Martin Williams

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Martin Williams is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Williams has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Atmospheric Science, 16 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 9 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Martin Williams's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Geological formations and processes (12 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (7 papers). Martin Williams is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (21 papers), Geological formations and processes (12 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (7 papers). Martin Williams collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and France. Martin Williams's co-authors include Donald Adamson, Bill Bellotti, Qunying Luo, Xiaoping Yang, Brett A. Bryan, Pierre Rognon, Françoise Gasse, F. Alayne Street, Robert C. Balling and Frances M. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Martin Williams

48 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Sahara and the Nile. 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 50 100 150
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. The Sahara and the Nile.
    1980 194 citations Martin Williams et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Martin Williams 1.0k 616 413 332 307 49 2.0k
A. T. Grove 932 0.9× 643 1.0× 504 1.2× 238 0.7× 335 1.1× 57 2.2k
Dominique Schwartz 1.0k 1.0× 255 0.4× 408 1.0× 437 1.3× 271 0.9× 81 2.2k
D. A. Livingstone 1.3k 1.3× 412 0.7× 766 1.9× 396 1.2× 159 0.5× 48 2.7k
H. E. Wright 1.2k 1.2× 390 0.6× 509 1.2× 308 0.9× 142 0.5× 51 1.9k
Teresa Vegas‐Vilarrúbia 1.3k 1.2× 333 0.5× 662 1.6× 202 0.6× 527 1.7× 91 2.4k
James B. Benedict 1.8k 1.8× 323 0.5× 399 1.0× 389 1.2× 123 0.4× 71 2.4k
Knut Kaiser 1.2k 1.2× 487 0.8× 434 1.1× 345 1.0× 249 0.8× 62 1.9k
H. Faure 717 0.7× 252 0.4× 344 0.8× 188 0.6× 307 1.0× 54 1.5k
H. Curtis Monger 1.1k 1.0× 627 1.0× 495 1.2× 97 0.3× 356 1.2× 48 2.3k
Louis Martin 1.6k 1.6× 1.3k 2.1× 981 2.4× 245 0.7× 220 0.7× 108 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Martin Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Williams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martin Williams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martin Williams 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 Martin Williams. Martin Williams 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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Williams, Martin & Donald Adamson. (2021). A Land Between Two Niles.
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Woodward, Jamie, Martin Williams, Eduardo Garzanti, Mark G. Macklin, & Nick Marriner. (2015). From source to sink: Exploring the Quaternary history of the Nile. Quaternary Science Reviews. 130. 3–8. 14 indexed citations
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Luo, Qunying, Bill Bellotti, Martin Williams, Ian Cooper, & Brett A. Bryan. (2007). Risk analysis of possible impacts of climate change on South Australian wheat production. Climatic Change. 85(1-2). 89–101. 30 indexed citations
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Luo, Qunying, Bill Bellotti, Martin Williams, & Roger Jones. (2005). Probabilistic analysis of potential impacts of climate change on wheat production in contrasting environments of South Australia. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Qunying, Brett A. Bryan, Bill Bellotti, & Martin Williams. (2005). Spatial Analysis of Environmental Change Impacts on Wheat Production in Mid-Lower North, South Australia. Climatic Change. 72(1-2). 213–228. 22 indexed citations
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Williams, Frances M., Martin Williams, & F. Aumento. (2003). Tensional fissures and crustal extension rates in the northern part of the Main Ethiopian Rift. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 38(2). 183–197. 90 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin. (2000). Late Quaternary environments in the White Nile region, Sudan. Global and Planetary Change. 26(1-3). 305–316. 78 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin, et al.. (1997). The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. 1. 301. 16 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin, et al.. (1995). Quaternary geology and prehistoric environments in the Son and Belan Valleys, north-central India. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 39 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin & Robert C. Balling. (1995). Interactions of Desertification and Climate. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 76 indexed citations
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Abell, Paul I. & Martin Williams. (1989). Oxygen and carbon isotope ratios in gastropod shells as indicators of paleoenvironments in the afar region of ethiopia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 74(3-4). 265–278. 49 indexed citations
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Adamson, Donald, J. Desmond Clark, & Martin Williams. (1987). Pottery tempered with sponge from the White Nile, Sudan. African Archaeological Review. 5(1). 115–127. 11 indexed citations
13.
Williams, Martin. (1983). Ancient Mythology and Revolutionary Ideology in Ireland, 1878–1916. The Historical Journal. 26(2). 307–328. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin, et al.. (1980). The Sahara and the Nile.. 194 indexed citations breakdown →
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Williams, Martin. (1974). Surface rock creep on sandstone slopes in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Geographer. 12(5). 419–424. 7 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin, et al.. (1973). Comment in Reply. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 63(1). 150–151. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin & Donald Adamson. (1973). The Physiography of the Central Sudan. Geographical Journal. 139(3). 498–498. 23 indexed citations
18.
Williams, Martin. (1973). THE EFFICACY OF CREEP and SLOPEWASH IN TROPICAL and TEMPERATE AUSTRALIA. Australian Geographical Studies. 11(1). 62–78. 18 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin. (1969). The Nile in the Sudan. Geographical Journal. 135(3). 489–489. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Martin, et al.. (1965). Recent Expeditions to Libya from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Geographical Journal. 131(4). 482–482. 9 indexed citations

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