J. Fred Read

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

J. Fred Read is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Fred Read has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Atmospheric Science, 19 papers in Paleontology and 17 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in J. Fred Read's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (19 papers) and Geological formations and processes (17 papers). J. Fred Read is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (19 papers) and Geological formations and processes (17 papers). J. Fred Read collaborates with scholars based in United States, Croatia and Saudi Arabia. J. Fred Read's co-authors include Langhorne B. Smith, Antun Husinec, Hans Hofmann, Richard K. Bambach, Sean P. Regan, Scott W. Tinker, Charles Kerans, Campbell S. Nelson, Mingsong Li and Michał Kowalewski and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Geological Society of America Bulletin and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

J. Fred Read

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Carbonate Platform Facies Models 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Carbonate Platform Facies Models
    1985 439 citations J. Fred Read AAPG Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Fred Read United States 16 877 689 660 340 278 31 1.3k
Peter Homewood France 18 740 0.8× 603 0.9× 599 0.9× 407 1.2× 357 1.3× 36 1.3k
Heiko Hillgärtner Netherlands 15 1.1k 1.3× 645 0.9× 624 0.9× 399 1.2× 537 1.9× 27 1.6k
Ernesto Schwarz Argentina 21 725 0.8× 556 0.8× 830 1.3× 353 1.0× 331 1.2× 56 1.4k
Thierry Jacquin France 10 608 0.7× 553 0.8× 480 0.7× 378 1.1× 169 0.6× 16 1.0k
Frans S.P. van Buchem France 16 1.1k 1.3× 573 0.8× 517 0.8× 449 1.3× 587 2.1× 20 1.5k
Jochen Kuss Germany 28 1.3k 1.4× 923 1.3× 746 1.1× 425 1.3× 384 1.4× 58 1.7k
J. F. Read United States 21 1.1k 1.2× 795 1.2× 824 1.2× 361 1.1× 279 1.0× 34 1.6k
Owen E. Sutcliffe United Kingdom 11 520 0.6× 437 0.6× 431 0.7× 321 0.9× 268 1.0× 15 973
Jens E Wendler Germany 17 705 0.8× 561 0.8× 243 0.4× 208 0.6× 198 0.7× 23 937
Pierre-Charles De Graciansky France 6 564 0.6× 575 0.8× 477 0.7× 565 1.7× 190 0.7× 6 1.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Read, J. Fred, et al.. (2025). Orbitally forced aquifer eustasy controlled cycle- and ~1.3 Myr sequence development: Middle to basal Upper Cambrian coeval rift and continental shelf facies, eastern USA. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 662. 112716–112716. 2 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, David A. Osleger, & Maya Elrick. (2024). Two-dimensional modeling of carbonate ramp sequences and component cycles. Bulletin (Kansas Geological Survey). 473–488. 1 indexed citations
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Husinec, Antun, J. Fred Read, & David B. Kemp. (2023). Orbital forcing of Upper Jurassic (Tithonian) shallow-water carbonates, Tethyan Adriatic Platform, Croatia evaluated using synthetic vs. real data sets. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 622. 111617–111617. 2 indexed citations
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Husinec, Antun, et al.. (2022). Middle and Late Jurassic record of sea-level, sequence development, and carbon-isotope fluctuations, Tethyan Adriatic Carbonate Platform, Croatia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 599. 111030–111030. 5 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, et al.. (2020). Testing for astronomical forcing of cycles and gamma ray signals in outer shelf/upper slope, mixed siliciclastic-carbonates: Upper Oligocene, New Zealand. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 555. 109821–109821. 15 indexed citations
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Husinec, Antun & J. Fred Read. (2009). A Fifty million year (Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous) climate record from the Bahama-type Adriatic platform, Croatia. 117. 1 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, et al.. (2007). Carbon–oxygen isotope signal of Mississippian slope carbonates, Appalachians, USA: A complex response to climate-driven fourth-order glacio-eustasy. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 256(3-4). 254–272. 17 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, et al.. (2006). Subtropical to temperate facies from a transition zone, mixed carbonate–siliciclastic system, Palaeogene, North Carolina, USA. Sedimentology. 54(2). 339–365. 25 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, et al.. (2006). Sequence-stratigraphic analysis using well cuttings, Mississippian Greenbrier Group, West Virginia. AAPG Bulletin. 90(12). 1869–1882. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Langhorne B. & J. Fred Read. (2000). Rapid onset of late Paleozoic glaciation on Gondwana: Evidence from Upper Mississippian strata of the Midcontinent, United States. Geology. 28(3). 279–279. 168 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, Charles Kerans, & Scott W. Tinker. (1998). Sequence Stratigraphy and Characterization of Carbonate Reservoirs: SEPM Short Course Notes no. 40. Palaios. 13(3). 307–307. 13 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, et al.. (1995). Sequences and Meter-Scale Cyclicity of Middle to Late Ordovician Cool Water Carbonates and Clastics of Kentucky. 333–336. 3 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, et al.. (1992). Eustatic control on early dolomitization of cyclic peritidal carbonates: Evidence from the Early Ordovician Upper Knox Group, Appalachians. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 104(7). 872–886. 81 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred, et al.. (1990). Carbonate ramp to rimmed shelf evolution: Lower to Middle Cambrian continental margin, Virginia Appalachians. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 102(3). 391–404. 32 indexed citations
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Read, J. Fred. (1985). Carbonate Platform Facies Models. AAPG Bulletin. 69. 439 indexed citations breakdown →

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