J. P. Grotzinger

40.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
324 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

J. P. Grotzinger is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. P. Grotzinger has authored 324 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 116 papers in Paleontology and 98 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in J. P. Grotzinger's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (162 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (115 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (106 papers). J. P. Grotzinger is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (162 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (115 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (106 papers). J. P. Grotzinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. J. P. Grotzinger's co-authors include Andrew H. Knoll, David A. Fike, Roger E. Summons, Beverly Z. Saylor, Samuel A. Bowring, Alan J. Kaufman, Woodward W. Fischer, Lisa M. Pratt, W. A. Watters and R. E. Milliken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. P. Grotzinger

312 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Oxidation of the Ediacaran Ocean

2006 799 citations David A. Fike, J. P. Grotzinger et al. profile →
In Situ Evidence for an Ancient Aqueous Environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars

2004 697 citations J. P. Grotzinger, J. F. Bell et al. profile →
STROMATOLITES IN PRECAMBRIAN CARBONATES: Evolutionary Mileposts or Environmental Dipsticks?

1999 600 citations J. P. Grotzinger, Andrew H. Knoll profile →
Biostratigraphic and Geochronologic Constraints on Early Animal Evolution

1995 559 citations J. P. Grotzinger et al. profile →
Comparative Earth History and Late Permian Mass Extinction

1996 536 citations Andrew H. Knoll, J. P. Grotzinger et al. profile →
Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period

2009 519 citations David A. Fike, J. P. Grotzinger et al. profile →
Paleoclimate of Mars as captured by the stratigraphic record in Gale Crater

2010 323 citations R. E. Milliken, J. P. Grotzinger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. P. Grotzinger United States	64	8.5k	5.8k	5.2k	3.2k	2.9k	324	15.4k
John M. Eiler United States	78	5.7k 0.7×	7.6k 1.3×	2.0k 0.4×	7.6k 2.4×	3.6k 1.2×	351	20.5k
Woodward W. Fischer United States	55	5.2k 0.6×	3.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	3.0k 1.0×	202	10.3k
Donald R. Lowe United States	56	3.9k 0.5×	5.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.3×	6.1k 1.9×	3.1k 1.1×	174	13.2k
James F. Kasting United States	70	4.1k 0.5×	6.6k 1.1×	10.5k 2.0×	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	176	18.3k
David A. Fike United States	44	5.4k 0.6×	3.3k 0.6×	897 0.2×	1.8k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	147	8.3k
Daniel P. Schrag United States	77	9.8k 1.1×	10.7k 1.8×	761 0.1×	4.3k 1.3×	3.6k 1.2×	183	19.9k
Heinrich Holland United States	59	6.1k 0.7×	4.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	6.2k 2.0×	6.5k 2.3×	138	16.0k
Shuhai Xiao United States	79	14.4k 1.7×	7.3k 1.3×	587 0.1×	4.2k 1.3×	4.6k 1.6×	275	16.9k
Alan J. Kaufman United States	72	14.7k 1.7×	8.3k 1.4×	671 0.1×	7.1k 2.2×	7.2k 2.5×	162	18.7k
John W. Valley United States	90	5.1k 0.6×	5.0k 0.9×	2.7k 0.5×	24.1k 7.6×	4.9k 1.7×	531	31.4k

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Pico, Tamara, et al.. (2024). Melting the Marinoan Snowball Earth: The impact of deglaciation duration on the sea-level history of continental margins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 650. 119132–119132. 2 indexed citations

Watkins, J. A., J. P. Grotzinger, N. Stein, et al.. (2022). Burial and Exhumation of Sedimentary Rocks Revealed by the Base Stimson Erosional Unconformity, Gale Crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 127(7). 11 indexed citations

Rubin, David M., M. G. A. Lapôtre, Andrew W. Stevens, et al.. (2022). Ancient Winds, Waves, and Atmosphere in Gale Crater, Mars, Inferred From Sedimentary Structures and Wave Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 127(4). 12 indexed citations

Cardenas, Benjamin T., Michael P. Lamb, & J. P. Grotzinger. (2022). Martian landscapes of fluvial ridges carved from ancient sedimentary basin fill. Nature Geoscience. 15(11). 871–877. 13 indexed citations

Ward, Lewis M., Usha Lingappa, J. P. Grotzinger, & Woodward W. Fischer. (2020). Microbial mats in the Turks and Caicos Islands reveal diversity and evolution of phototrophy in the Chloroflexota order Aggregatilineales. Environmental Microbiome. 15(1). 19 indexed citations

Edgar, L. A., Christopher M. Fedo, Sanjeev Gupta, et al.. (2020). A Lacustrine Paleoenvironment Recorded at Vera RubinRidge, Gale Crater: Overview of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Observed by the Mars ScienceLaboratory Curiosity Rover. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 125(3). 73 indexed citations

Milliken, R. E., J. P. Grotzinger, R. C. Wiens, et al.. (2019). The Chemistry and Mineralogy of an Ancient Lacustrine Sequence on Mars: Lessons Learned from Integrating Rover and Orbiter Datasets. 2089. 6191. 1 indexed citations

Stack, K. M., R. M. E. Williams, J. P. Grotzinger, et al.. (2018). Sandstones and Conglomerates at the Foothills of Mount Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars: Facies Analysis and Stratigraphic Implications. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1712.

Watkins, J. A., J. P. Grotzinger, & Jean‐Philippe Avouac. (2017). Fracture Formation by Compaction-Related Burial in Gale Crater, Mars: Implications for the Origin of Aeolis Mons. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 3019. 3 indexed citations

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Stack, K. M. & J. P. Grotzinger. (2015). Constraining the Relative Timing and Duration of an Ancient Fluvio-Lacustrine System in Gale Crater Using MSL Curiosity Rover Observations. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Szabó, Tímea, G. Domokos, J. P. Grotzinger, & D. J. Jerolmack. (2015). Reconstructing the transport history of pebbles on Mars. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8366–8366. 56 indexed citations

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Malespin, C. A., P. R. Mahaffy, Kenneth A. Farley, et al.. (2014). Methods for In Situ Radiometric Dating on Mars with Curiosity and Future Landers. LPI. 2424. 1 indexed citations

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Edgar, L. A., David M. Rubin, J. P. Grotzinger, et al.. (2013). Sedimentary Facies and Bedform Analysis Observed from the Rocknest Outcrop (Sols 59-100), Gale Crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1628. 2 indexed citations

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Schmidt, M. E., P. L. King, R. Gellert, et al.. (2013). APXS of First Rocks Encountered by Curiosity in Gale Crater: Geochemical Diversity and Volatile Element (K and ZN) Enrichment. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1278. 4 indexed citations

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Allwood, Abigail C., J. P. Grotzinger, Andrew H. Knoll, et al.. (2009). Controls on development and diversity of Early Archean stromatolites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(24). 9548–9555. 176 indexed citations

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Metz, J. M., et al.. (2008). Sublacustrine Depositional Fans in Melas Chasma. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008.

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Milliken, R. E., J. P. Grotzinger, J. A. Grant, & S. L. Murchie. (2007). Clay Minerals in Holden Crater as Observed by MRO CRISM. LPICo. 1353. 3282. 6 indexed citations

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Milliken, R. E., et al.. (2007). Evidence for Hydrated Phyllosilicates in Holden Crater, Mars Using Hyperspectral CRISM Data. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1913. 4 indexed citations

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Perl, Scott M., S. M. McLennan, J. P. Grotzinger, & K. E. Herkenhoff. (2007). Sedimentological Constraints on an Infiltrating Paleowater Table in the Burns Formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars. LPICo. 1353. 3298.

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Sullivan, R., David A. Fike, M. P. Golombek, et al.. (2004). Aeolian environments observed by the Mars Exploration Rovers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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