Jan Backman

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Jan Backman is a scholar working on Geology, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Backman has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Geology, 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 15 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Jan Backman's work include Geological Studies and Exploration (22 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers). Jan Backman is often cited by papers focused on Geological Studies and Exploration (22 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers). Jan Backman collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. Jan Backman's co-authors include Kathryn Moran, Henk Brinkhuis, Martin Jakobsson, Matt O’Regan, Heiko Pälike, Gerald R. Dickens, Eliana Fornaciari, Rita Catanzariti, Isabella Raffi and Claudia Agnini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Quaternary Science Reviews and Journal of Media Literacy Education.

In The Last Decade

Jan Backman

25 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Backman Sweden 16 1.3k 723 620 464 346 28 1.7k
Stefan Schouten Netherlands 13 1.1k 0.9× 351 0.5× 216 0.3× 715 1.5× 324 0.9× 18 1.6k
Claudia J. Schröder-Adams Canada 23 703 0.5× 288 0.4× 405 0.7× 748 1.6× 457 1.3× 74 1.6k
Erica M. Crouch New Zealand 19 1.4k 1.1× 275 0.4× 238 0.4× 857 1.8× 307 0.9× 35 1.9k
Jenő Nagy Norway 26 990 0.8× 267 0.4× 442 0.7× 762 1.6× 319 0.9× 60 1.6k
Claus Heilmann‐Clausen Denmark 23 1.2k 0.9× 237 0.3× 308 0.5× 797 1.7× 273 0.8× 62 1.7k
Karen L. Bice United States 14 1.1k 0.9× 254 0.4× 180 0.3× 1.0k 2.2× 193 0.6× 22 1.6k
Stijn De Schepper Norway 27 1.5k 1.2× 631 0.9× 260 0.4× 539 1.2× 74 0.2× 64 1.9k
James S Eldrett Netherlands 19 909 0.7× 213 0.3× 221 0.4× 897 1.9× 340 1.0× 38 1.6k
Xinrong Cheng China 25 2.0k 1.6× 777 1.1× 707 1.1× 375 0.8× 95 0.3× 52 2.5k
Hugh E. G. Morgans New Zealand 20 1.1k 0.9× 163 0.2× 248 0.4× 652 1.4× 132 0.4× 46 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Backman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Backman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dickens, Gerald R. & Jan Backman. (2013). Core alignment and composite depth scale for the lower Paleogene through uppermost Cretaceous interval at Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 577. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 46(1). 47–68. 17 indexed citations
2.
Dowdeswell, Julian A., Martin Jakobsson, Kelly Hogan, et al.. (2010). High-resolution geophysical observations of the Yermak Plateau and northern Svalbard margin: implications for ice-sheet grounding and deep-keeled icebergs. Quaternary Science Reviews. 29(25-26). 3518–3531. 54 indexed citations
3.
O’Regan, Matt, Kristen St. John, Kathryn Moran, et al.. (2009). Plio-Pleistocene trends in ice rafted debris on the Lomonosov Ridge. Quaternary International. 219(1-2). 168–176. 36 indexed citations
4.
Backman, Jan & Kathryn Moran. (2009). Expanding the Cenozoic paleoceanographic record in the Central Arctic Ocean: IODP Expedition 302 Synthesis. Open Geosciences. 1(2). 157–175. 43 indexed citations
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Löwemark, Ludvig, Martin Jakobsson, Magnus Mörth, & Jan Backman. (2008). Arctic Ocean Mn contents and Sediment Colour Cycles. 2 indexed citations
6.
Frank, Martin, Jan Backman, Martin Jakobsson, et al.. (2008). Beryllium isotopes in central Arctic Ocean sediments over the past 12.3 million years: Stratigraphic and paleoclimatic implications. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 23(1). 69 indexed citations
7.
O’Regan, Matt, John W. King, Jan Backman, et al.. (2008). Constraints on the Pleistocene chronology of sediments from the Lomonosov Ridge. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 23(1). 102 indexed citations
8.
Moran, Kathryn & Jan Backman. (2007). The Arctic Ocean - So much we still don't know. 52(10). 24–29.
9.
Jakobsson, Martin, Jan Backman, Bert Rudels, et al.. (2007). The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean. Nature. 447(7147). 986–990. 209 indexed citations
10.
Stein, Ruediger, Jan Backman, & Kathryn Moran. (2007). The Arctic Coring Expedition: A Break-through in Arctic Ocean Geoscientific Research. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 47–49. 2 indexed citations
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Sluijs, Appy, Stefan Schouten, Martijn Woltering, et al.. (2006). Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum. Nature. 441(7093). 610–613. 554 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moran, Kathryn & Jan Backman. (2006). The Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX) Recovers a Cenozoic History of the Arctic Ocean. Oceanography. 19(4). 162–167. 3 indexed citations
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Backman, Jan, et al.. (2005). IODP Expedition 302, Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX): A First Look at the Cenozoic Paleoceanography of the Central Arctic Ocean. Scientific Drilling. 1. 12–17. 20 indexed citations
14.
Backman, Jan, Kathryn Moran, Henk Brinkhuis, et al.. (2005). IODP Leg 302 : Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX). 88–91. 1 indexed citations
15.
Backman, Jan & Kate Moran. (2004). Arctic Coring Expedition Palaeoceanographic and Tectonic evolution of the central Arctic Ocean : From Hothouse to Icehouse. 4. 4 indexed citations
16.
Backman, Jan, et al.. (2004). On top of the world with Expedition 302. 7–8. 1 indexed citations
18.
Backman, Jan. (2004). Is the central Arctic Ocean a sediment starved basin?. Quaternary Science Reviews. 23(11-13). 1435–1454. 147 indexed citations
19.
Løvlie, Reidar, Martin Jakobsson, & Jan Backman. (2002). Paleointensity confirms cm-scale sedimentation rates and suggests intervals with non-uniform deposition on the Lomonosov Ridge, central Arctic Ocean. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 2002.
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Backman, Jan, Martin Jakobsson, Reidar Løvlie, & Leonid Polyak. (2002). Rates of Sedimentation in the Central Arctic Ocean. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 2002.

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