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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A strategy for modelling sediment distribution along slope lengths of an ephemeral gully through the simulated scouring experiments	174
Contrasting soil dynamics in a formerly glaciated and non-glaciated Mediterranean mountain plateau (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)	153
Geographic factors explain soil nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in the Chinese wetlands	139
Ion solubilization in surface soil layers of montane region with heavy snowfall	130
Bryophyte diversity and soil organic carbon content in contrasting Northern Appalachian vernal pools	118
15 years ecohydrological long-term monitoring of the artificial catchment Chicken Creek – A brief summary	116
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)	114
Rainfall erosivity variability over the United States associated with large-scale climate variations by El Niño/southern oscillation	113
Assessment of suspended sediment dynamics in a small ungauged badland catchment in the Northern Apennines (Italy) using an in-situ laser diffraction method	108
Low-level nitrogen and short-term addition increase soil carbon sequestration in Chinese forest ecosystems	106
Integrative analysis of nutrient dynamics and its hydrological pathways in a tropical montane forest watershed: Implications for landscape management	100
Response of soil aggregate stability and rill erodibility to soil electric field	100
Influence of geochemistry and topography on vegetation in tropical Nigeria: Geochemistry and soil thickness surpass topographic position	99
Use of multifractal parameters to determine soil particle size distribution and erodibility of a physical soil crust in the Loess Plateau, China	99
Hydro-sedimentary dysfunctions as a key factor for the storage of contaminants in mountain rivers (Bienne River, Jura Mountains, France)	98
The difference in leaf color quality of Cotinus coggygria during the coloration peak period affected by soil and topographic heterogeneity	98
Editorial Board	95
Sediment yield in a basin in Brazilian Semiarid Regions: A discussion on positive allometry	94
Contributions of mycorrhizal fungi to soil aggregate formation during subalpine forest succession	93
Long-term changes in soil composition in unmanaged central European mountain spruce forests after decreased acidic deposition and a bark beetle outbreak	93
Relationships between livestock density and soil phosphorus contents – County and farm level analyses	92
Spatiotemporal variability of rainfall erosivity and its teleconnection with atmospheric circulation in monsoon-driven climate region	92
Assessing two methods of defining rainfall intensity and duration thresholds for shallow landslides in data-scarce catchments of the Colombian Andean Mountains	89
Multiple forcing on Late Miocene East Asian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability in NE Tibetan Plateau	88
Absorbed carbon dioxide in saline soil from northwest China	84

The effect of altitude on the prediction of momentum for rainfall erosivity studies in Mexico	83
Comparison of distinctive diversities, co-occurrence patterns and potential ecological functions of microbial communities in heterogeneous soil areas in typical subtropical forests, southeast China	83
Profile distribution of soil organic carbon and its isotopic value following long term land-use changes	80
Forest soil nutrient stocks along altitudinal range of Uttarakhand Himalayas: An aid to Nature Based Climate Solutions	80
Linking hydrological and landscape characteristics to suspended sediment-discharge hysteresis in Wudinghe River Basin on the Loess Plateau, China	79
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	78
Contribution of physical and anthropogenic factors to gully erosion initiation	78
Amino acid nitrogen trends in paddy soils under long-term rice cultivation in southeast coast of China	76
Climatic and hydrological variability as a driver of the Lake Gościąż biota during the Younger Dryas	70
Spatial prediction of soil sand content at various sampling density based on geostatistical and machine learning algorithms in plain areas	70
Spatial variation in soil aggregate stability and erodibility at different slope positions in four hilly regions of northeast China	69
Fluctuating nature of prehistoric settlement and land use preserved in sedimentary record of vanished gully	69
Temperature and precipitation effects on soil nitrogen availability and cycling in Chinese fir plantations across subtropical China	69
Assessing anthropogenic contribution in highly magnetic forest soils developed on basalts using magnetic susceptibility and concentration of elements	67
Evolution of pore structure and cement composition during weathering of conglomerate at Mogao Grottoes in alkaline and arid regions, NW China	66
Soil nutrients and nutrient ratios influence the ratios of soil microbial biomass and metabolic nutrient limitations in mountain peatlands	66
Integrating the SLIDE model within CAESAR-Lisflood: Modeling the ‘rainfall-landslide-flash flood’ disaster chain mechanism under landscape evolution in a mountainous area	65
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	65
Climatic control on the Holocene hydrology of a playa-lake system in the western Mediterranean	65
Rock glaciers in the Gangdise Mountains, southern Tibetan Plateau: Morphology and controlling factors	64
Effects of thinning on soil water content and water use characteristics of artificial forest in the Loess Plateau of China	64
The role of detention storage of sediment on erosion by rain-impacted flows	62
Low-severity fire promote carbon emissions in permafrost peatlands of the Great Khingan Mountains, Northeast China	62
Unravelling chemical and physical processes in Fourier transform spectra of low frequency dissolved oxygen time series in Swiss lakes	62
The impact of sampling depths on quantification of soil organic carbon stock in mangrove environments	61
Landslide susceptibility prediction in the loess tableland considering geomorphic evolution	61
Increased radiocarbon age offset of crater lake sediments linked to cool-dry intervals during the past 40,000 yr	61
Runoff and sediment effect of the soil-water conservation measures in a typical river basin of the Loess Plateau	61
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
Elevational distribution patterns and drivers of soil microbial diversity in the Sygera Mountains, southeastern Tibet, China	60
Carbon saturation deficit and litter quality drive the stabilization of litter-derived C in mineral-associated organic matter in long-term no-till soil	59
Background concentrations and accumulation rates in sediments of pristine tropical environments	59
Isoerodent surfaces of the continental US for conservation planning with the RUSLE2 water erosion model	59
Parent materials influence in the formation of vertical textural differentiation in humid tropical landscapes	59