Benjamin C. Gill

9.1k citations

89 papers · 7.2k · 3 hit papers · h-index 42

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Paleontology top 0.05%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Geochemistry and Petrology top 0.05%
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Papers in

Paleontology 65
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 65
Geochemistry and Petrology 37
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis 35

Co-authors: Timothy W. Lyons (26 shared papers)Noah J. Planavsky (13 shared papers)Andrew H. Knoll (6 shared papers)Matthew R. Saltzman (5 shared papers)Christopher T. Reinhard (8 shared papers)Kurt O. Konhauser (7 shared papers)Ariel D. Anbar (6 shared papers)David T. Johnston (6 shared papers)
Journals: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (10 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (9 papers)Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (8 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)Nature (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Canada

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Benjamin C. Gill

85 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Benjamin C. Gill's Hit Papers

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Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle 2016 · 486 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Nature
2015 Nature
2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Statistical analysis of iron geochemical data suggests limited late Proterozoic oxygenation Nature ·Erik A. Sperling, Charles J. Wolock, Alex S. Morgan, Benjamin C. Gill, Marcus Kunzmann, Galen P. Halverson, Francis A. Macdonald, Andrew H. Knoll, David T. Johnston Hit paper breakdown →	2015	523
2	Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle Nature ·Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky, Benjamin C. Gill, Kazumi Ozaki, Leslie J. Robbins, Timothy W. Lyons, Woodward W. Fischer, Chun‐Jiang Wang, Devon B. Cole, Kurt O. Konhauser Hit paper breakdown →	2016	486
3	Proterozoic ocean redox and biogeochemical stasis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky, Leslie J. Robbins, Camille A. Partin, Benjamin C. Gill, Stefan V. Lalonde, Andrey Bekker, Kurt O. Konhauser, Timothy W. Lyons Hit paper breakdown →	2013	424
4	Geochemical evidence for widespread euxinia in the Later Cambrian ocean Nature ·Benjamin C. Gill, Timothy W. Lyons, Seth A. Young, Lee R. Kump, Andrew H. Knoll, Matthew R. Saltzman	2010	374
5	Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tais W. Dahl, Emma U. Hammarlund, Ariel D. Anbar, David P.G. Bond, Benjamin C. Gill, Gwyneth W. Gordon, Andrew H. Knoll, Arne Thorshøj Nielsen, Niels H. Schovsbo, Donald E. Canfield	2010	350
6	Large-scale fluctuations in Precambrian atmospheric and oceanic oxygen levels from the record of U in shales Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Camille A. Partin, Andrey Bekker, Noah J. Planavsky, C. Scott, Benjamin C. Gill, C. Li, V. N. Podkovyrov, А. В. Маслов, Kurt O. Konhauser, Stefan V. Lalonde, Gordon D. Love, Simon W. Poulton, Timothy W. Lyons	2013	317
7	Tracking Euxinia in the Ancient Ocean: A Multiproxy Perspective and Proterozoic Case Study Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences ·Timothy W. Lyons, Ariel D. Anbar, Silke Severmann, Clint Scott, Benjamin C. Gill	2009	291
8	Perspectives on Proterozoic surface ocean redox from iodine contents in ancient and recent carbonate Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Dalton Hardisty, Zunli Lu, Andrey Bekker, Charles Diamond, Benjamin C. Gill, Ganqing Jiang, Linda C. Kah, Andrew H. Knoll, S. J. Loyd, Magdalena R. Osburn, Noah J. Planavsky, Chun‐Jiang Wang, Xiaoli Zhou, Timothy W. Lyons	2017	202
9	Parallel, high-resolution carbon and sulfur isotope records of the evolving Paleozoic marine sulfur reservoir Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Benjamin C. Gill, Timothy W. Lyons, Matthew R. Saltzman	2007	168
10	Terrestrial sources as the primary delivery mechanism of mercury to the oceans across the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (Early Jurassic) Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Theodore R. Them, Charles H. Jagoe, Andrew H. Caruthers, Benjamin C. Gill, Stephen E. Grasby, Darren R. Gröcke, Runsheng Yin, Jeremy D. Owens	2018	167
11	Uncovering the Neoproterozoic carbon cycle Nature ·David T. Johnston, Francis A. Macdonald, Benjamin C. Gill, Paul F. Hoffman, Daniel P. Schrag	2012	166
12	Trace elements at the intersection of marine biological and geochemical evolution Earth-Science Reviews ·Leslie J. Robbins, Stefan V. Lalonde, Noah J. Planavsky, Camille A. Partin, Christopher T. Reinhard, Brian Kendall, Clint Scott, Dalton Hardisty, Benjamin C. Gill, Daniel S. Alessi, Christopher L. Dupont, Mak A. Saito, Sean A. Crowe, Simon W. Poulton, Andrey Bekker, Timothy W. Lyons, Kurt O. Konhauser	2016	164
13	Sedimentary host phases of mercury (Hg) and implications for use of Hg as a volcanic proxy Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Jun Shen, Qinglai Feng, Thomas J. Algeo, Jinling Liu, Chenyang Zhou, Wei Wei, Jiangsi Liu, Theodore R. Them, Benjamin C. Gill, Jiubin Chen	2020	161
14	Pulse of atmospheric oxygen during the late Cambrian Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Matthew R. Saltzman, Seth A. Young, Lee R. Kump, Benjamin C. Gill, Timothy W. Lyons, Bruce Runnegar	2011	158
15	High-resolution carbon isotope records of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (Early Jurassic) from North America and implications for the global drivers of the Toarcian carbon cycle Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Theodore R. Them, Benjamin C. Gill, Andrew H. Caruthers, Darren R. Gröcke, E. T. T. Tulsky, Rowan C. Martindale, T P Poulton, Paul L. Smith	2016	157
16	Does pyrite act as an important host for molybdenum in modern and ancient euxinic sediments? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Anthony Chappaz, Timothy W. Lyons, Daniel D. Gregory, Christopher T. Reinhard, Benjamin C. Gill, Chao Li, Ross R. Large	2013	146
17	Uranium isotopes distinguish two geochemically distinct stages during the later Cambrian SPICE event Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Tais W. Dahl, Richard A. Boyle, Donald E. Canfield, James N. Connelly, Benjamin C. Gill, Timothy M. Lenton, Martin Bizzarro	2014	141
18	Sulfur isotopes track the global extent and dynamics of euxinia during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jeremy D. Owens, Benjamin C. Gill, Hugh C. Jenkyns, Steven M Bates, Silke Severmann, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Richard G. Woodfine, Timothy W. Lyons	2013	140
19	Thallium isotopes reveal protracted anoxia during the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) associated with volcanism, carbon burial, and mass extinction Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Theodore R. Them, Benjamin C. Gill, Andrew H. Caruthers, Angela M. Gerhardt, Darren R. Gröcke, Timothy W. Lyons, Selva Marroquín, Sune G. Nielsen, João Trabucho‐Alexandre, Jeremy D. Owens	2018	136
20	Evidence for rapid weathering response to climatic warming during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event Scientific Reports ·Theodore R. Them, Benjamin C. Gill, David Selby, Darren R. Gröcke, Richard M. Friedman, Jeremy D. Owens	2017	132

About Benjamin C. Gill

Benjamin C. Gill is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 89 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (65 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (36 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (35 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (11 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (9 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (8 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (5.5k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (3.6k citations), Geophysics (2.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.5k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (820 citations). Benjamin C. Gill has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature.

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