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Thomson Scientific Analyzes 10 Years of Geology Research To Rank the Most-Cited Published Papers
August 13, 2007
Newly Published Study Narrows Focus On Geology, Ranking
Institutions, Researchers and Journals Based on Total
Citations
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, Aug. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation
(NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information
solutions to the worldwide research and business
communities, today announced the results of a survey
analyzing citation patterns in the field of geology. In
the July/August issue of Science Watch, data from 224
journals and more than 150,000 papers published during the
last decade (and listed in Thomson Scientific's Web of
Science(R)) were analyzed to rank institutions, authors and
journals based on total citations. Science Watch is a
subscription newsletter that uses unique citation data from
Thomson Scientific to provide rankings, interviews and
reports on today's most significant science.
"When institutions are ranked according to total
citations, larger institutions tend to have an advantage
due to the sheer abundance of published papers they
produce," said Christopher King, editor of Science
Watch. "Therefore, it is not surprising that large
governmental institutions such as the U.S. Geological
Survey and NASA top this list of geology research
institutions."
The U.S. Geological Survey garnered more than 23,000
citations over the past 10 years, while NASA amassed more
than 20,000 citations, making them the first and second
most-cited, respectively.
"It is important to note that smaller, more
diverse institutions also appear on this list," added
King. "Namely, the University of Colorado ranked
third with more than 15,000 total citations. The
University of Washington also makes a strong showing,
ranking sixth."
Out of the top 10 most highly cited institutions, six
are located in the United States. Institutions located in
China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom round out the
top-10 list, each having been cited more than 11,000 times.
Top Ten Institutions Ranked by Citations 1996-2007
Country
Total Citations,
1996-2007
U.S. Geological Survey
23,172
NASA
20,303
University of Colorado
15,365
Russian Academy of Sciences
15,019
Chinese Academy of Sciences
14,937
University of Washington
12,934
University of Cambridge
12,573
California Institute of Technology
12,459
University of California, Berkeley
12,139
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (France)
11,993
The study also looks at the 25 most highly cited
Geosciences authors over the past decade. Frank C.
Hawthorne, a crystallography/mineralogy researcher from
Canada's University of Manitoba, took top honors with 2,204
citations. (His most-cited work on the nomenclature of
minerals known as amphiboles was cited more than 260
times.) Hawthorne is the only researcher to have been
ranked in Science Watch's previous Geosciences report in
2001 and this current survey.
Top Ten Highly Cited Authors in Geosciences, 1996-2007
Name Institution Department/Specialty
Total Number
of Citations
Frank C. University of Manitoba
Crystallography/ 2,204
Hawthorne Mineralogy
Roger Powell University of Melbourne Metamorphic
Geology 1,825
(Australia)
Charles W. University of Space Physics
1,822
Carlson California, Berkeley
Timothy J.B. University of Cambridge Petrology
1,592
Holland
Andre Balogh Imperial College London Space Physics
1,568
H. John B. University of Bergen
Ecology/Palaeoecology 1,548
Birks (Norway)
Peter C. Burns University of Notre Dame Mineralogy
1,414
Henri Reme CNRS, CESR, Toulouse Space Science
1,335
(France)
Joel D. Grice Canadian Museum of Mineralogy
1,330
Nature
Juhn G. Liou Stanford University
Geology/Environmental 1,327
The U.S. is home to the highest number of most-cited
researchers, with three researchers on the list
representing U.S. based institutions. The United Kingdom
took second place with two researchers, while Australia,
Canada, France and Norway each had one researcher in the
top 10.
Looking at Geosciences journals, Geophysical Research
Letters topped the most-cited journals category by
publishing more than 13,000 papers and garnering more than
116,000 citations. Geology ranked second with more than
42,000 citations and Journal of Hydrology rounded the top
three with more than 22,000.
Top Ten Most-Cited Journals in Geosciences, 1996-2007
Total Number
Journal of
Citations
Geophysical Research Letters
116,069
Geology
42,202
Journal of Hydrology
22,157
American Mineralogist
20,185
Palaeogeography/climatology/ecology
20,130
Quaternary Science Review
17,672
Marine Geology
16,060
Global Biogeochemistry Cycles
15,648
Contrib. Mineralogy & Petrology
15,097
Geol. Soc. American Bulletin
13,243
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
For information on subscribing to Science Watch,
contact Christopher King, tel: +1 215.823.5341. For more
information about these rankings and for a full list of the
most-cited institutions, researchers and journals contact
Chris Lukach at 856-988-6560, ext. 15 or
chris@mail.akleinpr.com .
For more information, please contact:
Chris Lukach
Anne Klein & Associates
Tel: +1-856-988-6560 ext. 15
Email: chris@mail.akleinpr.com
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