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Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
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Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

1300-0985

Published by: The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey

https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/index.htm

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 340 53 58 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 57
Documents by Best Scientists*: 63
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 52
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.355
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Geochemistry, Paleontology, Seismology, Structural basin and Petrology. The in-depth study on Geochemistry also explores topics in the intersecting field of Mineralogy. It centers on topics in Mineralogy, with a focus on Calcite.

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences features Paleontology research that overlaps with concepts in Foraminifera. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences focuses on different Seismology studies like Fault (geology), Tectonics, North Anatolian Fault, Strike-slip tectonics and Graben. It encompasses Structural basin studies in the context of Geomorphology as a whole.

The study on Mafic featured in the journal expounds on the topic of Felsic in particular. The study on Volcanic rock presented in it intersects with the topics under Basalt. Research on Massif addressed in Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences frequently intersections with the field of Metamorphism.

  • Geochemistry (40.34%)
  • Paleontology (29.76%)
  • Seismology (13.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Karakaya Complex: A Review of Data and Concepts (172 citations)
  • Geology of the Caucasus: A Review (168 citations)
  • The earthquake catalogues for Turkey (133 citations)

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

The published papers cover a variety of subjects, including Geochemistry, Paleontology, Petrology, Graben and Seismology. In the Geochemistry research discussed in the published articles, Volcanic rock, Metamorphic rock, Massif, Mafic and Zircon are all tackled. The journal publications go beyond the discussion of Petrology and connect it with closely related disciplines like

  • Petrogenesis and related Pluton,
  • Petrography, which have a strong connection to Diagenesis, Arenite and Cretaceous,
  • Lile which intersects with area such as Hornblende..

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

  • Paleontology
  • Ecology
  • Sedimentary rock

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Seismology, Geochemistry, Paleontology, Fault (geology) and Structural basin. The journal facilitates discussions in Seismic hazard assessment, North Anatolian Fault, Earthquake hazard and Active fault as part of the larger field of Seismology, however, it also tackles fields such as Field analysis. The research on Geochemistry featured in Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences combines topics in other fields like Facies and Cretaceous.

The research on Paleontology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Foraminifera and Benthic zone. Fault (geology) research presented in Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences encompasses a variety of subjects, including Slip (materials science) and Bathymetry. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences focused on Structural basin research but expanded to cover Tectonics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Tectonic implications of the Mw 6.8, 30 October 2020 Kuşadası Gulf earthquake in the frame of active faults of Western Turkey (2 citations)
  • Present day strike-slip deformation within the southern part of the Izmir-Balikesir Transfer Zone based on GNSS data and implications for seismic hazard assessment in western Anatolia (2 citations)
  • Anatomy of October 30, 2020, Samos (Sisam) –Kuşadası earthquake (MW 6.92) and its influence on Aegean earthquake hazard (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 Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Aral I. Okay (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ercan Özcan (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Durmuş Boztuğ (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • György Less (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hasan Sözbilir (9 papers) published 1 paper 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 Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Istanbul Technical University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Middle East Technical University (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dokuz Eylül University (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Miskolc (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cumhuriyet University (7 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, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% 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

  • Uplift of Anatolia

    Aral I. Okay;Massımılıano Zattin;Ercan Özcan;Gürsel Sunal

    (2020)
    48 Citations
  • Contemporary Velocity Field for Turkey Inferred from Combination of a Dense Network of Long Term GNSS Observations

    (2023)
    26 Citations
  • GPS derived finite source mechanism of the 30 October 2020 Samos earthquake, Mw = 6.9, in the Aegean extensional region

    Bahadır Aktuğ;İbrahim Tiryakioğlu;Hasan Sözbilir;Haluk Özener

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • APMdisc: An online computer program for the geochemical discrimination of siliciclastic sediments from active and passive margins

    María Abdelaly Rivera-Gómez;John S. Armstrong-Altrin;Surendra P. Verma;Lorena Díaz-González

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Present day strike-slip deformation within the southern part of the Izmir-Balikesir Transfer Zone based on GNSS data and implications for seismic hazard assessment in western Anatolia

    Eda Esma Eyubagil;Halil İbrahim Solak;Umre Selin Kavak;İbrahim Tiryakioğlu

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Eocene-Oligocene succession at Kıyıköy (Midye) on the Black Sea coast in Thrace

    Aral I. Okay;Michael D. Simmons;Ercan Özcan;Stephen Starkie

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • The Ypresian to Lutetian marine record in NW Turkey: a revised biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy and implications for Eocene paleogeography

    Ercan Özcan;Zahide Özcan;Aral I. Okay;Kenan Akbayram

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Effects of seismic activity on groundwater level and geothermal systems in İzmir, Western Anatolia, Turkey: the case study from October 30, 2020 Samos Earthquake

    Taygun Uzelli;Esra Bilgiç;Bahadır Öztürk;Alper Baba

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Geochemical, stable O, C, and B and radiogenic Sr, Nd, Pb isotopic data from the Eskişehir-Kızılcaören NW-Anatolia and the Malatya-Kuluncak E-central Anatolia F-REE-Th deposits, Turkey: implications for nature of carbonate-hosted mineralization

    Okay Çimen;Loretta Corcoran;Corinne Kuebler;Stefanie S. Simonetti

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Updated historical earthquake catalog of İzmir region (western Anatolia) and its importance for the determination of seismogenic source

    Çiğdem Tepe;Hasan Sözbilir;Semih Eski;Ökmen Sümer

    (2021)
    10 Citations

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