David Wall

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

David Wall is a scholar working on Oceanography, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Wall has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Oceanography, 11 papers in Paleontology and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David Wall's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (9 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (9 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers). David Wall is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (9 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (9 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers). David Wall collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. David Wall's co-authors include Barrie Dale, Donald M. Anderson, Gerrit Lohmann, Woollcott K. Smith, Uffe N. Nielsen, Edward Ayres, Richard D. Bardgett, Kenichi Harada, Ross A. Virginia and R. R. L. Guillard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

David Wall

29 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The environmental and climatic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in modern marine sediments from regions in the North and South Atlantic Oceans and adjacent seas

1977 559 citations David Wall, Barrie Dale et al. Marine Micropaleontology profile →
Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a review and synthesis of studies examining diversity–function relationships

2010 437 citations Uffe N. Nielsen, Edward Ayres et al. European Journal of Soil Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Wall United States	25	1.8k	1.4k	1.2k	799	778	29	3.4k
Fabienne Marret United Kingdom	38	2.2k 1.2×	3.1k 2.2×	1.3k 1.2×	957 1.2×	751 1.0×	101	4.2k
Edward C. Theriot United States	38	2.0k 1.1×	795 0.5×	2.3k 2.0×	762 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	108	5.7k
Ted A. McConnaughey United States	22	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	3.2k 2.7×	842 1.1×	383 0.5×	28	4.6k
Stjepko Golubić United States	45	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	2.6k 2.3×	2.0k 2.5×	971 1.2×	146	5.7k
Marian L. Yallop United Kingdom	28	846 0.5×	860 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	234 0.3×	532 0.7×	57	2.8k
Elie Verleyen Belgium	36	669 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	2.5k 2.2×	179 0.2×	460 0.6×	95	3.6k
Johannes Iversen	6	347 0.2×	3.6k 2.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	138 0.2×	8	5.0k
Lydie M Dupont Germany	42	514 0.3×	3.3k 2.2×	1.2k 1.1×	971 1.2×	273 0.4×	112	4.6k
Pál Sümegi Hungary	29	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.8×	487 0.4×	652 0.8×	78 0.1×	137	3.4k
Calvin J. Heusser United States	38	250 0.1×	3.1k 2.2×	1.3k 1.1×	771 1.0×	201 0.3×	100	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Wall

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Wall

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McLaren, Duncan, Daryl Fedje, Evan Morien, et al.. (2023). Late Pleistocene Faunal Assemblages from Karst Cave Settings on Northern Vancouver Island, Canada. PaleoAmerica. 9(3). 216–236. 3 indexed citations

Nielsen, Uffe N., David Wall, Byron J. Adams, et al.. (2012). The ecology of pulse events: insights from an extreme climatic event in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosphere. 3(2). 1–15. 47 indexed citations

Nielsen, Uffe N., Edward Ayres, David Wall, & Richard D. Bardgett. (2010). Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a review and synthesis of studies examining diversity–function relationships. European Journal of Soil Science. 62(1). 105–116. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

Charlton, T.R. & David Wall. (1994). New biostratigraphic results from the Kolbano area, southern West Timor: Implications for the Mesozoic—Tertiary stratigraphy of Timor. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 9(1-2). 113–122. 18 indexed citations

Anderson, Donald M. & David Wall. (1978). POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE OF BENTHIC CYSTS OF GONYAULAX TAMARENSIS AND G. EXCAVATA IN INITIATING TOXIC DINOFLAGELLATE BLOOMS^1,^2,³. Journal of Phycology. 14(2). 224–234. 320 indexed citations

Wall, David, Barrie Dale, Gerrit Lohmann, & Woollcott K. Smith. (1977). The environmental and climatic distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in modern marine sediments from regions in the North and South Atlantic Oceans and adjacent seas. Marine Micropaleontology. 2. 121–200. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

Wall, David & William R. Evitt. (1975). A Comparison of the Modern Genus Ceratium Schrank, 1793, with Certain Cretaceous Marine Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology. 21(1). 14–14. 45 indexed citations

Swift, Elijah & David Wall. (1972). Asexual reproduction through a thecate stage in Pyrocystis acuta Kofoid, 1907 (Dinophyceae). Phycologia. 11(1). 57–65. 20 indexed citations

Wall, David & Barrie Dale. (1971). A RECONSIDERATION OF LIVING AND FOSSIL PYROPHACUS STEIN, 1883 (DINOPHYCEAE)1,2. Journal of Phycology. 7(3). 221–235. 4 indexed citations

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Wall, David & Barrie Dale. (1971). A RECONSIDERATION OF LIVING AND FOSSIL PYROPHACUS STEIN, 1883 (DINOPHYCEAE)^1,². Journal of Phycology. 7(3). 221–235. 32 indexed citations

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Wall, David. (1971). Biological problems concerning fossilizable dinoflagellates. 3(1). 1–15. 63 indexed citations

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Wall, David & Barrie Dale. (1970). Living Hystrichosphaerid Dinoflagellate Spores from Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Micropaleontology. 16(1). 47–47. 41 indexed citations

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Wall, David, R. R. L. Guillard, Barrie Dale, Elijah Swift, & Norimitsu Watabe. (1970). Calcitic resting cysts in Peridinium trochoideum (Stein) Lemmermann, an autotrophic marine dinoflagellate. Phycologia. 9(2). 151–156. 75 indexed citations

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Wall, David & Barrie Dale. (1969). THE “HYSTRICHOSPHAERID” RESTING SPORE OF THE DINOFLAGELLATE PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE, PLATF, 1906². Journal of Phycology. 5(2). 140–149. 69 indexed citations

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Wall, David & Barrie Dale. (1968). Quaternary calcareous dinoflagellates (Calciodinellidae) and their natural affinities. Journal of Paleontology. 42(6). 1395–1408. 56 indexed citations

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Wall, David & Barrie Dale. (1968). EARLY PLEISTOCENE DINOFLAGELLATES FROM THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOREHOLE AT LUDHAM, NORFOLK. New Phytologist. 67(2). 315–326. 29 indexed citations

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Phillips, Joseph D., William A. Berggren, Alwine Bertels, & David Wall. (1968). Paleomagnetic stratigraphy and micropaleontology of three deep sea cores from the Central North Atlantic Ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 4(2). 118–130. 36 indexed citations

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Wall, David, R. R. L. Guillard, & Barrie Dale. (1967). Marine Dinoflagellate Cultures from Resting Spores. Phycologia. 6(2-3). 83–86. 35 indexed citations

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Berggren, William A., Judith Phillips, Alwine Bertels, & David Wall. (1967). Late Pliocene–Pleistocene Stratigraphy in Deep Sea Cores from the South-central North Atlantic. Nature. 216(5112). 253–255. 62 indexed citations

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Wall, David & Barrie Dale. (1967). The resting cysts of modern marine dinoflagellates and their palaeontological significance. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 2(1-4). 349–354. 62 indexed citations

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