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D-Index
46
Citations
10860
World Ranking
4137
National Ranking
268

John Malpas 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 John Malpas sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 147 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Malpas 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 John Malpas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • A temporal link between the Emeishan large Igneous Province (SW China) and the end-Guadalupian mass extinction

    Mei-Fu Zhou;John Malpas;Xie-Yan Song;Paul T. Robinson

  • Podiform Chromitites in the Luobusa Ophiolite (Southern Tibet): Implications for Melt-Rock Interaction and Chromite Segregation in the Upper Mantle

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;John Malpas;Zijin Li

  • Origin and tectonic significance of a Mesozoic multi-layer over-thrust system within the Yangtze Block (South China)

    Dan-Ping Yan;Dan-Ping Yan;Mei-Fu Zhou;Hong-Lin Song;Xin-Wen Wang

  • Geochemistry, Petrogenesis and Metallogenesis of the Panzhihua Gabbroic Layered Intrusion and Associated Fe-Ti-V Oxide Deposits, Sichuan Province, SW China

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;C. Michael Lesher;Reid R. Keays

  • The volcanic stratigraphy and petrogenesis of the Oman ophiolite complex

    T. Alabaster;Julian A. Pearce;J. Malpas

  • Neoproterozoic Arc‐Related Mafic Intrusions along the Northern Margin of South China: Implications for the Accretion of Rodinia

    Mei‐Fu Zhou;Allen K. Kennedy;Min Sun;John Malpas

  • Remnants of a Cretaceous intra-oceanic subduction system within the Yarlung-Zangbo suture (southern Tibet)

    Jonathan C. Aitchison;Badengzhu;Aileen M. Davis;Jianbing B. Liu

  • Two magma series and associated ore deposit types in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Nicolas T. Arndt;John Malpas;Christina Yan Wang

  • Structure and metamorphism of rocks beneath the Semail ophiolite of Oman and their significance in ophiolite obduction

    M. P. Searle;J. Malpas

  • Compositions of chromite, associated minerals, and parental magmas of podiform chromite deposits: The role of slab contamination of asthenospheric melts in suprasubduction zone environments

    Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;Ben-Xun Su;Ben-Xun Su;Jian-Feng Gao

  • Origin of Fe–Ti Oxide Ores in Mafic Intrusions: Evidence from the Panzhihua Intrusion, SW China

    Kwan-Nang Pang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Donald Lindsley;Donggao Zhao

  • Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the origin and emplacement of the Yarlung Zangbo ophiolites, Southern Tibet

    John Malpas;Mei-Fu Zhou;Paul T. Robinson;Peter H. Reynolds

  • Bay of Islands and Little Port complexes, revisited: age, geochemical and isotopic evidence confirm suprasubduction-zone origin

    G. A. Jenner;G. R. Dunning;J. Malpas;M. Brown

  • Model for the origin of the Troodos massif, Cyprus, and other mideast ophiolites

    E. M. Moores;Paul T. Robinson;John Malpas;Costas Xenophonotos

  • Re-assessment of chemical weathering indices: case study on pyroclastic rocks of Hong Kong

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  • Ultra-high pressure minerals in the Luobusa Ophiolite, Tibet, and their tectonic implications

    Paul T. Robinson;Wen-Ji Bai;John Malpas;Jing-Sui Yang

  • Detrital zircon record of Neoproterozoic active-margin sedimentation in the eastern Jiangnan Orogen, South China

    Wei Wang;Mei-Fu Zhou;Dan-Ping Yan;Liang Li

  • Drilling deep into young oceanic crust, Hole 504B, Costa Rica Rift

    K. Becker;H. Sakai;A. C. Adamson;J. Alexandrovich

  • Petrochemistry and origin of sub-ophiolitic metamorphic and related rocks in the Oman Mountains

    M. P. Searle;J. Malpas

  • The origin of oceanic plagiogranites from the karmoy ophiolite, western Norway

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Roger N. Anderson
Roger N. Anderson Columbia University
Jeffrey C. Alt
Jeffrey C. Alt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Keir Becker
Keir Becker University of Miami
Hitoshi Sakai
Hitoshi Sakai University of Tokyo
Philippe Pezard
Philippe Pezard University of Montpellier
Hodaka Kawahata
Hodaka Kawahata University of Tokyo
Michael J. Mottl
Michael J. Mottl University of Hawaii at Manoa
Joseph H. Phillips
Joseph H. Phillips MSD (United States)

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