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Published by: Elsevier
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/earth-and-planetary-science-letters
| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Science | 9 | 1793 | 1864 | 56 |
The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Mantle (geology), Seismology and Paleontology. The journal features Geochemistry research that overlaps with concepts in Oceanic crust. The research on Mineralogy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Isotope, Chondrite, Meteorite, Silicate and Analytical chemistry.
The Mantle (geology) works featured in it incorporate elements from Lithosphere, Petrology and Transition zone. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Seismology, apply to Slip (materials science) as well. Paleomagnetism, Cretaceous, Sedimentary rock and Structural basin are among the areas of Paleontology tackled.
Basalt research is the primary subject tackled in it with a focus on Partial melting. Continental crust is a focus of the Crust works in it. It focused on Subduction research but expanded to cover Slab.
The published papers investigate studies in Geochemistry, Mantle (geology), Mineralogy, Basalt and Paleontology. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Geochemistry, it also covers topics in Subduction and Oceanic crust. The most cited articles hold forums on Mantle (geology) that merge themes from other disciplines such as Olivine, Lithosphere and Transition zone.
The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Geochemistry, Mantle (geology), Petrology, Seismology and Subduction. Zircon, Archean, Metamorphism, Diagenesis and Sedimentary rock are some of the facets of Geochemistry tackled in the journal. In the journal, Basalt, Lithosphere and Transition zone are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Mantle (geology) research.
Issues in Petrology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Magmatism, Magma and Crust. The journal encompasses presentations on Seismology, specifically Fault (geology), Volcano, Induced seismicity and Tectonics. The study on Subduction presented in Earth and Planetary Science Letters intersects with subjects under the field of Slab.
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 Earth and Planetary Science Letters (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Earth and Planetary Science Letters (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 5.30% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.82% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.17% of all publications and 35.28% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
Frances E. G. Butcher;Frances E. G. Butcher;Matthew R. Balme;Susan J. Conway;Colman Gallagher
(2020)Cin-Ty A. Lee;Ming Tang
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(2020)Weiwei Ding;Zhen Sun;Geoffroy Mohn;Michael Nirrengarten
(2020)Peter A. Cawood;Erin L. Martin;J. Brendan Murphy;Sergei A. Pisarevsky;Sergei A. Pisarevsky
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