Devon B. Cole

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Devon B. Cole is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Devon B. Cole has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Paleontology, 14 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 7 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Devon B. Cole's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (18 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (14 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). Devon B. Cole is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (18 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (14 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 papers). Devon B. Cole collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Devon B. Cole's co-authors include Noah J. Planavsky, Christopher T. Reinhard, Timothy W. Lyons, Kurt O. Konhauser, Benjamin C. Gill, Kazumi Ozaki, Leslie J. Robbins, Woodward W. Fischer, Chun‐Jiang Wang and Erik A. Sperling and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Devon B. Cole

27 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle

2016 486 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Devon B. Cole United States	19	1.2k	840	508	400	235	28	1.7k
Dan Asael United States	26	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	515 1.0×	827 2.1×	310 1.3×	54	2.2k
Rosalie Tostevin United Kingdom	14	1.2k 1.0×	849 1.0×	568 1.1×	557 1.4×	124 0.5×	24	1.6k
Lawrence M. Och United Kingdom	14	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	567 1.1×	559 1.4×	240 1.0×	14	1.9k
Ernesto Peçoits Canada	20	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	433 0.9×	857 2.1×	280 1.2×	36	2.2k
Tristan J. Horner United States	25	762 0.6×	940 1.1×	697 1.4×	398 1.0×	231 1.0×	57	2.1k
Romain Guilbaud United Kingdom	17	1.0k 0.9×	768 0.9×	460 0.9×	321 0.8×	172 0.7×	23	1.4k
Camille A. Partin Canada	14	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	364 0.7×	760 1.9×	309 1.3×	27	1.8k
Peter W. Crockford United States	24	1.1k 1.0×	605 0.7×	740 1.5×	486 1.2×	96 0.4×	43	1.7k
Martin Wille Germany	29	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.7×	583 1.1×	1.1k 2.8×	384 1.6×	67	2.5k
Matthew O Clarkson United Kingdom	18	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	737 1.5×	732 1.8×	221 0.9×	25	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Devon B. Cole

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hylén, Astrid, Emilia Jankowska, Devon B. Cole, et al.. (2025). Microbial Community Structure in Contrasting Hawaiian Coastal Sediments. Microbial Ecology. 88(1). 51–51.

Cole, Devon B., Kazumi Ozaki, & Christopher T. Reinhard. (2022). Atmospheric Oxygen Abundance, Marine Nutrient Availability, and Organic Carbon Fluxes to the Seafloor. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 36(1). 7 indexed citations

Planavsky, Noah J., Dan Asael, Alan D. Rooney, et al.. (2022). A sedimentary record of the evolution of the global marine phosphorus cycle. Geobiology. 21(2). 168–174. 25 indexed citations

Ozaki, Kazumi, Devon B. Cole, Christopher T. Reinhard, & Eiichi Tajika. (2022). CANOPS-GRB v1.0: a new Earth system model for simulating the evolution of ocean–atmosphere chemistry over geologic timescales. Geoscientific model development. 15(20). 7593–7639. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Changle, Maxwell Lechte, Christopher T. Reinhard, et al.. (2022). Strong evidence for a weakly oxygenated ocean–atmosphere system during the Proterozoic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(6). 36 indexed citations

Cole, Devon B., et al.. (2021). New constraints on mid-Proterozoic ocean redox from stable thallium isotope systematics of black shales. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 315. 185–206. 11 indexed citations

Sperling, Erik A., Michael J. Melchin, Tiffani Fraser, et al.. (2021). A long-term record of early to mid-Paleozoic marine redox change. Science Advances. 7(28). 60 indexed citations

Bauer, Kohen W., Noah J. Planavsky, Christopher T. Reinhard, & Devon B. Cole. (2021). The Chromium Isotope System as a Tracer of Ocean and Atmosphere Redox. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations

Lau, Kimberly, Silke Severmann, Devon B. Cole, et al.. (2021). Variable local basin hydrography and productivity control the uranium isotope paleoredox proxy in anoxic black shales. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 317. 433–456. 21 indexed citations

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Cole, Devon B., Daniel B. Mills, Douglas H. Erwin, et al.. (2020). On the co‐evolution of surface oxygen levels and animals. Geobiology. 18(3). 260–281. 109 indexed citations

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Stockey, Richard, Devon B. Cole, Noah J. Planavsky, et al.. (2020). Persistent global marine euxinia in the early Silurian. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1804–1804. 80 indexed citations

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Cole, Devon B., Noah J. Planavsky, Philipp Böning, et al.. (2020). Uranium Isotope Fractionation in Non‐sulfidic Anoxic Settings and the Global Uranium Isotope Mass Balance. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34(8). 59 indexed citations

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Bauer, Kohen W., Devon B. Cole, Dan Asael, et al.. (2019). Chromium isotopes in marine hydrothermal sediments. Chemical Geology. 529. 119286–119286. 22 indexed citations

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Tarhan, Lidya G., Mary L. Droser, Devon B. Cole, & James G. Gehlîng. (2018). Ecological Expansion and Extinction in the Late Ediacaran: Weighing the Evidence for Environmental and Biotic Drivers. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58(4). 688–702. 46 indexed citations

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Mloszewska, Aleksandra M., Devon B. Cole, Noah J. Planavsky, et al.. (2018). UV radiation limited the expansion of cyanobacteria in early marine photic environments. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3088–3088. 49 indexed citations

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Planavsky, Noah J., Devon B. Cole, Terry T. Isson, et al.. (2018). A case for low atmospheric oxygen levels during Earth's middle history. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences. 2(2). 149–159. 72 indexed citations

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Sperling, Erik A., Justin V. Strauss, Tiffani Fraser, et al.. (2017). AN EXCEPTIONAL RECORD OF EARLY- TO MID-PALEOZOIC REDOX CHANGE FROM THE ROAD RIVER GROUP, YUKON, CANADA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Cole, Devon B., Christopher T. Reinhard, Xiangli Wang, et al.. (2016). A shale-hosted Cr isotope record of low atmospheric oxygen during the Proterozoic. Geology. 44(7). 555–558. 240 indexed citations

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Cole, Devon B., Noah J. Planavsky, Robert R. Gaines, & Chao Li. (2016). A CHROMIUM ISOTOPE PERSPECTIVE ON BURGESS-SHALE-TYPE PRESERVATION. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Reinhard, Christopher T., Noah J. Planavsky, Benjamin C. Gill, et al.. (2016). Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle. Nature. 541(7637). 386–389. 486 indexed citations breakdown →

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