OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of CATENA is 58. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
A strategy for modelling sediment distribution along slope lengths of an ephemeral gully through the simulated scouring experiments	306
Contrasting soil dynamics in a formerly glaciated and non-glaciated Mediterranean mountain plateau (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)	157
Geographic factors explain soil nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in the Chinese wetlands	147
Ion solubilization in surface soil layers of montane region with heavy snowfall	133
Exploring underlying drivers of coarse above- and below-ground carbon sequestration in China's plantations	129
Estimated nutrient leakage from arable land in different bioeconomy scenarios for two areas in central Sweden, determined using a leaching coefficient method	129
Bryophyte diversity and soil organic carbon content in contrasting Northern Appalachian vernal pools	114
Fluctuating nature of prehistoric settlement and land use preserved in sedimentary record of vanished gully	114
15 years ecohydrological long-term monitoring of the artificial catchment Chicken Creek – A brief summary	111
Land use change effect on organic matter dynamics and soil carbon sequestration in the Brazilian Cerrado: A study case in Mato Grosso do Sul state (Midwest-Brazil)	107
Temperature and precipitation effects on soil nitrogen availability and cycling in Chinese fir plantations across subtropical China	107
Rainfall erosivity variability over the United States associated with large-scale climate variations by El Niño/southern oscillation	102
Assessment of suspended sediment dynamics in a small ungauged badland catchment in the Northern Apennines (Italy) using an in-situ laser diffraction method	100
Low-level nitrogen and short-term addition increase soil carbon sequestration in Chinese forest ecosystems	99
Profile distribution of soil organic carbon and its isotopic value following long term land-use changes	98
Response of soil aggregate stability and rill erodibility to soil electric field	97
Contrasting global patterns of soil microbial quotients of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems	97
Simulating soil organic carbon stock under different climate change scenarios: A RothC model application to typical land-use systems of Goa, India	96
The effectiveness of sediment and phosphorus removal by a small constructed wetland in Norway: 18 years of monitoring and perspectives for the future	94
Comparison of distinctive diversities, co-occurrence patterns and potential ecological functions of microbial communities in heterogeneous soil areas in typical subtropical forests, southeast China	93
Evolution of pore structure and cement composition during weathering of conglomerate at Mogao Grottoes in alkaline and arid regions, NW China	92
Corrigendum to “Carbon storage in typical ecosystems of coastal wetlands in Jiangsu, China: Spatiotemporal patterns and mechanisms” [Catena 254 (2025) 108882]	91
Organic amendment effects on cropland soil organic carbon and its implications: A global synthesis	89
Integrative analysis of nutrient dynamics and its hydrological pathways in a tropical montane forest watershed: Implications for landscape management	88
Use of multifractal parameters to determine soil particle size distribution and erodibility of a physical soil crust in the Loess Plateau, China	86

Dissolved organic matter movements from forests influence downstream soil CO2 flux during thawing	85
Forest soil nutrient stocks along altitudinal range of Uttarakhand Himalayas: An aid to Nature Based Climate Solutions	84
Influence of geochemistry and topography on vegetation in tropical Nigeria: Geochemistry and soil thickness surpass topographic position	81
The difference in leaf color quality of Cotinus coggygria during the coloration peak period affected by soil and topographic heterogeneity	80
Hydro-sedimentary dysfunctions as a key factor for the storage of contaminants in mountain rivers (Bienne River, Jura Mountains, France)	80
Sediment yield in a basin in Brazilian Semiarid Regions: A discussion on positive allometry	79
Editorial Board	79
Long-term changes in soil composition in unmanaged central European mountain spruce forests after decreased acidic deposition and a bark beetle outbreak	77
Coupling effects of soil and vegetation from an ecosystem service perspective	76
Fingerprinting sources of beach sands by grain-size, using mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIRS) and portable XRF. Implications for coastal recovery along a tsunami-struck delta coastline	76
The effect of altitude on the prediction of momentum for rainfall erosivity studies in Mexico	76
Rock glaciers in the Gangdise Mountains, southern Tibetan Plateau: Morphology and controlling factors	74
Effects of thinning on soil water content and water use characteristics of artificial forest in the Loess Plateau of China	73
The role of detention storage of sediment on erosion by rain-impacted flows	69
Effect of afforestation on soil water dynamics and water uptake under different rainfall types on the Loess hillslope	69
Unravelling chemical and physical processes in Fourier transform spectra of low frequency dissolved oxygen time series in Swiss lakes	68
Multiple forcing on Late Miocene East Asian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability in NE Tibetan Plateau	67
Low-severity fire promote carbon emissions in permafrost peatlands of the Great Khingan Mountains, Northeast China	66
Increased radiocarbon age offset of crater lake sediments linked to cool-dry intervals during the past 40,000 yr	65
The impact of sampling depths on quantification of soil organic carbon stock in mangrove environments	65
Runoff and sediment effect of the soil-water conservation measures in a typical river basin of the Loess Plateau	64
Assessing two methods of defining rainfall intensity and duration thresholds for shallow landslides in data-scarce catchments of the Colombian Andean Mountains	63
Absorbed carbon dioxide in saline soil from northwest China	63
Evaluation of soil erosion rates in the hilly-gully region of the Loess Plateau in China in the past 60 years using global fallout plutonium	62
Contributions of mycorrhizal fungi to soil aggregate formation during subalpine forest succession	61
Elevational distribution patterns and drivers of soil microbial diversity in the Sygera Mountains, southeastern Tibet, China	61
Landslide susceptibility prediction in the loess tableland considering geomorphic evolution	61
Assessing anthropogenic contribution in highly magnetic forest soils developed on basalts using magnetic susceptibility and concentration of elements	60
Development of an argillic horizon in polygenetic paleosols in the Marília Formation (Maastrichtian), Brazil: Precautions for paleoenvironmental interpretation	60
Road cutslope erosion and control treatments in an actively-cultivated tropical montane setting	60
Parent materials influence in the formation of vertical textural differentiation in humid tropical landscapes	59
Background concentrations and accumulation rates in sediments of pristine tropical environments	58
Indices accounting for rainstorm erosivity – Theory and practice	58