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Bulletin - Societie Geologique de France
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Bulletin - Societie Geologique de France

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Published by: EDP Sciences

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bsgf

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 185 106 113 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 114
Documents by Best Scientists*: 118
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 64
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.933
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bulletin De La Societe Geologique De France?

Bulletin De La Societe Geologique De France mostly deals with topics like Paleontology, Geochemistry, Geomorphology, Archaeology and Cretaceous. It focuses on Paleontology as well as the interrelated topic of Fauna. The works on Geochemistry deal in particular with Massif.

  • Paleontology (25.21%)
  • Geochemistry (17.79%)
  • Geomorphology (14.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Sur une methode graphique de recherche des contraintes principales egalement utilisables en tectonique et en seismologie : la methode des diedres droits (616 citations)
  • Evolution tectonique du systeme alpin en Mediterranee; poinconnement et ecrasement rigide-plastique (441 citations)
  • Larger Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Tethyan Paleocene and Eocene (432 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bulletin De La Societe Geologique De France:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Paleontology, Geomorphology, Geochemistry, Tectonics and Cretaceous. The Paleontology research presented in the most cited papers places emphasis on topics like Sedimentary rock, Structural basin, Facies, Rift and Massif. The journal articles are concerned with the study of Tectonics and Seismology in general.

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

  • Ecology
  • Paleontology
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Bulletin De La Societe Geologique De France facilitates discussions on Paleontology, Geochemistry, Cretaceous, Tectonics and Massif. It primarily discusses Paleontology topics, particularly Rift, Plate tectonics, Sedimentary rock, Basement (geology) and Keuper. It facilitates discussions on Geochemistry that incorporate concepts from other fields like Scheelite and Mineralization (geology), Hydrothermal circulation.

The journal explores topics in Cretaceous which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Salt tectonics, Diapir, Range (biology) and Facies. The tackled Tectonics research is interrelated with Mantle (geology) which concerns subjects like Mountain formation, Subduction and Asthenosphere. In addition to Massif research, it aims to explore topics under Magnitude (mathematics), Ecological succession and Graben.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A decade of seismicity in metropolitan France (2010–2019): the CEA/LDG methodologies and observations (6 citations)
  • Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults (6 citations)
  • FMHex20: An earthquake focal mechanism database for seismotectonic analyses in metropolitan France and bordering regions (6 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.

The top authors publishing in Bulletin De La Societe Geologique De France (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jean Aubouin (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • René C. Maury (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Eric Buffetaut (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Louis Glangeaud (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jacques Bourcart (22 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Bulletin De La Societe Geologique De France (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (241 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Rennes (88 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Paris (83 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Orléans (76 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 7.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 71.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.26% of all publications and 12.82% 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.

Top Publications

  • Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms

    Adrien Romagny;Laurent Jolivet;Armel Menant;Eloïse Bessière

    (2020)
    100 Citations
  • Flow of partially molten crust controlling construction, growth and collapse of the Variscan orogenic belt: the geologic record of the French Massif Central

    Olivier Vanderhaeghe;Oscar Laurent;Véronique Gardien;Jean-François Moyen

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Evolution of the Alpine orogenic belts in the Western Mediterranean region as resolved by the kinematics of the Europe-Africa diffuse plate boundary

    Paul Angrand;Frédéric Mouthereau

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults

    Laurent Jolivet;Armel Menant;Vincent Roche;Laetitia Le Pourhiet

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • Geodynamic evolution of a wide plate boundary in the Western Mediterranean, near-field versus far-field interactions

    Laurent Jolivet;Thierry Baudin;Sylvain Calassou;Sébastien Chevrot

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Role of rift-inheritance and segmentation for orogenic evolution: example from the Pyrenean-Cantabrian system

    Rodolphe Lescoutre;Gianreto Manatschal

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Processes and deformation rates generating seismicity in metropolitan France and conterminous Western Europe

    Stéphane Mazzotti;Hervé Jomard;Frédéric Masson

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • The role of inheritance in forming rifts and rifted margins and building collisional orogens: a Biscay-Pyrenean perspective

    Gianreto Manatschal;Pauline Chenin;Rodolphe Lescoutre;Rodolphe Lescoutre;Jordi Miró;Jordi Miró

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Lateral variations of pressure-temperature evolution in non-cylindrical orogens and 3-D subduction dynamics: the Betic-Rif Cordillera example

    Eloïse Bessière;Eloïse Bessière;Laurent Jolivet;Romain Augier;Stéphane Scaillet

    (2021)
    31 Citations

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