Katherine L. Pering

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 808 citations indexed

About

Katherine L. Pering is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine L. Pering has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 808 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Katherine L. Pering's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (4 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (3 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (3 papers). Katherine L. Pering is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (4 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (3 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (3 papers). Katherine L. Pering collaborates with scholars based in United States. Katherine L. Pering's co-authors include Cyril Ponnamperuma, José Juan Alvarado Flores, Keith A. Kvenvolden, James G. Lawless, Etta Peterson, C. B. Moore, I. R. Kaplan, K.A. Kvenvolden, S. Chang and K. Keil and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Katherine L. Pering

9 papers receiving 777 citations

Hit Papers

Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbon... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 200 400 600
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.

  1. Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite
    1970 617 citations Keith A. Kvenvolden, James G. Lawless et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katherine L. Pering United States 7 627 236 155 119 113 9 808
J. Oró United States 21 642 1.0× 146 0.6× 182 1.2× 367 3.1× 157 1.4× 45 1.1k
D. A. Flory United States 12 808 1.3× 253 1.1× 143 0.9× 69 0.6× 44 0.4× 28 1.0k
Akira Shimoyama Japan 17 675 1.1× 337 1.4× 186 1.2× 125 1.1× 87 0.8× 70 1.1k
George U. Yuen United States 13 789 1.3× 400 1.7× 149 1.0× 204 1.7× 159 1.4× 27 1.0k
S. Chang United States 19 1.3k 2.1× 345 1.5× 165 1.1× 228 1.9× 111 1.0× 62 1.6k
D. W. Nooner United States 15 277 0.4× 139 0.6× 86 0.6× 149 1.3× 45 0.4× 26 677
Sherwood Chang United States 19 1.3k 2.0× 363 1.5× 316 2.0× 156 1.3× 108 1.0× 53 1.7k
Gene D. McDonald United States 16 679 1.1× 336 1.4× 128 0.8× 87 0.7× 46 0.4× 25 945
John Lawless United States 16 573 0.9× 153 0.6× 123 0.8× 196 1.6× 81 0.7× 32 866
D. Deboffle France 19 805 1.3× 132 0.6× 222 1.4× 49 0.4× 64 0.6× 26 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Katherine L. Pering

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katherine L. Pering

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katherine L. Pering

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Katherine L. Pering. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Katherine L. Pering based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Katherine L. Pering. Katherine L. Pering is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Pering, Katherine L.. (1973). Bitumens associated with lead, zinc and flnorite ore minerals in North Derbyshire, England. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 37(3). 401–417. 34 indexed citations
2.
Pering, Katherine L.. (1971). A geochemical evaluation of hydrocarbon characteristics as criteria for the abiogenic origin of naturally occurring organic matter. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 4 indexed citations
3.
Pering, Katherine L. & Cyril Ponnamperuma. (1971). Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite. Science. 173(3993). 237–239. 92 indexed citations
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Kvenvolden, Keith A., James G. Lawless, Katherine L. Pering, et al.. (1970). Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite. Nature. 228(5275). 923–926. 617 indexed citations breakdown →
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Breger, Irving A., S. Chang, José Juan Alvarado Flores, et al.. (1970). Carbon compounds in lunar fines from Mare Tranquillitatis. I - Search for molecules of biological significance. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1. 1813. 6 indexed citations
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Pering, Katherine L., et al.. (1969). Synthesis of Acyclic Isoprenoids by the γ-Irradiation of Isoprene. Nature. 223(5208). 867–868. 5 indexed citations
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Pering, Katherine L. & Cyril Ponnamperuma. (1969). Alicyclic hydrocarbons from an unusual deposit in Derbyshire, England—A study in possible diagenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 33(4). 528–532. 9 indexed citations
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Ponnamperuma, Cyril & Katherine L. Pering. (1967). Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons isolated from Trinidad Lake asphalt. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 31(8). 1350–1354. 10 indexed citations
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Ponnamperuma, Cyril & Katherine L. Pering. (1966). Possible Abiogenic Origin of Some Naturally Occurring Hydrocarbons. Nature. 209(5027). 979–982. 31 indexed citations

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