John A. Westgate

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

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John A. Westgate is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Westgate has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Atmospheric Science, 74 papers in Geophysics and 26 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in John A. Westgate's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (113 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (73 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (26 papers). John A. Westgate is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (113 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (73 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (26 papers). John A. Westgate collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. John A. Westgate's co-authors include Nicholas J.G. Pearce, William T. Perkins, Michael P. Gorton, Simon Chenery, C. R. Neal, Simon E. Jackson, Shari J. Preece, Brent V. Alloway, Phil Shane and Duane Froese and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

John A. Westgate

136 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

A Compilation of New and Published Major and Trace Element Data for NIST SRM 610 and NIST SRM 612 Glass Reference Materials

1997 2.4k citations Nicholas J.G. Pearce, John A. Westgate et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John A. Westgate Canada	46	4.2k	3.9k	1.4k	1.3k	799	137	7.5k
Nicholas J.G. Pearce United Kingdom	48	3.3k 0.8×	4.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	726 0.9×	150	7.9k
K. R. Ludwig United States	38	3.3k 0.8×	5.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	900 1.1×	101	8.5k
Brad S. Singer United States	61	5.4k 1.3×	6.8k 1.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.8×	295	11.1k
Igor M. Villa Switzerland	59	2.8k 0.7×	8.2k 2.1×	2.2k 1.6×	1.6k 1.2×	976 1.2×	283	11.5k
Harald Furnes Norway	52	2.3k 0.5×	6.0k 1.6×	2.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	770 1.0×	169	8.7k
Phil Shane New Zealand	43	3.1k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	694 0.5×	788 0.6×	570 0.7×	126	5.0k
D. P. Mattey United Kingdom	49	2.2k 0.5×	4.0k 1.0×	769 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	103	6.3k
Mark D. Kurz United States	58	4.0k 1.0×	7.8k 2.0×	867 0.6×	461 0.4×	480 0.6×	173	10.0k
J.R. Wijbrans Netherlands	53	2.7k 0.6×	7.7k 2.0×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	723 0.9×	207	9.2k
Christian Koeberl Austria	61	6.0k 1.4×	6.3k 1.6×	917 0.6×	2.3k 1.8×	528 0.7×	643	12.9k

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Wolfe, Alexander P., Alberto V. Reyes, Dana L. Royer, et al.. (2017). Middle Eocene CO₂and climate reconstructed from the sediment fill of a subarctic kimberlite maar. Geology. 45(7). 619–622. 33 indexed citations

Pearce, Nicholas J.G., et al.. (2014). Individual glass shard trace element analyses confirm that all known Toba tephra reported from India is from the c. 75‐ka Youngest Toba eruption. Journal of Quaternary Science. 29(8). 729–734. 32 indexed citations

Royer, Dana L., et al.. (2011). Declining atmospheric CO2 during the late Middle Eocene climate transition. American Journal of Science. 311(1). 63–75. 65 indexed citations

Jensen, Britta J.L., Shari J. Preece, Michel Lamothe, et al.. (2011). The variegated (VT) tephra: A new regional marker for middle to late marine isotope stage 5 across Yukon and Alaska. Quaternary International. 246(1-2). 312–323. 26 indexed citations

Pearce, Nicholas J.G., et al.. (2008). Comment on “Some numerical considerations in the geochemical analysis of distal microtephra” by A.M. Pollard, S.P.E. Blockley and C.S. Lane. Applied Geochemistry. 23(5). 1353–1364. 39 indexed citations

Froese, Duane, John A. Westgate, Alberto V. Reyes, Randolph J. Enkin, & Shari J. Preece. (2008). Ancient Permafrost and a Future, Warmer Arctic. Science. 321(5896). 1648–1648. 102 indexed citations

Pillans, Brad, Brent V. Alloway, T. Naish, et al.. (2005). Silicic tephras in Pleistocene shallow‐marine sediments of Wanganui Basin, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 35(1-2). 43–90. 55 indexed citations

Carter, Lionel, Brent V. Alloway, Phil Shane, & John A. Westgate. (2004). Deep‐ocean record of major late Cenozoic rhyolitic eruptions from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 47(3). 481–500. 57 indexed citations

Beu, Alan G., Brent V. Alloway, Brad Pillans, T. Naish, & John A. Westgate. (2004). Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm‐water and cool‐water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 34(2). 111–265. 72 indexed citations

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Alloway, Brent V., et al.. (2004). Stratigraphy, age and correlation of middle Pleistocene silicic tephras in the Auckland region, New Zealand: A prolific distal record of Taupo Volcanic Zone volcanism. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 47(3). 447–479. 41 indexed citations

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Matthews, John, et al.. (2003). Stratigraphy, fossils, and age of sediments at the upper pit of the Lost Chicken gold mine: new information on the late Pliocene environment of east central Alaska. Quaternary Research. 60(1). 9–18. 26 indexed citations

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Froese, Duane, John A. Westgate, Shari J. Preece, & John E. Storer. (2002). Age and significance of the Late Pleistocene Dawson tephra in eastern Beringia. Quaternary Science Reviews. 21(20-22). 2137–2142. 40 indexed citations

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Shane, Phil, et al.. (1998). Late Miocene marine tephra beds: Recorders of rhyolitic volcanism in North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 41(2). 165–178. 25 indexed citations

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Westgate, John A., et al.. (1993). Optimizing the isothermal plateau fission-track dating method for volcanic glass shards. Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements. 21(4). 479–488. 31 indexed citations

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Westgate, John A., et al.. (1992). Preface. Quaternary International. 13-14. 5–5. 3 indexed citations

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Alloway, Brent V., et al.. (1992). Isothermal plateau fission‐track age and revised distribution of the widespread mid‐Pleistocene rockland tephra in west‐central United States. Geophysical Research Letters. 19(6). 569–572. 13 indexed citations

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Walter, Robert C., et al.. (1985). Geochemical and temporal patterns of felsic volcanism in Ethiopia. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17. 4 indexed citations

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Westgate, John A. & Michael Evans. (1978). Compositional variability of Glacier Peak tephra and its stratigraphic significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 15(10). 1554–1567. 42 indexed citations

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Westgate, John A. & Aleksis Dreimanis. (1967). THE PLEISTOCENE SEQUENCE AT ZORRA, SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 4(6). 1127–1143. 9 indexed citations

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Westgate, John A.. (1965). THE PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE FOREMOST-CYPRESS HILLS AREA, ALBERTA. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology. 13(2). 353–354. 6 indexed citations

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