Precambrian Research

326.2k citations
6.9k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Impact in

  • Geophysics top 0.2%
    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
    • earthquake and tectonic studies
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials
    • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Papers in

    • Geological and Geochemical Analysis 5.8k
    • earthquake and tectonic studies 3.1k
    • High-pressure geophysics and materials 2.5k
    • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 1.7k

Precambrian Research

6.7k papers receiving 312.2k citations

Peers

Precambrian Research
Comparison fields: 5 of 189
  • Geophysics 280.1k
  • Geochemistry and Petrology 58.9k
  • Paleontology 66.1k
  • Geology 26.1k
  • Artificial Intelligence 120.0k
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Fields of papers published in Precambrian Research

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About Precambrian Research

The 6.9k papers published in Precambrian Research in the last decades have received a total of 326.2k indexed citations . Papers published in Precambrian Research usually cover Geophysics (5.9k papers), Paleontology (1.7k papers), Geochemistry and Petrology (1.1k papers), Geology (685 papers) and Artificial Intelligence (2.5k papers) specifically the topics of Geological and Geochemical Analysis (5.8k papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (3.1k papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (2.5k papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (2.5k papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (1.7k papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (1.1k papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (1.0k papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (503 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Precambrian Research are Guochun Zhao, Zheng‐Xiang Li, Simon A. Wilde, M. Santosh, Min Sun, Peter A. Cawood, Alfred Kröner, Sanzhong Li, Allen P. Nutman and Mingguo Zhai.

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