H.W. Nesbitt

30.0k total citations · 10 hit papers
162 papers, 25.3k citations indexed

About

H.W. Nesbitt is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, H.W. Nesbitt has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 25.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 43 papers in Materials Chemistry and 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in H.W. Nesbitt's work include Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (35 papers), Glass properties and applications (32 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (31 papers). H.W. Nesbitt is often cited by papers focused on Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (35 papers), Glass properties and applications (32 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (31 papers). H.W. Nesbitt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Australia and Germany. H.W. Nesbitt's co-authors include Grant M. Young, Christopher M. Fedo, Grant M. Young, Debasis Banerjee, G.M. Bancroft, Ian J. Muir, Allen Pratt, Richard C. Price, G. M. Bancroft and B.I. Kronberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

H.W. Nesbitt

159 papers receiving 24.4k citations

Hit Papers

Early Proterozoic climates and plate motions inferred fro... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1982 1995 1984 1989 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. Early Proterozoic climates and plate motions inferred from major element chemistry of lutites
    1982 5.3k citations H.W. Nesbitt et al. profile →
  2. Unraveling the effects of potassium metasomatism in sedimentary rocks and paleosols, with implications for paleoweathering conditions and provenance
    1995 2.4k citations H.W. Nesbitt et al. profile →
  3. Prediction of some weathering trends of plutonic and volcanic rocks based on thermodynamic and kinetic considerations
    1984 1.9k citations H.W. Nesbitt et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
  4. Formation and Diagenesis of Weathering Profiles
    1989 1.2k citations H.W. Nesbitt et al. profile →
  5. Interpretation of XPS Mn(2p) spectra of Mn oxyhydroxides and constraints on the mechanism of MnO2precipitation
    1998 1.0k citations H.W. Nesbitt et al. American Mineralogist profile →
  6. Mobility and fractionation of rare earth elements during weathering of a granodiorite
    1979 1.0k citations H.W. Nesbitt profile →
  7. Chemical processes affecting alkalis and alkaline earths during continental weathering
    1980 877 citations H.W. Nesbitt et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
  8. Effects of Chemical Weathering and Sorting on the Petrogenesis of Siliciclastic Sediments, with Implications for Provenance Studies
    1996 644 citations H.W. Nesbitt et al. profile →
  9. Interpretation of Ni2p XPS spectra of Ni conductors and Ni insulators
    2000 593 citations H.W. Nesbitt, G.M. Bancroft et al. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals profile →
  10. Weathering of granodioritic crust, long-term storage of elements in weathering profiles, and petrogenesis of siliciclastic sediments
    1997 513 citations H.W. Nesbitt et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
H.W. Nesbitt Canada 61 13.0k 9.2k 5.7k 4.7k 3.7k 162 25.3k
Robert A. Berner United States 103 10.9k 0.8× 5.6k 0.6× 13.8k 2.4× 2.0k 0.4× 12.2k 3.3× 223 40.3k
Éric H. Oelkers France 85 4.1k 0.3× 5.3k 0.6× 2.3k 0.4× 1.0k 0.2× 1.5k 0.4× 279 22.5k
Kurt O. Konhauser Canada 66 8.5k 0.7× 4.2k 0.5× 3.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.2× 8.2k 2.2× 334 16.9k
John W. Valley United States 90 4.9k 0.4× 24.1k 2.6× 5.0k 0.9× 7.9k 1.7× 5.1k 1.4× 531 31.4k
Heinrich Holland United States 59 6.5k 0.5× 6.2k 0.7× 4.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 6.1k 1.6× 138 16.0k
E. Bruce Watson United States 83 4.0k 0.3× 28.6k 3.1× 2.5k 0.4× 11.0k 2.3× 1.5k 0.4× 273 32.4k
Peter Dulski Germany 58 6.4k 0.5× 6.8k 0.7× 4.9k 0.9× 2.6k 0.5× 3.2k 0.9× 164 14.0k
H. L. Barnes United States 39 2.5k 0.2× 4.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.2× 2.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 85 10.6k
U. Schwertmann Germany 74 4.8k 0.4× 1.3k 0.1× 2.0k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 759 0.2× 211 26.9k
S. M. McLennan United States 59 14.3k 1.1× 16.6k 1.8× 6.6k 1.2× 8.7k 1.8× 5.1k 1.4× 218 31.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nesbitt, H.W., Pascal Richet, Grant S. Henderson, & G.M. Bancroft. (2025). Partial Molar Volumes in Highly Siliceous Melts and the Relationship to Liquid Immiscibility. American Journal of Science. 325.
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Henderson, Grant S., G. M. Bancroft, H.W. Nesbitt, Philip A. W. Dean, & Maria Rita Cicconi. (2025). The high frequency Raman bands of vitreous SiO2. Physics and Chemistry of Glasses European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B. 66(2). 63–68.
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Nesbitt, H.W., et al.. (2024). Valence band XPS spectra of K silicate glasses: Effect of HOMO energies on K, Na and Li leach rates, activation energies and reaction mechanism. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 637. 123044–123044. 2 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W., Pascal Richet, Grant S. Henderson, & G.M. Bancroft. (2024). Thermal Expansion of Metal Oxides in Silicate Melts: A Simple Theoretical Analysis. American Journal of Science. 324.
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Bancroft, G.M., Philip A. W. Dean, Grant S. Henderson, & H.W. Nesbitt. (2023). New assignments of Raman spectra of tetrahedra and the effects of electronegativity. II. Silicate glasses. AIP Advances. 13(12). 4 indexed citations
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Bancroft, G.M., Philip A. W. Dean, Grant S. Henderson, & H.W. Nesbitt. (2023). New assignments of Raman spectra of tetrahedra and the effects of electronegativity. I. P4O10 and Si-containing molecules. AIP Advances. 13(12). 1 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W., Pascal Richet, G. Michael Bancroft, & Grant S. Henderson. (2022). Partial molar volumes of metal oxides in silicate melts: Effects of Coulombic interactions. American Journal of Science. 322(5). 683–704. 2 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W., G.M. Bancroft, & R. Ho. (2017). XPS valence band study of Na‐silicate glasses: energetics and reactivity. Surface and Interface Analysis. 49(13). 1298–1308. 20 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W., et al.. (2013). Binding of oxygen on vacuum fractured pyrite surfaces: Reactivity of iron and sulfur surface sites. Surface Science. 611. 60–66. 6 indexed citations
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Zakaznova-Herzog, V.P., Sarah L. Harmer, H.W. Nesbitt, G. M. Bancroft, & Allen Pratt. (2009). XPS study of stibnite (Sb 2 S 3 ) oxidation. GeCAS. 73. 1 indexed citations
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Dalby, Kim N., H.W. Nesbitt, V.P. Zakaznova-Herzog, & P. L. King. (2007). Resolution of bridging oxygen signals from O 1s spectra of silicate glasses using XPS: Implications for O and Si speciation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71(17). 4297–4313. 105 indexed citations
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King, P. L., D. T. Lescinsky, & H.W. Nesbitt. (2005). Comparison of Predicted Salt Precipitation Sequences with Mars Exploration Rover Data. LPI. 2300. 2 indexed citations
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Fleet, Michael E., Sarah L. Harmer, X. Liu, & H.W. Nesbitt. (2005). Polarized X-ray absorption spectroscopy and XPS of TiS3: S K- and Ti L-edge XANES and S and Ti 2p XPS. Surface Science. 584(2-3). 133–145. 82 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W., Andrea G Schaufuß, G.M. Bancroft, & R. Szargan. (2002). Crystal orbital contributions to the pyrrhotite valence band with XPS evidence for weak Fe-Fe ? bond formation. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 29(1). 72–77. 16 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W. & Allen Pratt. (1995). Applications of Auger-electron spectroscopy to geochemistry. The Canadian Mineralogist. 33(2). 243–259. 3 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W., et al.. (1988). Dissolution of populations of ultrafine grains with applications to feldspars. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 52(6). 1467–1471. 14 indexed citations
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Bancroft, G. M., et al.. (1987). Leaching studies of natural and synthetic titanites using secondary ion mass spectrometry. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 51(4). 911–918. 20 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W., et al.. (1983). Mass-balance relations and trace-element mobility during continental weathering of various igneous rocks. 73(1). 63–73. 41 indexed citations
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Nesbitt, H.W.. (1977). Estimation of the thermodynamic properties of Na- Ca- and Mg- beidellites. The Canadian Mineralogist. 15(1). 22–30. 21 indexed citations
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Bricker, Owen P., H.W. Nesbitt, & William D. Gunter. (1973). The stability of talc. American Mineralogist. 58. 64–72. 23 indexed citations

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