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Sarah-Jane Barnes 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 Sarah-Jane Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 307 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.

Sarah-Jane Barnes 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 Sarah-Jane Barnes sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Sarah-Jane Barnes is affiliated with Université du Québec à Chicoutimi in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science, with a notable focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Analytical Chemistry, and Biomaterials as key subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Analytical chemistry methods development, and Clay minerals and soil interactions.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Sarah-Jane Barnes are the following:

  • An overview of chalcophile element contents of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite from magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits (2020, Mineralium Deposita)
  • The role of Te, As, Bi, Sn and Sb during the formation of platinum-group-element reef deposits: Examples from the Bushveld and Stillwater Complexes (2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Magnetite Chemistry by LA-ICP-MS Records Sulfide Fractional Crystallization in Massive Nickel-Copper-Platinum Group Element Ores from the Norilsk-Talnakh Mining District (Siberia, Russia): Implications for Trace Element Partitioning into Magnetite (2020, Economic Geology)
  • A comparison of trace element concentrations in chromite from komatiites, picrites, and layered intrusions: implications for the formation of massive chromite layers (2022, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • Concentrations of Te, As, Bi, Sb and Se in the Marginal Zone of the Bushveld Complex: Evidence for crustal contamination and the nature of the magma that formed the Merensky Reef (2020, Lithos)

Frequent coauthors of Sarah-Jane Barnes include Eduardo T. Mansur, Wolfgang D. Maier, Charley J. Duran, Sarah Dare, and L. Paul Bédard. This collaboration network reflects an engagement with researchers often associated with geology, mineralogy, and geochemical studies.

Typical publication venues for Barnes' research are diverse, encompassing the journals Lithos, Economic Geology, Mineralium Deposita, The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, and the Geological Society of America's Abstracts with programs. These venues underscore a consistent contribution to the geological sciences community.

In addition to journal articles, Barnes has contributed to books published by Bristol University Press eBooks. Their work titled "The Harms of Beauty," scheduled for 2025, appears to be published in multiple editions by this publisher.

In recognition of their contributions, Sarah-Jane Barnes was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020, specifically acknowledged within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The origin of the fractionation of platinum-group elements in terrestrial magmas

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;A.J. Naldrett;M.P. Gorton

  • Formation of Magmatic Nickel Sulfide Deposits and Processes Affecting Their Copper and Platinum Group Element Contents

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Peter C. Lightfoot

  • Trace elements in magnetite as petrogenetic indicators

    Sarah A. S. Dare;Sarah-Jane Barnes;Georges Beaudoin;Julien Méric

  • The fractionation of Ni, Cu and the noble metals in silicate and sulphide liquids

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Variation in trace element content of magnetite crystallized from a fractionating sulfide liquid, Sudbury, Canada: Implications for provenance discrimination

    Sarah A.S. Dare;Sarah-Jane Barnes;Georges Beaudoin

  • The Bushveld Complex, South Africa: formation of platinum–palladium, chrome- and vanadium-rich layers via hydrodynamic sorting of a mobilized cumulate slurry in a large, relatively slowly cooling, subsiding magma chamber

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Sarah-Jane Barnes;D.I. Groves

  • The Use of Mantle Normalization and Metal Ratios in Discriminating between the Effects of Partial Melting, Crystal Fractionation and Sulphide Segregation on Platinum-Group Elements, Gold, Nickel and Copper: Examples from Norway

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Rognvald Boyd;A. Korneliussen;L.P. Nilsson

  • Partitioning of nickel, copper, iridium, rhenium, platinum, and palladium between monosulfide solid solution and sulfide liquid: Effects of composition and temperature

    Chusi Li;Sarah-Jane Barnes;E. Makovicky;J. Rose-Hansen

  • Partition coefficients of chalcophile elements between sulfide and silicate melts and the early crystallization history of sulfide liquid : LA-ICP-MS analysis of MORB sulfide droplets

    Clifford Patten;Sarah-Jane Barnes;Edmond A. Mathez;Frances E. Jenner

  • Using Trace Elements in Chromites to Constrain the Origin of Podiform Chromitites in the Thetford Mines Ophiolite, Québec, Canada

    Philippe Pagé;Sarah-Jane Barnes

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  • Platinum-group elements in sulphide minerals, platinum-group minerals, and whole-rocks of the Merensky Reef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa): Implications for the formation of the reef

    Belinda Godel;Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Partition coefficients for Ni, Cu, Pd, Pt, Rh, and Ir between monosulfide solid solution and sulfide liquid and the formation of compositionally zoned Ni - Cu sulfide bodies by fractional crystallization of sulfide liquid

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Emil Makovicky;M. Makovicky;John Rose-Hansen

  • Platinum-group element, Gold, Silver and Base Metal distribution in compositionally zoned sulfide droplets from the Medvezky Creek Mine, Noril’sk, Russia

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Richard A. Cox;Michael L. Zientek

  • Platinum-group Elements and Microstructures of Normal Merensky Reef from Impala Platinum Mines, Bushveld Complex

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier

  • Composition of the marginal rocks and sills of the Rustenburg Layered Suite, Bushveld Complex, South Africa: Implications for the formation of the Platinum-group element deposits

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Wolfgang D. Maier;Edward A. Curl

  • Progressive mixing of meteoritic veneer into the early Earth’s deep mantle

    Wolfgang D. Maier;Wolfgang D. Maier;Stephen J. Barnes;Ian H. Campbell;Marco L. Fiorentini

  • Did the massive magnetite “lava flows” of El Laco (Chile) form by magmatic or hydrothermal processes? New constraints from magnetite composition by LA-ICP-MS

    Sarah A. S. Dare;Sarah-Jane Barnes;Georges Beaudoin

  • Nickel-copper occurrences in the Belleterre-Angliers Belt of the Pontiac Subprovince and the use of Cu-Pd ratios in interpreting platinum-group element distributions

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Jean-François Couture;Edward W. Sawyer;Chakib Bouchaib

  • Highly Siderophile and Strongly Chalcophile Elements in Magmatic Ore Deposits

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;Edward M. Ripley

  • The distribution of platinum group elements (PGE) and other chalcophile elements among sulfides from the Creighton Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and the origin of palladium in pentlandite

    Sarah A. S. Dare;Sarah-Jane Barnes;Hazel Margaret Prichard

  • The behaviour of platinum-group elements during partial melting, crystal fractionation, and sulphide segregation: An example from the Cape Smith Fold Belt, northern Quebec

    Sarah-Jane Barnes;C.P. Picard

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Maier
Wolfgang Maier Cardiff University
Bélinda Godel
Bélinda Godel Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Hazel Margaret Prichard
Hazel Margaret Prichard Cardiff University
Fernando Gervilla
Fernando Gervilla University of Granada
Georges Beaudoin
Georges Beaudoin Université Laval
Chusi Li
Chusi Li Indiana University
Don R. Baker
Don R. Baker McGill University
Edward W. Sawyer
Edward W. Sawyer Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Stephen Barnes
Stephen Barnes University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hannu Huhma
Hannu Huhma Geological Survey of Finland

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