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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatial variations in water use efficiency across global terrestrial ecosystems	294
A strategy for modelling sediment distribution along slope lengths of an ephemeral gully through the simulated scouring experiments	143
Contrasting soil dynamics in a formerly glaciated and non-glaciated Mediterranean mountain plateau (Serra da Estrela, Portugal)	142
Geographic factors explain soil nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in the Chinese wetlands	135
Ion solubilization in surface soil layers of montane region with heavy snowfall	128
Estimated nutrient leakage from arable land in different bioeconomy scenarios for two areas in central Sweden, determined using a leaching coefficient method	125
Exploring underlying drivers of coarse above- and below-ground carbon sequestration in China's plantations	125
Climatic and hydrological variability as a driver of the Lake Gościąż biota during the Younger Dryas	111
Bryophyte diversity and soil organic carbon content in contrasting Northern Appalachian vernal pools	109
Evolution of pore structure and cement composition during weathering of conglomerate at Mogao Grottoes in alkaline and arid regions, NW China	108
Fluctuating nature of prehistoric settlement and land use preserved in sedimentary record of vanished gully	106
15 years ecohydrological long-term monitoring of the artificial catchment Chicken Creek – A brief summary	102
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)	100
Temperature and precipitation effects on soil nitrogen availability and cycling in Chinese fir plantations across subtropical China	99
Rainfall erosivity variability over the United States associated with large-scale climate variations by El Niño/southern oscillation	98
Assessment of suspended sediment dynamics in a small ungauged badland catchment in the Northern Apennines (Italy) using an in-situ laser diffraction method	96
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	96
Low-level nitrogen and short-term addition increase soil carbon sequestration in Chinese forest ecosystems	95
Influence of geochemistry and topography on vegetation in tropical Nigeria: Geochemistry and soil thickness surpass topographic position	95
Hydro-sedimentary dysfunctions as a key factor for the storage of contaminants in mountain rivers (Bienne River, Jura Mountains, France)	93
The difference in leaf color quality of Cotinus coggygria during the coloration peak period affected by soil and topographic heterogeneity	91
Editorial Board	91
Integrated soil water content and stable isotopes reveal contrasting soil water driving forces between seasons in hot-dry valleys	88
Sediment yield in a basin in Brazilian Semiarid Regions: A discussion on positive allometry	88
Long-term changes in soil composition in unmanaged central European mountain spruce forests after decreased acidic deposition and a bark beetle outbreak	87

The effect of altitude on the prediction of momentum for rainfall erosivity studies in Mexico	86
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	84
Integrative analysis of nutrient dynamics and its hydrological pathways in a tropical montane forest watershed: Implications for landscape management	83
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	81
Integrating the SLIDE model within CAESAR-Lisflood: Modeling the ‘rainfall-landslide-flash flood’ disaster chain mechanism under landscape evolution in a mountainous area	79
Low-severity fire promote carbon emissions in permafrost peatlands of the Great Khingan Mountains, Northeast China	77
Direct rain splash and downwearing of internal surfaces as an important erosion process in alluvial gully development	76
Increased radiocarbon age offset of crater lake sediments linked to cool-dry intervals during the past 40,000 yr	76
Dissolved organic matter movements from forests influence downstream soil CO2 flux during thawing	75
Coupling effects of soil and vegetation from an ecosystem service perspective	75
Rock glaciers in the Gangdise Mountains, southern Tibetan Plateau: Morphology and controlling factors	75
Effects of thinning on soil water content and water use characteristics of artificial forest in the Loess Plateau of China	74
The role of detention storage of sediment on erosion by rain-impacted flows	73
Effect of afforestation on soil water dynamics and water uptake under different rainfall types on the Loess hillslope	73
Enzymatic stoichiometry in degraded soils after two decades of restoration in a Brazilian semiarid region	73
Use of multifractal parameters to determine soil particle size distribution and erodibility of a physical soil crust in the Loess Plateau, China	73
Using a novel vector length stability index (VLSI) to evaluate soil aggregate stability: A preliminary study	68
Landslide susceptibility prediction in the loess tableland considering geomorphic evolution	66
Effects of warming and precipitation reduction on soil respiration in Horqin sandy grassland, northern China	66
Absorbed carbon dioxide in saline soil from northwest China	66
Elevational distribution patterns and drivers of soil microbial diversity in the Sygera Mountains, southeastern Tibet, China	64
Response of soil aggregate stability and rill erodibility to soil electric field	63
Parent materials influence in the formation of vertical textural differentiation in humid tropical landscapes	62
The effectiveness of sediment and phosphorus removal by a small constructed wetland in Norway: 18 years of monitoring and perspectives for the future	62
Road cutslope erosion and control treatments in an actively-cultivated tropical montane setting	62
Improving monitoring Karst rocky desertification using high-frequency Landsat observations: A generalized framework and its application to a typical karst region in southeast China	61
Indices accounting for rainstorm erosivity – Theory and practice	60
Assessing the impacts of lithology on short-term gully evolution within the karst Mediterranean area	60
Background concentrations and accumulation rates in sediments of pristine tropical environments	60
Contrasting global patterns of soil microbial quotients of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems	60
Fault-related basins as carbon reservoirs: Soil CO2 emissions in the SE Korean Peninsula	59
Amino acid nitrogen trends in paddy soils under long-term rice cultivation in southeast coast of China	59
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
Profile distribution of soil organic carbon and its isotopic value following long term land-use changes	58
Assessing anthropogenic contribution in highly magnetic forest soils developed on basalts using magnetic susceptibility and concentration of elements	58
Soil nutrients and nutrient ratios influence the ratios of soil microbial biomass and metabolic nutrient limitations in mountain peatlands	58