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Geological Magazine
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Geological Magazine

0016-7568

Published by: Cambridge University Press

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 141 318 347 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 347
Documents by Best Scientists*: 366
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 97
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.716
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Geological Magazine?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Paleontology, Geochemistry, Archaeology, Geomorphology and Carboniferous. Paleontology and Fauna are closely related fields of research discussed in it. Geochemistry research discussed connects with the study of Petrology.

The journal connects research in Archaeology with the related topic of Environmental ethics.

  • Paleontology (25.70%)
  • Geochemistry (19.29%)
  • Archaeology (14.84%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Mechanics of Oblique Slip Faulting (843 citations)
  • The origins of granulites: a metamorphic perspective (791 citations)
  • Geological Society of London (684 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Geological Magazine:

The journal papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Paleontology, Geochemistry, Petrology, Geomorphology and Cretaceous. The journal papers dive deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Paleontology and Fauna. The published articles with studies in Ordovician featured incorporate elements of Devonian and Paleozoic.

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

  • Paleontology
  • Ecology
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Geological Magazine primarily tackles Geochemistry, Paleontology, Zircon, Tectonics and Geochronology. Geological Magazine features Geochemistry research that overlaps with concepts in Magmatism. Paleontology studies presented include Ordovician, Structural basin, Facies, Gondwana and Trace fossil.

The journal goes beyond the discussion of Zircon as it connects it with closely related disciplines like

  • Paleozoic most often made with reference to Provenance,
  • Permian that intertwine with fields like Carboniferous,
  • Precambrian most often made with reference to Craton.. The study on Tectonics presented in Geological Magazine intersects with subjects under the field of Cretaceous. The journal focuses on Volcanic rock but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Felsic which is concerned with Igneous rock and Sedimentary rock.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Phanerozoic accretionary history of Japan and the western Pacific margin (9 citations)
  • Detrital zircon provenance of north Gondwana Palaeozoic sandstones from Saudi Arabia (8 citations)
  • Deformation partitioning in mountain belts: insights from analogue modelling experiments and the Taiwan collisional orogen (8 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 Geological Magazine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Henry Woodward (125 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nigel Woodcock (106 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • T. Rupert Jones (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Douglas Palmer (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • T. Mellard Reade (61 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 Geological Magazine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cambridge (278 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • British Museum (176 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (121 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • British Geological Survey (110 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Oxford (95 papers) absent at the last 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, 29.22% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.35% of all publications and 63.30% 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

  • Early Palaeozoic diversifications and extinctions in the marine biosphere: a continuum of change

    David A.T. Harper;David A.T. Harper;Borja Cascales-Miñana;Thomas Servais;Thomas Servais

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Enhanced Arctic-Tethys connectivity ended the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in NW Europe

    B. van de Schootbrugge;A. J. P. Houben;F. E. Z. Ercan;R. Verreussel

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • A Cretaceous dinoflagellate cyst zonation for NE Greenland

    H. Nøhr-Hansen;S. Piasecki;S. Piasecki;P. Alsen

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Chemical weathering and erosion responses to changing monsoon climate in the Late Miocene of Southwest Asia

    Peter D Clift;Peter D Clift;Denise K Kulhanek;Peng Zhou;Melanie G Bowen

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Detrital zircon provenance of north Gondwana Palaeozoic sandstones from Saudi Arabia

    Guido Meinhold;Guido Meinhold;Alexander Bassis;Matthias Hinderer;Anna Lewin

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • The propagation paths of fluid-driven fractures in layered and faulted rocks

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • Origin, tectonic environment and age of the Bibole banded iron formations, northwestern Congo Craton, Cameroon: geochemical and geochronological constraints

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Every zircon deserves a date: selection bias in detrital geochronology

    Maximilian Dröllner;Milo Barham;Christopher L. Kirkland;Bryant Ware

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Unusual seawater composition of the Late Cretaceous Tethys imprinted in glauconite of Narmada basin, central India

    Udita Bansal;Udita Bansal;Santanu Banerjee;Kanchan Pande;Dhiren K. Ruidas

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Triassic magmatism in the European Southern Alps as an early phase of Pangea break-up

    Angelo De Min;Matteo Velicogna;Luca Ziberna;Luca Ziberna;Massimo Chiaradia

    (2020)
    34 Citations

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