OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Permafrost and Periglacial Processes is 6. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Changing climate and the permafrost environment on the Qinghai–Tibet (Xizang) plateau	143
Landscape matters: Predicting the biogeochemical effects of permafrost thaw on aquatic networks with a state factor approach	65
Surface energy balance of sub‐Arctic roads with varying snow regimes and properties in permafrost regions	41
Recent advances (2010–2019) in the study of taliks	40
A general theory of rock glacier creep based on in‐situ and remote sensing observations	40
Active layer thickening and controls on interannual variability in the Nordic Arctic compared to the circum‐Arctic	38
Engineering in the rugged permafrost terrain on the roof of the world under a warming climate	31
The distribution and dynamics of aufeis in permafrost regions	30
Recent advances in the study of Arctic submarine permafrost	28
What and where are periglacial landscapes?	27
Rock glacier inventory of the western Nyainqêntanglha Range, Tibetan Plateau, supported by InSAR time series and automated classification	27
Permafrost thaw‐related slope failures in Alaska’s Arctic National Parks, c. 1980–2019	23
Thermo‐erosional valleys in Siberian ice‐rich permafrost	21
A conceptual model for talik dynamics and icing formation in a river floodplain in the continuous permafrost zone at Salluit, Nunavik (Quebec), Canada	19
Shrinking thermokarst lakes and ponds on the northeastern Qinghai‐Tibet plateau over the past three decades	17
Fluvio‐thermal erosion and thermal denudation in the yedoma region of northern Alaska: Revisiting the Itkillik River exposure	16
Rock temperature prior to failure: Analysis of 209 rockfall events in the Mont Blanc massif (Western European Alps)	16
Study on ice nucleation temperature and water freezing in saline soils	15
Permafrost warming near the northern limit of permafrost on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau during the period from 2005 to 2017: A case study in the Xidatan area	15
Landscape‐scale variations in near‐surface soil temperature and active‐layer thickness: Implications for high‐resolution permafrost mapping	13
Study on the mechanism of crystallization deformation of sulfate saline soil during the unidirectional freezing process	13
Current thermal state of permafrost in the southern Peruvian Andes and potential impact from El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)	13
Utilizing the TTOP model to understand spatial permafrost temperature variability in a High Arctic landscape, Cape Bounty, Nunavut, Canada	12
Effects of a long‐term anoxic warming scenario on microbial community structure and functional potential of permafrost‐affected soil	11
Long‐term field measurements of climate‐induced thaw subsidence above ice wedges on hillslopes, western Arctic Canada	11

Intra‐ice and intra‐sediment cryopeg brine occurrence in permafrost near Utqiaġvik (Barrow)	11
Changes in surface velocities over four decades on the Laurichard rock glacier (French Alps)	10
Recent thermokarst evolution in the Italian Central Alps	9
Detection of the freezing state and frozen section thickness of fine sand by ultrasonic testing	9
Influence of permafrost thaw on an extreme geologic methane seep	9
Modeling thermal regime and evolution of the methane hydrate stability zone of the Yamal peninsula permafrost	9
An effective approach for mapping permafrost in a large area using subregion maps and satellite data	8
A systematic evaluation of electrical resistivity tomography for permafrost interface detection using forward modeling	8
Distribution, morphometry, and ice content of ice‐wedge polygons in Tombstone Territorial Park, central Yukon, Canada	8
Three‐dimensional investigation of an open‐ and a closed‐system Pingo in northwestern Canada	8
Inherited periglacial geomorphology of a basalt hill in the Sudetes, Central Europe: Insights from LiDAR‐aided landform mapping	8
Risk assessment of engineering diseases of embankment–bridge transition section for railway in permafrost regions	8
Rock glaciers automatic mapping using optical imagery and convolutional neural networks	8
A characteristic periglacial landform: Automated recognition and delineation of cryoplanation terraces in eastern Beringia	7
Ground‐penetrating radar, electromagnetic induction, terrain, and vegetation observations coupled with machine learning to map permafrost distribution at Twelvemile Lake, Alaska	7
Spatial and temporal dynamics of aufeis in the Tso Moriri basin, eastern Ladakh, India	7
Strength and the cracking behavior of frozen sandstone containing ice‐filled flaws under uniaxial compression	7
Internal structure and palsa development at Orravatnsrústir Palsa Site (Central Iceland), investigated by means of integrated resistivity and ground‐penetrating radar methods	7
Holocene pore‐ice δ¹⁸O and δ²H records from drained thermokarst lake basins in the Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada	7
Periglacial slopewash dominated by solute transfers and subsurface erosion on a High Arctic slope	7
Post‐glacial dynamics of an alpine Little Ice Age glacitectonized frozen landform (Aget, western Swiss Alps)	7
Spatial and stratigraphic variation of near‐surface ground ice in discontinuous permafrost of the taiga shield	6
Mechanism of strength degradation of frozen soil–rock mixture under temperature rise‐induced particle ice film ablation	6
TTOP‐model‐based maps of permafrost distribution in Northeast China for 1961–2020	6
Combination of historical and modern data to decipher the geomorphic evolution of the Innere Ölgruben rock glacier, Kaunertal, Austria, over almost a century (1922–2021)	6
Internal structure of a large, complex rock glacier and its significance in hydrological and dynamic behavior: A case study in the semi‐arid Andes of Argentina	6
Multi‐stage evolution of frost‐induced microtextures on the surface of quartz grains—An experimental study	6
Method for calculating the liquid water fraction of saline soil during the freezing process	6
Effects of thermosyphons on the thermal regime and stability of cast‐in‐place piles in permafrost regions on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau	6
Best practices for using electrical resistivity tomography to investigate permafrost	6