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Rob Strachan 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 Rob Strachan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 191 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rob Strachan 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 Rob Strachan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Rob Strachan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom. Their main field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

Rob Strachan has been published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Geoscience Frontiers
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Gondwana Research
  • Geology

Among their recent papers are:

  • The metamorphic and magmatic record of collisional orogens, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Neoarchean and Rhyacian TTG-Sanukitoid suites in the southern São Francisco Paleocontinent, Brazil: Evidence for diachronous change towards modern tectonics, 2020, Geoscience Frontiers
  • Pannotia: in defence of its existence and geodynamic significance, 2020, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Evidence for a complex accretionary history preceding the amalgamation of Columbia: The Rhyacian Minas-Bahia Orogen, southern São Francisco Paleocontinent, Brazil, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • A new stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of Scotland, 2021, Journal of the Geological Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rob Strachan include:

  • Mike Fowler
  • Craig Storey
  • Henrique Bruno
  • Mônica Heilbron
  • Cláudio de Morisson Valeriano

The scholar has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of the Rheic Ocean

    R. Damian Nance;Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso;J. Duncan Keppie;Ulf Linnemann

  • Transpression and transtension zones

    J. F. Dewey;R. E. Holdsworth;R. A. Strachan

  • Linking collisional and accretionary orogens during Rodinia assembly and breakup: Implications for models of supercontinent cycles

    Peter Anthony Cawood;Robin A. Strachan;Sergei A. Pisarevsky;Dmitry P. Gladkochub

  • Origin of the Rheic Ocean: rifting along a Neoproterozoic suture?

    J. Brendan Murphy;Gabriel Gutierrez-Alonso;R. Damian Nance;Javier Fernandez-Suarez

  • Sedimentary basin and detrital zircon record along East Laurentia and Baltica during assembly and breakup of Rodinia

    Peter A. Cawood;Alexander A. Nemchin;Rob Strachan;Tony Prave

  • Granite magma generation, ascent and emplacement within a transpressional orogen

    R. S. D’Lemos;M. Brown;R. A. Strachan

  • Sinistral transpression and the Silurian closure of Iapetus

    N. J. Soper;R. A. Strachan;R. E. Holdsworth;R. A. Gayer

  • A brief history of the Rheic Ocean

    R. Damian Nance;Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso;J. Duncan Keppie;Ulf Linnemann

  • Neoproterozoic-early Palaeozoic tectonostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the peri-Gondwanan terranes: Amazonian v. West African connections

    R. Damian Nance;J. Brendan Murphy;Rob A. Strachan;J. Duncan Keppie

  • Changing Silurian-Devonian relative plate motion in the Caledonides: sinistral transpression to sinistral transtension

    J.F. Dewey;R.A. Strachan

  • Geological History of Britain and Ireland

    N. H. Woodcock;R.A. Strachan

  • Neoproterozoic orogeny along the margin of Rodinia: Valhalla orogen, North Atlantic

    Peter A. Cawood;Rob Strachan;Kathryn Cutts;Peter D. Kinny

  • Late Proterozoic tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Avalonian and Cadomian terranes

    R.D. Nance;J.B. Murphy;R.A. Strachan;R.S. D'Lemos

  • A reappraisal of the Sibson‐Scholz fault zone model: The nature of the frictional to viscous (“brittle‐ductile”) transition along a long‐lived, crustal‐scale fault, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

    J. Imber;R. E. Holdsworth;C. A. Butler;R. A. Strachan

  • Proto-Avalonia: A 1.2–1.0 Ga tectonothermal event and constraints for the evolution of Rodinia

    J. B. Murphy;Rob Strachan;R. D. Nance;K. D. Parker

  • The Northern Highland and Grampian terranes

    R. A. Strachan;M. Smith;A. L. Harris;D. J. Fettes

  • Provenance of the Moine Supergroup of NW Scotland: evidence from geochronology of detrital and inherited zircons from (meta)sedimentary rocks, granites and migmatites

    C.R.L. Friend;R.A. Strachan;P.D. Kinny;G.R. Watt

  • The structure and rheological evolution of reactivated continental fault zones: a review and case study

    R. E. Holdsworth;M. Stewart;M. Stewart;J. Imber;J. Imber;R. A. Strachan

  • A Rheic cause for the Acadian deformation in Europe

    N.H. Woodcock;N.J. Soper;R.A. Strachan

  • Geological History of Britain and Ireland: Woodcock/Geological History of Britain and Ireland

    Nigel Woodcock;Rob Strachan

  • Evolution of the Rheic Ocean

    Erdin Bozkurt;M. Francisco Pereira;Robin Strachan;Cecilio Quesada

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Holdsworth
Robert E. Holdsworth Durham University
Peter D. Kinny
Peter D. Kinny Curtin University
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
Nigel Woodcock
Nigel Woodcock University of Cambridge
J. Brendan Murphy
J. Brendan Murphy St. Francis Xavier University
R. Damian Nance
R. Damian Nance Ohio University
Anthony R. Prave
Anthony R. Prave University of St Andrews
Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso
Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso University of Salamanca
Craig Storey
Craig Storey University of Portsmouth
Matthew F. Thirlwall
Matthew F. Thirlwall Royal Holloway University of London

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