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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Metamorphic Geology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

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Hydration of mafic crustal rocks at high temperature during brittle‐viscous deformation along a strike‐slip plate boundary	27
Low‐grade prehnite‐pumpellyite facies metamorphism and metasomatism in basement rocks adjacent to the Permian Oslo rift: The importance of displacive reactions	26
A buried gneiss dome in the northern Gawler Craton: The record of early Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1600–1560 Ma) extension in southern Proterozoic Australia	26
Pressure–temperature paths of tectonic blocks in mélange: Recording thermal evolution of a subduction channel at an initial stage of subduction	24
Significance of selective crystal entrainment and differential crystal‐melt separation in petrogenesis of granites from the Tongbai orogen	24
Petrochronology of polygenetic white micas (Naxos, Greece)	22
Constraining the P–T path of (U)HP rocks with reaction overstepping during subduction; example from the Western Gneiss Region (Norway)	20
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Thermal pulse induced by emplacement of Ramba leucogranites in southern Tibet	18
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A thermodynamic model for feldspars in KAlSi₃O₈−NaAlSi₃O₈−CaAl₂Si₂O₈ for mineral equilibrium calculations	18
Polyphase tectonic reworking of serpentinites and chlorite‐tremolite‐talc rocks (SW Spain) from the subduction forearc to intracontinental emplacement	17
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The Structure and P–T–t–d Evolution of the Saxothuringian/Brunovistulian Variscan Boundary Zone in the Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic, Poland)	16
Repeated metamorphism in the pelitic granulites of the Hidaka metamorphic belt, Hokkaido, Japan: Implications for the formation of the present‐day trench‐arc‐basin system in NE Asia	15
Carboniferous Barrovian to Permian Buchan‐type metamorphic cycles in the Mongolian Altai Zone: Implication for pressure cycles in accretionary orogens	14
Thermodynamic constraints on the composition of orogenically thickened lower crust	14
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The Piedmont Zone From the Western Alps (Italy): New Insights From High‐Pressure Ophiolitic Metasediments in the Soana Valley	13
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Comparison of Water Contents Between Ultrahigh‐Pressure Oceanic and Continental Eclogites From the North Qaidam Orogen	12
Disruption of a high‐pressure unit during exhumation: Example of the Cycladic Blueschist unit (Thera, Ios and Naxos islands, Greece)	11
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Redistribution of heat‐producing elements during melting of Archean crust	11
Effects of Fe³⁺ in sillimanite on mineral stabilities and parageneses in ultrahigh‐temperature metapelites	11
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Ultrahigh thermal gradient granulites in the Narryer Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, provide a window into the composition and formation of Archean lower crust	10
The origin and compositions of melt inclusions in an Al₂SiO₅‐free paragneiss from the Namche Barwa Complex in the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis	9
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Isochemical metamorphism origin of the newly discovered Baqing jadeitoid, eastern‐central Tibet, China	9
Polyphase Metamorphism of the Northern Rae Craton (Baffin Island, Arctic Canada) and Trace Element Behaviour in Monazite: Insights From Phase Equilibria Modelling and Geochronology	9
Kinetics and pulses of zircon growth in migmatites beneath a volcanic arc: An example from the high‐T Ryoke Complex, southwest Japan	9
Trace‐element heterogeneity in rutile linked to dislocation structures: Implications for Zr‐in‐rutile geothermometry	8
The slab–mantle wedge interface of an incipient subduction zone: Insights from the P–T–D evolution and petrological characteristics of the Dalrymple Amphibolite, Palawan Ophiolite	8
Multi‐mineral petrochronology on a high‐pressure mafic granulite reveals short‐lived high‐temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton	8
The temporal evolution of subduction initiation in the Samail ophiolite: High‐precision U–Pb zircon petrochronology of the metamorphic sole	8
Multi‐Stage Growth of Kyanite in Migmatites Interpreted by Integrating Forward Thermodynamic Modelling and Trace Element Signature	8
Implications of garnet nucleation overstepping for the P–T evolution of the Lesser Himalayan Sequence of central Nepal	8
Polymetamorphism during the Grenvillian Orogeny in SE Ontario: Results from trace element mapping, in situ geochronology, and diffusion geospeedometry	8
Probing intra‐oceanic subduction infancy in ancient orogenic belts: Example from Chinese South Tianshan	8
Polyphase Deformation During Prolonged High‐Temperature, Low‐Pressure Metamorphism: An Example From the Namibfontein‐Vergenoeg Migmatite Domes, Central Zone, Damara Belt, Namibia	8
Metamorphic and chronological constraints on the early Paleozoic tectono‐thermal evolution of the Olkhon Terrane, southern Siberia	7
Thorium zoning in monazite: A case study from the Ivrea–Verbano zone, NW Italy	7
Out‐of‐Sequence Nucleation in a Blueschist From Syros, Greece	7
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Isothermal compression of an eclogite from the Western Gneiss Region (Norway)	7
Deviation between quartz‐in‐garnet elastic geobarometry and equilibrium‐based pressure–temperature modelling in Barrovian metamorphic rocks	7
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Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh‐temperature metamorphism in the Alxa Block, the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton: Petrology and phase equilibria of quartz‐absent corundum‐bearing pelitic granulites	6
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Experimental Replacement of Zircon by Melt‐Mediated Coupled Dissolution‐Precipitation Causes Dispersion in U–Pb Ages	6
Orogen‐scale uniformity of recorded granulite facies conditions due to thermal buffering and melt retention	5
Deformation‐induced graphitization and muscovite recrystallization in a ductile fault zone	5
Carboniferous–Triassic tectonic and thermal evolution of the middle crust section of the Dervio–Olgiasca Zone (Southern Alps)	5
Retentiveness of rare earth elements in garnet with implications for garnet Lu‐Hf chronology	5
A New UHP‐HP Tectono‐Metamorphic Architecture for the Southern Dora‐Maira Massif Nappe Stack (Western Alps) Based on Petrological and Microstructural Evidence	5
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Geothermometric constraints on the thermal architecture, metamorphism, and exhumation of the Northern Range, Trinidad	5
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Cold deep subduction of Indian continental crust and release of ultrahigh‐pressure fluid during initial exhumation: Insights from coesite‐bearing eclogite‐vein systems in Kaghan Valley, Pakistan	5
Exhumation of deep continental crust in a transpressive regime: The example of Variscan eclogites from the Aiguilles‐Rouges massif (Western Alps)	5
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Eclogite thermobarometry: The consistency between conventional thermobarometry and forward phase‐equilibrium modelling	5
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Ultrahigh temperature metamorphism and isobaric cooling of Neoarchean ultramafic‐mafic granulites in the southern granulite terrain, India: Phase equilibrium modelling and SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating	4
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Tectonothermal Evolution of the NW Wyoming Province: Insights From Coupled Garnet Lu‐Hf and Sm‐Nd Geochronology	4
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Pressure and Temperature Estimation in Greenschist‐Facies Metapelites: An Example From the Variscan Belt in Sardinia	4

Assessing the importance of H₂O content in the tectono‐metamorphic evolution of shear zones: A case study from the Dora‐Maira Massif (Western Alps)	4
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High‐pressure granulite facies re‐equilibration and zoisite–biotite dehydration melting during decompression of an ultrahigh‐pressure garnet clinopyroxenite from the island of Fjørtoft, Norway	4
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Contact Metamorphism of Pelitic Rocks Constrains the Depth of Emplacement of the Re di Castello Intrusion (Adamello Batholith, Italy)	3
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To be or not to be Alpine: New petrological constraints on the metamorphism of the Chenaillet Ophiolite (Western Alps)	3
Influence of high‐strain deformation on major element mobility in garnet: Nanoscale evidence from atom probe tomography	3
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Controls on the Growth of Metapelitic Garnet in the Danba Dome (SW China): Insights From Microstructure, Element Mapping and Thermodynamic Modelling	3
P–T–t–D records of Early Palaeozoic Andean‐type shortening of a hot active margin: The Dunhuang block in NW China	3
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Metamorphic evolution and geological significance of Early Palaeozoic high‐pressure granulites from the East Kunlun (NW China)	3
Alpine subduction zone metamorphism in the Palaeozoic successions of the Monti Romani (Northern Apennines, Italy)	3
Archean Polymetamorphism in the Central Dharwar Craton, Southern India	3
Archean ultrahigh temperature event in the northwestern Superior Province, Canada: Metamorphic evolution and tectonic implications of the Pikwitonei Granulite Domain	3
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Discrimination of thermodynamic and kinetic contributions to the heavy rare earth element patterns in metamorphic garnet	3
Garnet growth and mineral geochronology constrains the diachronous Neoproterozoic convergent evolution of the southern Dom Feliciano Belt, Uruguay	3
Zircon (Re)crystallization During Metamorphism: Zircon Paragenesis in the Papua New Guinea Coesite Eclogite Revisited	3
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Late Famatinian (440–410 Ma) overprint of Grenvillian metamorphism in Grt‐St schists from the Sierra de Maz (Argentina): Phase equilibrium modelling, geochronology, and tectonic significance	3
New constraints on the tectonometamorphic evolution of the Erzgebirge orogenic wedge (Saxothuringian Domain, Bohemian Massif)	3
Heat sources for Variscan high‐temperature–low‐pressure metamorphism: Petrochronological constraints from the Trois Seigneurs massif, French Pyrenees	3
⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dates controlled by white mica deformation and strain localization: Insights from comparing in situ laser ablation and single‐grain fusion techniques	3
Tectonic Setting and Evolution of Anatectic Melt Composition During Prograde Metamorphism up to UHT Metamorphism: Constraints From P–T–t–Melting Path From Rundvågshetta, Lützow–Holm Complex, Ea	3
Partial melting and reaction along deformation features in plagioclase	2
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Allanite U–Pb dating places new constraints on the high‐pressure to high‐temperature evolution of the deep Himalayan crust	2
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Coeval formation and exhumation of metamorphic sole and ophiolite in the Saga ophiolitic mélange: Insights into subduction initiation of the Neo‐Tethys	2
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Prograde zircon growth in migmatites	2
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Plate Interface Shear Zone in the Sanbagawa Metamorphic Belt, Constrained by RSCM Thermometry, U–Pb Zircon Dating and Phase Equilibria Modelling in the Sarutagawa Region, Central Shikoku, Japan	2
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Eclogite with biotite porphyroblasts—Which conditions are responsible for their formation? An example from the northern Fleur‐de‐Lys Supergroup, Newfoundland, Canada	1
Low temperature eclogite facies rocks discovered in the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis: Poly‐cyclic metamorphic evolution and implications	1
The inhibited response of accessory minerals during high‐temperature reworking	1
The tempo and conditions of metamorphism during magmatism, southern Coast Mountains batholith, British Columbia, Canada	1
Kyanite and Cordierite‐Andalusite occurrences in parts of Barrow's Staurolite zones – The effects of high ferric iron	1
Dehydration‐driven deformation of eclogite: Interplay between fluid discharge and rheology	1
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Fluid‐driven transformation of blueschist to vein eclogite during the Early Eocene in a subducted sliver of continental crust (Monte Emilius, Italian Western Alps)	1
Incompatibility between serpentinization and epidote formation in the lower oceanic crust: Evidence from the Oman Drilling Project	1
Preservation of mantle heterogeneities and serpentinization signature during antigorite dehydration: The example of the Bergell contact aureole	1
Repeated Caledonian burial and ultrafast cooling and exhumation of high‐pressure granulite facies rocks from the Blåhø Nappe on the island of Fjørtoft, Western Gneiss Region, Norway	1
Fluid or Melt? Distinguishing Syn‐Deformational Interaction Pathways	1
Zircon Coupled Dissolution–Precipitation Replacement During Melt–Rock Interaction Modifies Chemical Signatures Resulting in Misleading Ages	1
Consistent garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd ages indicate short‐lived high‐pressure metamorphism and rapid subduction in oceanic subduction belt: An example from the Changning–Menglian orogenic belt, southeaste	1
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Formation of low‐pressure reaction textures during near‐isothermal exhumation of hot orogenic crust (Bohemian Massif, Austria)	1
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