Murray Gray

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Murray Gray is a scholar working on Geology, Artificial Intelligence and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Murray Gray has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Geology, 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 8 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Murray Gray's work include Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation (29 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (12 papers) and Geography Education and Pedagogy (8 papers). Murray Gray is often cited by papers focused on Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation (29 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (12 papers) and Geography Education and Pedagogy (8 papers). Murray Gray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Finland. Murray Gray's co-authors include John E. Gordon, José Brilha, Eleanor Brown, Paulo Pereira, D. I. Pereira, Jan Hjort, H. E. Wright, Malcolm L. Hunter, Roger Crofts and Jonathan G. Larwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Journal of Environmental Management and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Murray Gray

39 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Geodiversity: An integrative review as a contribution to ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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. Geodiversity: An integrative review as a contribution to the sustainable management of the whole of nature
    2018 277 citations José Brilha, Murray Gray et al. Environmental Science & Policy profile →
  2. Geodiversity, geoheritage and geoconservation for society
    2019 129 citations Murray Gray International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Murray Gray United Kingdom 17 1.4k 359 296 289 277 42 2.0k
John E. Gordon United Kingdom 19 1.2k 0.8× 242 0.7× 242 0.8× 214 0.7× 263 0.9× 39 1.7k
Paulo Pereira Portugal 10 953 0.7× 195 0.5× 172 0.6× 289 1.0× 258 0.9× 33 1.3k
D. I. Pereira Portugal 16 1.2k 0.9× 304 0.8× 223 0.8× 422 1.5× 156 0.6× 58 1.5k
José Brilha Portugal 19 2.6k 1.8× 463 1.3× 412 1.4× 730 2.5× 178 0.6× 82 3.0k
Zbigniew Zwoliński Poland 21 393 0.3× 147 0.4× 207 0.7× 154 0.5× 316 1.1× 97 1.2k
Emmanuel Reynard Switzerland 31 1.9k 1.4× 132 0.4× 374 1.3× 670 2.3× 740 2.7× 163 3.2k
Maria Helena Henriques Portugal 19 1.1k 0.8× 171 0.5× 169 0.6× 416 1.4× 318 1.1× 92 1.6k
Dmitry A. Ruban Russia 27 1.9k 1.3× 418 1.2× 220 0.7× 996 3.4× 614 2.2× 287 3.2k
Paola Coratza Italy 23 1.1k 0.8× 102 0.3× 195 0.7× 324 1.1× 161 0.6× 84 1.4k
Piotr Migoń Poland 29 953 0.7× 180 0.5× 165 0.6× 882 3.1× 1.2k 4.4× 198 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Murray Gray

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Fields of papers citing papers by Murray Gray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Murray Gray

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Murray Gray. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Murray Gray 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 Murray Gray. Murray Gray 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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Maliniemi, Tuija, Helena Tukiainen, Jan Hjort, et al.. (2024). Too much diversity—Multiple definitions of geodiversity hinder its potential in biodiversity research. Diversity and Distributions. 30(6). 8 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (2024). Case studies associated with the 10 major geodiversity-related topics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 382(2269). 20230055–20230055. 9 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray, Nathan Fox, John E. Gordon, et al.. (2023). Boundary of ecosystem services: A response to. Journal of Environmental Management. 351. 119666–119666. 14 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (2022). Geodiversity and the ecosystem approach. 38(1). 6 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray & Roger Crofts. (2022). The potential role of the geosciences in contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. 38(1). 8 indexed citations
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Gordon, John E., Roger Crofts, Murray Gray, & Dan Tormey. (2021). Including geoconservation in the management of protected and conserved areas matters for all of nature and people. International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks. 9(3). 323–334. 35 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray, et al.. (2020). A call for mainstreaming geodiversity in nature conservation research and praxis. Journal for Nature Conservation. 56. 125862–125862. 32 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray & John E. Gordon. (2020). Geodiversity and the ‘8Gs’: a response to Brocx & Semeniuk (2019). Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 67(3). 437–444. 16 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray, et al.. (2020). Subdividing the Unzoned City: An Analysis of the Causes and Effects of Houston’s 1998 Subdivision Reform. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 43(4). 990–1006. 9 indexed citations
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Pereira, Paulo, José Brilha, Murray Gray, & D. I. Pereira. (2019). Rephrasing the geodiversity concept under the Ecosystem Services approach and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. RepositóriUM (Universidade do Minho). 10637. 3 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (2019). Geodiversity, geoheritage and geoconservation for society. International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks. 7(4). 226–236. 129 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gray, Murray, et al.. (2019). Do Minimum-Lot-Size Regulations Limit Housing Supply in Texas?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Brilha, José, Murray Gray, D. I. Pereira, & Paulo Pereira. (2018). Geodiversity: An integrative review as a contribution to the sustainable management of the whole of nature. Environmental Science & Policy. 86. 19–28. 277 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gray, Murray. (2018). The confused position of the geosciences within the “natural capital” and “ecosystem services” approaches. Ecosystem Services. 34. 106–112. 75 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (2016). Geodiversity and Geoheritage: definitions, values and conservation. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (2012). Valuing Geodiversity in an ‘Ecosystem Services’ Context. Scottish Geographical Journal. 128(3-4). 177–194. 74 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (2011). Other nature: geodiversity and geosystem services. Environmental Conservation. 38(3). 271–274. 183 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (2010). GSSPs: The Case for a Third, Internationally Recognised, Geoconservation Network. Geoheritage. 3(2). 83–88. 8 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (2008). Geoheritage 1. Geodiversity: A New Paradigm for Valuing and Conserving Geoheritage. Geoscience Canada. 35(2). 35 indexed citations
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Gray, Murray. (1993). A survey of geography fieldwork funding in the ‘old’ UK universities, 1990–91. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 17(1). 33–34. 7 indexed citations

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