John L. Isbell

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

John L. Isbell is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, John L. Isbell has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Paleontology, 62 papers in Atmospheric Science and 39 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in John L. Isbell's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (62 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (60 papers) and Geological formations and processes (39 papers). John L. Isbell is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (62 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (60 papers) and Geological formations and processes (39 papers). John L. Isbell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and Brazil. John L. Isbell's co-authors include Carlos O. Limarino, Erik L. Gulbranson, Isabel P. Montañez, Lindsey C. Henry, Molly F. Miller, Christopher R. Fielding, Tracy D. Frank, Margaret L. Fraiser, Nicholas D. Fedorchuk and Loren E. Babcock and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Geology and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

John L. Isbell

79 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

CO ₂ -Forced Climate and Vegetation Instability During Late Paleozoic Deglaciation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John L. Isbell United States	27	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	778	323	81	2.9k
Carlos O. Limarino Argentina	31	2.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	273 0.8×	148	3.4k
Michael C. Rygel United States	23	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	472 0.6×	273 0.8×	44	2.4k
Florentin Paris France	27	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	488 0.4×	597 0.8×	318 1.0×	72	2.8k
Judith Totman Parrish United States	24	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	992 0.9×	688 0.9×	380 1.2×	56	3.4k
Philip H. Heckel United States	27	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	940 0.9×	550 0.7×	262 0.8×	52	2.4k
Markus Wilmsen Germany	34	2.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	532 1.6×	156	3.7k
Daniel Vachard France	32	3.1k 1.5×	1.8k 1.0×	586 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	303 0.9×	274	4.0k
Marco Vecoli France	30	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	430 0.4×	656 0.8×	374 1.2×	83	2.4k
Luís A. Spalletti Argentina	36	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	1.5k 2.0×	346 1.1×	124	4.0k
Duncan McIlroy Canada	37	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	574 0.7×	222 0.7×	109	3.3k

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Lv, Dawei, Zhihui Zhang, Stephen E. Grasby, et al.. (2025). Carbon isotope perturbations are not primarily driven by volcanism during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Colombi, Carina E., et al.. (2025). Glacial and postglacial interpretation of Late Paleozoic sedimentation in a tectonically active mountain front in Paganzo Basin, Argentina. Journal of Palaeogeography. 14(3). 100261–100261. 1 indexed citations

Isbell, John L., et al.. (2024). Reassessing the late Paleozoic glacial sedimentation in western Paraná Basin, Brazil: A record of a slope and glaciated outer shelf setting in the Aquidauana Formation. Sedimentary Geology. 466. 106640–106640. 2 indexed citations

Isbell, John L., et al.. (2024). Unmixing detrital zircon U-Pb ages reveals tectonic and climatic depositional influences on the Carboniferous Ansilta Formation, Calingasta-Uspallata Basin, Western Argentina. Geoscience Frontiers. 15(4). 101807–101807. 4 indexed citations

Isbell, John L., et al.. (2023). Reassessing a glacial landscape developed during terminal glaciation of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Uruguay. Sedimentary Geology. 451. 106399–106399. 11 indexed citations

Isbell, John L., et al.. (2023). Facies sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the carboniferous lower section of the Ansilta Formation, Calingasta-Uspallata Basin, NW Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 127. 104345–104345. 3 indexed citations

Isbell, John L., et al.. (2023). Lithofacies and sequence stratigraphic analysis of the glaciomarine lower Wynyard Formation (Pennsylvanian–early Permian, Tasmanian Basin). Sedimentary Geology. 455. 106482–106482. 2 indexed citations

Isbell, John L., et al.. (2022). THE ORUTANDA PALEOFJORD IN NAMIBIA: A LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE FJORD FILLED ESSENTIALLY BY GRAVITATIONAL RESEDIMENTATION. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Elliot, David H. & John L. Isbell. (2021). A mass transport deposit in the Permian Mackellar Formation, Victoria Group, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 65(2). 315–335. 1 indexed citations

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Fedorchuk, Nicholas D., Neil Griffis, John L. Isbell, et al.. (2020). Provenance of late Paleozoic glacial/post-glacial deposits in the eastern Chaco-Paraná Basin, Uruguay and southernmost Paraná Basin, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 106. 102989–102989. 11 indexed citations

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Isbell, John L., et al.. (2020). LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE FJORDS FROM THE KAOKOVELD, NORTHWESTERN NAMIBIA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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López-Gamundí, Oscar R., et al.. (2020). The late Paleozoic Ice Age along the southwestern margin of Gondwana: Facies models, age constraints, correlation and sequence stratigraphic framework. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 107. 103056–103056. 46 indexed citations

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Isbell, John L., et al.. (2020). Constraining late paleozoic ice extent in the Paganzo basin of western Argentina: Provenance of the lower Paganzo group strata. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 106. 102899–102899. 7 indexed citations

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Isbell, John L., et al.. (2019). GLACIOGENIC SEDIMENTARY INFILL OF LATE PALEOZOIC GLACIAL PALEOVALLEYS OF THE KAOKOVELD, NORTHWEST NAMIBIA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 4 indexed citations

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Isbell, John L., et al.. (2017). LATE PALEOZOIC PALEOCLIMATIC COMPARISONS OF MID-LATITUDE BASINS IN WESTERN ARGENTINA: CONTROLS ON EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN DEGLACITATION IN WESTERN GONDWANA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Griffis, Neil, Isabel P. Montañez, John L. Isbell, et al.. (2014). U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronologic Constraints on Depositional Age and Sediment Source Terrains of the Late Paleozoic Tepuel-Genoa Basin. AGUFM. 2014. 3 indexed citations

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Limarino, Carlos O., John L. Isbell, Patricia L. Ciccioli, & Arturo César Taboada. (2013). LA SECUENCIA NEOPALEOZOICA DE LA QUEBRADA DE AGUA DE JAGÜEL (PRECORDILLERA DE MENDOZA): EDAD Y REDEFINICIÓN ESTRATIGRÁFICA. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 70(2). 216–228. 10 indexed citations

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Fielding, Christopher R., Tracy D. Frank, John L. Isbell, Lindsey C. Henry, & Eugene W. Domack. (2010). Stratigraphic signature of the late Palaeozoic Ice Age in the Parmeener Supergroup of Tasmania, SE Australia, and inter-regional comparisons. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 298(1-2). 70–90. 47 indexed citations

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Fielding, Christopher R., Tracy D. Frank, & John L. Isbell. (2006). The late Paleozoic ice age revisited. Eos. 87(8). 87–91. 4 indexed citations

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Isbell, John L.. (1990). Fluvial sedimentology and basin analyses of the Permian Fairchild and Buckley Formations, Beardmore Glacier Region, and the Weller Coal Measures, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica /. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 7 indexed citations

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