Cecilio Quesada

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Cecilio Quesada is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cecilio Quesada has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Cecilio Quesada's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (20 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (14 papers). Cecilio Quesada is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (20 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (14 papers). Cecilio Quesada collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Canada and United States. Cecilio Quesada's co-authors include J. Brendan Murphy, Gabriel Gutiérrez‐Alonso, R. Damian Nance, J. Duncan Keppie, Rob Strachan, Ulf Linnemann, Nigel Woodcock, Javier Fernández‐Suárez, José M. Martı́n and Juan C. Braga and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology and Geological Society of America Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Cecilio Quesada

41 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Evolution of the Rheic Ocean 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Evolution of the Rheic Ocean
    2009 578 citations R. Damian Nance, Gabriel Gutiérrez‐Alonso et al. Gondwana Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Cecilio Quesada 2.5k 648 622 361 360 42 2.8k
Carlos Alberto Cingolani 1.7k 0.7× 731 1.1× 757 1.2× 323 0.9× 426 1.2× 101 2.1k
Andreas Gärtner 1.6k 0.6× 647 1.0× 451 0.7× 402 1.1× 304 0.8× 92 2.0k
Mandy Hofmann 2.7k 1.1× 936 1.4× 838 1.3× 479 1.3× 502 1.4× 112 3.2k
A. J. Tulloch 2.2k 0.9× 371 0.6× 669 1.1× 463 1.3× 345 1.0× 51 2.5k
Chrystèle Vérati 1.4k 0.6× 522 0.8× 282 0.5× 401 1.1× 156 0.4× 38 1.8k
Carmen Galindo 3.5k 1.4× 673 1.0× 1.8k 2.9× 342 0.9× 561 1.6× 86 3.8k
Peter Brack 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 1.8× 447 0.7× 692 1.9× 221 0.6× 45 2.4k
Gilles Borel 2.7k 1.1× 812 1.3× 577 0.9× 517 1.4× 290 0.8× 13 3.3k
Étienne Jaillard 1.7k 0.7× 530 0.8× 341 0.5× 318 0.9× 141 0.4× 101 2.2k
Fabrizio Berra 1.7k 0.7× 899 1.4× 357 0.6× 514 1.4× 303 0.8× 80 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cecilio Quesada

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cecilio Quesada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cecilio Quesada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cecilio Quesada 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 Cecilio Quesada. Cecilio Quesada 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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Nance, R. Damian, Robin A. Strachan, Cecilio Quesada, & Shoufa Lin. (2023). Supercontinents, orogenesis and magmatism: a tribute to the career of J. Brendan Murphy. Geological Society London Special Publications. 542(1). 1–13.
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Murphy, J. Brendan, R. Damian Nance, Peter A. Cawood, et al.. (2020). Pannotia: in defence of its existence and geodynamic significance. Geological Society London Special Publications. 503(1). 13–39. 37 indexed citations
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Braid, James A., et al.. (2020). Geochronology of the Iberian Pyrite Belt and the Sierra Norte Batholith: lower plate magmatism during supercontinent amalgamation?. Geological Society London Special Publications. 503(1). 589–617. 8 indexed citations
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Pufahl, Peir K., et al.. (2020). Ordovician ironstone of the Iberian margin: Coastal upwelling, ocean anoxia and Palaeozoic biodiversity. The Depositional Record. 6(3). 581–604. 25 indexed citations
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Quesada, Cecilio, et al.. (2019). The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach. 34 indexed citations
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Braid, James A., et al.. (2018). Progressive magmatism and evolution of the Variscan suture in southern Iberia. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 107(3). 971–983. 9 indexed citations
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Murphy, J. Brendan, Cecilio Quesada, Gabriel Gutiérrez‐Alonso, Stephen T. Johnston, & Arlo Brandon Weil. (2016). Reconciling competing models for the tectono-stratigraphic zonation of the Variscan orogen in Western Europe. Tectonophysics. 681. 209–219. 45 indexed citations
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Murphy, J. Brendan, R. Damian Nance, J. Dostál, & Cecilio Quesada. (2014). Rifts, arcs and orogens in space and time: a volume in honor of J. Duncan Keppie—an introduction. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 103(5). 1181–1186. 1 indexed citations
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Braid, James A., et al.. (2012). Probing the composition of unexposed basement, South Portuguese Zone, southern Iberia: implications for the connections between the Appalachian and Variscan orogens. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 49(4). 591–613. 46 indexed citations
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Nance, R. Damian, Gabriel Gutiérrez‐Alonso, J. Duncan Keppie, et al.. (2011). A brief history of the Rheic Ocean. Geoscience Frontiers. 3(2). 125–135. 240 indexed citations
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Castroviejo, Ricardo, et al.. (2010). Post-depositional tectonic modification of VMS deposits in Iberia and its economic significance. Mineralium Deposita. 46(5-6). 615–637. 27 indexed citations
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Braid, James A., J. Brendan Murphy, & Cecilio Quesada. (2009). Structural analysis of an accretionary prism in a continental collisional setting, the Late Paleozoic Pulo do Lobo Zone, Southern Iberia. Gondwana Research. 17(2-3). 422–439. 44 indexed citations
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Bozkurt, Erdi̇n, Manuel Francisco Pereira, Robin A. Strachan, & Cecilio Quesada. (2008). Evolution of the Rheic Ocean. Tectonophysics. 461(1-4). 1–8. 26 indexed citations
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Quesada, Cecilio, et al.. (2008). Ediacaran–Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the Ossa Morena and Central Iberian zones (SW Iberia) as revealed by Sm–Nd isotope systematics. Tectonophysics. 461(1-4). 202–214. 70 indexed citations
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Quesada, Cecilio. (2006). The Ossa-Morena Zone of the Iberian Massif: a tectonostratigraphic approach to its evolution. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften. 157(4). 585–595. 49 indexed citations
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Quesada, Cecilio & R. D. Dallmeyer. (1994). Tectonothermal evolution of the Badajoz-Cordóba shear zone (SW Iberia): characteristics and 40Ar/39Ar mineral age constraints. Tectonophysics. 231(1-3). 195–213. 68 indexed citations
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Broutin, Jean, et al.. (1992). Pedological nodules with cone in cone structure in the Permian of Sierra Morena (Spain) and Central Morocco. Carbonates and Evaporites. 7(2). 140–149. 15 indexed citations
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Quesada, Cecilio. (1990). Precambrian successions in SW Iberia: their relationship to ‘Cadomian’ orogenic events. Geological Society London Special Publications. 51(1). 353–362. 69 indexed citations

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