A remarkable decade of learning and sharing knowledge through the Journal of Palaeogeography (JoP) (2014-2024): Reminiscences from an Associate Editor-in-Chief

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In this editorial, an Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Palaeogeography (JoP) reminisces his publication experience in JoP during the period 2014-2024. 1) During a period of nine years, he contributed eight review articles, three discussions, two replies, one book review, one glossary, and one tribute to the first Editor-in-Chief Prof. Zeng-Zhao Feng. His contributions totaled 534 printed pages. 2) His contributions examined 19 different domains, such as landslides, submarine fans, seismites, SSDS, hyperpycnites, rivers, etc. 3) His contributions coincided with the formative years of JoP. 4) The impact of his articles is evident from the Stats published by ResearchGate. For example, his review article “The Landslide Problem” has reached 11,611 Reads and 186 Citations after nine years of publication in 2015. 5) In 2023, the CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) recognized his article “Submarine fans: a critical retrospective (1950-2015)” as the Top-1% most-highly cited publications in the Journal of Palaeogeography published during a 10–year survey period: 2012–2022. 6) He was inducted as a Founding Member of the International Society of Palaeogeography (ISP) at Changping District of China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing on July 16, 2022. 7) His JoP editorship during the past 10 years has been the most challenging, inspiring, and rewarding experience of his global scientific journey spanning over six decades (1962–2024).

Key words： Journal of Palaeogeography Associate Editor-in-Chief Editorial Landslides Submarine fans Seismites SSDS Hyperpycnites Zeng-Zhao Feng

Received: 01 April 2024

Corresponding Authors: E-mail address: shanshanmugam@aol.com.

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