OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine and Petroleum Geology is 33. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Origin and accumulation of natural gas in the Sinian-Cambrian reservoirs of the central Sichuan Basin, southwest China: Implications from both closed and semi-open pyrolysis experiments	82
Syn-tectonic fluid-flow and fault-fluid interaction along bedding-parallel thrust faults: Evidence from the frontal zone of the Chuandong-Xiangexi fold-and-thrust belt in central South China	78
Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf	68
Tectonostratigraphic development of the Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic in the Hoop Area, Barents Sea: Implications for understanding ultra-condensed reservoir units	67
Role of inherited fault reactivation in accommodating multistage deformation in the southwestern margin of the Ulleung Basin, East Sea (Sea of Japan): Insights from 3D seismic interpretation	66
How did sediments disperse and accumulate in the oceanic basin, South China Sea	64
Rift-enhanced foredeep and contractional tectonics interplay in the outer Albanides	58
Editorial Board	58
Seismic chimneys as gas migration pathways and their role in hydrate accumulation: AVA insights from the Cauvery-mannar basin	56
Controls on reservoir quality of the Nanushuk Formation (Albian–Cenomanian), North Slope, Alaska	54
Variability of frontally emergent and confined mass-transport complexes in the Qiongdongnan basin, northern South China sea: New perspectives from 2D and 3D seismic data	54
The upper Cambrian SPICE carbon isotope excursion from the Alborz Ranges, northeastern Iran	53
Editorial Board	53
The formation of authigenic phosphorus minerals in cold-seep sediments from the South China Sea: Implications for carbon cycling below the sulfate-methane transition	51
Source of quartz cement and its impact on reservoir quality in Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in central Sichuan Basin, China	49
Deformation and kerogen macromolecular structure transformations of the Wufeng–Longmaxi shale under the control of the detachment layer	47
Impact of natural weathering on source rocks: ESI FT-ICR MS evidence from Triassic Chang 7 outcrop profile in Tongchuan City, Southern Ordos Basin (China)	46
Cutting-edge reverse time migration imaging of the hydrocarbon deposits in the Outer Carpathian fold-thrust belt	46
Formation mechanism of carbonate cement in tight sandstone reservoirs in the depression zone of foreland basin and its impact on reservoir heterogeneity: The upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation in Wester	45
Vertical heterogeneity of Gulong shale oil governed by the OM precursors and oil accumulation: Implications for shale oil exploration in the Songliao Basin, Northeastern China	45
Methane leakage from abandoned wells in the Dutch North Sea	44
Complex in-situ stress distributions in ultra-deep marine carbonate reservoirs: 3D numerical simulation in the Yuemanxi Block, Tarim Basin	43
Comprehensive analysis of stress magnitude and orientations and natural fractures in complex structural regimes oil reservoir: Implications for tectonic and oil field development in the Zagros suture	42
Corrigendum to “Effect of silica diagenesis on porosity evolution of deep gas shale reservoir of the Lower Paleozoic Wufeng-Longmaxi formations, Sichuan Basin” [Mar. Pet. Geol. 145 (2022) 105873]	41
Interaction between magmatism and polygonal faults revealed by three-dimensional seismic data in the Zhongjiannan Basin, South China Sea	40

Reconstruction of ancient sulfate‒methane transition depths using the concentrations and sulfur isotopic compositions of authigenic sulfide minerals in marine sediments	40
Mineralogy and pore characteristics of marine gas hydrate-bearing sediments in the northern South China Sea	38
Diagenetic controls on sweet spots pore types and reservoir quality of Permian tight sandstones in the Ordos Basin, China	38
Astronomically forced cycles in Lower Carboniferous Luzhai Formation shales, Guizhong Depression, South China	38
Geochemistry and petrography of shales from Brazilian Paleozoic basins: an example of the Parnaíba Basin, Devonian Pimenteiras Formation – A review	36
Sedimentology and reservoir characteristics of delta plain reservoirs: An example from Messinian Abu Madi Formation, Nile Delta	35
Noble gas characteristics of microbial gas in the Qaidam Basin, China: Implications for helium enrichment processes	33
Crustal structure and tectonic evolution of the Newfoundland Ridge, Fogo Basin, and southern Newfoundland transform margin	33
Positive and negative effects of marine transgression on the quality of lacustrine source rocks in the Upper Cretaceous Songliao Basin, China	33
High-resolution geochemistry in the Lucaogou Formation, Junggar Basin: Climate fluctuation and organic matter enrichment	33