Carlton E. Brett

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
217 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

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Carlton E. Brett is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlton E. Brett has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Paleontology, 95 papers in Atmospheric Science and 74 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Carlton E. Brett's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (149 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (94 papers) and Geological formations and processes (74 papers). Carlton E. Brett is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (149 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (94 papers) and Geological formations and processes (74 papers). Carlton E. Brett collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Carlton E. Brett's co-authors include Gordon C. Baird, Stephen E. Speyer, Sally E. Walker, Philip W. Signor, Patrick I. McLaughlin, W. D. Liddell, Bradley B. Sageman, Peter A. Allison, Wendy L. Taylor and Charles A. Ver Straeten and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Carlton E. Brett

210 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Comparative Taphonomy: A Key to Paleoenvironmental Interpretation Based on Fossil Preservation

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Author						Papers	Cites
Carlton E. Brett	5.6k	2.9k	2.7k	1.7k	1.2k	217	7.5k
Franz T. Fürsich	5.8k 1.0×	3.3k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	282	8.4k
Brian T. Huber	4.9k 0.9×	4.4k 1.5×	1.4k 0.5×	920 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	131	6.7k
Mary L. Droser	6.7k 1.2×	4.2k 1.4×	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	657 0.5×	168	7.9k
Jörg Pross	3.7k 0.7×	4.7k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	143	6.5k
Richard D. Norris	5.4k 1.0×	6.2k 2.1×	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	2.8k 2.3×	170	9.8k
Timothy J. Bralower	5.8k 1.0×	6.6k 2.2×	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	146	9.7k
Thomas Servais	5.5k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	990 0.6×	628 0.5×	201	7.1k
David J. Bottjer	9.8k 1.8×	5.0k 1.7×	3.4k 1.3×	3.1k 1.8×	1.6k 1.3×	252	13.0k
Appy Sluijs	5.2k 0.9×	8.3k 2.8×	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	2.5k 2.1×	174	10.6k
Richard J. Twitchett	6.3k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	701 0.4×	717 0.6×	99	7.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brett, Carlton E. & James Zambito. (2025). Phanerozoic marine bioevents: A review with applications to stratigraphy and earth history. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 683. 113465–113465.

McLaughlin, Patrick I., et al.. (2023). The late Katian Elkhorn event: precursor to the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology. 72(1). 148–0. 2 indexed citations

Brett, Carlton E., et al.. (2017). Paleoecological and stratigraphic controls on eurypterid Lagerstätten: a model for preservation in the mid-Paleozoic. Paleobiology. 43(3). 383–406. 11 indexed citations

Brett, Carlton E., et al.. (2016). Upper Ordovician (Sandbian-Katian) sub-surface stratigraphy of the Cincinnati Region (Ohio, USA): transition into the Sebree Trough. Stratigraphy. 12(3-4). 297–306. 7 indexed citations

Goldman, Daniel, et al.. (2015). Katian GSSP and Carbonates of the Simpson and Arbuckle Groups in Oklahoma. Stratigraphy. 12(2). 3 indexed citations

Brett, Carlton E., et al.. (2012). Middle Paleozoic Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Cincinnati Arch: Part 2 Northern Kentucky and SE Indiana. Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne). 2023. 1387–1407. 3 indexed citations

Deline, Bradley, William I. Ausich, & Carlton E. Brett. (2012). Comparing taxonomic and geographic scales in the morphologic disparity of Ordovician through Early Silurian Laurentian crinoids. Paleobiology. 38(4). 538–553. 17 indexed citations

Ivany, Linda C., et al.. (2009). Relative taxonomic and ecologic stability in Devonian marine faunas of New York State: a test of coordinated stasis. Paleobiology. 35(4). 499–524. 52 indexed citations

Brett, Carlton E., et al.. (2007). Eo-Ulrichian to Neo-Ulrichian views: The renaissance of "layer-cake stratigraphy". Stratigraphy. 4(2-3). 201–215. 3 indexed citations

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Tsujita, Cameron J., et al.. (2006). Evidence of High-Frequency Storm Disturbance in the Middle Devonian Arkona Shale, Southwestern Ontario. 4(2). 49–68. 6 indexed citations

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Behrens, Peter, Carlton E. Brett, Alexander Bartholomew, et al.. (2004). Geobiologie. GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 1 indexed citations

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Brett, Carlton E.. (1988). Comparative Taphonomy and Ecology of Fossil “Mother Lodes” - Extraordinary Fossil Biotas: Their Ecological and Evolutionary Significance. H. B. Whittington and S. Conway Morris, eds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 311 ; London. 1985. 191 pp. £40.00.. Paleobiology. 14(2). 214–220. 3 indexed citations

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Brett, Carlton E.. (1985). Pelmatozoan echinoderms on Silurian bioherms in western New York and Ontario. Journal of Paleontology. 59(4). 820–838. 21 indexed citations

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Brett, Carlton E.. (1985). Tremichnus; a new ichnogenus of circular-parabolic pits in fossil echinoderms. Journal of Paleontology. 59(3). 625–635. 75 indexed citations

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Signor, Philip W. & Carlton E. Brett. (1984). The mid-Paleozoic precursor to the Mesozoic marine revolution. Paleobiology. 10(2). 229–245. 287 indexed citations

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Baird, Gordon C. & Carlton E. Brett. (1983). Regional variation and paleontology of two coral beds in the Middle Devonian Hamilton Group of western New York. Journal of Paleontology. 57(3). 417–446. 46 indexed citations

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Liddell, W. D. & Carlton E. Brett. (1982). Skeletal Overgrowths Among Epizoans from the Silurian (Wenlockian) Waldron Shale. Paleobiology. 8(1). 67–78. 65 indexed citations

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Brett, Carlton E.. (1981). Systematics and paleoecology of Late Silurian (Wenlockian) calceocrinid crinoids from New York and Ontario. Journal of Paleontology. 55(1). 145–175. 16 indexed citations

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Brett, Carlton E.. (1980). Paracolocrinus, a new inadunate crinoid genus from the Rochester Shale (Silurian, Wenlockian) of New York. Journal of Paleontology. 54(5). 913–922. 11 indexed citations

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Brett, Carlton E. & W. D. Liddell. (1978). Preservation and paleoecology of a Middle Ordovician hardground community. Paleobiology. 4(3). 329–348. 102 indexed citations

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