Joseph G. Meert

15.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
168 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Joseph G. Meert is a scholar working on Geophysics, Molecular Biology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph G. Meert has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Geophysics, 70 papers in Molecular Biology and 61 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Joseph G. Meert's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (138 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (70 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (60 papers). Joseph G. Meert is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (138 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (70 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (60 papers). Joseph G. Meert collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Joseph G. Meert's co-authors include Rob Van der Voo, Trond H. Torsvik, Manoj K. Pandit, Bruce S. Lieberman, George D. Kamenov, Conall Mac Niocaill, Vimal R. Pradhan, M. Santosh, Harald Walderhaug and Xuxuan Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Joseph G. Meert

164 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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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.

Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics

2012 1.1k citations Trond H. Torsvik, Rob Van der Voo et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
A synopsis of events related to the assembly of eastern Gondwana

2003 938 citations Joseph G. Meert profile →
Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic — A tale of Baltica and Laurentia

1996 697 citations Trond H. Torsvik, Joseph G. Meert et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
The Neoproterozoic assembly of Gondwana and its relationship to the Ediacaran–Cambrian radiation

2007 454 citations Joseph G. Meert et al. Gondwana Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph G. Meert United States	56	10.7k	3.6k	3.3k	2.3k	2.3k	168	12.5k
Huaichun Wu China	44	4.1k 0.4×	3.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.3×	3.5k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	168	7.8k
Paul Kapp United States	64	14.8k 1.4×	1.5k 0.4×	4.0k 1.2×	3.1k 1.4×	823 0.4×	149	16.9k
Ian W. D. Dalziel United States	52	7.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	3.1k 1.3×	638 0.3×	146	9.2k
Michael McWilliams United States	54	8.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	2.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	127	10.2k
Rob Van der Voo United States	62	12.9k 1.2×	4.2k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	5.7k 2.5×	6.9k 3.0×	287	16.5k
Zhenyu Yang China	49	5.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	183	7.4k
Alan S. Collins Australia	63	14.3k 1.3×	3.1k 0.8×	4.9k 1.5×	1.6k 0.7×	298 0.1×	228	15.8k
Yukio Isozaki Japan	47	6.1k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	399 0.2×	191	9.3k
Karl E. Karlstrom United States	48	8.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	323 0.1×	261	10.6k
James L. Crowley United States	48	9.7k 0.9×	3.9k 1.1×	4.0k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	232 0.1×	225	12.0k

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Meert, Joseph G., Xuxuan Ma, Jiawei Pan, et al.. (2025). Temporal constraints on the Longriba fault motion, Eastern Tibetan plateau. Journal of Structural Geology. 196. 105415–105415. 2 indexed citations

Meert, Joseph G., et al.. (2025). Searching for the age of the upper Vindhyan basin, India: A view from paleomagnetism and geochronology. Geoscience Frontiers. 17(1). 102168–102168. 1 indexed citations

Xiong, Fahui, Basem Zoheir, Joseph G. Meert, et al.. (2025). Multistage melt–rock interaction and redox evolution during chromitite formation in the Bulqiza ophiolite (Albania): Constraints from Mӧssbauer spectroscopy, Fe Mg isotopes and chromitite geochemistry. Chemical Geology. 692. 122948–122948.

Wang, Pengfei, Zhiyu Yi, Joseph G. Meert, et al.. (2024). Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Rapid Plate Shift of North China Block During the Jurassic From ∼155 Ma Dykes and Sills. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(10). 1 indexed citations

Rao, N. V. Chalapathi, et al.. (2023). Petrology, U-Pb titanite dating and Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry of a shoshonitic lamprophyre dyke near the Western Dharwar Craton-Southern Granulite Terrane contact, southern India: Implications for long-lived enriched mantle, widespread Tonian-Cryogenian rifting, and Rodinia configuration. Precambrian Research. 399. 107241–107241. 1 indexed citations

Pandit, Manoj K., et al.. (2023). Reply to the comment by Retallack et al. (2023) on “Stinging News: ‘Dickinsonia’ discovered in the Upper Vindhyan of India not worth the buzz”. Gondwana Research. 118. 160–162. 1 indexed citations

Miller, Scott R., Joseph G. Meert, Anthony F. Pivarunas, et al.. (2023). The drift history of the Dharwar Craton and India from 2.37 Ga to 1.01 Ga with refinements for an initial Rodinia configuration. Geoscience Frontiers. 14(4). 101581–101581. 6 indexed citations

Yi, Zhiyu, et al.. (2023). A new view of the Pangea supercontinent with an emphasis on the East Asian blocks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 611. 118143–118143. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Chao, S. Zhang, Liang Liu, et al.. (2023). Grenvillian evolution of the Qaidam block and its position in Rodinia constrained by U–Pb–Hf composition of detrital zircons from the Altyn Tagh, Northern Tibet. Gondwana Research. 122. 60–73. 7 indexed citations

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Domeier, Mathew, Boris Robert, Joseph G. Meert, et al.. (2023). The enduring Ediacaran paleomagnetic enigma. Earth-Science Reviews. 242. 104444–104444. 20 indexed citations

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Meert, Joseph G. & Manoj K. Pandit. (2015). Chapter 3 The Archaean and Proterozoic history of Peninsular India: tectonic framework for Precambrian sedimentary basins in India. Geological Society London Memoirs. 43(1). 29–54. 96 indexed citations

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Grazhdankin, Dmitriy, Vasiliy V. Marusin, Joseph G. Meert, М. Т. Крупенин, & А. В. Маслов. (2011). Kotlin regional stage in the South Urals. Doklady Earth Sciences. 440(1). 1222–1226. 74 indexed citations

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Meert, Joseph G.. (2011). What's in a name? The Columbia (Paleopangaea/Nuna) supercontinent. Gondwana Research. 21(4). 987–993. 325 indexed citations

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Gregory, L. C., et al.. (2007). Paleomagnetic and Geochronologic Data from Central Asia: Inferences for Early Paleozoic Tectonic Evolution and Timing of Worldwide Glacial Events. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Walderhaug, Harald, et al.. (2003). Magnetic properties and age of the Alnø carbonatite complex (Sweden). EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 10358. 3 indexed citations

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Donnadieu, Yannick, Yves Goddéris, Gilles Ramstein, & Joseph G. Meert. (2003). Continental Break-up And Global Climatic Evolution. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 2 indexed citations

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Meert, Joseph G.. (2002). Paleomagnetic Evidence for a Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent Columbia. Gondwana Research. 5(1). 207–215. 197 indexed citations

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Meert, Joseph G., R. B. Hargraves, Rob Van der Voo, Chris Hall, & Alex N. Halliday. (1994). Paleomagnetic and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Studies of Late Kibaran Intrusives in Burundi, East Africa: Implications for Late Proterozoic Supercontinents. The Journal of Geology. 102(6). 621–637. 44 indexed citations

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Meert, Joseph G. & Rob Van der Voo. (1994). The Neoproterozoic (1000–540 Ma) glacial intervals: No more snowball earth?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 123(1-3). 1–13. 89 indexed citations

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Meert, Joseph G.. (1993). Precambrian tectonics: Some constraints from paleomagnetic studies in North America and East Africa.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 2 indexed citations

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