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Geological and Geophysical Studies

Geological and Geophysical Studies is a research topic within Geology. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the geological and plate tectonic evolution of the South China Sea, including topics such as Cenozoic rifting, crustal structure, seafloor spreading, and sedimentary evolution. It explores the tectonic models, volcanic activity, and the development of marginal basins in the region.

  • Plate Tectonics
  • Cenozoic Evolution
  • Rifting
  • Crustal Structure
  • Tectonic Model
  • Seafloor Spreading
  • Marginal Basin
  • Volcanism
  • Sedimentary Evolution
  • Continental Margin
Research works
44k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geological and Geophysical Studies

Which countries lead Geological and Geophysical Studies research?

By volume, Indonesia and China publish the most (3.6k and 1.9k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 3.6k works
  2. 2 China 1.9k works
  3. 3 United States 511 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 239 works
  5. 5 Australia 218 works
  6. 6 Russia 199 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 177 works
  8. 8 France 146 works
  9. 9 India 131 works
  10. 10 ?? 127 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.

Indonesia: 50.2%China: 25.6%United States: 7.1%Malaysia: 3.3%6 others listed: 13.8%50%largest
Indonesia3,639 · 50.2%China1,857 · 25.6%United States511 · 7.1%Malaysia239 · 3.3%6 others listed998 · 13.8%

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

Which institutions lead Geological and Geophysical Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Geological and Geophysical Studies research, followed by Universitas Gadjah Mada and China National Petroleum Corporation (China).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 211 works
  2. 2 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 187 works
  3. 3 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 174 works
  4. 4 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 166 works
  5. 5 Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran YogyakartaIndonesia 135 works
  6. 6 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 120 works
  7. 7 National Research and Innovation AgencyIndonesia 114 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 102 works
  9. 9 Meteorological, Climatological, And Geophysical AgencyIndonesia 101 works
  10. 10 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 99 works

Who are the leading researchers in Geological and Geophysical Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Geological and Geophysical Studies include Philippe Ciais, P. Jackson and Carlos Manuel Duarte.

  1. 1 Philippe Ciais France 237k citations
  2. 2 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  3. 3 Carlos Manuel Duarte Saudi Arabia 152k 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 Geophysical Studies?

The most cited paper in Geological and Geophysical Studies is "Chronology of Fluctuating Sea Levels Since the Triassic" (Bilal Ul Haq, Jan Hardenbol, Peter R. Vail, 1987), with 7,338 citations. Next come "Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings" (4,763) and "Geology of mankind" (4,513).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chronology of Fluctuating Sea Levels Since the Triassic Bilal Ul Haq, Jan Hardenbol, Peter R. Vail · Science 6 Mar 1987 7,338
2 Global Sea Floor Topography from Satellite Altimetry and Ship Depth Soundings Walter H. F. Smith, David T. Sandwell · Science 26 Sep 1997 4,763
3 Geology of mankind Paul J. Crutzen · Nature 3 Jan 2002 4,513
4 A Revised Cenozoic Geochronology and Chronostratigraphy William A. Berggren, Dennis V. Kent, Carl C. Swisher et al. · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks Book chapter 1995 3,091
5 Cenozoic geological and plate tectonic evolution of SE Asia and the SW Pacific: computer-based reconstructions, model and animations Robert Jr. O. Hall · Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Apr 2002 2,626
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geological and Geophysical Studies research done?

The largest centres of Geological and Geophysical Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sleman and Ambon City.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 780 works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 538 works
  3. 3 BandungIndonesia 332 works
  4. 4 YogyakartaIndonesia 260 works
  5. 5 SemarangIndonesia 173 works
  6. 6 QingdaoChina 170 works
  7. 7 SurabayaIndonesia 166 works
  8. 8 SlemanIndonesia 159 works
  9. 9 MakassarIndonesia 149 works
  10. 10 Bandar LampungIndonesia 120 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SlemanID · 158.8 works53×
  2. Ambon CityID · 67.5 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geological and Geophysical Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geological and Geophysical Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Geosciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and China University of Petroleum, 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 24.8%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →China University of …University of Chines…China University of …King Fahd University…
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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
1China University of GeosciencesChina 76.730.0%21.7×72 -0.7%
2University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 74.428.7%3.5×42 +38.8%
3China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 69.024.2%20.8×59 +28.8%
4King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 67.722.6%4.9×12 +69.3%
5Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 67.427.4%1.6×25 +48.4%
6Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 66.622.5%21.3×60 +81.4%
7Northwest UniversityChina 66.521.9%13.4×29 +19.4%
8China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 65.519.9%32.8×69 +8.9%
9University of Dar es SalaamTanzania 64.025.2%11.4×10 +242.5%
10Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 63.825.6%11.3×26 +62.8%

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 Geological and Geophysical Studies, country by country

Is Geological and Geophysical Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Geophysical Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.038% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Geological and Geophysical Studies0.030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geological and Geophysical Studies 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%Geological and Geophysical Studies9.9% 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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