Christopher J. Davies

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Davies is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Davies has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Geophysics and 25 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Davies's work include Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (54 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (31 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers). Christopher J. Davies is often cited by papers focused on Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (54 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (31 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers). Christopher J. Davies collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Christopher J. Davies's co-authors include David Gubbins, Dario Alfè, Monica Pozzo, J. E. Mound, Catherine Constable, Anne Pommier, Andrew J. Biggin, Richard K. Bono, Peter K. Jimack and Courtney J. Sprain and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Davies

75 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Thermal and electrical conductivity of iron at Earth’s co... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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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. Thermal and electrical conductivity of iron at Earth’s core conditions
    2012 425 citations Monica Pozzo, Christopher J. Davies et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher J. Davies United Kingdom 23 1.3k 1.2k 599 437 181 79 1.9k
S. Labrosse France 29 1.3k 1.0× 2.7k 2.3× 666 1.1× 1.1k 2.6× 175 1.0× 68 3.8k
J. W. Hernlund United States 23 639 0.5× 3.2k 2.7× 294 0.5× 589 1.3× 71 0.4× 42 3.8k
Hideo Tsunakawa Japan 30 1.0k 0.8× 931 0.8× 752 1.3× 1.4k 3.1× 43 0.2× 112 2.5k
Henri‐Claude Nataf France 29 797 0.6× 1.9k 1.6× 310 0.5× 521 1.2× 261 1.4× 58 2.8k
Yozo Hamano Japan 25 655 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 478 0.8× 211 0.5× 112 0.6× 90 1.6k
Mathieu Dumberry Canada 20 819 0.7× 508 0.4× 339 0.6× 484 1.1× 491 2.7× 58 1.2k
Edward J. Garnero United States 47 399 0.3× 6.6k 5.6× 285 0.5× 564 1.3× 120 0.7× 134 7.1k
David E. Loper United States 31 1.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 475 0.8× 747 1.7× 395 2.2× 106 3.1k
P. J. Wasilewski United States 28 2.0k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 741 1.2× 2.9k 6.7× 72 0.4× 98 4.2k
Tim Van Hoolst Belgium 35 764 0.6× 573 0.5× 505 0.8× 3.0k 6.8× 301 1.7× 143 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher J. Davies

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Davies, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). Thermal and magnetic evolution of Mercury with a layered Fe-Si(-S) core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 641. 118812–118812. 7 indexed citations
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Davies, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). Insights into the last 100 ky of geomagnetic field variability using numerical dynamo simulations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 646. 119011–119011. 1 indexed citations
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Constable, Catherine & Christopher J. Davies. (2024). Rapid Changes in Strength and Direction of Earth's Magnetic Field Over the Past 100,000 Years. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(3). 2 indexed citations
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Wilson, Alfred J., Andrew Walker, Dario Alfè, & Christopher J. Davies. (2024). Solid-Liquid Interactions in Deep Planetary Interiors. Astronomy & Geophysics. 65(3). 3.18–3.22. 1 indexed citations
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Bryson, J. F. J., et al.. (2024). Unlocking planetesimal magnetic field histories: A refined, versatile model for thermal evolution and dynamo generation. Icarus. 425. 116323–116323. 4 indexed citations
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Mound, J. E. & Christopher J. Davies. (2023). Longitudinal structure of Earth’s magnetic field controlled by lower mantle heat flow. Nature Geoscience. 16(4). 380–385. 18 indexed citations
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Wilson, Alfred J., Monica Pozzo, Dario Alfè, et al.. (2022). Powering Earth's Ancient Dynamo With Silicon Precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(22). 7 indexed citations
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Walker, Andrew, et al.. (2021). The Conductive Cooling of Planetesimals With Temperature‐Dependent Properties. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(4). 3 indexed citations
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Davies, Christopher J., et al.. (2021). Influence of Thermal Stratification on the Structure and Evolution of the Martian Core. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(22). 11 indexed citations
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He, Fei, Yong Wei, Philip W. Livermore, et al.. (2021). Equatorial auroral records reveal dynamics of the paleo-West Pacific geomagnetic anomaly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(20). 11 indexed citations
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Mound, J. E. & Christopher J. Davies. (2020). Scaling Laws for Regional Stratification at the Top of Earth's Core. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(16). 4 indexed citations
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Sprain, Courtney J., Andrew Biggin, Richard K. Bono, et al.. (2020). Assessing the Robustness of Long-term Field Variations in the Paleomagnetic Record. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations
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Biggin, Andrew J., et al.. (2020). Strange fields: non-uniformitarian paleomagnetic records imply that the geodynamo process has been substantially perturbed on multiple occasions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations
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Davies, Christopher J. & Catherine Constable. (2020). Rapid geomagnetic changes inferred from Earth observations and numerical simulations. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3371–3371. 13 indexed citations
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Davies, Christopher J.. (2017). Effects of Pavement Marking Characteristics on Machine Vision Technology. Transportation Research Board 96th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 5 indexed citations
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Davies, Christopher J. & Catherine Constable. (2017). Geomagnetic spikes on the core-mantle boundary. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15593–15593. 34 indexed citations
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Pozzo, Monica, Christopher J. Davies, David Gubbins, & Dario Alfè. (2013). Transport properties for liquid silicon-oxygen-iron mixtures at Earth's core conditions. Physical Review B. 87(1). 131 indexed citations
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Davies, Christopher J., et al.. (2012). On the influence of a translating inner core in models of outer core convection. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 214. 104–114. 12 indexed citations
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Davies, Christopher J., David Gubbins, Ashley P. Willis, & Peter K. Jimack. (2008). Time-averaged paleomagnetic field and secular variation: Predictions from dynamo solutions based on lower mantle seismic tomography. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 169(1-4). 194–203. 26 indexed citations
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Macey, M. G., D. McCarthy, Christopher J. Davies, & Adrian C. Newland. (1997). The Q-Prep system: Effects on the apparent expression of leucocyte cell surface antigens. Cytometry. 30(2). 67–71. 16 indexed citations

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