OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Progress in Physical Geography-Earth and Environment is 6. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The effect of climate on the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of findings, and statistical and modelling techniques	106
Coastal dune mobility over the past century: A global review	54
Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services and associated social-ecological drivers in a karst region: A case study of Guizhou Province, China	51
Current trends and future directions in quantitative geodiversity assessment	38
Low-cost electronic sensors for environmental research: Pitfalls and opportunities	35
Controls on dune scarping	35
Global assessment of wind erosion based on a spatially distributed RWEQ model	26
Recent understanding of Antarctic supraglacial lakes using satellite remote sensing	25
Interbasin water transfer in a changing world: A new conceptual model	23
Mainstreaming natural flood management: A proposed research framework derived from a critical evaluation of current knowledge	22
Nitrogen dynamics in the Critical Zones of China	21
A method for spatio-temporal process assessment of eco-geological environmental security in mining areas using catastrophe theory and projection pursuit model	21
Sediment yield over glacial cycles: A conceptual model	20
Large scale rocky desertification reversal in South China karst	20
Remote sensing of the mountain cryosphere: Current capabilities and future opportunities for research	19
The impact of river regulation in the Tigris and Euphrates on the Arvandroud Estuary	18
Debris flows originating in the mountain cryosphere under a changing climate: A review	17
Coastal erosion in sandy beaches along a tectonically active coast: The Chile study case	17
Predicting river channel pattern based on stream power, bed material and bank strength	17
Bedrock-associated belowground and aboveground interactions and their implications for vegetation restoration in the karst critical zone of subtropical Southwest China	16
Peat definitions: A critical review	16
Channel geomorphology and riparian vegetation interactions along four anabranching reaches of the Upper Yellow River	15
The effects of urbanization on vegetation conditions in coastal zone of China	14
Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments I: Inputs and accumulation	14
More accurate less meaningful? A critical physical geographer’s reflection on interpreting remote sensing land-use analyses	14

Geomorphology of old and abandoned underground mines: Review and future challenges	13
Declining honey production and beekeeper adaptation to climate change in Chile	13
Inland wetlands in Africa: A review of their typologies and ecosystem services	13
Rainfall intensity in geomorphology: Challenges and opportunities	13
Analysing and simulating spatial patterns of crop yield in Guizhou Province based on artificial neural networks	13
Quantifying alpha, beta and gamma geodiversity	12
Latest 30-m map of mature rubber plantations in Mainland Southeast Asia and Yunnan province of China: Spatial patterns and geographical characteristics	12
Scale mismatches between predictor and response variables in species distribution modelling: A review of practices for appropriate grain selection	12
Forestation does not necessarily reduce soil erosion in a karst watershed in southwestern China	11
Spatiotemporal variation in human settlements and their interaction with living environments in Neolithic and Bronze Age China	11
Predicting the supply–demand of ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Middle Reaches Urban Agglomeration	11
Review of vegetation phenology trends in China in a changing climate	11
Formation and evolution of mountainous aeolian sediments in the northern Tibet Plateau and their links to the Asian winter monsoon and westerlies since the Last Glacial Maximum	9
Mapping microhabitat structure and connectivity on a tropical inselberg using UAV remote sensing	9
Assessing the effectiveness of alternative landslide partitioning in machine learning methods for landslide prediction in the complex Himalayan terrain	9
Unoccupied aerial vehicle-assisted monitoring of benthic vegetation in the coastal zone enhances the quality of ecological data	8
Assessing urbanization’s contribution to warming in mainland China using satellite-estimated air temperature data	8
Geodiversity inclusiveness in biodiversity assessment	8
The relevance of ecoregions and mountainous environments in the diversity and endemism of land gastropods	8
Rainfall patterns and geomorphological controls driving inundation frequency in tropical wetlands: How does the Pantanal flood?	8
Impact of bedrock geochemistry on vegetation productivity depends on climate dryness in the Guizhou karst of China	7
Soil as part of the Earth system	7
Vegetation ecology with anthropic drivers and consequences	7
A short-term decline in anthropogenic emission of CO₂in India due to COVID-19 confinement	6
Morphodynamic modelling of dryland non-perennial riverscapes, with implications for environmental water allocation	6
Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments II: Release and downstream consequences	6
The origins of modern urban climate science: reflections on ‘A numerical model of the urban heat island’	6
Identification of driving forces for windbreak and sand fixation services in semiarid and arid areas: A case of Inner Mongolia, China	6
Estimating the age and mechanism of boulder transport related with extreme waves using lichenometry	6