Allen West

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Allen West is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen West has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Atmospheric Science, 17 papers in Paleontology and 16 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Allen West's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (12 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 papers). Allen West is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (12 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 papers). Allen West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Allen West's co-authors include M. J. Bickle, Αlbert Galy, Luiz Belardinelli, James P. Kennett, Wayne R. Giles, T. E. Bunch, Douglas J. Kennett, Wendy S. Wolbach, Albert C. Goodyear and Robert M. Berne and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Allen West

44 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tectonic and climatic controls on silicate weathering

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allen West United States	16	1.1k	496	486	444	276	52	2.0k
Wouter Bleeker Canada	38	823 0.7×	809 1.6×	1.2k 2.5×	4.9k 10.9×	26 0.1×	107	6.2k
Gonzalo Vidal Sweden	32	1.0k 0.9×	336 0.7×	1.9k 3.8×	816 1.8×	13 0.0×	81	2.8k
Bence Paul Australia	20	549 0.5×	630 1.3×	457 0.9×	3.1k 7.0×	124 0.4×	37	4.2k
Akihiro Kano Japan	25	1.4k 1.2×	519 1.0×	1.0k 2.1×	346 0.8×	159 0.6×	114	2.3k
Gábor Újvári Hungary	25	1.5k 1.4×	222 0.4×	242 0.5×	291 0.7×	374 1.4×	65	1.9k
Peter R. Thompson Canada	21	1.4k 1.3×	230 0.5×	282 0.6×	141 0.3×	95 0.3×	47	2.0k
Michael A. Arthur United States	19	1.9k 1.7×	1.2k 2.5×	2.2k 4.5×	804 1.8×	52 0.2×	27	3.6k
Karel Žák Czechia	24	467 0.4×	371 0.7×	354 0.7×	585 1.3×	94 0.3×	79	1.5k
Richard G. Cresswell Australia	25	1.3k 1.2×	278 0.6×	541 1.1×	306 0.7×	563 2.0×	55	2.6k
Naomi Harada Japan	32	2.0k 1.8×	89 0.2×	248 0.5×	60 0.1×	77 0.3×	150	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allen West

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Sweatman, Martin B., James L. Powell, & Allen West. (2024). Rejection of Holliday et al.'s alleged refutation of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis. Earth-Science Reviews. 258. 104960–104960. 3 indexed citations

West, Allen, Luís Costa, James P. Kennett, et al.. (2024). Modeling airbursts by comets, asteroids, and nuclear detonations: shock metamorphism, meltglass, and microspherules. 2(1). 5 indexed citations

Sweatman, Martin B., James L. Powell, & Allen West. (2024). Rebuttal of Holliday et al.’s Comprehensive Gish Gallop of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Mahaney, William C., Peeter Somelar, & Allen West. (2024). An Extraterrestrial Pt Anomaly during the Late Glacial-Younger Dryas: Viso Massif (Italy and France). 2(1).

Collins, Steven, Malcolm A. LeCompte, Luís Costa, et al.. (2024). Modeling how a Powerful Airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, a Middle Bronze Age city near the Dead Sea. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Moore, Christopher R., et al.. (2023). Paleoamerican exploitation of extinct megafauna revealed through immunological blood residue and microwear analysis, North and South Carolina, USA. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 9464–9464. 3 indexed citations

Moore, A. M. T., James P. Kennett, W. M. Napier, et al.. (2023). Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 2: Additional evidence supporting the catastrophic destruction of this prehistoric village by a cosmic airburst ~12,800 years ago. 1(1). 11 indexed citations

Moore, A. M. T., James P. Kennett, Malcolm A. LeCompte, et al.. (2023). Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 1: Shock-fractured quartz grains support 12,800-year-old cosmic airburst at the Younger Dryas onset. 1(1). 8 indexed citations

Hermes, Robert, Hans‐Rudolf Wenk, James P. Kennett, et al.. (2023). Microstructures in shocked quartz: linking nuclear airbursts and meteorite impacts. 1(1). 5 indexed citations

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Moore, A. M. T., James P. Kennett, W. M. Napier, et al.. (2020). Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at >2200 °C. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4185–4185. 26 indexed citations

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Moore, Christopher R., Mark J. Brooks, Albert C. Goodyear, et al.. (2019). Sediment Cores from White Pond, South Carolina, contain a Platinum Anomaly, Pyrogenic Carbon Peak, and Coprophilous Spore Decline at 12.8 ka. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15121–15121. 21 indexed citations

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Hagstrum, Jonathan T., R. B. Firestone, Allen West, James C. Weaver, & T. E. Bunch. (2017). Impact-related microspherules in Late Pleistocene Alaskan and Yukon “muck” deposits signify recurrent episodes of catastrophic emplacement. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16620–16620. 11 indexed citations

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Mahaney, William C., et al.. (2013). Recent developments in the analysis of the black mat layer and cosmic impact at 12.8 ka. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 96(1). 99–111. 1 indexed citations

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Bunch, T. E., P. H. Schultz, J. H. Wittke, et al.. (2009). Summary of impact markers and potential impact mechanisms for the YDB impact event at 12.9 ka. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009.

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Stafford, Thomas W., Ernest L. Lundelius, Jeanette Kennett, et al.. (2009). Testing Younger Dryas ET Impact (YDB) Evidence at Hall’s Cave, Texas. AGUFM. 2009. 4 indexed citations

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Howard, George A., R. B. Firestone, Allen West, et al.. (2008). Soot as Evidence for Widespread Fires at the Younger Dryas Onset (YDB; 12.9 ka). AGUFM. 2008. 8 indexed citations

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Wolbach, Wendy S., et al.. (2007). Is There Evidence for Impact-Triggered Fires at the End Pleistocene?. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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West, Allen, R. B. Firestone, James P. Kennett, & L. Becker. (2007). Extraterrestrial Markers Found at Clovis Sites Across North America. AGUSM. 2007. 3 indexed citations

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Becker, L., Robert J. Poreda, Jeanette Kennett, Allen West, & Wendy S. Wolbach. (2007). The End Pleistocene Extinction Event - What Caused It?. AGUSM. 2007. 3 indexed citations

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Darrah, Thomas H., Robert J. Poreda, James P. Kennett, et al.. (2006). Mineralogical and Noble Gas Evidence for an ET Impact at the Younger Dryas. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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