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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 30 9110 8470 22 22 92 3603

Guillermo Chong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Guillermo Chong between 1988 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Guillermo Chong published across 39 years, from 1988 to 2026, averaging 2.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2010. 3 of the 108 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 9. Peak 9 publications in 2010. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 5 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 2 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 5 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 2 publications 2026: 1 publication
1988 2026

108 publications in total across all disciplines

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Guillermo Chong: publications per year, 1988 to 2026
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 1
1996 5
1997 1
1998 2
1999 3
2000 6
2001 2
2002 4
2003 3
2004 4
2005 4
2006 2
2007 4
2008 3
2009 7
2010 9
2011 2
2012 5
2013 5
2014 2
2015 3
2016 5
2017 1
2018 2
2019 2
2020 1
2021 5
2022 4
2023 4
2024 2
2025 2
2026 1
Total 108
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Guillermo Chong 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 Guillermo Chong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 88–97 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 92 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376 92
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Guillermo Chong 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 Guillermo Chong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 30 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144 30
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Guillermo Chong is affiliated with the Catholic University of the North in Chile and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist has published work on numerous topics related to geology, geochemistry, and ecology. Key themes in their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Guillermo Chong's recent notable publications are:

  • "Biosynthesis of copper nanoparticles from copper tailings ore - An approach to the 'Bionanomining'" (2021), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Electrical conductivity as a driver of biological and geological spatial heterogeneity in the Puquios, Salar de Llamara, Atacama Desert, Chile" (2021), Scientific Reports
  • "Sulfate sources, biologic cycling, and mobility in Atacama Desert soils revealed by isotope signatures" (2023), Global and Planetary Change
  • "Time-Integrative Multibiomarker Detection in Triassic-Jurassic Rocks from the Atacama Desert: Relevance to the Search for Basic Life Beyond Earth" (2021), Astrobiology
  • "230Th dating of gypsum from lacustrine, brackish-marine and terrestrial environments" (2022), Chemical Geology

The venues where Guillermo Chong most frequently publishes include:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Astrobiology

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors such as Cecilia Demergasso, Amanda M. Oehlert, Erica P. Suosaari, Lorena Escudero, and Daniel Herwartz. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagements across various studies related to environmental and geological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Late Pliocene age for the Atacama Desert: Implications for the desertification of western South America

    Adrian J. Hartley;Guillermo Chong

  • 150 million years of climatic stability: evidence from the Atacama Desert, northern Chile

    Adrian J. Hartley;Guillermo Chong;John Houston;Anne E. Mather

  • The role of inherited tectono-sedimentary architecture in the development of the central Andean mountain belt: Insights from the Cordillera de Domeyko

    A. Amilibia;F. Sàbat;K.R. McClay;J.A. Muñoz

  • Seismic imaging of a convergent continental margin and plateau in the central Andes (Andean Continental Research Project 1996 (ANCORP'96))

    O. Oncken;G. Asch;C. Haberland;J. Metchie

  • The Precordilleran fault system of Chuquicamata, Northern Chile: evidence for reversals along arc-parallel strike-slip faults

    Klaus-J. Reutter;Ekkehard Scheuber;Guillermo Chong

  • Development of a continental forearc: A Cenozoic example from the Central Andes, northern Chile

    Adrian J. Hartley;Geoffrey May;Guillermo Chong;Peter Turner

  • Seismic reflection image revealing offset of Andean subduction-zone earthquake locations into oceanic mantle

    Onno Oncken;Ewald Luschen;James Mechie;Stephan Vladimir Sobolev

  • Geomorphologic evidence for the late Pliocene onset of hyperaridity in the Atacama Desert

    Ronald Amundson;William Dietrich;Dino Bellugi;Stephanie Ewing

  • Multiphase development of the Atacama Planation Surface recorded by cosmogenic 3He exposure ages: Implications for uplift and Cenozoic climate change in Western South America

    Laura A. Evenstar;Adrian J. Hartley;Finlay M. Stuart;Anne E. Mather

  • Late Neogene lacustrine record and palaeogeography in the Quillagua–Llamara basin, Central Andean fore-arc (northern Chile)

    Alberto Sáez;Lluís Cabrera;A. Jensen;Guillermo Chong

  • The sensitivity of hillslope bedrock erosion to precipitation

    Justine J. Owen;Ronald Amundson;William E. Dietrich;Kunihiko Nishiizumi

  • Neogene evaporites in desert volcanic environments: Atacama Desert, northern Chile

    Juan José Pueyo;Guillermo Chong;Arturo Jensen

  • Prokaryotic diversity pattern in high-altitude ecosystems of the Chilean Altiplano

    Cecilia Demergasso;Cristina Dorador;Daniela Meneses;Jenny Blamey

  • Groundwater flow in a closed basin with a saline shallow lake in a volcanic area: Laguna Tuyajto, northern Chilean Altiplano of the Andes.

    Christian Herrera;Emilio Custodio;Guillermo Chong;Luis Javier Lambán

  • Tectonic signatures in arid continental basins: an example from the Upper Miocene–Pleistocene, Calama Basin, Andean forearc, northern Chile

    G. May;A.J. Hartley;F.M. Stuart;G. Chong

  • Sequence stratigraphy of the Mesozoic Domeyko basin, northern Chile

    John Ardill;John Ardill;Stephen Flint;Guillermo Chong;Hans Wilke

  • The spatial distribution of soluble salts in the surface soil of the Atacama Desert and their relationship to hyperaridity

    Claudia Voigt;Swea Klipsch;Daniel Herwartz;Guillermo Chong

  • Eocene to Pleistocene lithostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Calama Basin, northern Chile

    Geoffrey May;Adrian J Hartley;Guillermo Chong;Fin Stuart

  • Solute inputs in the Salar de Atacama (N. Chile)

    V. Carmona;J.J. Pueyo;C. Taberner;G. Chong

  • The Jurassic Thalattosuchia (Crocodyliformes) of Chile; a paleobiogeographic approach

    Zulma Gasparini;Patrick Vignaud;Guillermo Chong

  • Timing of wet episodes in Atacama Desert over the last 15 ka. The Groundwater Discharge Deposits (GWD) from Domeyko Range at 25°S.

    Alberto Sáez;Linda V. Godfrey;Christian Herrera;Guillermo Chong

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie A. Cabrol
Nathalie A. Cabrol Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Adrian J. Hartley
Adrian J. Hartley University of Aberdeen
Ronald Amundson
Ronald Amundson University of California, Berkeley
Arjun M. Heimsath
Arjun M. Heimsath Arizona State University
Donat-P. Häder
Donat-P. Häder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
John A. E. Gibson
John A. E. Gibson University of Tasmania
Emilio O. Casamayor
Emilio O. Casamayor Spanish National Research Council
Anne E. Mather
Anne E. Mather Plymouth University
William E. Dietrich
William E. Dietrich University of California, Berkeley
José Viramonte
José Viramonte National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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