Nicholas J.G. Pearce

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

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Nicholas J.G. Pearce is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J.G. Pearce has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Atmospheric Science, 77 papers in Geophysics and 37 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J.G. Pearce's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (81 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (76 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (37 papers). Nicholas J.G. Pearce is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (81 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (76 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (37 papers). Nicholas J.G. Pearce collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Nicholas J.G. Pearce's co-authors include William T. Perkins, John A. Westgate, Simon Chenery, Simon E. Jackson, Michael P. Gorton, C. R. Neal, Vicki Smith, R. Fuge, J.N. Pattan and Teresa E. Jeffries and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J.G. Pearce

148 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

A Compilation of New and Published Major and Trace Element Data for NIST SRM 610 and NIST SRM 612 Glass Reference Materials

1997 2.4k citations Nicholas J.G. Pearce, William T. Perkins et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas J.G. Pearce United Kingdom	48	4.0k	3.3k	1.6k	1.4k	1.0k	150	7.9k
John A. Westgate Canada	46	3.9k 1.0×	4.2k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	592 0.6×	137	7.5k
Torsten Vennemann Switzerland	50	3.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	254	7.2k
Alan Matthews Israel	47	3.0k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	751 0.5×	2.2k 1.5×	1.9k 1.8×	122	7.6k
Igor M. Villa Switzerland	59	8.2k 2.0×	2.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	283	11.5k
K. R. Ludwig United States	38	5.5k 1.4×	3.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	813 0.8×	101	8.5k
Frank McDermott Ireland	49	4.7k 1.2×	5.2k 1.6×	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	1.9k 1.8×	128	11.1k
James L. Bischoff United States	54	2.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	803 0.5×	2.4k 1.7×	2.0k 1.9×	158	8.6k
Stephen M. Eggins Australia	66	9.4k 2.3×	3.1k 0.9×	3.5k 2.1×	2.6k 1.8×	1.9k 1.9×	176	14.7k
D. P. Mattey United Kingdom	49	4.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	769 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	935 0.9×	103	6.3k
Bruno Hamelin France	47	2.2k 0.6×	5.5k 1.6×	577 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	110	8.8k

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Pearson, Mike Parker, R. E. Bevins, Richard Bradley, et al.. (2025). Stonehenge and its Altar Stone: the significance of distant stone sources. Archaeology International. 27(1). 2 indexed citations

Kirkland, Christopher L., et al.. (2024). A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge. Nature. 632(8025). 570–575. 6 indexed citations

Bevins, R. E., Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Stephen Hillier, et al.. (2024). Was the Stonehenge Altar Stone from Orkney? Investigating the mineralogy and geochemistry of Orcadian Old Red sandstones and Neolithic circle monuments. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 58. 104738–104738. 2 indexed citations

Andò, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Investigating the Secrets of Stonehenge with Raman Spectroscopy: Provenance of the Ancient Altar Stone. Microscopy Today. 32(3). 28–29. 1 indexed citations

Bevins, R. E., Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Duncan Pirrie, et al.. (2023). Assessing the authenticity of a sample taken from the Altar Stone at Stonehenge in 1844 using portable XRF and automated SEM-EDS. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 49. 103973–103973. 5 indexed citations

Cook, Eliza, Peter M Abbott, Nicholas J.G. Pearce, et al.. (2022). Volcanism and the Greenland ice cores: A new tephrochronological framework for the last glacial-interglacial transition (LGIT) based on cryptotephra deposits in three ice cores. Quaternary Science Reviews. 292. 107596–107596. 12 indexed citations

Westgate, John A., et al.. (2020). New fission-track ages of Australasian tektites define two age groups: discriminating between formation and reset ages. Quaternary Geochronology. 66. 101113–101113. 5 indexed citations

Cook, Eliza, Siwan M. Davies, Esther R. Guðmundsdóttir, Peter M Abbott, & Nicholas J.G. Pearce. (2018). First identification and characterization of Borrobol‐type tephra in the Greenland ice cores: new deposits and improved age estimates. Journal of Quaternary Science. 33(2). 212–224. 14 indexed citations

Spaulding, Nicole, Sharon B. Sneed, Michael Handley, et al.. (2017). A New Multielement Method for LA-ICP-MS Data Acquisition from Glacier Ice Cores. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(22). 13282–13287. 20 indexed citations

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Alloway, Brent V., Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Gustavo Villarosa, Valeria Outes, & Patricio I. Moreno. (2015). Multiple melt bodies fed the AD 2011 eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Chile. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17589–17589. 49 indexed citations

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Mark, Darren F., Paul R. Renne, Leah E. Morgan, et al.. (2012). 40Ar/39Ar dating of Pleistocene tuffs: an accurate age for the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic reversal (MBGR). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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Abbott, Peter M, Siwan M. Davies, William E. N. Austin, Nicholas J.G. Pearce, & Fiona Hibbert. (2011). Tracing cryptotephra horizons in a North East Atlantic marine record spanning Marine Isotope Stages 4 and 5a (~60,000 - 82,000 ka b2k). Quaternary International. 2 indexed citations

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Perkins, William T., et al.. (2011). Laboratory studies using naturally occurring “green rust” to aid metal mine water remediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 190(1-3). 466–473. 9 indexed citations

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Abbott, Peter M, Siwan M. Davies, J. P. Steffensen, et al.. (2011). A detailed framework of Marine Isotope Stages 4 and 5 volcanic events recorded in two Greenland ice-cores. Quaternary Science Reviews. 36. 59–77. 52 indexed citations

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Bichler, M., Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Georg Steinhäuser, & Johannes H. Sterba. (2009). More than just a convoluted table? Discussion of “Mediterranean tephra stratigraphy revisited: Results from a long terrestrial sequence on Lesvos Island, Greece” by Margari et al. [J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res. 163 (2007), 34–54]. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 181(3-4). 247–250. 2 indexed citations

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Pearce, Nicholas J.G., et al.. (2005). Trace metal variations in the shells of Ensis siliqua record pollution and environmental conditions in the sea to the west of mainland Britain. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 52(7). 739–755. 41 indexed citations

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Alloway, Brent V., et al.. (2004). Stratigraphy, age and correlation of middle Pleistocene silicic tephras in the Auckland region, New Zealand: A prolific distal record of Taupo Volcanic Zone volcanism. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 47(3). 447–479. 41 indexed citations

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Pattan, J.N., Nicholas J.G. Pearce, V.K. Banakar, & G. Parthiban. (2002). Origin of ash in the Central Indian Ocean Basin and its implication for the volume estimate of the 74,000 year BP Youngest Toba eruption. Current Science. 83(7). 889–893. 17 indexed citations

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Leng, Melanie J. & Nicholas J.G. Pearce. (1999). Seasonal variation of trace element and isotopic composition in the shell of a coastal mollusk, Mactra isabelleana. Journal of Shellfish Research. 18(2). 569–574. 12 indexed citations

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Westgate, John A., Phil Shane, Nicholas J.G. Pearce, et al.. (1998). All Toba Tephra Occurrences across Peninsular India Belong to the 75,000 yr B.P. Eruption. Quaternary Research. 50(1). 107–112. 127 indexed citations

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