Leslie J. Robbins

4.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
83 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Leslie J. Robbins is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leslie J. Robbins has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 51 papers in Paleontology and 28 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Leslie J. Robbins's work include Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (63 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (51 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers). Leslie J. Robbins is often cited by papers focused on Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (63 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (51 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers). Leslie J. Robbins collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Leslie J. Robbins's co-authors include Kurt O. Konhauser, Noah J. Planavsky, Timothy W. Lyons, Stefan V. Lalonde, Christopher T. Reinhard, Benjamin C. Gill, Andrey Bekker, Camille A. Partin, Devon B. Cole and Chun‐Jiang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Leslie J. Robbins

77 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Evolution of the global phosphorus cycle

2016 486 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky et al. profile →
Proterozoic ocean redox and biogeochemical stasis

2013 424 citations Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah J. Planavsky et al. profile →
Iron formations: A global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history

2017 361 citations Kurt O. Konhauser, Noah J. Planavsky et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leslie J. Robbins Canada	27	1.9k	1.8k	951	590	444	83	3.0k
Dan Asael United States	26	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	827 0.9×	515 0.9×	310 0.7×	54	2.2k
Martin Wille Germany	29	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	583 1.0×	384 0.9×	67	2.5k
Dalton Hardisty United States	26	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	768 0.8×	794 1.3×	325 0.7×	44	2.5k
Vincent Busigny France	31	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	739 1.3×	216 0.5×	59	2.6k
Harilaos Tsikos South Africa	24	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	748 1.3×	234 0.5×	74	2.4k
Jeremy D. Owens United States	34	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.9×	527 1.2×	97	3.6k
Silke Severmann United States	28	2.4k 1.3×	2.0k 1.1×	684 0.7×	1.1k 1.9×	600 1.4×	60	3.8k
Rachel A. Mills United Kingdom	30	1.4k 0.7×	675 0.4×	908 1.0×	856 1.5×	329 0.7×	75	2.9k
Xuelei Chu China	30	2.6k 1.4×	3.6k 2.0×	1.5k 1.5×	1.5k 2.5×	507 1.1×	73	4.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Robbins, Leslie J., et al.. (2025). Use of near-surface waters in identifying elemental associations with geothermal-sourced Li. Applied Geochemistry. 188. 106428–106428.

Zolfaghari, Ashkan, et al.. (2025). Lithium extraction using zirconium oxide coated lithium manganese oxide ion-exchange adsorbents. Chemical Communications. 61(59). 11013–11016.

Zhang, Jingyu, Wei Wei, Jun Shen, et al.. (2025). Boron isotope evidence for Ordovician-Silurian Transition postglacial marginal marine salinity with implications for redox conditions and biotic recovery. Chemical Geology. 690. 122891–122891. 1 indexed citations

Hao, Yan‐Tao, Zheng Qin, Lingang Xu, et al.. (2025). An expansive global oxygenation of Earth’s surface environments 1.4 billion years ago. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10535–10535.

Wei, Wei, David B. Kemp, Yongchao Lu, et al.. (2024). Astronomically forcing salinity variations in a marginal-marine environment, Bohai Bay Basin, NE China. Chemical Geology. 665. 122300–122300. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Ning, et al.. (2024). Rare Earth Element Speciation in Coal and Coal Combustion Byproducts: A XANES and EXAFS Study. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(32). 14565–14574. 2 indexed citations

Sutherland, Bruce, Manuel Schad, Leslie J. Robbins, et al.. (2024). Cyanobacteria-ferrihydrite aggregates, BIF sedimentation and implications for Archaean- Palaeoproterozoic seawater geochemistry. South African Journal of Geology. 127(2). 359–378. 3 indexed citations

Alam, Md. Samrat, Shannon L. Flynn, Ning Chen, et al.. (2024). Rare Earth Element Adsorption to Clay Minerals: Mechanistic Insights and Implications for Recovery from Secondary Sources. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(16). 7217–7227. 23 indexed citations

Konhauser, Kurt O., Andreas Kappler, Stefan V. Lalonde, & Leslie J. Robbins. (2023). Logan Medallist 8. Trace Elements in Iron Formation as a Window into Biogeochemical Evolution Accompanying the Oxygenation of Earth’s Atmosphere. Geoscience Canada. 50(4). 239–258. 3 indexed citations

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Tassara, Santiago, et al.. (2023). Links between large igneous province volcanism and subducted iron formations. Nature Geoscience. 16(6). 527–533. 5 indexed citations

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Konhauser, Kurt O., Yongzhang Zhou, Mark Button, et al.. (2023). How does weathering influence geochemical proxies in Paleoproterozoic banded iron formations? A case study from outcrop samples of 2.46 Ga banded iron formation, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 136(7-8). 2735–2752. 1 indexed citations

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Planavsky, Noah J., Dan Asael, Alan D. Rooney, et al.. (2022). A sedimentary record of the evolution of the global marine phosphorus cycle. Geobiology. 21(2). 168–174. 25 indexed citations

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Hao, Weiduo, Ning Chen, Kaarel Mänd, et al.. (2022). Binding and transport of Cr(III) by clay minerals during the Great Oxidation Event. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 584. 117503–117503. 10 indexed citations

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Yan, Hao, Dao-Hui Pi, Shao‐Yong Jiang, et al.. (2022). Mineral paragenesis in Paleozoic manganese ore deposits: Depositional versus post-depositional formation processes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 325. 65–86. 26 indexed citations

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Hao, Yan‐Tao, Dao-Hui Pi, Shao‐Yong Jiang, et al.. (2020). Hydrothermally induced 34S enrichment in pyrite as an alternative explanation of the Late-Devonian sulfur isotope excursion in South China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 283. 1–21. 35 indexed citations

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Planavsky, Noah J., Leslie J. Robbins, Balz S. Kamber, & Ronny Schoenberg. (2020). Weathering, alteration and reconstructing Earth's oxygenation. Interface Focus. 10(4). 20190140–20190140. 31 indexed citations

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Konhauser, Kurt O., Weiduo Hao, Konstantin von Gunten, et al.. (2019). Diopatra cuprea worm burrow parchment: a cautionary tale of infaunal surface reactivity. Lethaia. 53(1). 47–61. 7 indexed citations

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Robbins, Leslie J., et al.. (2018). Earth’s youngest banded iron formation implies ferruginous conditions in the Early Cambrian ocean. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9970–9970. 42 indexed citations

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Robbins, Leslie J., Stefan V. Lalonde, Noah J. Planavsky, et al.. (2016). Trace elements at the intersection of marine biological and geochemical evolution. Earth-Science Reviews. 163. 323–348. 164 indexed citations

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Konhauser, Kurt O., Leslie J. Robbins, Ernesto Peçoits, et al.. (2015). The Archean Nickel Famine Revisited. Astrobiology. 15(10). 804–815. 53 indexed citations

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