OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is 1. 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
Thermal annealing of fission and ion tracks in epidote	15
Theoretical infrared signature of OH defects in Fe3+, Cr3+ and Al3+-doped enstatite	15
Hydrothermal genesis and growth of the banded agates from the Allumiere-Tolfa volcanic district (Latium, Italy)	15
Magnetic and structure transition of Mn3-xFexO4 solid solutions under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions	15
Atomic and microstructural origin of banded colours in purple-blue variety of agate from Yozgat Province, Turkey	12
CuO and Cu2O nanostructures: pathway to efficient dark current density	11
Transmission Kikuchi diffraction study of submicrotexture within ultramylonitic peridotite	11
Determination of P–V equation of state of a natural clinoptilolite using high-pressure powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction	9
In situ high-temperature behaviour and breakdown conditions of uvite at room pressure	9
Electrical conductivity of siderite and the effect of the spin transition of iron	9
High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of Al-rich and pure-Mg phase D	9
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82	9
Correction: Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	9
A high-pressure Raman study of FeTiO3 ilmenite: Fermi resonance as a manifestation of Fe-Ti charge transfer	8
Controls on the distribution of hydrous defects in forsterite from a thermodynamic model	8
Ultimate mechanical properties of enstatite	8
Crystallographic mechanism of the elastic behaviour of synthetic bütschliite K2Ca(CO3)2 on compression to 20 GPa	8
Low-temperature magnetic behavior of isocubanite from seafloor hydrothermal deposits in the Okinawa Trough	7
Mechanisms and conditions of Ti and Cr incorporation in mantle phlogopite: the results of atomistic simulation	7
On the yellow color of gamma-irradiated brazilianite from Minas Gerais (Brazil)	7
Experimental observations of CaSiO3-CaTiO3 perovskites: implications for Ca-rich inclusions observed in sub-lithospheric diamonds	6
The thermal expansion of Ti-substituted CaAl12O19	6
Equation of state of elbaite at high pressure up to 21.1 GPa and room temperature	6
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	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
Thermal evolution of the metamict fergusonite-(Y)	5
High-pressure structural behavior of α-K2Ca3(CO3)4 up to 20 GPa	5
Compressional behavior of the aragonite-structure carbonates to 6 GPa	5
Phase evolution and temperature-dependent behavior of averievite, Cu5O2(VO4)2(CuCl) and yaroshevskite, Cu9O2(VO4)4Cl2	5
Thermodynamics of the α-FeOOH (goethite)-ScOOH solid solution	5
Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	5
High-pressure behaviour and atomic-scale deformation mechanisms in inyoite, CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O	5
Compressional wave velocity for iron hydrides to 100 gigapascals via picosecond acoustics	5
Sound velocity and elastic properties of Fe–Ni–S–Si liquid: the effects of pressure and multiple light elements	4
Thermal evolution of metamict davidite-(La) from the Radium Hill, Australia: recrystallization and thermal expansion	4
Lanthanide and yttrium substitution in natural fluorite	4
Thermophysical properties of synthetic marialite	4
A correlation between hydroxyl vibrations under compression and anharmonicity: glaucophane as a test case	4
High pressure and high temperature Brillouin scattering measurements of pyrope single crystals using flexible CO2 laser heating systems	4
Mineralogical characterization of fluorescent grossular garnet var. tsavorite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania	4
Excess heat capacity and entropy of mixing along the hydroxyapatite-chlorapatite and hydroxyapatite-fluorapatite binaries	3
Optically active centers in brown type IaAB diamonds from the Istok placer in the northeastern Siberian Platform: spectroscopic properties and the effect of HPHT treatment	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
Structural peculiarities of a moissanite (natural SiC) single crystal from Manchary kimberlite pipe, Yakutia	3
Control of deviatoric stress in the diamond anvil cell through thermal expansion mismatch stress in thin films	3
Aluminum solubility in rutile (TiO2)	3
Purification mechanism of microcrystalline graphite and dissolution of non-carbon impurity during alkali autoclave-acid leaching	3
A comparative study on pressure-induced structural transformations in a basaltic glass and melt from Ab initio molecular dynamics calculations	3
Speciation and diffusive dynamics in hydrated grain boundaries of complex oxide Gd2Ti2O7	3
Solids and liquids in the (Fe, Mg, Ca)S-system: experimentally determined and thermodynamically modelled phase relations	3
High-pressure behavior of gasparite-(Ce) (nominally CeAsO4), a monazite-type arsenate	3
Phase transition and melting in zircon by nanosecond shock loading	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
Dislocation structure of deformed olivine single crystals from conventional EBSD maps	3
Application of the double-difference relocation method to acoustic emission events in high-pressure deformation experiments	3
On the crystal-chemistry of inderite, Mg[B3O3(OH)5](H2O)4·H2O	2
LiquidDiffract: software for liquid total scattering analysis	2
Elasticity of natural aragonite samples by Brillouin spectroscopy	2
Hydrogen defects in feldspars: alkali-supported dehydrogenation of sanidine	2
Fast anisotropic Mg and H diffusion in wet forsterite	2
The electrical conductivity of Fe4O5, Fe5O6, and Fe7O9 up to 60 GPa	2
Experimental studies of charoite mineral transformations under thermal treatment	2
Lattice dynamics, sound velocities, and atomic environments of szomolnokite at 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
Crystal structure of calcite-type Ca1–xMnxCO3 solid solution by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy	2
Crystal structures inherited from parent high-temperature disordered microblocks: Ca2SiO4, Na2SO4–K2SO4 sulfates, and related minerals (bubnovaite and dobrovolskyite)	2
Picosecond acoustics: a new way to access elastic properties of materials at pressure and temperature conditions of planetary interiors	2
Thermal treatment of the tourmaline Fe-rich princivalleite Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O	2
Structure and thermodynamics of calcium rare earth silicate oxyapatites, Ca2RE8(SiO4)6O2 (RE = Pr, Tb, Ho, Tm)	2
High-pressure behaviour of stellerite: single-crystal X-ray diffraction study	2
High-temperature ramsdellite–pyrolusite transformation kinetics	2
Thermal expansion of talc at high temperature and implications for the exhumation of eclogites in subduction zones	2

Nanomechanics of minerals: understandings and developments through instrumented nanoindentation techniques	2
Anisotropic electrical conductivity changes in FeTiO3 structure transition under high pressure	2
Dolomite thermal behaviour: A short review	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
High-temperature behavior of quartz-in-garnet system revealed by in situ Raman spectroscopy	1
The effect of Fe incorporation on the single-crystal elasticity of δ-AlOOH	1
Thermal expansivity and high-pressure sound velocities of natural topaz and implications for seismic velocities and H2O and fluorine recycling in subduction zones	1
Spectral variability of the uranyl silicates uranophane-α and uranophane-β: polymorphism and luminescence	1
Thermodynamic properties of geikielite (MgTiO3) and ilmenite (FeTiO3) derived from vibrational methods combined with Raman and infrared spectroscopic data	1
The packing fraction of the oxygen sublattice: its impact on the heat of mixing	1
Recent developments on high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction at the Partnership for eXtreme Xtallography (PX2) program	1
Compressibilities along the magnetite–magnesioferrite solid solution	1
First-principles calculations of thermodynamic properties of Ni sulfides in the upper mantle	1
Grain growth inhibited during grain size-sensitive creep in polycrystalline ice: an energy dissipation-rate perspective	1
Greenalite-Chamosite composition, geothermometry and oxygen fugacity variations in pisolitic ironstone and carbonates of the Chilpi Group: implication on Paleoproterozoic seawater chemistry	1
Evolution of chemically induced cracks in alkali feldspar: thermodynamic analysis	1
Characterization and comparison of natural and Zachery-treated turquoise: new data	1
Identification of rare earth elements in synthetic and natural monazite and xenotime by visible-to-shortwave infrared reflectance spectroscopy	1
Vibrational entropy of disordering in omphacite	1
Atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy visualisation of channel occupancy in beryl in different crystallographic directions	1
New insight into the phase transition and kinetics of the dehydroxylation of bulk-to-nano chrysotile	1
Crystal–melt interfaces in Mg2SiO4 at high pressure: structural and energetics insights from first-principles simulations	1
Equation of state of FeTiO3 and MgTiO3 by in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction at high pressures	1
Comment on: Melting behavior of SiO2 up to 120 GPa (Andrault et al. 2020)	1
Equilibrium melting relations at shallow lower mantle P-T conditions probed by the laser-heated diamond anvil cell	1
Correction to: Structural aspects of pyrochlores stability: influence of the cations in [8]A, [6]B positions and lattice parameters	1
Structural variations of amorphous magnesium carbonate during nucleation, crystallization, and decomposition of nesquehonite MgCO3·3H2O	1
2M1 phlogopite–muscovite series minerals at increasing pressure to 9 GPa. I Atomic volumes and compressibilities	1
In situ X-ray and IR probes relevant to Earth science at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory	1
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and IR-spectroscopy studies of potassium-deficient fluorapophyllite-(K)	1
Single crystals of phenakite-like Be2(Si1−xGex)O4 solid solution: novel experimental data on hydrothermal crystal growth, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy study	1