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José María González-Jiménez

José María González-Jiménez

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
3949
World Ranking
7724
National Ranking
170

José María González-Jiménez 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 José María González-Jiménez sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 155 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

José María González-Jiménez 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 José María González-Jiménez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

José María González-Jiménez is affiliated with the University of Granada in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans a broad range of topics predominantly within Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research focuses on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, mineralogy and gemology studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, and metal extraction and bioleaching.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with González-Jiménez include Joaquín A. Proenza, Fernando Gervilla, Claudio Marchesi, Antonio García-Casco, and Vanessa Colás.

Their work has been published in various scientific venues, with notable frequent publication outlets including:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Lithos
  • Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana
  • Minerals

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by González-Jiménez are:

  • Fluxing of mantle carbon as a physical agent for metallogenic fertilization of the crust, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Diamond forms during low pressure serpentinisation of oceanic lithosphere, 2020, Geochemical Perspectives Letters
  • Germanium- and gallium-rich sphalerite in Mississippi Valley-type deposits: the San Vicente district and the Shalipayco deposit, Peru, 2023, Mineralium Deposita
  • Mineralogy of the HSE in the subcontinental lithospheric mantle - An interpretive review, 2020, Lithos
  • Unraveling the Effects of Melt-Mantle Interactions on the Gold Fertility of Magmas, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part II. The crystallization of chromitites

    José María González-Jiménez;William L. Griffin;Joaquín A. Proenza;Fernando Gervilla

  • High-Cr and high-Al chromitites from the Sagua de Tánamo district, Mayarí-Cristal ophiolitic massif (eastern Cuba): Constraints on their origin from mineralogy and geochemistry of chromian spinel and platinum-group elements

    J.M. González-Jiménez;J.A. Proenza;F. Gervilla;J.C. Melgarejo

  • Mantle Recycling: Transition Zone Metamorphism of Tibetan Ophiolitic Peridotites and its Tectonic Implications

    William L Griffin;Juan C Afonso;Elena A Belousova;Sarah E Gain

  • Distribution of platinum-Group elements and Os isotopes in chromite ores from Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (eastern Cuba).

    F. Gervilla;J.A. Proenza;R. Frei;J.M. González-Jiménez

  • Petrogenesis of the Platinum-Group Minerals

    Brian O’Driscoll;José María González-Jiménez

  • Formation of ferrian chromite in podiform chromitites from the Golyamo Kamenyane serpentinite, Eastern Rhodopes, SE Bulgaria: a two-stage process

    F. Gervilla;J. A. Padrón-Navarta;T. Kerestedjian;I. Sergeeva

  • Tibetan chromitites: Excavating the slab graveyard

    Nicole M. McGowan;William L. Griffin;José M. González-Jiménez;José M. González-Jiménez;Elena Belousova

  • Chromitites in ophiolites: How, where, when, why? Part I. A review and new ideas on the origin and significance of platinum-group minerals

    José María González-Jiménez;William L. Griffin;Fernando Gervilla;Joaquín A. Proenza

  • Fingerprints of metamorphism in chromite: New insights from minor and trace elements

    Vanessa Colás;Vanessa Colás;José M. González-Jiménez;José M. González-Jiménez;William L. Griffin;Isabel Fanlo

  • Metamorphism on Chromite Ores from the Dobromirtsi Ultramafic Massif, Rhodope Mountains (SE Bulgaria)

    J.M. González-Jiménez;T. Kerestedjian;J.A. Proenza;F. Gervilla

  • Plume-subduction interaction forms large auriferous provinces

    Santiago Tassara;José María González-Jiménez;José María González-Jiménez;Martin Reich;Manuel E. Schilling

  • Thermal metamorphism of mantle chromites and the stability of noble-metal nanoparticles

    José M. González-Jiménez;José M. González-Jiménez;Martin Reich;Antoni Camprubí;Fernando Gervilla

  • Genesis and Tectonic Implications of Podiform Chromitites in the Metamorphosed Ultramafic Massif of Dobromirtsi (Bulgaria)

    Jose Maria Gonzalez-Jimenez;Marek Locmelis;Elena A. Belousova;William Lindsey Griffin

  • Fluxing of mantle carbon as a physical agent for metallogenic fertilization of the crust

    Daryl E. Blanks;David A. Holwell;Marco L. Fiorentini;Marilena Moroni

  • Zoning of laurite (RuS2)–erlichmanite (OsS2): implications for the origin of PGM in ophiolite chromitites

    José M. González-Jiménez;Fernando Gervilla;Joaquín A. Proenza;Thomas Kerestedjian

  • Platinum-group elements, S, Se and Cu in highly depleted abyssal peridotites from the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge (ODP Hole 1274A): Influence of hydrothermal and magmatic processes

    Claudio Marchesi;Carlos J. Garrido;Jason Harvey;José María González-Jiménez

  • In situ Re-Os isotopic analysis of platinum-group minerals from the Mayarí-Cristal ophiolitic massif (Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt, eastern Cuba): implications for the origin of Os-isotope heterogeneities in podiform chromitites

    Claudio Marchesi;Claudio Marchesi;José María González-Jiménez;Fernando Gervilla;Carlos J. Garrido

  • A shallow origin for diamonds in ophiolitic chromitites

    Júlia Farré-de-Pablo;Joaquín A. Proenza;José María González-Jiménez;Antonio Garcia-Casco

  • Alteration patterns of chromian spinels from La Cabaña peridotite, south-central Chile

    Fernando Barra;Fernando Gervilla;Elkin Hernández;Martin Reich

  • Germanium- and gallium-rich sphalerite in Mississippi Valley–type deposits: the San Vicente district and the Shalipayco deposit, Peru

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  • Distribution of platinum-group minerals in ophiolitic chromitites

    José María González-Jiménez;Fernando Gervilla;Joaquín A. Proenza;Thierry Augé

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Gervilla
Fernando Gervilla University of Granada
Joaquín A. Proenza
Joaquín A. Proenza University of Barcelona
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
Norman J. Pearson
Norman J. Pearson Macquarie University
Claudio Marchesi
Claudio Marchesi University of Granada
Antonio García-Casco
Antonio García-Casco University of Granada
Elena Belousova
Elena Belousova Macquarie University
Martin Reich
Martin Reich University of Chile
Carlos J. Garrido
Carlos J. Garrido Spanish National Research Council

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