OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of CATENA is 59. 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
15 years ecohydrological long-term monitoring of the artificial catchment Chicken Creek – A brief summary	240
Estimated nutrient leakage from arable land in different bioeconomy scenarios for two areas in central Sweden, determined using a leaching coefficient method	168
Fault-related basins as carbon reservoirs: Soil CO2 emissions in the SE Korean Peninsula	134
Influence of geochemistry and topography on vegetation in tropical Nigeria: Geochemistry and soil thickness surpass topographic position	132
Editorial Board	128
An improved spatial case-based reasoning considering multiple spatial drivers of geographic events and its application in landslide susceptibility mapping	113
Bryophyte diversity and soil organic carbon content in contrasting Northern Appalachian vernal pools	112
Assessment of suspended sediment dynamics in a small ungauged badland catchment in the Northern Apennines (Italy) using an in-situ laser diffraction method	110
Gully erosion susceptibility assessment based on machine learning-A case study of watersheds in Tuquan County in the black soil region of Northeast China	106
Direct rain splash and downwearing of internal surfaces as an important erosion process in alluvial gully development	106
Multiple forcing on Late Miocene East Asian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability in NE Tibetan Plateau	101
Contrasting impacts of grassland restoration methods on soil greenhouse gases emissions under warming conditions in Northern Tibet	98
Effects of slope aspect and tillage type on soil microbial biomass and its stoichiometric ratios in karst trough valley	95
Corrigendum to “Carbon storage in typical ecosystems of coastal wetlands in Jiangsu, China: Spatiotemporal patterns and mechanisms” [Catena 254 (2025) 108882]	95
Continental–scale distribution and source identification of boron in soils of China	94
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)	87
Exploring underlying drivers of coarse above- and below-ground carbon sequestration in China's plantations	87
Indices accounting for rainstorm erosivity – Theory and practice	85
Paleosols under kurgans and kurgan constructions of the bronze age as indicators of paleoenvironmental conditions in steppe area of russia	83
Integrated soil water content and stable isotopes reveal contrasting soil water driving forces between seasons in hot-dry valleys	82
Dissolved organic matter movements from forests influence downstream soil CO2 flux during thawing	81
Exploring the impact of rainfall spatial differentiation on sediment yield of a typical watershed in the Loess Plateau of China	80
Effects of warming and precipitation reduction on soil respiration in Horqin sandy grassland, northern China	78
Climatic and hydrological variability as a driver of the Lake Gościąż biota during the Younger Dryas	77
Assessing the impacts of lithology on short-term gully evolution within the karst Mediterranean area	74

Development of an argillic horizon in polygenetic paleosols in the Marília Formation (Maastrichtian), Brazil: Precautions for paleoenvironmental interpretation	74
Low-severity fire promote carbon emissions in permafrost peatlands of the Great Khingan Mountains, Northeast China	73
Climate dynamics during the last 3000 years forced environmental and sedimentation changes in southern Spain: The Laguna Grande de Archidona record	72
Testing a low-complexity spatially distributed model to simulate the intra-annual dynamics of soil erosion and sediment delivery	72
Unravelling chemical and physical processes in Fourier transform spectra of low frequency dissolved oxygen time series in Swiss lakes	72
Contrasting soil dynamics in a formerly glaciated and non-glaciated Mediterranean mountain plateau (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)	71
Geographic factors explain soil nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in the Chinese wetlands	71
Implications of geomorphometric parameters on the occurrence of landslides in the Kali Valley, Kumaun Himalaya, India	71
Isoerodent surfaces of the continental US for conservation planning with the RUSLE2 water erosion model	71
Carbon saturation deficit and litter quality drive the stabilization of litter-derived C in mineral-associated organic matter in long-term no-till soil	70
Hydro-sedimentary dysfunctions as a key factor for the storage of contaminants in mountain rivers (Bienne River, Jura Mountains, France)	69
Road cutslope erosion and control treatments in an actively-cultivated tropical montane setting	69
Boreal soil homogenization after conversion to agricultural use is constrained by carbon dynamics and soil health	68
The difference in leaf color quality of Cotinus coggygria during the coloration peak period affected by soil and topographic heterogeneity	67
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	67
Using a novel vector length stability index (VLSI) to evaluate soil aggregate stability: A preliminary study	67
Long-term changes in soil composition in unmanaged central European mountain spruce forests after decreased acidic deposition and a bark beetle outbreak	66
Relationships between livestock density and soil phosphorus contents – County and farm level analyses	66
Skeletal and sedimentary structures in yardang caverns in the Mars analog, Qaidam Basin: origin and implication	66
The impact of sampling depths on quantification of soil organic carbon stock in mangrove environments	66
Contrasting global patterns of soil microbial quotients of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems	66
Comparison of distinctive diversities, co-occurrence patterns and potential ecological functions of microbial communities in heterogeneous soil areas in typical subtropical forests, southeast China	65
Increased radiocarbon age offset of crater lake sediments linked to cool-dry intervals during the past 40,000 yr	65
Historical and future runoff changes and their impacts on stormflow characteristics in the upper Yangtze River basin, China	65
Fluctuating nature of prehistoric settlement and land use preserved in sedimentary record of vanished gully	64
Temporal changes on soil conservation services in large basins across the world	63
Systematic identification of factors influencing the spatial distribution of soil organic matter in croplands within the black soil region of Northeastern China across multiple scales	63
Background concentrations and accumulation rates in sediments of pristine tropical environments	62
Fertile island effects across developmental stages of Caragana korshinskii nebkhas drive microbial nutrient cycling in arid ecosystems	62
Clay mineral assemblages of the Luojiawopeng Formation red bed in the Songnen Plain, NE China and their paleoenvironment implications	61
Spatiotemporal dynamics of river dissolved organic matter in small watershed with vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau	61
Low-level nitrogen and short-term addition increase soil carbon sequestration in Chinese forest ecosystems	60
The impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on erosion in the Northeastern loess Plateau, China, during the past 10,000 years	59
Coupling effects of soil and vegetation from an ecosystem service perspective	59