Frank Asaro

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
147 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Frank Asaro is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Asaro has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Paleontology, 41 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 37 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Frank Asaro's work include Nuclear physics research studies (40 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (31 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (24 papers). Frank Asaro is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear physics research studies (40 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (31 papers) and Nuclear Physics and Applications (24 papers). Frank Asaro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Switzerland. Frank Asaro's co-authors include Helen V. Michel, Walter Álvarez, Luis W. Alvarez, I. Perlman, F. S. Stephens, F. H. Stross, Birger Schmitz, H. Bowman, Jan Smit and Alessandro Montanari and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Frank Asaro

143 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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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.

Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction

1980 2.5k citations Luis W. Alvarez, Walter Álvarez et al. Science profile →
POTTERY ANALYSIS BY NEUTRON ACTIVATION

1969 272 citations I. Perlman, Frank Asaro profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Extraterrestrial Accretion From the GISP2 Ice Core 2001 ·AGUFM ·Daniel B. Karner, Richard A. Muller, Frank Asaro, Michael Ram, Michael Stolz	1
2	The Chivay Obsidian Source and the Geological Origin of Titicaca Basin Type Obsidian Artifacts 1998 ·DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University) ·Richard L. Burger, Frank Asaro, G. Salas, (unknown)	32
3	The Alca Obsidian Source: The Origin of Raw Material for Cuzco Type Obsidian Artifacts 1998 ·DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University) ·Richard L. Burger, Frank Asaro, (unknown), (unknown)	29
4	Results of Blind Tests to Resolve Controversies: Iridium at Gubbio; Extinctions at El Kef 1994 ·LPICo ·Robert N. Ginsburg, Frank Asaro, Moses Attrep, José Ignacio Canudo, J. H. Crocket, U. Krähenbühl, (unknown), H.T. Millard, Richard K. Olsson, C. J. Orth, Xabier Orue-Etxebarría, Luís Quintana, R. Rocchia	1
5	Tektite-bearing, deep-water clastic unit at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Mexico 1992 ·Geology ·Jan Smit, Alessandro Montanari, Nicola H.M. Swinburne, Walter Álvarez, A. R. Hildebrand, Stanley V. Margolis, Philippe Claeys, William Lowrie, Frank Asaro	174
6	Proximal impact deposits at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the Gulf of Mexico: A restudy of DSDP Leg 77 Sites 536 and 540 1992 ·Geology ·Walter Álvarez, Jan Smit, William Lowrie, Frank Asaro, Stanley V. Margolis, Philippe Claeys, Miriam Kastner, A. R. Hildebrand	103
7	Impact-Wave Effects at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in Gulf of Mexico DSDP Cores 1991 ·LPI ·Walter Álvarez, Jan Smit, (unknown), Frank Asaro, F. J. Maurrasse, (unknown), William Lowrie	2
8	The Sources of Obsidian for Artifacts from Chobshi Cave, Ecuador 1989 ·DigitalCommons (California Polytechnic State University) ·Richard L. Burger, Frank Asaro, Helen V. Michel	2
9	Chemistry and Mineralogy of Early Archean Impact Deposits, Fig Tree Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa 1988 ·LPI ·Gary R. Byerly, Donald R. Lowe, Frank Asaro	1
10	The debate over the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 1988 ·Walter Álvarez, Frank Asaro, Luis W. Alvarez, Helen V. Michel	2
11	Iridium Anomalies Associated with Early Archean Spherule Layers, South Africa and Western Australia 1988 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·Donald R. Lowe, Frank Asaro, Gary R. Byerly	1
12	Possible world-wide middle miocene iridium anomaly and its relationship to periodicity of impacts and extinctions 1988 ·Frank Asaro, Walter Álvarez, Helen V. Michel, Luis W. Alvarez, Mark H. Anders, Alessandro Montanari, James P. Kennett	1
13	Iridium Discovery at the Jeptha Knob Cryptoexplosion Structure, Kentucky 1985 ·LPI ·(unknown), Frank Asaro, Helen V. Michel, Walter Álvarez, Luis Mejías	1
14	The End of the Cretaceous: Sharp Boundary or Gradual Transition? 1984 ·Science ·Walter Álvarez, Luis W. Alvarez, Frank Asaro, Helen V. Michel	86
15	The Precursor of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Clays at Stevns Klint, Denmark, and DSDP Hole 465A 1984 ·Science ·Miriam Kastner, Frank Asaro, Helen V. Michel, Walter Álvarez, Luis W. Alvarez	81
16	CHEMICAL SOURCE GROUPS IN ECUADORIAN OBSIDIAN 1981 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Frank Asaro, Helen V. Michel, Richard L. Burger	3
17	Nuclear techniques in geochemical studies of hydrothermal systems 1977 ·Transactions of the American Nuclear Society ·(unknown), H.A. Wollenberg, Frank Asaro, (unknown)	1
18	Trace Element Analysis of Obsidian Artifacts from the Andes: New Perspectives on Pre-Hispanic Economic Interaction in Peru and Bolivia 1977 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Richard L. Burger, Frank Asaro	28
19	Gamma Rays of100254 1955 ·Physical Review ·Frank Asaro, F. S. Stephens, S.G. Thompson, I. Perlman	6
20	Table of Alpha-Disintegration Energies of the Heavy Elements 1954 ·Reviews of Modern Physics ·Frank Asaro, I. Perlman	15

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