L. R. M. Cocks

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

L. R. M. Cocks is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, L. R. M. Cocks has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Paleontology, 33 papers in Atmospheric Science and 27 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in L. R. M. Cocks's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers). L. R. M. Cocks is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers). L. R. M. Cocks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. L. R. M. Cocks's co-authors include Richard A. Fortey, Trond H. Torsvik, W. S. McKerrow, Cees R. van Staal, Rong Jiayu, P. J. Brenchley, R. B. Rickards, A. M. Ziegler, Kevin Burke and Bernhard Steinberger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

L. R. M. Cocks

80 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Earth geography from 500 to 400 million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review

2002 680 citations L. R. M. Cocks, Trond H. Torsvik Journal of the Geological Society profile →

Peers

L. R. M. Cocks

PALEO

GEOPH

AS

OCEAN

GEOLO

A. M. Ziegler United States

Ed Landing United States

William V. Sliter United States

Michael G. Bassett United Kingdom

J. B. Jago Australia

L. Robin M. Cocks United Kingdom

Jean Guex Switzerland

Isabella Premoli Silvá Italy

Stig M. Bergström United States

Aymon Baud Switzerland

A. M. Ziegler United States

L. R. M. Cocks

2.3k ×0.8

PALEO

1.1k ×0.5

GEOPH

1.7k ×1.0

AS

512 ×0.6

OCEAN

645 ×0.9

GEOLO

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Countries citing papers authored by L. R. M. Cocks

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. R. M. Cocks

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All Works

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Franke, Wolfgang, L. R. M. Cocks, & Trond H. Torsvik. (2019). Detrital zircons and the interpretation of palaeogeography, with the Variscan Orogeny as an example. Geological Magazine. 157(4). 690–694. 20 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M.. (2007). A Revised Review of British Lower Palaeozoic Brachiopods. 161(629). 1–231. 33 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M., et al.. (2005). A review of Lower and Middle Palaeozoic biostratigraphy in west peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand in its context within the Sibumasu Terrane. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 24(6). 703–717. 80 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M. & Roger A. Cooper. (2004). Late Ordovician (Hirnantian) shelly fossils from New Zealand and their significance. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 47(1). 71–80. 14 indexed citations

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Voo, R. Van der, et al.. (2003). Formation of Pangea. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 2179. 1 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M. & Trond H. Torsvik. (2002). Earth geography from 500 to 400 million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review. Journal of the Geological Society. 159(6). 631–644. 680 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harper, David A. T., Michael G. Bassett, L. R. M. Cocks, et al.. (2001). Ordovician brachiopod diversity. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 4 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M. & Jacques Verniers. (2000). Applicability of planktonic and nektic fossils to palaeogeographical reconstructions.. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 5 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M. & Renbin Zhan. (1998). Caradoc brachiopods from the Shan States，Burma (Myanmar). 54(2). 109–130. 41 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M. & Richard A. Fortey. (1997). A new Hirnantia faunafrom Thailand and the biogeography of the latest Ordovician of south-east Asia. Geobios. 30. 117–126. 24 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M., W. S. McKerrow, & Cees R. van Staal. (1997). The margins of Avalonia. Geological Magazine. 134(5). 627–636. 145 indexed citations

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McKerrow, W. S. & L. R. M. Cocks. (1995). The use of biogeography in the terrane assembly of the variscan belt of Europe. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica. 39(3). 269–275. 11 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M.. (1988). Brachiopods across the Ordovician-Silurian boundary. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 20 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M. & Richard A. Fortey. (1986). New evidence on the South African Lower Palaeozoic: age and fossils reviewed. Geological Magazine. 123(4). 437–444. 38 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M.. (1982). The commoner brachiopods of the latest Ordovician of the Oslo-Asker district, Norway. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 52 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M. & Paul Copper. (1981). The Ordovician–Silurian boundary at the eastern end of Anticosti Island. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 18(6). 1029–1034. 24 indexed citations

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Leggett, Jeremy, W. S. McKerrow, L. R. M. Cocks, & R. B. Rickards. (1981). Periodicity in the early Palaeozoic marine realm. Journal of the Geological Society. 138(2). 167–176. 70 indexed citations

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Bassett, Michael G., L. R. M. Cocks, & C. H. Holland. (1976). The affinities of two endemic Silurian brachiopods from the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 9 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M., et al.. (1969). The Basement Beds in the Bobbing Borehole, Kent. Geological Magazine. 106(6). 601–603. 5 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. R. M.. (1968). Some strophomenacean brachiopods from the British Lower Silurian. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 15. 283–324. 37 indexed citations

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