OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Gondwana Research is 65. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Chemical, biochemical and environmental DNA analysis of sediments from two seamounts of the deep Arabian Sea	316
Gondwana Research: Two decades of publishing partnership	272
Global perspectives on radium isotopes in subsurface brines	259
Nature of early Mesoproterozoic magmatism in the Qilian-North Qaidam tectonic belt, NW China: Implications for prolonged extension processes and transition from Columbia to Rodinia	235
Geochronology and sediment provenance of the Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia: Implications for the palaeogeography of eastern Gondwana	228
Air quality change and public perception during the COVID-19 lockdown in India	217
Editorial Board (IFC)	205
Detrital zircon U-Pb provenance analysis of Precambrian and Paleozoic strata from southwestern Brazil: Assessment of potential Grenvillian sediment input and Amazonian-Laurentian tectonic interaction	182
Seafloor tectonics in Northeast Atlantic Ocean and South China Sea: Preface	179
Building resilience in the face of natural disasters: ICT, fossil fuel use, and sustainable development in an emerging economy	174
Inter-cratonic geochronological and geochemical correlations of the Derim Derim–Galiwinku/Yanliao reconstructed Large Igneous Province across the North Australian and North China cratons	172
Multi-mineral geochronology of kimberlites, kamafugites and alkaline-carbonatite rocks, SW São Francisco Craton, Brazil: Appraisal of intrusion ages	168
Episodic intra-continental reactivation during collapse of a collisional orogen: The Damara Belt, Namibia	157
Using U-Pb detrital zircon systematics to constrain the architecture and provenance of the Ronda peridotites’ crustal hanging wall, S Spain	150
Editorial Board (IFC)	144
The Far-Field imprint of the late Paleozoic Ice Age, its demise, and the onset of a dust-house climate across the Eastern Shelf of the Midland Basin, Texas	138
Tectonic drivers and melt evolution: Unravelling the genesis of pegmatites in the Eastern Brazilian Pegmatite Province	133
Refined U-Pb zircon age of the Kusandong Tuff: A key stratigraphic marker for Cretaceous arc magmatism in northeast Asia	132
Volcanism at the end of continental rifting: The Cretaceous syn-rift to post-rift transition in the Songliao Basin (NE China)	125
Upper Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Meso-Tethys Ocean: Geochronological and geochemical constraints from central Tibetan Plateau ophiolites and magmatic arc rocks	125
Tectonic setting and evolution of the Kangguer Ocean: New constraints from structural and geochemical analyses of the late Paleozoic Kangguer mélange belt in Eastern Tianshan, NW China	125
High-temperature hydrothermal resource exploration and development: Comparison with oil and gas resource	123
HIRM variation in the Ganzi loess of the eastern Tibetan Plateau since the last interglacial period and its paleotemperature implications for the source region	123
Quantifying the formation pathways of nitrate in size-segregated aerosols during winter haze pollution	123
The Late Paleozoic Ice Age in western equatorial Pangea: Context for complex interactions among aeolian, alluvial, and shoreface sedimentary environments during the Late Pennsylvanian – early Permian	115

Hazard assessment model of ground subsidence coupling AHP, RS and GIS – A case study of Shanghai	114
U-Pb geochronology of the Silurian-Devonian Bega Batholith, south-eastern Australia: Insights into the origin and development of I-type granites	114
From Rodinian passive margin to peri-Siberian continental arc: Evidence from the multiphase Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic magmatic record of the Zavkhan Block in the Mongolian Collage	108
An Ordovician ophiolitic complex in West Junggar, NW China: Implications for subduction initiation and oceanic arc evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean	107
IBM-type forearc magmatism in the Qilian Orogen records evolution from a continental to an intra-oceanic arc system in the Proto-Tethyan Ocean	107
Origin and evolution of a porphyry-skarn-stratabound system: constraints from geology, magmatic-hydrothermal zircon U–Pb and molybdenite Re–Os geochronology, and in situ S isotopes of the Dongguashan	104
Population aging, renewable energy budgets and environmental sustainability: Does health expenditures matter?	104
Carbon isotope stratigraphy of Precambrian iron formations and possible significance for the early biological pump	102
How does green technology innovation affect green growth in ASEAN-6 countries? Evidence from advance panel estimations	100
A three-dimensional coupled thermo-hydro model for geothermal development in discrete fracture networks of hot dry rock reservoirs	97
The heterogeneous impact of geopolitical risk and environment-related innovations on greenhouse gas emissions: The role of nuclear and renewable energy in the circular economy	96
Pore-scale simulation of multi-fluid flow transport dynamics for hydrogen geological storage in depleted gas reservoirs	95
Bioavailability and toxicity of microplastics to zooplankton	94
The South Armenian Block: Gondwanan origin and Tethyan evolution in space and time	94
Characterizing coal gas reservoirs: A multiparametric evaluation based on geological and geophysical methods	89
Origin of microplates under oblique subduction system in New Guinea: Inferences from gravity and magnetic data	88
Editorial Board (IFC)	86
Energy, environment and sustainability: Future directions	86
Lithospheric architecture below the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt and adjoining Archean cratons: Imprints of India-Antarctica collision tectonics	84
Reassessment of heat flow in West–Central China: Implications for the extent of the high heat flow region	82
Geodynamic mechanism and classification of basins in the Earth system	82
Zircon U–Pb ages, Hf-O isotopes and trace elements of the multi-volcanism in the Ningwu ore district, eastern China: Implications for the magma evolution and fertility of iron oxide–apatite (IOA) depo	81
Crustal magnetotelluric imaging of a Paleoproterozoic graphitic suture zone, Curnamona Province, Australia	80
Potential impacts of future climate on the spatio-temporal variability of landslide susceptibility in Iran using machine learning algorithms and CMIP6 climate-change scenarios	80
A Paleozoic history of Armorica recounted through anorogenic to vaugneritic magmatism	78
Mesozoic contractional deformation in central East Asia: Constraints from deformation and sedimentary record of the Helanshan fold and thrust belt, North China Craton	77
Marine Fe cycling linked to dynamic redox variability, biological activity and post-depositional mineralization in the 1.1 Ga Mesoproterozoic Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania	77
Significant contribution of seamounts to the oceanic rare earth elements budget	77
Contrasting collision-induced far-field orogenesis controlled by thermo-rheological properties of the composite terrane	77
Counterclockwise P-T-t path, cyclic crustal anatexis and magmatic tempo in accretionary orogens: A case study in the Devonian arc of Central Patagonia, Argentina	74
Differential post-mineralization thermal evolution of the Jiaodong and Liaodong Areas, Eastern China: An indicator of regional tectonic activity	74
Zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes reveal the crustal evolution of the SW Angolan Shield (Congo Craton)	73
Two occurrences of paired metamorphic belts in central Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for two-stage subduction of the Paleo-Asian Ocean	73
Emplacement and evolution of zoned plutons: Multiproxy isotopic and geochemical evidence from the peraluminous Laojunshan leucogranite suite, southwestern China, and implications on the regional geody	72
Past, present and future global influence and technological applications of iron-bearing metastable nanominerals	69
Pollution level and distribution characteristics of heavy metals and microplastics in the soils from the Qionghai Lake Wetland, Southwest China	69
Asymmetric nexus between renewable energy, economic progress, and ecological issues: Testing the LCC hypothesis in the context of sustainability perspective	67
The role of crustal thickness on magma composition in arcs: An example from the pre-Andean, South American Cordillera	66
U-Pb in-situ SIMS baddeleyite and zircon dates and thermodynamic modeling of the Mangabal Complex: Indications of asthenospheric mantle influence in the formation of layered intrusions of the Brasília	66
Constraints on Earth’s atmospheric evolution from a gas-aqueous partition of fluid inclusion volatiles	65