A Vaars

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

A Vaars is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A Vaars has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Atmospheric Science, 2 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 1 paper in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in A Vaars's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers), X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (1 paper) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (1 paper). A Vaars is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers), X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography (1 paper) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (1 paper). A Vaars collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands. A Vaars's co-authors include Bob Koster, Sjerry J. van der Gaast, Gregory A. Zielinski, Pierre E. Biscaye, F. Grousset, George Kukla, Marion Revel, J H Fred Jansen, Tjeerd C.E. van Weering and Henko de Stigter and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geological Society London Special Publications and Marine Geology.

In The Last Decade

A Vaars

5 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Asian provenance of glacial dust (stage 2) in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 Ice Core, Summit, Greenland

1997 521 citations Pierre E. Biscaye, F. Grousset et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A Vaars Netherlands	5	1.0k	503	293	185	153	5	1.3k
Ali R. Tabrez United Kingdom	14	741 0.7×	574 1.1×	181 0.6×	149 0.8×	201 1.3×	21	1.2k
S. G. Robinson United Kingdom	7	1.2k 1.1×	639 1.3×	217 0.7×	175 0.9×	149 1.0×	8	1.4k
Venkatarathnam Kolla United States	14	716 0.7×	519 1.0×	193 0.7×	136 0.7×	138 0.9×	16	1.1k
Stephan Opitz Germany	17	1.0k 1.0×	637 1.3×	255 0.9×	100 0.5×	174 1.1×	40	1.3k
Lutz Reinhardt Germany	16	794 0.8×	369 0.7×	212 0.7×	209 1.1×	368 2.4×	43	1.3k
Ruixia Su China	10	1.0k 1.0×	719 1.4×	240 0.8×	83 0.4×	141 0.9×	13	1.2k
James A Collins Germany	13	749 0.7×	378 0.8×	212 0.7×	68 0.4×	183 1.2×	22	1.1k
Rei Nakashima Japan	16	1.1k 1.0×	902 1.8×	409 1.4×	273 1.5×	110 0.7×	67	1.4k
Renato Oscar Kowsmann Brazil	15	548 0.5×	726 1.4×	264 0.9×	203 1.1×	190 1.2×	20	1.4k
G. Caitcheon Australia	14	877 0.8×	419 0.8×	507 1.7×	260 1.4×	212 1.4×	21	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by A Vaars

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Fields of papers citing papers by A Vaars

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by A Vaars. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by A Vaars. The network helps show where A Vaars may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of A Vaars

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

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Richter, Thomas, Sjerry van der Gaast, Bob Koster, et al.. (2006). The Avaatech XRF Core Scanner: technical description and applications to NE Atlantic sediments. Geological Society London Special Publications. 267(1). 39–50. 367 indexed citations

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Jansen, J H Fred, Sjerry J. van der Gaast, Bob Koster, & A Vaars. (1998). CORTEX, a shipboard XRF-scanner for element analyses in split sediment cores. Marine Geology. 151(1-4). 143–153. 280 indexed citations

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Biscaye, Pierre E., F. Grousset, Marion Revel, et al.. (1997). Asian provenance of glacial dust (stage 2) in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 Ice Core, Summit, Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(C12). 26765–26781. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eisma, D., et al.. (1990). A camera and image-analysis system for in situ observation of flocs in natural waters. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research. 27(1). 43–56. 87 indexed citations

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Gaast, Sjerry J. van der & A Vaars. (1981). A method to eliminate the background in X-ray diffraction patterns of oriented clay mineral samples. Clay Minerals. 16(4). 383–393. 36 indexed citations

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