A Davidson

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

A Davidson is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, A Davidson has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Geophysics, 12 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in A Davidson's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers). A Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers). A Davidson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. A Davidson's co-authors include Kristine Thrane, Richard E. Ernst, L. M. Natapov, V. A. Vernikovsky, Alan S. Collins, Д. П. Гладкочуб, I. C. W. Fitzsimons, Sergei Pisarevsky, Karl E. Karlstrom and Zheng‐Xiang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geology and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

A Davidson

29 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit 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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis

2007 2.9k citations Zheng‐Xiang Li, Svetlana Bogdanova et al. Precambrian Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A Davidson Canada	18	3.9k	1.5k	787	518	488	31	4.4k
Paul N. Taylor United Kingdom	34	3.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	462 0.6×	396 0.8×	663 1.4×	67	3.8k
John S. Myers Australia	34	3.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	506 0.6×	420 0.8×	417 0.9×	85	3.7k
Julian S Marsh South Africa	28	2.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	520 0.7×	496 1.0×	369 0.8×	57	2.9k
Hervé Bertrand France	38	4.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	684 1.3×	411 0.8×	81	4.4k
Henri Maluski France	40	5.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	445 0.6×	472 0.9×	554 1.1×	80	5.3k
J. Stephen Daly Ireland	39	4.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	477 0.6×	573 1.1×	502 1.0×	128	4.6k
Gerald M. Ross Canada	36	2.5k 0.6×	857 0.6×	642 0.8×	559 1.1×	375 0.8×	68	3.0k
J. W. H. Monger Canada	21	3.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	446 0.6×	625 1.2×	189 0.4×	36	3.4k
A. D. Saunders United Kingdom	23	3.1k 0.8×	881 0.6×	414 0.5×	643 1.2×	379 0.8×	47	3.6k
Bert De Waele Australia	35	5.6k 1.4×	2.5k 1.7×	1.2k 1.5×	482 0.9×	756 1.5×	70	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by A Davidson

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Fields of papers citing papers by A Davidson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A Davidson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A Davidson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A Davidson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A Davidson. A Davidson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Davidson, A, et al.. (2025). Could rear-arc volcanism be driven by mantle instability?. Chemical Geology. 678. 122647–122647.

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Donnelly, Laurance, John Cassella, Duncan Pirrie, et al.. (2016). Analysis of leachate, VOCs, fatty acids and mineralogy following the discovery of a homicide grave: Potential implications for police led open area ground searches for burials: 35th International Geological Congress. 2 indexed citations

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Ames, D E, A Davidson, & N Wodicka. (2008). Geology of the Giant Sudbury Polymetallic Mining Camp, Ontario, Canada. Economic Geology. 103(5). 1057–1077. 46 indexed citations

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Li, Zheng‐Xiang, Svetlana Bogdanova, Alan S. Collins, et al.. (2007). Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis. Precambrian Research. 160(1-2). 179–210. 2850 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davidson, A. (2007). Late Paleoproterozoic to mid-Neoproterozoic history of northern Laurentia: An overview of central Rodinia. Precambrian Research. 160(1-2). 5–22. 86 indexed citations

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Boerner, David E., B. Milkereit, & A Davidson. (2000). Geoscience impact: a synthesis of studies of the Sudbury Structure. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 37(2-3). 477–501. 26 indexed citations

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Easton, R. M. & A Davidson. (1994). Terranes, Domains and Lithotectonic Assemblages Within the Grenville Province. Geoscience Canada. 21(1). 4 indexed citations

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Easton, R. M., et al.. (1994). Seismic images of the Grenville Orogen in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 31(2). 293–307. 63 indexed citations

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Bethune, Kathryn M., A Davidson, & F. Ö. Dudás. (1990). Structure and metamorphism of the Sudbury dykes; constraints on tectonic evolution of the Grenville Front south of Sudbury, Ontario. 15. 10. 2 indexed citations

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Rivers, Toby, Jacques Martignole, Charles F. Gower, & A Davidson. (1989). New tectonic divisions of the Grenville Province, Southeast Canadian Shield. Tectonics. 8(1). 63–84. 352 indexed citations

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Davidson, A & O. van Breemen. (1988). Baddeleyite-zircon relationships in coronitic metagabbro, Grenville Province, Ontario: implications for geochronology. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 100(3). 291–299. 146 indexed citations

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Green, A. G., B. Milkereit, A Davidson, et al.. (1988). Crustal structure of the Grenville front and adjacent terranes. Geology. 16(9). 788–788. 143 indexed citations

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Breemen, O. van & A Davidson. (1988). Northeast extension of Proterozoic terranes of mid-continental North America. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 100(5). 630–638. 84 indexed citations

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Davidson, A. (1984). Tectonic boundaries within the Grenville province of the Canadian shield. Journal of Geodynamics. 1(3-5). 433–444. 49 indexed citations

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Irving, E., A Davidson, & J C Mcglynn. (1984). Paleomagnetism of gabbros of the Early Proterozoic Blachford Lake Intrusive Suite and the Easter Island dyke, Great Slave Lake, NWT: Possible evidence for the earliest continental drift. Surveys in Geophysics. 7(1). 1–25. 15 indexed citations

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Moore, John M. & A Davidson. (1978). Rift structure in southern Ethiopia. Tectonophysics. 46(1-2). 159–173. 65 indexed citations

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Davidson, A & D C McGregor. (1976). Palynomorphs indicating Permian rocks in Ethiopia. Nature. 262(5567). 371–373. 14 indexed citations

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Davidson, A. (1970). Nepheline-feldspar intergrowth from Kaminak lake, Northwest Territories. The Canadian Mineralogist. 10(2). 191–206. 10 indexed citations

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Davidson, A & Peter J. Wyllie. (1968). Opaque oxide minerals of some diabase-granophyre associations in Pennsylvania. Economic Geology. 63(8). 950–960. 9 indexed citations

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Davidson, A & Peter J. Wyllie. (1965). Zoned magnetite and platy magnetite in Cornwall type ore deposits. Economic Geology. 60(4). 766–771. 3 indexed citations

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