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Geology Today

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 487 28 30 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 29
Documents by Best Scientists*: 31
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
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Overview

Top Research Topics at Geology Today?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Archaeology, Paleontology, Earth science, Geochemistry and Volcano. Specifically, studies on Geologist are prevalent in the Archaeology works discussed. In the Paleontology research discussed, Cretaceous and Sedimentary rock are all tackled.

  • Archaeology (35.44%)
  • Paleontology (21.42%)
  • Earth science (10.17%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Low Grade Metamorphism (248 citations)
  • The Scandinavian Caledonides: a complexity of collisions (63 citations)
  • Google Earth: a new geological resource (63 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Geology Today:

The journal publications are organized to address concerns in the fields of Paleontology, Earth science, Volcano, Archaeology and Fossil Record. The most cited publications hold forums on Earth science that merge themes from other disciplines such as Tectonics, Plate tectonics, Crust, Provenance and Geological survey. The most cited articles facilitate the exploration of Archaeology in relation to the field of Radioactive gas.

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

  • World War II
  • Ecology
  • Archaeology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Geology Today was organized to reinforce research efforts on Paleontology, Archaeology, Geochemistry, Earth (chemistry) and Oceanography. Studies on Paleontology discussed in it link to the field of Anoxic waters. Some problems in Archaeology that were presented in Geology Today overlapped with concepts under Tragedy (event), Otter and Current (fluid).

Aside from research in Geochemistry, Geology Today also discusses Ettringite studies. Geology Today addresses concerns in Earth (chemistry) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Resource (biology), Geological evolution, Earth science and Palaeogeography. The featured works in Water mass, which all belong in the domain if Oceanography, also overlaps with concepts under Flow (psychology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Unravelling the complex geological evolution of one of Earth's final remaining frontiers: East Siberia (2 citations)
  • Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators (1 citations)
  • Resource potential of one of Earth's final remaining frontiers: the Siberian Platform (1 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 Geology Today (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stephen K. Donovan (43 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Eric Robinson (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Trevor D. Ford (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tony Waltham (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Valentin R. Troll (16 papers) published 2 papers 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 Geology Today (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Leicester (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Natural History Museum (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Keele University (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Open University (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • British Geological Survey (22 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, 31.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 30.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.69% of all publications and 38.46% 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

  • The 2021 eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge on La Palma, Canary Islands

    Unknown

    (2022)
    179 Citations
  • Fossil viruses

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • A message from the ‘underground forge of the gods’: history and current eruptions at Mt Etna

    Konstantinos Thomaidis;Konstantinos Thomaidis;Valentin R. Troll;Valentin R. Troll;Frances M. Deegan;Frances M. Deegan;Carmela Freda

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Excavating eurypterids, giant arthropods of the Palaeozoic

    Derek E.G. Briggs;Brian T. Roach

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • The Norwegian mountains: the result of multiple episodes of uplift and subsidence

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Ancient oral tradition in Central Java warns of volcano–earthquake interaction

    Valentin R. Troll;Valentin R. Troll;Frances M. Deegan;Nadhirah Seraphine

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Go with the flow: the role of gateway and straits on plastic distribution

    Domenico Chiarella;Francisco Javier Hernández-Molina

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Pinched between the plates: Armenia's voluminous record of volcanic activity

    Ralf Halama;Khachatur Meliksetian;Ivan P. Savov;Patrick J. Sugden

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • African sandstorms, blood rain and continental mineral delivery to the Canary Islands

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • How to use a drone safely and effectively for geological studies

    David C.P. Peacock;Elliott Corke

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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