OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aeolian Research is 7. 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
Quantifying dust emission potential of playa and desert surfaces in the Salton Sea Air Basin, California, United States	100
Editorial Board	31
Surface wind strength and sea surface temperature connections along the south peruvian coast during the last 150 years	25
Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of heavy metals in windborne sediments from a residential area (Case study: Tabas, Iran)	24
Seasonal variations in threshold wind speed for saltation depending on soil temperature and vegetation: A case study in the Gobi Desert	23
Parameterizing an aeolian erosion model for rangelands	21
On the relationship between air pollution indices and risk level of dust-related diseases and associated hospitalization	17
Limitations of applying grain weight similitude in aeolian studies with NASA Mars Wind Tunnel	16
Investigating threshold wind velocity for movement of sparsely distributed gravels in a wind tunnel: Effect of surface coarseness	14
Editorial Board	14
High resolution luminescence chronology of coastal dune deposits near Chumphon, Western Gulf of Thailand	13
Aeolian sand cover on a granite peninsula (Hammeren, Bornholm, Baltic Sea) formed in three episodes during the past 11,600 years	13
Dune bistability identified by remote sensing in a semi-arid dune field of northern China	13
Meteorological and geological controls on dust devil activity: Initial results from a field study at Smith Creek Valley, Nevada, USA	12
A classification scheme for sedimentary architectures arising from aeolian-fluvial system interactions: Permian examples from southeast Utah, USA	11
Classification of synoptic weather clusters associated with dust accumulation over southeastern areas of the Caspian Sea (Northeast Iran and Karakum desert)	11
The influences of boundary layer thickness on the characteristics of saltation sand flow – A large eddy simulation study	10
Development and validation of vegetation indicators for the occurrence of saltation that consider the spatial distribution of vegetation	9
Dune behavior in the Source Area of the Yellow River under climate changes observed from various remote sensing datasets	9
Characterization of potential fugitive dust emissions within the Keeler Dunes, an inland dune field in the Owens Valley, California, United States	9
Magnetic characteristics and source analysis of modern snow dust from the Tianshan Mountains	9
Dust transport pathways from The Great Basin	9
Influence of crop rotation, irrigation, fertilization, and tillage on the aggregate property and soil wind erosion potential in the floodplain of the Yellow River	9
Transport and deposition of microplastics and microrubbers during a dust storm (Sarakhs, northeast Iran)	9
Automatic identification of saltating tracks driven by strong wind in high-speed video using multiple statistical quantities of instant particle velocity	8

Vortex core regions of nebkhas and their implications on shadow dune formation	8
Reconstructing star dune dynamics using ground penetrating radar – How movement shapes complex surface structures	8
Modelled direct causes of dust emission change (2001–2020) in southwestern USA and implications for management	8
Chronology and dust mass accumulation history of the Wenchuan loess on eastern Tibetan Plateau since the last glacial	8
Late Quaternary eolian dune-field mobilization and stabilization near the Laurentide Ice Sheet limit, New Jersey Pine Barrens, eastern USA	8
Aeolian influences on gully erosion in clay-rich soils in a humid subtropical climate, Southeast USA	8
Editorial Board	8
Use of digital photogrammetry and LiDAR techniques to quantify time-series dune volume estimates of the Keeler Dunes Complex, Owens Valley, California	8
ZIBARS: Distribution, morphology and environmental controls	8
Morphological dynamics of a trough-shaped blowout on a fixed dune in China	7
Numerical study on the bearing response trend of perforated sheet-type sand fences	7
Charges of individual sand grains in natural windblown sand fluxes	7
A North American dust emission climatology (2001–2020) calibrated to dust point sources from satellite observations	7
Dust transport pathways from the Mesopotamian Marshes	7
Experimental evidence of dust flux size distribution variation along two consecutive erosion seasons	7
Vertical flux density and frequency profiles of wind-blown sand as a function of the grain size over gobi and implications for aeolian transport processes	7
Geochemical characterization of major elements in Gurbantunggut Desert sediments, northwestern China and their regional variations	7