Geological Society Special Publication

Top Research Topics at Geological Society, London, Special Publications?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Paleontology, Geochemistry, Geomorphology, Oceanography and Petrology. Geological Society, London, Special Publications facilitated presentations on Paleontology research, particularly Structural basin, Tectonics, Cretaceous, Rift and Paleozoic. The field of Seismology is the anchor for the Tectonics studies presented in it.

• Paleontology (27.00%)
• Geochemistry (21.60%)
• Geomorphology (12.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts. Implications for Mantle Composition and Processes (16743 citations)
• Kinematics of the western Mediterranean (1275 citations)
• Geochemical characteristics of collision-zone magmatism (993 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Geological Society, London, Special Publications:

The published papers focus on Paleontology, Geochemistry, Geomorphology, Tectonics and Petrology. The journal publications link adjacent topics like Paleontology with Oceanography. In addition to Geochemistry research, the journal publications aim to explore topics under Magmatism, Subduction and Earth science.

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

• World War II
• Ecology
• Paleontology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Geochemistry, Paleontology, Volcano, Archaeology and Structural basin. The presented Geochemistry study covers related areas such as Petrogenesis and also touches on topics like Field (physics). Among the topics covered in it are Paleontology and Event (relativity).

While the journal primarily focused on Event (relativity), it also opened dialogues on the discipline of Anoxic waters. The journal focuses on Volcano but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Cenozoic, Earth science and China.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Geoethics as global ethics to face grand challenges for humanity (13 citations)
• A revised synthesis of the rift and drift history of the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding regions in the light of improved age dating of the Middle Jurassic salt (10 citations)
• The Tumey Giant Injection Complex, Tumey Hill, California (USA) (10 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 Geological Society, London, Special Publications (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alastair H. F. Robertson (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael P. Searle (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert W.H. Butler (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Robert E. Holdsworth (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Ken McClay (24 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 Geological Society, London, Special Publications (based on the number of publications) are:

• British Geological Survey (159 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Royal Holloway, University of London (126 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (126 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Durham University (90 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Oxford (89 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 7.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.83% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.53% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.77% of all publications and 64.87% 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.