OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Marine and Petroleum Geology is 37. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Cutting-edge reverse time migration imaging of the hydrocarbon deposits in the Outer Carpathian fold-thrust belt	87
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	79
Reconstruction of ancient sulfate‒methane transition depths using the concentrations and sulfur isotopic compositions of authigenic sulfide minerals in marine sediments	74
Interaction between magmatism and polygonal faults revealed by three-dimensional seismic data in the Zhongjiannan Basin, South China Sea	65
Noble gas characteristics of microbial gas in the Qaidam Basin, China: Implications for helium enrichment processes	61
Deformation and kerogen macromolecular structure transformations of the Wufeng–Longmaxi shale under the control of the detachment layer	60
Crustal structure and tectonic evolution of the Newfoundland Ridge, Fogo Basin, and southern Newfoundland transform margin	59
High-resolution geochemistry in the Lucaogou Formation, Junggar Basin: Climate fluctuation and organic matter enrichment	58
U–Pb detrital zircon ages from late Eocene to early Oligocene Pinghu formation of the East China Sea Shelf Basin: Inferences on synergistic effects between East Asia offshore sedimentation and major r	56
Controls on reservoir quality of the Nanushuk Formation (Albian–Cenomanian), North Slope, Alaska	53
Geochemistry and petrography of shales from Brazilian Paleozoic basins: an example of the Parnaíba Basin, Devonian Pimenteiras Formation – A review	52
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]	50
Astronomically forced cycles in Lower Carboniferous Luzhai Formation shales, Guizhong Depression, South China	50
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	49
Tectonostratigraphic development of the Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic in the Hoop Area, Barents Sea: Implications for understanding ultra-condensed reservoir units	49
The upper Cambrian SPICE carbon isotope excursion from the Alborz Ranges, northeastern Iran	48
Editorial Board	47
Productivity and organic carbon trends through the Wilcox Group in the deep Gulf of Mexico: Evidence for ventilation during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum	46
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	45
Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf	44
Bioturbated strata in the Upper Cretaceous Aruma Formation, central Saudi Arabia: An analog for aquifers and hydrocarbon reservoirs with large burrows	43
Sedimentology and reservoir characteristics of delta plain reservoirs: An example from Messinian Abu Madi Formation, Nile Delta	43
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)	42
Editorial Board	42
Dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of initial Neotethys transgression deposits from the Cenomanian and Turonian in the Tarim Basin, western China	41

Editorial Board	41
Paleo-redox conditions during the demise of a carbonate platform in the Tethyan ocean: Evidence from phosphatized and metals (Mn and Fe) rich hardgrounds	40
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	40
The formation of authigenic phosphorus minerals in cold-seep sediments from the South China Sea: Implications for carbon cycling below the sulfate-methane transition	40
The effects of strong sediment-supply variability on the sequence stratigraphic architecture: Insights from early Toarcian carbonate factory collapses	39
Mineralogy and pore characteristics of marine gas hydrate-bearing sediments in the northern South China Sea	39
Rift-enhanced foredeep and contractional tectonics interplay in the outer Albanides	39
Logging evaluation of lamina structure and reservoir quality in shale oil reservoir of Fengcheng Formation in Mahu Sag, China	38
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	38
Provenance evolution of the Fushan Sag (Hainan Island, Southern China): Constraints from U-Pb geochronology on detrital zircons	37
Formation mechanisms of anomalously high reservoir quality in deep-buried volcaniclastic sandstones, central Junggar basin, northwestern China	37
Positive and negative effects of marine transgression on the quality of lacustrine source rocks in the Upper Cretaceous Songliao Basin, China	37