L. Robin M. Cocks

7.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
45 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

L. Robin M. Cocks is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Robin M. Cocks has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Paleontology, 23 papers in Geophysics and 19 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in L. Robin M. Cocks's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (41 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (20 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers). L. Robin M. Cocks is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (41 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (20 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers). L. Robin M. Cocks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and South Africa. L. Robin M. Cocks's co-authors include Trond H. Torsvik, Richard A. Fortey, Pavel V. Doubrovine, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Mathew Domeier, Bernhard Steinberger, E. Tohver, Carmen Gaina, Rob Van der Voo and Conall Mac Niocaill and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Earth-Science Reviews and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

L. Robin M. Cocks

45 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics

2012 1.1k citations Trond H. Torsvik, Mathew Domeier et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
Earth History and Palaeogeography

2016 562 citations Trond H. Torsvik, L. Robin M. Cocks Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Gondwana from top to base in space and time

2013 504 citations Trond H. Torsvik, L. Robin M. Cocks Gondwana Research profile →
The dynamic evolution of the Palaeozoic geography of eastern Asia

2012 312 citations L. Robin M. Cocks, Trond H. Torsvik Earth-Science Reviews profile →
The Palaeozoic Variscan oceans revisited

2017 254 citations L. Robin M. Cocks, Trond H. Torsvik et al. Gondwana Research profile →
Ordovician palaeogeography and climate change

2020 158 citations L. Robin M. Cocks, Trond H. Torsvik Gondwana Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. Robin M. Cocks United Kingdom	26	3.4k	3.4k	1.8k	1.1k	824	45	6.1k
James G. Ogg United States	37	3.8k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	432 0.5×	162	6.9k
Felix M. Gradstein Norway	29	3.8k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	3.5k 1.9×	1.4k 1.3×	795 1.0×	106	7.7k
Ed Landing United States	41	4.1k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	772 0.7×	894 1.1×	160	5.1k
Jahandar Ramezani United States	41	3.9k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	596 0.5×	230 0.3×	126	6.2k
L. R. M. Cocks United Kingdom	36	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	723 0.7×	836 1.0×	83	4.3k
Paul M. Myrow United States	43	3.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	950 0.9×	433 0.5×	118	6.1k
Ian W. D. Dalziel United States	52	2.1k 0.6×	7.5k 2.2×	3.1k 1.7×	1.0k 0.9×	337 0.4×	146	9.2k
Roger L. Larson United States	36	1.9k 0.6×	3.9k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	333 0.4×	83	6.1k
Millard F. Coffin United States	35	1.4k 0.4×	4.6k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	220 0.3×	107	6.3k
Stig M. Bergström United States	44	4.8k 1.4×	2.6k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	769 0.7×	795 1.0×	155	6.0k

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Torsvik, Trond H., et al.. (2025). Devonian palaeogeography and environmental change: an incomplete chronicle. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften. 176(2). 193–214. 1 indexed citations

Wright, Anthony D., David A. T. Harper, & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2022). Late Ordovician brachiopods from the Portrane Limestone, Ireland, and their significance. 40(1). 11–27. 2 indexed citations

Cocks, L. Robin M. & Leonid E. Popov. (2019). Early Ordovician brachiopods from south-west Wales. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 130(6). 677–690. 8 indexed citations

Torsvik, Trond H. & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2016). Earth History and Palaeogeography. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 562 indexed citations breakdown →

Cocks, L. Robin M.. (2015). The relationships and diversification of Ordovician and Silurian chilidiopsoidean brachiopods. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 14(8). 703–729. 3 indexed citations

Jiayu, Rong & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2013). Global diversity and endemism in Early Silurian (Aeronian) brachiopods. Lethaia. 47(1). 77–106. 25 indexed citations

Torsvik, Trond H. & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2013). Gondwana from top to base in space and time. Gondwana Research. 24(3-4). 999–1030. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

Torsvik, Trond H. & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2012). From Wegener until now: the development of our understanding of Earth’s Phanerozoic evolution (André Dumont medallist lecture 2012). Geologica Belgica. 2 indexed citations

Cocks, L. Robin M. & Trond H. Torsvik. (2011). The Palaeozoic geography of Laurentia and western Laurussia: A stable craton with mobile margins. Earth-Science Reviews. 106(1-2). 1–51. 252 indexed citations

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Benedetto, Juan L. & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2009). Early Silurian (Rhuddanian) brachiopods from the Argentine Precordillera and their biogeographic affinities. Ameghiniana. 46(2). 241–253. 16 indexed citations

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Torsvik, Trond H. & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2009). The Lower Palaeozoic palaeogeographical evolution of the northeastern and eastern peri-Gondwanan margin from Turkey to New Zealand. Geological Society London Special Publications. 325(1). 3–21. 126 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. Robin M. & Rong Jiayu. (2007). Earliest Silurian faunal survival and recovery after the end Ordovician glaciation: evidence from the brachiopods. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 98(3-4). 291–301. 42 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. Robin M.. (2007). The Middle Llandovery brachiopod Fauna of the Newlands Formation, Girvan, Scotland. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 6(1). 61–100. 10 indexed citations

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Fortey, Richard A. & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2005). Late Ordovician global warming—The Boda event. Geology. 33(5). 405–405. 189 indexed citations

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Torsvik, Trond H. & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2004). Earth geography from 400 to 250 Ma: a palaeomagnetic, faunal and facies review. Journal of the Geological Society. 161(4). 555–572. 344 indexed citations

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Lees, David C., Richard A. Fortey, & L. Robin M. Cocks. (2002). Quantifying paleogeography using biogeography: a test case for the Ordovician and Silurian of Avalonia based on brachiopods and trilobites. Paleobiology. 28(3). 343–363. 35 indexed citations

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Brunton, C. H. C., L. Robin M. Cocks, & Sarah L. Long. (2001). Brachiopods past and present. Taylor & Francis eBooks. 158 indexed citations

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Cocks, L. Robin M. & Richard A. Fortey. (1998). The Lower Palaeozoic margins of Baltica. GFF. 120(2). 173–179. 54 indexed citations

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Smelror, Morten, et al.. (1997). Upper Ordov icia n-Lower Silurian strata and biota from offshor e South Norway. 9 indexed citations

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Ziegler, A. M., L. Robin M. Cocks, & Richard K. Bambach. (1968). THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF LOWER SILURIAN MARINE COMMUNITIES. Lethaia. 1(1). 1–27. 237 indexed citations

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