Mark Peplow

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
183 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Mark Peplow is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Materials Chemistry and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Peplow has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 18 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Mark Peplow's work include Astro and Planetary Science (13 papers), Science, Research, and Medicine (11 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (9 papers). Mark Peplow is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (13 papers), Science, Research, and Medicine (11 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (9 papers). Mark Peplow collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Mark Peplow's co-authors include Emma Marris and Benjamin Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Mark Peplow

127 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
    2006 1.2k citations Mark Peplow Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Peplow Canada 21 1.1k 329 328 301 236 183 2.6k
Yuki Kimura Japan 25 701 0.6× 885 2.7× 187 0.6× 442 1.5× 247 1.0× 230 2.8k
Paul Smith United States 32 718 0.7× 446 1.4× 777 2.4× 97 0.3× 402 1.7× 127 3.0k
Shigeru Suzuki Japan 22 491 0.5× 159 0.5× 205 0.6× 110 0.4× 117 0.5× 181 2.2k
Yi Chen China 33 481 0.4× 402 1.2× 233 0.7× 188 0.6× 227 1.0× 201 4.0k
Andreas Elsaesser Netherlands 14 508 0.5× 1.0k 3.1× 254 0.8× 106 0.4× 497 2.1× 35 2.2k
Takuya Yamashita Japan 28 1.4k 1.3× 282 0.9× 123 0.4× 128 0.4× 188 0.8× 168 2.7k
Sylvain Picaud France 31 385 0.4× 750 2.3× 274 0.8× 1.2k 3.9× 449 1.9× 136 3.6k
Masanori Kobayashi Japan 24 591 0.5× 212 0.6× 101 0.3× 74 0.2× 533 2.3× 289 2.8k
W. T. Thompson United States 40 1.8k 1.6× 764 2.3× 449 1.4× 1.2k 4.0× 157 0.7× 251 5.2k
Peter Nagel Germany 26 375 0.3× 604 1.8× 236 0.7× 95 0.3× 197 0.8× 86 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Peplow

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Peplow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mark Peplow. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Mark Peplow. The network helps show where Mark Peplow may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Peplow

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Peplow. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Peplow based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mark Peplow. Mark Peplow is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Peplow, Mark. (2025). How the US tech industry is shaping the transition to green energy. Nature. 639(8055). S18–S21.
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Peplow, Mark. (2025). Can this revolutionary plastics-recycling plant help solve the pollution crisis?. Nature. 638(8049). 22–25. 6 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2025). Chemistry Nobel materials in the clinic. Nature Biotechnology. 43(11). 1751–1751.
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Peplow, Mark. (2024). Hydrogen Hubs Arise in the United States. Engineering. 42. 3–5. 2 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2024). Enzymes boost ‘rock weathering’ to trap CO2 in soil. Nature Biotechnology. 42(9). 1326–1328. 2 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2023). Robot chemist sparks row with claim it created new materials. Nature. 2 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2021). Nanotechnology offers alternative ways to fight COVID-19 pandemic with antivirals. Nature Biotechnology. 39(10). 1172–1174. 23 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2020). Bioconcrete presages new wave in environmentally friendly construction. Nature Biotechnology. 38(7). 776–778. 15 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2020). Can the history of pollution shape a better future?. Nature. 585(7823). 25–26. 5 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2018). Searching for cheaper malaria medicines. C&EN Global Enterprise. 96(11). 29–31. 6 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2017). How fracking is upending the chemical industry. Nature. 550(7674). 26–28. 22 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2016). Citizen science lures gamers into Sweden's Human Protein Atlas. Nature Biotechnology. 34(5). 452–453. 7 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2015). Materials science: The hole story. Nature. 520(7546). 148–150. 76 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2005). Micro lab makes cheap PET scan ingredient. Nature. 1 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2005). Comet reveals crumbly guts. Nature. 2 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2004). Beagle team hounds space agency over lost lander. Nature. 430(7003). 954–954. 1 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2004). Saturn looms in Cassini's sights. Nature.
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Peplow, Mark. (2004). Mental ping-pong could aid paraplegics. Nature. 6 indexed citations
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Peplow, Mark. (2004). Sunspot record reveals Sun's past. Nature. 2 indexed citations

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