Ian Boomer

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Ian Boomer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Boomer has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Atmospheric Science, 44 papers in Paleontology and 23 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ian Boomer's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (52 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (28 papers) and Marine and environmental studies (15 papers). Ian Boomer is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (52 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (28 papers) and Marine and environmental studies (15 papers). Ian Boomer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Ian Boomer's co-authors include Peter Frenzel, Fahu Chen, Jianhui Chen, Robin Whatley, Emi Ito, Bernd Wünnemann, Chengbang An, H. J. B. Birks, David B. Madsen and Tomonori Sato and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Ian Boomer

85 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Holocene moisture evolution in arid central Asia and its out-of-phase relationship with Asian monsoon history

2008 1.0k citations Fahu Chen, Zicheng Yu et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Boomer United Kingdom	27	2.6k	1.2k	878	805	776	87	3.6k
Birgit Plessen Germany	38	3.0k 1.1×	897 0.7×	770 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	859 1.1×	118	4.0k
Ulrich von Grafenstein France	30	3.0k 1.2×	782 0.6×	633 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	973 1.3×	59	3.5k
Antje Schwalb Germany	39	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	628 0.7×	1.4k 1.7×	936 1.2×	156	4.3k
Hartmut Schulz Germany	34	3.0k 1.1×	695 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	1.3k 1.7×	857 1.1×	72	3.7k
Philippe Martinez France	33	2.2k 0.9×	530 0.4×	771 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	882 1.1×	84	3.2k
Andreas Lückge Germany	29	2.7k 1.0×	588 0.5×	746 0.8×	993 1.2×	971 1.3×	67	3.4k
Hiroyuki Kitagawa Japan	30	2.3k 0.9×	898 0.7×	374 0.4×	853 1.1×	521 0.7×	84	3.0k
Ulrich Neff Switzerland	9	3.2k 1.2×	805 0.6×	514 0.6×	882 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	15	3.7k
Gunhild Rosqvist Sweden	21	3.0k 1.2×	796 0.6×	458 0.5×	845 1.0×	765 1.0×	52	3.6k
Fatima F Abrantes Portugal	43	3.2k 1.2×	721 0.6×	1.6k 1.8×	1.6k 2.0×	1.0k 1.3×	132	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ian Boomer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Boomer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Boomer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Boomer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Boomer 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 Ian Boomer. Ian Boomer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Larkin, Nigel R., et al.. (2024). In search of lost time: Recovering missing stratigraphical data from fossil marine reptile specimens using micropalaeontological analyses. Geological Curator. 11(9). 583–589.

Maidment, Susannah C. R., Gary Nichols, James R. Wheeley, et al.. (2024). Palaeoenvironment and taphonomy of the Hypsilophodon Bed, Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation, Isle of Wight. Journal of the Geological Society. 182(1).

Domínguez‐Villar, David, Kristina Krklec, Ian Boomer, & Ian J. Fairchild. (2021). ISODRIP, a model to transfer the δ18O signal of precipitation to drip water — Implementation of the model for Eagle Cave (central Spain). The Science of The Total Environment. 797. 149188–149188. 3 indexed citations

Mauquoy, Dmitri, Richard J. Payne, Kirill V. Babeshko, et al.. (2020). Falkland Island peatland development processes and the pervasive presence of fire. Quaternary Science Reviews. 240. 106391–106391. 15 indexed citations

Boomer, Ian, et al.. (2019). Latest Oligocene to earliest Pliocene deep-sea benthic foraminifera from ODP Sites 752, 1168 and 1139, southern Indian Ocean. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 38(1). 1–41. 1 indexed citations

Ray, David C., et al.. (2019). High-resolution correlation of the Homerian carbon isotope excursion (Silurian) across the interior of the Midland Platform (Avalonia), UK. Geological Magazine. 157(4). 603–620. 6 indexed citations

Lomax, Dean R., et al.. (2017). The first known neonate Ichthyosaurus communis skeleton: a rediscovered specimen from the Lower Jurassic, UK. Historical Biology. 31(5). 600–609. 5 indexed citations

Mischke, Steffen, et al.. (2014). An expanded ostracod-based conductivity transfer function for climate reconstruction in the Levant. Quaternary Science Reviews. 93. 91–105. 34 indexed citations

Hannah, David M., et al.. (2013). Responses to River Inundation Pressures Control Prey Selection of Riparian Beetles. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e61866–e61866. 22 indexed citations

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Marshall, Charles R., A. T. Thomas, & Ian Boomer. (2012). High resolution δ13Ccarb stratigraphy of the Homerian (Wenlock) of the English Midlands and Wenlock Edge. Bulletin of Geosciences. 669–679. 20 indexed citations

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Cramer, Bradley D., Daniel J. Condon, Ulf Söderlund, et al.. (2012). U-Pb (zircon) age constraints on the timing and duration of Wenlock (Silurian) paleocommunity collapse and recovery during the "Big Crisis". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 124(11-12). 1841–1857. 74 indexed citations

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Frenzel, Peter, et al.. (2011). Salinity dependant morphological variation in Cyprideis torosa. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 10 indexed citations

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Mischke, Steffen, Chengjun Zhang, Ulrike Herzschuh, et al.. (2010). Modern hydrology and late Holocene history of Lake Karakul, eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan): A reconnaissance study. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 289(1-4). 10–24. 75 indexed citations

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Mischke, Steffen, Ian Boomer, Sarah C. Sherlock, et al.. (2008). The potential of Lake Karakul in the eastern Pamirs as a long-term climate archive. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Fahu, Zicheng Yu, Meilin Yang, et al.. (2008). Holocene moisture evolution in arid central Asia and its out-of-phase relationship with Asian monsoon history. Quaternary Science Reviews. 27(3-4). 351–364. 1030 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boomer, Ian & Benjamin P. Horton. (2005). Holocene relative sea-level movements along the North Norfolk Coast, UK. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 230(1-2). 32–51. 24 indexed citations

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Bailiff, I.K., et al.. (2001). The last 10,000 years on the North Norfolk coast: A message for the future?. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 3 indexed citations

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Boomer, Ian. (1999). Late Cretaceous and Cainozoic bathyal Ostracoda from the Central Pacific (DSDP Site 463). Marine Micropaleontology. 37(2). 131–147. 27 indexed citations

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Boomer, Ian, et al.. (1993). Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction in the Breydon Formation, Holocene of East Anglia. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 12(1). 35–45. 10 indexed citations

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Boomer, Ian. (1992). Lower Jurassic ostracods from Ilminster, Somerset, England. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 11(1). 47–57. 23 indexed citations

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