Andrey Bekker

20.9k total citations · 10 hit papers
215 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Andrey Bekker is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geophysics and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrey Bekker has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Paleontology, 117 papers in Geophysics and 109 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Andrey Bekker's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (140 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (115 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (100 papers). Andrey Bekker is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (140 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (115 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (100 papers). Andrey Bekker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Africa. Andrey Bekker's co-authors include Olivier Rouxel, Noah J. Planavsky, Timothy W. Lyons, Axel Hofmann, Kurt O. Konhauser, Heinrich Holland, Simon W. Poulton, Stefan V. Lalonde, D. Rumble and Christopher T. Reinhard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andrey Bekker

206 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Dating the rise of atmospheric oxygen

2004 1.0k citations Andrey Bekker, D. Rumble et al. Nature profile →
Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean

2008 864 citations Timothy W. Lyons, Andrey Bekker et al. Nature profile →
Iron Formation: The Sedimentary Product of a Complex Interplay among Mantle, Tectonic, Oceanic, and Biospheric Processes

2010 746 citations Andrey Bekker, John F. Slack et al. profile →
Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis half a billion years before the Great Oxidation Event

2014 437 citations Axel Hofmann, Christopher T. Reinhard et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Rare Earth Element and yttrium compositions of Archean and Paleoproterozoic Fe formations revisited: New perspectives on the significance and mechanisms of deposition

2010 424 citations Andrey Bekker, Olivier Rouxel et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
Proterozoic ocean redox and biogeochemical stasis

2013 424 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Andrey Bekker et al. profile →
Widespread iron-rich conditions in the mid-Proterozoic ocean

2011 410 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Andrey Bekker et al. Nature profile →
Timing and tempo of the Great Oxidation Event

2017 379 citations Wouter Bleeker, Andrey Bekker et al. profile →
Iron formations: A global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history

2017 361 citations Timothy W. Lyons, Andrey Bekker et al. profile →
A 200-million-year delay in permanent atmospheric oxygenation

2021 160 citations Simon W. Poulton, Andrey Bekker et al. Nature profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotope systematics of detrital zircon from the basal part of the late Ediacaran sedimentary succession of the Moldova-Podillya basin (SW Baltica): Implications for glacial vs. alluvial origin 2024 ·Precambrian Research ·(unknown), Leonid Shumlyanskyy, (unknown), (unknown), Simon A. Wilde, Andrey Bekker	1
2	Nitrogen isotope gradient on continental margins during the late Paleoproterozoic 2024 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·(unknown), Andrey Bekker, Wouter Bleeker, Minoru Ikehara, Takashi Sano, Carl Guilmette, Ying Lin, Shoichi Kiyokawa	4
3	U–Pb geochronology of detrital zircon from the Ediacaran and Cambrian sedimentary successions of NE Estonia and Volyn region of Ukraine: Implications for the provenance and comparison with other areas within Baltica 2023 ·Precambrian Research ·(unknown), Leonid Shumlyanskyy, Алвар Соэсоо, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gordon D. Love, Andrey Bekker	5
4	Evolutionary stasis during the Mesoproterozoic Columbia-Rodinia supercontinent transition 2023 ·Precambrian Research ·Gui‐Mei Lu, Wei Wang, Richard E. Ernst, Hafida El Bilali, Christopher J. Spencer, Yi‐Gang Xu, Andrey Bekker	2
5	Earth’s Great Oxidation Event facilitated by the rise of sedimentary phosphorus recycling 2022 ·Nature Geoscience ·Lewis Alcott, Benjamin Mills, Andrey Bekker, Simon W. Poulton	54
6	Preservation and Distributions of Covalently Bound Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons in Ancient Biogenic Kerogens and Insoluble Organic Macromolecules 2021 ·Astrobiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Andrew Bishop, Frantz Ossa Ossa, William Meredith, Andrey Bekker, Gordon D. Love	4
7	A 200-million-year delay in permanent atmospheric oxygenation breakdown → 2021 ·Nature ·Simon W. Poulton, Andrey Bekker, Vivien M. Cumming, Aubrey L. Zerkle, Donald E. Canfield, David T. Johnston	160
8	A late Paleoproterozoic (1.74 Ga) deep‐sea, low‐temperature, iron‐oxidizing microbial hydrothermal vent community from Arizona, USA 2021 ·Geobiology ·Crispin T. S. Little, (unknown), Stefan Bengtson, Clara S. Chan, Magnus Ivarsson, John F. Slack, Curt Broman, Ingunn H. Thorseth, Tor Grenne, Olivier Rouxel, Andrey Bekker	24
9	THE U-Pb AGE AND Lu-Hf ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS OF ZIRCON FROM THE HULIAIPOLE MET AVOLCANICS, THE AZOV DOMAIN OF THE UKRAINIAN SHIELD: EVIDENCE FOR THE PALEOARCHEAN-HADEAN CRUST 2021 ·Geological Journal ·(unknown), Simon A. Wilde, Leonid Shumlyanskyy, Martin J. Whitehouse, Andrey Bekker	3
10	Development of Iron Speciation Reference Materials for Palaeoredox Analysis 2020 ·Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research ·Lewis Alcott, Alexander J. Krause, Emma U. Hammarlund, Christian J. Bjerrum, Florian Scholz, Yijun Xiong, (unknown), Lesley Neve, Benjamin Mills, Christian März, Bernhard Schnetger, Andrey Bekker, Simon W. Poulton	53
11	Triple iron isotope constraints on the role of ocean iron sinks in early atmospheric oxygenation 2020 ·Science ·Andy W. Heard, Nicolas Dauphas, Romain Guilbaud, Olivier Rouxel, Ian B. Butler, Nicole X. Nie, Andrey Bekker	28
12	Atmospheric S and lithospheric Pb in sulphides from the 2.06 Ga Phalaborwa phoscorite-carbonatite Complex, South Africa 2019 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Robert Bolhar, Martin J. Whitehouse, Lorenzo Milani, (unknown), S. D. Golding, Grant Bybee, (unknown), Andrey Bekker	25
13	Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica 2018 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Gordon D. Love, А. Б. Кузнецов, V. N. Podkovyrov, Christopher K. Junium, Leonid Shumlyanskyy, (unknown), Andrey Bekker	59
14	A model for the oceanic mass balance of rhenium and implications for the extent of Proterozoic ocean anoxia 2018 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·(unknown), Brian Kendall, Christopher T. Reinhard, Robert A. Creaser, Timothy W. Lyons, Andrey Bekker, Simon W. Poulton, Ariel D. Anbar	77
15	Ni biogeochemical cycle through geological time: insights from Ni isotope variations in modern and ancient marine metallifereous deposits 2011 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Bleuenn Guéguen, Olivier Rouxel, Emmanuel Ponzevera, (unknown), Brandy M. Toner, Andrey Bekker	1
16	Hydrothermal Fe(II) oxidation during phase separation: Relevance to the origin of Algoma-type BIFs 2008 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement ·Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Andrey Bekker	5
17	Sulfidic organic-rich shales in the Archean low-sulfate ocean: Evidence for transient oxygenated conditions, enhanced volcanism, or low sedimentation rates? 2008 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement ·Andrey Bekker, Axel Hofmann, D. Rumble, Olivier Rouxel	2
18	Low atmospheric pO 2 in the aftermath of the oldest Paleoproterozoic glaciation 2005 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement ·Andrey Bekker, (unknown), D. Rumble	2
19	Chemostratigraphy of Carbonates from the Minas Supergroup, Quadrilatero Ferryifero (Iron Quadrangle), Brazil: A Stratigraphic Record of Early Proterozoic Atmospheric, Biogeochemical and Climactic Change 2003 ·American Journal of Science ·Andrey Bekker	84
20	Chemostratigraphy of the Paleoproterozoic Duitschland Formation, South Africa: implications for coupled climate change and carbon cycling 2001 ·American Journal of Science ·Andrey Bekker	171

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