James S. Beard

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

James S. Beard is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, James S. Beard has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Geophysics, 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 8 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in James S. Beard's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (42 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (17 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (17 papers). James S. Beard is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (42 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (17 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (17 papers). James S. Beard collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. James S. Beard's co-authors include Carol D. Frost, Alberto E. Patiño Douce, G. E. Lofgren, Paul C. Ragland, M. L. Crawford, Laurence Hopkinson, Roger L. Nielsen, Andrew McCaig, Robert J. Bodnar and Andrea Borgia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

James S. Beard

48 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

On Silica Activity and Serpentinization 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. On Silica Activity and Serpentinization
    2007 438 citations Carol D. Frost, James S. Beard Journal of Petrology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James S. Beard United States 25 2.7k 916 407 193 155 48 2.9k
Georges Ceuleneer France 35 3.0k 1.1× 493 0.5× 225 0.6× 183 0.9× 142 0.9× 83 3.4k
Nicholas H.S. Oliver Australia 32 2.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.6× 536 1.3× 392 2.0× 193 1.2× 95 3.0k
Stuart F. Simmons New Zealand 24 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 402 1.0× 323 1.7× 96 0.6× 52 2.3k
Philippe Boulvais France 32 2.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 561 1.4× 192 1.0× 270 1.7× 129 3.2k
Agnes G. Reyes New Zealand 17 1.3k 0.5× 559 0.6× 315 0.8× 219 1.1× 67 0.4× 28 1.7k
Françoise Boudier France 33 3.8k 1.4× 475 0.5× 180 0.4× 263 1.4× 154 1.0× 74 4.0k
Hubert Whitechurch France 26 2.8k 1.1× 874 1.0× 219 0.5× 177 0.9× 206 1.3× 56 3.2k
Marco Scambelluri Italy 49 5.7k 2.1× 890 1.0× 684 1.7× 365 1.9× 230 1.5× 118 6.0k
Philip M. Bethke United States 17 1.3k 0.5× 887 1.0× 390 1.0× 257 1.3× 123 0.8× 36 1.8k
Richard M. Tosdal Canada 30 2.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.9× 378 0.9× 148 0.8× 252 1.6× 85 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James S. Beard

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James S. Beard

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Beard, James S., Christopher J. Potter, Robert J. Bodnar, et al.. (2022). The Coles Hill Uranium Deposit, Virginia, USA: Geology, Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Genetic Model. Economic Geology. 117(2). 273–304. 5 indexed citations
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Neymark, Leonid A., et al.. (2021). Use of high-U hydrothermal apatite containing excess 206Pb to constrain the age of uranium mineralization at the Coles Hill deposit, Virginia, USA. Chemical Geology. 584. 120509–120509. 1 indexed citations
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Neymark, Leonid A., et al.. (2019). GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE COLES HILL URANIUM DEPOSIT AND PORTIONS OF THE BROOKNEAL SHEAR ZONE, SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations
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Schwarzenbach, Esther M., Mark J. Caddick, James S. Beard, & Robert J. Bodnar. (2015). Serpentinization, element transfer, and the progressive development of zoning in veins: evidence from a partially serpentinized harzburgite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 171(1). 50 indexed citations
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Schwarzenbach, Esther M., James S. Beard, & Mark J. Caddick. (2013). Element transport in veins during serpentinization. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Tappa, Michael J., Robert A. Ayuso, Robert J. Bodnar, et al.. (2013). AGE OF HOST ROCKS AT THE COLES HILL URANIUM DEPOSIT, PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, BASED ON ZIRCON U-Pb GEOCHRONOLOGY. Economic Geology. 109(2). 513–530. 18 indexed citations
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Frost, Carol D., et al.. (2013). The process of serpentinization in dunite from New Caledonia. Lithos. 178. 24–39. 116 indexed citations
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Liutkus-Pierce, Cynthia M., James S. Beard, Nicholas C. Fraser, & Paul C. Ragland. (2010). Use of fine-scale stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy to evaluate conditions of deposition and preservation of a Triassic Lagerstätte, south-central Virginia. Journal of Paleolimnology. 44(2). 645–666. 17 indexed citations
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Beard, James S., Carol D. Frost, P. Fryer, et al.. (2009). Onset and Progression of Serpentinization and Magnetite Formation in Olivine-rich Troctolite from IODP Hole U1309D. Journal of Petrology. 50(3). 387–403. 168 indexed citations
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Beard, James S.. (2008). Crystal-Melt Separation and the Development of Isotopic Heterogeneities in Hybrid Magmas. Journal of Petrology. 49(5). 1027–1041. 24 indexed citations
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Frost, Carol D., James S. Beard, Michael Abratis, et al.. (2005). Importance of Silica Activity to the Serpentinization Processes: Insights From Microrodingites in IODP Hole U1309D.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 2 indexed citations
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Beard, James S., Paul C. Ragland, & M. L. Crawford. (2005). Reactive bulk assimilation: A model for crust-mantle mixing in silicic magmas. Geology. 33(8). 681–681. 63 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Roger L. & James S. Beard. (2000). Magnetite–melt HFSE partitioning. Chemical Geology. 164(1-2). 21–34. 92 indexed citations
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Douce, Alberto E. Patiño & James S. Beard. (1996). Effects of P , f (O2) and Mg/Fe Ratio on Dehydration Melting of Model Metagreywackes. Journal of Petrology. 37(5). 999–1024. 321 indexed citations
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Beard, James S.. (1995). Experimental, geological, and geochemical constraints on the origins of low‐K silicic magmas in oceanic arcs. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(B8). 15593–15600. 60 indexed citations
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Douce, Alberto E. Patiño & James S. Beard. (1994). H2O loss from hydrous melts during fluid-absent piston cylinder experiments. American Mineralogist. 79. 585–588. 49 indexed citations
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Beard, James S. & Howard W. Day. (1986). Origin of gabbro pegmatite in the Smartville intrusive complex, northern Sierra Nevada, California. American Mineralogist. 71. 1085–1099. 17 indexed citations

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