Jay B. Thomas

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Jay B. Thomas is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jay B. Thomas has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Geophysics, 15 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 9 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Jay B. Thomas's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (39 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (31 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). Jay B. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (39 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (31 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). Jay B. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Jay B. Thomas's co-authors include E. Bruce Watson, D. A. Wark, Frank S. Spear, Saroj K. Nayak, Antonio Lanzirotti, Philip Shemella, Robert J. Bodnar, D. J. Cherniak, A. K. Sinha and Nobumichi Shimizu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Jay B. Thomas

63 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Crystallization thermometers for zircon and rutile

2006 1.5k citations E. Bruce Watson, D. A. Wark et al. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology profile →
TitaniQ under pressure: the effect of pressure and temperature on the solubility of Ti in quartz

2010 399 citations Jay B. Thomas, E. Bruce Watson et al. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jay B. Thomas United States	23	3.2k	1.2k	364	274	209	65	3.5k
Jonathan D. Blundy United Kingdom	28	5.1k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	452 1.2×	355 1.3×	141 0.7×	42	5.3k
Yan Liang United States	41	3.5k 1.1×	609 0.5×	354 1.0×	343 1.3×	353 1.7×	109	4.4k
Ming Tang China	26	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	573 1.6×	214 0.8×	146 0.7×	81	3.1k
Zoltán Zajacz Switzerland	32	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	491 1.3×	123 0.4×	189 0.9×	87	3.3k
Ralf Dohmen Germany	32	3.1k 1.0×	704 0.6×	366 1.0×	369 1.3×	228 1.1×	75	3.7k
Dieter Rhede Germany	31	2.9k 0.9×	971 0.8×	792 2.2×	205 0.7×	278 1.3×	121	3.4k
Ilya V. Veksler Germany	29	3.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	674 1.9×	172 0.6×	117 0.6×	73	3.3k
Roman Botcharnikov Germany	37	3.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	510 1.4×	224 0.8×	143 0.7×	95	4.1k
Stefano Poli Italy	34	5.2k 1.6×	840 0.7×	354 1.0×	261 1.0×	201 1.0×	82	5.5k
James E. Mungall Canada	37	4.2k 1.3×	2.5k 2.2×	648 1.8×	149 0.5×	126 0.6×	91	4.6k

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Spear, Frank S., et al.. (2024). P–T Evolution of the Cyclades Blueschist Unit: Constraints on the Evolution of a Nascent Subduction System From Zr‐In‐Rutile (ZiR) and Quartz‐In‐Garnet (QuiG) Thermobarometry. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(4). 3 indexed citations

Thomas, Jay B., et al.. (2024). Re-equilibration of quartz inclusions in garnet. European Journal of Mineralogy. 36(4). 581–597. 4 indexed citations

Thomas, Jay B., et al.. (2024). First evaluation of stiff-in-soft host–inclusion systems: experimental synthesis of zircon inclusions in quartz crystals. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 179(2). 3 indexed citations

Kośmińska, Karolina, William C. McClelland, Jarosław Majka, et al.. (2023). Monazite in the eclogite and blueschist of the Svalbard Caledonides: its origin and forming-reactions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 178(9). 4 indexed citations

Petrelli, Mattia, Luca Caricchi, Diego Perugini, et al.. (2019). Extended and improved Ti-in-quartz solubility model. AGUFM. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Gabitov, R. I., C. Borrelli, Brenda L. Kirkland, et al.. (2019). Characterization of Carbonate Crust from a Recently Discovered Methane Seep on the North Atlantic Continental Margin of the USA. Minerals. 9(3). 138–138. 3 indexed citations

Nachlas, William O. & Jay B. Thomas. (2018). ALUMINUM SOLUBILITY IN QUARTZ AND APPLICATION OF THE SINGLE MINERAL CROSSING ISOPLETHS METHOD. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 2 indexed citations

Kronenberg, A. K., et al.. (2017). Synchrotron FTIR imaging of OH in quartz mylonites. Solid Earth. 8(5). 1025–1045. 15 indexed citations

Kronenberg, A. K., et al.. (2014). FTIR Maps and Spatial Distributions of OH in Caledonide and Himalayan Shear Zones: Implications for Dislocation Creep and Water Weakening. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Law, Richard D., et al.. (2013). Quartz fabric-based deformation thermometry: examples of its application, relationships to petrology-based PT paths, and potential problems. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Jay B., Frank S. Spear, & Laura E. Webb. (2012). Experimental study of titanium-in-coesite solubility. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Leeman, William P., Colin M. MacRae, Nick Wilson, et al.. (2012). A Study of Cathodoluminescence and Trace Element Compositional Zoning in Natural Quartz from Volcanic Rocks: Mapping Titanium Content in Quartz. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 18(6). 1322–1341. 62 indexed citations

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Thomas, Jay B., et al.. (2009). Grain boundary diffusion in dry quartzites using the dispersed ‘sink’ method: sequestration of diffusant in near-source sink minerals. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Trail, Dustin, Jay B. Thomas, & E. Bruce Watson. (2009). OH in zircon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Jay B. & Brian L. Watson. (2008). TitaniQ Under Pressure: Assessing the Effect of Pressure on the Ti-in-Quartz Geothermometer. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 2 indexed citations

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Kelley, S. P., Ethan F. Baxter, D. J. Cherniak, et al.. (2008). Two diffusion mechanisms for Argon in K-feldspar?. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 72(12). 1 indexed citations

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Watson, E. Bruce, Jay B. Thomas, & Daniele J. Cherniak. (2007). 40Ar retention in the terrestrial planets. Nature. 449(7160). 299–304. 37 indexed citations

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Clay, P. L., Ethan F. Baxter, E. Bruce Watson, et al.. (2006). Multi-path Diffusion: Implications for the Measurement of Ar Solubility and Partitioning Between Quartz and Feldspar. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 2 indexed citations

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Watson, E. Bruce, et al.. (2006). New crystallization thermometers for zircon, rutile and sphene; calibrations, diffusion considerations, and applications. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. 38(2). 5. 5 indexed citations

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Thomas, Jay B., Robert J. Bodnar, & N. Shimizu. (2001). Melt Inclusions in Zircon: Microautoclaves for Determination of Trace Element Partition Coefficients. 3480. 1 indexed citations

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