Michael Brooks

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Brooks is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Brooks has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Geophysics, 17 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Michael Brooks's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (16 papers), Geological formations and processes (13 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers). Michael Brooks is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (16 papers), Geological formations and processes (13 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (13 papers). Michael Brooks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Michael Brooks's co-authors include P. Kearey, I. Hill, Max S. Wicha, Monika L. Burness, G. Ferentinos, G. F. Bottazzo, J. P. PRYOR, David Ralph, Les G Underhill and Michael Baum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell stem cell and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Brooks

84 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

An introduction to geophysical exploration 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 200 400 600
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. An introduction to geophysical exploration
    1984 652 citations Michael Brooks et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Brooks United Kingdom 18 847 333 244 224 189 96 1.9k
G. Casula Italy 28 1.3k 1.5× 191 0.6× 193 0.8× 383 1.7× 460 2.4× 125 3.0k
Andrea Borgia United States 29 1.6k 1.9× 152 0.5× 186 0.8× 101 0.5× 90 0.5× 72 2.9k
Richard J. Lisle United Kingdom 33 2.3k 2.7× 327 1.0× 359 1.5× 149 0.7× 206 1.1× 113 3.6k
Donald S. Miller United States 27 724 0.9× 75 0.2× 343 1.4× 89 0.4× 73 0.4× 107 2.5k
Aaron J. Martin United States 28 2.3k 2.8× 103 0.3× 448 1.8× 336 1.5× 207 1.1× 59 4.2k
Takeshi Ohba Japan 31 864 1.0× 68 0.2× 207 0.8× 65 0.3× 151 0.8× 195 3.2k
David Healy Australia 53 2.3k 2.8× 554 1.7× 591 2.4× 254 1.1× 234 1.2× 266 8.5k
R. Smalley United States 35 2.1k 2.5× 121 0.4× 126 0.5× 55 0.2× 53 0.3× 111 4.0k
Hiroshi Hotta Japan 24 770 0.9× 38 0.1× 570 2.3× 190 0.8× 321 1.7× 81 2.2k
Robert J. Munroe United States 25 678 0.8× 69 0.2× 1.1k 4.6× 142 0.6× 102 0.5× 62 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Brooks

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Brooks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Brooks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Brooks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Brooks 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 Michael Brooks. Michael Brooks 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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Lee, Alan TK, Dominic A. W. Henry, Michael Brooks, et al.. (2024). The Africa Bird Data packages: African citizen science bird data in R. Ostrich. 95(4). 312–320.
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Altwegg, Res, et al.. (2023). BIRDIE: A data pipeline to inform wetland and waterbird conservation at multiple scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 2 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael, et al.. (2021). A New Form of Double Consciousness: Narratives on the Duality of being a Black Father and Counselor Educator During #BlackLivesMatter. 1–18. 1 indexed citations
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Frerichs, Leah, Ronny A. Bell, Jan T. Lowery, et al.. (2018). Perspectives of American Indians in Eastern North Carolina on Socio-cultural Factors that Influence Colorectal Cancer Screening Decisions. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 29(2). 723–742. 8 indexed citations
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Fincham, J.E., et al.. (2015). The impacts of the Pied Crow Corvus albus on other species need to be determined. 6. 232–239. 3 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael. (2015). Stop all the clocks.... The New Scientist. 28–33.
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Brooks, Michael, Monika L. Burness, & Max S. Wicha. (2015). Therapeutic Implications of Cellular Heterogeneity and Plasticity in Breast Cancer. Cell stem cell. 17(3). 260–271. 291 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael. (2015). The secret life of reality. The New Scientist. 225(3002). 26–29. 1 indexed citations
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Underhill, Les G & Michael Brooks. (2014). Preliminary summary of changes in bird distributions between the First and Second Southern African Bird Atlas Projects (SABAP1 and SABAP2). 5. 258–293. 8 indexed citations
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Underhill, Les G, et al.. (2012). Second Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP2): Progress report to 6 December 2012. 3. 243–250. 1 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael. (2008). 13 Things That Don't Make Sense. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 1 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael, et al.. (2005). DISTILLATE, Project B: Option Generation - Annexes to the Literature Review. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Padayachee, T.S., et al.. (1998). Intraoperative high resolution duplex imaging during carotid endarterectomy: Which abnormalities require surgical correction?. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 15(5). 387–393. 20 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael, et al.. (1992). A deep crustal model to explain regional aeromagnetic and gravity anomalies in southwest England. Tectonophysics. 212(1-2). 109–115. 2 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael, S R Ebbs, AA Colletta, & Michael Baum. (1992). Desmoid tumours treated with triphenylethylenes. European Journal of Cancer. 28(6-7). 1014–1018. 94 indexed citations
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Mechie, J. & Michael Brooks. (1984). A seismic study of deep geological structure in the Bristol Channel area, SW Britain. Geophysical Journal International. 78(3). 661–689. 19 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael, et al.. (1982). Extensional tectonics in Neogene and Quaternary sequences at the western margin of the Axios basin, northern Greece. Journal of the Geological Society. 139(3). 293–297. 3 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael. (1968). The geological results of gravity and magnetic surveys in the Malvern Hills and adjacent districts. Geological Journal. 6(1). 13–30. 6 indexed citations
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Brooks, Michael, et al.. (1965). A Llandovery Conglomeratic Limestone in Gullet Quarry, Malvern Hills, and its Conodont Fauna. Geological Magazine. 102(5). 370–382. 13 indexed citations

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