Geoff Orton

827 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 649 citations indexed

About

Geoff Orton is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Geoff Orton has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 649 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 3 papers in Geophysics and 1 paper in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Geoff Orton's work include Geological formations and processes (5 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (3 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (1 paper). Geoff Orton is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (5 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (3 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (1 paper). Geoff Orton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Canada. Geoff Orton's co-authors include H. G. Reading, R. A. F., M. F. Howells and S. D. G. Campbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Sedimentary Geology, Sedimentology and Bulletin of Volcanology.

In The Last Decade

Geoff Orton

6 papers receiving 605 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.

Variability of deltaic processes in terms of sediment supply, with particular emphasis on grain size

1993 533 citations Geoff Orton, H. G. Reading Sedimentology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Geoff Orton Australia	5	516	356	185	171	103	6	649
John D. Collinson United Kingdom	10	523 1.0×	320 0.9×	155 0.8×	105 0.6×	162 1.6×	19	654
J. P. B. Lovell United Kingdom	12	347 0.7×	297 0.8×	70 0.4×	165 1.0×	78 0.8×	19	500
Michael Frenz United Kingdom	11	552 1.1×	495 1.4×	135 0.7×	240 1.4×	97 0.9×	13	748
S.D. Nio Netherlands	12	541 1.0×	394 1.1×	91 0.5×	141 0.8×	211 2.0×	18	714
J.R. Boersma Netherlands	10	680 1.3×	462 1.3×	181 1.0×	109 0.6×	111 1.1×	12	784
G E Reinson Canada	7	469 0.9×	347 1.0×	125 0.7×	88 0.5×	136 1.3×	18	609
Chang-Shu Yang Netherlands	6	419 0.8×	301 0.8×	103 0.6×	63 0.4×	87 0.8×	8	488
N. L. Banks United Kingdom	11	392 0.8×	237 0.7×	91 0.5×	205 1.2×	90 0.9×	15	566
Robert D. Winn United States	14	299 0.6×	298 0.8×	58 0.3×	272 1.6×	108 1.0×	24	563
Hugh E. Hendry Canada	7	376 0.7×	291 0.8×	64 0.3×	207 1.2×	87 0.8×	8	532

Countries citing papers authored by Geoff Orton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Geoff Orton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Geoff Orton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Geoff Orton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Geoff Orton based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Geoff Orton. Geoff Orton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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F., R. A., et al.. (1998). Distribution and significance of crystalline, perlitic and vesicular textures in the Ordovician Garth Tuff (Wales). Bulletin of Volcanology. 60(4). 260–285. 70 indexed citations

2.

Orton, Geoff & H. G. Reading. (1993). Variability of deltaic processes in terms of sediment supply, with particular emphasis on grain size. Sedimentology. 40(3). 475–512. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Orton, Geoff. (1992). Geochemical correlation of Ordovician flow tuffs in North Wales. Geological Journal. 27(4). 317–338. 3 indexed citations

4.

Reading, H. G. & Geoff Orton. (1991). Sediment calibre : A control on facies models with special reference to deep-sea depositional systems. 85–111. 11 indexed citations

5.

Orton, Geoff. (1991). Emergence of subaqueous depositional environments in advance of a major ignimbrite eruption, Capel Curig Volcanic Formation, Ordovician, North Wales — an example of regional volcanotectonic uplift?. Sedimentary Geology. 74(1-4). 251–286. 9 indexed citations

6.

Howells, M. F., et al.. (1987). The Pitts Head Tuff Formation: a subaerial to submarine welded ash-flow tuff of Ordovician age, North Wales. Geological Magazine. 124(5). 427–439. 23 indexed citations

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