Michael Cassidy

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Cassidy is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Cassidy has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 11 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Michael Cassidy's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (22 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). Michael Cassidy is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (22 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). Michael Cassidy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Michael Cassidy's co-authors include Michael Manga, Olivier Bachmann, Kathy Cashman, Sebastian Watt, Martin R. Palmer, Peter J. Talling, James E. Hunt, J. Trofimovs, Marie Edmonds and John Stevenson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Michael Cassidy

40 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Controls on explosive-effusive volcanic eruption styles

2018 296 citations Michael Cassidy, Michael Manga et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Cassidy United Kingdom	18	784	430	153	116	101	40	1.2k
Vittorio Zanon Portugal	20	832 1.1×	349 0.8×	87 0.6×	155 1.3×	125 1.2×	63	1.2k
G. Ryan United Kingdom	18	913 1.2×	423 1.0×	153 1.0×	107 0.9×	105 1.0×	39	1.2k
Michele Soligo Italy	17	662 0.8×	436 1.0×	202 1.3×	87 0.8×	43 0.4×	66	1.1k
Yizhaq Makovsky Israel	20	881 1.1×	340 0.8×	239 1.6×	78 0.7×	71 0.7×	66	1.4k
C. A. Tranne Italy	19	870 1.1×	514 1.2×	204 1.3×	182 1.6×	31 0.3×	46	1.2k
A. Esposito Italy	17	721 0.9×	282 0.7×	206 1.3×	67 0.6×	43 0.4×	38	1.2k
M. Marani Italy	23	728 0.9×	520 1.2×	363 2.4×	73 0.6×	37 0.4×	51	1.2k
A. D. Shukla India	22	512 0.7×	693 1.6×	324 2.1×	132 1.1×	67 0.7×	102	1.5k
Marina Belousova Russia	20	903 1.2×	452 1.1×	123 0.8×	138 1.2×	55 0.5×	51	1.2k
Alexander Belousov Russia	23	1.2k 1.6×	568 1.3×	141 0.9×	186 1.6×	72 0.7×	66	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Cassidy

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ikari, Matt J., et al.. (2025). Deformation and Gravitational Instability at Anak Krakatau (Sunda Strait, Indonesia): Insights From Direct Shear Experiments and Finite‐Element Models. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(5). 1 indexed citations

Martínez, Juan B. García, Nico Wunderling, Asaf Tzachor, et al.. (2025). It's time to consider global catastrophic food failures. Global Food Security. 46. 100880–100880. 1 indexed citations

Cassidy, Michael, Janet Currie, Sherry Glied, & Renata E. Howland. (2025). Universal Access to Counsel, Housing Court Filings, and Child Mental Health: Evidence from New York City. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 115. 96–102. 1 indexed citations

Wilson, Nick, et al.. (2023). Impact of the Tambora volcanic eruption of 1815 on islands and relevance to future sunlight-blocking catastrophes. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3649–3649. 11 indexed citations

Cassidy, Michael, et al.. (2023). The Ethics of Volcano Geoengineering. Earth s Future. 11(10). 1 indexed citations

Satow, Chris, et al.. (2023). The Contributions of Marine Sediment Cores to Volcanic Hazard Assessments: Present Examples and Future Perspectives. Geosciences. 13(4). 124–124. 1 indexed citations

Beard, SJ, et al.. (2023). Exploring Futures for the Science of Global Risk. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Cassidy, Michael & Janet Currie. (2023). The effects of legal representation on tenant outcomes in housing court: Evidence from New York City’s Universal Access program. Journal of Public Economics. 222. 104844–104844. 7 indexed citations

Cassidy, Michael, et al.. (2023). Magmatic volatile content and the overpressure ‘sweet spot’: Implications for volcanic eruption triggering and style. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 444. 107916–107916. 7 indexed citations

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Cassidy, Michael, Jonathan M. Castro, David M. Pyle, et al.. (2022). Experimental Investigation of Trachydacite Magma Storage Prior to the 1257 Eruption of Mt Samalas. Journal of Petrology. 63(8). 2 indexed citations

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Hunt, James E., David R. Tappin, Sebastian Watt, et al.. (2021). Submarine landslide megablocks show half of Anak Krakatau island failed on December 22nd, 2018. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2827–2827. 35 indexed citations

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Novellino, Alessandro, Samantha Engwell, Stephen Grebby, et al.. (2020). Mapping Recent Shoreline Changes Spanning the Lateral Collapse of Anak Krakatau Volcano, Indonesia. Applied Sciences. 10(2). 536–536. 16 indexed citations

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Cassidy, Michael, Michael Manga, Kathy Cashman, & Olivier Bachmann. (2018). Controls on explosive-effusive volcanic eruption styles. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2839–2839. 296 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hunt, James E., Michael Cassidy, & Peter J. Talling. (2018). Multi-stage volcanic island flank collapses with coeval explosive caldera-forming eruptions. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1146–1146. 40 indexed citations

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Cassidy, Michael, Sebastian Watt, Martin Jutzeler, et al.. (2017). Long-term changes in explosive and effusive behaviour at andesitic arc volcanoes: Chronostratigraphy of the Centre Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 333-334. 15–35. 10 indexed citations

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Jutzeler, Martin, Michael Manga, James D. L. White, et al.. (2016). Submarine deposits from pumiceous pyroclastic density currents traveling over water: An outstanding example from offshore Montserrat (IODP 340). Geological Society of America Bulletin. 129(3-4). 392–414. 22 indexed citations

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Cassidy, Michael, Sebastian Watt, Martin R. Palmer, et al.. (2014). Construction of volcanic records from marine sediment cores: A review and case study (Montserrat, West Indies). Earth-Science Reviews. 138. 137–155. 53 indexed citations

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Trofimovs, J., Peter J. Talling, R. S. J. Sparks, et al.. (2013). Timing, origin and emplacement dynamics of mass flows offshore of SE Montserrat in the last 110 ka: Implications for landslide and tsunami hazards, eruption history, and volcanic island evolution. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 14(2). 385–406. 19 indexed citations

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Cassidy, Michael, et al.. (2012). Tracking the magmatic evolution of island arc volcanism: Insights from a high‐precision Pb isotope record of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 13(5). 33 indexed citations

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Rouwet, Dmitri, S. Bellomo, L. Brusca, et al.. (2009). Major and trace element geochemistry of El Chichón volcano-hydrothermal system (Chiapas, México) in 2006-2007: implications for future geochemical monitoring. Geofísica Internacional. 48(1). 21 indexed citations

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