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Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Geological and Geochemical Analysis is a research topic within Geophysics. Science Explorer counts 108k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the tectonic evolution and geochronological analysis of orogenic processes, with a particular emphasis on zircon geochemistry, isotopic composition, and thermodynamic modeling. It covers topics such as subduction zones, mantle evolution, plate tectonics, and the growth of continental crust.

  • Zircon
  • Geochronology
  • Tectonics
  • Granitic Rocks
  • Isotopic Composition
  • Subduction Zones
  • Mantle Evolution
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Thermodynamic Modeling
  • Continental Growth
Research works
108k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Which countries lead Geological and Geochemical Analysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4.6k and 2.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.6k works
  2. 2 United States 2.2k works
  3. 3 Russia 1.4k works
  4. 4 France 822 works
  5. 5 Germany 641 works
  6. 6 India 609 works
  7. 7 Japan 574 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 549 works
  9. 9 Italy 538 works
  10. 10 Australia 537 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: 36.9%United States: 17.6%Russia: 11.2%France: 6.6%6 others listed: 27.7%37%largest
China4,599 · 36.9%United States2,196 · 17.6%Russia1,398 · 11.2%France822 · 6.6%6 others listed3,447 · 27.7%

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

Which institutions lead Geological and Geochemical Analysis research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 1.1k works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 761 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 413 works
  4. 4 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 339 works
  5. 5 China University of GeosciencesChina 265 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesChina 223 works
  7. 7 China Geological SurveyChina 193 works
  8. 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 174 works
  9. 9 China Earthquake AdministrationChina 154 works
  10. 10 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 147 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geological and Geochemical Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geological and Geochemical Analysis include Kostya S. Novoselov, Wei Huang and Yi Ping Cui.

  1. 1 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  4. 4 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  5. 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  6. 6 Jerome H. Friedman United States 224k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  9. 9 William A. Goddard United States 182k 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 Geological and Geochemical Analysis?

The most cited paper in Geological and Geochemical Analysis is "Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes" (Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough, 1989), with 25,720 citations. Next come "The composition of the Earth" (13,976) and "Trace Element Discrimination Diagrams for the Tectonic Interpretation of Granitic Rocks" (8,648).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough · Geological Society London Special Publications 1989 25,720
2 The composition of the Earth W. F. McDonough, Shen‐Su Sun · Chemical Geology Mar 1995 13,976
3 Trace Element Discrimination Diagrams for the Tectonic Interpretation of Granitic Rocks Julian A. Pearce, Nigel Harris, A. G. Tindle · Journal of Petrology Open access Nov 1984 8,648
4 The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP) Paula J. Reimer et al. · Radiocarbon Open access Aug 2020 7,945
5 New empirical relationships among magnitude, rupture length, rupture width, rupture area, and surface displacement Donald L. Wells, Kevin J. Coppersmith · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Aug 1994 7,875
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geological and Geochemical Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Geological and Geochemical Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Wuhan (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Miass, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and Lower Hutt.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 2k works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 555 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 295 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 293 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 198 works
  6. 6 NovosibirskRussia 185 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 176 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 164 works
  9. 9 HefeiChina 154 works
  10. 10 RomeItaly 152 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MiassRU · 32.3 works167×
  2. Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiyRU · 26.7 works109×
  3. Lower HuttNZ · 27.0 works62×
  4. East PerthAU · 22.4 works59×
  5. Xi'an44.4 works41×
  6. RestonUS · 99.1 works27×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geological and Geochemical Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geological and Geochemical Analysis?

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

0%10%20%mean 15.57%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →ETH ZurichUniversity of Scienc…China University of …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.

Citation 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
1China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 71.611.3%81.5×339 +23.8%
2ETH ZurichSwitzerland 68.520.4%7.0×70 -27.0%
3University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 67.115.3%5.8×98 +22.4%
4China University of GeosciencesChina 66.712.3%40.6×265 +2.7%
5University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 66.513.9%7.4×174 +9.9%
6Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 65.019.1%4.0×31 +80.5%
7Curtin UniversityAustralia 64.816.4%14.4×64 -29.3%
8Nanjing UniversityChina 64.716.9%7.6×100 +5.0%
9Northwest UniversityChina 64.210.8%28.4×120 +10.0%
10California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 61.619.3%8.5×44 -21.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Geological and Geochemical Analysis, country by country

Is Geological and Geochemical Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Geological and Geochemical Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.065% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%Geological and Geochemical Analysis0.059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geological and Geochemical 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%Geological and Geochemical Analysis9.6% 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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