John Malpas

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

John Malpas is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Malpas has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Geophysics, 26 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 15 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in John Malpas's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (68 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (51 papers). John Malpas is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (92 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (68 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (51 papers). John Malpas collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Canada. John Malpas's co-authors include Mei‐Fu Zhou, Paul T. Robinson, Min Sun, C. Michael Lesher, M. P. Searle, Allen Kennedy, Reid R. Keays, Dan‐Ping Yan, Julian A. Pearce and Nurdan S. Duzgoren-Aydin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

John Malpas

109 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A temporal link between the Emeishan large igneous province (SW China) and the end-Guadalupian mass extinction

2002 544 citations Mei‐Fu Zhou, John Malpas et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
Origin and tectonic significance of a Mesozoic multi-layer over-thrust system within the Yangtze Block (South China)

2003 453 citations Mei‐Fu Zhou, John Malpas 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 Malpas Hong Kong	42	6.9k	2.1k	1.1k	629	475	112	7.7k
Paul T. Robinson China	53	9.8k 1.4×	2.8k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	641 1.0×	557 1.2×	191	10.6k
Bernard Bingen Norway	44	5.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	769 0.7×	875 1.4×	539 1.1×	93	5.9k
James K. Mortensen Canada	42	4.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	703 0.6×	744 1.2×	565 1.2×	109	4.6k
Tom Andersen Norway	39	7.8k 1.1×	3.7k 1.8×	1.1k 1.0×	857 1.4×	460 1.0×	133	8.2k
Hugh Rollinson United Kingdom	39	6.7k 1.0×	3.2k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	451 0.7×	395 0.8×	110	7.4k
Wolfgang Siebel Germany	54	7.3k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	1.0k 0.9×	542 0.9×	673 1.4×	165	8.1k
John Foden Australia	48	7.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	892 0.8×	1.0k 1.6×	724 1.5×	129	7.6k
Robert E. Zartman United States	39	6.5k 0.9×	3.6k 1.8×	1.0k 0.9×	620 1.0×	766 1.6×	134	7.3k
E. Hegner Germany	54	7.9k 1.1×	3.7k 1.8×	1.3k 1.1×	975 1.6×	672 1.4×	140	8.6k
Kevin R. Chamberlain United States	36	5.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	797 0.7×	717 1.1×	612 1.3×	109	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by John Malpas

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Malpas

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Qiu, Wenhong Johnson, et al.. (2025). Development of weakly euxinic basin environments in the Phanerozoic oxic ocean: Insights from Fe speciation and Mo isotopes of Devonian pyrite-bearing black shales, Dajiangping pyrite mine, South China. Global and Planetary Change. 248. 104721–104721.

Zhou, Mei‐Fu, et al.. (2023). Sluggish Slab Rollback at the Early Stage of Flux Melting During Subduction Initiation: Li Isotopic Evidence From the Coto High‐Al Chromite Deposit, Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(4). 9 indexed citations

Qiu, Wenhong Johnson, Mei‐Fu Zhou, Xiaochun Li, Fang Huang, & John Malpas. (2021). Constraints of Fe-S-C stable isotopes on hydrothermal and microbial activities during formation of sediment-hosted stratiform sulfide deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 313. 195–213. 8 indexed citations

Gao, Jianfeng, Mei‐Fu Zhou, Paul T. Robinson, et al.. (2014). Magma mixing recorded by Sr isotopes of plagioclase from dacites of the Quaternary Tengchong volcanic field, SE Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 98. 1–17. 34 indexed citations

Malpas, John, et al.. (2013). Impact of Acid Mine Drainage on the hydrogeological system at Sia, Cyprus. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

Edwards, SJ, et al.. (2010). Classic Geology in Europe 7: Cyprus. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

Gabo‐Ratio, Jillian Aira, John Malpas, Costas Xenophontos, & Katsuhiko Suzuki. (2010). Metasomatic origin for the genesis of the latest Miocene-Quaternary intraplate basalts in northwestern Syria. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

Whattam, Scott, John Malpas, Jason R. Ali, Ian E.M. Smith, & Ching‐Hua Lo. (2004). Origin of the Northland Ophiolite, northern New Zealand: Discussion of new data and reassessment of the model. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 47(3). 383–389. 23 indexed citations

Zhou, Mei‐Fu, Hongfu Zhang, Paul T. Robinson, & John Malpas. (2003). Comments on “Petrology of the Hegenshan ophiolite and its implication for the tectonic evolution of northern China” by T. Nozaka and Y. Liu [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 202 (2002) 89–104]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 217(1-2). 207–210. 31 indexed citations

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Malpas, John & Paul T. Robinson. (2000). Oceanic Lithosphere 4. The origin and evolution of oceanic lithosphere: Magmatic processes at oceanic spreading centres. Geoscience Canada. 27(3). 2 indexed citations

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Robinson, Paul T. & John Malpas. (1999). Oceanic Lithosphere 3. The Origin and Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere: The Geochemistry and Origin of Oceanic Lavas. Geoscience Canada. 26(2). 71–80. 1 indexed citations

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Malpas, John & Paul T. Robinson. (1998). OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE 2. The Origin and Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphere: Bathymetry and Morphology of the Ocean Basins. Geoscience Canada. 25(3). 1 indexed citations

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Malpas, John & Paul T. Robinson. (1997). New Series: The Origin and Evolution of Oceanic Lithosphère. Geoscience Canada. 24(2). 1 indexed citations

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Sandeman, H A, Alan H. Clark, M. T. Styles, et al.. (1997). Geochemistry and U-Pb and ⁴⁰ Ar- ³⁹ Ar geochronology of the Man of War Gneiss, Lizard Complex, SW England: pre-Hercynian arc-type crust with a Sudeten-Iberian connection. Journal of the Geological Society. 154(3). 403–417. 27 indexed citations

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Puchelt, H., et al.. (1996). Ultramafic reference material from core 147-895D-10W. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Edwards, SJ & John Malpas. (1996). Melt-Peridotite Interactions in Shallow Mantle at the East Pacific Rise: Evidence from ODP Site 895 (Hess Deep). Mineralogical Magazine. 60(398). 191–206. 42 indexed citations

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Sandeman, H A & John Malpas. (1995). Epizonal I- and A-type granites and associated ash-flow tuffs, Fogo Island, northeast Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 32(11). 1835–1844. 8 indexed citations

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Ishiwatari, Akira, John Malpas, & Hiroki Ishizuka. (1994). Circum-Pacific ophiolites. 18 indexed citations

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Kelley, Deborah S., Paul T. Robinson, & John Malpas. (1992). Processes of brine generation and circulation in the oceanic crust: Fluid inclusion evidence from the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(B6). 9307–9322. 59 indexed citations

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Malpas, John. (1978). Magma generation in the upper mantle, field evidence from ophiolite suites, and application to the generation of oceanic lithosphere. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 288(1355). 527–546. 70 indexed citations

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