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Journal of South American Earth Sciences
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Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 128 394 715 24

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 459
Documents by Best Scientists*: 789
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 92
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.63
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of South American Earth Sciences?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Paleontology, Geochemistry, Structural basin, Sedimentary rock and Cretaceous. Gondwana, Facies, Sedimentary depositional environment, Tectonics and Paleozoic are Paleontology topics of special interest in it. Journal of South American Earth Sciences focuses on Facies as well as the interrelated topic of Fluvial.

Journal of South American Earth Sciences focuses on Tectonics research which is adjacent to topics in Geomorphology. Journal of South American Earth Sciences links adjacent topics like Paleozoic with Permian. Zircon, Metamorphism, Mafic, Volcanic rock and Metamorphic rock are among the concentrations of Geochemistry that garnered much attention in the journal.

Zircon research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Terrane, Provenance, Craton, Geochronology and Archean. It is focused mainly on Structural basin, particularly Foreland basin. Studies on Sedimentary rock discussed in Journal of South American Earth Sciences link to the field of Basement (geology).

  • Paleontology (37.98%)
  • Geochemistry (34.93%)
  • Structural basin (14.57%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Pampean flat-slab of the Central Andes (536 citations)
  • Updated azca (Farallon)—South America relative motions during the last 40 My: implications for mountain building in the central Andean region (360 citations)
  • Wide plate margin deformation, southern Central America and northwestern South America, CASA GPS observations (360 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of South American Earth Sciences:

The published papers focus on Paleontology, Geochemistry, Zircon, Geomorphology and Sedimentary rock. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Geochemistry, it also covers topics in Petrology, Craton and Terrane. The Geomorphology research tackled in the journal publications is interrelated with Subduction which concerns subjects like Volcanic rock.

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 Journal of South American Earth Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Márcio Martins Pimentel (54 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Elton Luiz Dantas (52 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Victor A. Ramos (42 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei (37 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Reinhardt A. Fuck (37 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous 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 Journal of South American Earth Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (509 papers) published 124 papers at the last edition, 42 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (282 papers) published 42 papers at the last edition, 14 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Autonomous University of Mexico (272 papers) published 65 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (225 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Brasília (216 papers) published 40 papers at the last edition, 15 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, 7.55% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 60.88% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.59% of all publications and 14.63% 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

  • Triassic faunal successions of the Paraná Basin, southern Brazil

    Cesar L. Schultz;Agustín G. Martinelli;Marina B. Soares;Felipe L. Pinheiro

    (2020)
    123 Citations
  • Neoproterozoic magmatic arc systems of the central Ribeira belt, SE-Brazil, in the context of the West-Gondwana pre-collisional history: A review

    Monica Heilbron;Monica Heilbron;Claudio de Morisson Valeriano;Claudio de Morisson Valeriano;Caroline Peixoto;Miguel Tupinambá

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • Review of the fossil record of early dinosaurs from South America, and its phylogenetic implications

    Fernando E. Novas;Federico L. Agnolin;Martín D. Ezcurra;Rodrigo Temp Müller

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • The late Paleozoic Ice Age along the southwestern margin of Gondwana: Facies models, age constraints, correlation and sequence stratigraphic framework

    Oscar López-Gamundí;Carlos O. Limarino;John L. Isbell;Kathryn Pauls

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Hazardous faults of South America; compilation and overview

    Carlos Costa;Alexandra Alvarado;Franck Audemard;Laurence Audin

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy and the thermophilic fossil fauna from the middle Miocene of the East Pisco Basin (Peru)

    Giulia Bosio;Giulia Bosio;Elisa Malinverno;Alberto Collareta;Claudio Di Celma

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Late Pleistocene to Holocene activity of Alchichica maar volcano, eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Boris Chako Tchamabé;Gerardo Carrasco-Núñez;Daniel Paul Miggins;Károly Németh

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Chronology of deposition and unconformity development across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary, Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagonian Andes

    Sarah W.M. George;Sarah N. Davis;Roy A. Fernández;Leslie M.E. Manríquez

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • A Cambrian age for the upper Bambuí Group, Brazil, supported by the first U-Pb dating of volcaniclastic bed

    Débora Silvano Moreira;Alexandre Uhlein;Ivo Antônio Dussin;Gabriel Jubé Uhlein

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Late Barremian / Early Aptian Re–Os age of the Ipubi Formation black shales: Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental implications for Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil

    Thales Lúcio;João Adauto Souza Neto;David Selby;David Selby

    (2020)
    34 Citations

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