A.D. Saunders

12.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
41 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

A.D. Saunders is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, A.D. Saunders has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Geophysics, 13 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 8 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in A.D. Saunders's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (39 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (21 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (16 papers). A.D. Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (39 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (21 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (16 papers). A.D. Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. A.D. Saunders's co-authors include Michael J Norry, J. Tarney, J. Godfrey Fitton, Rex N. Taylor, G. F. Marriner, Björn S. Harðarson, G. Rogers, Pamela D. Kempton, John J. Mahoney and Stephen R. Noble and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

A.D. Saunders

40 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Magmatism in the Ocean Basins

1989 5.7k citations A.D. Saunders, Michael J Norry profile →
High precision Hf isotope measurements of MORB and OIB by thermal ionisation mass spectrometry: insights into the depleted mantle

1998 653 citations Pamela D. Kempton, J. Godfrey Fitton et al. Chemical Geology profile →
Thermal and chemical structure of the Iceland plume

1997 582 citations J. Godfrey Fitton, A.D. Saunders et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
The timing and extent of the eruption of the Siberian Traps large igneous province: Implications for the end-Permian environmental crisis

2008 407 citations Marc Reichow, Malcolm S. Pringle et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A.D. Saunders United Kingdom	32	10.2k	3.8k	1.4k	789	734	41	10.7k
Michael J Norry United Kingdom	25	11.5k 1.1×	4.8k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	942 1.2×	875 1.2×	28	12.0k
Peter D. Kinny Australia	49	9.1k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	739 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	81	9.5k
J. Tarney United Kingdom	60	10.0k 1.0×	3.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	855 1.1×	715 1.0×	120	10.5k
E. Hegner Germany	54	7.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	672 0.9×	975 1.3×	140	8.6k
James B. Gill United States	51	9.2k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	413 0.6×	123	9.8k
Jon P. Davidson United Kingdom	53	9.1k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	925 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	464 0.6×	126	9.7k
A. G. Tindle United Kingdom	29	10.2k 1.0×	5.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	495 0.6×	518 0.7×	88	10.7k
J. S. Stacey United States	20	8.9k 0.9×	4.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	854 1.1×	929 1.3×	28	9.4k
J C Roddick United Kingdom	26	7.9k 0.8×	3.7k 1.0×	857 0.6×	838 1.1×	739 1.0×	39	8.2k
J. G. Liou United States	71	14.3k 1.4×	3.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	619 0.8×	615 0.8×	207	15.0k

Countries citing papers authored by A.D. Saunders

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of A.D. Saunders's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by A.D. Saunders with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites A.D. Saunders more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by A.D. Saunders

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by A.D. Saunders. 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.D. Saunders. The network helps show where A.D. Saunders may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of A.D. Saunders

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Kempton, Pamela D., Claudia Adam, A.D. Saunders, & Tiffany L. Barry. (2025). Temporal Variations of the Oldest Emperor‐Hawaiian Plume Signature Influenced by Interaction With Shallow Mantle Features. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 26(6).

Reichow, Marc, A.D. Saunders, Robert A. Scott, et al.. (2016). Petrogenesis and timing of mafic magmatism, South Taimyr, Arctic Siberia: A northerly continuation of the Siberian Traps?. Lithos. 248-251. 382–401. 16 indexed citations

Tapster, Simon, Michael G. Petterson, Gawen R. T. Jenkin, et al.. (2011). Preliminary petrogenetic and geodynamic controls on magmatic-hydrothermal Cu and Au mineralisation of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 1 indexed citations

Reichow, Marc, B.A. Litvinovsky, Randall R. Parrish, & A.D. Saunders. (2010). Multi-stage emplacement of alkaline and peralkaline syenite–granite suites in the Mongolian–Transbaikalian Belt, Russia: Evidence from U–Pb geochronology and whole rock geochemistry. Chemical Geology. 273(1-2). 120–135. 52 indexed citations

Reichow, Marc, Malcolm S. Pringle, A. I. Al’mukhamedov, et al.. (2008). The timing and extent of the eruption of the Siberian Traps large igneous province: Implications for the end-Permian environmental crisis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 277(1-2). 9–20. 407 indexed citations breakdown →

Kent, R. W., S. Ingle, Nadine Mattielli, et al.. (2004). Hafnium-Osmium Systematics of Cretaceous Group II Kimberlites from India. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 2004. 3 indexed citations

Reichow, Marc, A.D. Saunders, Rosalind V. White, et al.. (2003). Silicic magmatism in Transbaikalia, Russia, and its links with the Siberian Traps. EAEJA. 5048. 2 indexed citations

Kempton, Pamela D., Rosalind V. White, Andrew C. Kerr, et al.. (2003). Hf–Nd isotope constraints on the origin of the Cretaceous Caribbean plateau and its relationship to the Galápagos plume☆. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 217(1-2). 59–75. 55 indexed citations

Fitton, J. Godfrey, Lotte Melchior Larsen, A.D. Saunders, Björn S. Harðarson, & Pamela D. Kempton. (2000). Palaeogene Continental to Oceanic Magmatism on the SE Greenland Continental Margin at 63°N: a Review of the Results of Ocean Drilling Program Legs 152 and 163. Journal of Petrology. 41(7). 951–966. 45 indexed citations

10.

Kent, R. W., A.D. Saunders, Michael Storey, & Naresh Chandra Ghose. (1996). Petrology of Early Cretaceous flood basalts and dykes along the rifted volcanic margin of eastern India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 13(2). 95–111. 7 indexed citations

11.

Saunders, A.D., J. Tarney, Andrew C. Kerr, & R. W. Kent. (1996). The formation and fate of large oceanic igneous provinces. Lithos. 37(2-3). 81–95. 116 indexed citations

12.

Zhang, Chi, et al.. (1993). Implications of Palaeozoic ophiolites from Western Junggar, NW China, for the tectonics of central Asia. Journal of the Geological Society. 150(3). 551–561. 101 indexed citations

13.

Hole, Malcolm J., G. Rogers, A.D. Saunders, & Michael Storey. (1991). Relation between alkalic volcanism and slab-window formation. Geology. 19(6). 657–657. 134 indexed citations

14.

Saunders, A.D. & Michael J Norry. (1989). Magmatism in the Ocean Basins. 47. 293–311. 5748 indexed citations breakdown →

15.

Storey, Michael, G. Rogers, A.D. Saunders, & David J. Terrell. (1989). San Quintín volcanic field, Baja California, Mexico: ‘within‐plate’ magmatism following ridge subduction. Terra Nova. 1(2). 195–202. 44 indexed citations

16.

Saunders, A.D., Michael J Norry, & J. Tarney. (1988). Origin of MORB and Chemically-Depleted Mantle Reservoirs: Trace Element Constraints. Journal of Petrology. Special_Volume(1). 415–445. 345 indexed citations

17.

Hervé, Miguel, et al.. (1984). Calc-alkaline and alkaline miocene and calc-alkaline recent volcanism in the Southernmost Patagonian Cordillera, Chile. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 21(1-2). 149–163. 31 indexed citations

18.

Tarney, J., A.D. Saunders, D. P. Mattey, David A. Wood, & Nicholas G Marsh. (1981). Geochemical aspects of back-arc spreading in the Scotia Sea and western Pacific. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 300(1454). 263–285. 86 indexed citations

19.

Tarney, J., et al.. (1980). Nature of mantle heterogeneity in the North Atlantic: evidence from deep sea drilling. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 297(1431). 179–202. 70 indexed citations

20.

Wood, David A., J. Tarney, J. Varet, et al.. (1979). Geochemistry of basalts drilled in the North Atlantic by IPOD Leg 49: Implications for mantle heterogeneity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 42(1). 77–97. 242 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact