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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 54 2679 2440 1113 988 242 11504

Victor A. Valencia publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Victor A. Valencia between 2003 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Victor A. Valencia published across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026, averaging 11.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2009. 11 of the 283 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2009. 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 29 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 25 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 10 publications 2026: 1 publication
2003 2026

283 publications in total across all disciplines

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Victor A. Valencia: publications per year, 2003 to 2026
Year Publications
2003 3
2004 2
2005 4
2006 12
2007 3
2008 12
2009 29
2010 27
2011 15
2012 12
2013 13
2014 12
2015 13
2016 9
2017 12
2018 13
2019 25
2020 9
2021 14
2022 9
2023 10
2024 14
2025 10
2026 1
Total 283
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Victor A. Valencia 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 Victor A. Valencia sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 238–247 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 242 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243 242
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Victor A. Valencia 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 Victor A. Valencia sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163 54
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Victor A. Valencia is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their body of work spans a wide range of topics focused primarily on geological and tectonic studies, particularly in Latin America.

Their research output includes notable contributions within several specialized subfields, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Paleontology
  • Earth-Surface Processes

Central to their research are topics related to geological and geochemical analysis along with geological and tectonic studies in Latin America. Other areas of focus include earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geology and paleoclimatology research, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

Victor A. Valencia has published in several journals, frequently contributing to the following publication venues:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • International Geology Review
  • Tectonics
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Basin Research

Key recent papers by Valencia highlight diverse aspects of tectonics and erosion, including:

  • The Case for Tectonic Control on Erosional Exhumation on the Tropical Northern Andes Based on Thermochronology Data, 2021, Tectonics
  • Bedrock and detrital zircon thermochronology to unravel exhumation histories of accreted tectonic blocks: An example from the Western Colombian Andes, 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Tectonosedimentary evolution of the Coastal Cordillera and Central Depression of south-Central Chile (36°30'-42°S), 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Santonian-Campanian continentalization in the Austral-Magallanes basin: regional correlation, provenance and geodynamic setting, 2021, Cretaceous Research
  • Tectonic implications of the jurassic magmatism and the metamorphic record at the southern Colombian Andes, 2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Collaborations form an important part of Valencia's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • A. Cardona
  • S. Zapata
  • J. S. Jaramillo
  • Maurício Parra
  • Alfonso Encinas

This network of coauthors reflects Valencia's significant engagement in fields closely linked to tectonics and geological processes in South America.

Best Publications

  • Enhanced precision, accuracy, efficiency, and spatial resolution of U-Pb ages by laser ablation-multicollector-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

    George E. Gehrels;Victor A. Valencia;Joaquin Ruiz

  • Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway

    C. Montes;A. Cardona;Carlos A. Jaramillo;A. Pardo

  • Detrital Zircon Geochronology by Laser-Ablation Multicollector ICPMS at the Arizona LaserChron Center

    George Gehrels;Victor Valencia;Alex Pullen

  • Evidence for middle Eocene and younger land emergence in central Panama: Implications for Isthmus closure

    Camilo Montes;Camilo Montes;A. Cardona;A. Cardona;R. McFadden;S.E. Morón

  • Effects of Rapid Global Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary on Neotropical Vegetation

    Carlos Jaramillo;Diana Ochoa;Diana Ochoa;Lineth Contreras;Lineth Contreras;Lineth Contreras;Mark Pagani

  • Fracturing of the Panamanian Isthmus during initial collision with South America

    David W. Farris;Carlos Jaramillo;German Bayona;Sergio A. Restrepo-Moreno;Sergio A. Restrepo-Moreno

  • Arc‐continent collision and orocline formation: Closing of the Central American seaway

    Camilo Montes;Camilo Montes;G. Bayona;A. Cardona;A. Cardona;David M. Buchs

  • The Putumayo Orogen of Amazonia and its implications for Rodinia reconstructions: New U-Pb geochronological insights into the Proterozoic tectonic evolution of northwestern South America

    Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia;Joaquin Ruiz;Victor A. Valencia;Agustin Cardona

  • Clockwise rotation of the Santa Marta massif and simultaneous Paleogene to Neogene deformation of the Plato-San Jorge and Cesar-Ranchería basins

    Camilo Montes;Georgina Guzman;German Bayona;Agustin Cardona

  • Detrital zircon ages of Neoproterozoic sedimentary successions in Uruguay and Argentina: Insights into the geological evolution of the Río de la Plata Craton

    Claudio Gaucher;Stanley C. Finney;Daniel Gustavo Poire;Víctor A. Valencia

  • Inversion tectonics under increasing rates of shortening and sedimentation: Cenozoic example from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia

    Andrés Mora;Andrés Reyes-Harker;Guillermo Rodriguez;Eliseo Tesón

  • Early Paleogene magmatism in the northern Andes: Insights on the effects of Oceanic Plateau-continent convergence

    Germán Bayona;Agustín Cardona;Carlos Jaramillo;Andrés Mora

  • Timing constraints on building an intermediate plutonic arc crustal section: U‐ Pb zircon geochronology of the Sierra Valle Fértil–La Huerta, Famatinian arc, Argentina

    Mihai N. Ducea;Juan E. Otamendi;George Bergantz;Kelley M. Stair

  • Small-volume U–Pb zircon geochronology by laser ablation-multicollector-ICP-MS

    Scott Johnston;George Gehrels;Victor Valencia;Joaquin Ruiz

  • Halogens, trace element concentrations, and Sr-Nd isotopes in apatite from iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits in the Chilean iron belt: Evidence for magmatic and hydrothermal stages of mineralization

    Gisella Palma;Fernando Barra;Martin Reich;Victor Valencia

  • Early-subduction-related orogeny in the northern Andes: Turonian to Eocene magmatic and provenance record in the Santa Marta Massif and Rancheria Basin, northern Colombia

    A. Cardona;V. A. Valencia;G. Bayona;J. Duque

  • Grenvillian remnants in the Northern Andes: Rodinian and Phanerozoic paleogeographic perspectives

    A. Cardona;D. Chew;V.A. Valencia;G. Bayona

  • Geologic evolution of the Xolapa Complex, southern Mexico: Evidence from U-Pb zircon geochronology

    Mihai N. Ducea;George E. Gehrels;Sarah Shoemaker;Joaquin Ruiz

  • Significance of Provenance Ages from the Chiapas Massif Complex (Southeastern Mexico): Redefining the Paleozoic Basement of the Maya Block and Its Evolution in a Peri-Gondwanan Realm

    Bodo Weber;Victor A. Valencia;Peter Schaaf;Valerie Pompa-Mera

  • Laramide Porphyry Cu-Mo Mineralization in Northern Mexico: Age Constraints from Re-Os Geochronology in Molybdenite

    Fernando Barra;Joaquin Ruiz;Victor A. Valencia;Lucas Ochoa-Landín

  • U–Pb zircon and Re–Os molybdenite geochronology from La Caridad porphyry copper deposit: insights for the duration of magmatism and mineralization in the Nacozari District, Sonora, Mexico

    Victor A. Valencia;J. Ruiz;F. Barra;F. Barra;G. Geherls

  • Detrital zircon U/Pb geochronology of southern Guerrero and western Mixteca arc successions (southern Mexico): New insights for the tectonic evolution of southwestern North America during the late Mesozoic

    Oscar Talavera-Mendoza;Joaquín Ruiz;George E. Gehrels;Victor A. Valencia

Frequent Co-Authors

Agustín Cardona
Agustín Cardona National University of Colombia
Joaquin Ruiz
Joaquin Ruiz University of Arizona
Camilo Montes
Camilo Montes Universidad del Norte
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Carlos Jaramillo
Carlos Jaramillo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Andrés Mora
Andrés Mora Ecopetrol (Colombia)
Andrés Folguera
Andrés Folguera University of Buenos Aires
Mauricio Parra
Mauricio Parra Universidade de São Paulo
Margarita López-Martínez
Margarita López-Martínez Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada

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