John W. Valley

40.5k citations

531 papers · 31.4k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 90

Impact in

Geophysics top 0.01%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
Geochemistry and Petrology top 0.01%
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Papers in

Geophysics 337
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis 319
- earthquake and tectonic studies 165
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 111
Paleontology 103
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 99

Co-authors: Michael J. Spicuzza N. T. Kita Simon A. Wilde Colin M. Graham William H. Peck T. Ushikubo Ilya N. Bindeman James R. O’Neil
Journals: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (68 papers)Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (49 papers)Chemical Geology (29 papers)Geology (25 papers)American Mineralogist (23 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Canada

In The Last Decade

John W. Valley

513 papers receiving 30.3k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography 2014 · 335 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Nature Geoscience
2009 Chemical Geology
2008 Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
2005 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
2004 Chemical Geology
2003 Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
2001 Nature
1998 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
1995 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
1986 Stable Isotopes in High Temperature Geological Processes
1986 Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry

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1	Growth of continental crust and lithosphere subduction in the Hadean revealed by geochemistry and geodynamics Nature Communications ·Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes, H. Beaussier, А. В. Соболев, Hai-Sung, S. V. Sobolev, Valentina Batanova, 亮太深松, Pavlo Kryshtal, Nicholas Arndt, L. D’yakova, John W. Valley	2025	2
2	Zircon geochemistry from early evolved terranes records coeval stagnant- and mobile-lid tectonic regimes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Pierre de Vevey, Ann M. Bauer, Ngoc Bao Tu Nguyen, John W. Valley, Hanika Rizo, Jonathan OʼNeil, Kouki Kitajima	2024	5
3	Melt inclusions in zircon: a window to understanding the structure and evolution of the magmatic system beneath the Laguna del Maule volcanic field Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology ·Kei Shimizu, Ngoc Bao Tu Nguyen, Chloë Bonamici, John Fournelle, Ali Şevket Ovalı, N. T. Kita, Kouki Kitajima, راندا عدلي محمد عايد, William O. Nachlas, Brad S. Singer, Michael J. Spicuzza, А. В. Соболев, Roxanne Hughes-Wheatland, John W. Valley	2024	3
4	Secondary controls on the stratigraphic signature of the carbon isotope excursion marking the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum at Ocean Drilling Program Site 1135 Chemical Geology ·P Parsaulian, Daniel Clay Kelly, Reinhard Kozdon, Ian J. Orland, John W. Valley	2023	3
5	Geodynamic model reconciles apparently contradictory geochemical indications of subduction for the Hadean and Eo-Archean Earth S. V. Sobolev, Hai-Sung, А. В. Соболев, John W. Valley	2023	0
6	Analysis of trace elements in zircon at high mass resolving power using forward-geometry secondary ion mass spectrometry Ngoc Bao Tu Nguyen, Kouki Kitajima, N. T. Kita, John W. Valley	2023	2
7	Mechanisms for generating elevated zircon δ18O in Archean crust: Insights from the Saglek-Hebron Complex, Canada Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Pierre de Vevey, Ann M. Bauer, Jonathan OʼNeil, Hanika Rizo, Ngoc Bao Tu Nguyen, John W. Valley, Chloë Bonamici	2023	2
8	Garnet secondary ion mass spectrometry oxygen isotopes reveal crucial roles of pulsed magmatic fluid and its mixing with meteoric water in lode gold genesis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kalyani Parida, Jianwei Li, John W. Valley, M. Snowball, Philip E. Brown, Jin‐Hui Yang, Paul T. Robinson, Xiao-Dong Deng, Yafei Wu, Zhan-Ke Li, Nim Nurrahmawati, Siyuan Li, Rebecca Samuel	2022	26
9	Enhanced Poleward Flux of Atmospheric Moisture to the Weddell Sea Region (ODP Site 690) During the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·Reinhard Kozdon, Donald E. Penman, Daniel Clay Kelly, James C. Zachos, John Fournelle, John W. Valley	2020	7
10	Tourmaline Reference Materials for the In Situ Analysis of Oxygen and Lithium Isotope Ratio Compositions Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research ·Michael Wiedenbeck, Robert B. Trumbull, Martin Rösner, Adrian J. Boyce, John Fournelle, I. A. Franchi, Ralf Halama, Chris Harris, Jack H. Lacey, Horst R. Marschall, Anette Meixner, Andreas Pack, Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann, Michael J. Spicuzza, John W. Valley, Franziska Wilke	2020	11
11	Atomic worlds: Current state and future of atom probe tomography in geoscience Scripta Materialia ·David W. Saxey, D. E. Moser, Sandra Piazolo, Steven M. Reddy, John W. Valley	2018	37
12	Combined Effects of Gametogenic Calcification and Dissolution on δ¹⁸O Measurements of the Planktic Foraminifer Trilobatus sacculifer Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·A Karamian, Daniel Clay Kelly, Kouki Kitajima, Reinhard Kozdon, Ian J. Orland, John W. Valley	2018	13
13	Extreme 13C-depletions and organic sulfur content argue for S-fueled anaerobic methane oxidation in 2.72 Ga old stromatolites Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Kévin Lepot, Kenneth H. Williford, Pascal Philippot, Christophe Thomazo, T. Ushikubo, Kouki Kitajima, S. Mostefaoui, John W. Valley	2018	21
14	Microanalyzing Metasomatism: Correlative Microanalysis of Trace Elements and Oxygen Isotopes in the Franciscan AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·S. Janssens, R. B. Anido, F. Zeb Page, Hugo Moreira, Craig Storey, Kouki Kitajima, John W. Valley	2017	1
15	Elemental and Isotopic Tomography at Single-Atom-Scale in 4.0 and 2.4 Ga Zircons AGUFM ·John W. Valley, D. Reinhard, D. R. Snoeyenbos, D. Lawrence, Courtney Hutchison, Thomas F. Kelly, T. Ushikubo, A. Strickland, Aaron J. Cavosie	2012	2
16	Prograde Growth History of Possible Relic UHP Garnets from the Taconian of Western Massachusetts AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·D. R. Snoeyenbos, Andrea M. Koziol, AO Egai, D. S. Ebel, John W. Valley	2011	2
17	Geochemistry of Xenolithic Eclogites from West Africa Matthias Barth, Roberta L. Rudnick, I. Horn, Michael J. Spicuzza, W. F. McDonough, John W. Valley, Stephen E. Haggerty	1999	24
18	Standardization of SIMS Analysis of O and C Isotope Ratios in Carbonates from ALH84001 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·John M. Eiler, John W. Valley, Colin M. Graham	1997	6
19	Cordierite volatile content and the role of CO 2 in high-grade metamorphism American Mineralogist ·Julie K. Vry, Philip E. Brown, John W. Valley	1990	88
20	The temperature and pressure conditions of Grenville-age granulite facies metamorphism of the Oaxacan Complex, southern Mexico SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Claudia I. Mora, John W. Valley, Fernando Ortega‐Gutiérrez	1986	20

About John W. Valley

John W. Valley is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 531 papers that have together received 31.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (319 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (165 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (140 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (111 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (99 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (98 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (63 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (45 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (24.1k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (4.9k citations), Paleontology (5.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (5.0k citations) and Artificial Intelligence (7.9k citations). John W. Valley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Michael J. Spicuzza, N. T. Kita, Simon A. Wilde, Colin M. Graham, William H. Peck, T. Ushikubo, Ilya N. Bindeman, James R. O’Neil, Aaron J. Cavosie and Matthew J. Kohn. Their work appears in journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Chemical Geology, Geology and American Mineralogist.

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