M. J. Kennedy

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

M. J. Kennedy is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. J. Kennedy has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Atmospheric Science, 37 papers in Paleontology and 19 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in M. J. Kennedy's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (43 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (37 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (19 papers). M. J. Kennedy is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (43 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (37 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (19 papers). M. J. Kennedy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. M. J. Kennedy's co-authors include Nicholas Christie‐Blick, L. Paul Knauth, Ganqing Jiang, David R. Pevear, Stefan Löhr, Ronald J. Hill, Elizabeth T. Baruch, Mary L. Droser, Linda E. Sohl and T. F. Bristow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. J. Kennedy

68 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The late Precambrian greening of the Earth

2009 492 citations M. J. Kennedy et al. profile →
Is organic pore development in gas shales influenced by the primary porosity and structure of thermally immature organic matter?

2015 320 citations Stefan Löhr, M. J. Kennedy et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. J. Kennedy United States	35	3.5k	2.7k	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	69	5.8k
Yves Goddéris France	38	3.7k 1.1×	3.2k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	806 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	92	7.3k
Ian Jarvis United Kingdom	45	3.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	886 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	117	6.1k
S. E. Calvert Canada	50	2.8k 0.8×	3.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	3.2k 2.4×	83	8.2k
David A. Fike United States	44	5.4k 1.6×	3.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	2.7k 2.0×	147	8.3k
Christoph Korte Denmark	35	5.5k 1.6×	3.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.6×	96	6.9k
Dieter Buhl Germany	34	3.2k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	660 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	58	5.0k
Mitchell W Lyle United States	41	2.2k 0.6×	4.9k 1.8×	1.0k 0.6×	546 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	133	7.1k
Miriam Kastner United States	52	2.2k 0.6×	3.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.4×	122	8.1k
Armelle Riboulleau France	28	3.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	3.0k 2.3×	65	6.0k
Harry Rowe United States	35	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	816 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	111	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. J. Kennedy

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Zammit‐Mangion, Andrew, Sangeeta Bhatia, Ivan Schroder, et al.. (2019). Bayesian atmospheric tomography for detection and quantification of methane emissions: application to data from the 2015 Ginninderra release experiment. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 12(9). 4659–4676. 6 indexed citations

Kennedy, M. J., et al.. (2019). Weathering in a world without terrestrial life recorded in the Mesoproterozoic Velkerri Formation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3448–3448. 41 indexed citations

Löhr, Stefan, et al.. (2018). Sediment microfabric records mass sedimentation of colonial cyanobacteria and extensive syndepositional metazoan reworking in Pliocene sapropels. The Depositional Record. 4(2). 293–317. 8 indexed citations

Klaebe, Robert, M. J. Kennedy, A.J.M. Jarrett, & Jochen J. Brocks. (2016). Local paleoenvironmental controls on the carbon‐isotope record defining the Bitter Springs Anomaly. Geobiology. 15(1). 65–80. 21 indexed citations

Löhr, Stefan & M. J. Kennedy. (2015). Micro-trace fossils reveal pervasive reworking of Pliocene sapropels by low-oxygen-adapted benthic meiofauna. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6589–6589. 24 indexed citations

Löhr, Stefan & M. J. Kennedy. (2014). Organomineral nanocomposite carbon burial during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Biogeosciences. 11(18). 4971–4983. 25 indexed citations

Droser, Mary L., et al.. (2014). A new Ediacaran fossil with a novel sediment displacive life habit. Journal of Paleontology. 88(1). 145–151. 22 indexed citations

Kennedy, M. J.. (2013). The Nonlinear Effects of Evolutionary Innovation Biospheric Feedbacks on Qualitative Environmental Change: From the Microbial to Metazoan World. The American Naturalist. 181(S1). S100–S111. 9 indexed citations

Droser, Mary L., et al.. (2012). The oldest Zoophycos and implications for Early Cambrian deposit feeding. Geological Magazine. 149(6). 1118–1123. 18 indexed citations

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Swart, Peter K. & M. J. Kennedy. (2012). Neoproterozoic carbonates require a marine origin? A Pliocene- Pleistocene comparison. 1 indexed citations

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Kennedy, M. J. & Mary L. Droser. (2011). Early Cambrian metazoans in fluvial environments, evidence of the non-marine Cambrian radiation. Geology. 39(6). 583–586. 30 indexed citations

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Kennedy, M. J. & Nicholas Christie‐Blick. (2011). Condensation origin for Neoproterozoic cap carbonates during deglaciation. Geology. 39(4). 319–322. 38 indexed citations

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Bristow, T. F. & M. J. Kennedy. (2008). Mechanisms and Conditions of Saponite Production in the Precambrian Doushantuo Formation. LPICo. 1441. 23–24.

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Zhang, Shihong, Ganqing Jiang, Junming Zhang, et al.. (2005). U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe ages from the Doushantuo Formation in south China: Constraints on late Neoproterozoic glaciations. Geology. 33(6). 473–473. 217 indexed citations

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Chew, David, J. Stephen Daly, Michael J. Flowerdew, M. J. Kennedy, & Laurence Page. (2004). Crenulation-slip development in a Caledonian shear zone in NW Ireland: evidence for a multi-stage movement history. Geological Society London Special Publications. 224(1). 337–352. 4 indexed citations

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Chew, David, J. Stephen Daly, Laurence Page, & M. J. Kennedy. (2003). Grampian orogenesis and the development of blueschist-facies metamorphism in western Ireland. Journal of the Geological Society. 160(6). 911–924. 40 indexed citations

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Vitousek, Peter M., M. J. Kennedy, Louis A. Derry, & Oliver A. Chadwick. (1999). Weathering versus atmospheric sources of strontium in ecosystems on young volcanic soils. Oecologia. 121(2). 255–259. 88 indexed citations

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Kennedy, M. J., Oliver A. Chadwick, Peter M. Vitousek, Louis A. Derry, & David M. Hendricks. (1998). Changing sources of base cations during ecosystem development, Hawaiian Islands. Geology. 26(11). 1015–1015. 147 indexed citations

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Bricker, Owen P., et al.. (1983). Geochemistry of small appalachian watersheds developed on silicate bedrock. 73(1). 41–52. 11 indexed citations

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Rast, N., et al.. (1976). Comparison of some tectonostratigraphic zones in the Appalachians of Newfoundland and New Brunswick. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 13(6). 868–875. 19 indexed citations

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