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Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide is a research topic within Geophysics. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the geodynamic evolution, tectonic activity, and lithospheric structure of the Western Mediterranean region, focusing on areas such as the Atlas system, Alboran region, and plate boundaries. It investigates subduction, seismic activity, and the tectonic evolution of the region since the Mesozoic era.

  • Western Mediterranean
  • geodynamics
  • subduction
  • tectonic evolution
  • Atlas system
  • Alboran region
  • plate boundary
  • Mediterranean
  • seismic activity
  • lithospheric structure
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Which countries lead Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide research?

By volume, Spain and France publish the most (400 and 307 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 400 works
  2. 2 France 307 works
  3. 3 Morocco 272 works
  4. 4 Italy 180 works
  5. 5 United States 133 works
  6. 6 Algeria 127 works
  7. 7 Tunisia 100 works
  8. 8 Portugal 76 works
  9. 9 Germany 67 works
  10. 10 China 66 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.

Spain: 23.1%France: 17.8%Morocco: 15.8%Italy: 10.4%6 others listed: 32.9%23%largest
Spain400 · 23.1%France307 · 17.8%Morocco272 · 15.8%Italy180 · 10.4%6 others listed569 · 32.9%

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

Which institutions lead Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide research, followed by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Cadi Ayyad University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 143 works
  2. 2 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 78 works
  3. 3 Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco 36 works
  4. 4 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 30 works
  5. 5 Universidad de GranadaSpain 28 works
  6. 6 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 27 works
  7. 7 Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco 26 works
  8. 8 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 26 works
  9. 9 Abdelmalek Essaâdi UniversityMorocco 25 works
  10. 10 National Research CouncilItaly 24 works

What are the most cited papers in Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide?

The most cited paper in Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide is "Current plate motions" (Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al., 1990), with 3,764 citations. Next come "Present‐day plate motions" (2,261) and "Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis" (1,848).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Current plate motions Charles DeMets, Richard G. Gordon, Donald F. Argus et al. · Geophysical Journal International Open access May 1990 3,764
2 Present‐day plate motions J. B. Minster, T. H. Jordan · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 10 Nov 1978 2,261
3 Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis Wout Krijgsman, F.J. Hilgen, Isabella Raffi et al. · Nature Open access Aug 1999 1,848
4 Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of the Alpine System John Frederick Dewey, Walter C. Pitman, William B. F. Ryan et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin 1973 1,607
5 Cleaning and Shaping the Root Canal Herbert Schilder · Dental Clinics of North America Apr 1974 1,451
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide research done?

The largest centres of Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Paris (France), Tunis (Tunisia) and Barcelona (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Meknes, Tétouan and Marrakesh.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 113 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 84 works
  3. 3 TunisTunisia 55 works
  4. 4 BarcelonaSpain 51 works
  5. 5 RabatMorocco 51 works
  6. 6 MarrakeshMorocco 46 works
  7. 7 RomeItaly 44 works
  8. 8 AlgiersAlgeria 41 works
  9. 9 GranadaSpain 36 works
  10. 10 BeijingChina 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MeknesMA · 22.0 works64×
  2. TétouanMA · 25.2 works63×
  3. MarrakeshMA · 46.5 works53×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, Cadi Ayyad University and Université Moulay Ismail de Meknes 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%10%20%30%mean 13.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université Mohammed …Université Moulay Is…Mohammed V UniversityCadi Ayyad University
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Université Mohammed VI PolytechniqueMorocco 73.225.8%55.0×10 +115.5%
2Cadi Ayyad UniversityMorocco 68.68.8%95.9×36 +45.4%
3Université Moulay Ismail de MeknesMorocco 65.317.4%99.4×20 +82.1%
4Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 64.910.6%39.4×30 +48.5%
5Universidad de GranadaSpain 64.37.0%24.3×28 +28.1%
6Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 63.99.6%17.3×27 +2.5%
7Abdelmalek Essaâdi UniversityMorocco 63.214.1%68.0×25 +163.7%
8Université Ibn ZohrMorocco 62.718.1%64.0×18 +130.8%
9Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco 60.610.0%48.8×26 +139.8%
10University of Hassan II CasablancaMorocco 60.611.0%36.2×19 +80.9%

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 Worldwide, country by country

Is Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Worldwide as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0086% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide0.0089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide 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 Studies Worldwide10.2% 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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