Keith Richards

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Keith Richards is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Richards has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atmospheric Science, 16 papers in Oceanography and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Keith Richards's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers), Marine and environmental studies (16 papers) and Soil and Environmental Studies (8 papers). Keith Richards is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers), Marine and environmental studies (16 papers) and Soil and Environmental Studies (8 papers). Keith Richards collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Russia. Keith Richards's co-authors include Clifford Embleton, Bruce L. Rhoads, Julije Domac, Robert J. Morley, Shobhit Chandra, P. F. Friend, Clare E. Davies, Bojana Bajželj, John Athersuch and N.S. Bolikhovskaya and has published in prestigious journals such as Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Biomass and Bioenergy and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

Keith Richards

41 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Richards United Kingdom	17	904	599	388	354	344	43	1.8k
Martin C. Rabenhorst United States	27	605 0.7×	458 0.8×	353 0.9×	214 0.6×	250 0.7×	119	2.2k
Jean‐Paul Bravard France	23	1.4k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	372 1.0×	428 1.2×	423 1.2×	107	2.3k
Michael Reid Australia	28	1.3k 1.4×	416 0.7×	413 1.1×	366 1.0×	196 0.6×	86	2.1k
Guo‐An Yu China	20	616 0.7×	224 0.4×	859 2.2×	342 1.0×	250 0.7×	73	2.1k
Lynne E. Frostick United Kingdom	29	1.4k 1.5×	985 1.6×	706 1.8×	394 1.1×	1.1k 3.2×	61	2.8k
Thomas Hoffmann Germany	28	1.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.9×	951 2.5×	503 1.4×	447 1.3×	61	2.3k
Juan D. Restrepo Colombia	21	786 0.9×	409 0.7×	244 0.6×	421 1.2×	475 1.4×	44	1.7k
Wim Clymans Belgium	24	379 0.4×	610 1.0×	386 1.0×	362 1.0×	91 0.3×	50	2.0k
Carolyn Olson United States	19	436 0.5×	747 1.2×	547 1.4×	198 0.6×	315 0.9×	28	1.9k
Hans‐Rudolf Bork Germany	24	459 0.5×	538 0.9×	629 1.6×	131 0.4×	234 0.7×	69	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Richards

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Reynolds, C. S. & Keith Richards. (2025). International Perspectives on Research Data Management Services in Academic Libraries. San José State University ScholarWorks (San Jose State University). 15(1).

Bessa, Armel Zacharie Ekoa, et al.. (2024). A geochemical and palynological study of lake sediments at Mboandong, Cameroon: Chemical weathering and vegetation linked to Holocene palaeoclimate. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 223. 105512–105512. 1 indexed citations

Richards, Keith, et al.. (2021). Palynology and sedimentology of the Pliocene Productive Series from eastern Azerbaijan. Palynology. 1–36. 8 indexed citations

Baak, Christiaan van, Arjen Grothe, Keith Richards, et al.. (2019). Flooding of the Caspian Sea at the intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciations. Global and Planetary Change. 174. 153–163. 26 indexed citations

Richards, Keith. (2018). Studies in Caspian palynology: Six million years of vegetation, climate and sea level change. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations

Hoyle, Thomas M., Suzanne A.G. Leroy, Lourdes López Merino, & Keith Richards. (2018). Using fluorescence microscopy to discern in situ from reworked palynomorphs in dynamic depositional environments — An example from sediments of the late Miocene to early Pleistocene Caspian Sea. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 256. 32–49. 11 indexed citations

Bolikhovskaya, N.S., et al.. (2017). Detailed reconstructions of Holocene climate and environmental changes in the Taman Peninsula (Kuban River delta region) and their correlation with rapid sea-level fluctuations of the Black Sea. Quaternary International. 465. 22–36. 15 indexed citations

Richards, Keith, et al.. (2016). Pollen evidence for Late Pliocene – Early Pleistocene vegetation and climate change in the North Caucasus, North-Western Caspian Region. Quaternary International. 409. 50–60. 23 indexed citations

Richards, Keith, et al.. (2016). Late Pleistocene to Holocene evolution of the Emba Delta, Kazakhstan, and coastline of the north-eastern Caspian Sea: Sediment, ostracods, pollen and dinoflagellate cyst records. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 468. 427–452. 26 indexed citations

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Bajželj, Bojana & Keith Richards. (2014). The Positive Feedback Loop between the Impacts of Climate Change and Agricultural Expansion and Relocation. Land. 3(3). 898–916. 23 indexed citations

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Richards, Keith. (2012). 431 Palynology, vegetation and climate of latest Miocene, Pliocene and Early Pleistocene sediments of the Caspian Sea : a detailed study of several outcrop localities in Azerbaijan. 58. 195–196. 1 indexed citations

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Richards, Keith, Suzanne A.G. Leroy, K. Arpe, et al.. (2011). Fluctuations in Caspian Sea Level during the Quaternary: New Evidence from Palynology, Ostracods and Climate Modelling. 3 indexed citations

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Richards, Keith, et al.. (2008). Stone Me: The Wit and Wisdom of Keith Richards. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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Heron, Daniel Paul Le, et al.. (2008). Evolution of Mesozoic fluvial systems along the SE flank of the West Siberian Basin, Russia. Sedimentary Geology. 208(1-2). 45–60. 30 indexed citations

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Bithell, Mike, James Brasington, & Keith Richards. (2006). Discrete-element, individual-based and agent-based models: Tools for interdisciplinary enquiry in geography?. Geoforum. 39(2). 625–642. 25 indexed citations

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Watts, A. B., W. S. McKerrow, & Keith Richards. (2005). Localized Quaternary uplift of south–central England. Journal of the Geological Society. 162(1). 13–24. 14 indexed citations

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Domac, Julije, et al.. (2004). Socio-economic drivers in implementing bioenergy projects. Biomass and Bioenergy. 28(2). 97–106. 240 indexed citations

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Brown, Kerry, et al.. (1995). Generating electricity from biomass and waste. Power Engineering Journal. 9(4). 188–196. 6 indexed citations

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Richards, Keith, Shobhit Chandra, & P. F. Friend. (1993). Avulsive channel systems: characteristics and examples. Geological Society London Special Publications. 75(1). 195–203. 56 indexed citations

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Bush, Mark B., et al.. (1986). Krakatoa Centenary Expedition 1983. Final Report. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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