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James B. Gill 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 James B. Gill sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 200 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

James B. Gill 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 James B. Gill sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

James B. Gill is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States, contributing to fields primarily related to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their work is notably concentrated in subfields such as Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

James B. Gill has published extensively in several journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Geology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by James B. Gill demonstrate a focus on geochemical and geophysical processes in oceanic and arc environments:

  • Basalt Geochemistry and Mantle Flow During Early Backarc Basin Evolution: Havre Trough and Kermadec Arc, Southwest Pacific, 2020, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Magmatism During Oceanic Arc Breakup, Subduction Reversal, and Cessation, 2022, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Gill frequently collaborates with other researchers including Kantaro Fujioka, Brian Taylor, Thomas R. Janecek, Jonathan C. Aitchison, and S. M. Cisowski, with each coauthor appearing in at least six joint publications.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2014, acknowledging their contributions to the geosciences. This award forms part of Gill's professional standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Orogenic Andesites and Plate Tectonics

    James B. Gill

  • Isotopic and paleomagnetic constraints on the Mesozoic tectonic evolution of south China

    Stuart A. Gilder;James Gill;Robert S. Coe;Xixi Zhao

  • Rare earth elements and the island arc tholeiitic series

    P. Jakesˇ;J. Gill

  • Geochemistry of Viti Levu, Fiji, and its evolution as an island arc

    James B. Gill

  • Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Younger Volcanic Islands of Tonga, S.W. Pacific

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  • Coexisting calcalkaline and high‐niobium basalts from Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica: Implications for residual titanates in arc magma sources

    Mark K. Reagan;James B. Gill

  • Composition and age of Lau Basin and Ridge volcanic rocks: Implications for evolution of an interarc basin and remnant arc

    James B. Gill

  • Across-arc geochemical trends in the Izu-Bonin arc: Contributions from the subducting slab

    Alfred Hochstaedter;Jim Gill;Robert Peters;Phil Broughton

  • A multi-isotope (B, Sr, O, H, and C) and age dating (3H–3He and 14C) study of groundwater from Salinas Valley, California: Hydrochemistry, dynamics, and contamination processes

    Avner Vengosh;Jim Gill;M. Lee Davisson;G. Bryant Hudson

  • Effects of partial melting on the uranium decay series

    Ross W. Williams;James B. Gill

  • Th isotope and U-series studies of subduction-related volcanic rocks

    James B Gill;Ross W Williams

  • Volcanism in the Sumisu Rift, I. Major element, volatile, and stable isotope geochemistry

    Alfred G. Hochstaedter;James B. Gill;Minoru Kusakabe;Sally Newman

  • Review of eruptive activity at Tianchi volcano, Changbaishan, northeast China: implications for possible future eruptions

    Haiquan Wei;Guoming Liu;James Gill

  • Volcanism in the Sumisu Rift, II. Subduction and non-subduction related components

    Alfred G. Hochstaedter;James B. Gill;Julie D. Morris

  • An Inter-Laboratory Assessment of the Thorium Isotopic Composition of Synthetic and Rock Reference Materials

    Kenneth W.W. Sims;James B. Gill;Anthony Dosseto;Dirk L. Hoffmann

  • Early rifting of an oceanic island arc (Fiji) produced shoshonitic to tholeiitic basalts

    James Gill;Peter Whelan

  • Hf Nd evidence for the origin and distribution of mantle domains in the SW Pacific

    Julian A. Pearce;P. D. Kempton;J. B. Gill

  • Mantle Melting and Basalt Extraction by Equilibrium Porous Flow

    C. C. Lundstrom;J. Gill;Q. Williams;M. R. Perfit

  • Role of underthrust oceanic crust in the genesis of a Fijian calc-alkaline suite

    James B. Gill

  • Compositional controls on the partitioning of U, Th, Ba, Pb, Sr and Zr between clinopyroxene and haplobasaltic melts: implications for uranium series disequilibria in basalts

    C.C. Lundstrom;H.F. Shaw;F.J. Ryerson;D.L. Phinney

  • SrPbNd isotopic evidence that both MORB and OIB sources contribute to oceanic island arc magmas in Fiji

    James B. Gill

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun-Ichi Kimura
Jun-Ichi Kimura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yoshihiko Tamura
Yoshihiko Tamura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Kaj Hoernle
Kaj Hoernle GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Craig C. Lundstrom
Craig C. Lundstrom University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qing Chang
Qing Chang Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas
Susanne M. Straub
Susanne M. Straub Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Mark K. Reagan
Mark K. Reagan University of Iowa
Quentin Williams
Quentin Williams University of California, Santa Cruz

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