Anna Bird

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Anna Bird is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Bird has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Anna Bird's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (17 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (11 papers). Anna Bird is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (17 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (11 papers). Anna Bird collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Sweden. Anna Bird's co-authors include Thomas Stevens, Huayu Lu, Pieter Vermeesch, Sergio Andò, Eduardo Garzanti, Andrew Carter, Martin Rittner, Junsheng Nie, Giovanni Vezzoli and Shanpin Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Anna Bird

27 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-der... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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.

  1. Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-derived Yellow River sediment
    2015 346 citations Junsheng Nie, Thomas Stevens et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anna Bird United Kingdom 16 1.1k 678 635 235 151 30 1.5k
Mara Limonta Italy 22 863 0.8× 717 1.1× 807 1.3× 456 1.9× 238 1.6× 39 1.6k
Richard V. Heermance United States 15 864 0.8× 464 0.7× 944 1.5× 87 0.4× 131 0.9× 32 1.5k
Rasmus Thiede Germany 23 1.2k 1.1× 584 0.9× 1.7k 2.7× 72 0.3× 172 1.1× 43 2.5k
Luigina Vezzoli Italy 26 874 0.8× 246 0.4× 1.6k 2.6× 100 0.4× 249 1.6× 59 2.1k
Alberto Resentini Italy 24 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 1.4k 2.2× 796 3.4× 514 3.4× 46 2.6k
Liang Zhou China 19 478 0.4× 399 0.6× 518 0.8× 130 0.6× 211 1.4× 68 1.3k
Syed Masood Ahmad India 22 861 0.8× 400 0.6× 222 0.3× 257 1.1× 63 0.4× 59 1.2k
Marta Padoan Italy 16 743 0.7× 670 1.0× 728 1.1× 740 3.1× 362 2.4× 24 1.6k
G. Rolandi Italy 20 771 0.7× 267 0.4× 1.3k 2.1× 135 0.6× 293 1.9× 29 2.1k
Gábor Csillag Hungary 18 479 0.4× 253 0.4× 587 0.9× 53 0.2× 68 0.5× 45 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Anna Bird

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anna Bird

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Bird

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Millar, Ian, et al.. (2025). Provenance of late Pleistocene loess in central and eastern Europe: isotopic evidence for dominant local sediment sources. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1624–1624. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Rebecca, et al.. (2025). Behaviours of pyroclastic and analogue materials, in dry and wet environments, for use in experimental modelling of pyroclastic density currents. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 8(1). 261–285.
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Holdsworth, R. E., Edward D. Dempsey, Anna Bird, et al.. (2023). Older than you think: using U–Pb calcite geochronology to better constrain basin-bounding fault reactivation, Inner Moray Firth Basin, western North Sea. Journal of the Geological Society. 180(5). 7 indexed citations
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Bird, Anna, et al.. (2023). Eclogites and basement terrane tectonics in the northern arm of the Grenville orogen, NW Scotland. Geoscience Frontiers. 14(6). 101668–101668. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hanzhi, Huayu Lu, Hanlin Wang, et al.. (2022). Large-number detrital zircon U-Pb ages reveal global cooling caused the formation of the Chinese Loess Plateau during Late Miocene. Science Advances. 8(41). eabq2007–eabq2007. 51 indexed citations
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Neill, Iain, Anna Bird, Ian Millar, et al.. (2022). Caledonian hot zone magmatism in the ‘Newer Granites’: insight from the Cluanie and Clunes plutons, Northern Scottish Highlands. Journal of the Geological Society. 180(2). 5 indexed citations
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Holdsworth, R. E., John R. Underhill, Edward D. Dempsey, et al.. (2021). New onshore insights into the role of structural inheritance during Mesozoic opening of the Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society. 179(2). 12 indexed citations
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Kurdve, Martin, Anna Bird, & Jens Laage‐Hellman. (2020). Establishing SME–university collaboration through innovation support programmes. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 31(8). 1583–1604. 18 indexed citations
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Holdsworth, R. E., R. Trice, Ken McCaffrey, et al.. (2019). The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland. Journal of the Geological Society. 177(5). 1057–1073. 31 indexed citations
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Bird, Anna, Ian Millar, Thomas Stevens, et al.. (2019). A constant Chinese Loess Plateau dust source since the late Miocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. 227. 106042–106042. 57 indexed citations
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Bird, Anna, Kathryn Cutts, Rob Strachan, M.F. Thirlwall, & Martin Hand. (2017). First evidence of Renlandian (c. 950–940 Ma) orogeny in mainland Scotland: Implications for the status of the Moine Supergroup and circum-North Atlantic correlations. Precambrian Research. 305. 283–294. 22 indexed citations
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Bird, Anna, et al.. (2015). Making the consensus sale. Harvard business review. 93(3). 18. 5 indexed citations
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Nie, Junsheng, Thomas Stevens, Martin Rittner, et al.. (2015). Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-derived Yellow River sediment. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8511–8511. 346 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bird, Anna, Thomas Stevens, Martin Rittner, et al.. (2015). Quaternary dust source variation across the Chinese Loess Plateau. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 435. 254–264. 104 indexed citations
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Stevens, Thomas, Grzegorz Adamiec, Anna Bird, & Huayu Lu. (2013). An abrupt shift in dust source on the Chinese Loess Plateau revealed through high sampling resolution OSL dating. Quaternary Science Reviews. 82. 121–132. 50 indexed citations
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Bird, Anna, M.F. Thirlwall, R. A. Strachan, & Christina Manning. (2013). Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd dating of metamorphic garnet: evidence for multiple accretion events during the Caledonian orogeny in Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society. 170(2). 301–317. 52 indexed citations
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Stevens, Thomas, Andrew Carter, Pieter Vermeesch, et al.. (2013). Genetic linkage between the Yellow River, the Mu Us desert and the Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary Science Reviews. 78. 355–368. 251 indexed citations

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