OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physics and Chemistry of Minerals is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Nanomechanics of minerals: understandings and developments through instrumented nanoindentation techniques	17
Magnetic and structure transition of Mn3-xFexO4 solid solutions under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions	13
Atomic and microstructural origin of banded colours in purple-blue variety of agate from Yozgat Province, Turkey	12
Transmission Kikuchi diffraction study of submicrotexture within ultramylonitic peridotite	11
Theoretical infrared signature of OH defects in Fe3+, Cr3+ and Al3+-doped enstatite	11
Hydrogen defects in feldspars: alkali-supported dehydrogenation of sanidine	11
Allanite at high temperature: effect of REE on the thermal behaviour of epidote-group minerals	10
Picosecond acoustics: a new way to access elastic properties of materials at pressure and temperature conditions of planetary interiors	10
Transformation of natural pollucite into hexacelsian under high pressure and temperature	10
Hydrothermal genesis and growth of the banded agates from the Allumiere-Tolfa volcanic district (Latium, Italy)	9
High pressure and high temperature Brillouin scattering measurements of pyrope single crystals using flexible CO2 laser heating systems	9
High pressure behavior of K-cymrite (KAlSi3O8·H2O) crystal structure	9
Thermal annealing of fission and ion tracks in epidote	7
Phase relations of the Al2O3–SiO2 system at 13–21 GPa and 2300–2800 K and a new high-pressure Al2Si2O7 phase	7
Stepwise dehydration of Cd-exchanged levyne: thermal stability and structural modifications	7
Effect of second Si–O vibrational overtones/combinations on quantifying water in silicate and silica minerals using infrared spectroscopy, and an experimental method for its removal	7
Thermophysical properties of synthetic marialite	6
High-temperature thermodynamic properties of Y-doped barium zirconates, BaZr1–xYxO3−x/2 (x = 0.1, 0.2), with perovskite-type structure	6
High-pressure Raman spectroscopy of Al-rich and pure-Mg phase D	6
First-principles calculations of thermodynamic properties of Ni sulfides in the upper mantle	6
CuO and Cu2O nanostructures: pathway to efficient dark current density	6
Thermal stability, low- and high-temperature behavior of bergslagite, a berylloarsenate member of the gadolinite supergroup	6
Anisotropic electrical conductivity changes in FeTiO3 structure transition under high pressure	5
Dolomite thermal behaviour: A short review	5
Steudelite, (Na3☐)[(K,Na)17Ca7]Ca4(Al24Si24O96)(SO3)6F6·4H2O, a new cancrinite-group mineral with afghanite-type framework topology	5

Thermal evolution of metamict davidite-(La) from the Radium Hill, Australia: recrystallization and thermal expansion	5
In situ high-temperature behaviour and breakdown conditions of uvite at room pressure	5
Equilibrium melting relations at shallow lower mantle P-T conditions probed by the laser-heated diamond anvil cell	5
Thermal expansion of anhydrous copper sulfate minerals determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction: chalcocyanite CuSO4, dolerophanite Cu2OSO4 and kamchatkite KCu3O(SO4)2Cl	4
Development of the crystallinity model and investigation of the effective factors on the crystallinity of zeolite Y using the response surface method	4
Electrical conductivity of siderite and the effect of the spin transition of iron	4
Pressure-induced phase transition of CO32−-bearing scapolite by in situ X-ray diffraction and vibrational spectroscopy	4
In situ high-temperature behaviour of fluor-elbaite: breakdown conditions and products	4
Compositional effects in the liquid Fe–Ni–C system at high pressure	4
In situ X-ray and IR probes relevant to Earth science at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory	4
Determination of P–V equation of state of a natural clinoptilolite using high-pressure powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction	4
Purification mechanism of microcrystalline graphite and dissolution of non-carbon impurity during alkali autoclave-acid leaching	4
Mineralogical characterization of fluorescent grossular garnet var. tsavorite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania	3
Thermal treatment of the tourmaline Fe-rich princivalleite Na(Mn2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O	3
Spectral variability of the uranyl silicates uranophane-α and uranophane-β: polymorphism and luminescence	3
A correlation between hydroxyl vibrations under compression and anharmonicity: glaucophane as a test case	3
Fast anisotropic Mg and H diffusion in wet forsterite	3
Correction: Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions	3
Thermodynamics of schafarzikite (FeSb2O$$_4$$) and tripuhyite (FeSbO$$_4$$)	3
Distribution of Sc3+ at the octahedral sites and its effect on the crystal structure of synthetic Sc-bearing clinozoisite on the Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH)-Ca2Al2ScSi3O12(OH) join	3
Nefedovite, Na5Ca4(PO4)4F: thermal evolution, phase transition and crystal structure refinement	3
Identification of rare earth elements in synthetic and natural monazite and xenotime by visible-to-shortwave infrared reflectance spectroscopy	3
Recent developments on high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction at the Partnership for eXtreme Xtallography (PX2) program	3
Atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy visualisation of channel occupancy in beryl in different crystallographic directions	3
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82	3
High-temperature behavior of quartz-in-garnet system revealed by in situ Raman spectroscopy	3
Sound velocity and elastic properties of Fe–Ni–S–Si liquid: the effects of pressure and multiple light elements	3
Compressibilities along the magnetite–magnesioferrite solid solution	3