John Imbrie

23.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
92 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

John Imbrie is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Mathematical Physics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Imbrie has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atmospheric Science, 21 papers in Mathematical Physics and 20 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in John Imbrie's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (20 papers) and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (17 papers). John Imbrie is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (20 papers) and Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (17 papers). John Imbrie collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John Imbrie's co-authors include James D Hays, N. J. Shackleton, Nicholas J Shackleton, Douglas G. Martinson, Nicklas G. Pisias, Theodore C. Moore, Alfons Berger, Norman D. Newell, Katherine Palmer Imbrie and J. E. Klovan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

John Imbrie

89 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Age Dating and the Orbital Theory of the Ice Ages: Development of a High-Resolution 0 to 300,000-Year Chronostratigraphy

1987 2.7k citations Douglas G. Martinson, Nicklas G. Pisias et al. profile →
Variations in the Earth's Orbit: Pacemaker of the Ice Ages

1976 2.4k citations John Imbrie et al. profile →
Milankovitch and Climate

1984 1.5k citations John Imbrie et al. profile →
On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles 1. Linear Responses to Milankovitch Forcing

1992 719 citations John Imbrie, Steven C. Clemens et al. Paleoceanography profile →
On the structure and origin of major glaciation cycles 2. The 100,000‐year cycle

1993 698 citations John Imbrie, Steven C. Clemens et al. Paleoceanography profile →
Modeling the Climatic Response to Orbital Variations

1980 655 citations John Imbrie profile →
Approaches to paleoecology

1964 575 citations John Imbrie, Norman D. Newell Wiley eBooks profile →
On Many-Body Localization for Quantum Spin Chains

2016 392 citations John Imbrie Journal of Statistical Physics profile →
An algorithm andFortran-iv program for large-scaleQ-mode factor analysis and calculation of factor scores

1971 344 citations John Imbrie et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Imbrie United States	42	10.8k	3.5k	3.0k	2.5k	2.4k	92	14.9k
Gifford H. Miller United States	72	12.1k 1.1×	3.6k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	286	14.9k
Georges Bonani Switzerland	52	13.5k 1.2×	4.6k 1.3×	3.7k 1.2×	3.6k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	209	17.1k
Jan Heinemeier Denmark	53	4.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	202	9.0k
J. van der Plicht Netherlands	60	9.6k 0.9×	4.1k 1.2×	2.3k 0.8×	7.0k 2.8×	878 0.4×	426	16.7k
L.K. Fifield Australia	58	6.0k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	809 0.3×	358	12.9k
W. R. Peltier Canada	84	19.5k 1.8×	2.4k 0.7×	4.9k 1.6×	1.7k 0.7×	3.8k 1.6×	424	29.6k
G. J. Wasserburg United States	98	9.6k 0.9×	4.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	3.2k 1.3×	930 0.4×	601	37.6k
D. J. Huntley Canada	35	4.5k 0.4×	849 0.2×	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	92	6.1k
Michael L. Bender United States	72	10.9k 1.0×	5.7k 1.6×	1.3k 0.4×	2.8k 1.1×	3.8k 1.6×	190	20.8k
Alfons Berger Switzerland	54	10.0k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	226	15.2k

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Imbrie, John. (2016). Diagonalization and Many-Body Localization for a Disordered Quantum Spin Chain. Physical Review Letters. 117(2). 27201–27201. 191 indexed citations

Moore, Marcia M., et al.. (2001). Intraoperative Ultrasound Is Associated With Clear Lumpectomy Margins for Palpable Infiltrating Ductal Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgery. 233(6). 761–768. 115 indexed citations

Moore, Marcia M., John Imbrie, Robert E. Fechner, et al.. (2000). Association of Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma With Positive Surgical Margins After Breast-Conservation Therapy. Annals of Surgery. 231(6). 877–882. 82 indexed citations

Imbrie, John, et al.. (1998). The Mechanics Underlying Laparoscopic Intra-Abdominal Surgery for Obese Patients. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 8(1). 11–18. 15 indexed citations

Imbrie, John, Steven C. Clemens, William R Howard, et al.. (1992). On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles 1. Linear Responses to Milankovitch Forcing. Paleoceanography. 7(6). 701–738. 719 indexed citations breakdown →

Borgs, Christian & John Imbrie. (1992). Finite-size scaling and surface tension from effective one dimensional systems. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 145(2). 235–280. 18 indexed citations

Borgs, Christian & John Imbrie. (1992). Crossover finite-size scaling at first-order transitions. Journal of Statistical Physics. 69(3-4). 487–537. 11 indexed citations

Imbrie, John, Steven A. Janowsky, & Jonathan Weitsman. (1991). Space-dependent dirac operators and effective quantum field theory for fermions. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 135(3). 421–441. 3 indexed citations

Borgs, Christian & John Imbrie. (1989). A unified approach to phase diagrams in field theory and statistical mechanics. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 123(2). 305–328. 76 indexed citations

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Shackleton, Nicholas J, John Imbrie, & Nicklas G. Pisias. (1988). The evolution of oceanic oxygen-isotope variability in the North Atlantic over the past three million years. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 318(1191). 679–688. 55 indexed citations

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Imbrie, John & Thomas Spencer. (1988). Diffusion of directed polymers in a random environment. Journal of Statistical Physics. 52(3-4). 609–626. 155 indexed citations

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Bałaban, Tadeusz, John Imbrie, & Arthur Jaffe. (1985). Renormalization of the Higgs model: Minimizers, propagators and the stability of mean field theory. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 97(1-2). 299–329. 20 indexed citations

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Bałaban, Tadeusz, John Imbrie, Arthur Jaffe, & David Brydges. (1984). The mass gap for Higgs models on a unit lattice. Annals of Physics. 158(2). 281–319. 36 indexed citations

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Imbrie, John. (1981). Phase diagrams and cluster expansions for low temperatureP(?)2 models. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 82(3). 305–343. 17 indexed citations

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Imbrie, John. (1977). Climatic Effects of Long-Term Variations in Earth's Orbit (invited). Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 9. 497. 1 indexed citations

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Imbrie, John & Norman D. Newell. (1964). Approaches to paleoecology. Wiley eBooks. 575 indexed citations breakdown →

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Imbrie, John. (1963). FACTOR AND VECTOR ANALYSIS PROGRAMS FOR ANALYZING GEOLOGIC DATA,. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 23 indexed citations

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Imbrie, John, et al.. (1963). APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN MULTIFACTOR COMPUTER PROGRAMS TO THE ANALYSIS, CLASSIFICATION, AND PREDICTION OF LANDFORMS.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Imbrie, John & Edward G. Purdy. (1962). Classification of Modern Bahamian Carbonate Sediments. 38. 253–272. 80 indexed citations

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Imbrie, John. (1955). Quantitative Lithofacies and Biofacies Study of Florena Shale (Permian) of Kansas. AAPG Bulletin. 39. 12 indexed citations

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