Alan Bruce Thompson

13.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
95 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Alan Bruce Thompson is a scholar working on Geophysics, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Bruce Thompson has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Geophysics, 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Alan Bruce Thompson's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (53 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (38 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (37 papers). Alan Bruce Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (53 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (38 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (37 papers). Alan Bruce Thompson collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Czechia. Alan Bruce Thompson's co-authors include Philip England, Nicole Le Breton, Peter Ulmer, J. A. D. Connolly, Simon M. Peacock, Tracy Rushmer, Robert J. Tracy, Raymond Jeanloz, Mark J. Caddick and Max W. Schmidt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Alan Bruce Thompson

94 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Pressure--Temperature--Time Paths of Regional Metamorphism I. Heat Transfer during the Evolution of Regions of Thickened Continental Crust

1984 1.4k citations Philip England, Alan Bruce Thompson Journal of Petrology profile →
Partial melting of subducting oceanic crust

1994 763 citations Alan Bruce Thompson et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
Fluid-absent (dehydration) melting of biotite in metapelites in the early stages of crustal anatexis

1988 687 citations Alan Bruce Thompson et al. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology profile →
Pressure--Temperature--Time Paths of Regional Metamorphism II. Their Inference and Interpretation using Mineral Assemblages in Metamorphic Rocks

1984 521 citations Alan Bruce Thompson, Philip England Journal of Petrology profile →
Mineral reactions in pelitic rocks; II, Calculation of some P-T-X(Fe-Mg) phase relations

1976 511 citations Alan Bruce Thompson profile →
Dehydration melting of pelitic rocks and the generation of H 2 O-undersaturated granitic liquids

1982 443 citations Alan Bruce Thompson profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Efficacy of ultrasonography to detect liver abscesses in cattle* 2025 ·Applied Animal Science ·Alan Bruce Thompson, T. L. Perkins, T.E. Lawrence, Raghavendra G. Amachawadi, T. G. Nagaraja, Paul R. Broadway, Nicole C Burdick Sanchez, V.S. Machado, (unknown), M. L. Galyean, (unknown)	0
2	Preservation of Garnet Growth Zoning and the Duration of Prograde Metamorphism 2010 ·Journal of Petrology ·Mark J. Caddick, Jiřı́ Konopásek, Alan Bruce Thompson	315
3	Density and Viscosity of Hydrous Magmas and Related Fluids and their Role in Subduction Zone Processes 2010 ·Journal of Petrology ·A. C. Hack, Alan Bruce Thompson	61
4	Zoned garnets and the duration of metamorphic events 2008 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Mark J. Caddick, Alan Bruce Thompson	1
5	Tertiary tectono-metamorphic evolution of the European margin during Alpine collison: example of the Leventina Nappe (Central Alps, Switzerland) 2008 ·Swiss Journal of Geosciences ·(unknown), Didier Marquer, Alan Bruce Thompson	10
6	The water–basalt system at 4 to 6 GPa: Phase relations and second critical endpoint in a K-free eclogite at 700 to 1400 °C 2005 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Ronit Kessel, Peter Ulmer, Thomas Pettke, Max W. Schmidt, Alan Bruce Thompson	273
7	Experimental Phase Equilibria and Trace Element Partitioning in Differentiated Hydrous Calc-Alkaline Melts at High Pressures 2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Raquel Alonso‐Perez, Peter Ulmer, Othmar Müntener, Alan Bruce Thompson	1
8	Diagnostic imaging of breast cancer using fluorescence-enhanced optical tomography: phantom studies 2004 ·Journal of Biomedical Optics ·Anuradha Godavarty, Alan Bruce Thompson, Ranadhir Roy, Moshe Gurfinkel, Margaret J. Eppstein, (unknown), Eva M. Sevick‐Muraca	82
9	Near-infrared fluorescence contrast-enhanced imaging with area illumination and area detection: the forward imaging problem 2003 ·Applied Optics ·Alan Bruce Thompson, Daniel J. Hawrysz, Eva M. Sevick‐Muraca	27
10	Fluorescence-enhanced optical imaging in large tissue volumes using a gain-modulated ICCD camera 2003 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Anuradha Godavarty, Margaret J. Eppstein, Chaoyang Zhang, (unknown), Alan Bruce Thompson, Michael Gurfinkel, Eva M. Sevick‐Muraca	110
11	Near-infrared fluorescence contrast-enhanced imaging with intensified charge-coupled device homodyne detection: measurement precision and accuracy 2003 ·Journal of Biomedical Optics ·Alan Bruce Thompson, Eva M. Sevick‐Muraca	50
12	Fertility of crustal rocks during anatexis 1996 ·Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ·Alan Bruce Thompson	102
13	Pressure—temperature—time ( P — T — t ) histories of erogenic belts 1987 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Alan Bruce Thompson, John Ridley	104
14	Pressure--Temperature--Time Paths of Regional Metamorphism I. Heat Transfer during the Evolution of Regions of Thickened Continental Crust breakdown → 1984 ·Journal of Petrology ·Philip England, Alan Bruce Thompson	1450
15	The low-temperature inversion in sub-potassic nephelines 1980 ·American Mineralogist ·C. M. B. Henderson, Alan Bruce Thompson	20
16	Heat capacities and inversions in tridymite, cristobalite, and tridymite-cristobalite mixed phases 1979 ·American Mineralogist ·Alan Bruce Thompson, (unknown)	41
17	Garnet composition and zoning in the determination of temperature and pressure of metamorphism, central Massachusetts 1976 ·American Mineralogist ·Robert J. Tracy, Peter Robinson, Alan Bruce Thompson	286
18	A model system for mineral facies in pelitic schists 1976 ·Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology ·James B. Thompson, Alan Bruce Thompson	52
19	Gibbs energy of aluminous minerals 1974 ·Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology ·Alan Bruce Thompson	22
20	Analcime: Free energy from hydrothermal data. Implications for phase equilibria and thermodynamic quantities for phases in NaAIO2-SiO2-H2O. 1973 ·American Mineralogist ·Alan Bruce Thompson	8

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