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Gondwana Research

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 20 667 727 46

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 804
Documents by Best Scientists*: 831
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 33
SCIMAGO H-index: 184
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.612
Impact Factor: 8.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Gondwana Research?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Geochemistry, Paleontology, Zircon, Gondwana and Craton. Some problems in Geochemistry that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Subduction, Petrology and Terrane. The presented research on Subduction deals specifically with Mantle (geology) but it also addresses topics in Lithosphere.

While Gondwana Research focused on Petrology, it was also able to explore topics like Basalt and Volcanic rock. Paleozoic, Tectonics, Cretaceous, Permian and Rift are all subfields of Paleontology research that were featured in the journal. Gondwana Research focuses on Zircon but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Felsic, Partial melting, Crust, Provenance and Geochronology.

While Gondwana is the key highlight in Gondwana Research, it also covered some subjects on Supercontinent and Rodinia. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Craton, it also covered topics in Precambrian, Proterozoic and Archean. In it, Metamorphic rock, Gneiss, Granulite and Metamorphic facies are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Metamorphism research.

  • Geochemistry (50.32%)
  • Paleontology (34.16%)
  • Zircon (24.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The early Precambrian odyssey of the North China Craton: A synoptic overview (1048 citations)
  • Configuration of Columbia, a Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent (985 citations)
  • The origin and pre-Cenozoic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau (733 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Gondwana Research:

The journal articles mostly deal with topics like Geochemistry, Paleontology, Zircon, Craton and Terrane. While the published articles focused on Geochemistry, they were also able to explore topics like Subduction and Petrology. While work presented in the journal papers provide substantial information on Zircon, it also covers topics in Partial melting, Magmatism, Geochronology, Precambrian and Archean.

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

  • Paleontology
  • Genus
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Geochemistry, Paleontology, Terrane, Zircon and Subduction are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Geochemistry research presented in Gondwana Research encompasses a variety of subjects, including Carbonate, Meteoric water and Oceanic crust. Terrane research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Gondwana, Magmatism, Craton and Continental margin.

Issues in Craton were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Foreland basin and Precambrian. It holds forums on Zircon that merges themes from other disciplines such as Igneous rock, Mantle wedge, Crust, Volcanic rock and Provenance. The concepts on Subduction presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Shear zone and Thrust fault.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Solidus and melting of carbonated phlogopite peridotite at 3–6.5 GPa: Implications for mantle metasomatism (1 citations)
  • Fault-controlled carbonate-hosted barite-fluorite mineral systems: The Shuanghe deposit, Yangtze Block, South China (1 citations)
  • The Mesozoic Amdo micro-block and East Asian superconvergent tectonic system (0 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 Gondwana Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • M. Santosh (261 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
  • Wenjiao Xiao (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Guochun Zhao (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shigenori Maruyama (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Min Sun (37 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 Gondwana Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (412 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 24 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (274 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 25 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Adelaide (138 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (128 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Curtin University (126 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 11 less 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 2022 edition, 15.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 64.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.76% of all publications and 11.76% 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

  • Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

    Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen;Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Stefan M. Schmid;Liviu C. Maţenco

    (2020)
    559 Citations
  • Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

    Stefan M. Schmid;Bernhard Fügenschuh;Alexandre Kounov;Liviu Maţenco

    (2020)
    449 Citations
  • Application of machine learning, deep learning and optimization algorithms in geoengineering and geoscience: comprehensive review and future challenge

    Unknown

    (2022)
    443 Citations
  • Central China Orogenic Belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

    Yunpeng Dong;Shengsi Sun;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Jie Zhao

    (2021)
    358 Citations
  • Multiple Tethyan ocean basins and orogenic belts in Asia

    Ian Metcalfe

    (2021)
    357 Citations
  • Ordovician palaeogeography and climate change

    L. Robin M. Cocks;Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik

    (2021)
    145 Citations
  • Plate tectonics: What, where, why, and when?

    Richard M. Palin;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

    (2021)
    138 Citations
  • Pathways and challenges of the application of artificial intelligence to geohazards modelling

    Abhirup Dikshit;Biswajeet Pradhan;Abdullah M. Alamri

    (2021)
    129 Citations
  • A Novel Method using Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)-based Shapley Additive Explanations for Spatial Landslide Prediction using Time-Series SAR dataset

    (2022)
    107 Citations
  • Prediction of wall deflection induced by braced excavation in spatially variable soils via convolutional neural network

    (2022)
    106 Citations

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