James A. Milton

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
109 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

James A. Milton is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Milton has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Geophysics, 33 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in James A. Milton's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (16 papers). James A. Milton is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (16 papers). James A. Milton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. James A. Milton's co-authors include Rex N. Taylor, R.W. Nesbitt, Christopher R. German, Germain Bayon, Nan‐Chin Chu, Kevin W. Burton, Osamu Ishizuka, Clive N. Trueman, Ian W. Croudace and Matthew J. Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

James A. Milton

106 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Hf isotope ratio analysis using multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: an evaluation of isobaric interference corrections

2002 1.1k citations Rex N. Taylor, James A. Milton et al. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry profile →
U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art

2018 299 citations Dirk L. Hoffmann, Christopher D. Standish et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James A. Milton United Kingdom	35	2.2k	912	875	709	697	109	4.9k
Kurt Kyser Canada	41	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	504 0.6×	652 0.9×	2.2k 3.2×	177	5.6k
Roberto Ventura Santos Brazil	36	1.2k 0.5×	564 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	672 0.9×	555 0.8×	139	3.5k
Torsten Vennemann Switzerland	50	3.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.4×	1.9k 2.2×	1.5k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	254	7.2k
V. Valencia United States	45	6.0k 2.7×	2.3k 2.5×	1.0k 1.2×	453 0.6×	458 0.7×	196	7.7k
Kathleen A. Campbell New Zealand	41	1.2k 0.6×	486 0.5×	2.0k 2.3×	872 1.2×	636 0.9×	120	5.3k
Leslie Kinsley Australia	19	1.3k 0.6×	671 0.7×	571 0.7×	440 0.6×	511 0.7×	28	2.9k
Jonathan C. Aitchison Australia	51	6.1k 2.7×	1.5k 1.6×	1.5k 1.7×	683 1.0×	575 0.8×	274	8.9k
Stanley C. Finney United States	22	1.3k 0.6×	442 0.5×	1.3k 1.5×	438 0.6×	408 0.6×	71	4.0k
Philippe Claeys Belgium	39	2.2k 1.0×	419 0.5×	2.9k 3.3×	681 1.0×	820 1.2×	332	6.5k
Pei‐Ling Wang Taiwan	31	1.9k 0.9×	479 0.5×	599 0.7×	658 0.9×	676 1.0×	175	5.4k

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Jonathan, Philip, Derek Keir, Rex N. Taylor, et al.. (2025). Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics. Nature Geoscience. 18(7). 661–669. 2 indexed citations

Standish, Christopher D., et al.. (2025). Matrix independent and interference free in situ boron isotope analysis by laser ablation MC-ICP-MS/MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 40(5). 1309–1322.

Standish, Christopher D., Thomas B. Chalk, Sumeet Mahajan, et al.. (2024). Correlative geochemical imaging of Desmophyllum dianthus reveals biomineralisation strategy as a key coral vital effect. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11121–11121. 4 indexed citations

Pryor, Alexander J.E., György Lengyel, Christopher D. Standish, et al.. (2024). Reindeer prey mobility and seasonal hunting strategies in the late Gravettian mammoth steppe. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 16(8). 4 indexed citations

Standish, Christopher D., Paul Pettitt, Hipólito Collado Giraldo, et al.. (2024). The age of hand stencils in Maltravieso cave (Extremadura, Spain) established by U-Th dating, and its implications for the early development of art. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 61. 104891–104891. 1 indexed citations

Standish, Christopher D., et al.. (2024). 2D geochemical imaging of biogenic marine carbonates using LA-TOF-ICP-MS at 1 and 2 μm pixel resolution. Chemical Geology. 670. 122438–122438. 2 indexed citations

Standish, Christopher D., et al.. (2024). Imaging of boron in altered mantle rocks illuminates progressive serpentinisation episodes. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 29. 20–25. 6 indexed citations

Pryor, Alexander J.E., Carly Ameen, James A. Milton, et al.. (2024). Isotopic biographies reveal horse rearing and trading networks in medieval London. Science Advances. 10(12). eadj5782–eadj5782. 1 indexed citations

Milton, James A., et al.. (2023). Laser ablation mass spectrometry blast through detection in R. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 37(15). e9533–e9533. 2 indexed citations

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Foster, Gavin L., et al.. (2023). The Influence of Geochemical Variation Among Globigerinoides ruber Individuals on Paleoceanographic Reconstructions. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 38(4). 6 indexed citations

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Pike, Alistair, Diego E. Angelucci, Matthew J. Cooper, et al.. (2023). Reconstructing Middle and Upper Paleolithic human mobility in Portuguese Estremadura through laser ablation strontium isotope analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(20). e2204501120–e2204501120. 6 indexed citations

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Łokas, Edyta, et al.. (2021). Temporal variability of Pu signatures in a 210Pb-dated Sphagnum peat profile from the Northern Ural, Russian Federation. Chemosphere. 281. 130962–130962. 9 indexed citations

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Łokas, Edyta, et al.. (2019). Airborne radionuclides and heavy metals in high Arctic terrestrial environment as the indicators of sources and transfers of contamination. The cryosphere. 13(7). 2075–2086. 35 indexed citations

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Standish, Christopher D., Thomas B. Chalk, Tali L. Babila, et al.. (2019). The effect of matrix interferences on in situ boron isotope analysis by laser ablation multi‐collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 33(10). 959–968. 29 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Dirk L., Christopher D. Standish, Marcos García-Diez, et al.. (2018). U-Th dating of carbonate crusts reveals Neandertal origin of Iberian cave art. Science. 359(6378). 912–915. 299 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arockiaraj, Jesu, Annie J. Gnanam, M. Dhanaraj, et al.. (2013). Macrobrachium rosenbergii cathepsin L: Molecular characterization and gene expression in response to viral and bacterial infections. Microbiological Research. 168(9). 569–579. 48 indexed citations

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Demény, Attila, Torsten Vennemann, Z. Homonnay, et al.. (2005). Origin of amphibole megacrysts in the Pliocene-Pleistocene basalts of the Carpathian-Pannonian region. Geologica Carpathica. 56(2). 179–189. 13 indexed citations

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Croudace, Ian W., Thorsten Warneke, Phillip E. Warwick, Rex N. Taylor, & James A. Milton. (2003). High precision Pu isotope ratio measurements using MC-ICPMS. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Demény, Attila, Torsten Vennemann, E. Hegner, et al.. (2002). Trace element and isotopic evidence for subduction-related carbonate-silicate melts in mantle xenoliths from the Pannonian Basin, Hungary. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations

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Croudace, Ian W., et al.. (1998). Borate fusion followed by ion-exchange/extraction chromatography for the rapid determination of Pu and U in environmental materials. 9(3). 1 indexed citations

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