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Valderez P. Ferreira 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 Valderez P. Ferreira sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 168 publications — 45th percentile

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Valderez P. Ferreira 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 Valderez P. Ferreira sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 33 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Valderez P. Ferreira is affiliated with the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Their research spans across multiple sectors within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science, with a primary focus on geophysics, artificial intelligence, paleontology, geochemistry and petrology, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work emphasizes several key topics including geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geochemistry and elemental analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Ferreira has contributed to several recent publications, demonstrating an active role in advancing knowledge within geological sciences. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Hg Isotopes and Enhanced Hg Concentration in the Meishan and Guryul Ravine Successions: Proxies for Volcanism Across the Permian-Triassic Boundary" (2021, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • "Ediacaran banded iron formations and carbonates of the Cachoeirinha Group of NE Brazil: Paleoenvironment and paleoredox conditions" (2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)
  • "Crustal growth during Western Gondwana amalgamation and onset of the Brasiliano orogeny: Insights from geochemistry and Pb-Sr-Nd-O isotopes from granites in northeastern Brazil" (2021, Lithos)
  • "Neoproterozoic high magmatic addition rate episode building a composite batholith in northeastern Brazil, and implications for the western Gondwana assembly" (2021, Precambrian Research)
  • "Formation and tectonic evolution of a Cryogenian-Ediacaran continental magmatic arc at the South Borborema Province, heart of West Gondwana" (2023, Lithos)

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Lithos, SSRN Electronic Journal, Goldschmidt2021 Abstracts, and Goldschmidt Abstracts.

Valderez P. Ferreira has collaborated extensively with colleagues including Alcídes N. Sial, Claudio Gaucher, Mariucha Maria C. Lima, Thyego R. Silva, and Diego H. Ardila, reflecting a pattern of cooperative research efforts within their fields of study.

In recognition of their contributions, Ferreira was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2016.

Best Publications

  • 4.4 billion years of crustal maturation: oxygen isotope ratios of magmatic zircon

    J. W. Valley;J. S. Lackey;J. S. Lackey;A. J. Cavosie;A. J. Cavosie;C. C. Clechenko

  • Geochemical and isotopic signatures of Proterozoic granitoids in terranes of the Borborema structural province, northeastern Brazil

    V.P. Ferreira;A.N. Sial;E.F. Jardim de Sá

  • Carbon and oxygen isotope profiles across Meso-Neoproterozoic limestones from central Brazil: Bambuı́ and Paranoá groups

    R.V. Santos;C.J.S. de Alvarenga;M.A. Dardenne;A.N. Sial

  • Mercury enrichment and Hg isotopes in Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary successions: Links to volcanism and palaeoenvironmental impacts

    A.N. Sial;Jiubin Chen;L.D. Lacerda;R. Frei

  • Chemostratigraphy of the Tamengo Formation (Corumbá Group, Brazil): A contribution to the calibration of the Ediacaran carbon-isotope curve

    Paulo C. Boggiani;Claudio Gaucher;Alcides N. Sial;Marly Babinski

  • Mercury as a proxy for volcanic activity during extreme environmental turnover: The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition

    A.N. Sial;L.D. Lacerda;V.P. Ferreira;R. Frei

  • Emplacement, petrological and magnetic susceptibility characteristics of diverse magmatic epidote-bearing granitoid rocks in Brazil, Argentina and Chile

    A.N Sial;A.J Toselli;J Saavedra;M.A Parada

  • Chromium‐isotope signatures in scleractinian corals from the Rocas Atoll, Tropical South Atlantic

    N. S. Pereira;A. R. Voegelin;C. Paulukat;A. N. Sial

  • Carbon Isotopic Profile Across the Bilara Group Rocks of Trans-Aravalli Marwar Supergroup in Western India: Implications for Neoproterozoic — Cambrian Transition

    M.K. Pandit;A.N. Sial;S.S. Jamrani;V.P. Ferreira

  • Chemostratigraphy of Carbonates from the Minas Supergroup, Quadrilátero Ferryífero (Iron Quadrangle), Brazil: A Stratigraphic Record of Early Proterozoic Atmospheric, Biogeochemical and Climactic Change

    A. Bekker;A. N. Sial;J. A. Karhu;V. P. Ferreira

  • Carbon isotope fluctuations in Precambrian carbonate sequences of several localities in Brazil

    Alcides Nobrega Sial;Valderez P Ferreira;Afonso R Dealmeida;Antonio W Romano

  • High-resolution Hg chemostratigraphy: A contribution to the distinction of chemical fingerprints of the Deccan volcanism and Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary impact event

    A. N. Sial;Jiubin Chen;L. D. Lacerda;Silvio Heriberto Peralta

  • Amphibole-rich clots in calc-alkalic granitoids in the Borborema province, northeastern Brazil

    A.N. Sial;V.P. Ferreira;A.E. Fallick;M. Jerônimo M. Cruz

  • Global nature of the Paleoproterozoic Lomagundi carbon isotope excursion: A review of occurrences in Brazil, India, and Uruguay

    Anil Maheshwari;Alcides N. Sial;Claudio Gaucher;Jorge Bossi

  • Upper Cambrian carbonate sequences of the Argentine Precordillera and the Steptoean C-Isotope positive excursion (SPICE)

    A.N. Sial;S. Peralta;V.P. Ferreira;A.J. Toselli

  • Isotope stratigraphy of Neoproterozoic cap carbonates in the Araras Group, Brazil

    Carlos J.S. de Alvarenga;Marcel A. Dardenne;Roberto V. Santos;Emanuele R. Brod

  • Magma associations in Ediacaran granitoids of the Cachoeirinha‒Salgueiro and Alto Pajeú terranes, northeastern Brazil: Forty years of studies

    Alcides N. Sial;Valderez P. Ferreira

  • Common Crustal Source for Contrasting Peraluminous Facies in the Early Paleozoic Capillitas Batholith, NW Argentina

    J.N. Rossi;A.J. Toselli;J. Saavedra;A.N. Sial

  • Cretaceous-Paleogene transition at the Paraíba Basin, Northeastern, Brazil: Carbon-isotope and mercury subsurface stratigraphies

    Maria V. Nascimento-Silva;Alcides N. Sial;Valderez P. Ferreira;Virgínio H. Neumann

  • Carbon and oxygen isotopes of Maastrichtian–Danian shallow marine carbonates: Yacoraite Formation, northwestern Argentina

    Rosa Marquillas;Ignacio Sabino;Alcides Nobrega Sial;Cecilia del Papa

  • Depleted and enriched mantle sources for Paleo- and Neoproterozoic carbonatites of southern India: Sr, Nd, C-O isotopic and geochemical constraints

    M.K Pandit;A.N Sial;G.B Sukumaran;M.M Pimentel

  • Granite-related ore deposits

    A. N. Sial;J. S. Bettencourt;C. P. De Campos;V. P. Ferreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Alcides N. Sial
Alcides N. Sial Federal University of Pernambuco
Márcio Martins Pimentel
Márcio Martins Pimentel University of Brasília
Luiz Drude de Lacerda
Luiz Drude de Lacerda Universidade Federal do Ceará
Robert Frei
Robert Frei University of Copenhagen
Manoj K. Pandit
Manoj K. Pandit University of Rajasthan
Jiubin Chen
Jiubin Chen Tianjin University
Roberto Ventura Santos
Roberto Ventura Santos University of Brasília
Christoph Korte
Christoph Korte University of Copenhagen
Marly Babinski
Marly Babinski Universidade de São Paulo
Simonetta Cirilli
Simonetta Cirilli University of Perugia

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