Garniss H. Curtis

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
68 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Garniss H. Curtis is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Garniss H. Curtis has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Paleontology, 30 papers in Atmospheric Science and 29 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Garniss H. Curtis's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers). Garniss H. Curtis is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (28 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (23 papers). Garniss H. Curtis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Garniss H. Curtis's co-authors include Robert E. Drake, Jack F. Evernden, Larry G. Marshall, Donald E. Savage, Carl C. Swisher, Robert F. Butler, T. Jacob T. Jacob, Richard L. Hay, Robert C. Walter and Alan L. Deino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Garniss H. Curtis

67 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Potassium-argon dates and the Cenozoic mammalian chronology of North America

1964 390 citations Jack F. Evernden, Donald E. Savage et al. profile →
Age of the Earliest Known Hominids in Java, Indonesia

1994 348 citations Garniss H. Curtis et al. profile →
The Potassium-Argon Dating of Late Cenozoic Rocks in East Africa and Italy [and Comments and Reply]

1965 152 citations Jack F. Evernden, Garniss H. Curtis et al. Current Anthropology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Garniss H. Curtis United States	36	1.8k	1.4k	1.2k	1.2k	575	68	4.1k
Robert F. Butler United States	41	1.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.5×	645 0.5×	3.4k 2.9×	322 0.6×	113	5.9k
William K. Hart United States	31	1.3k 0.7×	625 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	330 0.6×	60	3.5k
Francis H. Brown United States	42	3.1k 1.7×	2.0k 1.5×	3.2k 2.6×	761 0.6×	1.1k 2.0×	88	6.1k
Carl C. Swisher United States	48	3.5k 1.9×	2.7k 2.0×	1.5k 1.2×	3.0k 2.5×	1.1k 1.9×	115	8.1k
P. Mein France	34	3.6k 2.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	228 0.2×	1.7k 3.0×	262	6.0k
John A. Van Couvering United States	23	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	339 0.3×	662 0.6×	524 0.9×	35	2.7k
Everett H. Lindsay United States	32	2.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	783 0.6×	447 0.4×	1.0k 1.8×	67	3.0k
Josep M. Parés Spain	42	2.2k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	2.2k 1.8×	427 0.7×	158	5.3k
G. R. Scott United States	24	950 0.5×	648 0.5×	592 0.5×	616 0.5×	231 0.4×	56	1.9k
Jean‐Jacques Jaeger France	43	4.5k 2.5×	875 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 2.9×	209	7.0k

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Swisher, Carl C., Garniss H. Curtis, & Roger Lewin. (2000). Java Man: How Two Geologists Changed Our Understanding of Human Evolution. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

Hill, Andrew, Steven Ward, Alan L. Deino, Garniss H. Curtis, & Robert E. Drake. (1992). Earliest Homo. Nature. 355(6362). 719–722. 98 indexed citations

Marshall, Larry G., Richard L. Cifelli, Robert E. Drake, & Garniss H. Curtis. (1986). Vertebrate paleontology, geology, and geochronology of the Tapera de López and Scarritt Pocket, Chubut Province, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology. 60(4). 920–951. 58 indexed citations

Hill, Andrew, Garniss H. Curtis, & Robert E. Drake. (1986). Sedimentary stratigraphy of the Tugen Hills, Baringo, Kenya. Geological Society London Special Publications. 25(1). 285–295. 38 indexed citations

Tauxe, Lisa, Marc C. Monaghan, Robert E. Drake, Garniss H. Curtis, & Hubert Staudigel. (1985). Paleomagnetism of Miocene East African Rift sediments and the calibration of the geomagnetic reversal time scale. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 90(B6). 4639–4646. 34 indexed citations

Curtis, Garniss H.. (1981). Man's immediate forerunners: Establishing a relevant time scale in anthropological and archaeological research. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 292(1057). 7–20. 22 indexed citations

Williams, M. A. J., Frances M. Williams, Françoise Gasse, Garniss H. Curtis, & Donald Adamson. (1979). Plio–Pleistocene environments at Gadeb prehistoric site, Ethiopia. Nature. 282(5734). 29–33. 47 indexed citations

Leakey, Mary D., Richard L. Hay, Garniss H. Curtis, et al.. (1976). Fossil Hominids From Laetolil Beds. Nature. 2 indexed citations

Drake, Robert E., Garniss H. Curtis, & Mario Vergara. (1976). Potassium-argon dating of igneous activity in the central Chilean Andes — latitude 33°S. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 1(3). 285–295. 28 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H.. (1975). Improvements in potassium‐argon dating: 1962–1975. World Archaeology. 7(2). 198–209. 4 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H., et al.. (1973). On the magnetic classification of sunspot groups. Observatory. 93. 114–116. 2 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H. & R.P. Ferrier. (1969). Electron Diffraction by an Optical Grating. Proceedings annual meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America. 27. 154–155. 1 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H. & R.P. Ferrier. (1969). The electric charging of electron-microscope specimens. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 2(7). 1035–1040. 17 indexed citations

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Mathews, W. H. & Garniss H. Curtis. (1966). Date of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary in New Zealand. Nature. 212(5066). 979–980. 36 indexed citations

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Evernden, Jack F. & Garniss H. Curtis. (1965). The Potassium-Argon dating of Late Cenozoic rocks in East Africa and Italy. Current Anthropology. 6. 167 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H.. (1961). A clock for the ages: potassium-argon. National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine. 120(4). 590–592. 2 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H., Donald E. Savage, & Jack F. Evernden. (1961). CRITICAL POINTS IN THE CENOZOIC. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 91(2). 342–346. 9 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H. & J. H. Reynolds. (1958). NOTES ON THE POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 69(2). 151–151. 15 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H., Joseph I. Lipson, & Jack F. Evernden. (1956). Potassium–Argon Dating of Plio-Pleistocene Intrusive Rocks. Nature. 178(4546). 1360–1360. 7 indexed citations

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Curtis, Garniss H.. (1954). Mode of origin of pyroclastic debris in the Mehrten formation of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations

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