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67
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1246
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Ali Polat publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali Polat sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 196 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Ali Polat D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali Polat sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ali Polat is a researcher affiliated with the University of Windsor in Canada, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, and Paleontology. The primary focus lies in areas such as geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, as well as elemental analysis and paleontology stratigraphy.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

  • Onset of plate tectonics by the Eoarchean, 2020, Precambrian Research
  • Paired metamorphism in the Neoarchean: A record of accretionary-to-collisional orogenesis in the North China Craton, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Mélanges through time: Life cycle of the world's largest Archean mélange compared with Mesozoic and Paleozoic subduction-accretion-collision mélanges, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Archean dome-and-basin style structures form during growth and death of intraoceanic and continental margin arcs in accretionary orogens, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Boninitic blueschists record subduction initiation and subsequent accretion of an arc-forearc in the northeast Proto-Tethys Ocean, 2021, Geology

Frequent co-authors in Ali Polat's research include:

  • Timothy Kusky
  • Lu Wang
  • Hao Deng
  • Brian F. Windley
  • Bo Huang

Publications predominantly appear in established venues such as Precambrian Research, Earth-Science Reviews, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Lithos, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Areas of study that are central to Ali Polat's work cover a wide spectrum within Earth and Planetary Sciences, primarily:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Geology
  • Paleontology

In terms of research topics, Ali Polat addresses multiple aspects of geological science and geochemistry, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Best Publications

  • Alteration and geochemical patterns in the 3.7–3.8 Ga Isua greenstone belt, West Greenland

    A. Polat;A. W. Hofmann

  • Boninite-like volcanic rocks in the 3.7–3.8 Ga Isua greenstone belt, West Greenland: geochemical evidence for intra-oceanic subduction zone processes in the early Earth

    A. Polat;A. W. Hofmann;M. T. Rosing

  • Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents

    T.M. Kusky;A. Polat;A. Polat;B.F. Windley;B.F. Windley;K.C. Burke

  • Geochemistry of Neoarchean (ca. 2.55–2.50 Ga) volcanic and ophiolitic rocks in the Wutaishan greenstone belt, central orogenic belt, North China craton: Implications for geodynamic setting and continental growth

    Ali Polat;Timothy Kusky;Jianghai Li;Brian Fryer

  • Recognition of ocean plate stratigraphy in accretionary orogens through Earth history: A record of 3.8billion years of sea floor spreading, subduction, and accretion

    T.M. Kusky;B.F. Windley;I. Safonova;K. Wakita

  • Growth of granite greenstone terranes at convergent margins, and stabilization of Archean cratons

    Timothy M Kusky;Ali Polat

  • Magnesian andesites, Nb-enriched basalt-andesites, and adakites from late-Archean 2.7 Ga Wawa greenstone belts, Superior Province, Canada: implications for late Archean subduction zone petrogenetic processes

    A. Polat;R. Kerrich

  • Rapid forearc spreading between 130 and 120 Ma: Evidence from geochronology and geochemistry of the Xigaze ophiolite, southern Tibet

    Jingen Dai;Chengshan Wang;Ali Polat;M. Santosh;M. Santosh

  • Geochemical diversity in oceanic komatiites and basalts from the late Archean Wawa greenstone belts, Superior Province, Canada: trace element and Nd isotope evidence for a heterogeneous mantle

    Ali Polat;Robert Kerrich;Derek A Wyman

  • Assembly of Archean cratonic mantle lithosphere and crust: plume–arc interaction in the Abitibi–Wawa subduction–accretion complex

    D.A. Wyman;R. Kerrich;A. Polat

  • An overview of the geochemistry of Eoarchean to Mesoarchean ultramafic to mafic volcanic rocks, SW Greenland: Implications for mantle depletion and petrogenetic processes at subduction zones in the early Earth

    Ali Polat;Peter W.U. Appel;Brian J. Fryer

  • Trace element systematics of Mg-, to Fe-tholeiitic basalt suites of the Superior Province: implications for Archean mantle reservoirs and greenstone belt genesis

    R Kerrich;A Polat;D Wyman;P Hollings

  • Onset of plate tectonics by the Eoarchean

    Brian F. Windley;Brian F. Windley;Tim Kusky;Ali Polat;Ali Polat

  • Geochemical characteristics of the Neoarchean (2800–2700 Ma) Taishan greenstone belt, North China Craton: Evidence for plume–craton interaction

    A. Polat;J. Li;B. Fryer;T. Kusky

  • The late Archean Schreiber-Hemlo and White River-Dayohessarah greenstone belts, Superior Province: collages of oceanic plateaus, oceanic arcs, and subduction-accretion complexes

    A. Polat;R. Kerrich;D.A. Wyman

  • Archean greenstone belt magmatism and the continental growth–mantle evolution connection: constraints from Th–U–Nb–LREE systematics of the 2.7 Ga Wawa subprovince, Superior Province, Canada

    Ali Polat;Robert Kerrich

  • Source heterogeneity for the major components of ∼ 3.7 Ga Banded Iron Formations (Isua Greenstone Belt, Western Greenland): Tracing the nature of interacting water masses in BIF formation

    Robert Frei;Ali Polat

  • Geochemical and petrological evidence for a suprasubduction zone origin of Neoarchean (ca. 2.5 Ga) peridotites, central orogenic belt, North China craton

    Ali Polat;Claude Herzberg;Carsten Münker;Rebecca Rodgers

  • Growth of Archean continental crust in oceanic island arcs

    Ali Polat

  • Partial melting of deeply subducted eclogite from the Sulu orogen in China

    Lu Wang;Timothy M. Kusky;Ali Polat;Songjie Wang

  • Suprasubduction zone ophiolites and Archean tectonics

    Yildirim Dilek;Ali Polat

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy M. Kusky
Timothy M. Kusky China University of Geosciences
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
Brian J. Fryer
Brian J. Fryer University of Windsor
Robert Kerrich
Robert Kerrich University of Saskatchewan
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Yildirim Dilek
Yildirim Dilek Miami University
Carsten Münker
Carsten Münker University of Cologne
Derek A. Wyman
Derek A. Wyman University of Sydney
Fred J. Longstaffe
Fred J. Longstaffe University of Western Ontario
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences

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