Michael McWilliams

12.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
127 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Michael McWilliams is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael McWilliams has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Geophysics, 50 papers in Atmospheric Science and 45 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael McWilliams's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (104 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (45 papers). Michael McWilliams is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (104 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (45 papers). Michael McWilliams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Michael McWilliams's co-authors include Bradley R. Hacker, Lothar Ratschbacher, Laura E. Webb, Shuwen Dong, T. R. Ireland, Andrew T. Calvert, Colin Wilson, B. F. Houghton, R. M. Briggs and Marvin A. Lanphere and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Michael McWilliams

123 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Tectonics of the Qinling (Central China): tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation history

2003 823 citations Lothar Ratschbacher, Bradley R. Hacker et al. Tectonophysics profile →
Volcanic and structural evolution of Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: a review

1995 643 citations Colin Wilson, B. F. Houghton et al. profile →
Exhumation of ultrahigh‐pressure continental crust in east central China: Late Triassic‐Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing

2000 626 citations Bradley R. Hacker, Lothar Ratschbacher et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael McWilliams United States	54	8.8k	2.5k	2.2k	1.3k	1.0k	127	10.2k
J.R. Wijbrans Netherlands	53	7.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	452 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	207	9.2k
Marvin A. Lanphere United States	48	6.5k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	520 0.4×	672 0.7×	150	7.8k
Ian W. D. Dalziel United States	52	7.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	638 0.5×	2.1k 2.0×	146	9.2k
Kevin Burke United States	51	9.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	553 0.4×	936 0.9×	148	10.9k
Hubert Staudigel United States	62	8.5k 1.0×	3.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.9×	193	12.0k
Ben A. van der Pluijm United States	50	7.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	744 0.7×	210	8.5k
G. Brent Dalrymple United States	50	6.0k 0.7×	3.9k 1.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	130	8.3k
Joseph G. Meert United States	56	10.7k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.5×	2.3k 1.7×	3.6k 3.5×	168	12.5k
Malcolm S. Pringle United Kingdom	45	4.4k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	842 0.4×	546 0.4×	851 0.8×	84	5.8k
Larry M. Heaman Canada	62	11.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	5.0k 2.2×	511 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	247	12.6k

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Clague, David A., Frederick A. Frey, Michael O. Garcia, et al.. (2016). Compositional heterogeneity of the Sugarloaf melilite nephelinite flow, Honolulu Volcanics, Hawai‘i. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 185. 251–277. 19 indexed citations

Thiede, Rasmus, J Ramón Arrowsmith, Bodo Bookhagen, et al.. (2006). Dome formation and extension in the Tethyan Himalaya, Leo Pargil, northwest India. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 118(5-6). 635–650. 126 indexed citations

McClelland, William C., et al.. (2006). Oligocene-Miocene middle crustal flow in southern Tibet: geochronology of Mabja Dome. Geological Society London Special Publications. 268(1). 445–469. 60 indexed citations

Briggs, R. M., B. F. Houghton, Michael McWilliams, & Colin Wilson. (2005). ⁴⁰ Ar/ ³⁹ Ar ages of silicic volcanic rocks in the Tauranga‐Kaimai area, New Zealand: Dating the transition between volcanism in the Coromandel Arc and the Taupo Volcanic Zone. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 48(3). 459–469. 62 indexed citations

Kolodny, Yehoshua, et al.. (2005). Oxygen isotopic composition and U-Pb discordance in zircon. AGUFM. 2004. 3 indexed citations

Ratschbacher, Lothar, et al.. (2004). Formation, subduction, and exhumation of Penninic oceanic crust in the Eastern Alps: time constraints from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Tectonophysics. 394(3-4). 155–170. 68 indexed citations

Blisniuk, P., Bradley R. Hacker, Johannes Glodny, et al.. (2001). Normal faulting in central Tibet since at least 13.5 Myr ago. Nature. 412(6847). 628–632. 383 indexed citations

Hermanns, Reginald L., Martin H. Trauth, Samuel Niedermann, Michael McWilliams, & Manfred R. Strecker. (2000). Tephrochronologic Constraints on Temporal Distribution of Large Landslides in Northwest Argentina. The Journal of Geology. 108(1). 35–52. 47 indexed citations

Little, Timothy A., N. Mortimer, & Michael McWilliams. (1999). An episodic Cretaceous cooling model for the Otago‐Marlborough Schist, New Zealand, based on ⁴⁰ Ar/ ³⁹ Ar white mica ages. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 42(3). 305–325. 61 indexed citations

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Gansecki, Cheryl, Gail A. Mahood, & Michael McWilliams. (1996). ArAr geochronology of rhyolites erupted following collapse of the Yellowstone caldera, Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field: implications for crustal contamination. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 142(1-2). 91–107. 61 indexed citations

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O’Connor, John, P. Stoffers, & Michael McWilliams. (1995). Time-space mapping of Easter Chain volcanism. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 136(3-4). 197–212. 46 indexed citations

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Ron, Hagai, Michael McWilliams, & Amos Nur. (1993). Counterclockwise rotation of the NW Mojave fault blocks. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yianping, et al.. (1992). Paleomagnetic investigation of Upper Permian sediments in the South Junggar Basin, China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(B2). 1753–1765. 29 indexed citations

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Little, Timothy A., et al.. (1992). Exhumation of late Paleozoic blueschists in Queensland, Australia, by extensional faulting. Geology. 20(3). 231–231. 47 indexed citations

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Pringle, Malcolm S., et al.. (1992). 40Ar/39Ar dating of Quaternary feldspar: Examples from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Geology. 20(6). 531–531. 51 indexed citations

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McWilliams, Michael, et al.. (1990). Drilling-induced isothermal remanent magnetization. Geophysics. 55(1). 111–115. 22 indexed citations

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Tarduno, J. A., William V. Sliter, Timothy J. Bralower, et al.. (1989). M-sequence reversals recorded in DSDP sediment cores from the western Mid-Pacific Mountains and Magellan Rise. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 101(10). 1306–1316. 35 indexed citations

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Tarduno, J. A., Michael McWilliams, William V. Sliter, et al.. (1986). Southern Hemisphere Origin of the Cretaceous Laytonville Limestone of California. Science. 231(4744). 1425–1428. 33 indexed citations

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Courtillot, Vincent, et al.. (1985). Franciscan Complex limestone deposited at 24°N. Geology. 13(2). 107–107. 20 indexed citations

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McWilliams, Michael, et al.. (1982). Geomagnetic secular variation from 14C-dated lava flows on Hawaii and the question of the Pacific non-dipole low. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 306(1492). 211–222. 43 indexed citations

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