Nicholas J. Gardiner

3.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Nicholas J. Gardiner is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J. Gardiner has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Geophysics, 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J. Gardiner's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (63 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (35 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (32 papers). Nicholas J. Gardiner is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (63 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (35 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (32 papers). Nicholas J. Gardiner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Nicholas J. Gardiner's co-authors include Christopher L. Kirkland, Tim Johnson, Michael Brown, Laurence Robb, M. P. Searle, R.H. Smithies, Martin J. Whitehouse, C.K. Morley, Kristoffer Szilas and Chris Yakymchuk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J. Gardiner

64 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Earth’s first stable continents did not form by subduction

2017 336 citations Tim Johnson, Michael Brown et al. Nature profile →
Plate Tectonics and the Archean Earth

2020 246 citations Michael Brown, Tim Johnson et al. profile →
The formation of lithium-rich pegmatites through multi-stage melting

2023 52 citations Nicholas J. Gardiner, Richard M. Palin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas J. Gardiner United Kingdom	28	2.5k	919	358	296	172	70	2.7k
Eero Hanski Finland	28	2.1k 0.9×	986 1.1×	164 0.5×	320 1.1×	243 1.4×	87	2.3k
A. L. Jaques Australia	29	2.9k 1.2×	754 0.8×	236 0.7×	292 1.0×	106 0.6×	73	3.1k
Richard M. Palin United Kingdom	34	4.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	150 0.4×	230 0.8×	148 0.9×	110	4.1k
Hannu Huhma Finland	36	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	219 0.6×	452 1.5×	262 1.5×	91	3.2k
Scott Whattam Saudi Arabia	23	2.2k 0.9×	577 0.6×	209 0.6×	110 0.4×	101 0.6×	74	2.3k
Graham Begg Australia	20	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	158 0.4×	259 0.9×	131 0.8×	33	3.1k
Robin Armstrong United Kingdom	14	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	117 0.3×	220 0.7×	57 0.3×	42	1.8k
K. Johnson United States	20	3.0k 1.2×	630 0.7×	115 0.3×	263 0.9×	80 0.5×	41	3.2k
Jacqueline Vander Auwera Belgium	29	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	58 0.2×	385 1.3×	126 0.7×	90	2.7k
Jean H. Bédard Canada	41	5.3k 2.1×	2.1k 2.2×	364 1.0×	519 1.8×	355 2.1×	112	5.6k

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Olierook, Hugo K.H., Denis Fougerouse, Bradley J. McDonald, et al.. (2025). Grey Hill Zircon – A Natural High ¹⁷⁶ Yb / ¹⁷⁷ Hf Zircon Reference Material for LA ‐ MC ‐ ICP ‐ MS Hf Isotope Measurement. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 49(4). 799–819.

Loader, Matthew, Nick M.W. Roberts, F. J. Cooper, et al.. (2024). Porphyry copper formation driven by water-fluxed crustal melting during flat-slab subduction. Nature Geoscience. 17(12). 1306–1315. 8 indexed citations

Huang, He, et al.. (2024). Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution and rare metal enrichment of the Huoshibulake B-rich rare metal granite in the Southern Tianshan: Insights from texture, geochemistry, and Hf O isotopes of zircon. Lithos. 482-483. 107705–107705. 2 indexed citations

Gardiner, Nicholas J., et al.. (2024). On tin and lithium granite systems: A crustal evolution perspective. Earth-Science Reviews. 258. 104947–104947. 11 indexed citations

Gardiner, Nicholas J., Jennifer J. Roberts, Gareth Johnson, et al.. (2023). Geosciences and the Energy Transition. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 11 indexed citations

Palin, Richard M., et al.. (2023). TDMelts: A Theriak-Domino Wrapper for 2-dimensional batch melting models. 1 indexed citations

Tapster, Simon, et al.. (2023). Turning advances in high-precision cassiterite U-Pb geochronology into improved mineral system models.

Searle, M. P., et al.. (2023). The Burmese Jade Mines belt: origins of jadeitites, serpentinites, and ophiolitic peridotites and gabbros. Journal of the Geological Society. 180(4). 4 indexed citations

Gardiner, Nicholas J., Jacob A. Mulder, Kristoffer Szilas, et al.. (2022). A record of Neoarchaean cratonisation from the Storø Supracrustal Belt, West Greenland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 602. 117922–117922. 4 indexed citations

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Famin, Vincent, Nicholas J. Gardiner, Laurent Michon, et al.. (2022). Multitechnique Geochronology of Intrusive and Explosive Activity on Piton des Neiges Volcano, Réunion Island. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(5). 7 indexed citations

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Yakymchuk, Chris, Christopher L. Kirkland, Aaron J. Cavosie, et al.. (2021). Stirred not shaken; critical evaluation of a proposed Archean meteorite impact in West Greenland. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 557. 116730–116730. 8 indexed citations

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Olierook, Hugo K.H., Christopher L. Kirkland, Julie A. Hollis, et al.. (2021). Regional zircon U-Pb geochronology for the Maniitsoq region, southwest Greenland. Scientific Data. 8(1). 139–139. 12 indexed citations

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Gardiner, Nicholas J., Christopher L. Kirkland, Julie A. Hollis, et al.. (2020). North Atlantic Craton architecture revealed by kimberlite-hosted crustal zircons. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 534. 116091–116091. 24 indexed citations

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Gardiner, Nicholas J.. (2019). Facial re-enactment, speech synthesis and the rise of the Deepfake. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 6 indexed citations

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Johnson, Tim, Christopher L. Kirkland, Nicholas J. Gardiner, et al.. (2018). Secular change in TTG compositions: Implications for the evolution of Archaean geodynamics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 505. 65–75. 104 indexed citations

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Johnson, Tim, Nicholas J. Gardiner, Katarina Miljković, et al.. (2018). An impact melt origin for Earth’s oldest known evolved rocks. Nature Geoscience. 11(10). 795–799. 48 indexed citations

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Johnson, Tim, Michael Brown, Nicholas J. Gardiner, Christopher L. Kirkland, & R.H. Smithies. (2017). Earth’s first stable continents did not form by subduction. Nature. 543(7644). 239–242. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

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Johnson, Tim, Michael Brown, Nicholas J. Gardiner, Christopher L. Kirkland, & Hugh Smithies. (2017). Earth's first stable continents did not form by subduction. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 2704. 2 indexed citations

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Gardiner, Nicholas J., Arthur H. Hickman, Christopher L. Kirkland, et al.. (2017). Processes of crust formation in the early Earth imaged through Hf isotopes from the East Pilbara Terrane. Precambrian Research. 297. 56–76. 69 indexed citations

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Gardiner, Nicholas J., M. P. Searle, C.K. Morley, et al.. (2015). The closure of Palaeo-Tethys in Eastern Myanmar and Northern Thailand: New insights from zircon U–Pb and Hf isotope data. Gondwana Research. 39. 401–422. 124 indexed citations

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