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Shigenori Maruyama 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 Shigenori Maruyama sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 539 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shigenori Maruyama 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 Shigenori Maruyama sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Shigenori Maruyama is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research spans several multidisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these domains, their work delves into subfields such as Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Maruyama has contributed publications to a variety of scientific journals. Frequent venues include:

  • Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Climate
  • DNA Research
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences

Selected recent papers authored by or associated with topics relevant to the scientist include:

  • The Detection and Attribution of Northern Hemisphere Land Surface Warming (1850-2018) in Terms of Human and Natural Factors: Challenges of Inadequate Data (2023, Climate)
  • New geochronological constraints on the middle Archean Shurugwi greenstone belt toward an understanding of the crustal evolution of the Zimbabwe Craton (2020, Journal of African Earth Sciences)
  • Metagenomic Thermometer (2023, DNA Research)
  • A story of Devonian ocean plate stratigraphy hosted by the Ulaanbaatar accretionary complex, northern Mongolia: implications from geological, structural and U-Pb detrital zircon data (2022, International Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • Importance of Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) Bacteria for the Origin of Life (2020, Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi))

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers including:

  • Ken Kurokawa
  • Tomohiko Sato
  • Hiroshi Mori
  • Yusuke Sawaki
  • Toshikazu Ebisuzaki

Maruyama has been recognized with several awards related to geological sciences, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2000
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Paleogeographic maps of the Japanese Islands: Plate tectonic synthesis from 750 Ma to the present

    Shigenori Maruyama;Yukio Isozaki;Gaku Kimura;Masaru Terabayashi

  • Blueschists and Eclogites of the World and Their Exhumation

    S. Maruyama;J. G. Liou;M. Terabayashi

  • Paleogeographic reconstruction and origin of the Philippine Sea

    Tetsuzo Seno;Shigenori Maruyama

  • Accreted oceanic materials in Japan

    Y. Isozaki;S. Maruyama;F. Furuoka

  • Orogeny and relative plate motions: Example of the Japanese Islands

    Shigenori Maruyama;Tetsuzo Send

  • Superplume, supercontinent, and post-perovskite: Mantle dynamics and anti-plate tectonics on the Core–Mantle Boundary

    S. Maruyama;M. Santosh;D. Zhao

  • Evidence from fluid inclusions for microbial methanogenesis in the early Archaean era

    Yuichiro Ueno;Keita Yamada;Naohiro Yoshida;Shigenori Maruyama

  • Anatomy of a Cambrian suture in Gondwana: Pacific-type orogeny in southern India?

    M. Santosh;Shigenori Maruyama;Kei Sato

  • The Grenvillian and Pan-African orogens: World's largest orogenies through geologic time, and their implications on the origin of superplume

    S. Rino;Y. Kon;W. Sato;S. Maruyama

  • Origins of building blocks of life: A review

    Norio Kitadai;Shigenori Maruyama

  • The making and breaking of supercontinents: Some speculations based on superplumes, super downwelling and the role of tectosphere

    M. Santosh;Shigenori Maruyama;Shinji Yamamoto

  • Pacific-type orogeny revisited : Miyashiro-type orogeny proposed

    Shigenori Maruyama

  • Global UHP metamorphism and continental subduction/collision: The himalayan model

    J. G. Liou;T. Tsujimori;R. Y. Zhang;I. Katayama;I. Katayama

  • Insights into the tectonic evolution of the North China Craton through comparative tectonic analysis: A record of outward growth of Precambrian continents

    T.M. Kusky;A. Polat;A. Polat;B.F. Windley;B.F. Windley;K.C. Burke

  • High-pressure minerals from deeply subducted metamorphic rocks

    J. G. Liou;R. Y. Zhang;W. G. Ernst;Douglas Rumble

  • Phase equilibria and mineral parageneses of metabasites in low-grade metamorphism

    J. G. Liou;S. Maruyama;M. Cho

  • Large areal extent of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism in the Sulu ultrahigh-pressure terrane of East China: new implications from coesite and omphacite inclusions in zircon of granitic gneiss

    Kai Ye;Yupeng Yao;Ikuo Katayama;Bolin Cong

  • Plate Tectonics at 3.8-3.7 Ga: Field Evidence from the Isua Accretionary Complex, Southern West Greenland.

    Tsuyoshi Komiya;Shigenori Maruyama;Toshiaki Masuda;Toshiaki Masuda;Susumu Nohda;Susumu Nohda

  • Mantle dynamics of Western Pacific and East Asia: Insight from seismic tomography and mineral physics

    Dapeng Zhao;Shigenori Maruyama;Soichi Omori

  • Studies on Orogeny based on Plate Tectonics in Japan and New Geotectonic Subdivision of the Japanese Islands

    Yukio Isozaki;Shigenori Maruyama

  • DELAMINATION/THINNING OF SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE UNDER EASTERN CHINA: THE ROLE OF WATER AND MULTIPLE SUBDUCTION

    B. F. Windley;S. Maruyama;W. J. Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsuyoshi Komiya
Tsuyoshi Komiya University of Tokyo
Takafumi Hirata
Takafumi Hirata University of Tokyo
Yukio Isozaki
Yukio Isozaki University of Tokyo
Yuichiro Ueno
Yuichiro Ueno Tokyo Institute of Technology
Juhn G. Liou
Juhn G. Liou Stanford University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Tsuyoshi Iizuka
Tsuyoshi Iizuka University of Tokyo
Ikuo Katayama
Ikuo Katayama Hiroshima University
Naohiro Yoshida
Naohiro Yoshida Tokyo Institute of Technology

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