Martin J. Head

14.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
185 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Martin J. Head is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin J. Head has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Atmospheric Science, 76 papers in Paleontology and 73 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Martin J. Head's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (136 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (46 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (41 papers). Martin J. Head is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (136 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (46 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (41 papers). Martin J. Head collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Martin J. Head's co-authors include Philip L. Gibbard, Stijn De Schepper, Jens Matthießen, P.L. Gibbard, Anne de Vernal, M. J. C. Walker, Weijian Zhou, André Rochon, Rex Harland and Stephen Louwye and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Martin J. Head

180 papers receiving 8.5k 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.

Formal ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 Ma

2010 524 citations Philip L. Gibbard, Martin J. Head et al. Journal of Quaternary Science profile →
An optimized scheme of lettered marine isotope substages for the last 1.0 million years, and the climatostratigraphic nature of isotope stages and substages

2015 421 citations Philip L. Gibbard, Martin J. Head et al. profile →
Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries

2018 281 citations Martin J. Head et al. profile →

Peers

Martin J. Head

PALEO

ECOLO

OCEAN

Patrick De Deckker Australia

Dick Kroon United Kingdom

George S. Burr United States

Larry C. Peterson United States

Svante Björck Sweden

Michel Fontugne France

Barbara Wohlfarth Sweden

Lucas Joost Lourens Netherlands

N. J. Shackleton United Kingdom

William Showers United States

Patrick De Deckker Australia

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7.6k ×1.2

2.2k ×0.9

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3.7k ×1.5

ECOLO

2.3k ×0.9

OCEAN

2.6k ×1.6

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin J. Head

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20 of 20 papers shown

Head, Martin J., et al.. (2025). First application of high-resolution X-ray computed tomography to quantify the fossil record of foraminifera: The Nicola bed, Monte San Nicola, Sicily; type area for the Quaternary System. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 174. 107283–107283. 3 indexed citations

Pross, Jörg, Peter K. Bijl, Henk Brinkhuis, et al.. (2025). Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts in biostratigraphy: state of the art and perspectives for future research. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 59(1-2). 175–210. 1 indexed citations

McCarthy, Francine M.G., R. Timothy Patterson, Brian F. Cumming, et al.. (2025). High-resolution analysis of the varved succession at Crawford lake across the base of the proposed Crawfordian stage and Anthropocene series. The Anthropocene Review. 12(2). 243–272. 4 indexed citations

Summerhayes, Colin, Jan Zalasiewicz, Martin J. Head, et al.. (2024). The future extent of the Anthropocene epoch: A synthesis. Global and Planetary Change. 242. 104568–104568. 12 indexed citations

Head, Martin J., et al.. (2024). Comment on “The Volyn biota (Ukraine) – indications of 1.5 Gyr old eukaryotes in 3D preservation, a spotlight on the `boring billion' ” by Franz et al. (2023). Biogeosciences. 21(7). 1773–1783. 1 indexed citations

Head, Martin J., Kenneth Neil Mertens, & Robert A. Fensome. (2024). Dual nomenclature in organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts II: Spiniferites elongatus and S. membranaceus , and their equivalent non-fossil species Gonyaulax ovum comb. nov. and G. lewisiae sp. nov.. Palynology. 48(2). 5 indexed citations

Turner, Simon, et al.. (2023). Evidence and experiment: Curating contexts of Anthropocene geology. The Anthropocene Review. 10(1). 330–339. 8 indexed citations

Head, Martin J., Colin N. Waters, Jan Zalasiewicz, et al.. (2023). The Anthropocene as an epoch is distinct from all other concepts known by this term: a reply to Swindles et al. (2023). Journal of Quaternary Science. 38(4). 455–458. 9 indexed citations

Loizeau, Pierre‐André, John C. Brinda, Martin J. Head, & Carmen Ulloa Ulloa. (2023). Report of the Registration Committee. Taxon. 72(5). 1134–1136. 2 indexed citations

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Kubota, Yoshimi, Yuki Haneda, Koji Kameo, et al.. (2021). Paleoceanography of the northwestern Pacific across the Early–Middle Pleistocene boundary (Marine Isotope Stages 20–18). Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 8(1). 29–29. 10 indexed citations

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Head, Martin J., et al.. (2021). Paleoceanography and dinoflagellate cyst stratigraphy across the Lower–Middle Pleistocene Subseries (Calabrian–Chibanian Stage) boundary at the Chiba composite section, Japan. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 8(1). 48–48. 9 indexed citations

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Fensome, Robert A., Martin J. Head, Patrick S. Herendeen, et al.. (2021). Taxonomy and nomenclature in palaeopalynology: basic principles, current challenges and future perspectives. Palynology. 45(4). 717–743. 16 indexed citations

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Syvitski, James P. M., Colin N. Waters, John W. Day, et al.. (2020). Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch. Communications Earth & Environment. 1(1). 131 indexed citations

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Riding, James B., Robert A. Fensome, & Martin J. Head. (2018). Citing the taxonomic literature: what a difference a year makes. Palynology. 43(1). 1–3. 3 indexed citations

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Beialy, Salah Y. El, et al.. (2018). Dinoflagellate cyst evidence for the age and palaeoenvironments of the Upper Eocene–Oligocene Dabaa Formation, Qattara Depression, north Western Desert, Egypt. Palynology. 43(2). 268–291. 13 indexed citations

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Head, Martin J., et al.. (2017). WESTERN PACIFIC PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY ACROSS THE EARLY–MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY (~773 KA): DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS OF THE CHIBA COMPOSITE SECTION, JAPAN. KEYWORDS: PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, DINOFLAGELLATES, PLEISTOCENE, JAPAN, MIS 19. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Francine M.G., et al.. (2013). Understanding cyst-theca relationships in freshwater dinoflagellates. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Head, Martin J., Philip L. Gibbard, & Thijs van Kolfschoten. (2013). The Quaternary System/Period: current status and future challenges. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 18. 77–80. 4 indexed citations

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Schepper, Stijn De, Martin J. Head, & Stephen Louwye. (2004). Pliocene dinoflagellates from Belgium: sequence stratigraphic interpretations and a refined taxonomy. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Head, Martin J., et al.. (1996). The properties of humus material separated from Palaeosols in loess-Palaeosol sequences from the Loess Plateau in China.. Radiocarbon. 38(1). 46–47. 4 indexed citations

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