OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Astronomy is 54. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Feedback gets a stellar review	289
A rebounding instability	246
Next stop the Moon	227
Oxygen as atmospheric thermometer	226
Pinpointing the origins of radio flashes	215
A new lens for quasar host masses	207
Observations of a very energetic ultraviolet and optical flare with a space telescope	185
Two decades for twin rovers	165
Women astronomers in Afghanistan need the world’s support	162
Life might seem out of whack	155
SiO and a super-stellar C/O ratio in the atmosphere of the giant exoplanet WASP-121 b	133
Mapping of an early quenched massive galaxy and its neighbourhood	126
Insights into star formation and dispersal from the synchronization of stellar clocks	110
The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30 M⊙ at solar metallicity	110
Small-body exploration with an in situ probe	105
Predicted future fate of COSMOS galaxy protoclusters over 11 Gyr with constrained simulations	103
Identification of the weak-to-strong transition in Alfvénic turbulence from space plasma	103
Enhanced star formation through the high-temperature formation of H2 on carbonaceous dust grains	99
Detection of ultra-fast radio bursts from FRB 20121102A	97
A radio technosignature search towards Proxima Centauri resulting in a signal of interest	96
A blazar in the epoch of reionization	94
A multi-cubic-kilometre neutrino telescope in the western Pacific Ocean	93
The impact of satellite trails on Hubble Space Telescope observations	87
Early Mars habitability and global cooling by H2-based methanogens	86
Subaru’s spectrometer with thousands of eyes	85

An aspherical distribution for the explosive burning ash of core-collapse supernovae	84
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles	83
Black in galaxy astrophysics	79
A call to address humanity’s cosmic footprint	78
Enhanced magnetic activity in rapidly rotating binary stars	77
A new class of rocky exoplanets?	73
Direct detection of ultralight dark matter bound to the Sun with space quantum sensors	71
Nitrogen-rich organics from comets probed by ultra-carbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorites	70
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu	69
Effects of density and temperature variations on the metallicity of Mrk 71	68
Radar signatures of active lava flows on Venus	66
Author Correction: A low-density ocean inside Titan inferred from Cassini data	66
Scanning for planetary cores with single-receiver intersource correlations	65
Chilean astronomy and climate change	65
The super-resolved megamasers of NGC 4258	64
Spectral determination of the colour and vertical structure of dark spots in Neptune’s atmosphere	63
Settling a cosmic metal debate	62
The scourge of harassment in astronomy	60
Save the Earth… and space	60
Odd radio circles ring galaxies	60
Discovery of a radio-emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 s	59
Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud	59
The main barriers to distributed interaction are not technological	57
Analysis of the Breakthrough Listen signal of interest blc1 with a technosignature verification framework	56
A JWST/DiSCo-TNOs portrait of the primordial Solar System through its trans-Neptunian objects	56
The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu’s parent asteroid	55
Stress testing ΛCDM with high-redshift galaxy candidates	55
Unnecessary risks created by uncontrolled rocket reentries	55
Geomorphic contexts and science focus of the Zhurong landing site on Mars	54