David Z. Piper

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

David Z. Piper is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Z. Piper has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 30 papers in Paleontology and 19 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in David Z. Piper's work include Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (44 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (30 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers). David Z. Piper is often cited by papers focused on Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (44 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (30 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers). David Z. Piper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. David Z. Piper's co-authors include S. E. Calvert, Walter E. Dean, Robert B. Perkins, James L. Bischoff, James V. Gardner, Michael Bau, Caroline M. Isaacs, Jack Dymond, Nicklas G. Pisias and Mitchell W Lyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

David Z. Piper

65 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Rare earth elements in the sedimentary cycle: A summary 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Rare earth elements in the sedimentary cycle: A summary
    1974 567 citations David Z. Piper Chemical Geology 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 Z. Piper United States 32 2.8k 1.7k 1.2k 1.2k 710 66 4.0k
Peter Halbach Germany 34 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1000 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 498 0.7× 80 3.5k
Jennifer L. Morford United States 18 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 642 0.6× 506 0.4× 629 0.9× 31 2.5k
Silke Severmann United States 28 2.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 684 0.6× 600 0.8× 60 3.8k
Stefan V. Lalonde France 36 3.2k 1.1× 3.4k 2.1× 1.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 834 1.2× 94 5.5k
Gil Michard France 29 1.9k 0.7× 424 0.3× 636 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 354 0.5× 90 3.6k
Kürt Boström United States 30 1.4k 0.5× 579 0.3× 657 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 231 0.3× 80 3.1k
G. Ross Heath United States 31 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 2.3k 1.9× 887 0.8× 382 0.5× 63 5.7k
Jeremy D. Owens United States 34 2.0k 0.7× 2.6k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 527 0.7× 97 3.6k
Jane Barling United States 26 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 896 0.8× 2.2k 1.9× 915 1.3× 44 4.4k
Rachel A. Mills United Kingdom 30 1.4k 0.5× 675 0.4× 856 0.7× 908 0.8× 329 0.5× 75 2.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Z. Piper

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Piper, David Z. & Michael Bau. (2013). Normalized Rare Earth Elements in Water, Sediments, and Wine: Identifying Sources and Environmental Redox Conditions. American Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 4(10). 69–83. 143 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z., Steve Ludington, Joseph S. Duval, & H. E. Taylor. (2005). Geochemistry of bed and suspended sediment in the Mississippi river system: Provenance versus weathering and winnowing. The Science of The Total Environment. 362(1-3). 179–204. 21 indexed citations
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Perkins, Robert B., et al.. (2003). Geochemistry of Permian rocks from the margins of the Phosphoria Basin: Lakeridge core, western Wyoming. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 5 indexed citations
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Hein, James R., et al.. (2002). Composition of the Rex Chert and associated rocks of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Soda Springs area, SE Idaho. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 6 indexed citations
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Evans, Howard T., et al.. (1998). Phosphovanadylite; a new vanadium phosphate mineral with a zeolite-type structure. American Mineralogist. 83(7-8). 889–895. 15 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z.. (1994). Seawater as the source of minor elements in black shales, phosphorites and other sedimentary rocks. Chemical Geology. 114(1-2). 95–114. 181 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z.. (1991). Geochemistry of a Tertiary sedimentary phosphate deposit: Baja California Sur, Mexico. Chemical Geology. 92(4). 283–316. 37 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z.. (1988). The metal oxide fraction of pelagic sediment in the equatorial North Pacific Ocean: A source of metals in ferromanganese nodules. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 52(8). 2127–2145. 34 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z., et al.. (1988). Rare earth elements in the phosphatic-enriched sediment of the Peru shelf. Marine Geology. 80(3-4). 269–285. 53 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z., et al.. (1987). Phosphorite Deposits Along the Western North American Continental Margin. 3 indexed citations
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Eittreim, Stephen L., et al.. (1984). Observations on Cretaceous abyssal hills in the northeast Pacific. Marine Geology. 56(1-4). 41–64. 1 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z., et al.. (1982). Distribution, mineralogy, and texture of manganese nodules and their relation to sedimentation at DOMES Site A in the equatorial North Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers. 29(8). 927–951. 35 indexed citations
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Bischoff, James L., David Z. Piper, & Kam W. Leong. (1981). The aluminosilicate fraction of North Pacific manganese nodules. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 45(11). 2047–2063. 32 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z., et al.. (1981). Mineralogy and composition of concentric layers within a manganese nodule from the North Pacific Ocean. Marine Geology. 40(3-4). 255–268. 17 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z., et al.. (1980). New constraint on the maintenance of Mn nodules at the sediment surface. Nature. 286(5776). 880–883. 21 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z., et al.. (1974). Gold and rare-earth elements in sediments from the East Pacific Rise. Marine Geology. 17(5). 287–297. 55 indexed citations
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Piper, David Z. & Gordon G. Goleš. (1969). Determination of trace elements in seawater by neutron activation analysis. Analytica Chimica Acta. 47(3). 560–563. 10 indexed citations

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