OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Astronomy is 56. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Feedback gets a stellar review	299
A rebounding instability	253
Next stop the Moon	237
Oxygen as atmospheric thermometer	230
Pinpointing the origins of radio flashes	230
A new lens for quasar host masses	211
Observations of a very energetic ultraviolet and optical flare with a space telescope	196
Two decades for twin rovers	172
Women astronomers in Afghanistan need the world’s support	171
Life might seem out of whack	160
SiO and a super-stellar C/O ratio in the atmosphere of the giant exoplanet WASP-121 b	135
A blazar in the epoch of reionization	131
The formation of merging black holes with masses beyond 30 M⊙ at solar metallicity	113
The impact of satellite trails on Hubble Space Telescope observations	112
Enhanced star formation through the high-temperature formation of H2 on carbonaceous dust grains	111
Insights into star formation and dispersal from the synchronization of stellar clocks	106
Identification of the weak-to-strong transition in Alfvénic turbulence from space plasma	105
Mapping of an early quenched massive galaxy and its neighbourhood	103
Small-body exploration with an in situ probe	102
Detection of ultra-fast radio bursts from FRB 20121102A	100
Early Mars habitability and global cooling by H2-based methanogens	96
Subaru’s spectrometer with thousands of eyes	95
Predicted future fate of COSMOS galaxy protoclusters over 11 Gyr with constrained simulations	92
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles	90
An aspherical distribution for the explosive burning ash of core-collapse supernovae	89

A multi-cubic-kilometre neutrino telescope in the western Pacific Ocean	86
Black in galaxy astrophysics	85
Enhanced magnetic activity in rapidly rotating binary stars	82
A new class of rocky exoplanets?	79
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu	77
Effects of density and temperature variations on the metallicity of Mrk 71	75
Radar signatures of active lava flows on Venus	73
Author Correction: A low-density ocean inside Titan inferred from Cassini data	71
Chilean astronomy and climate change	69
The super-resolved megamasers of NGC 4258	68
Scanning for planetary cores with single-receiver intersource correlations	68
Spectral determination of the colour and vertical structure of dark spots in Neptune’s atmosphere	67
The scourge of harassment in astronomy	66
Settling a cosmic metal debate	66
Save the Earth… and space	65
Odd radio circles ring galaxies	62
The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu’s parent asteroid	61
A JWST/DiSCo-TNOs portrait of the primordial Solar System through its trans-Neptunian objects	61
Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud	60
Discovery of a radio-emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 s	60
Direct detection of ultralight dark matter bound to the Sun with space quantum sensors	60
Unnecessary risks created by uncontrolled rocket reentries	60
Nitrogen-rich organics from comets probed by ultra-carbonaceous Antarctic micrometeorites	60
The main barriers to distributed interaction are not technological	59
Geomorphic contexts and science focus of the Zhurong landing site on Mars	59
A fast X-ray transient from a weak relativistic jet associated with a type Ic-BL supernova	58
A call to address humanity’s cosmic footprint	57
Radio show for rare type Ia	56
Evaluation of the InSightSeers and DART Boarders mission observer programmes	56
Stress testing ΛCDM with high-redshift galaxy candidates	56
Finding humanity on exoplanets	56