic History of Plants and Climate in India	34
Biomarker Approaches for Reconstructing Terrestrial Environmental Change	33
Coccoliths as Recorders of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate over the Past 66 Million Years	32
Research on Teaching Geoscience with Virtual Field Experiences	31
On Dislocation Climb as an Important Deformation Mechanism for Planetary Interiors	31
The Anatomy and Lethality of the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province	29
Deciphering Temperature Seasonality in Earth's Ancient Oceans	28
Metal Isotopes in Mammalian Tissues	27
Carbon Cycle–Climate Feedbacks in the Post-Paris World	27
Seismic Advances in Process Geomorphology	27
Civilization-Saving Science for the Twenty-First Century	26

The Hidden Hydrogeosphere: The Contribution of Deep Groundwater to the Planetary Water Cycle	26
Molten Salts: Fluid Inclusion Record and Role in Forming Mineral Deposits	25
Pleistocene Periglacial Processes and Landforms, Mid-Atlantic Region, Eastern United States	25
A Systems Approach to Understanding How Plants Transformed Earth's Environment in Deep Time	25