Standout Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. New constraints on the pyroclastic eruptive history of the Campanian volcanic Plain (Italy)
    2001 617 citations Benedetto De Vivo, G. Rolandi et al. Mineralogy and Petrology profile →
  2. Under the surface: Pressure-induced planetary-scale waves, volcanic lightning, and gaseous clouds caused by the submarine eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano
    2022 115 citations David A. Yuen, Frank J. Spera et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

Immediate Impact

5 by Nobel laureates 52 from Science/Nature 72 hit
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Citing Papers

Surface-to-space atmospheric waves from Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai eruption
2022 HitNature
Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neocortex of modern humans than Neanderthals
2022 HitScienceNobel
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Works of Frank J. Spera being referenced

Under the surface: Pressure-induced planetary-scale waves, volcanic lightning, and gaseous clouds caused by the submarine eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano
2022 Hit
New constraints on the pyroclastic eruptive history of the Campanian volcanic Plain (Italy)
2001 Hit

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Frank J. Spera 4.6k 973 965 727 625 125 6.1k
James K. Russell 5.5k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 483 0.7× 485 0.8× 197 6.7k
M. Carroll 5.9k 1.3× 1.4k 1.4× 887 0.9× 330 0.5× 688 1.1× 93 6.8k
Don R. Baker 4.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.5× 560 0.6× 581 0.8× 585 0.9× 181 6.7k
Richard A. Brooker 4.6k 1.0× 903 0.9× 402 0.4× 352 0.5× 587 0.9× 103 5.4k
Piergiorgio Scarlato 4.6k 1.0× 789 0.8× 988 1.0× 281 0.4× 203 0.3× 188 5.5k
Charles W. Burnham 4.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 377 0.4× 1.1k 1.5× 720 1.2× 99 6.8k
Nicole Métrich 5.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 180 0.2× 462 0.7× 124 6.8k
Thorsten Geisler 3.0k 0.7× 987 1.0× 271 0.3× 1.5k 2.0× 721 1.2× 101 5.4k
Alan Whittington 2.7k 0.6× 522 0.5× 383 0.4× 521 0.7× 515 0.8× 100 3.5k
Kai‐Uwe Hess 3.5k 0.7× 287 0.3× 643 0.7× 1.3k 1.8× 1.1k 1.8× 163 5.4k

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