Nick Drake

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Nick Drake is a scholar working on Anthropology, Atmospheric Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Drake has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Anthropology, 39 papers in Atmospheric Science and 31 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Nick Drake's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (38 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (21 papers). Nick Drake is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (38 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (21 papers). Nick Drake collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. Nick Drake's co-authors include Simon J. Armitage, Kevin White, Charlie S. Bristow, Huw S. Groucutt, Paul S. Breeze, Michael D. Petraglia, Richard P. Jennings, Angela M. Gurnell, Roger Blench and Adrian G. Parker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nick Drake

98 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Ancient watercourses and biogeography of the Sahara explain the peopling of the desert

2010 336 citations Nick Drake, Simon J. Armitage et al. profile →
Rethinking the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa

2015 209 citations Huw S. Groucutt, Michael D. Petraglia et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Nick Drake

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Nick Drake's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Nick Drake with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Nick Drake more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Nick Drake

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nick Drake. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nick Drake. The network helps show where Nick Drake may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Drake

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nick Drake. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nick Drake 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 Nick Drake. Nick Drake is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Monumental rock art illustrates that humans thrived in the Arabian Desert during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Maria Guagnin, Ceri Shipton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Simon J. Armitage, (unknown), Mathew Stewart, (unknown), Paul S. Breeze, (unknown), Nick Drake, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Abdullah Alsharekh, Michael D. Petraglia	1
2	Before the Holocene humid period: Life-sized camel engravings and early occupations on the southern edge of the Nefud desert 2023 ·Archaeological Research in Asia ·Maria Guagnin, Ceri Shipton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul S. Breeze, Mathew Stewart, (unknown), Nick Drake, Deepak Kumar Jha, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrea Kay, Huw S. Groucutt, Abdullah Alsharekh, Michael D. Petraglia	2
3	Habitat fragmentation and the sporadic spread of pastoralism in the mid-Holocene Sahara 2023 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Katie Manning, Paul S. Breeze, Nick Drake, Julie Dunne, Emmanuelle Casanova, Richard P. Evershed	5
4	Iron from coal combustion particles dissolves much faster than mineral dust under simulated atmospheric acidic conditions 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Clarissa Baldo, Akinori Ito, Michael D. Krom, Weijun Li, Timothy Peter Jones, Nick Drake, Konstantin Ignatyev, (unknown), Zongbo Shi	22
5	Iron from coal combustion particles dissolves much faster than mineral dust under simulated atmospheric acid conditions 2021 ·ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) ·Clarissa Baldo, Akinori Ito, Michael D. Krom, Weijun Li, Timothy Peter Jones, Nick Drake, Konstantin Ignatyev, (unknown), Zongbo Shi	3
6	Human footprints provide snapshot of last interglacial ecology in the Arabian interior 2020 ·Science Advances ·Mathew Stewart, Richard Clark‐Wilson, Paul S. Breeze, (unknown), Ian Candy, Simon J. Armitage, David B. Ryves, Julien Louys, Mathieu Duval, Gilbert J. Price, (unknown), Marco Antonio Bernal, Nick Drake, Abdullah Alsharekh, (unknown), Abdulaziz Al-Omari, Patrick Roberts, Huw S. Groucutt, Michael D. Petraglia	33
7	A taxonomic and taphonomic study of Pleistocene fossil deposits from the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia 2020 ·Quaternary Research ·Mathew Stewart, Julien Louys, Paul S. Breeze, Richard Clark‐Wilson, Nick Drake, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Iyad S. Zalmout, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Abdullah Alsharekh, Huw S. Groucutt, Michael D. Petraglia	10
8	Evaluating the relative importance of northern African mineral dust sources using remote sensing 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), Nick Drake, Charlie S. Bristow	23
9	Identifying African mineral dust sources and tracking dust events towards the Amazon Basin 2018 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·(unknown), Nick Drake, Charlie S. Bristow	1
10	Fossil herbivore stable isotopes reveal middle Pleistocene hominin palaeoenvironment in ‘Green Arabia’ 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Patrick Roberts, Mathew Stewart, Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Paul S. Breeze, Ian Candy, Nick Drake, Huw S. Groucutt, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Julia A. Lee‐Thorp, Julien Louys, Iyad S. Zalmout, (unknown), Jana Zech, Abdullah Alsharekh, (unknown), Nicole Boivin, Michael D. Petraglia	37
11	Acheulean technology and landscape use at Dawadmi, central Arabia 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·Ceri Shipton, James Blinkhorn, Paul S. Breeze, (unknown), Nick Drake, Huw S. Groucutt, Richard P. Jennings, Ash Parton, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Abdullah Alsharekh, Michael D. Petraglia	31
12	Prehistory and palaeoenvironments of the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia 2017 ·Archaeological Research in Asia ·Paul S. Breeze, Huw S. Groucutt, Nick Drake, Julien Louys, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Simon J. Armitage, Iyad S. Zalmout, Abdullah Memesh, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Muhammad Zahir, Abdulaziz Al-Omari, Abdullah Alsharekh, Michael D. Petraglia	26
13	Quantity and quality benefits of in-service invasive cleaning of trunk mains 2017 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Stewart Husband, Nick Drake, (unknown), Joby Boxall	6
14	Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fossils from the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia: Implications for biogeography and palaeoecology 2016 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Christopher Stimpson, Adrian M. Lister, Ash Parton, Laine Clark‐Balzan, Paul S. Breeze, Nick Drake, Huw S. Groucutt, Richard P. Jennings, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Tom S. White, Muhammad Zahir, Mathieu Duval, Rainer Grün, Abdulaziz Al-Omari, (unknown), Iyad S. Zalmout, (unknown), Abdullah Memesh, Michael D. Petraglia	35
15	Human occupation of the northern Arabian interior during early Marine Isotope Stage 3 2016 ·Journal of Quaternary Science ·Richard P. Jennings, Ash Parton, Laine Clark‐Balzan, Tom S. White, Huw S. Groucutt, Paul S. Breeze, Adrian G. Parker, Nick Drake, Michael D. Petraglia	24
16	Middle Palaeolithic and Neolithic Occupations around Mundafan Palaeolake, Saudi Arabia: Implications for Climate Change and Human Dispersals 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Rémy Crassard, Michael D. Petraglia, Nick Drake, Paul S. Breeze, Bernard Gratuze, Abdullah Alsharekh, (unknown), Huw S. Groucutt, Lamya Khalidi, Nils Michelsen, Christian Julien Robin, Jérémie Schiettecatte	84
17	Minor effect of physical size sorting on iron solubility of transported mineral dust 2011 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Zongbo Shi, Matthew T. Woodhouse, K. S. Carslaw, Michael D. Krom, G. W. Mann, Alex R. Baker, Ivan P. Savov, Gary R. Fones, Barbara Brooks, Nick Drake, T. D. Jickells, Liane G. Benning	46
18	10-Daily soil erosion modelling over sub-Saharan Africa 2009 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·Elías Symeonakis, Nick Drake	22
19	GIS and multiple-criteria evaluation for the optimisation of tsetse fly eradication programmes 2006 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·Elías Symeonakis, (unknown), Nick Drake	17
20	Monitoring vegetation change in desert oases by remote sensing; a case study in the Libyan Fazzān 2003 ·Libyan Studies ·Kevin White, Nick Brooks, Nick Drake, (unknown), (unknown)	5

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact