D. Ninkovich

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

D. Ninkovich is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Ninkovich has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Paleontology and 8 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in D. Ninkovich's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (6 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (5 papers). D. Ninkovich is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (6 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (5 papers). D. Ninkovich collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. D. Ninkovich's co-authors include J. Keller, William B. F. Ryan, Rainer Altherr, Nicholas J Shackleton, Bruce C. Heezen, R. S. J. Sparks, Neil D. Opdyke, Michael T. Ledbetter, William L. Donn and John Foster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

D. Ninkovich

22 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Explosive volcanic activity in the Mediterranean over the past 200,000 yr as recorded in deep-sea sediments

1978 360 citations J. Keller, William B. F. Ryan et al. Geological Society of America Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Ninkovich United States	19	1.1k	846	334	275	255	22	1.7k
Edward L. Winterer United States	23	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	549 1.6×	146 0.5×	528 2.1×	44	2.2k
J J Stipp United States	18	702 0.6×	541 0.6×	326 1.0×	72 0.3×	110 0.4×	50	1.3k
Niels Abrahamsen Denmark	22	1.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	568 1.7×	756 2.7×	236 0.9×	87	2.4k
John W. Hillhouse United States	22	922 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	501 1.5×	403 1.5×	187 0.7×	48	1.9k
G. Leonard Johnson United States	28	726 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	142 0.4×	291 1.1×	378 1.5×	81	2.5k
Yves Lancelot France	13	2.1k 1.9×	400 0.5×	509 1.5×	169 0.6×	611 2.4×	13	2.5k
Masao Nakada Japan	21	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	82 0.2×	133 0.5×	517 2.0×	58	2.1k
H. A. Polach Australia	20	703 0.6×	172 0.2×	327 1.0×	86 0.3×	232 0.9×	40	1.2k
Daniel B. Karner United States	19	1.4k 1.2×	2.1k 2.5×	532 1.6×	177 0.6×	384 1.5×	28	2.9k
Richard T. Buffler United States	17	455 0.4×	652 0.8×	272 0.8×	54 0.2×	243 1.0×	47	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Boaz, Noel T., D. Ninkovich, & Martine Rossignol‐Strick. (1982). Paleoclimatic setting for Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. Die Naturwissenschaften. 69(1). 29–33. 9 indexed citations

Kent, Dennis V., D. Ninkovich, T. Pescatore, & Stephen R. J. Sparks. (1981). Palaeomagnetic determination of emplacement temperature of Vesuvius AD 79 pyroclastic deposits. Nature. 290(5805). 393–396. 74 indexed citations

Scheidegger, K.F., John B. Corliss, P. A. Jezek, & D. Ninkovich. (1980). Compositions of deep-sea ash layers derived from north pacific volcanic arcs: variations in time and space. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 7(1-2). 107–137. 18 indexed citations

Donn, William L. & D. Ninkovich. (1980). Rate of Cenozoic explosive volcanism in the North Atlantic Ocean inferred from deep sea cores. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 85(B10). 5455–5460. 16 indexed citations

Ninkovich, D.. (1979). Distribution, age and chemical composition of tephra layers in deep-sea sediments off western Indonesia. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 5(1-2). 67–86. 79 indexed citations

Keller, J., William B. F. Ryan, D. Ninkovich, & Rainer Altherr. (1978). Explosive volcanic activity in the Mediterranean over the past 200,000 yr as recorded in deep-sea sediments. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 89(4). 591–591. 360 indexed citations breakdown →

Watkins, N. D., R. S. J. Sparks, Haraldur Sigurdsson, et al.. (1978). Volume and extent of the Minoan tephra from Santorini Volcano: new evidence from deep-sea sediment cores. Nature. 271(5641). 122–126. 104 indexed citations

Ninkovich, D., N. J. Shackleton, A.A. Abdel-Monem, John D. Obradovich, & G. A. Izett. (1978). K–Ar age of the late Pleistocene eruption of Toba, north Sumatra. Nature. 276(5688). 574–577. 145 indexed citations

Ninkovich, D., R. S. J. Sparks, & Michael T. Ledbetter. (1978). The exceptional magnitude and intensity of the Toba eruption, sumatra: An example of the use of deep-sea tephra layers as a geological tool. Bulletin of Volcanology. 41(3). 286–298. 124 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D. & William L. Donn. (1976). Explosive Cenozoic Volcanism and Climatic Implications. Science. 194(4268). 899–906. 56 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D.. (1976). Late cenozoic clockwise rotation of Sumatra. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 29(2). 269–275. 52 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D., et al.. (1976). Use of K2O, Rb, Zr, and Y versus SiO2 in volcanic ash layers of the eastern Mediterranean to trace their source. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 87(1). 110–110. 32 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D. & Nicholas J Shackleton. (1975). Distribution, stratigraphic position and age of ash layer “L”, in the Panama Basin region. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 27(1). 20–34. 142 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D., et al.. (1975). Volcanogenic effects on the rates of deposition of sediments in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 27(2). 127–136. 13 indexed citations

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Opdyke, Neil D., D. Ninkovich, William Lowrie, & James D Hays. (1972). The paleomagnetism of two Aegean deep-sea cores. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 14(1). 145–159. 54 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D., et al.. (1972). Mediterranean island arcs and origin of high potash volcanoes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 16(3). 331–345. 105 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D.. (1968). Pleistocene volcanic eruptions in New Zealand recorded in deep-sea sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 4(2). 89–102. 72 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D. & Bruce C. Heezen. (1967). Physical and Chemical Properties of Volcanic Glass Shards from Pozzuolana Ash, Thera Island, and from Upper and Lower Ash Layers in Eastern Mediterranean Deep Sea Sediments. Nature. 213(5076). 582–584. 45 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D., Neil D. Opdyke, Bruce C. Heezen, & John Foster. (1966). Paleomagnetic stratigraphy, rates of deposition and tephrachronology in North Pacific deep-sea sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 1(6). 476–492. 144 indexed citations

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Ninkovich, D., Bruce C. Heezen, John R. Conolly, & Lloyd H. Burckle. (1964). South Sandwich tephra in deep-sea sediments. Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts. 11(4). 605–619. 19 indexed citations

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