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Earth Science 63 1623 1453 34 30 350 12140

Jun-Ichi Kimura publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jun-Ichi Kimura between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jun-Ichi Kimura published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 9.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2015. 6 of the 369 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2015. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 5 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 33 publications 2015: 34 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 30 publications 2018: 34 publications 2019: 28 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 1 publication
1987 2025

369 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jun-Ichi Kimura: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 1
1996 2
1997 0
1998 0
1999 4
2000 1
2001 5
2002 3
2003 2
2004 6
2005 9
2006 13
2007 10
2008 9
2009 14
2010 14
2011 10
2012 20
2013 18
2014 33
2015 34
2016 20
2017 30
2018 34
2019 28
2020 20
2021 9
2022 9
2023 4
2024 5
2025 1
Total 369
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Jun-Ichi Kimura 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 Jun-Ichi Kimura 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, 348–357 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: 350 publications — 91st percentile

91% 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
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 87 350
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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Jun-Ichi Kimura 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 Jun-Ichi Kimura 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, 63 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: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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
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 63
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

Jun-Ichi Kimura is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research predominantly falls under the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields, including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Geology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Kimura's recent papers include:

  • Fish proliferation and rare-earth deposition by topographically induced upwelling at the late Eocene cooling event (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Marine osmium isotope record during the Carnian "pluvial episode" (Late Triassic) in the pelagic Panthalassa Ocean (2020, Global and Planetary Change)
  • Across-arc variations in K-isotope ratios in lavas of the Izu arc: Evidence for progressive depletion of the slab in K and similarly mobile elements (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • Evolution of the Southwest Australian Rifted Continental Margin During Breakup of East Gondwana: Results From International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 369 (2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)
  • Constraints on the Timing of Explosive Volcanism at Aso and Aira Calderas (Japan) Between 50 and 30 ka: New Insights From the Lake Suigetsu Sedimentary Record (SG14 Core) (2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems)

Their work is frequently published in the following venues:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Global and Planetary Change

Collaboration is a significant component of Kimura's academic activity. Frequent coauthors include Qing Chang, Tatsuo Nozaki, Yasuhiro Kato, Yutaro Takaya, and Takashi Miyazaki.

Best Publications

  • Fore-arc basalts and subduction initiation in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana system

    Mark K. Reagan;Osamu Ishizuka;Robert J. Stern;Katherine A. Kelley

  • Volcanism in Response to Plate Flexure

    Naoto Hirano;Naoto Hirano;Eiichi Takahashi;Eiichi Takahashi;Junji Yamamoto;Junji Yamamoto;Natsue Abe

  • Early stages in the evolution of Izu–Bonin arc volcanism: new age, chemical, and isotopic constraints

    Osamu Ishizuka;Jun Ichi Kimura;Yi B. Li;Robert J. Stern

  • Intensive hydration of the mantle transition zone beneath China caused by ancient slab stagnation

    Takeshi Kuritani;Takeshi Kuritani;Eiji Ohtani;Jun Ichi Kimura

  • How juvenile is the Arabian–Nubian Shield? Evidence from Nd isotopes and pre-Neoproterozoic inherited zircon in the Bi'r Umq suture zone, Saudi Arabia

    U.S. Hargrove;R.J. Stern;J.-I. Kimura;W.I. Manton

  • Geochemistry, Nd isotopes and U–Pb SHRIMP zircon dating of Neoproterozoic volcanic rocks from the Central Eastern Desert of Egypt: New insights into the ∼750 Ma crust-forming event

    Kamal A. Ali;Robert J. Stern;William I. Manton;Jun Ichi Kimura

  • Contributions of Slab Fluid, Mantle Wedge and Crust to the Origin of Quaternary Lavas in the NE Japan Arc

    Jun-Ichi Kimura;Takeyoshi Yoshida

  • Reinitiation of subduction and magmatic responses in SW Japan during Neogene time

    Jun Ichi Kimura;Robert J. Stern;Takeyoshi Yoshida

  • The tremendous potential of deep-sea mud as a source of rare-earth elements

    Yutaro Takaya;Kazutaka Yasukawa;Kazutaka Yasukawa;Takehiro Kawasaki;Koichiro Fujinaga;Koichiro Fujinaga

  • An inter‐laboratory evaluation of OD‐3 zircon for use as a secondary U–Pb dating standard

    Hideki Iwano;Yuji Orihashi;Takafumi Hirata;Masatsugu Ogasawara

  • Evidence for slab melt/mantle reaction : Petrogenesis of Early Cretaceous and Eocene high-Mg andesites from the Kitakami Mountains, Japan

    Nobutaka Tsuchiya;Satoko Suzuki;Jun-Ichi Kimura;Hiroo Kagami

  • Origin of cross‐chain geochemical variation in Quaternary lavas from the northern Izu arc: Using a quantitative mass balance approach to identify mantle sources and mantle wedge processes

    Jun Ichi Kimura;Adam J R Kent;Michael C. Rowe;Michael C. Rowe;Maiko Katakuse

  • The Petrology and Geochemistry of St. Helena Alkali Basalts: Evaluation of the Oceanic Crust-recycling Model for HIMU OIB

    Hiroshi Kawabata;Takeshi Hanyu;Qing Chang;Jun-Ichi Kimura

  • Transition zone origin of potassic basalts from Wudalianchi volcano, northeast China

    Takeshi Kuritani;Jun Ichi Kimura;Eiji Ohtani;Hideaki Miyamoto

  • Geochemical characteristics and origin of the HIMU reservoir: A possible mantle plume source in the lower mantle

    Takeshi Hanyu;Yoshiyuki Tatsumi;Ryoko Senda;Takashi Miyazaki

  • Melting of dehydrated oceanic crust from the stagnant slab and of the hydrated mantle transition zone: Constraints from Cenozoic alkaline basalts in eastern China

    Tetsuya Sakuyama;Wei Tian;Jun Ichi Kimura;Yoshio Fukao

  • Petrography and whole-rock geochemistry of the Tertiary Sylhet succession, northeastern Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: Provenance and source area weathering

    H.M.Z. Hossain;B.P. Roser;J.-I. Kimura

  • New Olivine Reference Material for In Situ Microanalysis

    Valentina G. Batanova;Jay M. Thompson;Leonid V. Danyushevsky;Maxim V. Portnyagin

  • Intraplate magmatism related to deceleration of upwelling asthenospheric mantle: Implications from the Changbaishan shield basalts, northeast China

    Takeshi Kuritani;Jun Ichi Kimura;Tsuyoshi Miyamoto;Haiquan Wei

  • High-Mg adakite and low-Ca boninite from a bonin fore-arc seamount: Implications for the reaction between slab melts and depleted mantle

    Yi Bing Li;Jun Ichi Kimura;Shiki Machida;Teruaki Ishii

  • Recycled ancient ghost carbonate in the Pitcairn mantle plume

    Xiao Jun Wang;Li Hui Chen;Albrecht W. Hofmann;Takeshi Hanyu

  • A pseudo adakite derived from partial melting of tonalitic to granodioritic crust, Kyushu, southwest Japan arc

    Atsushi Kamei;Yasuyuki Miyake;Masaaki Owada;Jun-Ichi Kimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Qing Chang
Qing Chang Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yasuhiro Kato
Yasuhiro Kato University of Tokyo
Hikaru Iwamori
Hikaru Iwamori University of Tokyo
Robert J. Stern
Robert J. Stern The University of Texas at Dallas
Yoshiyuki Tatsumi
Yoshiyuki Tatsumi Kobe University
James B. Gill
James B. Gill University of California, Santa Cruz
Takeyoshi Yoshida
Takeyoshi Yoshida Tohoku University
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Katsuhiko Suzuki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Teruaki Ishii
Teruaki Ishii Shizuoka University
Tatsuki Tsujimori
Tatsuki Tsujimori Tohoku University

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