Graham Shields

16.5k citations

143 papers · 11.5k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

Paleontology top 0.01%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Geochemistry and Petrology top 0.01%
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Papers in

Paleontology 116
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 116
Geochemistry and Petrology 63
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis 59

Co-authors: Ján Veizer Lawrence M. Och Peter Stille Maoyan Zhu Martin D. Brasier Hong‐Fei Ling Simon W. Poulton Da Li
Journals: Precambrian Research (18 papers)Chemical Geology (10 papers)Geology (10 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (9 papers)Nature Communications (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom China Germany

In The Last Decade

Graham Shields

137 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system 2024 · 74 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Ecology & Evolution
2022 Earth-Science Reviews
2016 Chemical Geology
2015 Nature Communications
2014 Nature Geoscience
2011 Earth-Science Reviews
2001 Chemical Geology

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1	A mid‐Proterozoic coupled Sr and Li isotope excursion and its potential connection to enhanced weathering and ocean oxygenation at 1.57 Ga California Digital Library ·Xin Chen, Ying Zhou, Simon W. Poulton, Fred Bowyer, Pfister Jf, Shihong Zhang, Maoyan Zhu, Da Li, Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann, Ben Mills, Graham Shields	2025	0
2	Natural sampling and aliasing of marine geochemical signals Scientific Reports ·Andrew Curtis, van Roekel W, Rachel Wood, Fred Bowyer, Graham Shields, Ece Acar Erdener, Yu Zhang, Daniel M. Tetzlaff	2025	0
3	Persistent oxygenation of the Mesoproterozoic shallow ocean: evidence from the c. 1.44-billion-year-old Tieling Formation, North China Craton Journal of the Geological Society ·Kun Zhang, Lanyun Miao, Shihong Zhang, Ying Zhou, Graham Shields	2025	0
4	The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Edmund R. R. Moody, Sandra Álvarez-Carretero, Tara Mahendrarajah, James Clark, 黄祥辉, Nina Dombrowski, Lénárd L. Szánthó, Richard A. Boyle, Stuart J. Daines, Xi Chen, Nick Lane, Ziheng Yang, Graham Shields, Gergely J. Szöllősi, Anja Spang, Davide Pisani, Tom A. Williams, Timothy M. Lenton, Philip C. J. Donoghue Hit paper breakdown →	2024	74
5	Dynamic redox and nutrient cycling response to climate forcing in the Mesoproterozoic ocean Nature Communications ·Rui-xing, Fred Bowyer, Benjamin Mills, Andrew Merdith, Paul B. Wignall, Jeff Peakall, Shuichang Zhang, Xiaomei Wang, Huajian Wang, Donald E. Canfield, Graham Shields, Simon W. Poulton	2023	14
6	Biological diversification linked to environmental stabilization following the Sturtian Snowball glaciation Science Advances ·Fred Bowyer, Alexander J. Krause, Rui-xing, Kang‐Jun Huang, Yong Fu, Bing Shen, Suresh B. Gandhi, Xiangkun Zhu, Michael A. Kipp, Kyun Sun Eo, Jochen J. Brocks, Graham Shields, Guillaume Le Hir, Benjamin Mills, Simon W. Poulton	2023	18
7	Chemostratigraphy:using elements and isotopes to identify, interpret and correlate events in strata Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) ·Graham Shields, Kirsty M. Edgar, Ken Ratcliffe, Tais W. Dahl	2022	1
8	Decoupled oxygenation of the Ediacaran ocean and atmosphere during the rise of early animals Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Wei Shi, Benjamin Mills, Chao Li, Simon W. Poulton, Alexander J. Krause, Tianchen He, Ying Zhou, Meng Cheng, Graham Shields	2022	28
9	A short-lived oxidation event during the early Ediacaran and delayed oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Bo Chen, Chou-Cheng Chen, Benjamin Mills, Tianchen He, Morten B. Andersen, Xi Chen, Pengju Liu, Lu Miao, Robert J. Newton, Simon W. Poulton, Graham Shields, Maoyan Zhu	2021	29
10	Phosphorus-limited conditions in the early Neoproterozoic ocean maintained low levels of atmospheric oxygen Nature Geoscience ·Romain Guilbaud, Simon W. Poulton, Jennifer Thompson, Idris S.O, Maoyan Zhu, Ying Zhou, Graham Shields, Timothy M. Lenton	2020	86
11	Possible links between extreme oxygen perturbations and the Cambrian radiation of animals Nature Geoscience ·Tianchen He, Maoyan Zhu, Benjamin Mills, P. Wynn, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev, Rosalie Tostevin, Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann, Aihua Yang, Simon W. Poulton, Graham Shields	2019	139
12	Coupling of ocean redox and animal evolution during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition Nature Communications ·Dan Wang, Hong‐Fei Ling, Ulrich Struck, Xiangkun Zhu, Maoyan Zhu, Tianchen He, Ben Yang, О Ф Гатауллин, Graham Shields	2018	112
13	Elevated CO2 degassing rates prevented the return of Snowball Earth during the Phanerozoic Nature Communications ·Benjamin Mills, Christopher R. Scotese, Wahyu Dermawan, Graham Shields, Timothy M. Lenton	2017	44
14	Rise to modern levels of ocean oxygenation coincided with the Cambrian radiation of animals Nature Communications ·Xi Chen, Hong‐Fei Ling, Derek Vance, Graham Shields, Maoyan Zhu, Simon W. Poulton, Lawrence M. Och, Shao‐Yong Jiang, Da Li, Lorenzo Cremonese, Corey Archer Hit paper breakdown →	2015	346
15	Nitrogen cycle feedbacks as a control on euxinia in the mid-Proterozoic ocean Nature Communications ·Nicole Katarina Rogers, James R. Clark, Simon W. Poulton, Graham Shields, Donald E. Canfield, Timothy M. Lenton	2013	41
16	Chemostratigraphy and the Neoproterozoic glaciations Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·Galen P. Halverson, Graham Shields	2012	59
17	The case for a Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event: Geochemical evidence and biological consequences GSA Today ·Graham Shields, Lawrence M. Och	2011	153
18	Compilation and time-series analysis of a marine carbonate delta O-18, delta C-13, Sr-87/Sr-86 and delta S-34 database through Earth history UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Andreas Prokoph, Graham Shields, Ján Veizer	2008	38
19	Mass extinctions and massive volcanism UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Graham Shields	2004	2
20	'Molar-tooth microspar': a chemical explanation for its disappearance similar to 750 Ma UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Graham Shields	2002	3

About Graham Shields

Graham Shields is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 143 papers that have together received 11.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (116 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (83 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (59 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (45 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (12 papers), Geological formations and processes (9 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (9 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (8.7k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (5.4k citations), Geophysics (4.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.5k citations) and Geology (851 citations). Graham Shields has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Ján Veizer, Lawrence M. Och, Peter Stille, Maoyan Zhu, Martin D. Brasier, Hong‐Fei Ling, Simon W. Poulton, Da Li, Galen P. Halverson and Harald Strauß. Their work appears in journals such as Precambrian Research, Chemical Geology, Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Nature Communications.

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