Nicky M. Wright

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nicky M. Wright is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicky M. Wright has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Geophysics and 9 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Nicky M. Wright's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (9 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (9 papers). Nicky M. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (9 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (9 papers). Nicky M. Wright collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Nicky M. Wright's co-authors include R. Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton, Simon Williams, Sabin Zahirovic, John Cannon, Kara J. Matthews, Nicholas Barnett‐Moore, Kayla Maloney, Grace E. Shephard and Maral Hosseinpour and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Nicky M. Wright

27 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Ocean Basin Evolution and Global-Scale Plate Reorganization Events Since Pangea Breakup

2016 809 citations R. Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton et al. profile →
A Global Data Set of Present‐Day Oceanic Crustal Age and Seafloor Spreading Parameters

2020 223 citations Maria Seton, R. Dietmar Müller et al. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicky M. Wright Australia	15	1.2k	426	355	219	182	31	1.8k
Hisanori Kimura Japan	12	902 0.8×	623 1.5×	164 0.5×	274 1.3×	221 1.2×	23	1.6k
Anne Bartetzko United States	11	663 0.6×	628 1.5×	192 0.5×	276 1.3×	241 1.3×	30	1.5k
Lizet Brokner Christiansen United States	7	842 0.7×	673 1.6×	183 0.5×	299 1.4×	230 1.3×	11	1.7k
Richard W. Saltus United States	21	1.1k 1.0×	659 1.5×	541 1.5×	113 0.5×	117 0.6×	70	2.1k
P. Blisniuk Germany	17	957 0.8×	808 1.9×	206 0.6×	273 1.2×	274 1.5×	18	1.9k
R. Moucha United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	795 1.9×	148 0.4×	148 0.7×	381 2.1×	57	2.0k
Marco Ligi Italy	28	1.7k 1.4×	480 1.1×	289 0.8×	96 0.4×	307 1.7×	95	2.1k
W. Bach	2	514 0.4×	601 1.4×	160 0.5×	276 1.3×	213 1.2×	2	1.2k
Klas Lackschewitz	3	516 0.4×	604 1.4×	160 0.5×	275 1.3×	215 1.2×	6	1.2k
Chi‐Yue Huang China	24	1.1k 0.9×	577 1.4×	976 2.7×	102 0.5×	463 2.5×	47	1.9k

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Mather, Ben, R. Dietmar Müller, Christopher Alfonso, Nicky M. Wright, & Maria Seton. (2025). Subducting seafloor anomalies promote porphyry copper formation. International Geology Review. 67(19). 2170–2186.

Hutchinson, David K., et al.. (2025). Pacific and Atlantic Modes of Overturning in the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 40(11).

Falster, Georgina, Nicky M. Wright, Nerilie J. Abram, Anna Ukkola, & Benjamin J. Henley. (2024). Potential for historically unprecedented Australian droughts from natural variability and climate change. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 28(6). 1383–1401. 11 indexed citations

Mather, Ben, R. Dietmar Müller, Sabin Zahirovic, et al.. (2023). Deep time spatio‐temporal data analysis using pyGPlates with PlateTectonicTools and GPlately. Geoscience Data Journal. 11(1). 3–10. 9 indexed citations

Mather, Ben, R. Dietmar Müller, Christopher Alfonso, Maria Seton, & Nicky M. Wright. (2023). Kimberlite eruptions driven by slab flux and subduction angle. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 9216–9216. 10 indexed citations

Baldermann, Andre, Santanu Banerjee, György Czuppon, et al.. (2022). Impact of green clay authigenesis on element sequestration in marine settings. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1527–1527. 51 indexed citations

Wright, Nicky M., Claire E. Krause, Steven J. Phipps, Ghyslaine Boschat, & Nerilie J. Abram. (2022). Influence of long-term changes in solar irradiance forcing on the Southern Annular Mode. Climate of the past. 18(6). 1509–1528. 5 indexed citations

Wright, Nicky M., Aimee W. Smith, & Emily Saurman. (2021). “What Are They Banging On About?”: The Student Experience Of DRUMBEAT As A Field Education Groupwork Activity. Advances in Social Work. 23(1). 1 indexed citations

Wright, Nicky M., Claire E. Krause, Steven J. Phipps, Ghyslaine Boschat, & Nerilie J. Abram. (2021). Influence of long-term changes in solar irradiance forcing on the Southern Annular Mode. 2 indexed citations

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Abram, Nerilie J., et al.. (2021). Addendum to “Palaeoclimate perspectives on the Indian Ocean Dipole” [Quat. Sci. Rev. 237 (2020) 106302]. Quaternary Science Reviews. 263. 107013–107013. 1 indexed citations

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Abram, Nerilie J., Nicky M. Wright, Bronwyn Dixon, et al.. (2020). Coupling of Indo-Pacific climate variability over the last millennium. Nature. 579(7799). 385–392. 126 indexed citations

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Wright, Nicky M., Howie D. Scher, Maria Seton, Claire E Huck, & Brian Duggan. (2018). No Change in Southern Ocean Circulation in the Indian Ocean From the Eocene Through Late Oligocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(2). 152–167. 16 indexed citations

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Andréani, M., et al.. (2017). Evolution of spreading rate and H 2 production by serpentinization at mid-ocean ridges from 200 Ma to Present. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Wright, Nicky M., Maria Seton, Simon Williams, & R. Dietmar Müller. (2017). Global sea level fluctuations and uncertainties through a Wilson cycle based on ocean basin volume reconstructions. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6977. 1 indexed citations

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Wessel, Paul, Michael T. Chandler, Brian Taylor, et al.. (2017). MAPPING THE ELLICE BASIN: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM CRUISE KM1609. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Wright, Nicky M., R. Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton, & Simon Williams. (2016). Revision of Paleogene plate motions in the Pacific and implications for the Hawaiian-Emperor bend: REPLY. Geology. 44(4). e385–e385. 14 indexed citations

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Wright, Nicky M.. (2014). REVISION OF PALEOGENE PLATE MOTIONS IN THE PACIFIC AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HAWAII-EMPEROR BEND. 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014). 3 indexed citations

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Seton, Maria, Joanne M. Whittaker, Paul Wessel, et al.. (2014). Community infrastructure and repository for marine magnetic identifications. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 15(4). 1629–1641. 95 indexed citations

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Wright, Nicky M., Sabin Zahirovic, R. Dietmar Müller, & Maria Seton. (2013). Towards community-driven paleogeographic reconstructions: integrating open-access paleogeographic and paleobiology data with plate tectonics. Biogeosciences. 10(3). 1529–1541. 64 indexed citations

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Wright, Nicky M., Sabin Zahirovic, R. Dietmar Müller, & Maria Seton. (2012). Towards adaptable, interactive and quantitative paleogeographic maps. 3 indexed citations

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