David K. Watkins

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

David K. Watkins is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, David K. Watkins has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Paleontology, 42 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in David K. Watkins's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (49 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (42 papers) and Geological formations and processes (18 papers). David K. Watkins is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (49 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (42 papers) and Geological formations and processes (18 papers). David K. Watkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. David K. Watkins's co-authors include Brian T. Huber, Kenneth G. MacLeod, Jean M. Self‐Trail, Millard F. Coffin, Matthew J. Corbett, David S. Powars, Gregory A. Wandless, E. Browning, Matthew J. Cooper and Paul A. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Geology and Geological Society of America Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

David K. Watkins

70 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The rise and fall of the Cretaceous Hot Greenhouse climate

2018 222 citations Brian T. Huber, Kenneth G. MacLeod et al. Global and Planetary Change profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David K. Watkins United States	21	1.2k	936	340	293	260	72	1.5k
Jackie A. Lees United Kingdom	23	1.3k 1.1×	957 1.0×	266 0.8×	355 1.2×	281 1.1×	44	1.6k
André Bornemann Germany	25	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	308 0.9×	380 1.3×	360 1.4×	61	1.7k
Markus Aretz France	21	1.2k 1.0×	597 0.6×	278 0.8×	554 1.9×	204 0.8×	77	1.5k
Eduardo A. M. Koutsoukos Brazil	18	856 0.7×	651 0.7×	307 0.9×	206 0.7×	272 1.0×	50	1.1k
Martin A. Pearce United Kingdom	15	1.2k 1.0×	789 0.8×	260 0.8×	407 1.4×	177 0.7×	31	1.5k
James S Eldrett Netherlands	19	897 0.8×	909 1.0×	274 0.8×	344 1.2×	181 0.7×	38	1.6k
Stéphane Reboulet France	18	1.3k 1.1×	926 1.0×	251 0.7×	516 1.8×	175 0.7×	38	1.5k
Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke Belgium	25	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	246 0.7×	390 1.3×	609 2.3×	84	1.9k
Frank Wiese Germany	21	943 0.8×	534 0.6×	246 0.7×	314 1.1×	230 0.9×	60	1.2k
Alain Le Hérissé France	21	972 0.8×	703 0.8×	305 0.9×	235 0.8×	207 0.8×	56	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David K. Watkins

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Wagner, Peter J., et al.. (2024). Co-occurrence structure of late Ediacaran communities and influence of emerging ecosystem engineers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2036). 20242029–20242029. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Xuan, et al.. (2023). The Cretaceous (early Albian to early Campanian) biostratigraphy and palaeotemperature reconstruction of the eastern Tethys: Calcareous nannofossil evidence from southern Tibet, China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 613. 111417–111417. 9 indexed citations

Magalhães, A.J.C., et al.. (2023). Middle Jurassic multi‐scale transgressive–regressive cycles: An example from the Lusitanian Basin. The Depositional Record. 9(1). 174–202. 3 indexed citations

Petrizzo, Maria Rose, David K. Watkins, Kenneth G. MacLeod, et al.. (2022). Biotic and Paleoceanographic Changes Across the Late Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 in the Southern High Latitudes (IODP Sites U1513 and U1516, SE Indian Ocean). Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(9). e2022PA004474–e2022PA004474. 15 indexed citations

Fulthorpe, Craig S., David K. Watkins, David De Vleeschouwer, et al.. (2021). Late Miocene‐Pliocene Vigorous Deep‐Sea Circulation in the Southeast Indian Ocean: Paleoceanographic and Tectonic Implications. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(1). 5 indexed citations

Petrizzo, Maria Rose, David K. Watkins, Kenneth G. MacLeod, et al.. (2021). Exploring the paleoceanographic changes registered by planktonic foraminifera across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary interval and Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 at southern high latitudes in the Mentelle Basin (SE Indian Ocean). Global and Planetary Change. 206. 103595–103595. 27 indexed citations

Thibault, Nicolas, et al.. (2020). The Eocene‐Oligocene Transition in the South‐Western Neo‐Tethys (Tunisia): Astronomical Calibration and Paleoenvironmental Changes. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35(8). 9 indexed citations

Nick, Kevin E., et al.. (2019). Earliest Miocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy from the low-latitude Pisco Basin (Peru). Stratigraphy. 16(2). 87–105. 1 indexed citations

Huber, Brian T., Kenneth G. MacLeod, David K. Watkins, & Millard F. Coffin. (2018). The rise and fall of the Cretaceous Hot Greenhouse climate. Global and Planetary Change. 167. 1–23. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gradstein, Felix M., et al.. (2018). Berriasian planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossils from Crimea Mountains, with reference to microfossil evolution. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 138(2). 213–236. 10 indexed citations

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Watkins, David K., et al.. (2018). A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS ACROSS A LATE OLIGOCENE PALEOLATIUDE TRANSECT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America.

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Huber, Brian T., Maria Rose Petrizzo, David K. Watkins, Shannon J. Haynes, & Kenneth G. MacLeod. (2017). Correlation of Turonian continental margin and deep-sea sequences in the subtropical Indian Ocean sediments by integrated planktonic foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 50(2). 141–185. 28 indexed citations

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Gradstein, Felix M., et al.. (2017). The age of the Tojeira Formation (Late Jurassic, Early Kimmeridgian), of Montejunto, west-central Portugal. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 136(2). 287–299. 10 indexed citations

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Watkins, David K., et al.. (2016). A new calcareous nannofossil species of the genus Helicolithus from the Santonian and its biostratigraphic significance in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway.. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 36(1). 77–82. 2 indexed citations

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Lowery, Christopher M., et al.. (2014). Foraminiferal and nannofossil paleoecology and paleoceanography of the Cenomanian–Turonian Eagle Ford Shale of southern Texas. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 413. 49–65. 86 indexed citations

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Watkins, David K.. (2006). 11th International Nannoplankton Association Conference: Program with Abstracts.. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 28(S). 1–119. 1 indexed citations

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Wilson, G. S., Christopher R. Fielding, Fabio Florindo, et al.. (2000). Chronostratigraphy of the CRP-2/2A Drillcore, Ross Sea, Antarctica. 7(4). 647–657. 4 indexed citations

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Watkins, David K., et al.. (1996). Upper Cretaceous Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and Paleoceanography of the Southern Ocean. Insecta mundi. 70 indexed citations

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Schlager, Wolfgang, Richard T. Buffler, Pierre Cotillon, et al.. (1984). Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 77, southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 95(2). 226–226. 29 indexed citations

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Roth, Peter H, et al.. (1983). Jurassic Calcareous Nannofossil Zonation and Overview with New Evidence from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 534. Insecta mundi. 11 indexed citations

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