Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Top Research Topics at Acta Geologica Sinica-english Edition?

Acta Geologica Sinica-english Edition aims to foster the development of research in Geochemistry, Paleontology, China, Structural basin and Petrology. Zircon is the primary subject of Geochemistry works presented in Acta Geologica Sinica-english Edition. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with Zircon but it intersects with the subject of Geochronology.

Cretaceous, Permian, Sedimentary rock, Facies and Paleozoic are all subfields of Paleontology research that were featured in it. The journal dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of China and Mining engineering. The journal explores the study of Tectonics to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Seismology.

• Geochemistry (49.07%)
• Paleontology (19.08%)
• China (14.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Radiometric Dating of Ignimbrite from Inner Mongolia Provides no Indication of a Post-Middle Jurassic Age for the Daohugou Beds (116 citations)
• Timing of Magma Mixing in the Gangdisê Magmatic Belt during the India-Asia Collision: Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb Dating (109 citations)
• Paleozoic Accretion-Collision Events and Kinematics of Ductile Deformation in the Eastern Part of the Southern-Central Tianshan Belt, China (102 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Geologica Sinica-english Edition:

The journal articles aim to foster the development of research in Paleontology, Geochemistry, Cretaceous, Zircon and Petrology. The published papers explore research in Paleontology alongside concepts in China and other areas of study in Ecology. While work presented in the journal papers provide substantial information on Geochemistry, it also covers topics in Tectonics and Craton.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Ecology
• Genus
• Paleontology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Geochemistry, China, Structural basin, Paleontology and Tectonics are among the topics commonly tackled in Acta Geologica Sinica-english Edition. The research on Geochemistry featured in it combines topics in other fields like Margin (machine learning) and Cretaceous. While Structural basin is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Sedimentary rock and Pearl.

Acta Geologica Sinica-english Edition features studies on Paleontology, including topics such as Biostratigraphy.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Neoproterozoic Tectonic Events of Egypt (6 citations)
• Petrology and Geochemistry of some Ophiolitic Metaperidotites from the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Insights into Geodynamic Evolution and Metasomatic processes (4 citations)
• Pore Characteristics and Controlling Factors of Lacustrine Shales From the Upper Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation of the Songliao Basin, Northeast China: A Study Combining SEM, Low Temperature Gas Adsorption and MICP Experiments (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Acta Geologica Sinica-english Edition (based on the number of publications) are:

• Jingsui Yang (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Hongcai Fei (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ziguo Hao (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Shuangfang Lu (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lian Liu (31 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Acta Geologica Sinica-english Edition (based on the number of publications) are:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences (729 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (503 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (396 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
• Chengdu University of Technology (237 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• China University of Petroleum (234 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 10.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 47.62% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.05% of all publications and 22.22% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.