Christopher R. Scotese

14.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
114 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher R. Scotese is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher R. Scotese has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Paleontology, 53 papers in Atmospheric Science and 43 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Christopher R. Scotese's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (50 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (35 papers). Christopher R. Scotese is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (53 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (50 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (35 papers). Christopher R. Scotese collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Christopher R. Scotese's co-authors include W. S. McKerrow, Malcolm I. Ross, A. M. Ziegler, A. J. Boucot, Roger L. Larson, Lisa M. Gahagan, Benjamin Mills, Rob Van der Voo, Arghya Goswami and Sankar Chatterjee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher R. Scotese

108 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Revised World maps and in... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1990 1990 1979 2021 2012 250 500 750
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.

  1. Revised World maps and introduction
    1990 969 citations Christopher R. Scotese et al. profile →
  2. Palaeozoic Palaeogeography and Biogeography
    1990 819 citations Christopher R. Scotese et al. profile →
  3. Paleozoic Base Maps
    1979 448 citations Christopher R. Scotese, A. M. Ziegler et al. profile →
  4. Phanerozoic paleotemperatures: The earth’s changing climate during the last 540 million years
    2021 445 citations Christopher R. Scotese et al. profile →
  5. The longest voyage: Tectonic, magmatic, and paleoclimatic evolution of the Indian plate during its northward flight from Gondwana to Asia
    2012 418 citations Christopher R. Scotese et al. profile →
  6. An Atlas of Phanerozoic Paleogeographic Maps: The Seas Come In and the Seas Go Out
    2021 378 citations Christopher R. Scotese 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 R. Scotese United States 44 5.0k 3.9k 3.2k 1.7k 1.5k 114 9.9k
Felix M. Gradstein Norway 29 3.8k 0.8× 3.3k 0.8× 3.5k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 106 7.7k
David B. Rowley United States 50 2.3k 0.5× 5.9k 1.5× 3.8k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 106 9.7k
James G. Ogg United States 37 3.8k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 3.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 162 6.9k
Gregory J. Retallack United States 57 7.2k 1.4× 2.6k 0.7× 6.1k 1.9× 942 0.6× 2.4k 1.6× 260 11.5k
Guillaume Dupont‐Nivet France 51 2.3k 0.5× 4.7k 1.2× 3.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 157 8.7k
Henk Brinkhuis Netherlands 66 6.9k 1.4× 1.9k 0.5× 10.0k 3.1× 1.6k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 195 13.6k
Carmala N. Garzione United States 51 1.8k 0.4× 5.2k 1.3× 4.5k 1.4× 928 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 105 9.1k
Thomas Servais France 39 5.5k 1.1× 1.4k 0.4× 3.5k 1.1× 768 0.5× 990 0.7× 201 7.1k
Wout Krijgsman Netherlands 68 5.4k 1.1× 8.4k 2.2× 10.4k 3.3× 1.0k 0.6× 3.9k 2.6× 289 17.0k
Ellen Thomas United States 57 7.9k 1.6× 2.5k 0.6× 13.0k 4.0× 1.2k 0.7× 2.5k 1.6× 193 18.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jacobs, Louis L., Stefan Schröder, Richard J. Dixon, et al.. (2024). The Atlantic Jigsaw Puzzle and the geoheritage of Angola. Geological Society London Special Publications. 543(1). 395–408. 2 indexed citations
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Scotese, Christopher R., et al.. (2024). The Cretaceous world: plate tectonics, palaeogeography and palaeoclimate. Geological Society London Special Publications. 544(1). 31–202. 19 indexed citations
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Hu, Yongyun, Christopher R. Scotese, Zhibo Li, et al.. (2023). Quantifying climate conditions for the formation of coals and evaporites. National Science Review. 10(6). nwad051–nwad051. 17 indexed citations
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Servais, Thomas, David A. T. Harper, Björn Kröger, et al.. (2022). Changing palaeobiogeography during the Ordovician Period. Geological Society London Special Publications. 532(1). 111–136. 9 indexed citations
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Pohl, Alexandre, et al.. (2022). Dataset of Phanerozoic continental climate and Köppen–Geiger climate classes. Data in Brief. 43. 108424–108424. 7 indexed citations
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Arbic, Brian K., Brandon Johnson, Theodore C. Moore, et al.. (2022). The Chicxulub Impact Produced a Powerful Global Tsunami. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(5). 14 indexed citations
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Valdes, Paul J., Christopher R. Scotese, & Daniel J. Lunt. (2021). Deep ocean temperatures through time. Climate of the past. 17(4). 1483–1506. 84 indexed citations
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Kocsis, Ádám T., Carl J. Reddin, Christopher R. Scotese, Paul J. Valdes, & Wolfgang Kiessling. (2021). Increase in marine provinciality over the last 250 million years governed more by climate change than plate tectonics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1957). 20211342–20211342. 11 indexed citations
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Pohl, Alexandre, Yannick Donnadieu, Yves Goddéris, et al.. (2020). Carbonate platform production during the Cretaceous. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 132(11-12). 2606–2610. 18 indexed citations
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Scotese, Christopher R.. (2019). AN ESTIMATE OF THE VOLUME OF PHANEROZOIC ICE. 3 indexed citations
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Pohl, Alexandre, Jean Borgomano, Christopher R. Scotese, et al.. (2018). Quantifying the paleogeographic driver of Cretaceous carbonate platform development using paleoecological niche modeling. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 514. 222–232. 22 indexed citations
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Lehtonen, Samuli, Daniele Silvestro, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, et al.. (2017). Environmentally driven extinction and opportunistic origination explain fern diversification patterns. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4831–4831. 97 indexed citations
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Chen, Xu, et al.. (2012). Pangaean aggregation and disaggregation with evidence from global climate belts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14 indexed citations
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Wal, Roderik S. W. van de, et al.. (2007). Climate model boundary conditions for four Cretaceous time slices. Climate of the past. 3(4). 647–657. 93 indexed citations
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Wal, Roderik S. W. van de, et al.. (2007). Climate model boundary conditions for four Cretaceous time slices. 6 indexed citations
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Kominz, Michelle A. & Christopher R. Scotese. (2005). Thermal Cooling of Ocean Lithosphere - New Data - New Insights. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Scotese, Christopher R., et al.. (1993). Paleomap PC: Plate tectonic reconstructions on IBM compatible computers. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations
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Scotese, Christopher R. & Anne Raymond. (1992). Carboniferous paleogeographic and paleoclimatic reconstructions. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations
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Scotese, Christopher R. & William W. Sager. (1989). Mesozoic and Cenozoic plate reconstructions. Elsevier eBooks. 51 indexed citations
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Ziegler, A. M., S. F. Barrett, & Christopher R. Scotese. (1981). Palaeoclimate, sedimentation and continental accretion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 301(1461). 253–264. 43 indexed citations

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