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Neal J. McNaughton

Neal J. McNaughton

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 83 444 380 36 30 303 19341

Neal J. McNaughton publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Neal J. McNaughton between 1980 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Neal J. McNaughton published across 47 years, from 1980 to 2026, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 1995. 5 of the 317 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 1995. 1980: 2 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 4 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 14 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 23 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 13 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 19 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 16 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 4 publications 2026: 1 publication
1980 2026

317 publications in total across all disciplines

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Neal J. McNaughton: publications per year, 1980 to 2026
Year Publications
1980 2
1981 5
1982 4
1983 5
1984 1
1985 0
1986 1
1987 3
1988 2
1989 3
1990 6
1991 4
1992 4
1993 14
1994 7
1995 23
1996 7
1997 7
1998 13
1999 10
2000 19
2001 10
2002 20
2003 14
2004 16
2005 10
2006 4
2007 6
2008 6
2009 2
2010 8
2011 9
2012 9
2013 4
2014 4
2015 9
2016 5
2017 9
2018 3
2019 4
2020 11
2021 4
2022 2
2023 3
2024 0
2025 4
2026 1
Total 317
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Neal J. McNaughton 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 Neal J. McNaughton 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, 298–307 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: 303 publications — 87th percentile

87% 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
298–307 120 303
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
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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Neal J. McNaughton 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 Neal J. McNaughton 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, 83 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: 83 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 83
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

Neal J. McNaughton is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Molecular Biology, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of geological and geochemical areas, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Birthplace of the São Francisco Craton, Brazil: Evidence from 3.60 to 3.64 Ga Gneisses of the Mairi Gneiss Complex (2020) published in Terra Nova
  • Rutile as a pathfinder for metals exploration (2020) published in Ore Geology Reviews
  • Geology and geochronology of the Archean plutonic rocks in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (2021) published in Precambrian Research
  • The 4D evolution of the Teutonic Bore Camp VHMS deposits, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia (2020) published in Ore Geology Reviews
  • Petrogenesis of Meso-Neoarchean granitoids from the Chitradurga Greenstone Belt: Implications on crustal growth and reworking of the Dharwar Craton, southern India (2022) published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Neal J. McNaughton include Svetlana Tessalina, Cristina Talavera, Noreen J. Evans, Bradley J. McDonald, and J.M. Kabete.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Terra Nova

Best Publications

  • First evidence of >3.2 Ga continental crust in the Yangtze craton of south China and its implications for Archean crustal evolution and Phanerozoic tectonics

    Yumin M. Qiu;Shan Gao;Neal J. McNaughton;David I. Groves

  • A New Understanding of the Provinces of the Amazon Craton Based on Integration of Field Mapping and U-Pb and Sm-Nd Geochronology

    João Orestes Schneider Santos;Léo Afraneo Hartmann;Henri Eugene Gaudette;David Ian Groves

  • West African provenance for Saxo-Thuringia (Bohemian Massif): Did Armorica ever leave pre-Pangean Gondwana? – U/Pb-SHRIMP zircon evidence and the Nd-isotopic record

    Ulf Linnemann;Neal J. McNaughton;Rolf L. Romer;Michael Gehmlich

  • Constraints on crustal evolution and gold metallogeny in the Northwestern Jiaodong Peninsula, China, from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon studies of granitoids

    L.G. Wang;Y.M. Qiu;Neal Mcnaughton;David Groves

  • Nature, age, and tectonic setting of granitoid-hosted, orogenic gold deposits of the Jiaodong Peninsula, eastern North China craton, China

    Yumin Qiu;David I. Groves;Neal J. McNaughton;Liang-gen Wang

  • The neoproterozoic Mantiqueira Province and its African connections: a zircon-based U-Pb geochronologic subdivision for the Brasiliano/Pan-African systems of orogens

    Luiz Carlos da Silva;Neal J. McNaughton;Richard Armstrong;Léo Afraneo Hartmann

  • Record of emergent continental crust ∼3.5 billion years ago in the Pilbara craton of Australia

    Roger Buick;J. R. Thornett;N. J. McNaughton;J. B. Smith

  • 1.6 Ga U-Pb zircon age for the Chorhat Sandstone, lower Vindhyan, India: Possible implications for early evolution of animals

    Birger Rasmussen;Pradip K. Bose;Subir Sarkar;Santanu Banerjee

  • The Sholl Shear Zone, West Pilbara: evidence for a domain boundary structure from integrated tectonostratigraphic analyses, SHRIMP UPb dating and isotopic and geochemical data of granitoids

    J.B. Smith;Mark Barley;David Groves;B. Krapez

  • Advances in SHRIMP geochronology and their impact on understanding the tectonic and metallogenic evolution of southern Brazil

    L.A. Hartmann;J.A.D. Leite;L.C. Da Silva;M.V.D. Remus

  • Age and autochthonous evolution of the Sunsás Orogen in West Amazon Craton based on mapping and U–Pb geochronology

    J.O.S. Santos;G.J. Rizzotto;P.E. Potter;N.J. McNaughton

  • Early Archean crust in Bastar Craton, Central India—a geochemical and isotopic study

    G. Sarkar;F. Corfu;D.K. Paul;N.J. McNaughton

  • Pre-Variscan geological events in the Austrian part of the Bohemian Massif deduced from U-Pb zircon ages

    Gertrude Friedl;Fritz Finger;Jean-Louis Paquette;Albrecht von Quadt

  • Archean-Proterozoic Evolution of Indian Charnockites: Isotopic and Geochemical Evidence from Granulites of the Eastern Ghats Belt

    D. K. Paul;T. Ray Barman;N. J. McNaughton;I. R. Fletcher

  • Deducing the ancestry of terranes: SHRIMP evidence for South America–derived Gondwana fragments in central Europe

    Gertrude Friedl;Fritz Finger;Neal J. McNaughton;Ian R. Fletcher

  • Age, source, and regional stratigraphy of the Roraima Supergroup and Roraima-like outliers in northern South America based on U-Pb geochronology

    João Orestes Schneider Santos;Paul Edwin Potter;Nélson Joaquim Reis;Léo Afraneo Hartmann

  • Petrogenesis of the Bunbury Basalt, Western Australia: interaction between the Kerguelen plume and Gondwana lithosphere?

    Frederick A. Frey;Neal J. McNaughton;David R. Nelson;John R. deLaeter

  • Discoidal impressions and trace-like fossils more than 1200 million years old.

    Birger Rasmussen;Stefan Bengtson;Ian R. Fletcher;Neal J. McNaughton

  • Geology and SHRIMP U-Pb Geochronology of the Igarapé Bahia Deposit, Carajás Copper-Gold Belt, Brazil: An Archean (2.57 Ga) Example of Iron-Oxide Cu-Au-(U-REE) Mineralization

    Fernando H. B. Tallarico;Bernardino R. Figueiredo;David I. Groves;Natalie Kositcin

  • Dating low-grade metamorphic events by SHRIMP U-Pb analysis of monazite in shales

    Birger Rasmussen;Ian R. Fletcher;Neal J. McNaughton

  • Provenance and age delimitation of Quadrilátero Ferrífero sandstones based on zircon U-Pb isotopes

    Leo Afraneo Hartmann;Issamu Endo;Marcos Tadeu de Freitas Suita;João Orestes Schneider Santos

Frequent Co-Authors

David I. Groves
David I. Groves University of Western Australia
Ian R. Fletcher
Ian R. Fletcher Curtin University
Léo Afraneo Hartmann
Léo Afraneo Hartmann Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
João Orestes Schneider Santos
João Orestes Schneider Santos University of Western Australia
Birger Rasmussen
Birger Rasmussen University of Western Australia
Ian R. Fletcher
Ian R. Fletcher Curtin University
Elson P. Oliveira
Elson P. Oliveira State University of Campinas
Mark Barley
Mark Barley University of Western Australia
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Bryan Krapež
Bryan Krapež Guilin University of Technology

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