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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.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 350 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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