Grace E. Shephard

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Grace E. Shephard is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Grace E. Shephard has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Geophysics, 21 papers in Geology and 7 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Grace E. Shephard's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (17 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (17 papers). Grace E. Shephard is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (17 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (17 papers). Grace E. Shephard collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Australia and United States. Grace E. Shephard's co-authors include R. Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton, Sabin Zahirovic, Fabio Crameri, Philip J. Heron, Michael Gurnis, Carmen Gaina, Trond H. Torsvik, M. Turner and Michael T. Chandler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Grace E. Shephard

38 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma

2012 1.5k citations Maria Seton, R. Dietmar Müller et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
Ocean Basin Evolution and Global-Scale Plate Reorganization Events Since Pangea Breakup

2016 809 citations R. Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton et al. profile →
The misuse of colour in science communication

2020 587 citations Fabio Crameri, Grace E. Shephard et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Grace E. Shephard Norway	20	3.0k	927	654	417	406	42	4.4k
Christian Heine Germany	31	2.1k 0.7×	840 0.9×	568 0.9×	567 1.4×	611 1.5×	86	4.1k
Rupert Sutherland New Zealand	43	4.5k 1.5×	792 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	332 0.8×	493 1.2×	146	5.4k
Joanne M. Whittaker Australia	36	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.8×	502 1.2×	582 1.4×	90	4.4k
Lisa M. Gahagan United States	15	1.9k 0.6×	707 0.8×	738 1.1×	577 1.4×	492 1.2×	25	3.0k
Gideon Rosenbaum Australia	40	4.8k 1.6×	636 0.7×	538 0.8×	405 1.0×	357 0.9×	128	5.5k
Michael Storey Denmark	38	4.1k 1.4×	799 0.9×	1.4k 2.1×	880 2.1×	290 0.7×	69	5.5k
Kexin Zhang China	39	2.2k 0.7×	660 0.7×	1.5k 2.2×	1.5k 3.6×	418 1.0×	131	3.9k
Jason Phipps Morgan United States	51	8.1k 2.7×	751 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	273 0.7×	456 1.1×	169	9.2k
Joel E. Saylor United States	35	2.6k 0.9×	352 0.4×	1.4k 2.1×	665 1.6×	676 1.7×	84	3.9k
Sabin Zahirovic Australia	32	4.9k 1.7×	1.5k 1.7×	1.2k 1.9×	1.2k 3.0×	663 1.6×	70	6.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Senger, Kim, Peter Betlem, Marco Brönner, et al.. (2025). Crustal Heterogeneity Onshore Central Spitsbergen: Insights From New Gravity and Vintage Geophysical Data. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 26(1).

Faleide, Jan Inge, Alexander N. Minakov, Mansour M. Abdelmalak, et al.. (2025). Crustal structure of the North Svalbard margin: Continental breakup and Eurasia Basin opening. Tectonophysics. 912. 230861–230861.

Crameri, Fabio, Grace E. Shephard, & Philip J. Heron. (2024). Choosing Suitable Color Palettes for Accessible and Accurate Science Figures. Current Protocols. 4(8). e1126–e1126. 3 indexed citations

Minakov, Alexander N., Jan Inge Faleide, Mansour M. Abdelmalak, et al.. (2024). Late Cenozoic intraplate volcanism as a trigger for hydrothermal venting in the Arctic southwestern Eurasia Basin. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Heron, Philip J., Juliane Dannberg, René Gassmöller, et al.. (2024). The impact of Pangean subducted oceans on mantle dynamics: Passive piles and the positioning of deep mantle plumes. Gondwana Research. 138. 168–185.

Domeier, Mathew, Nicholas L. Swanson‐Hysell, Bram Vaes, et al.. (2023). Embracing Uncertainty to Resolve Polar Wander: A Case Study of Cenozoic North America. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(11). 8 indexed citations

Heron, Philip J., Grace E. Shephard, Juliane Dannberg, et al.. (2023). The role of subduction in the formation of Pangaean oceanic large igneous provinces. Geological Society London Special Publications. 542(1). 105–128. 4 indexed citations

Heron, Philip J., et al.. (2023). Student perspectives on creating a positive classroom dynamic: science education in prison. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 1 indexed citations

Patton, Henry, et al.. (2022). CAGE22-6 cruise report: GEO-3144/8144 Teaching Cruise: Geologically controlled hydrocarbon seepage in Hopendjupet and the wider Barents Sea. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 10. 2 indexed citations

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Williamson, M -C, Grace E. Shephard, & Dawn A. Kellett. (2021). Contrasting styles of magmatism and rifting in the High Arctic LIP, Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic.

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Shephard, Grace E., et al.. (2021). Seismological expression of the iron spin crossover in ferropericlase in the Earth’s lower mantle. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5905–5905. 17 indexed citations

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Crameri, Fabio, Grace E. Shephard, & Philip J. Heron. (2021). The “Scientific colour map” Initiative: Version 7 and its new additions. 1 indexed citations

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Crameri, Fabio, Grace E. Shephard, & Philip J. Heron. (2020). The misuse of colour in science communication. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5444–5444. 587 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hosseini, Kasra, Kara J. Matthews, Karin Sigloch, et al.. (2018). SubMachine: Web‐Based Tools for Exploring Seismic Tomography and Other Models of Earth's Deep Interior. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(5). 1464–1483. 141 indexed citations

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Midtkandal, Ivar, John Holbrook, Jan Inge Faleide, et al.. (2018). Early Cretaceous Arctic Palaeotopography as Constrained by Barents Sea Sediment Budget. AGUFM. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Shephard, Grace E., Evgenia Bazhenova, Lara F. Pérez, et al.. (2018). A North Pole thermal anomaly? Evidence from new and existing heat flow measurements from the central Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geodynamics. 118. 166–181. 16 indexed citations

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Abdelmalak, Mansour M., Jan Inge Faleide, Sverre Planke, et al.. (2017). The T‐Reflection and the Deep Crustal Structure of the Vøring Margin, Offshore mid‐Norway. Tectonics. 36(11). 2497–2523. 50 indexed citations

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Jones, Morgan T., Lars Eivind Augland, Grace E. Shephard, et al.. (2017). Constraining shifts in North Atlantic plate motions during the Palaeocene by U-Pb dating of Svalbard tephra layers. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6822–6822. 31 indexed citations

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Shephard, Grace E., R. Dietmar Müller, & Maria Seton. (2013). The tectonic evolution of the Arctic since Pangea breakup: Integrating constraints from surface geology and geophysics with mantle structure. Earth-Science Reviews. 124. 148–183. 161 indexed citations

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Shephard, Grace E., et al.. (2009). Contribution of mantle convection to shifting South American coastlines during the Tertiary. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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