The hottest papers in volcano studies cover a wide, and
surprisingly diverse, range of volcanic phenomena and their
manifestations worldwide. Over the last decade, the hot paper list is
led by a report on Geosat and ERS 1 satellite altimetry, a tool that
can be used in volcanology. Following this report are two papers on
the Greenland Ice Sheet Project, known as GISP2, and its 16,000 year
record of climate change and volcanic activity. Other hot papers
discuss the role of magmas in the formation of hydrothermal ore
deposits, the generation of adakites from the Andean Austral volcanic
zone, and structural control of growth in large oceanic-island
volcanoes, among other topics.
The two-year record of hot papers is led by a trio of papers
relating to global warming; two, in particular, examine the effect of
the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on global vegetation and the lessons
to be learned about climate change. Another half-dozen papers focus on
the volcanic activity of mid-ocean ridges, hydrothermal vents, and the
attendant microbial communities. Among other hot papers over the last
two years are those on "mud volcanism," on sudden seismic
fault slippage on the Kilauea volcano, and studies from Southern Chile
and elsewhere on mantle melting processes and transport.
Methodology
To construct this database,
papers were extracted based on topic-supplied keywords for Volcanoes. The
keywords used were as follows:
volcano*
The baseline time span for this database
is 1994-2004 (fourth bimonthly). The resulting database contained 7,698 (10 years)
and 2,398 (2 years) papers; 13,705 authors; 129 countries; 833 journals; and
3,082 institutions.
Rankings
Once the database was in place,
it was used to generate the lists of top 20 papers (two, and ten years
periods), authors, journals,
institutions, and nations, covering a time span of 1994-2004 (fourth
bimonthly).
The top 20 papers are ranked
according to total cites. Rankings for author, journal, institution,
and country are listed in three ways: according to total cites, total
papers, and total cites/paper. The paper thresholds and corresponding
percentages used to determine
scientist, institution, country, and journal rankings according to
total cites/paper, and total papers respectively are as follows:
| Entity: |
Scientists |
Institutions |
Countries |
Journals |
| Thresholds: |
13 |
68 |
9 |
18 |
| Percentage: |
1% |
1% |
50% |
10% |
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