Benjamin C. Gill

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
89 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

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Benjamin C. Gill is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin C. Gill has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Paleontology, 37 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 36 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin C. Gill's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (65 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (36 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (35 papers). Benjamin C. Gill is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (65 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (36 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (35 papers). Benjamin C. Gill collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Benjamin C. Gill's co-authors include Timothy W. Lyons, Noah J. Planavsky, Andrew H. Knoll, Matthew R. Saltzman, Christopher T. Reinhard, Kurt O. Konhauser, Ariel D. Anbar, David T. Johnston, Leslie J. Robbins and Seth A. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin C. Gill

85 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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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.

Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation

2015 523 citations Erik A. Sperling, Benjamin C. Gill et al. Nature profile →
Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle

2016 486 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky et al. Nature profile →
Proterozoic ocean redox and biogeochemical stasis

2013 424 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin C. Gill United States	42	5.5k	3.6k	2.5k	2.1k	920	89	7.2k
Chao Li China	42	4.6k 0.8×	3.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	201	6.4k
David A. Fike United States	44	5.4k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	147	8.3k
Ganqing Jiang United States	48	6.9k 1.3×	3.6k 1.0×	3.7k 1.5×	2.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	101	8.5k
David T. Johnston United States	50	5.3k 1.0×	3.4k 1.0×	3.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	783 0.9×	112	8.8k
Karl B. Föllmi Switzerland	48	5.6k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	3.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	125	7.3k
Armelle Riboulleau France	28	3.6k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 2.2×	65	6.0k
Nicolas Tribovillard France	34	5.4k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	2.9k 3.1×	122	8.6k
Nicolas J. Beukes South Africa	52	5.2k 1.0×	5.1k 1.4×	1.9k 0.8×	4.5k 2.2×	511 0.6×	154	9.4k
Gordon D. Love United States	44	4.3k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 2.5×	100	7.1k
Yanan Shen China	36	3.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	517 0.6×	122	4.8k

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Young, Seth A., et al.. (2025). Balancing Redox Budgets: Mechanisms for Prolonging Anoxia During Major Carbon Burial Events. American Journal of Science. 325.

Tang, Qing, et al.. (2024). Carbonate δ13C chemostratigraphy of the Hunjiang Group in North China and a tentative stratigraphic framework for the Meso-Neoproterozoic transition. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 655. 112505–112505. 1 indexed citations

Gill, Benjamin C., et al.. (2024). Reconstructing the redox environment of the Cambrian Harkless Formation, Nevada, USA: Navigating the effects of iron-rich clay minerals on the iron speciation redox proxy. Chemical Geology. 670. 122453–122453. 2 indexed citations

Gregory, Daniel D., Benjamin C. Gill, Shiqiang Huang, et al.. (2023). Trace element evidence for diverse origins of superheavy pyrite in Neoproterozoic sedimentary strata. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 364. 1–9. 5 indexed citations

Gill, Benjamin C., et al.. (2022). Geochemical Records Reveal Protracted and Differential Marine Redox Change Associated With Late Ordovician Climate and Mass Extinctions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 30 indexed citations

Them, Theodore R., et al.. (2022). Reduced Marine Molybdenum Inventory Related to Enhanced Organic Carbon Burial and an Expansion of Reducing Environments in the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) Oceans. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6). 7 indexed citations

Planavsky, Noah J., Dan Asael, Alan D. Rooney, et al.. (2022). A sedimentary record of the evolution of the global marine phosphorus cycle. Geobiology. 21(2). 168–174. 25 indexed citations

Caruthers, Andrew H., Darren R. Gröcke, Martyn L. Golding, et al.. (2021). New evidence for a long Rhaetian from a Panthalassan succession (Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) and regional differences in carbon cycle perturbations at the Triassic-Jurassic transition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 577. 117262–117262. 14 indexed citations

Sperling, Erik A., Michael J. Melchin, Tiffani Fraser, et al.. (2021). A long-term record of early to mid-Paleozoic marine redox change. Science Advances. 7(28). 60 indexed citations

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Johnston, David T., Jordon Hemingway, Benjamin C. Gill, & Itay Halevy. (2019). The information encoded in the isotopic composition of sedimentary sulfide. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Hardisty, Dalton, Zunli Lu, Andrey Bekker, et al.. (2017). Perspectives on Proterozoic surface ocean redox from iodine contents in ancient and recent carbonate. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 463. 159–170. 202 indexed citations

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Them, Theodore R., Benjamin C. Gill, David Selby, et al.. (2017). Evidence for rapid weathering response to climatic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5003–5003. 132 indexed citations

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Reinhard, Christopher T., Noah J. Planavsky, Benjamin C. Gill, et al.. (2016). Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle. Nature. 541(7637). 386–389. 486 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sánchez‐Murillo, Ricardo, Esteban Gazel, Esther M. Schwarzenbach, et al.. (2014). Geochemical evidence for active tropical serpentinization in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, Costa Rica: An analog of a humid early Earth?. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 15(5). 1783–1800. 51 indexed citations

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Gill, Benjamin C.. (2014). SULFUR ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR LATE ORDOVICIAN OCEAN OXYGENATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DRIVERS OF THE HIRNANTIAN EXTINCTION. 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014). 1 indexed citations

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Johnston, David T., Benjamin C. Gill, Andrew L. Masterson, et al.. (2014). Placing an upper limit on cryptic marine sulphur cycling. Nature. 513(7519). 530–533. 87 indexed citations

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Planavsky, Noah J., et al.. (2010). Tracking Zn bioavailabilty through time: New insights from sulfidic black shales. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Gill, Benjamin C., et al.. (2009). Multiple geochemical proxies reveal a Late Cambrian ocean anoxic event. GeCAS. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Gill, Benjamin C., et al.. (2008). Extreme organic carbon and pyrite burial during the Toarcian OAE and possible consequences for the marine trace metal inventory. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Gill, Benjamin C., et al.. (2005). New insight into the utility of carbonate-associated sulfate. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 69(10). 6 indexed citations

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