Ian J. Fairchild

16.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
154 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

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Ian J. Fairchild is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian J. Fairchild has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Atmospheric Science, 81 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 44 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Ian J. Fairchild's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (115 papers), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (54 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (35 papers). Ian J. Fairchild is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (115 papers), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (54 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (35 papers). Ian J. Fairchild collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. Ian J. Fairchild's co-authors include Andy Baker, Frank McDermott, Silvia Frisia, Andrea Borsato, Anna F. Tooth, Christoph Spötl, Pauline C. Treble, Yiming Huang, Baruch Spiro and L. Fuller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ian J. Fairchild

152 papers receiving 10.0k citations

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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.

Modification and preservation of environmental signals in speleothems

2005 684 citations Ian J. Fairchild, Claire Smith et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
Trace elements in speleothems as recorders of environmental change

2009 453 citations Ian J. Fairchild, Pauline C. Treble profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian J. Fairchild United Kingdom	57	7.8k	5.2k	2.8k	2.7k	1.7k	154	10.3k
Christoph Spötl Austria	54	10.5k 1.3×	5.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	3.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	317	13.2k
Albert Matter Switzerland	48	6.7k 0.9×	2.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	3.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.0×	130	9.7k
Augusto Mangini Germany	59	10.1k 1.3×	4.2k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	210	12.3k
Huayu Lu China	61	11.1k 1.4×	5.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	340	13.2k
Frank Oldfield United Kingdom	61	10.6k 1.4×	4.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	204	15.2k
Sidney R. Hemming United States	49	6.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	220	8.8k
Stephen Burns United States	55	9.7k 1.3×	3.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	3.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	150	12.0k
Frank McDermott Ireland	49	5.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	4.7k 2.8×	128	11.1k
Yemane Asmerom United States	46	6.0k 0.8×	2.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	167	8.9k
Zhengtang Guo China	61	10.1k 1.3×	3.3k 0.6×	977 0.4×	2.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	300	13.8k

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Baker, Andy, Pauline C. Treble, Catherine E. Hughes, et al.. (2019). Hydrological and geochemical responses of fire in a shallow cave system. The Science of The Total Environment. 662. 180–191. 12 indexed citations

Treble, Pauline C., et al.. (2016). A post-wildfire response in cave dripwater chemistry. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(7). 2745–2758. 25 indexed citations

Tadros, Carol V., Pauline C. Treble, Andy Baker, et al.. (2016). ENSO–cave drip water hydrochemical relationship: a 7-year dataset from south-eastern Australia. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(11). 4625–4640. 30 indexed citations

Tadros, Carol V., Pauline C. Treble, Andy Baker, et al.. (2016). ENSO – cave dripwater hydrochemical relationship: a 7-year dataset from SE Australia. 1 indexed citations

Domínguez‐Villar, David, Kristina Krklec, Primož Pelicon, et al.. (2016). Geochemistry of speleothems affected by aragonite to calcite recrystallization – Potential inheritance from the precursor mineral. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 200. 310–329. 29 indexed citations

Carrasco, Rosa M., et al.. (2012). How fast are some diagenetical processes? The case of inversion from aragonite to calcite in a stalagmite from Eagle Cave (central Spain). Geotemas ( Madrid ). 695–698. 1 indexed citations

Baker, Andy, Chris Bradley, Steven J. Phipps, et al.. (2012). Millennial-length forward models and pseudoproxies of stalagmite δ ¹⁸ O: an example from NW Scotland. Climate of the past. 8(4). 1153–1167. 40 indexed citations

Hartland, Adam, Ian J. Fairchild, J.R. Lead, & Andy Baker. (2010). Fluorescent properties of organic carbon in cave dripwaters: Effects of filtration, temperature and pH. The Science of The Total Environment. 408(23). 5940–5950. 23 indexed citations

Robinson, Zoë, Ian J. Fairchild, & Carol Arrowsmith. (2009). Stable isotope tracers of shallow groundwater recharge dynamics and mixing within an Icelandic sandur, Skeiđarársandur.. IAHS-AISH publication. 119–125. 3 indexed citations

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Hartland, Adam, Ian J. Fairchild, & Jamie R. Lead. (2009). Colloids in karstic percolation waters: Implications for the interpretation of trace element variations in speleothems. GeCAS. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Fuller, L., Andy Baker, Ian J. Fairchild, et al.. (2008). Isotope hydrology of dripwaters in a Scottish cave and implications for stalagmite palaeoclimate research. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 12(4). 1065–1074. 46 indexed citations

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Smith, Claire, Ian J. Fairchild, Christoph Spötl, et al.. (2008). Chronology building using objective identification of annual signals in trace element profiles of stalagmites. Quaternary Geochronology. 4(1). 11–21. 64 indexed citations

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Fairchild, Ian J., Claire Smith, Andy Baker, et al.. (2005). Modification and preservation of environmental signals in speleothems. Earth-Science Reviews. 75(1-4). 105–153. 684 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fuller, L., et al.. (2004). A High-Resolution Climate Record for the Last Millennium From a Scottish Stalagmite. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Pomiès, C., M. J. Bickle, Edward T. Tipper, et al.. (2003). Timescale of erosion in high mountain range. What do U-series tell us. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 3992. 1 indexed citations

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Bickle, M. J., Judith Bunbury, H. Chapman, et al.. (2003). Fluxes of Sr into the headwaters of the Ganges. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 67(14). 2567–2584. 99 indexed citations

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Huang, Yiming & Ian J. Fairchild. (2001). Partitioning of Sr2+ and Mg2+ into calcite under karst-analogue experimental conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 65(1). 47–62. 270 indexed citations

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Fairchild, Ian J., et al.. (1999). Solute generation and transfer from a chemically reactive alpine glacial-proglacial system. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 24(13). 1189–1211. 57 indexed citations

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Frisia, Silvia, Andrea Borsato, Frank McDermott, et al.. (1998). Holocene climate fluctuations in the Alps as reconstructed from speleothems. Preistoria alpina. 111–118. 4 indexed citations

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El-Sayed, Mohamed I., Ian J. Fairchild, & Baruch Spiro. (1991). Kuwaiti dolocrete: petrology, geochemistry and groundwater origin. Sedimentary Geology. 73(1-2). 59–75. 48 indexed citations

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