Scientific Articles of the Year 1403 (2024–2025)

 

Performance Report of the Scientific Publications of the Research Institute of Earth Sciences in 1403

In 1403, the Research Institute of Earth Sciences of the Geological Survey and Mineral Explorations of Iran, with a remarkable and growing performance, played a significant role in the production and dissemination of specialized knowledge in the field of Earth Sciences. Overall, 28 reputable international and national scientific articles and 2 book titles were published by the faculty members of the Research Institute of Earth Sciences.

Among the published articles, 17 papers appeared in reputable international journals (ISI), and 11 papers were published in national scientific journals indexed in the ISC database. Among the published works, one book was released in Persian and one in English, reflecting the diversity of target audiences and the international orientation of the institute. An analysis of the ISI articles based on the JCR classification system shows that out of the 17 articles, 4 were ranked in Q1, 6 in Q2, 6 in Q3, and 1 article had no Q ranking. This qualitative distribution indicates the effective and targeted presence of the institute in high–impact scientific journals. In addition, among the ISC articles, 3 papers were also indexed in the international Scopus database, further increasing the scientific value and impact of these works.

From the perspective of faculty participation, statistics indicate that researchers of the institute served as corresponding authors in a total of 3 ISI articles and as first authors in 5 ISI articles; in 2 of these papers, they simultaneously held both first and corresponding author roles. In ISC articles, faculty members participated as corresponding authors in 6 papers and as first authors in 5 papers; in 5 of these articles, they held both roles simultaneously.

Furthermore, in each of the published books (English and Persian), the first authorship was also undertaken by faculty members of the institute. This level of direct involvement reflects deep research activity, responsibility, and the central role of the institute’s researchers in knowledge production. In addition to the above, numerous articles by faculty members of the institute were published in national and international conferences.

Overall, this report demonstrates both qualitative and quantitative growth in the scientific output of the Research Institute of Earth Sciences in 1403. These achievements reflect coherent planning, targeted efforts, and strong scientific commitment toward enhancing the country’s research standing at national and international levels.

Quantity and Quality of ISI Articles Published by Faculty Members of the Research Institute of Earth Sciences Based on JCR Ranking in 1403

Classification of Publications by Faculty Members of the Research Institute of Earth Sciences in 1403

 

Scientific Articles Indexed in the ISC Citation Database

  • Amjadi, S., Alizade‑Lahijani, H., Mahmudy‑Gharaie, M. H., Lak, R., & Marriner, N. (2023). Reconstruction and correlation of palaeo‑seismic events in West Makran with implications for paleotsunami occurrence. Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 34(2), 45–58. https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.389392.2070

 

  • Heidari, S. M., & Boveiri Konari, M. (2024). Geology, mineralization, and geochemistry of Hashemabad Cu deposit (south of Naein). Advanced Applied Geology, 14(1), 244–276. https://doi.org/10.22055/aag.2024.44490.2396

 

  • Salami, P., Akbarpour, A., Lotfi, M., & Gourabjiri, A. (2025). Geology, mineralography and geochemistry of the 16 B Fe mineralization, Bafq (Yazd). Researches in Earth Sciences, 16(1), 24–49. https://doi.org/10.48308/esrj.2021.100929

 

  • Sharifi, M., Haghipour, N., & Lak, R. (2023). Tectonic setting of a granitoid pluton in southwest of Neyasar, central part of Urmia‑Dokhtar magmatic arc, Iran. Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 34(2), 107–130. https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.410160.2107

 

  • Shomali, S., Ghorbani, M., & Ghassemi, M. R. (2024). Tectonic setting of granitic plutons in north and northwest of Muteh, the central part of Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone: Petrography, U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry approaches. Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy, 32(3), 441–458. https://doi.org/10.61186/ijcm.32.3.441

 

  • Lak, R., Mohammadi, A., Darvishikhatooni, J., & Aghaali, E. (2024). Flood on 28th July 2022 Imamzadeh Davood; lessons for understanding the flood risk in the north of Tehran. Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 34(3), 87–102. https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2024.370503.2038

 

  • Naseri, H., Calagari, A. A., Alavi, G., & Heidari, M. (2024). Investigating the mineralogy, alteration and geochemical characteristics of volcanic host rock in Alchehgheshlagh deposit (north Varzeghan), East Azerbaijan. Iranian Journal of Crystallography and Mineralogy, 32(4), 739–758. https://doi.org/10.61186/ijcm.32.4.739

 

  • Nazari, H., Ritz, J.‑F., Rizza, M., Salamati, R., Mahan, S., Shokri, M. A., Michelot, J., Massault, M., Foroutan, M., & Zarei, S. (2024). The Qumis Earthquake of 856 CE: A review of paleoseismological studies of the Astaneh Fault System, Central Alborz. Journal of Archaeological Studies, 16(1), 299–328. https://doi.org/10.22059/jarcs.2023.358711.143202

 

  • Vaezi, A., Djamali, M., Tavakoli, V., & Naderi Beni, A. (2025). Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic changes and their reciprocal effects on ancient settlements in southern Iran, with a focus on the Halil Rud cultural zone, from 4000 to 2900 years ago. Pazhuhesh‑hāye Bastan‑shenāsi‑ye Iran [Archaeological Research of Iran, 14(43), 37–63. https://doi.org/10.22084/nb.2023.26444.2501

 

  • Vaezi, A., Djamali, M., Skandari, N., Tavakoli, V., & Naderi Beni, A. (2024). The influence of paleoclimatic variability on the rise and fall of Iranian dynasties and ancient cultures in southeastern Iran from the 2nd millennium BCE to the Sassanid period. Parseh Journal of Archaeological Studies, 8(27), 59–80. https://doi.org/10.22034/PJAS.8.27.59

 

  • Amjadi, S., Gharaie, M. H., Lahijani, H. H. K., Kaniewski, D., Lak, R., Pourkerman, M., Shah‑Hosseini, M., Hamzeh, M.‑A., & Marriner, N. (2024). Summer monsoon belt displacement and precipitation sources in the Northern Arabian Sea: A multi‑proxy palaeoenvironmental reconstruction for Late Holocene. Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 22, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.22124/cjes.2024.7990

 

Books

  • Nazari*, H., (2024). A Review of Mass Extinction Events. UCCGHA and Khazeh Publishers, 419 p., ISBN: 978-622-8423-07-4. (Best Book, selected by the Geological Society of Iran in 2024).

 

  • Vaezi*, A.R., Ghasemian Azizi, A., Karami, M., and Nazari, H., (2024). Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: A Technological Approach to Combating Global Warming. Khazeh Publishing, commissioned by the Geological Survey and Mineral Explorations of Iran.

 

 

ISI articles classified by quartile (Q) rankings based on JCR

  • A, Akbarpour, M Vanaei, B Sadeghi., 2024. Geology, mineralogy, and alteration of the Cu-Pb veins, and their significance in mineral exploration: A case study in the Khajeh-Nezam area, SE Iran, Geochemistry 84 (2), 126041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2023.126041. (JCR; Q2; IF: 2.6).

 

  • A, Akbarpour, J Ghalamghash, H Azizi, B Sadeghi., 2024. Mineralogy, geochemistry and mineralization of iron ore deposition in NW Sanandaj-Sirjan Geological Zone: A futuristic review based on a representative case study.Journal of Geochemical Exploration 259, 107427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107427.  (JCR; Q1; IF: 3.4).

 

  • Amiri, V., Sohrabi, N., Lak, R., and Tajbakhsh, G., 2024. Estimation of natural background levels of heavy metals and major variables in groundwater to ensure the sustainable supply of safe drinking water in Fereidan, Iran.  Environment, Development and Sustainability, 26(8), 19807–19832. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03438-z. (JCR; Q2; IF: 4.7).

 

  • Dietzel, C. A. F., Elatfy, H., Berthold, C., Majidifard, M. R., & Böhme, M., 2024. Reworked Mesozoic Radiolarians In Miocene-Pliocene Foreland Sediments In The Zagros Belt, Iran. Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia, 130(1). https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/20461.  (JCR; Q2; IF: 1.6).

 

  • Dietzel, C. A. F., Kirscher, U., Berthold, C., Majidifard, M. R., & Böhme, M., 2024. A revised model for Neogene Zagros foreland sedimentation in the Lurestan arc based on new geochemical data. Basin Research, 36, e12861. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12861. (JCR; Q2; IF: 2.8).

 

  • Ertunç, G., Mohammadi, A., Çiner, A., Eriş, K.K., Aydar, E., Lak, R., and Yetemen, Ö., 2025. Lake level fluctuation controls the formation, types, and abundance of coated grains in hypersaline lakes: a case study from Urmia Lake (NW Iran). J. Quaternary Sci., 40: 400-419.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3694. (JCR; Q3; IF: 1.9).

 

  • Ghasemi-Nejad, E., Esmaili, P., Majidifard, M. R., & Sharifi, M., 2024. Biostratigraphy of Bajocian–Oxfordian strata based on dinoflagellate cysts and ammonites from the Dalichai Formation, northeastern Iran. Palaeoworld, 33(2), 374–388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.04.003. (JCR; Q2; IF: 1.7).

 

  • Gitipour, S., Sanaei, M., Lak, R., & Abdolreza Karbassi., 2025. Effective elimination of Pb (II) cations from waste water and polluted water using siderite magnetic biochar. Sci Rep 15, 7912. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92073-x. (JCR; Q1; IF: 3.8).

 

  • Heidari, S.M., Afzal, P. and Sadeghi, B., 2024. Molybdenum and gold distribution variances within Iranian copper porphyry deposits. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 261(April), p. 107471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107471. (JCR; Q1; IF: 3.4).

 

  • Heydari, M., Ghassemi, M.R., Grützner, C., Tsukamoto, S., Chruścińska, A., and Preusser, F., 2024. First luminescence dating of exhumed fault-zone rocks of the North Tehran Fault, Iran. Quaternary Geochronology, 83, 101562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2024. 101562. (JCR; Q3; IF: 1.7).

 

  • Heydari, M*., and Ghassemi, M.R*., 2025. Revisiting the dip-slip rate of the North Tehran Fault (Northern Iran) through studying the faulted materials and geomorphic markers. Tectonophysics 897 (2025) 230610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230610.  (JCR; Q2; IF: 2.7).

 

  • Sarı, S., Mohammadi, A., Schwamborn, G., Haghipour, N., Yu, B.Y., Eriş, K.K. and Lak, R., 2024. Sedimentary evolution and lake level fluctuations of Urmia Lake (north-west Iran) over the past 50 000 years; insights from Artemia faecal pellet records. Sedimentology, 71: 887-911. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13159. (JCR; Q1; IF: 2.6).

 

  • Shokri, P. Alavi, A., Ghassemi, M.R., and Ganjiani, M., 2024. Evolution of the Piranshahr pull-apart basin at releasing stepovers of the strike-slip fault systems in Northwest of Iran: Insights from twodimensional numerical modeling. Journal of Mountain Science, 21(12): 4282-4298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-024-9003-3. (JCR; Q3; IF: 2.3).

 

  • Shomali, S., Ghorbani, M., Ghassemi, M.R., Moosavi, E., and Salma, J., 2024. Petrography, U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of Varcheh intrusions Insight into younging trend of mid-Cretaceous subduction in the northern Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, western Iran. Geological Journal, 59(8), 2156-2174. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.5001. (JCR; Q3; IF: 1.4).

 

  • Vaezi, A*., Shahbazi, R., Sheikh, M., Lak, R., Ahmadi, N., Kaskaoutis, D.G., Behrooz, R.D., Sotiropoulou, R.E.P. and Tagaris, E., 2024. Environmental pollution and human health risks associated with atmospheric dust in Zabol City, Iran. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, pp.1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-024-01582-7. (JCR; Q3; IF: 2.9).

 

  • Vaezi, A*., Routh, J., Rana, A., Sokhansefat, S. and Nasseri, M., 2025. Linking Future Hydroclimatological Changes with Past Climatic Conditions in Southeastern Iran: Insights from Models and Observations. International Journal of Environmental Research, 19(1), p.38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-024-00704-4. (JCR; Q3, IF: 2.6).

 

  • Zakerzadeh, M. R., Majidifard, M. R., Arian, M., & Aleali, M., 2025. Carbonate platform evolution of the early eocene Taleh Zang formation on the border of the SW Lurestan province and the NE Dezful embayment (SW Iran). Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, 17(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.57647/j.ijes.2025.1701.05. (Indexed in ISI; Not ranked in JCR Quartile).