Ian Metcalfe

12.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
112 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Ian Metcalfe is a scholar working on Geology, Geophysics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Metcalfe has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Geology, 65 papers in Geophysics and 57 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Ian Metcalfe's work include Geological and Geophysical Studies (74 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (57 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (52 papers). Ian Metcalfe is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geophysical Studies (74 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (57 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (52 papers). Ian Metcalfe collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Ian Metcalfe's co-authors include Masatoshi Sone, Robert S. Nicoll, Roland Mundil, Koji Wakita, Paul R. Renne, K. R. Ludwig, Ping Jian, Longqing He, Xiaofeng Wang and James L. Crowley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ian Metcalfe

107 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion: Tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of eastern Tethys

2013 1.6k citations Ian Metcalfe Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →
Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution and palaeogeography of East Asian crustal fragments: The Korean Peninsula in context

2006 694 citations Ian Metcalfe Gondwana Research profile →
Tectonic framework and Phanerozoic evolution of Sundaland

2010 613 citations Ian Metcalfe Gondwana Research profile →
Gondwanaland dispersion, Asian accretion and evolution of eastern Tethys∗

1996 540 citations Ian Metcalfe profile →
Parallel Tethyan sutures in mainland Southeast Asia: New insights for Palaeo-Tethys closure and implications for the Indosinian orogeny

2007 535 citations Ian Metcalfe et al. profile →
Permian tectonic framework and palaeogeography of SE Asia

2002 521 citations Ian Metcalfe Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →
Age and Timing of the Permian Mass Extinctions: U/Pb Dating of Closed-System Zircons

2004 502 citations Roland Mundil, K. R. Ludwig et al. profile →
Multiple Tethyan ocean basins and orogenic belts in Asia

2021 268 citations Ian Metcalfe Gondwana Research profile →

Peers

Ian Metcalfe

GEOPH

GEOLO

PALEO

AI

GP

Maarten J. de Wit South Africa

Jonathan C. Aitchison Australia

Richard Armstrong Australia

J.J. Veevers Australia

Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen Netherlands

Shu‐zhong Shen China

W. S. F. Kidd United States

Nicolas Arnaud France

Víctor A. Ramos Argentina

Kaj Hoernle Germany

Maarten J. de Wit South Africa

Ian Metcalfe

6.6k ×0.8

GEOPH

1.3k ×0.4

GEOLO

1.7k ×0.6

PALEO

2.6k ×1.1

AI

928 ×0.8

GP

Citations per year, relative to Ian Metcalfe Ian Metcalfe (= 1×) peers Maarten J. de Wit

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Metcalfe

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Metcalfe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Metcalfe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Metcalfe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Metcalfe based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ian Metcalfe. Ian Metcalfe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Metcalfe, Ian, J. M. B. Smith, Mike Morwood, & Iain Davidson. (2026). Faunal and Floral Migration and Evolution in SE Asia-Australasia.

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Metcalfe, Ian. (2021). Multiple Tethyan ocean basins and orogenic belts in Asia. Gondwana Research. 100. 87–130. 268 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Quanshu, et al.. (2019). Geochemistry of axial lavas from the mid- and southern Mariana Trough, and implications for back-arc magmatic processes. Mineralogy and Petrology. 113(6). 803–820. 14 indexed citations

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Yan, Quanshu, Xuefa Shi, Ian Metcalfe, et al.. (2018). Hainan mantle plume produced late Cenozoic basaltic rocks in Thailand, Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2640–2640. 86 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian. (2013). Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion: Tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of eastern Tethys. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 66. 1–33. 1622 indexed citations breakdown →

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Metcalfe, Ian. (2011). Palaeozoic–Mesozoic history of SE Asia. Geological Society London Special Publications. 355(1). 7–35. 290 indexed citations

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Mundil, Roland, et al.. (2010). Emeishan volcanism and the end-Guadalupian extinction: New U-Pb TIMS ages. RUNE (Research UNE). 3796. 1 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian. (2002). Permian tectonic framework and palaeogeography of SE Asia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 20(6). 551–566. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mundil, Roland, K. R. Ludwig, Paul R. Renne, & Ian Metcalfe. (2001). Constraints on the timing of the Permian-Triassic biotic crisis: New U/Pb zircon-ages. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Griffin, William L., Tin Tin Win, R. Davies, et al.. (2001). Diamonds from Myanmar and Thailand: Characteristics andPossible Origins. Economic Geology. 96(1). 159–170. 12 indexed citations

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Kaur, Amarjit & Ian Metcalfe. (1999). The Shaping of Malaysia. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian. (1999). The Palaeo-Tethys in East Asia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia. 43. 131–143. 12 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian. (1996). Pre-Cretaceous evolution of SE Asian terranes. Geological Society London Special Publications. 106(1). 97–122. 364 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian, et al.. (1995). Implications of new biostratigraphic data for stratigraphic correlation of the Permian and Triassic in Peninsular Malaysia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia. 38. 173–177. 14 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian & Kushal Chakraborty. (1994). A stratigraphic log of Semantan Formation along part of the Mentakab-Temerloh Bypass, Pahang. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia. 35. 37–46. 10 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian. (1993). Palaeomagnetic research in Southeast Asia: progress, problems and prospects. Exploration Geophysics. 24(2). 277–281. 6 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian. (1992). Lower Triassic (Smithian) conodonts from northwest Pahang Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 11(1). 13–19. 9 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian. (1990). Allochthonous terrane processes in Southeast Asia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 331(1620). 625–640. 139 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian. (1988). Origin and assembly of south-east Asian continental terranes. Geological Society London Special Publications. 37(1). 101–118. 191 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Ian, et al.. (1984). Analysis of Mesoscopic Structures at Mersing and Tanjung Kempit, Johore, Peninsular Malaysia. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia. 17. 357–371. 9 indexed citations

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