Jan Zalasiewicz

17.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
206 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Zalasiewicz is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Zalasiewicz has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Atmospheric Science, 98 papers in Paleontology and 44 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Jan Zalasiewicz's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (110 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (90 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (40 papers). Jan Zalasiewicz is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (110 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (90 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (40 papers). Jan Zalasiewicz collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Jan Zalasiewicz's co-authors include Mark Williams, Colin N. Waters, Will Steffen, Paul J. Crutzen, Michael A. Ellis, Alan M. Haywood, A. E. Milodowski, Steve Mathers, Colin Summerhayes and Anthony D. Barnosky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Jan Zalasiewicz

197 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship

2011 905 citations Will Steffen, Åsa Persson et al. AMBIO profile →
The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

2016 547 citations Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters et al. profile →

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Discarded 2025 ·Sarah E. Gabbott, Jan Zalasiewicz	0
2	The future extent of the Anthropocene epoch: A synthesis 2024 ·Global and Planetary Change ·Colin Summerhayes, Jan Zalasiewicz, Martin J. Head, James P. M. Syvitski, Anthony D. Barnosky, Alejandro Cearreta, Barbara Fiałkiewicz-Kozieł, Jacques Grinevald, Reinhold Leinfelder, Francine M.G. McCarthy, John McNeill, Yoshiki Saito, Michael Wagreich, Colin N. Waters, Mark Williams, Jens Zinke	12
3	Evidence and experiment: Curating contexts of Anthropocene geology 2023 ·The Anthropocene Review ·(unknown), (unknown), Simon Turner, Colin N. Waters, Martin J. Head, Jan Zalasiewicz, (unknown), Jürgen Renn, (unknown), (unknown)	8
4	The San Francisco Estuary, USA as a reference section for the Anthropocene series 2023 ·The Anthropocene Review ·(unknown), Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters, Mary McGann, Richard England, Bruce E. Jaffe, Arnoud Boom, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Juan Carlos Berrío, (unknown), Ian P. Wilkinson, Neil L. Rose, P. Gaca, Andrew B. Cundy	5
5	The Anthropocene as an epoch is distinct from all other concepts known by this term: a reply to Swindles et al. (2023) 2023 ·Journal of Quaternary Science ·Martin J. Head, Colin N. Waters, Jan Zalasiewicz, Anthony D. Barnosky, Simon Turner, Alejandro Cearreta, Reinhold Leinfelder, Francine M.G. McCarthy, Daniel D. Richter, Neil L. Rose, Yoshiki Saito, Davor Vidas, Michael Wagreich, Yongming Han, Colin Summerhayes, Mark Williams, Jens Zinke	9
6	Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch 2020 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·James P. M. Syvitski, Colin N. Waters, John W. Day, John D. Milliman, Colin Summerhayes, Will Steffen, Jan Zalasiewicz, Alejandro Cearreta, Agnieszka Gałuszka, Irka Hajdas, Martin J. Head, Reinhold Leinfelder, John McNeill, Clément Poirier, Neil L. Rose, William Shotyk, Michael Wagreich, Mark Williams	131
7	The anthropocene as a geological time unit : a guide to the scientific evidence and current debate 2019 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters, Mark Williams, Colin Summerhayes	75
8	Invasive mollusc faunas of the River Thames exemplify biostratigraphical characterization of the Anthropocene 2019 ·Lethaia ·(unknown), (unknown), David C. Aldridge, Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz	5
9	Evolutionary significance of the retiolitine Gothograptus (Graptolithina) with four new species from the Silurian of the East European Platform (Baltica), Poland and Lithuania 2019 ·Zootaxa ·Anna Kozłowska, Denis E. B. Bates, Jan Zalasiewicz, Sigitas Radzevičius	8
10	Anthropocène : Burtynsky, Baichwal, De Pencier 2018 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Colin N. Waters, Jan Zalasiewicz	1
11	Pervasive near-surface stratal disruption in an accretionary prism setting: Kaczawa Complex, SW Poland 2016 ·Geological Magazine ·(unknown), Jan Zalasiewicz, Ryszard Kryza	2
12	Marine Ostracod Provinciality in the Late Ordovician of Palaeocontinental Laurentia and Its Environmental and Geographical Expression 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Mark Williams, Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke, Koen Sabbe, Jan Zalasiewicz	12
13	An Early Cambrian Hemichordate Zooid 2011 ·Current Biology ·Xianguang Hou, Richard J. Aldridge, (unknown), Derek J. Siveter, Mark Williams, Jan Zalasiewicz, Xiaoya Ma	35
14	The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship breakdown → 2011 ·AMBIO ·Will Steffen, Åsa Persson, Lisa Deutsch, Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams, Katherine Richardson, Carole L. Crumley, Paul J. Crutzen, Carl Folke, Line Gordon, Mario J. Molina, V. Ramanathan, Johan Rockström, Marten Scheffer, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Uno Svedin	905
15	Early Pliocene Weddell Sea seasonality determined from bryozoans 2010 ·Stratigraphy ·(unknown), Mark Williams, Beth Okamura, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul D. Taylor, Melanie J. Leng, Jan Zalasiewicz, Alan M. Haywood	13
16	Submission of Hartfell Score (south Scotland) as a GSSP for the base of the middle stage of the Upper Ordovician Series 2004 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Jan Zalasiewicz, A. W. A. Rushton, Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke, Jacques Verniers, P. Stone, James D. Floyd	6
17	In situ growth of monazite in anchizonal to epizonal mudrocks: first record from the Variscan accretionary prism of the Kaczawa Mountains, West Sudetes, SW Poland 2004 ·Geologia Sudetica ·Ryszard Kryza, Jan Zalasiewicz, Norman Charnley	9
18	A new approach to dating slate: Ar-Ar laserprobe analysis of strain fringes in the Welsh Basin slate belt, UK 2003 ·EAEJA ·Sarah C. Sherlock, S. P. Kelley, Jan Zalasiewicz, David I. Schofield, Jane Evans, R. J. Merriman, Simon J. Kemp	1
19	Holocene Sedimentary Architecture of the Red River Delta, Vietnam 1999 ·Journal of Coastal Research ·Steve Mathers, Jan Zalasiewicz	76
20	Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Red Crag and Norwich Crag formations between Aldeburgh and Sizewell, Suffolk, England 1988 ·Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Jan Zalasiewicz, Steve Mathers, (unknown), Philip L. Gibbard, Sylvia M. Peglar, Rex Harland, Robert A. Nicholson, G. S. Boulton, (unknown), Gary Wealthall	35

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