OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Minerals Engineering is 47. 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
Incorporation of chloride ion in a copper solvent extraction process: A thermodynamic view	160
Modelling and model validation of particle stability and detachment from the particle-laden surface	146
Adsorption of Si(OH)4 and Al(OH)4 onto arsenopyrite surface: Exploring the sealing feasibility of geopolymer to arsenopyrite	145
The development of a novel type of microelectrodes to evaluate the reactivity of fine sulphide mineral particles	113
Editorial Board	103
Enhanced bioleaching efficiency of vanadium from stone coal vanadium ore by adding biochar and plasma treatment	98
Mextral® 6103H/naphthenic acid/TOPO synergistic extraction system for recovery of nickel and cobalt from nickel laterite	92
Computational modeling of cetyl phosphate adsorption on magnesite (1 0 4) surface	91
How copper dump leaching works	87
Validation of predictive flotation models in blended ores for concentrator process design	87
New insights of selective rupture of synthetic sample under high voltage pulse discharge: A numerical simulation of electric field distribution	82
Comparative atmospheric leaching characteristics of scandium in two different types of laterite nickel ore from Indonesia	81
Co-processing of e-waste with natural resources and their products to diversify critical metal supply chains	81
Assessment of a bio-inspired frothing agent derived from Vitamin E in mineral processing	79
A new methodology to obtain a corrected Bond ball mill work index valid with non-standard feed size	76
Selective depression of galena by sodium polyaspartate in chalcopyrite flotation	69
Crushing characteristics and performance evaluation of iron ore in a cone crusher: A numerical study	69
Research on microwave hydrothermal alkaline leaching defluorination of spent cathode carbon from aluminum electrolysis	66
Pre-concentration and partial fractionation of rare earth elements by ion exchange	64
Validation of a population balance model for iron ore dry grinding at the IJmuiden pelletizing plant	63
Effect of Na+ alkaline activation on the geopolymerization of a pure metakaolin at room temperature	62
Iodide-assisted leaching of chalcopyrite concentrate in acidic chloride solution: Effect of different parameters on the copper extraction rate	61
Early-age reactivity and strength development in high volume mine tailings-based alkali activated binders and their application potential	60
Effects of lead contaminants on engineering properties of Iranian marl soil from the microstructural perspective	59
Kinetics and mechanisms of arsenic and sulfur release from crystalline orpiment	59

Gold extraction using alternatives to cyanide: Ultrasonic reinforcement and its leaching kinetics	59
Efficiency of electrocoagulation for simultaneous treatment of As and Mn in neutral mine water	59
Environmental desulfurization of mine wastes using various mineral processing techniques: Recent advances and opportunities	59
Full-process analysis on volatilizing gold, zinc by chlorination roasting and synchronous recovery vanadium by water leaching of carbonaceous gold ore	57
Agglomeration-flotation of finely ground chalcopyrite using surfactant-stabilized oil emulsions: Effects of co-existing minerals and ions	57
New perspectives in iron ore flotation: Use of collector reagents without depressants in reverse cationic flotation of quartz	55
Advancements in oxygen blast furnace technology and its application in the smelting of vanadium-titanium magnetite: A comprehensive review	55
Review on comprehensive utilization of nickel laterite ore	54
Mechanism of quartz flotation separation from gypsum using tetradecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride: Guiding the improvement of phosphogypsum quality	54
Investigating the evolution of surface physico-chemistry in arsenide minerals during flotation process: A study of skutterudite, gersdorffite, and nickeline	53
Assessment of different energy-based breakage distribution functions in population balance model of an industrial scale continuously operated wet stirred media mill	53
Evaluation of the effects of L-cysteine addition on the bioleaching of zinc and cadmium from sphalerite flotation concentrate	53
Phase transformations and microstructure evolution of boron-containing iron concentrate during roasting under CO-CO2-N2 atmosphere: Synergistic effect of soda-ash and CO concentration	52
Fine-grained mineral recognition and segmentation in metal mineral optical images based on improved YOLOv8n model	50
Experiment and simulation research on the effect of lattice defect-Fe3+ on the quartz surface wettability	50
Purification of vanadium-bearing solutions: A comprehensive review	50
Quantifying the variability of a complex ore using geometallurgical domains	49
Classifying iron ore with water or dust adhesion combining differential feature and random forest using hyperspectral imaging	48
Simulation of bubble–particle collision process and estimation of collision probability using a coupled smoothed particle hydrodynamics–discrete element method model	48
Heterogenous carrier flotation technique for recovering finely ground chalcopyrite particles using coarse pyrite particles as a carrier	47
A study on the correlation between fractal dimension and particle breakage for tungsten ores under impact crushing	47
Flotation separation of bastnaesite from calcite using a novel Gemini surfactant as the collector	47
Adsorption of cupferron on malachite (−2 0 1) surface and implication for flotation	47