David A. Fike

11.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
147 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

David A. Fike is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Fike has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Paleontology, 63 papers in Atmospheric Science and 40 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in David A. Fike's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (89 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (63 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (33 papers). David A. Fike is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (89 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (63 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (33 papers). David A. Fike collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. David A. Fike's co-authors include J. P. Grotzinger, Roger E. Summons, Woodward W. Fischer, Alexander S. Bradley, Lisa M. Pratt, Gordon D. Love, David S. Jones, Catherine Rose, Samuel A. Bowring and Seth Finnegan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David A. Fike

144 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Oxidation of the Ediacara... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2010 2009 2011 2015 250 500 750
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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. Oxidation of the Ediacaran Ocean
    2006 799 citations David A. Fike, J. P. Grotzinger et al. profile →
  2. A Stratified Redox Model for the Ediacaran Ocean
    2010 556 citations Timothy W. Lyons, David A. Fike et al. profile →
  3. Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period
    2009 519 citations Emmanuelle Grosjean, David A. Fike et al. profile →
  4. The Magnitude and Duration of Late Ordovician–Early Silurian Glaciation
    2011 450 citations Seth Finnegan, John M. Eiler et al. profile →
  5. Rethinking the Ancient Sulfur Cycle
    2015 374 citations David A. Fike, Alexander S. Bradley 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
David A. Fike United States 44 5.4k 3.3k 2.7k 1.8k 1.2k 147 8.3k
Woodward W. Fischer United States 55 5.2k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 202 10.3k
David T. Johnston United States 50 5.3k 1.0× 3.5k 1.1× 3.4k 1.3× 2.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.6× 112 8.8k
Francis A. Macdonald United States 49 5.9k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 3.6k 1.9× 977 0.8× 153 8.0k
Lee R. Kump United States 59 7.3k 1.4× 5.9k 1.8× 4.3k 1.6× 2.9k 1.6× 1.9k 1.6× 133 12.5k
Graham Shields United Kingdom 60 8.7k 1.6× 4.5k 1.3× 5.4k 2.0× 4.5k 2.4× 1.0k 0.8× 143 11.5k
Galen P. Halverson Canada 53 8.8k 1.6× 5.4k 1.6× 4.0k 1.5× 5.3k 2.9× 1.5k 1.2× 159 11.8k
Christopher T. Reinhard United States 49 6.3k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 5.1k 1.9× 2.5k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 129 10.1k
Maoyan Zhu China 55 9.3k 1.7× 4.0k 1.2× 3.6k 1.3× 2.8k 1.5× 862 0.7× 201 10.6k
Max Coleman United Kingdom 46 2.6k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.5× 147 8.3k
Benjamin C. Gill United States 42 5.5k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 3.6k 1.3× 2.1k 1.1× 820 0.7× 89 7.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Houghton, Jennifer, et al.. (2025). Carbonation and Sulfidation of Mg- and Ni-Containing Solutions: Implications for Carbon Mineralization and Critical Element Recovery. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(18). 8570–8581. 1 indexed citations
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Gregory, Daniel D., et al.. (2024). A Machine-Learning Approach to Biosignature Exploration on Early Earth and Mars Using Sulfur Isotope and Trace Element Data in Pyrite. Astrobiology. 24(11). 1110–1127. 3 indexed citations
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Fike, David A., Santanu Ghosh, Josef P. Werne, et al.. (2024). Decoding paleomire conditions of paleogene superhigh-organic-sulfur coals. International Journal of Coal Geology. 290. 104559–104559. 3 indexed citations
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Paiste, Päärn, David A. Fike, Aivo Lepland, et al.. (2024). Sulfur isotopes from the Paleoproterozoic Francevillian Basin record multigenerational pyrite formation, not depositional conditions. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 9 indexed citations
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Γοδελίτσας, Α., Jörg Göttlicher, Ralph Steininger, et al.. (2022). Metastable Iron (Mono)sulfides in the Shallow-Sea Hydrothermal Sediments of Milos, Greece. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 6(4). 920–931. 4 indexed citations
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Jones, David S., et al.. (2022). Sedimentary mercury as a proxy for redox oscillations during the Cambrian SPICE event in western Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 59(8). 504–520. 8 indexed citations
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Gomes, Maya, Judith M. Klatt, Gregory J. Dick, et al.. (2021). Sedimentary pyrite sulfur isotope compositions preserve signatures of the surface microbial mat environment in sediments underlying low‐oxygen cyanobacterial mats. Geobiology. 20(1). 60–78. 8 indexed citations
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Jones, Clive & David A. Fike. (2020). A statistical model of secondary ion emission and attenuation clarifies disparities in quasi‐simultaneous arrival coefficients measured with secondary ion mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 35(1). e8958–e8958. 2 indexed citations
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Newville, M., Antonio Lanzirotti, Samuel M. Webb, et al.. (2019). The source of sulfate in brachiopod calcite: Insights from μ-XRF imaging and XANES spectroscopy. Chemical Geology. 529. 119328–119328. 12 indexed citations
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Jones, Clive, Morgan Reed Raven, Maya Gomes, et al.. (2018). Sulfur isotope analysis of microcrystalline iron sulfides using secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging: Extracting local paleo‐environmental information from modern and ancient sediments. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 33(5). 491–502. 24 indexed citations
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Lingappa, Usha, Kyle Metcalfe, Shane S. O’Reilly, et al.. (2016). Linking the modern to the ancient with a comprehensive geobiological understanding of biosignature preservation in microbial mats. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 3 indexed citations
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Webb, Samuel M., et al.. (2016). Correlating the Spatial Distribution, Speciation and Isotopic Composition of Sulfur Associated with Sedimentary Carbonate Strata, using X-ray Spectromicroscopy and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Fike, David A., et al.. (2013). Enriched Pyrite δ34S Signals in Modern Tropical Deltaic Muds. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 6 indexed citations
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Finnegan, Seth, David A. Fike, David S. Jones, & Woodward W. Fischer. (2012). A Temperature-Dependent Positive Feedback on the Magnitude of Carbon Isotope Excursions. Geoscience Canada. 39(3). 12 indexed citations
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Kelly, Amy E., D. Rothman, Emmanuelle Grosjean, et al.. (2008). Environmental Implications of Ediacaran C-isotopic Shifts. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Fike, David A., Woodward W. Fischer, & Victoria J. Orphan. (2008). SIMS-based Approaches to Understanding Sulfur Cycling Over Earth History. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Bonifacie, Magali, John M. Eiler, & David A. Fike. (2008). Temperature and Oxygen Isotope Composition of The Ediacaran Ocean: Constraints From Clumped Isotope Carbonate Thermometry. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 2 indexed citations
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Fike, David A., et al.. (2007). Ediacaran oxidation and biotic evolution - Reply. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Sullivan, R., David A. Fike, M. P. Golombek, et al.. (2004). Aeolian environments observed by the Mars Exploration Rovers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Grin, E. A., et al.. (2002). New Evidence Supporting an Ice-covered Lake in Gusev Crater. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1145. 1 indexed citations

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