John Cliff

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

John Cliff is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cliff has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Geophysics, 18 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in John Cliff's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (16 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (14 papers). John Cliff is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (16 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (14 papers). John Cliff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. John Cliff's co-authors include Matt R. Kilburn, Martin Saunders, David Wacey, Martin D. Brasier, Peta L. Clode, Daniel V. Murphy, John Bargar, Sharon Bone, Елена Белоусова and Lucia Fuchslueger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John Cliff

89 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Exploring the transfer of recent plant photosynthates to ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Exploring the transfer of recent plant photosynthates to soil microbes: mycorrhizal pathway vs direct root exudation
    2014 347 citations Christina Kaiser, Matt R. Kilburn et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Cliff United States 36 1.5k 714 556 522 492 91 4.3k
Wei Yang China 43 2.7k 1.8× 695 1.0× 579 1.0× 481 0.9× 840 1.7× 230 5.7k
Weiqiang Li China 38 1.3k 0.9× 439 0.6× 340 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 1.4k 2.9× 216 4.2k
Jan Jehlička Czechia 39 569 0.4× 428 0.6× 489 0.9× 342 0.7× 630 1.3× 169 5.1k
Martin Rösner Germany 24 1.1k 0.7× 267 0.4× 608 1.1× 399 0.8× 770 1.6× 71 2.8k
James M.D. Day United States 54 4.7k 3.0× 720 1.0× 941 1.7× 433 0.8× 644 1.3× 273 7.8k
Dominic Papineau United Kingdom 30 1.0k 0.7× 309 0.4× 448 0.8× 1.8k 3.5× 1.2k 2.5× 85 3.7k
Peter Deines United States 41 2.7k 1.7× 446 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 719 1.4× 769 1.6× 89 5.8k
Simon C. George Australia 40 517 0.3× 747 1.0× 318 0.6× 929 1.8× 502 1.0× 214 4.9k
Sylvain Bernard France 36 684 0.4× 194 0.3× 403 0.7× 821 1.6× 501 1.0× 125 4.7k
Jorge E. Spangenberg Switzerland 47 2.0k 1.3× 602 0.8× 1.1k 2.0× 3.0k 5.7× 1.5k 3.0× 255 7.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Cliff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Cliff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Cliff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Cliff based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Cliff. John Cliff is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cliff, John, J. K. CRANDALL, Jeremy Bougoure, et al.. (2025). Comparing Raman and NanoSIMS for heavy water labeling of single cells. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(7). e0165924–e0165924. 3 indexed citations
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Gothmann, Anne M., Jerry Daniel, John Cliff, et al.. (2025). NanoSIMS mapping of skeletal organic matrix relative to aragonite formation in a scleractinian cold-water coral. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 408. 116–131.
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Aufrecht, Jayde A., Amy Zimmerman, Young‐Mo Kim, et al.. (2024). Dynamic nitrogen fixation in an aerobic endophyte of Populus. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 6 indexed citations
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Jay, Zackary J., John Cliff, Frederik Schulz, et al.. (2024). Multicellular magnetotactic bacteria are genetically heterogeneous consortia with metabolically differentiated cells. PLoS Biology. 22(7). e3002638–e3002638. 8 indexed citations
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Engel, Maya, Vincent Noël, Libor Kovařík, et al.. (2023). Structure and composition of natural ferrihydrite nano-colloids in anoxic groundwater. Water Research. 238. 119990–119990. 14 indexed citations
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Hansen, R. F., Mark Engelhard, Sarah Burton, et al.. (2023). Reaction of Organic Matter with Nitronium Ion as a Source of Organic Nitrate Esters in Proxies for Organic Aerosols. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 7(9). 1727–1738. 4 indexed citations
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Cliff, John, et al.. (2022). Correlative SIP-FISH-Raman-SEM-NanoSIMS links identity, morphology, biochemistry, and physiology of environmental microbes. ISME Communications. 2(1). 52–52. 28 indexed citations
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Boiteau, Rene, Ravi Kukkadapu, John Cliff, et al.. (2020). Calcareous organic matter coatings sequester siderophores in alkaline soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 724. 138250–138250. 23 indexed citations
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Brislawn, Colin, Emily Graham, Karl Dana, et al.. (2019). Forfeiting the priority effect: turnover defines biofilm community succession. The ISME Journal. 13(7). 1865–1877. 96 indexed citations
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Vasdekis, Andreas E., Andrew M. Silverman, Christopher J. Williams, et al.. (2019). Eliciting the impacts of cellular noise on metabolic trade-offs by quantitative mass imaging. Nature Communications. 10(1). 848–848. 26 indexed citations
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Taylor, Sandra D., Libor Kovařík, John Cliff, & Kevin M. Rosso. (2019). Facet-selective adsorption of Fe(ii) on hematite visualized by nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry. Environmental Science Nano. 6(8). 2429–2440. 10 indexed citations
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China, Swarup, Susannah M. Burrows, Bingbing Wang, et al.. (2018). Fungal spores as a source of sodium salt particles in the Amazon basin. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4793–4793. 36 indexed citations
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Proetto, Maria T., Cassandra E. Callmann, John Cliff, et al.. (2018). Tumor Retention of Enzyme-Responsive Pt(II) Drug-Loaded Nanoparticles Imaged by Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Fluorescence Microscopy. ACS Central Science. 4(11). 1477–1484. 42 indexed citations
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Cliff, John, et al.. (2017). The effects of trace element content on pyrite oxidation rates. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 2 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Christina, Matt R. Kilburn, Peta L. Clode, et al.. (2014). Exploring the transfer of recent plant photosynthates to soil microbes: mycorrhizal pathway vs direct root exudation. New Phytologist. 205(4). 1537–1551. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chew, Yi Vee, Andrew Holmes, & John Cliff. (2014). Visualization of Metabolic Properties of Bacterial Cells Using Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS). Methods in molecular biology. 1096. 133–146. 4 indexed citations
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Wacey, David, Matt R. Kilburn, Martin Saunders, et al.. (2014). Uncovering framboidal pyrite biogenicity using nano-scale CNorg mapping. Geology. 43(1). 27–30. 92 indexed citations
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Wedlock, Louise E., Matt R. Kilburn, John Cliff, et al.. (2011). Visualising gold inside tumour cells following treatment with an antitumour gold(i) complex. Metallomics. 3(9). 917–917. 61 indexed citations
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Clode, Peta L., Matt R. Kilburn, Davey L. Jones, et al.. (2009). In Situ Mapping of Nutrient Uptake in the Rhizosphere Using Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 151(4). 1751–1757. 102 indexed citations
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Cliff, John, Daniel J. Gaspar, Peter J. Bottomley, & David D. Myrold. (2005). Microbial C and N assimilation in soils and model systems as revealed by ToF-SIMS. GeCAS. 69(10). 1 indexed citations

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