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2023

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D-Index
103
Citations
38379
World Ranking
113
National Ranking
11

David I. Groves 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 David I. Groves sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 436 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

David I. Groves 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 David I. Groves sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

David I. Groves is a researcher affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their work spans multiple disciplines, with a focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. The researcher has contributed extensively to fields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research addresses key topics such as Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Extraction and Separation Processes, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods.

David I. Groves has published in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Geosystems and Geoenvironment
  • Gondwana Research
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Economic Geology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by the researcher include:

  • A scale-integrated exploration model for orogenic gold deposits based on a mineral system approach, 2020, Geoscience Frontiers
  • Craton and thick lithosphere margins: The sites of giant mineral deposits and mineral provinces, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • An integrated mineral system model for the gold deposits of the giant Jiaodong province, eastern China, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Mesozoic Orogenic Gold Mineralization in the Jiaodong Peninsula, China: A Focused Event at 120 ± 2 Ma During Cooling of Pregold Granite Intrusions, 2020, Economic Geology
  • Towards a universal model for orogenic gold systems: A perspective based on Chinese examples with geodynamic, temporal, and deposit-scale structural and geochemical diversity, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David I. Groves include:

  • M. Santosh
  • Jun Deng
  • Qingfei Wang
  • Lin Yang
  • Daniel Müller

The intersection of geological sciences with computational methods is evident in the researcher's publication history, reflecting integration across Earth Sciences and Artificial Intelligence. This multidisciplinary approach is supported by their substantial output in geophysics and geochemistry, alongside developments in mechanical and biomedical engineering contexts.

Best Publications

  • Orogenic gold deposits : A proposed classification in the context of their crustal distribution and relationship to other gold deposit types

    David Groves;R.J. Goldfarb;M. Gebre-Mariam;Steffen Hagemann

  • Orogenic gold and geologic time: a global synthesis

    R.J. Goldfarb;David Groves;S. Gardoll

  • Distribution, character and genesis of gold deposits in metamorphic terranes

    Richard J. Goldfarb;Timothy Baker;Benoît Dubé;David I. Groves

  • Gold Deposits in Metamorphic Belts: Overview of Current Understanding,Outstanding Problems, Future Research, and Exploration Significance

    David I. Groves;Richard J. Goldfarb;François Robert;Craig J. R. Hart

  • Orogenic gold: Common or evolving fluid and metal sources through time

    Richard J. Goldfarb;Richard J. Goldfarb;Richard J. Goldfarb;David I. Groves

  • First evidence of >3.2 Ga continental crust in the Yangtze craton of south China and its implications for Archean crustal evolution and Phanerozoic tectonics

    Yumin M. Qiu;Shan Gao;Neal J. McNaughton;David I. Groves

  • A New Understanding of the Provinces of the Amazon Craton Based on Integration of Field Mapping and U-Pb and Sm-Nd Geochronology

    João Orestes Schneider Santos;Léo Afraneo Hartmann;Henri Eugene Gaudette;David Ian Groves

  • Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) Deposits through Earth History: Implications for Origin, Lithospheric Setting, and Distinction from Other Epigenetic Iron Oxide Deposits

    David I. Groves;Frank P. Bierlein;Frank P. Bierlein;Lawrence D. Meinert;Murray W. Hitzman

  • The crustal continuum model for late-Archaean lode-gold deposits of the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia

    David Groves

  • The characteristics, origins, and geodynamic settings of supergiant gold metallogenic provinces

    Robert Kerrich;Richard Goldfarb;David Groves;Steven Garwin;Steven Garwin

  • Constraints on crustal evolution and gold metallogeny in the Northwestern Jiaodong Peninsula, China, from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon studies of granitoids

    L.G. Wang;Y.M. Qiu;Neal Mcnaughton;David Groves

  • Artificial neural networks: A new method for mineral prospectivity mapping

    W.M. Brown;T.D. Gedeon;David Groves;R.G. Barnes

  • Geochemical discrimination between shoshonitic and potassic volcanic rocks in different tectonic settings: A pilot study

    D. Müller;N. M. S. Rock;D. I. Groves

  • Nature, age, and tectonic setting of granitoid-hosted, orogenic gold deposits of the Jiaodong Peninsula, eastern North China craton, China

    Yumin Qiu;David I. Groves;Neal J. McNaughton;Liang-gen Wang

  • Late-kinematic timing of orogenic gold deposits and significance for computer-based exploration techniques with emphasis on the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia

    David I Groves;Richard J Goldfarb;Richard J Goldfarb;Carl M Knox-Robinson;Juhani Ojala

  • A holistic model for the origin of orogenic gold deposits and its implications for exploration

    David I. Groves;David I. Groves;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Jun Deng;Qingfei Wang

  • The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinum–palladium, chrome- and vanadium-rich layers via hydrodynamic sorting of a mobilized cumulate slurry in a large, relatively slowly cooling, subsiding magma chamber

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Sarah-Jane Barnes;D.I. Groves

  • Stromatolite recognition in ancient rocks: an appraisal of irregularly laminated structures in an Early Archaean chert-barite unit from North Pole, Western Australia

    Roger Buick;J.S.R. Dunlop;D.I. Groves

  • A unified model for gold mineralisation in accretionary orogens and implications for regional-scale exploration targeting methods

    Jon M. A. Hronsky;David I. Groves;Robert R. Loucks;Graham C. Begg

  • Potassic Igneous Rocks and Associated Gold-Copper Mineralization

    Daniel Müller;David I. Groves

  • Supercontinent cycles and the distribution of metal deposits through time

    Mark Barley;David Groves

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal J. McNaughton
Neal J. McNaughton Curtin University
Mark Barley
Mark Barley University of Western Australia
Richard J. Goldfarb
Richard J. Goldfarb China University of Geosciences
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Ian R. Fletcher
Ian R. Fletcher Curtin University
Steffen Hagemann
Steffen Hagemann University of Western Australia
Liqiang Yang
Liqiang Yang China University of Geosciences
Jun Deng
Jun Deng China University of Geosciences
Frank P. Bierlein
Frank P. Bierlein ANS Exploration Corp.
Léo Afraneo Hartmann
Léo Afraneo Hartmann Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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