Mark Williams

21.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
330 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Mark Williams is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Williams has authored 330 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Paleontology, 149 papers in Atmospheric Science and 86 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Mark Williams's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (144 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (142 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (73 papers). Mark Williams is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (144 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (142 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (73 papers). Mark Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Mark Williams's co-authors include Jan Zalasiewicz, David J. Siveter, Will Steffen, Alan M. Haywood, Colin N. Waters, J. F. FARRAR, Paul J. Crutzen, Michael A. Ellis, Melanie J. Leng and Jean Vannier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mark Williams

314 papers receiving 9.3k 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 Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship

2011 905 citations Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams et al. profile →
The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

2016 547 citations Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Williams

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Groundwater recharge as an adaptive response to flood events in the San Joaquin Valley, California 2025 ·Water Policy ·Amy Quandt, Daniel Sousa, (unknown), W. Scott Dunbar, (unknown), (unknown), Andrea Pérez–Vidal, Mark Williams, Ashley Larsen, Andrew MacDonald	0
2	An Ordovician Assemblage of Cool Water‐Adapted Paleotropical Ostracods Suggests an Early Psychrosphere 2025 ·Island Arc ·(unknown), (unknown), Mark Williams, (unknown), Thomas H. P. Harvey, Toshifumi Komatsu, (unknown), C. Giles Miller, (unknown), Alexandre Pohl	0
3	The future extent of the Anthropocene epoch: A synthesis 2024 ·Global and Planetary Change ·Colin Summerhayes, Jan Zalasiewicz, Martin J. Head, James P. M. Syvitski, Anthony D. Barnosky, Alejandro Cearreta, Barbara Fiałkiewicz-Kozieł, Jacques Grinevald, Reinhold Leinfelder, Francine M.G. McCarthy, John McNeill, Yoshiki Saito, Michael Wagreich, Colin N. Waters, Mark Williams, Jens Zinke	12
4	The early Cambrian Bushizheia yangi and head segmentation in upper stem‐group euarthropods 2024 ·Papers in Palaeontology ·(unknown), Mark Williams, (unknown), (unknown), Denis Audo, (unknown), Huijuan Mai, Yu Liu, Gregory D. Edgecombe	3
5	Naturalizations have led to homogenization of the Malesian flora in the Anthropocene 2023 ·Journal of Biogeography ·(unknown), Pieter B. Pelser, Julie F. Barcelona, S. Tjitrosoedirdjo, (unknown), Mark van Kleunen, Petr Pyšek, Franz Essl, Holger Kreft, Wayne Dawson, Lahiru S. Wijedasa, Alessandra Kortz, Martin Hejda, Juan Carlos Berrío, Iskandar Zulkarnaen Siregar, Mark Williams	0
6	The naturalized vascular flora of Malesia 2023 ·Biological Invasions ·(unknown), Pieter B. Pelser, Julie F. Barcelona, S. Tjitrosoedirdjo, (unknown), Mark van Kleunen, Petr Pyšek, Franz Essl, Holger Kreft, Wayne Dawson, Lahiru S. Wijedasa, Alessandra Kortz, Martin Hejda, Juan Carlos Berrío, Iskandar Zulkarnaen Siregar, Mark Williams	9
7	Ostracods from the Upper Silurian Si Ka Formation, Northern Vietnam, and Their Paleobiogeographical Significance 2023 ·Paleontological Research ·Mark Williams, Toshifumi Komatsu, (unknown), David J. Siveter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas H. P. Harvey, (unknown), (unknown), Toshihiro Yamada, C. Giles Miller	0
8	The late Katian Elkhorn event: precursor to the Late Ordovician mass extinction 2023 ·Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology ·Patrick I. McLaughlin, Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mark Williams, Carlton E. Brett, (unknown), (unknown)	2
9	Edible insects: environmentally friendly sustainable future food source 2022 ·International Journal of Food Science & Technology ·(unknown), Mark Williams, Vijay Jayasena	21
10	High altitude hunting, climate change, and pastoral resilience in eastern Eurasia 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·William Taylor, (unknown), (unknown), Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan, James D. Murdoch, Gino Caspari, Michael Klinge, (unknown), (unknown), Светлана Шнайдер, Aida Abdykanova, (unknown), Muhammad Zahir, (unknown), Mark Williams, (unknown), Michael D. Petraglia, Craig M. Lee, E. James Dixon, Nicole Boivin	17
11	An early Cambrian greenhouse climate 2018 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Thomas H. P. Harvey, Mark Williams, Melanie J. Leng, Angela L. Lamb, Philip R. Wilby, Sarah E. Gabbott, Alexandre Pohl, Yannick Donnadieu	77
12	Myodocope ostracods from the Silurian of Australia 2014 ·Journal of Systematic Palaeontology ·Vincent Perrier, David J. Siveter, Mark Williams, (unknown), (unknown), Jacques Verniers, Thijs R.A. Vandenbroucke	6
13	West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat from Pine Island Bay during the Holocene: New insights into forcing mechanisms 2013 ·EGUGA ·Claus‐Dieter Hillenbrand, James A Smith, Gerhard Kühn, (unknown), David A Hodell, H. Elderfield, Sev Kender, Mark Williams, Victoria L. Peck, Robert D Larter, Johann Philipp Klages, (unknown), Matthias Forwick, Karsten Gohl	1
14	New, early ostracods from the Ordovician (Tremadocian) of Iran: systematic, biogeographical and palaeoecological significance 2011 ·Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology ·Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour, (unknown), Mark Williams, Leonid E. Popov, T. Yu. Tolmacheva	26
15	A terminal Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) loess-derived palaeoflood record from South Australia? 2007 ·Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·David Haberlah, Mark Williams, S. M. Hill, Galen P. Halverson, (unknown)	4
16	Environmental impact of the 73 ka toba eruption reflected by paleosol carbonate carbon isotope ratios in central India 2007 ·Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) ·Stanley H. Ambrose, Mark Williams, (unknown)	2
17	Competition Policy in Hong Kong: Present Conditions and Future Prospects 2007 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Mark Williams	2
18	AN INTERSTITIAL OSTRACODA FROM A BEACH-SAND HABITAT IN KEAWE=ULA BAY, NORTHERN HAWAII 2004 ·Revista española de micropaleontología ·Ian P. Wilkinson, Mark Williams	3
19	Specific study on forest greenhouse gas budget 2004 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·R. Brumme, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, J. Grace, Aleksi Lehtonen, Suzanna Lettens, Jari Liski, Maurizio Mencuccini, R. Milne, G.J. Nabuurs, Mats Olsson, Klemens Schadauer, (unknown), Nancy Van Camp, W. de Vries, Mark Williams, Sönke Zaehle	15
20	A Carboniferous necropahgous myodocopid ostracod from Derbyshire, England 2004 ·Revista española de micropaleontología ·Ian P. Wilkinson, Mark Williams, David J. Siveter, Philip R. Wilby	7

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