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Iain M. Samson

Iain M. Samson

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 39 6223 5765 323 294 124 5162

Iain M. Samson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Iain M. Samson between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Iain M. Samson published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 3 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2015. 4 of the 127 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2015. 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 5 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 8 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 2 publications
1984 2025

127 publications in total across all disciplines

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Iain M. Samson: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 2
1985 0
1986 3
1987 1
1988 1
1989 2
1990 2
1991 1
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 3
1996 0
1997 2
1998 1
1999 2
2000 2
2001 0
2002 1
2003 3
2004 1
2005 1
2006 4
2007 1
2008 5
2009 4
2010 8
2011 1
2012 8
2013 3
2014 4
2015 11
2016 8
2017 7
2018 10
2019 4
2020 4
2021 6
2022 4
2023 2
2024 2
2025 2
Total 127
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Iain M. Samson 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 Iain M. Samson 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, 118–127 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: 124 publications — 24th percentile

24% 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
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540 124
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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Iain M. Samson 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 Iain M. Samson 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, 39 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: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% 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
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349 39
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

Iain M. Samson is affiliated with the University of Windsor in Canada and contributes to research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their research focuses on a range of topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Mineralogy and Gemology Studies, and Metal Extraction and Bioleaching.

Samson has published extensively in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Economic Geology
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • American Mineralogist
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Frequent collaborators in their work include Mingqian Wu, Daniel J. Kontak, David Good, Robert L. Linnen, and Jean-François Montreuil.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Samson include:

  • Concentration Mechanisms of Rare Earth Element-Nb-Zr-Be Mineralization in the Baerzhe Deposit, Northeast China: Insights from Textural and Chemical Features of Amphibole and Rare Metal Minerals (2021, Economic Geology)
  • The age and origin of the South Mountain Batholith (Nova Scotia, Canada) as constrained by zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry, and O-Hf isotopes (2022, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • On the Mechanisms for Low-Sulfide, High-Platinum Group Element and High-Sulfide, Low-Platinum Group Element Mineralization in the Eastern Gabbro, Coldwell Complex, Canada: Evidence from Textural Associations, S/Se Values, and Platinum Group Element Concentrations of Base Metal Sulfides (2020, Economic Geology)
  • Multi-stage metasomatic Zr mineralization in the world-class Baerzhe rare earth element Nb-Zr-Be deposit, China (2022, American Mineralogist)
  • Discriminating Between Primary and Secondary Au Events in a Paragenetically Complex Archean Lode-Gold Deposit, Wawa Gold Corridor, Ontario, Canada (2022, Economic Geology)

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal Mobilisation of the Rare Earth Elements – a Tale of “Ceria” and “Yttria”

    Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Artashes A. Migdisov;Iain M. Samson

  • The aqueous geochemistry of gallium, germanium, indium and scandium

    Scott A. Wood;Iain M. Samson

  • The Hydrothermal Geochemistry of Tungsten in Granitoid Environments: I. Relative Solubilities of Ferberite and Scheelite as a Function of T, P, pH, and mNaCl

    Scott A. Wood;Iain M. Samson

  • The genesis of hydrothermal fluorite-REE deposits in the Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico

    Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Iain M. Samson;Gema R. Olivo

  • 13.21 – Geochemistry of the Rare-Earth Element, Nb, Ta, Hf, and Zr Deposits

    R.L. Linnen;I.M. Samson;A.E. Williams-Jones;A.R. Chakhmouradian

  • Solubility of Ore Minerals and Complexation of Ore Metals in Hydrothermal Solutions

    Scott A. Wood;Iain M. Samson

  • Fluid inclusions : analysis and interpretation

    Iain Samson;Alan Anderson;Dan Marshall

  • Constraints on the Origins of Fluids Forming Irish Zn-Pb-Ba Deposits: Evidence from the Composition of Fluid Inclusions

    D. A. Banks;A. J. Boyce;I. M. Samson

  • The Genesis of Distal Zinc Skarns: Evidence from the Mochito Deposit, Honduras

    A. E. Williams-Jones;I. M. Samson;K. M. Ault;J. E. Gagnon

  • Trace element systematics of the Neoarchean Fiskenæsset anorthosite complex and associated meta-volcanic rocks, SW Greenland: Evidence for a magmatic arc origin

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

  • Genesis of the Silvermines zinc-lead-barite deposit, Ireland; fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence

    Iain M. Samson;Michael J. Russell

  • DATING DIAGENESIS IN A PETROLEUM BASIN, A NEW FLUID INCLUSION METHOD

    R. S. Haszeldine;I. M. Samson;C. Cornford

  • Quartz diagenesis and convective fluid movement; Beatrice Oilfield, UK North Sea

    R. S. Haszeldine;Iain M. Samson;C. Cornford

  • A Devonian hydrothermal chert reservoir: the 225 bcf Parkland field, British Columbia, Canada

    Jeffrey J. Packard;Ihsan Al-Aasm;Iain Samson;Zeev Berger

  • Tectonic Deformation and Fluid Flow: Implications for the Formation of Unconformity-Related Uranium Deposits

    Tao Cui;Jianwen Yang;Iain M. Samson

  • Mineralogy, chemistry, and fluid-aided evolution of the Pea Ridge Fe oxide-(Y + REE) deposit, southeast Missouri, USA

    Daniel E. Harlov;Corey J. Meighan;Ian D. Kerr;Ian D. Kerr;Iain M. Samson

  • Quantitative analysis of silicate certified reference materials by LA-ICPMS with and without an internal standard

    Joel E. Gagnon;Brian J. Fryer;Iain M. Samson;Anthony E. Williams-Jones

  • Source of fluids forming distal Zn-Pb-Ag skarns: Evidence from laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry analysis of fluid inclusions from El Mochito, Honduras

    Iain M. Samson;Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Katherine M. Ault;Joel E. Gagnon

  • Theoretical estimation of halite solubility in the system NaCl-CaCl 2 -H 2 O; applications to fluid inclusions

    Anthony E. Williams-Jones;Iain M. Samson

  • Trace Element Geochemistry of Magnetite and Its Relationship to Cu-Bi-Co-Au-Ag-U-W Mineralization in the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, NWT, Canada

    P. Acosta-Góngora;S. A. Gleeson;I. M. Samson;L. Ootes

  • CRYOGENIC RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES IN THE SYSTEM NaCl–CaCl2–H2O AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHASE BEHAVIOR IN AQUEOUS FLUID INCLUSIONS

    Iain M. Samson;Ryan T. Walker

  • Geochemistry of ultramafic rocks and hornblendite veins in the Fiskenæsset layered anorthosite complex, SW Greenland: Evidence for hydrous upper mantle in the Archean

    Ali Polat;Brian J. Fryer;Iain M. Samson;Chris Weisener

  • Textural Features and Chemical Evolution in Ta-Nb Oxides: Implications for Deuteric Rare-Metal Mineralization in the Yichun Granite-Marginal Pegmatite, Southeastern China

    Mingqian Wu;Mingqian Wu;Iain M. Samson;Dehui Zhang

  • The minor element endowment of modern sea-floor massive sulfide deposits and comparison with deposits hosted in ancient volcanic successions

    Thomas Monecke;Sven Petersen;Mark D. Hannington;Hannah Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Linnen
Robert L. Linnen University of Western Ontario
Anthony E. Williams-Jones
Anthony E. Williams-Jones McGill University
Brian J. Fryer
Brian J. Fryer University of Windsor
Daniel J. Kontak
Daniel J. Kontak Laurentian University
Scott A. Wood
Scott A. Wood University of Idaho
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
David A. Banks
David A. Banks University of Leeds
Ihsan S. Al-Aasm
Ihsan S. Al-Aasm University of Windsor
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
Robert A. Creaser
Robert A. Creaser University of Alberta

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