Brian MacLean

744 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 602 citations indexed

About

Brian MacLean is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian MacLean has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 602 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 8 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Brian MacLean's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (6 papers). Brian MacLean is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (8 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (6 papers). Brian MacLean collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Brian MacLean's co-authors include Lewis H. King, John T. Andrews, Mark F.A. Furze, Steve Blasco, John England, Anna J. Pieńkowski, G B J Fader, Anne Jennings, William Manley and Peta J. Mudie and has published in prestigious journals such as Geological Society of America Bulletin, Quaternary Science Reviews and Marine Geology.

In The Last Decade

Brian MacLean

12 papers receiving 565 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Pockmarks on the Scotian Shelf

1970 344 citations Lewis H. King, Brian MacLean Geological Society of America Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian MacLean Canada	9	383	366	221	112	94	13	602
Norman Maher United States	8	281 0.7×	322 0.9×	202 0.9×	160 1.4×	64 0.7×	14	597
E. Drezen France	8	270 0.7×	183 0.5×	198 0.9×	125 1.1×	65 0.7×	11	480
W. Versteeg Belgium	10	173 0.5×	206 0.6×	120 0.5×	118 1.1×	74 0.8×	21	453
A.F. Limonov Russia	14	308 0.8×	451 1.2×	150 0.7×	202 1.8×	110 1.2×	20	763
F. Werner Germany	13	286 0.7×	185 0.5×	262 1.2×	44 0.4×	43 0.5×	16	477
Todd Thornburg United States	6	253 0.7×	246 0.7×	126 0.6×	135 1.2×	46 0.5×	8	600
Roger Griboulard France	12	191 0.5×	166 0.5×	220 1.0×	76 0.7×	85 0.9×	20	503
Peter F. Croker United Kingdom	10	188 0.5×	151 0.4×	228 1.0×	107 1.0×	147 1.6×	16	593
Matthew J. Owen United Kingdom	8	283 0.7×	321 0.9×	204 0.9×	150 1.3×	72 0.8×	18	588

Countries citing papers authored by Brian MacLean

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian MacLean

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian MacLean

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

1.

Lakeman, Thomas R., Steve Blasco, Brian MacLean, et al.. (2014). Integrating terrestrial and marine archives of Late Wisconsinan ice stream dynamics in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. EGUGA. 16093. 1 indexed citations

2.

Pieńkowski, Anna J., John England, Mark F.A. Furze, et al.. (2013). 11,000 yrs of environmental change in the Northwest Passage: A multiproxy core record from central Parry Channel, Canadian High Arctic. Marine Geology. 341. 68–85. 27 indexed citations

3.

Pieńkowski, Anna J., John England, Mark F.A. Furze, Brian MacLean, & Steve Blasco. (2013). The late Quaternary environmental evolution of marine Arctic Canada: Barrow Strait to Lancaster Sound. Quaternary Science Reviews. 91. 184–203. 23 indexed citations

4.

Pieńkowski, Anna J., John England, Mark F.A. Furze, et al.. (2011). The deglacial to postglacial marine environments ofSEBarrowStrait,CanadianArcticArchipelago. Boreas. 41(2). 141–179. 27 indexed citations

5.

MacLean, Brian, et al.. (2007). Depositional Environments and History of Late Quaternary Sediments in Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay: Further Evidence from Seismic and Biostratigraphic Data. Géographie physique et Quaternaire. 46(3). 311–329. 2 indexed citations

6.

Andrews, John T. & Brian MacLean. (2003). Hudson Strait ice streams: a review of stratigraphy, chronology and links with North Atlantic Heinrich events. Boreas. 32(1). 4–17. 82 indexed citations

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Jennings, Anne, William Manley, Brian MacLean, & John T. Andrews. (1998). Marine evidence for the last glacial advance across eastern Hudson Strait, eastern Canadian Arctic. Journal of Quaternary Science. 13(6). 501–514. 35 indexed citations

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Syvitski, James P. M., G B J Fader, H Josenhans, Brian MacLean, & David J. W. Piper. (1983). Seabed Investigations of the Canadian East Coast and Arctic using Pisces IV. Geoscience Canada. 10(2). 13 indexed citations

9.

King, Lewis H., Brian MacLean, & G B J Fader. (1974). Unconformities on the Scotian Shelf. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 11(1). 89–100. 19 indexed citations

10.

King, Lewis H. & Brian MacLean. (1970). Observations on Cretaceous outcrop from a submersible—Scotian Shelf. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 7(1). 188–190. 1 indexed citations

11.

King, Lewis H. & Brian MacLean. (1970). Pockmarks on the Scotian Shelf. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 81(10). 3141–3141. 344 indexed citations breakdown →

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King, Lewis H. & Brian MacLean. (1970). Origin of the outer part of the Laurentian Channel. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 7(6). 1470–1484. 23 indexed citations

13.

King, Lewis H. & Brian MacLean. (1970). A Diapiric Structure Near Sable Island - Scotian Shelf. Atlantic Geology. 6(1). 5 indexed citations

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