John Chappell

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

John Chappell is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Chappell has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Geology and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John Chappell's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (11 papers) and Geological formations and processes (8 papers). John Chappell is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (11 papers) and Geological formations and processes (8 papers). John Chappell collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Japan and United Kingdom. John Chappell's co-authors include Malcolm T. McCulloch, Brad Pillans, Toshiyuki Fujioka, T. M. Esat, Akio Omura, Henry Polach, E. Wallensky, B. G. Thom, Eugene G. Rhodes and Bridget Ayling and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

John Chappell

38 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Geology of Coral Terraces, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea: A Study of Quaternary Tectonic Movements and Sea-Level Changes

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Chappell Australia	21	1.4k	766	633	383	305	40	2.1k
Barney J. Szabo United States	24	1.5k 1.1×	594 0.8×	615 1.0×	342 0.9×	246 0.8×	44	2.1k
Lionel Carter New Zealand	37	2.5k 1.8×	1.1k 1.4×	967 1.5×	490 1.3×	611 2.0×	87	3.3k
Wahyoe S. Hantoro Indonesia	25	1.9k 1.3×	842 1.1×	640 1.0×	245 0.6×	611 2.0×	53	2.7k
M. S. Cook United States	17	1.9k 1.3×	837 1.1×	443 0.7×	385 1.0×	498 1.6×	26	2.3k
Tadamichi Oba Japan	29	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 2.0×	494 0.8×	341 0.9×	630 2.1×	72	2.7k
Christopher M. Moy New Zealand	17	2.2k 1.6×	826 1.1×	652 1.0×	426 1.1×	267 0.9×	32	2.5k
Hiroyuki Kitagawa Japan	30	2.3k 1.6×	853 1.1×	521 0.8×	898 2.3×	374 1.2×	84	3.0k
Helen L Neil New Zealand	33	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	571 0.9×	274 0.7×	732 2.4×	73	2.4k
Francis Rougerie French Polynesia	12	1.1k 0.8×	887 1.2×	401 0.6×	283 0.7×	533 1.7×	33	1.9k
Frank R. Rack United States	11	2.2k 1.5×	656 0.9×	647 1.0×	696 1.8×	367 1.2×	29	2.6k

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Fujioka, Toshiyuki & John Chappell. (2010). History of Australian aridity: chronology in the evolution of arid landscapes. Geological Society London Special Publications. 346(1). 121–139. 84 indexed citations

Elliot, Mary, Ken I. Welsh, Colin P. Chilcott, et al.. (2009). Profiles of trace elements and stable isotopes derived from giant long-lived Tridacna gigas bivalves: Potential applications in paleoclimate studies. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 280(1-2). 132–142. 139 indexed citations

Welsh, Ken I., Mary Elliot, & John Chappell. (2005). Probing the Climate of the Western Pacific Warm Pool During a Perturbed Thermohaline Circulation (10-60 Ka) Using Oxygen Isotopes From Long Lived Fossil Bivalves. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

Chappell, John & W. E. Dietrich. (2003). Holocene Evolution of the Middle Fly River, Papua New Guinea. AGUFM. 2003. 2 indexed citations

O’Connor, Sue & John Chappell. (2003). Colonisation and coastal subsistence in Australia and Papua New Guinea: different timing, different modes. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 28 indexed citations

McGregor, Helen, et al.. (2002). Abrupt shift in mid-Holocene climate in the Western Pacific Warm Pool. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 66. 1 indexed citations

Chappell, John. (2002). Justus D. Doenecke. Storm on the Horizon: The Challenge to American Intervention, 1939–1941. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield. 2000. Pp. xix, 551. $39.95. The American Historical Review. 107(5). 1579–1580.

Chappell, John. (2001). Geomorphology and Holocene geology of coastal and estuarine plains of northern Australia. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 4 indexed citations

Chappell, John, et al.. (2001). Cyclone frequency during the last 5000 years at Curacoa Island, north Queensland, Australia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 168(3-4). 207–219. 84 indexed citations

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English, Peter M, et al.. (2001). Lake Lewis basin, central Australia: environmental evolution and OSL chronology. Quaternary International. 83-85. 81–101. 66 indexed citations

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Chappell, John, et al.. (1999). Dr. Strangelove's America: Society and Culture in the Atomic Age. The American Historical Review. 104(3). 951–951.

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Chappell, John. (1998). Jive talking. Nature. 394(6689). 130–131. 11 indexed citations

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Chappell, John. (1998). Decoupling post-glacial tectonism and eutasy at Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 146. 31–40. 8 indexed citations

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Chappell, John, John Head, & John Magee. (1996). Beyond the radiocarbon limit in Australian archaeology and Quaternary research. Antiquity. 70(269). 543–552. 74 indexed citations

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Chappell, John, et al.. (1995). High (ground) water levels and dune development in central Australia: TL dates from gypsum and quartz dunes around Lake Lewis (Napperby), Northern Territory. Geomorphology. 11(4). 311–322. 24 indexed citations

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Zhu, Z. R., John F. Marshall, & John Chappell. (1994). Effects of differential tectonic uplift on Late Quaternary coral reef diagenesis, Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 41(5). 463–474. 4 indexed citations

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Aharon, Paul, John Chappell, & W. Compston. (1980). Stable isotope and sea-level data from New Guinea supports Antarctic ice-surge theory of ice ages. Nature. 283(5748). 649–651. 71 indexed citations

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Chappell, John, et al.. (1975). HOLOCENE SEA LEVELS RELATIVE TO AUSTRALIA.. 146 indexed citations

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Chappell, John. (1974). The Geomorphology and Evolution of Small Valleys in Dated Coral Reef Terraces, New Guinea. The Journal of Geology. 82(6). 795–812. 10 indexed citations

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Chappell, John & Henry Polach. (1972). Some Effects of Partial Recrystallisation on 14C dating Late Pleistocene Corals and Molluscs. Quaternary Research. 2(2). 244–252. 64 indexed citations

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