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Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis is a research topic within Geochemistry and Petrology. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the geochemistry, formation mechanisms, environmental impacts, and biological interactions of manganese oxides in sedimentary environments. It explores the relationships between manganese oxides, rare earth elements, trace element composition of sedimentary rocks, provenance analysis, and weathering processes. The cluster also investigates the potential of deep-ocean mineral deposits as a source of critical metals for high- and green-technology applications.

  • Manganese Oxides
  • Rare Earth Elements
  • Sedimentary Rocks
  • Geochemistry
  • Provenance Analysis
  • Trace Element Composition
  • Environmental Impacts
  • Deep-Ocean Mineral Deposits
  • Bacterial Oxidation
  • Weathering
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
53% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Which countries lead Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3k and 698 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3k works
  2. 2 United States 698 works
  3. 3 India 451 works
  4. 4 Russia 303 works
  5. 5 France 264 works
  6. 6 Germany 218 works
  7. 7 Brazil 202 works
  8. 8 Japan 174 works
  9. 9 Canada 170 works
  10. 10 Australia 163 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 53.3%United States: 12.3%India: 8.0%Russia: 5.3%6 others listed: 21.0%53%largest
China3,023 · 53.3%United States698 · 12.3%India451 · 8.0%Russia303 · 5.3%6 others listed1,191 · 21.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 344 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 213 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 127 works
  4. 4 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 108 works
  5. 5 China University of GeosciencesChina 96 works
  6. 6 Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 77 works
  7. 7 China Geological SurveyChina 72 works
  8. 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 68 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 63 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesChina 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis include Kostya S. Novoselov, Yi Ping Cui and Xiaogang Wang.

  1. 1 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  2. 2 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  3. 3 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  4. 4 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  5. 5 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  6. 6 Noah Fierer United States 175k citations
  7. 7 Lin Gu China 159k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis?

The most cited paper in Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis is "Lanthanum Chloride Inhibits LPS Mediated Expressions of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules in HUVECs: Involvement of NF-κB-Jmjd3 Signaling" (Xia Chen, Min Xiu, Juanjuan Xing et al., 2017), with 5,752 citations. Next come "Composition of the Continental Crust" (5,681) and "The Composition of Zircon and Igneous and Metamorphic Petrogenesis" (4,775).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lanthanum Chloride Inhibits LPS Mediated Expressions of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Adhesion Molecules in HUVECs: Involvement of NF-κB-Jmjd3 Signaling Xia Chen, Min Xiu, Juanjuan Xing et al. · Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry Open access 2017 5,752
2 Composition of the Continental Crust Roberta L. Rudnick, Shan Gao · Treatise on Geochemistry Book chapter 7 Nov 2013 5,681
3 The Composition of Zircon and Igneous and Metamorphic Petrogenesis P. W. O. Hoskin · Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Open access 2003 4,775
4 Trace metals as paleoredox and paleoproductivity proxies: An update Nicolas Tribovillard, Thomas J. Algeo, Timothy W. Lyons et al. · Chemical Geology 30 Mar 2006 4,167
5 Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction Luis W. Alvarez, Walter Álvarez, Frank Asaro et al. · Science 6 Jun 1980 4,047
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Guangzhou (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Reston, Ganzhou and Yaoundé.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 875 works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 160 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 141 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 140 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 129 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 113 works
  7. 7 QingdaoChina 110 works
  8. 8 Xi'anChina 93 works
  9. 9 ChangshaChina 89 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 84 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RestonUS · 20.7 works12×
  2. GanzhouCN · 33.7 works11×
  3. YaoundéCM · 21.9 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Central South University and China University of Geosciences (Beijing) score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 18.23%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Xi'an University of …King Saud UniversityCentral South Univer…China University of …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 67.429.1%9.4×19 +27.7%
2Central South UniversityChina 65.422.5%4.0×52 +99.0%
3China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 62.79.7%55.3×108 +31.4%
4King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 62.326.2%2.1×14 +114.0%
5China University of GeosciencesChina 61.18.7%31.3×96 +17.5%
6Hainan UniversityChina 59.124.0%3.3×10 +112.6%
7University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 58.813.5%6.2×68 +15.5%
8China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 56.116.9%6.2×33 +73.2%
9Southwest University of Science and TechnologyChina 56.125.3%9.8×15 +14.0%
10Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 53.86.4%29.8×77 +103.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, country by country

Is Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis0.031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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