Christopher R. Fielding

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
186 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher R. Fielding is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher R. Fielding has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Atmospheric Science, 114 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 67 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Christopher R. Fielding's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (119 papers), Geological formations and processes (114 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (67 papers). Christopher R. Fielding is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (119 papers), Geological formations and processes (114 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (67 papers). Christopher R. Fielding collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Christopher R. Fielding's co-authors include Tracy D. Frank, Michael C. Rygel, Lauren P. Birgenheier, Jan Alexander, Jonathan P. Allen, Andrew Jones, Kerrie L. Bann, Martin R. Gibling, John L. Isbell and John Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Christopher R. Fielding

179 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.

CO ₂ -Forced Climate and Vegetation Instability During Late Paleozoic Deglaciation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher R. Fielding United States	48	4.4k	3.8k	3.1k	1.6k	1.5k	186	7.3k
Martin R. Gibling Canada	47	3.7k 0.8×	3.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	140	6.5k
Murray K. Gingras Canada	46	2.8k 0.6×	3.8k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	256	6.5k
Noël P. James Canada	54	4.5k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	5.5k 1.8×	2.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	216	9.8k
V. Paul Wright United Kingdom	50	4.7k 1.1×	4.8k 1.3×	5.8k 1.9×	2.4k 1.5×	773 0.5×	138	9.5k
S. George Pemberton Canada	47	3.5k 0.8×	4.9k 1.3×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	170	6.8k
Isabel P. Montañez United States	50	4.3k 1.0×	1.9k 0.5×	4.8k 1.6×	1.9k 1.2×	523 0.3×	161	7.6k
James B. Riding United Kingdom	42	3.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	4.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	518 0.3×	265	6.3k
Robert Riding United Kingdom	49	3.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	6.5k 2.1×	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	152	9.2k
Jörg Pross Germany	46	4.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	3.7k 1.2×	955 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	143	6.5k
Adrian Immenhauser Germany	52	3.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	4.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	612 0.4×	208	7.3k

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Li, Yanan, Longyi Shao, Christopher R. Fielding, et al.. (2025). Continental weathering linked to climate warming at the Sakmarian to Artinskian transition. Global and Planetary Change. 254. 105025–105025. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yanan, Longyi Shao, Christopher R. Fielding, et al.. (2025). The dynamics of carbon cycle changes and their underlying mechanisms during the Sakmarian to Artinskian transition. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 679. 113255–113255. 1 indexed citations

Cagliari, Joice, et al.. (2025). The Late Paleozoic ice age termination in Southwestern Gondwana: New evidence from the Paraná Basin. Gondwana Research. 147. 192–212. 1 indexed citations

Fielding, Christopher R., Stephen McLoughlin, Chris Mays, Allen P. Tevyaw, & Tracy D. Frank. (2025). Fluvial architectural style and stacking patterns in a high-accommodation coal-bearing succession: the upper Permian Newcastle Coal Measures, eastern Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology. 307. 104829–104829. 1 indexed citations

Frank, Tracy D., et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal variations in formation conditions of cryogenic brines: Insights from aragonite cements in New Harbor, western Ross Sea, Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 632. 118641–118641. 1 indexed citations

Fielding, Christopher R., Scott E. Bryan, James L. Crowley, et al.. (2023). A multidisciplinary approach to resolving the end-Guadalupian extinction. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1. 100014–100014. 7 indexed citations

Shen, Jun, Jiubin Chen, Jianxin Yu, et al.. (2023). Mercury evidence from southern Pangea terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6–6. 40 indexed citations

Xu, Guozhen, Jun Shen, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2023). Limited change in silicate chemical weathering intensity during the Permian–Triassic transition indicates ineffective climate regulation by weathering feedbacks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 616. 118235–118235. 19 indexed citations

Campbell, M. J., et al.. (2022). The Onset of Gondwanide Orogeny in Eastern Australia: Insight From the Provenance of Syn‐Orogenic Strata in the New England Orogen (Australia). Tectonics. 41(2). 5 indexed citations

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Frank, Tracy D., et al.. (2022). ORIGIN, DISTRIBUTION, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF BRINE IN THE SUBSURFACE OF ANTARCTICA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Fielding, Christopher R., Tracy D. Frank, Lauren P. Birgenheier, & Michael C. Rygel. (2022). A REVISED, LATE PALAEOZOIC GLACIAL TIME-SPACE FRAMEWORK FOR EASTERN AUSTRALIA, AND COMPARISONS WITH OTHER REGIONS AND EVENTS. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 5 indexed citations

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Mays, Chris, Stephen McLoughlin, Tracy D. Frank, et al.. (2021). Lethal microbial blooms delayed freshwater ecosystem recovery following the end-Permian extinction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5511–5511. 37 indexed citations

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Fielding, Christopher R., Tracy D. Frank, Stephen McLoughlin, et al.. (2019). Age and pattern of the southern high-latitude continental end-Permian extinction constrained by multiproxy analysis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 385–385. 177 indexed citations

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Fielding, Christopher R., Uri Shaanan, & Gideon Rosenbaum. (2016). Sedimentological evidence for rotation of the Early Permian Nambucca block (eastern Australia). Lithosphere. 8(6). 684–698. 13 indexed citations

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Florindo, Fabio, David M. Harwood, Richard Levy, et al.. (2008). Explanatory Notes for the ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project, Antarctica. The Science of The Total Environment. 649. 938–948. 1 indexed citations

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Fielding, Christopher R., T. Naish, & K. J. Woolfe. (2001). Facies Architecture of the CRP-3 Drillhole, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Insecta mundi. 8(3). 217–224. 29 indexed citations

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Hannah, Michael, Fabio Florindo, David M. Harwood, & Christopher R. Fielding. (2001). Chronostratigraphy of the CRP-3 Drillhole, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Insecta mundi. 8(4). 615–620. 19 indexed citations

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Talarico, F., S. Sandroni, Christopher R. Fielding, & Cliff Atkins. (2000). Variability, petrography and provenance of basement clasts in core from CRP-2/2A, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 7(4). 529–544. 9 indexed citations

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Woolfe, K. J., et al.. (2000). Laser-Derived, Particle Size Data from CRP-2/2A: Implications for Sequence and Seismic Stratigraphy. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 7(3). 369–372. 2 indexed citations

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Esterle, Joan & Christopher R. Fielding. (1996). Sedimentological analysis of goafing interval for longwall mining, Goonyella Mine, Bowen Basin. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2(12). 1993–8. 1 indexed citations

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