G. W. Hodgson

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

G. W. Hodgson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, G. W. Hodgson has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 9 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in G. W. Hodgson's work include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (12 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (8 papers). G. W. Hodgson is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (12 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (8 papers). G. W. Hodgson collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Oman. G. W. Hodgson's co-authors include G. W. Govier, B.L. Baker, E. Peake, M. E. Charles, T. W. F. Russell, Cyril Ponnamperuma, Brian Hitchon, Daniel J. Casagrande, Keith A. Kvenvolden and Kazuo Taguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

G. W. Hodgson

60 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Advances in organic geochemistry 1979

1983 681 citations G. W. Hodgson Chemical Geology profile →
Advances in organic geochemistry, 1966

1970 427 citations G. W. Hodgson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. W. Hodgson Canada	21	1.1k	578	420	370	308	63	2.4k
John Ward Smith Australia	30	1.4k 1.3×	379 0.7×	141 0.3×	362 1.0×	469 1.5×	103	2.8k
Paul F. Greenwood Australia	32	1.5k 1.4×	556 1.0×	190 0.5×	338 0.9×	155 0.5×	112	3.1k
W. G. Meinschein United States	26	2.9k 2.7×	1.1k 1.9×	88 0.2×	912 2.5×	279 0.9×	55	4.6k
P. Landais France	30	1.6k 1.5×	746 1.3×	246 0.6×	352 1.0×	569 1.8×	80	2.4k
Pierre Albrecht France	34	2.9k 2.7×	1.3k 2.3×	120 0.3×	751 2.0×	214 0.7×	94	4.7k
R.L. Patience United Kingdom	25	1.4k 1.3×	675 1.2×	67 0.2×	413 1.1×	171 0.6×	45	1.9k
Paul R. Craddock United States	29	927 0.9×	515 0.9×	78 0.2×	277 0.7×	274 0.9×	65	3.3k
Matthias Radke Germany	17	3.4k 3.2×	1.7k 3.0×	121 0.3×	874 2.4×	539 1.8×	20	4.0k
Jacques Connan France	38	3.1k 2.9×	1.7k 2.9×	124 0.3×	815 2.2×	332 1.1×	142	5.1k
P.H. Given United States	28	1.1k 1.0×	506 0.9×	745 1.8×	169 0.5×	694 2.3×	87	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. W. Hodgson

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Rhoads, D.C., et al.. (2002). REMOTS monitoring of dredging, disposal, sand mining, and organic enrichment on the Hong Kong shelf. 2. 918–924. 1 indexed citations

Gemmell, Alastair M. D., et al.. (1985). Excavations at Castlehill of Strachan, 1980-1. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 114. 315–364. 9 indexed citations

Hodgson, G. W., et al.. (1983). Fate of organic compounds in mountain streams of the Marmot basin: A process reactor model. Hydrobiologia. 98(2). 185–191. 1 indexed citations

Hodgson, G. W., et al.. (1981). Occurrence and Distribution of Oxygen and Organic Compounds in Mountain Streams of the Marmot Basin. Journal of Environmental Quality. 10(1). 18–22. 13 indexed citations

Hodgson, G. W., et al.. (1978). Geochemical origin of organic sulfur compounds: Thiophene derivatives from ethylbenzene and sulfur. Chemical Geology. 22. 71–78. 23 indexed citations

Hodgson, G. W., et al.. (1977). Geochemical origin of organic sulfur compounds: Precursor products in the reactions of phenylalanine and benzylamine with elemental sulfur. Chemical Geology. 20. 9–25. 9 indexed citations

Hodgson, G. W., et al.. (1976). Gas-Liquid Chromatographic Determination of 3,6-Dichloropicolinic Acid in Soils. Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL. 59(2). 264–268. 4 indexed citations

Hodgson, G. W., K.A. Kvenvolden, Etta Peterson, & Cyril Ponnamperuma. (1972). A quest for porphyrins in lunar soil: Samples from Apollo 11, 12 and 14. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 3(4). 419–424. 3 indexed citations

Bunnenberg, E., B. Halpern, G. W. Hodgson, et al.. (1971). Lunar pigments - Porphyrin-like compounds from an Apollo 12 sample. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings. 2. 1865. 4 indexed citations

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Ponnamperuma, Cyril, Keith A. Kvenvolden, Sherwood Chang, et al.. (1970). Search for Organic Compounds in the Lunar Dust from the Sea of Tranquillity. Science. 167(3918). 760–762. 23 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W., Etta Peterson, & B.L. Baker. (1969). Trace porphyrin complexes: Fluorescence detection by demetallation with methanesulfonic acid. Microchimica Acta. 57(4). 805–814. 11 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W., B.L. Baker, & E. Peake. (1967). The Role of Porphyrins in the Geochemistry of Petroleum. 10 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W. & B.L. Baker. (1967). Spectra of selected geochemically significant porphyrins and chlorins. Chemical Geology. 2. 187–198. 11 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W. & B.L. Baker. (1967). Porphyrin Abiogenesis from Pyrrole and Formaldehyde under Simulated Geochemical Conditions. Nature. 216(5110). 29–32. 50 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W., et al.. (1967). A Practical Protection of Edmonton-Hardisty Capsule Pipelining: Trunkline Test. Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology. 6(1). 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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Baker, B.L. & G. W. Hodgson. (1961). RATE OF FORMATION OF THE NICKEL COMPLEX OF PHEOPHYTIN a¹. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 65(6). 1078–1079. 5 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W. & E. Peake. (1961). Metal Chlorin Complexes in Recent Sediments as Initial Precursors to Petroleum Porphyrin Pigments. Nature. 191(4790). 766–767. 20 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W., Brian Hitchon, R. M. Elofson, B.L. Baker, & E. Peake. (1960). Petroleum pigments from Recent fresh-water sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 19(4). 272–288. 23 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W.. (1954). The McMurray Oil Field. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 2(3). 1–3. 1 indexed citations

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Hodgson, G. W., et al.. (1951). THE EXCHANGE OF IODINE BETWEEN INORGANIC IODIDES AND n-BUTYL IODIDE. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 29(1). 60–69. 2 indexed citations

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