OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Geobiology is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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A Spatially Restricted Distribution of Thermophilic Endospores in Laptev Sea Shelf Sediments Suggests a Limited Dispersal by Local Geofluids	94
Physiology, Not Nutrient Availability, May Have Limited Primary Productivity After the Emergence of Oxygenic Photosynthesis	48
An experimental study on post‐mortem dissolution and overgrowth processes affecting coccolith assemblages: A rapid and complex process	40
Iron‐mediated anaerobic ammonium oxidation recorded in the early Archean ferruginous ocean	31
Paleoenvironmental Stasis for the Bioturbating Community During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum at the Southern Iberian Margin	27
The role of clay minerals in the preservation of Precambrian organic‐walled microfossils	26
Oceanic and Sedimentary Microbial Sulfur Cycling Controlled by Local Organic Matter Flux During the Ediacaran Shuram Excursion in the Three Gorges Area, South China	25
Effects of RuBisCO and CO ₂ concentration on cyanobacterial growth and carbon isotope fractionation	25
Organic preservation of vase‐shaped microfossils from the late Tonian Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA	24
Dynamics of the osmotic lysis of mineral protocells and its avoidance at the origins of life	20
Localized and Transient Oxygenation of Shallow Oceans of Southwestern Laurentia at the Ediacaran–Cambrian Boundary	20
The diagenetic fate of collagen as revealed by analytical pyrolysis of fossil fish scales from deep time	16
Comprehensive molecular‐isotopic characterization of archaeal lipids in the Black Sea water column and underlying sediments	16
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Enameloid‐bound δ¹⁵N reveals large trophic separation among Late Cretaceous sharks in the northern Gulf of Mexico	14
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Stromatolitic Mounds in Tidal‐Facies Sandstones of the Paleoarchean Moodies Group (Barberton Greenstone Belt, Eswatini)	14
Membrane Vesicle Formation Removes Iron Sulfide Mineral Crusts From the Cell Surface of Growing Sulfate‐Reducing Bacteria	14
Metabarcoding reveals high diversity of benthic foraminifera linked to water masses circulation at coastal Svalbard	13
Early‐Branching Cyanobacteria Grow Faster and Upregulate Superoxide Dismutase Activity Under a Simulated Early Earth Anoxic Atmosphere	13
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Branching archaeocyaths as ecosystem engineers during the Cambrian radiation	13
A sedimentary record of the evolution of the global marine phosphorus cycle	13
Divergence time estimates for the hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1 alpha (HIF1α) reveal an ancient emergence of animals in low‐oxygen environments	13
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Terrestrial surface stabilisation by modern analogues of the earliest land plants: A multi‐dimensional imaging study	12
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Reduction in animal abundance and oxygen availability during and after the end‐Triassic mass extinction	12
New Insights Into Upper Messinian Microbial Carbonates: A Dendrolite‐Thrombolite Build‐Up From the Salento Peninsula, Central Mediterranean	12
Microbial mats and their palaeoenvironmental analysis in offshore – shelf facies of the Los Molles Formation (Toarcian – Lower Callovian) in the Chacay Melehue area, Neuquén Basin, Argentina	12
Exploring the secondary mineral products generated by microbial iron respiration in Archean ocean simulations	11
Impact of steroid biosynthesis on the aerobic adaptation of eukaryotes	11
Protracted oxygenation across the Cambrian–Ordovician transition: A key initiator of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event?	10
Elevated δ¹⁵N Linked to Inhibited Nitrification Coupled to Ammonia Volatilization in Sediments of Shallow Alkaline‐Hypersaline Lakes	9
Interplay between abiotic and microbial biofilm‐mediated processes for travertine formation: Insights from a thermal spring (Piscine Carletti, Viterbo, Italy)	9
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Environmental and temporal patterns in bioturbation in the Cambrian–Ordovician of Western Newfoundland	9
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A 1 Ma sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) record of catchment vegetation changes and the developmental history of tropical Lake Towuti (Sulawesi, Indonesia)	9
Tricks of Nature From the Ancient Earth and Early Mars: Chemical Gardens Generate Biomorphs With High Preservation Potential	8
A Flourishing Planktonic Microbial Community in an Interglacial Offshore Environment: Silicified Microfossils From the Cryogenian Datangpo Formation, South China	8
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Oxygenation and Alkalinity Drive the Lacustrine Nitrogen Isotope Record Throughout the Past 3.2 Billion Years	8
Microbial N ₂ O Reduction in Sulfidic Waters: Impl	8
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Biogeochemistry of an Iron‐ and Manganese‐Rich Stratified Lake: Tasik Biru, Malaysia, as a Modern Model Habitat for the Ancient Ocean	7
New keratose sponges after the end‐Permian extinction provide insights into biotic recoveries	7
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The illusion of balance in the history of the biosphere	7
Production of diverse brGDGTs by Acidobacterium Solibacter usitatus in response to temperature, pH, and O₂ provides a culturing perspective on brGDGT proxies an	7
Low oxygen levels with high redox heterogeneity in the late Ediacaran shallow ocean: Constraints from I/(Ca + Mg) and Ce/Ce* of the Dengying Formation, South China	7
Morphological and Microbial Diversity of Hydromagnesite Microbialites in Lake Salda: A Mars Analog Alkaline Lake	7
The paleoredox context of early eukaryotic evolution: insights from the Tonian Mackenzie Mountains Supergroup, Canada	7
Lipid biomarkers recording marine microbial community structure changes through the Frasnian‐Famennian mass extinction event	6
Major contribution of sulfide‐derived sulfur to the benthic food web in a large freshwater lake	6
Two Worlds on a Stone: Arctic Desert Hypoliths and Epiliths Show Spatial Niche Differentiation	6
Biogeochemical transformations after the emergence of oxygenic photosynthesis and conditions for the first rise of atmospheric oxygen	6
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Ediacaran–Cambrianbioturbation did not extensively oxygenate sediments in shallow marine ecosystems	6
Carbonate chimneys at the highly productive point Dume methane seep: Fine‐scale mineralogical, geochemical, and microbiological heterogeneity reflects dynamic and long‐lived methane‐metabolizing habit	6
Endospores associated with deep seabed geofluid features in the eastern Gulf of Mexico	6
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The role of iron in the formation of Ediacaran ‘death masks’	6
Sulfide Oxidation Products Support Microbial Metabolism at Interface Environments in a Marine‐Like Serpentinizing Spring in Northern California	5
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Mesoproterozoic surface oxygenation accompanied major sedimentary manganese deposition at 1.4 and 1.1 Ga	5
Physiological and metabolic responses of chemolithoautotrophic NO3− reducers to high hydrostatic pressure	5
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White and green rust chimneys accumulate RNA in a ferruginous chemical garden	4
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Microbial Cycling of Sulfur and Other Redox‐Sensitive Elements in Porewaters of San Clemente Basin, California, and Cocos Ridge, Costa Rica	4
The Role of Microbial Mats in the Biostabilization of Sediment Through Trapping and Binding	4
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An Anaerobic Microbial Community Mediates Epigenetic Native Sulfur and Carbonate Formation During Replacement of Messinian Gypsum at Monte Palco, Sicily	4
Microbial biosignatures in ancient deep‐sea hydrothermal sulfides	4
Redox Gradient Shapes the Chemical Composition of Peatland Microbial Communities	4
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Hydrogeological controls on microbial activity and habitability in the Precambrian continental crust	4
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Mineralization Controls Informative Biomarker Preservation Associated With Soft Part Fossilization in Deep Time	4
Thallium Isotopes Suggest the Global Deep Ocean Did Not Approach Modern Oxygenation During Cambrian Age 3 Metazoan Radiation	3
Nubecularia‐coralline algal‐serpulid‐microbial bioherms of the Paratethys Sea—Distribution and paleoecological significance (upper Serravallian, upper Sarmatian, Middle Miocene)	3
Bioavailability of mineral‐associated trace metals as cofactors for nitrogen fixation by Azotobacter vinelandii	3
Ultrastructural Perspectives on the Biology and Taphonomy of Tonian Microfossils From the Draken Formation, Spitsbergen	3
A Biofilm Channel Origin for Vermiform Microstructure in Carbonate Microbialites	3
Cyanobacteria Boring Limestones in Freshwater Settings—Their Pioneering Role in Sculpturing Pebbles and Carbonate Dissolution	3
A Reassessment of the Coprostane Biomarker in the Ediacaran With Implications for Dickinsonia	3
Isotopic evidence of environmental changes during the Devonian–Carboniferous transition in South China and its implications for the biotic crisis	3
Dissolved silica affects the bulk iron redox state and recrystallization of minerals generated by photoferrotrophy in a simulated Archean ocean	3
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Primary to post‐depositional microbial controls on the stable and clumped isotope record of shoreline sediments at Fayetteville Green Lake	3
Multiple sulphur isotope record of Paleoarchean sedimentary rocks across the Onverwacht Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa	2
Evaluating Serpentinization as a Source of Phosphite to Microbial Communities in Hydrothermal Vents	2
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Fossil Geyserite and Testate Amoebae in Geothermal Spring Vent Pools: Paleoecology and Variable Preservation Quality in Jurassic Sinter of Patagonia (Deseado Massif, Argentina)	2
Pyritic stromatolites from the Paleoarchean Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton: Resolving biogenicity and hydrothermally influenced ecosystem dynamics	2
Lateral redox variability in ca. 1.9 Ga marine environments indicated by organic carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions	2
Microbial diversity and authigenic siderite mediation in sediments surrounding the Kedr‐1 mud volcano, Lake Baikal	2