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Tim E. Johnson

Tim E. Johnson

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
46
Citations
8262
World Ranking
4200
National Ranking
220

Tim E. Johnson 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 Tim E. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 140 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tim E. Johnson 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 Tim E. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tim E. Johnson is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and has made contributions primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, notably Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Paleontology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Johnson has published extensively with notable papers such as:

  • Plate Tectonics and the Archean Earth, 2020, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Critical role of water in the formation of continental crust, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Oxygen isotopes trace the origins of Earth's earliest continental crust, 2021, Nature
  • Paired metamorphism in the Neoarchean: A record of accretionary-to-collisional orogenesis in the North China Craton, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • TTG generation by fluid-fluxed crustal melting: Direct evidence from the Proterozoic Georgetown Inlier, NE Australia, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Christopher L. Kirkland, Michael Brown, Zheng-Xiang Li, Michael Hartnady, and R.H. Smithies.

Johnson's publications often appear in scientific venues focused on geoscience, including:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geology
  • Precambrian Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • New mineral activity-composition relations for thermodynamic calculations in metapelitic systems

    R. W. White;R. Powell;T. J. B. Holland;T. E. Johnson

  • The effect of Mn on mineral stability in metapelites revisited: new a–x relations for manganese-bearing minerals

    R. W. White;R. Powell;T. E. Johnson

  • Secular change in metamorphism and the onset of global plate tectonics

    Michael Brown;Tim Johnson

  • Delamination and recycling of Archaean crust caused by gravitational instabilities

    Tim E. Johnson;Michael Brown;Boris J. P. Kaus;Boris J. P. Kaus;Jill A. VanTongeren

  • Earth's first stable continents did not form by subduction

    Tim E. Johnson;Michael Brown;Nicholas J. Gardiner;Christopher L. Kirkland

  • Plate Tectonics and the Archean Earth

    Michael Brown;Tim Johnson;Tim Johnson;Nicholas J. Gardiner;Nicholas J. Gardiner

  • Metamorphism and the evolution of plate tectonics

    Robert M. Holder;Robert M. Holder;Daniel R. Viete;Michael Brown;Tim E. Johnson;Tim E. Johnson

  • Critical role of water in the formation of continental crust

    William J. Collins;J. Brendan Murphy;J. Brendan Murphy;Tim E. Johnson;Tim E. Johnson;Hui-Qing Huang

  • Metamorphism and the evolution of subduction on Earth

    Michael Brown;Tim Johnson;Tim Johnson

  • No evidence for high-pressure melting of Earth's crust in the Archean

    Robert H. Smithies;Yongjun Lu;Tim E. Johnson;Tim E. Johnson;Christopher L. Kirkland

  • Partial melting of metagreywacke: a calculated mineral equilibria study

    T. E. Johnson;R.W. White;R. Powell

  • Secular change in TTG compositions: Implications for the evolution of Archaean geodynamics

    Tim Johnson;Tim Johnson;Chris Kirkland;Nicholas Gardiner;M. Brown

  • Oxygen isotopes trace the origins of Earth's earliest continental crust

    Robert H Smithies;Robert H Smithies;Yongjun Lu;Yongjun Lu;Christopher L Kirkland;Tim E Johnson;Tim E Johnson

  • Prograde and retrograde growth of monazite in migmatites: An example from the Nagercoil Block, southern India

    Tim E. Johnson;Chris Clark;Richard J.M. Taylor;M. Santosh

  • Hot orogens and supercontinent amalgamation: A Gondwanan example from southern India

    Chris Clark;David Healy;Tim Johnson;Alan S. Collins

  • Paired metamorphism in the Neoarchean: A record of accretionary-to-collisional orogenesis in the North China Craton

    Bo Huang;Timothy M. Kusky;Tim E. Johnson;Tim E. Johnson;Simon A. Wilde

  • Low–pressure subsolidus and suprasolidus phase equilibria in the MnNCKFMASH system: Constraints on conditions of regional metamorphism in western Maine, northern Appalachians

    Tim E. Johnson;Michael Brown;Gary S. Solar

  • Giant impacts and the origin and evolution of continents

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  • Mechanisms of deformation-induced trace element migration in zircon resolved by atom probe and correlative microscopy

    Steven M. Reddy;Steven M. Reddy;Arie van Riessen;David W. Saxey;Tim E. Johnson

  • Time’s arrow, time’s cycle: Granulite metamorphism and geodynamicsMichael Brown and Tim JohnsonMineralogical Magazine

    Michael Brown;Tim Johnson

  • Phase equilibrium constraints on a deep crustal metamorphic field gradient: metapelitic rocks from the Ivrea Zone (NW Italy)

    C. Redler;T. E. Johnson;R. W. White;B. E. Kunz

  • Spinel–cordierite symplectites replacing andalusite: evidence for melt-assisted diapirism in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    T. Johnson;M. Brown;R. Gibson;B. Wing

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher L. Kirkland
Christopher L. Kirkland Curtin University
Michael Brown
Michael Brown University of Maryland, College Park
Richard W. White
Richard W. White University of St Andrews
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Steven M. Reddy
Steven M. Reddy Curtin University
Noreen J. Evans
Noreen J. Evans Curtin University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Ali Polat
Ali Polat University of Windsor
Yongjun Lu
Yongjun Lu Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
Michael T.D. Wingate
Michael T.D. Wingate University of Western Australia

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