J.R.L. Allen

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

J.R.L. Allen is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, J.R.L. Allen has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 44 papers in Atmospheric Science and 37 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in J.R.L. Allen's work include Geological formations and processes (67 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (44 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (26 papers). J.R.L. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (67 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (44 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (26 papers). J.R.L. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. J.R.L. Allen's co-authors include Philip A. Allen, Philip A. Allen, Brian P. Williams, J. E. Rae, Janet Watson, Graham Evans, M. R. Leeder, P. F. Friend, Stephen F. Crowley and Simon K. Haslett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

J.R.L. Allen

97 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Basin Analysis: Principles and Applications

1990 928 citations J.R.L. Allen et al. profile →
Studies in fluviatile sedimentation: Bars, bar-complexes and sandstone sheets (low-sinuosity braided streams) in the brownstones (L. devonian), welsh borders

1983 484 citations J.R.L. Allen Sedimentary Geology profile →
Basin Analysis: Principles and Application to Petroleum Play Assessment

2013 449 citations J.R.L. Allen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J.R.L. Allen United Kingdom	40	4.0k	2.7k	1.8k	1.4k	1.1k	105	6.3k
M. R. Leeder United Kingdom	45	4.5k 1.1×	3.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	3.2k 2.3×	1.3k 1.2×	110	7.4k
Roger G. Walker Canada	35	5.1k 1.3×	3.6k 1.4×	1.0k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	85	6.4k
Gerard V. Middleton Canada	26	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	853 0.6×	440 0.4×	66	3.8k
Philip A. Allen United Kingdom	50	3.6k 0.9×	4.2k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	3.6k 2.6×	1.3k 1.2×	102	8.4k
Indra Bir Singh India	24	2.3k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	876 0.5×	750 0.5×	394 0.4×	58	4.2k
Rudy Slingerland United States	40	3.2k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.6×	1.0k 0.7×	419 0.4×	85	5.9k
Ben Kneller United Kingdom	40	5.0k 1.3×	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	111	6.2k
George Postma Netherlands	32	3.2k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	932 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	622 0.6×	62	4.3k
William R. Normark United States	44	4.6k 1.1×	4.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.6×	3.2k 2.3×	882 0.8×	154	7.5k
Hans‐Erich Reineck Germany	14	2.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	696 0.4×	629 0.5×	546 0.5×	28	3.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Allen, J.R.L., et al.. (1994). Morphodynamics of intertidal dunes: a year-long study at Lifeboat Station Bank, Wells-next-the-Sea, Eastern England. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 347(1682). 291–344. 18 indexed citations

Allen, J.R.L.. (1993). Palaeowind: geological criteria for direction and strength. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 341(1297). 235–242. 10 indexed citations

Allen, J.R.L.. (1993). Sedimentary structures: Sorby and the last decade. Journal of the Geological Society. 150(3). 417–425. 18 indexed citations

Allen, J.R.L.. (1992). Trees and their response to wind: mid Flandrian strong winds, Severn Estuary and inner Bristol Channel, southwest Britain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 338(1286). 335–364. 27 indexed citations

Allen, J.R.L., et al.. (1991). Process Variation Across a Barred, Tidal Nearshore. Coastal Sediments. 498–511. 4 indexed citations

Allen, J.R.L.. (1990). Late Flandrian shoreline oscillations in the Severn Estuary: change and reclamation at Arlingham, Gloucestershire. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 330(1613). 315–334. 13 indexed citations

Allen, J.R.L.. (1987). Late Flandrian shoreline oscillations in the Severn Estuary: the Rumney formation at its typesite (Cardiff area). Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 315(1171). 157–184. 50 indexed citations

Allen, J.R.L. & J. E. Rae. (1987). Late Flandrian shoreline oscillations in the Severn Estuary: a geomorphological and stratigraphical reconnaissance. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 315(1171). 185–230. 108 indexed citations

Allen, J.R.L.. (1987). Desiccation of mud in the temperate intertidal zone: studies from the Severn Estuary and eastern England. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 315(1171). 127–156. 35 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L. & J. E. Rae. (1986). Time sequence of metal pollution, Severn Estuary, southwestern UK. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 17(9). 427–431. 72 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L.. (1984). Wrinkle marks: An intertidal sedimentary structure due to aseismic soft-sediment loading. Sedimentary Geology. 41(1). 75–95. 53 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L.. (1983). A simplified cascade model for transverse stone-ribs in gravelly streams. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 385(1789). 253–266. 23 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L.. (1982). Mud drapes in sand-wave deposits: a physical model with application to the Folkestone beds (early cretaceous, southeast England). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 306(1493). 291–345. 82 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L. & Brian P. Williams. (1982). The architecture of an alluvial suite: rocks between the Townsend Tuff and Pickard Bay Tuff Beds (early Devonian), southwest Wales. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 297(1085). 51–89. 46 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L.. (1974). Studies in fluviatile sedimentation: Implications of pedogenic carbonate units. Lower Old Red Sandstone, Anglo‐Welsh outcrop. Geological Journal. 9(2). 181–208. 149 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L.. (1974). Source rocks of the Lower Old Red Sandstone: Exotic Pebbles from the Brownstones, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford and Worcester. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 85(4). 493–IN5. 15 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L.. (1970). Physical processes of sedimentation : an introduction. Elsevier eBooks. 37 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L.. (1966). ON BED FORMS AND PALAEOCURRENTS. Sedimentology. 6(3). 153–190. 97 indexed citations

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Allen, J.R.L.. (1965). Upper Old Red Sandstone (Farlovian) Paleogeography in South Wales and the Welsh Borderland. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 35. 37 indexed citations

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Allen, P., et al.. (1960). Festoon Bedding and “Mud-with-Lenticles” Lithology. Geological Magazine. 97(3). 261–263. 16 indexed citations

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