P.A. Cranwell

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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P.A. Cranwell is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, P.A. Cranwell has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in P.A. Cranwell's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (23 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (8 papers). P.A. Cranwell is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (23 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (8 papers). P.A. Cranwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Israel. P.A. Cranwell's co-authors include Neil Robinson, G. Eglinton, G. Eglinton, Bland J. Finlay, Simon C. Brassell, Robert D. Haworth, John K. Volkman, J. E. Saxton, A.J. Floyd and Roger Pickup and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

P.A. Cranwell

40 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Lipids of aquatic organisms as potential contributors to lacustrine sediments—II

1987 673 citations P.A. Cranwell, Neil Robinson et al. Organic Geochemistry profile →
Lipids of aquatic organisms as potential contributors to lacustrine sediments

1984 586 citations Neil Robinson, P.A. Cranwell et al. Organic Geochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P.A. Cranwell United Kingdom	29	2.0k	1.9k	1.3k	786	735	40	4.2k
Ryoshi Ishiwatari Japan	36	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	974 1.3×	139	5.4k
G. Eglinton United Kingdom	23	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	499 0.6×	426 0.6×	57	4.1k
P.A. Schenck Netherlands	36	3.2k 1.6×	1.0k 0.5×	669 0.5×	759 1.0×	647 0.9×	74	4.8k
Marianne Baas Netherlands	39	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	71	4.7k
Robert B. Gagosian United States	40	1.0k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	972 0.8×	783 1.0×	1.6k 2.2×	80	4.4k
Paul Farrimond United Kingdom	40	2.7k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	947 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	513 0.7×	76	5.2k
John W. Farrington United States	53	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	2.1k 2.9×	139	8.9k
William M. Sackett United States	31	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.6k 2.0×	997 1.4×	80	4.2k
W. G. Meinschein United States	26	2.9k 1.4×	750 0.4×	770 0.6×	593 0.8×	307 0.4×	55	4.6k
Fabien Kenig United States	30	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	849 0.7×	688 0.9×	436 0.6×	74	3.7k

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House, W. A., D.V. Leach, P.A. Cranwell, et al.. (1997). Micro-organic compounds in the Humber rivers. The Science of The Total Environment. 194-195. 357–371. 91 indexed citations

Tipping, Edward, A. F. H. Marker, C. Butterwick, et al.. (1997). Organic carbon in the Humber rivers. The Science of The Total Environment. 194-195. 345–355. 84 indexed citations

Cranwell, P.A.. (1991). Paleolimnological studies using sequential lipid extraction from recent lacustrine sediment: recognition of source organisms from biomarkers. Hydrobiologia. 214(1). 293–303. 5 indexed citations

Cranwell, P.A., et al.. (1989). Sedimentary record of polycyclic aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons in the Windermere catchment. Water Research. 23(3). 275–283. 44 indexed citations

Robinson, Neil, G. Eglinton, P.A. Cranwell, & Yifeng Zeng. (1989). Messel oil shale (western Germany): Assessment of depositional palaeoenvironment from the content of biological marker compounds. Chemical Geology. 76(1-2). 153–173. 24 indexed citations

Cranwell, P.A.. (1988). Lipid geochemistry of late Pleistocene lacustrine sediments from Burland, Cheshire, U.K.. Chemical Geology. 68(3-4). 181–197. 27 indexed citations

Robinson, Neil, P.A. Cranwell, G. Eglinton, & G.H.M. Jaworski. (1987). Lipids of four species of freshwater dinoflagellates. Phytochemistry. 26(2). 411–421. 42 indexed citations

Robinson, Neil, et al.. (1987). Sources of the lipids in the bottom sediments of an English oligo‐mesotrophic lake. Freshwater Biology. 17(1). 15–33. 14 indexed citations

Robinson, Neil, P.A. Cranwell, G. Eglinton, et al.. (1986). Lipid geochemistry of Lake Kinneret. Organic Geochemistry. 10(4-6). 733–742. 35 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A.. (1986). Esters of acyclic and polycyclic isoprenoid alcohols: Biochemical markers in lacustrine sediments. Organic Geochemistry. 10(4-6). 891–896. 16 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A., Neil Robinson, & G. Eglinton. (1985). Esterified lipids of the freshwater dinoflagellatePeridinium lomnickii. Lipids. 20(10). 645–651. 22 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A.. (1982). Lipids of aquatic sediments and sedimenting particulates. Progress in Lipid Research. 21(4). 271–308. 218 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A. & John K. Volkman. (1981). Alkyl and steryl esters in a recent lacustrine sediment. Chemical Geology. 32(1-4). 29–43. 78 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A.. (1976). Decomposition of aquatic biota and sediment formation: lipid components of two blue‐green algal species and of detritus resulting from microbial attack. Freshwater Biology. 6(6). 481–488. 39 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A.. (1974). Monocarboxylic acids in lake sediments: Indicators, derived from terrestrial and aquatic biota, of paleoenvironmental trophic levels. Chemical Geology. 14(1-2). 1–14. 166 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A.. (1973). Chain‐length distribution of n‐alkanes from lake sediments in relation to post‐glacial environmental change. Freshwater Biology. 3(3). 259–265. 335 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A. & Robert D. Haworth. (1971). Humic acid—IV. Tetrahedron. 27(10). 1831–1837. 27 indexed citations

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CHESHIRE, M. V., P.A. Cranwell, & Robert D. Haworth. (1968). Humic acid—III. Tetrahedron. 24(14). 5155–5167. 11 indexed citations

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CHESHIRE, M. V., P.A. Cranwell, Christopher P. Falshaw, A.J. Floyd, & Robert D. Haworth. (1967). Humic acid—II. Tetrahedron. 23(4). 1669–1682. 48 indexed citations

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Cranwell, P.A. & J. E. Saxton. (1962). 683. A synthesis of ellipticine. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 3482–3482. 53 indexed citations

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