Christopher T. Reinhard

14.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
129 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher T. Reinhard is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher T. Reinhard has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Paleontology, 67 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 36 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher T. Reinhard's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (75 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (63 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers). Christopher T. Reinhard is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (75 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (63 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers). Christopher T. Reinhard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Christopher T. Reinhard's co-authors include Noah J. Planavsky, Timothy W. Lyons, Xiangli Wang, Kurt O. Konhauser, Andrey Bekker, Stefan V. Lalonde, Benjamin C. Gill, Woodward W. Fischer, Thomas M. Johnson and Leslie J. Robbins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher T. Reinhard

121 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere 2011 2026 2016 2021 2014 2014 2016 2014 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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. The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere
    2014 1.9k citations Timothy W. Lyons, Christopher T. Reinhard et al. profile →
  2. Low Mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen levels and the delayed rise of animals
    2014 575 citations Noah J. Planavsky, Christopher T. Reinhard et al. Science profile →
  3. Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle
    2016 486 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky et al. profile →
  4. Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis half a billion years before the Great Oxidation Event
    2014 437 citations Noah J. Planavsky, Christopher T. Reinhard et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  5. Proterozoic ocean redox and biogeochemical stasis
    2013 424 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky et al. profile →
  6. Widespread iron-rich conditions in the mid-Proterozoic ocean
    2011 410 citations Noah J. Planavsky, Peter McGoldrick et al. profile →
  7. The iron paleoredox proxies: A guide to the pitfalls, problems and proper practice
    2018 229 citations Timothy W. Lyons, Noah J. Planavsky et al. American Journal of Science profile →
  8. Oxygenation, Life, and the Planetary System during Earth's Middle History: An Overview
    2021 149 citations Timothy W. Lyons, Noah J. Planavsky et al. Astrobiology profile →
  9. Enhanced weathering in the US Corn Belt delivers carbon removal with agronomic benefits
    2024 49 citations David J. Beerling, Noah J. Planavsky 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 T. Reinhard United States 49 6.3k 5.1k 2.6k 2.5k 1.4k 129 10.1k
Olivier Rouxel France 55 4.0k 0.6× 5.8k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 3.9k 1.6× 1.3k 0.9× 136 10.0k
Andrey Bekker United States 66 9.9k 1.6× 8.5k 1.7× 3.7k 1.4× 7.0k 2.8× 1.9k 1.4× 215 15.5k
David T. Johnston United States 50 5.3k 0.8× 3.4k 0.7× 3.5k 1.3× 2.2k 0.9× 449 0.3× 112 8.8k
Woodward W. Fischer United States 55 5.2k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 3.4k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 491 0.4× 202 10.3k
Graham Shields United Kingdom 60 8.7k 1.4× 5.4k 1.1× 4.5k 1.7× 4.5k 1.8× 757 0.5× 143 11.5k
James Farquhar United States 62 5.7k 0.9× 4.3k 0.8× 4.5k 1.7× 4.4k 1.8× 647 0.5× 169 12.7k
Nicolas J. Beukes South Africa 52 5.2k 0.8× 5.1k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 4.5k 1.8× 964 0.7× 154 9.4k
Galen P. Halverson Canada 53 8.8k 1.4× 4.0k 0.8× 5.4k 2.1× 5.3k 2.1× 504 0.4× 159 11.8k
Simon W. Poulton United Kingdom 67 11.9k 1.9× 9.3k 1.8× 5.2k 2.0× 4.1k 1.6× 2.1k 1.5× 216 17.1k
Harald Strauß Germany 60 8.3k 1.3× 5.0k 1.0× 5.2k 2.0× 4.8k 1.9× 477 0.3× 271 14.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher T. Reinhard

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kanzaki, Yoshiki, Noah J. Planavsky, Shuang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Soil cation storage is a key control on the carbon removal dynamics of enhanced weathering. Environmental Research Letters. 20(7). 74055–74055. 4 indexed citations
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Robinson, Tyler D., Joshua Krissansen‐Totton, Edward W. Schwieterman, et al.. (2024). Inferring chemical disequilibrium biosignatures for Proterozoic Earth-like exoplanets. Nature Astronomy. 8(1). 101–110. 7 indexed citations
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Kanzaki, Yoshiki, et al.. (2024). In silico calculation of soil pH by SCEPTER v1.0. Geoscientific model development. 17(10). 4515–4532. 2 indexed citations
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Schwieterman, Edward W., et al.. (2024). The Impact of Extended H2O Cross Sections on Temperate Anoxic Planet Atmospheres: Implications for Spectral Characterization of Habitable Worlds. The Astrophysical Journal. 967(2). 114–114. 2 indexed citations
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Almaraz, Maya, David J. Beerling, Peter A. Raymond, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Rock Weathering for Carbon Removal–Monitoring and Mitigating Potential Environmental Impacts on Agricultural Land. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(39). 17215–17226. 15 indexed citations
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Walton, Craig R., John D. Coates, Ruth E. Blake, et al.. (2023). Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life. Nature Geoscience. 16(5). 399–409. 51 indexed citations
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Kanzaki, Yoshiki, Noah J. Planavsky, & Christopher T. Reinhard. (2023). New estimates of the storage permanence and ocean co-benefits of enhanced rock weathering. PNAS Nexus. 2(4). pgad059–pgad059. 22 indexed citations
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Cole, Devon B., Kazumi Ozaki, & Christopher T. Reinhard. (2022). Atmospheric Oxygen Abundance, Marine Nutrient Availability, and Organic Carbon Fluxes to the Seafloor. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(1). 7 indexed citations
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Ozaki, Kazumi, Devon B. Cole, Christopher T. Reinhard, & Eiichi Tajika. (2022). CANOPS-GRB v1.0: a new Earth system model for simulating the evolution of ocean–atmosphere chemistry over geologic timescales. Geoscientific model development. 15(20). 7593–7639. 6 indexed citations
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Reinhard, Christopher T., et al.. (2021). Microbial helpers allow cyanobacteria to thrive in ferruginous waters. Geobiology. 19(5). 510–520. 4 indexed citations
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Velde, Sebastiaan van de, et al.. (2021). Iron and sulfur cycling in the cGENIE.muffin Earth system model (v0.9.21). Geoscientific model development. 14(5). 2713–2745. 15 indexed citations
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Fakhraee, Mojtaba, Noah J. Planavsky, & Christopher T. Reinhard. (2020). The role of environmental factors in the long-term evolution of the marine biological pump. Nature Geoscience. 13(12). 812–816. 53 indexed citations
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Planavsky, Noah J., Christopher T. Reinhard, Terry T. Isson, Kazumi Ozaki, & Peter W. Crockford. (2020). Large Mass-Independent Oxygen Isotope Fractionations in Mid-Proterozoic Sediments: Evidence for a Low-Oxygen Atmosphere?. Astrobiology. 20(5). 628–636. 23 indexed citations
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Cole, Devon B., Daniel B. Mills, Douglas H. Erwin, et al.. (2020). On the co‐evolution of surface oxygen levels and animals. Geobiology. 18(3). 260–281. 109 indexed citations
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Reinhard, Christopher T., et al.. (2020). Oceanic and atmospheric methane cycling in the cGENIE Earth system model – release v0.9.14. Geoscientific model development. 13(11). 5687–5706. 16 indexed citations
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Reinhard, Christopher T., et al.. (2020). Oceanic and atmospheric methane cycling in the cGENIE Earth system model. 3 indexed citations
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Schwieterman, Edward W., Stephanie L. Olson, Christopher T. Reinhard, et al.. (2018). Detecting Biosignatures on Weakly Oxygenated Terrestrial Exoplanets: The Importance of UV Imaging Capabilities of Next Generation Telescopes. AGUFM. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangli, Noah J. Planavsky, Christopher T. Reinhard, James R. Hein, & Thomas M. Johnson. (2016). A Cenozoic seawater redox record derived from 238U/235U in ferromanganese crusts. American Journal of Science. 316(1). 64–83. 68 indexed citations
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Planavsky, Noah J., Christopher T. Reinhard, Xiangli Wang, et al.. (2014). Low Mid-Proterozoic atmospheric oxygen levels and the delayed rise of animals. Science. 346(6209). 635–638. 575 indexed citations breakdown →

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