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James S. Scoates 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 S. Scoates sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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James S. Scoates 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 S. Scoates sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

James S. Scoates is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional contributions in Computer Science. The main subfields of their work include Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geology and paleoclimatology research, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, and geological and geophysical studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Lithos
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Scoates has collaborated often with colleagues such as Dominique Weis, Graham T. Nixon, Dejan Milidragovic, J. A. Nott, and Dylan W. Spence.

Key recent publications by James S. Scoates feature the following works:

  • Dating the Bushveld Complex: Timing of Crystallization, Duration of Magmatism, and Cooling of the World's Largest Layered Intrusion and Related Rocks (2020, Journal of Petrology)
  • Recommendations for the reporting and interpretation of isotope dilution U-Pb geochronological information (2024, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Redox-controlled chalcophile element geochemistry of the Polaris Alaskan-type mafic-ultramafic complex, British Columbia, Canada (2021, The Canadian Mineralogist)
  • Lead isotope geochemistry of plagioclase in the Skaergaard intrusion by LA-ICP-MS: Assessing the effects of crustal contamination and link with East Greenland flood basalts (2022, Chemical Geology)
  • Sulfate recycling at subduction zones indicated by sulfur isotope systematics of Mesozoic ultramafic island arc cumulates in the North American Cordillera (2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

Best Publications

  • High-precision isotopic characterization of USGS reference materials by TIMS and MC-ICP-MS

    Dominique Weis;Bruno Kieffer;Claude Maerschalk;Jane Barling

  • Hf and Lu isotopic reference values for the zircon standard 91500 by MC-ICP-MS

    Arnaud Goolaerts;Arnaud Goolaerts;Nadine Mattielli;Jeroen de Jong;Dominique Weis;Dominique Weis

  • PRECISE AGE OF THE PLATINIFEROUS MERENSKY REEF, BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA, BY THE U-Pb ZIRCON CHEMICAL ABRASION ID-TIMS TECHNIQUE

    James S. Scoates;Richard M. Friedman

  • Role of the deep mantle in generating the compositional asymmetry of the Hawaiian mantle plume

    Dominique Weis;Michael O. Garcia;J. Michael Rhodes;Mark Jellinek

  • The architecture of oceanic plateaus revealed by the volcanic stratigraphy of the accreted Wrangellia oceanic plateau

    Andrew R. Greene;James S. Scoates;Dominique Weis;Erik C. Katvala

  • Relationship between the early Kerguelen plume and continental flood basalts of the paleo-Eastern Gondwanan margins

    Stephanie Ingle;Dominique Weis;James S. Scoates;Frederick A. Frey

  • Baddeleyite (ZrO2) and zircon (ZrSiO4) from anorthositic rocks of the Laramie anorthosite complex, Wyoming: Petrologic consequences and U-Pb ages

    James S. Scoates;Kevin R. Chamberlain

  • The Stillwater Complex: Integrating Zircon Geochronological and Geochemical Constraints on the Age, Emplacement History and Crystallization of a Large, Open-System Layered Intrusion

    Corey J. Wall;Corey J. Wall;James S. Scoates;Dominique Weis;Richard M. Friedman

  • The Geochemical Evolution of Anorthosite Residual Magmas in the Laramie Anorthosite Complex, Wyoming

    Jeremy J.N. Mitchell;James Scoates;Carol D. Frost;Allan A. Kolker

  • High-Al gabbros in the Laramie Anorthosite Complex, Wyoming: implications for the composition of melts parental to Proterozoic anorthosite

    Jeremy N. Mitchell;James S. Scoates;Carol D. Frost

  • Complete Trace Elemental Characterisation of Granitoid (USGS G‐2, GSP‐2) Reference Materials by High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Mass Spectrometry

    Wilma Pretorius;Dominique Weis;Gwen Williams;Diane Hanano

  • Comprehensive Pb-Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic, trace element, and mineralogical characterization of mafic to ultramafic rock reference materials

    Anaïs Fourny;Dominique Weis;James S. Scoates

  • Residual-liquid origin for a monzonitic intrusion in a mid-Proterozoic anorthosite complex: The Sybille intrusion, Laramie anorthosite complex, Wyoming

    James S. Scoates;Carol D. Frost;Jeremy N. Mitchell;Donald H. Lindsley

  • Orogenic to Post‐Orogenic Origin For the 1.76 Ga Horse Creek Anorthosite Complex, Wyoming, Usa

    James S. Scoates;Kevin R. Chamberlain

  • Trace of the Kerguelen mantle plume: Evidence from seamounts between the Kerguelen Archipelago and Heard Island, Indian Ocean

    Dominique Weis;Dominique Weis;Frederick A. Frey;Roland Schlich;Marc Schaming

  • Geochronology of Layered Intrusions

    James S. Scoates;Corey J. Wall

  • The plagioclase-magma density paradox re-examined and the crystallization of Proterozoic anorthosites

    James S. Scoates

  • A strontium and neodymium isotopic investigation of the Laramie anorthosites, Wyoming, USA: Implications for magma chamber processes and the evolution of magma conduits in Proterozoic anorthosites

    James S. Scoates;Carol D. Frost

  • Horizontal and vertical zoning of heterogeneities in the Hawaiian mantle plume from the geochemistry of consecutive postshield volcano pairs: Kohala-Mahukona and Mauna Kea-Hualalai

    Diane Hanano;Dominique Weis;James S. Scoates;Sarah Aciego;Sarah Aciego

  • The evolution of troctolitic and high Al basaltic magmas in Proterozoic anorthosite plutonic suites and implications for the Voisey's Bay massive Ni-Cu sulfide deposit

    James S. Scoates;Jeremy N. Mitchell

  • Leaching systematics and matrix elimination for the determination of high-precision Pb isotope compositions of ocean island basalts.

    Inês Garcia Nobre Silva;Dominique Weis;Jane Barling;James S. Scoates

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Weis
Dominique Weis University of British Columbia
Nadine Mattielli
Nadine Mattielli Université Libre de Bruxelles
Richard M. Friedman
Richard M. Friedman University of British Columbia
Carol D. Frost
Carol D. Frost University of Wyoming
B. Ronald Frost
B. Ronald Frost University of Wyoming
Kevin R. Chamberlain
Kevin R. Chamberlain University of Wyoming
Donald H. Lindsley
Donald H. Lindsley Stony Brook University
Michael O. Garcia
Michael O. Garcia University of Hawaii at Manoa
E. A. Mathez
E. A. Mathez American Museum of Natural History

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