A. K. Ferguson

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

A. K. Ferguson is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, A. K. Ferguson has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Geophysics, 6 papers in Atmospheric Science and 4 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in A. K. Ferguson's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (9 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (4 papers). A. K. Ferguson is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (9 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (4 papers). A. K. Ferguson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Japan and Russia. A. K. Ferguson's co-authors include J. Zussman, Nobuyuki Morimoto, A. Cundari, R. W. Le Maitre, David K. Sewell and Giuseppe Rossi and has published in prestigious journals such as Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Lithos and Computers & Geosciences.

In The Last Decade

A. K. Ferguson

16 papers receiving 998 citations

Hit Papers

Nomenclature of Pyroxenes 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 250 500 750
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.

  1. Nomenclature of Pyroxenes
    1988 774 citations Nobuyuki Morimoto, A. K. Ferguson et al. Mineralogical Magazine profile →

Peers

A. K. Ferguson
R. Garth Platt Canada
N. C. N. Stephenson Australia
G. A. Chinner United Kingdom
Masato Fukuoka India
Jo Laird United States
P. Raase Germany
Alan R. Woolley United Kingdom
Paul R. Hamlyn United States
Jack M. Rice United States
Mavis Z. Stout Canada
R. Garth Platt Canada
A. K. Ferguson
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Fields of papers citing papers by A. K. Ferguson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. K. Ferguson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. K. Ferguson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. K. Ferguson 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. K. Ferguson. A. K. Ferguson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Cundari, A. & A. K. Ferguson. (1991). Petrogenetic relationships between melilitite and lamproite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 107(3). 343–357. 47 indexed citations
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Morimoto, Nobuyuki, et al.. (1988). Nomenclature of Pyroxenes. Mineralogical Magazine. 52(367). 535–550. 774 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cundari, A. & A. K. Ferguson. (1982). Significance of the pyroxene chemistry from leucite-bearing and related assemblages. Mineralogy and Petrology. 30(3). 189–204. 21 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K. & A. Cundari. (1982). Feldspar crystallization trends in leucite-bearing and related assemblages. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 81(3). 212–218. 11 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K. & David K. Sewell. (1980). A peak integration method for acquiring x‐ray data for on‐line microprobe analysis. X-Ray Spectrometry. 9(2). 48–51. 8 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K.. (1978). The crystallization of pyroxenes and amphiboles in some alkaline rocks and the presence of a pyroxene compositional gap. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 67(1). 11–15. 29 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K.. (1978). Ca-enrichment in olivines from volcanic rocks. Lithos. 11(3). 189–194. 14 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K.. (1978). The occurrence of ramsayite, titan-l�venite and a fluorine-rich eucolite in a nepheline-syenite inclusion from Tenerife, Canary Islands. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 66(1). 15–20. 26 indexed citations
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Maitre, R. W. Le & A. K. Ferguson. (1978). The clair data system. Computers & Geosciences. 4(1). 65–76. 10 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K.. (1978). A mineralogical investigation of some trachytic lavas and associated pegmatoids from camel's hump and turritable falls, central Victoria∗. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia. 25(3-4). 185–197. 7 indexed citations
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Rossi, Giuseppe & A. K. Ferguson. (1978). On the pretended occurrence of aegirine-neptunite solid solution. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 66(1). 109–112. 2 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K.. (1977). Mineralogical note—A note on a ramsayite‐bearing pegmatoidal clot in a mela‐nephelenite from the older volcanics near Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia. 24(7-8). 491–494. 3 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K.. (1977). The natural occurrence of aegirine?neptunite solid solution. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 60(3). 247–253. 44 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K. & A. Cundari. (1975). Petrological aspects and evolution of the leucite bearing Lavas from Bufumbira, south west Uganda. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 50(1). 25–46. 31 indexed citations
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Ferguson, A. K.. (1973). On hour-glass sector zoning in clinopyroxene. Mineralogical Magazine. 39(303). 321–325. 26 indexed citations

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