David Banks

14.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
292 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

David Banks is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, David Banks has authored 292 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Geophysics, 79 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 75 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in David Banks's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (113 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (75 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (52 papers). David Banks is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (113 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (75 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (52 papers). David Banks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and Germany. David Banks's co-authors include B. W. D. Yardley, Bjørn Frengstad, ‪Michel Cathelineau, Clemens Reimann, Helge Skarphagen, Marie‐Christine Boiron, Adrian J. Boyce, Paul L. Younger, Sheila B. Banks and Ulrich Siewers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David Banks

283 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mine-water chemistry: the good, the bad and the ugly 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
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. Mine-water chemistry: the good, the bad and the ugly
    1997 443 citations David Banks, Paul L. Younger 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 Banks United Kingdom 51 4.0k 2.3k 2.3k 1.7k 1.6k 292 9.7k
Susan L. Brantley United States 57 2.4k 0.6× 753 0.3× 3.2k 1.4× 3.4k 2.0× 1.9k 1.2× 154 10.9k
Orlando Vaselli Italy 46 3.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 307 7.0k
Giovanni Chiodini Italy 63 7.2k 1.8× 1.9k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 2.8k 1.6× 1.4k 0.9× 215 11.4k
Rudy Swennen Belgium 52 2.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 668 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 370 9.4k
Carl I. Steefel United States 59 1.1k 0.3× 287 0.1× 1.6k 0.7× 7.1k 4.2× 2.3k 1.4× 195 11.9k
Jens Gutzmer Germany 40 3.1k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 235 0.1× 326 0.2× 207 6.4k
Jens Hartmann Germany 56 863 0.2× 313 0.1× 2.6k 1.1× 3.0k 1.8× 2.8k 1.8× 196 13.8k
Ghislain de Marsily France 44 1.6k 0.4× 372 0.2× 1.3k 0.6× 4.4k 2.6× 564 0.4× 153 7.6k
Thomas H. Darrah United States 37 630 0.2× 370 0.2× 763 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 975 0.6× 106 6.4k
John Bredehoeft United States 38 2.6k 0.7× 430 0.2× 1.2k 0.5× 3.5k 2.1× 326 0.2× 100 7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by David Banks

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Banks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Banks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Banks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Banks based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Banks. David Banks is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brown, Christopher S., et al.. (2024). Short-cycle borehole thermal energy storage: Impact of thermal cycle duration on overall performance. Applied Thermal Engineering. 258. 124610–124610. 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Christopher S., Isa Kolo, David Banks, & Gioia Falcone. (2023). Comparison of the thermal and hydraulic performance of single U-tube, double U-tube and coaxial medium-to-deep borehole heat exchangers. Geothermics. 117. 102888–102888. 36 indexed citations
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Lüders, Volker, Dennis Kraemer, Oscar Laurent, et al.. (2023). Metal budget and origin of aqueous brines depositing deep-seated Zn-Pb mineralization linked to hydrocarbon reservoirs, North German Basin. Mineralium Deposita. 58(6). 1143–1170. 7 indexed citations
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Kolo, Isa, Christopher S. Brown, Gioia Falcone, & David Banks. (2023). Repurposing a Geothermal Exploration Well as a Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger: Understanding Long-Term Effects of Lithological Layering, Flow Direction, and Circulation Flow Rate. Sustainability. 15(5). 4140–4140. 15 indexed citations
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Brown, Christopher S., Isa Kolo, Gioia Falcone, & David Banks. (2022). Investigating scalability of deep borehole heat exchangers: Numerical modelling of arrays with varied modes of operation. Renewable Energy. 202. 442–452. 41 indexed citations
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Chapman, R. J., et al.. (2021). Evaluation of the contributions of gold derived from hypogene, supergene and surficial processes in the formation of placer gold deposits. Geological Society London Special Publications. 516(1). 291–311. 12 indexed citations
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Chapman, R. J., David Banks, Michael Styles, et al.. (2021). Chemical and physical heterogeneity within native gold: implications for the design of gold particle studies. Mineralium Deposita. 56(8). 1563–1588. 52 indexed citations
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Banks, David, et al.. (2021). A Review of the Performance of Minewater Heating and Cooling Systems. Energies. 14(19). 6215–6215. 33 indexed citations
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Banks, David, Adrian J. Boyce, Rob Westaway, & Neil Burnside. (2020). Sulphur isotopes in deep groundwater reservoirs: Evidence from post-stimulation flowback at the Pohang geothermal facility, Korea. Geothermics. 91. 102003–102003. 2 indexed citations
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Banks, David, et al.. (2017). Modelling of the dissolution and reprecipitation of uranium under oxidising conditions in the zone of shallow groundwater circulation. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 178-179. 63–76. 13 indexed citations
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Bottrell, Simon H., et al.. (2017). Carbon-13 in groundwater from English and Norwegian crystalline rock aquifers: a tool for deducing the origin of alkalinity?. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 5(1). 267–287. 21 indexed citations
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Flem, Belinda, Clemens Reimann, Karl Fabian, et al.. (2017). Graphical statistics to explore the natural and anthropogenic processes influencing the inorganic quality of drinking water, ground water and surface water. Applied Geochemistry. 88. 133–148. 25 indexed citations
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Banks, David, et al.. (2017). A combined pumping test and heat extraction/recirculation trial in an abandoned haematite ore mine shaft, Egremont, Cumbria, UK. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 5(1). 51–69. 12 indexed citations
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Banks, David, et al.. (2017). Water from abandoned mines as a heat source: practical experiences of open- and closed-loop strategies, United Kingdom. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 5(1). 29–50. 63 indexed citations
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Gzyl, Grzegorz, et al.. (2016). Low Carbon After-Life – overview and first results of project LoCAL. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 5 indexed citations
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Banks, David, et al.. (2016). Characterisation of hydraulic and hydrogeochemical processes in a reducing and alkalinity-producing system (RAPS) treating mine drainage, South Wales, UK. International Journal of Coal Geology. 164. 35–47. 5 indexed citations
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