OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Minerals Engineering is 45. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Incorporation of chloride ion in a copper solvent extraction process: A thermodynamic view	147
Modelling and model validation of particle stability and detachment from the particle-laden surface	140
Adsorption of Si(OH)4 and Al(OH)4 onto arsenopyrite surface: Exploring the sealing feasibility of geopolymer to arsenopyrite	133
Low residual dissolved phosphate in spent medium bioleaching enables rapid and enhanced solubilization of rare earth elements from end-of-life NiMH batteries	100
Effect of Na+ alkaline activation on the geopolymerization of a pure metakaolin at room temperature	92
The development of a novel type of microelectrodes to evaluate the reactivity of fine sulphide mineral particles	90
Impact of axial segregation characteristics on the particle collision energy in rotating drums	82
Editorial Board	81
Validation of predictive flotation models in blended ores for concentrator process design	80
Iodide-assisted leaching of chalcopyrite concentrate in acidic chloride solution: Effect of different parameters on the copper extraction rate	79
How copper dump leaching works	77
Classifying iron ore with water or dust adhesion combining differential feature and random forest using hyperspectral imaging	76
Assessment of a bio-inspired frothing agent derived from Vitamin E in mineral processing	76
Adsorption of cupferron on malachite (−2 0 1) surface and implication for flotation	74
A new methodology to obtain a corrected Bond ball mill work index valid with non-standard feed size	73
Selective depression of galena by sodium polyaspartate in chalcopyrite flotation	63
Kinetics and mechanisms of arsenic and sulfur release from crystalline orpiment	63
Computational modeling of cetyl phosphate adsorption on magnesite (1 0 4) surface	62
Research on microwave hydrothermal alkaline leaching defluorination of spent cathode carbon from aluminum electrolysis	61
Enhanced extraction of nickel from limonitic laterite via improved nitric acid pressure leaching process	61
Co-processing of e-waste with natural resources and their products to diversify critical metal supply chains	60
Evaluation of the effects of L-cysteine addition on the bioleaching of zinc and cadmium from sphalerite flotation concentrate	59
Validation of a population balance model for iron ore dry grinding at the IJmuiden pelletizing plant	58
Assessment of different energy-based breakage distribution functions in population balance model of an industrial scale continuously operated wet stirred media mill	56
Investigating the evolution of surface physico-chemistry in arsenide minerals during flotation process: A study of skutterudite, gersdorffite, and nickeline	56

Simulation of bubble–particle collision process and estimation of collision probability using a coupled smoothed particle hydrodynamics–discrete element method model	55
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	54
Study on the integrated roasting process of kalsilite ore-CaCl2·2H2O system	54
Effects of lead contaminants on engineering properties of Iranian marl soil from the microstructural perspective	53
Heterogenous carrier flotation technique for recovering finely ground chalcopyrite particles using coarse pyrite particles as a carrier	53
Enhancement mechanism of metal ions on the flotation behavior of muscovite in sodium oleate system	53
Quantifying the variability of a complex ore using geometallurgical domains	53
Flotation separation of homogenized fluorite and calcite using sodium silicate and AlCl3 as a combined depressant	52
Agglomeration-flotation of finely ground chalcopyrite using surfactant-stabilized oil emulsions: Effects of co-existing minerals and ions	52
A study on the correlation between fractal dimension and particle breakage for tungsten ores under impact crushing	51
Mechanism of quartz flotation separation from gypsum using tetradecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride: Guiding the improvement of phosphogypsum quality	51
Environmental evaluation of metals and minerals production based on a life cycle assessment approach: A systematic review	50
Crushing characteristics and performance evaluation of iron ore in a cone crusher: A numerical study	48
Environmental desulfurization of mine wastes using various mineral processing techniques: Recent advances and opportunities	48
New perspectives in iron ore flotation: Use of collector reagents without depressants in reverse cationic flotation of quartz	48
Full-process analysis on volatilizing gold, zinc by chlorination roasting and synchronous recovery vanadium by water leaching of carbonaceous gold ore	47
Review on comprehensive utilization of nickel laterite ore	46
Pre-concentration and partial fractionation of rare earth elements by ion exchange	46
Mextral® 6103H/naphthenic acid/TOPO synergistic extraction system for recovery of nickel and cobalt from nickel laterite	45
Effects of redox potential on chalcopyrite leaching: An overview	45