OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Theoretical infrared signature of OH defects in Fe3+, Cr3+ and Al3+-doped enstatite	19
Atomic and microstructural origin of banded colours in purple-blue variety of agate from Yozgat Province, Turkey	18
Hydrothermal genesis and growth of the banded agates from the Allumiere-Tolfa volcanic district (Latium, Italy)	16
Thermal annealing of fission and ion tracks in epidote	16
Magnetic and structure transition of Mn3-xFexO4 solid solutions under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions	14
The nature of color of gem-quality diaspore (“zultanites”) from Turkey	12
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82	11
CuO and Cu2O nanostructures: pathway to efficient dark current density	11
Correction: Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	11
Determination of P–V equation of state of a natural clinoptilolite using high-pressure powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction	10
High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of Al-rich and pure-Mg phase D	10
Electrical conductivity of siderite and the effect of the spin transition of iron	10
In situ high-temperature behaviour and breakdown conditions of uvite at room pressure	10
Controls on the distribution of hydrous defects in forsterite from a thermodynamic model	9
Low-temperature magnetic behavior of isocubanite from seafloor hydrothermal deposits in the Okinawa Trough	8
Crystallographic mechanism of the elastic behaviour of synthetic bütschliite K2Ca(CO3)2 on compression to 20 GPa	8
Characterization of the lattice preferred orientation of hcp iron transformed from the single-crystal bcc phase in situ at high pressures up to 80 GPa	7
Experimental observations of CaSiO3-CaTiO3 perovskites: implications for Ca-rich inclusions observed in sub-lithospheric diamonds	7
Equation of state of elbaite at high pressure up to 21.1 GPa and room temperature	7
Ultimate mechanical properties of enstatite	6
Post-spinel transition of Fe2SiO4 ahrensite at high pressure and high temperature	6
In-situ high-pressure and high-temperature spectroscopic studies of phengite in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite: implications for water transport during ultra-deep continental subduction	6
Mechanisms and conditions of Ti and Cr incorporation in mantle phlogopite: the results of atomistic simulation	6
High-pressure structural behavior of α-K2Ca3(CO3)4 up to 20 GPa	5
Lanthanide and yttrium substitution in natural fluorite	5

Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	5
The thermal expansion of Ti-substituted CaAl12O19	5
Phase evolution and temperature-dependent behavior of averievite, Cu5O2(VO4)2(CuCl) and yaroshevskite, Cu9O2(VO4)4Cl2	5
Compressional behavior of the aragonite-structure carbonates to 6 GPa	5
High-pressure behaviour and atomic-scale deformation mechanisms in inyoite, CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O	5
Thermodynamics of the α-FeOOH (goethite)-ScOOH solid solution	5
Thermal evolution of the metamict fergusonite-(Y)	5
Compressional wave velocity for iron hydrides to 100 gigapascals via picosecond acoustics	5
Optical bandgap dependence on crystallite size of SnO2 synthesized by stannic chloride from chlorination tin ingot	4
A correlation between hydroxyl vibrations under compression and anharmonicity: glaucophane as a test case	4
Thermophysical properties of synthetic marialite	4
Thermal evolution of metamict davidite-(La) from the Radium Hill, Australia: recrystallization and thermal expansion	4
Purification mechanism of microcrystalline graphite and dissolution of non-carbon impurity during alkali autoclave-acid leaching	4
Sound velocity and elastic properties of Fe–Ni–S–Si liquid: the effects of pressure and multiple light elements	4
Mineralogical characterization of fluorescent grossular garnet var. tsavorite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania	4
High pressure and high temperature Brillouin scattering measurements of pyrope single crystals using flexible CO2 laser heating systems	4
Phase transition and melting in zircon by nanosecond shock loading	3
Lattice thermal conductivity of Mg2SiO4 olivine and its polymorphs under extreme conditions	3
Thermodynamic stabilization in metal organic frameworks based on 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate linkers and rare earth metals	3
Solids and liquids in the (Fe, Mg, Ca)S-system: experimentally determined and thermodynamically modelled phase relations	3
Insight on the global water distribution in opal considering its bi-component nature	3
Application of the double-difference relocation method to acoustic emission events in high-pressure deformation experiments	3
High-pressure behavior of gasparite-(Ce) (nominally CeAsO4), a monazite-type arsenate	3
Control of deviatoric stress in the diamond anvil cell through thermal expansion mismatch stress in thin films	3
Structural peculiarities of a moissanite (natural SiC) single crystal from Manchary kimberlite pipe, Yakutia	3
Picosecond acoustics: a new way to access elastic properties of materials at pressure and temperature conditions of planetary interiors	3
Nanomechanics of minerals: understandings and developments through instrumented nanoindentation techniques	3
Speciation and diffusive dynamics in hydrated grain boundaries of complex oxide Gd2Ti2O7	3
Phase transitions and compressibility of alkali-bearing double carbonates at high pressures: a first-principles calculations study	3
Raman spectroscopic study of liebenbergite and Ni2SiO4 spinel at high pressure and high temperature: nickel effects on the vibration properties of olivine and spinel structures	3
Crystal structures inherited from parent high-temperature disordered microblocks: Ca2SiO4, Na2SO4–K2SO4 sulfates, and related minerals (bubnovaite and dobrovolskyite)	3
Hydrogen defects in feldspars: alkali-supported dehydrogenation of sanidine	3
Fast anisotropic Mg and H diffusion in wet forsterite	3
Thermal expansion of talc at high temperature and implications for the exhumation of eclogites in subduction zones	2
High-pressure behaviour of stellerite: single-crystal X-ray diffraction study	2
Characterization and comparison of natural and Zachery-treated turquoise: new data	2
Mineralogical description and hypothesis on the formation of menilites from Galera, Granada (Spain)	2
Stable compounds in the CaO-Al2O3 system at high pressures	2
Experimental studies of charoite mineral transformations under thermal treatment	2
Anisotropic electrical conductivity changes in FeTiO3 structure transition under high pressure	2
Features of the defect-impurity composition of diamonds from the northern Istok and Mayat placers (Yakutia) according to EPR, IR, and luminescence data	2
Vibrational entropy of disordering in omphacite	2
On the crystal-chemistry of inderite, Mg[B3O3(OH)5](H2O)4·H2O	2
Lattice dynamics, sound velocities, and atomic environments of szomolnokite at high pressure	2
Alexandra Navrotsky	2
Elasticity of natural aragonite samples by Brillouin spectroscopy	2
Thermal treatment of the tourmaline Fe-rich princivalleite Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O	2
Dolomite thermal behaviour: A short review	2
LiquidDiffract: software for liquid total scattering analysis	2
Thermodynamic properties of geikielite (MgTiO3) and ilmenite (FeTiO3) derived from vibrational methods combined with Raman and infrared spectroscopic data	2

Crystal structure of calcite-type Ca1–xMnxCO3 solid solution by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy	2
Structure and thermodynamics of calcium rare earth silicate oxyapatites, Ca2RE8(SiO4)6O2 (RE = Pr, Tb, Ho, Tm)	2
The electrical conductivity of Fe4O5, Fe5O6, and Fe7O9 up to 60 GPa	2
Nonlinear variation of structural, thermodynamic and elastic properties of Mg2SiO4-ringwoodite caused by cation disorder	2