OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Episodes is 0. 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
Proposal for a scale of Cambrian subsystems (if such is needed at all)	60
Fluorescence alteration of oil inclusions under ultraviolet irradiation	45
Landforms and sediments developed during the recent recession of debris-covered Ponkar Glacier, Nepal	39
Characterization of multiple episodes of melt generation from lower crust during Archaean using amphibole composition	21
Spanish Geology Olympiad winners: What they think about their geology learning and the Olympics experience? A prospective study	21
Book Review - On the Edge of Eternity	20
The ICS international chronostratigraphic chart this decade	19
Redefinition of the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) and new Standard Auxiliary Boundary Stratotype (SABS) for the base of Wuchiapingian Stage (Lopingian Series, Permian) in South China	17
Emplacement timing, temperature, and redox conditions of the Kambélé auriferous pluton, Batouri gold District, SE Cameroon	16
Microplastics in soil and groundwater of Korea: Occurrence, characteristics and risk assessment	14
Headwater chemistry in subarctic areas with different plant communities (Finnish Lapland)	14
Tezoantla Tuff («Cantera de Tezoantla», Hidalgo state): the first Mexican “Heritage Stone”	14
Spatial and temporal evolutions of aftershocks between 2017 and 2023 at the Pohang EGS site and its vicinity	13
Baseline radon concentration in seawater-seabed interface of the central Yellow Sea: implications for monitoring offshore geological CO₂ storage site	13
A case study of Geopark activation through Geobranding and Geotrails at the Jeju Island UNESCO Global Geopark, Republic of Korea	9
Extending our heartfelt thanks to our reviewers for their support in 2023	8
Geoscience education in Ghana: status and recommendations	7
Methodological proposal to determine the potential of a territory to become a UNESCO Geopark: case study of Nevado del Ruiz Volcano initiative, Colombia	7
Red pyterlite from Virolahti in southeastern Finland: a unique heritage stone with a classic rapakivi texture applied in historic and modern architecture	6
Book Review	5
Provenance of Late Triassic-Early Jurassic forearc basin in southern Tibet and its tectonic significance	5
The mechanism of high salinity geothermal water formed in karst low-temperature hydrothermal system	5
The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Hauterivian Stage (Lower Cretaceous), La Charce, southeast France	4
Late Triassic back-arc basin of the Ganzi–Litang Ocean: constraints from SSZ-type basalt in the Litang area, Eastern Tibet	4
Environmental impact of sewage water disposable sites using remote sensing and geochemical studies in West Girga, Sohag, Egypt	4

Ratification of subseries/subepochs as formal rank/units in international chronostratigraphy	4
Detrital zircon U-Pb ages of the Cretaceous Dadaepo Formation in Busan, Korea and their geological implication	4
Permo-Triassic continental collision process in the Northeast Asia during the final amalgamation stage of Pangea supercontinent and the geological correlations between Korea, China, and Japan	4
Petrography and classification of Elephant Moraine 14017 (EET 14017): a new primitive LL3.05 ordinary chondrite from Antarctica	4
Applicability of electrical resistivity surveys for tracing and characterizing active faults: a case study in the Northern Gongju Fault Zone, Korea	4
Korean geoheritage: the volcanic landforms of the Jeju Island UNESCO Global Geopark	3
The Xiaoyangqiao section, Dayangcha, North China: the new global Auxiliary Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (ASSP) for the base of the Ordovician System	3
Participatory strategies applied for the geoconservation of speleological heritage at the Napo Sumaco Geopark (Ecuador)	3
(Re)proposal of three Cambrian Subsystems and their Geochronology	3
The curious case of Karl Nagalhard and the central European influence on the early studies on the Cenozoic paleobotany in Turkey	3
Sustainable states: a role-playing game for sustainability education	3
The geoscience profession's response to COVID-19 pandemic - An European Federation of Geologists' overview	3
Fluid inclusions and hydrocarbon accumulation stages of the Chang 7₃ sub-member in the Zhijing-Ansai area in the Ordos Basin	3
The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Barremian Stage at Río Argos (Caravaca, SE Spain)	3
The Great Acceleration is real and provides a quantitative basis for the proposed Anthropocene Series/Epoch	3
Improvement of fault interpretation with seismic attribute analysis of Jeju Basin, offshore southern Korea, East China Sea	3
Evaluation of organic matter abundance of source rocks of biogenic gas: a case from the Quaternary Qigequan Formation Shale, Sanhu Depression, Qaidam Basin	3
Application and limitations of the authigenic ¹⁰Be/⁹Be dating and meteoric ¹⁰Be inventory in Bouse Formation along the lower Colorado River corridor, southwestern USA	3
Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopes from granulites and gneisses from Kabbaldurga, in the Dharwar Craton, South India: Implications for Mesoarchean magmatic charnockite in the crustal evolutiona	2
Report of the Ad-hoc Review of the Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information, CGI, October 2019	2
Analysis and visualization of blocks stability in rock slope based on UAV technology: a case study of Shenxianju	2
Evaluation of formation mechanism of lakes in terms of morphometric aspect; lakes region and their vicinity, SW of Turkey	2
Karst geohazard and climate change: observations and assumptions for prediction	2
Fostering Global Citizenship through Geoeducation Impact in Geoparks: the IGCP Project 4GEON	2
Impact factor of Episodes increased	2
Burial environment and geoheritage value of dinosaur fossils of the Middle Jurassic- Puan, Yunyang, Chongqing Municipality	2
Reply to comment(s) on “Emplacement history and evolution of the Deccan Volcanic Province, India, by Kale et al. (2020)” by Sudha Vaddadi	2
UNESCO Global Geoparks as useful sceneries to disseminate science and raise awareness of geological risks: the case of Las Loras Geopark (Spain)	2
Water-rock interaction, formation and circulation mechanism of highly bicarbonate groundwater in the northwestern geothermal prospects of Rwanda	2
Middle Cambrian slope deposits in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Fingerprinting small carbonate platforms dominated by grainy carbonates and microbial reefs	1
Reply to comment(s) on "Emplacement history and evolution of the Deccan Volcanic Province, India, by Kale et al. (2020)" by K.S. Misra	1
Deformation microstructures and seismic anisotropy of Yeoncheon amphibolites in the Imjingang Belt, South Korea	1
Late Pleistocene-Holocene vegetation and climate change in Ebinur Betula wetland, Xinjiang, NW China	1
La Mujer en la Geología	1
Dr. Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte	1
3D static reservoir modelling to evaluate petroleum potential of Goru C-Interval sands in Sawan Gas Field, Pakistan	1
The Standard Auxiliary Boundary Stratotype: a proposed replacement for the Auxiliary Stratotype Point in supporting a Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP)	1
Optimising the Anthropocene definition: an epistemological view with briefings on four 2022-23 conferences	1
Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base-Artinskian Stage (Lower Permian)	1
Effects of conditioning on the equivalent properties estimated by a discrete fracture network model	1
U-Pb zircon chronological constraints for three stages of synorogenic plutonic magmatism of the Greater Caucasus Svaneti segment, Georgia	1
Special thanks to our peer reviewers for 2021	1
Achieving conceptual change among elementary students through a one-day experiential science workshop about gravity, a proposal from Mexico	1
Rebels, Scholars, Explorers	1
Formal ratification of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Chibanian Stage and Middle Pleistocene Subseries of the Quaternary System: the Chiba Section, Japan^†	1
The fourth International Geological Congress, London (1888)	1
Delineation of groundwater potential map using GIS and MCDM in Geumgang River basin, South Korea	1
Geochemical assessment of carbonate and clay rocks for the cement industry: a case study from Gabal Akheider, Ain Sukhna area, north-west Gulf of Suez, Egypt	1
Standard Auxiliary Boundary Stratotype (SABS) approved to support the Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP)	1
A trip through Oceanic Lithosphere: 2019 international workshop and field trip of IGCP 649 in Muscat, Oman	1

Microstructures of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Baker Rocks in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: evolution of lithospheric mantle around the Transantarctic Mountains	1
Effect of clay mineralogical composition on the structural and textural properties after hydrochloric acid treatment	1
Geological themes in need of more attention	1
Origin and mineralization significance of the ore-hosting Guishan Formation at the Laowan Gold Deposit in Qinling-Dabie Orogen, Central China	1
Petrology and quartz grain microtextures of marine shoreline sands from the Punta Arenas area, southernmost Chile and King George Island, Antarctica and implications for their depositional history	1
Non-formal secondary students’ education to develop environmental insight	1
Characteristics of relative tectonic activity in the Longchuan River Basin, central Yunnan: evidence from digital elevation model-based geomorphological analysis	1
The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Coniacian Stage (Salzgitter-Salder, Germany) and its auxiliary sections (Słupia Nadbrzeżna, central Poland; Střeleč, Czech R	1
The late Permian–Early Triassic island-Arc granitic rocks in the western Qaidam Basin, Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: constraints on subduction processes of Paleo-Tethys Ocean	0
Detecting seismic precursors in groundwater fluctuations using masking empirical mode decomposition and modified zero-crossing techniques	0
Determination of impervious surface areas using remote sensing indices: a case of Ankara	0
Ratification of Neogene subseries as formal units in international chronostratigraphy	0
Prediction of Paleoclimate of Eocene Salt, Kohat Basin, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	0
Formal ratification of subseries for the Pleistocene Series of the Quaternary System	0
Investigating for hydrocarbon potential in the Sarvak and Ilam Formations using Fuzzy logic in the Fars Region, Iran	0
Geology, mineralogy and geochemistry of Tavt gold deposit in Dzhida zone, northern Mongolia: implications for the evolution of intrusion and ore mineralization	0
Characteristics and geological significance of tubular carbonate concretions in the Lower Shaximiao Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China	0
Corals from Asturian substage in Cantabrian Mountains: A review	0
Establishing a GIS-SMCDA model of sustainable eco-tourism development in Pahang, Malaysia	0
Paleostress from healed microcracks and fluid inclusions in granites of the Ogcheon folded belt, South Korea	0
New ¹⁰Be-²⁶Al isochron burial dating informs the Pliocene and Pleistocene evolution of the lower Colorado River, southwestern United States	0
Anthropogenic data question the concept of the Anthropocene as a new geological epoch	0
Ratification of the base of the ICS Geological Time Scale: the Global Standard Stratigraphic Age (GSSA) for the Hadean lower boundary	0
Book Review - Stratigraphy: A Modern Synthesis by Andrew D. Miall	0
Coupling deformation mechanism of geological stratification and metro tunnel structure in deep quaternary sedimentary area	0
The 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto (1992): Geo-congress on island arcs	0
Reconstruction of epithermal paleosurface phenomena: a key to provide a complex deposit model for the Börzsöny Mts. (Northern Hungary)	0
Geology, the regulated discipline and profession in Europe	0
A multi-technique approach to characterize the composition and color of the fossil remains of the “Húmera Paleontological Site” from Spain	0
Uniformitarianism, and its converse ‘the key to fully documenting the present is the past’ – principles and case studies that are applicable at various scales	0
Geochemical characteristics of rare earth elements in sediments of the Qiongdongnan Basin and their sedimentological implications	0
UNESCO Global Geoparks in the "World after": a multiplegoals roadmap proposal for future discussion	0
Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy)	0
Public-minded reflections from the Anthropocene Working Group meeting in Germany	0
Special thanks to our reviewers of Episodes in 2022	0
Emerging Contaminants in Soil and Groundwater Systems Occurrence, Impact, Fate and Transport edited by Bin Gao	0
Welcoming for the Special Issue of “Recent Advances in Korean Geosciences”	0
Recent Advances in Korean Geosciences	0
Characterizing shallow groundwater contamination depending on different land use types	0
Upper Permian paleoclimate of the Sino-Korean block: an example from the Gohan Formation (Korea) in the eastern margin and a synthesis	0
Redefinition of the boundary between the Taebaeksan Basin and the Ogcheon metamorphic belt, Korea: a remark on the South Korean Tectonic Line (SKTL)	0
Geoheritage and immersive technologies: bibliometric analysis and literature review	0
Pietraforte, the Florentine building material from the Middle Ages to contemporary architecture	0
Not an author but an increasingly proficient secretary	0
The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Kimmeridgian Stage (Jurassic System), at Flodigarry, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK	0
Spatiotemporal subsidence over Pabdana coal mine Kerman Province, central Iran using time-series of Sentinel-1 remote sensing imagery	0
Magma pathway model by geothermobarometry: rapid ascent of basaltic magma of Hantangang Pillow Lava, South Korea	0
The Anthropocene within the Geological Time Scale: a response to fundamental questions	0
Adding pieces to the puzzle of the Western Tethys Oceanic Basin structure: the architecture of the Inzecca Unit in the Noceta-Vezzani area (Alpine Corsica, France)	0
The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Capitanian Stage (Guadalupian, Middle Permian)	0
Base metal-enriched gold-quartz veins in the eastern Cameroon goldfields, West-Central Africa	0
Book Review - Humanity Earth: The history of human understanding of the Earth 人文地球：人类认识地球的历史	0
Groundwater contamination by arsenic in Myanmar and their sustainability: a review	0
The Titan in Structural Geology has gone	0
Book Review - Medical Geology En route to One Health	0
Solitary waves forming pulsating thermal plumes and their implications for multiple eruption events in large igneous provinces	0
On delineating basement architecture of Eastern Yilgarn Craton using image manipulation techniques on potential field anomalies	0
Detection of fault location and paleoseismic evidence in the cultural heritage site around Gyeongju, SE Korea	0
Development of precipitation-data-based real-time slope stability estimation method considering the uncertainty of soil hydraulic properties	0
Geoscience education in Malaysian primary and secondary schools: perspectives from new tertiary students	0
Towards a comprehensive understanding of the “Origin, distribution, and biogeochemistry of arsenic in the Altiplano-Puna plateau of South America” with the IGCP-707 project	0
Insights into the crustal architecture from the analysis of gravity and magnetic data across Salem-Attur Shear Zone (SASZ), Southern Granulite Terrane (SGT), India: an evidence of accretional tectonic	0
Georges Cuvier's appeal for international collaboration, 1800	0
A practical solution: the Anthropocene is a geological event, not a formal epoch	0
New achievements of IGCP 661 structure, substance cycle, and environment sustainability of the critical zone in karst systems (2017-2021)	0
Determination of the circulation depth and reservoir temperatures of thermal waters in the southern Spitsbergen using geothermometry	0
Assessing coastal erosion dynamics and sea level rise impacts on Kuala Nerus and Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia: a case study in climate-resilient coastal management	0
Comment on "Emplacement history and evolution of the Deccan Volcanic Province, India" by Kale et al. (2020)	0
Discharge-driven rapid bank-erosion and its impact on sediment budgeting in the lower Gangetic plains	0
Geology, art and mysticism of Tezontle (volcanic scoria) of the Basin of An&huac, the newest designated Heritage Stone from Mexico	0
Integrating geoethics in tertiary education: a strategy for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean	0
The conception of Geomechanics: ‘The Fundamental Cause of Evolution of the Earth’s Surface Features’ by J. S. Lee, 1926	0
The Great Deceleration and proposed alternative interpretation of the Anthropocene	0
Identification of seismic activity and basin inversion based on soft-sediment deformation structures: an example from SE Korea	0
GIS-based methodology for mapping and modeling microbialite deposits in high mountain lakes and wetlands of Central Andes (Catamarca, Northwestern Argentina)	0
Geochemical investigation and modes of occurrence of critical elements and minerals in the coal of Akkakhel, Akhorwal, and Sheikhan, KP, Pakistan	0
Kinematic and paleostress analyses in the KURT site to reconstruct the long-term structural evolution to apply for deep geological repository of nuclear waste	0
Minerals as key factors for sustainability education: the Costanaza mine model	0
Oxygen isotope data of quartz from San-yo and Ryoke belt granites, schists, and siliceous veins: constraining the effects of ¹⁸O-rich fluids on granitic magma	0
The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Campanian Stage at Bottaccione (Gubbio, Italy) and its Auxiliary Sections: Seaford Head (UK), Bocieniec (Poland), Postalm (Austria), Smok	0

Mapping the geology of South America	0
The 23^rd International Geological Congress (Prague, 1968) and the five Warsaw Pact members occupation of Czechoslovakia	0
The history and current status of IUGS-COGE: two decades of progress in Global Geoscience Education	0
The effect of Panoramic Virtual Reality (PVR) on learning flow in online earth science education	0
Indium and gallium enrichments in zinc orebodies in the Taebaeksan region, Korea	0
Effects of human activities on the rapid accumulation and evolution of lead (Pb) in soils in Northwest China	0
Spatiotemporal soil development in the Pindari proglacial area (Indian Central Himalaya)	0
Developing a Hybrid Wavelet-Artificial Neural Network model for simulating high-resolution Antarctic ice core CO₂ concentration records during 9–120 thousand years ago	0
The Anthropocene is a prospective epoch/series, not a geological event	0
Development and timing of two orthogonal fold systems in the western Gyeonggi Massif, Korea	0
Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic subduction and accretionary processes of the Tethys in southeastern Gangdese: record of temporal and spatial transitions from the Paleo-Tethys to Neo-Tethys	0
The role of landslides in the evolution of a small mountain river valley (Polish Carpathians)	0
The history and outcomes of the 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing (1996)	0
The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Langhian Stage and of the Middle Miocene Subseries	0
Temporal and spatial evolution of orogens: a guide for geological mapping	0
IUGS-60^th Women in the early years: Vera Lafferty and the beginnings of Episodes	0
Universal value to be pursued in Episodes	0
Unveiling the potential of geophysical methods for contaminant studies in urban areas: a review from South Asia	0
Application of weathering indices to sedimentary records on Mars: preliminary results	0
Geoscience: what remains to be discovered?	0
Application of near surface engineering defect exploration technology based on spatial autocorrelation	0
The additional acceleration of geothermal water flow in the discharge section by the geothermal driving force	0
Back-arc basin origin for the basalts of the South Andaman Island Ophiolite (India)	0
Relationship between Fe-Cu-REEs mineralization and magnetic basement faults using multifractal modeling in Tarom region, NW Iran	0
Navigating the Future of Geoscience Education in a Post-COVID World	0
Orogen architecture and crustal growth from accretion to collision (IGCP#662): Scientific Activities 2018-2019	0
Comment on "Emplacement history and evolution of the Deccan Volcanic Province, India" by Kale et al. (2020)	0
STS and science education: the impact of geology workshops on children's perception in Paraguay	0
Gender diversity in editorial boards of scientific journals. Some earth science case studies for a geoethical reflection	0
Bayesian stochastic inversion with petro-elastic relation to quantify thin gas sands of Khadro Formation, Zamzama gas field	0
In memory of Barry Cooper (1948-2023)	0
The Ideale section at Montalbano Jonico (southern Italy): a Standard Auxiliary Boundary Stratotype (SABS) for the Middle Pleistocene Subseries of the Quaternary System	0
Usefulness of Sentinel-2 satellite data to aid in geoscientific mapping work: a case study of Giyani Greenstone Belt area	0
Study on vertical migration of CO₂ in a karst cave system	0
Assessing shale gas potential through classification of geochemical and mechanical properties of reservoir facies in the Upper Devonian shale succession, Liard Basin, Canada	0
Science and prestige: the 9th International Geological Congress, Vienna (1903)	0
The XIII International Geological Congress of 1922 in Brussels (Belgium): between wounds of the Great War and theory passed under silence	0
Quaternary environmental studies in South Korea	0
Post-impact lake environment changes in the Hapcheon impact crater, Korea	0
Episodes. A loyal journal for Geoscientists	0
Social responsibility in geoscience education workshops	0
Lithostratigraphic revision of the siliciclastic-dominated basal Taebaek Group (lower–middle Cambrian), Eastern Korea	0
The potential of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) layers as Anthropocene strata	0
Inscriptions of Nature: Geology and the Naturalization of Antiquity	0
The making of "Classical" Karst: Serbian geographer Jovan Cvijić, (inter)nationalism, and the emergence of karst sciences, 1870–1914	0
Sustainable development of coastal cities through control of land subsidence: activities of IGCP Project 663 in Jakarta	0