Peter D. Clift

24.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
345 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Peter D. Clift is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter D. Clift has authored 345 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Geophysics, 178 papers in Atmospheric Science and 132 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Peter D. Clift's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (178 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (146 papers) and Geological formations and processes (130 papers). Peter D. Clift is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (178 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (146 papers) and Geological formations and processes (130 papers). Peter D. Clift collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Peter D. Clift's co-authors include Jerzy Blusztajn, Shiming Wan, P. Vannucchi, Andrew Carter, Anchun Li, Amy E. Draut, Hongbo Zheng, Ryuji Tada, Robyn Hannigan and Jian Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter D. Clift

336 papers receiving 17.6k 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.

Controls on tectonic accretion versus erosion in subduction zones: Implications for the origin and recycling of the continental crust

2004 720 citations Peter D. Clift, P. Vannucchi profile →
Correlation of Himalayan exhumation rates and Asian monsoon intensity

2008 623 citations Peter D. Clift et al. profile →
Reconstructing chemical weathering, physical erosion and monsoon intensity since 25 Ma in the northern South China Sea: A review of competing proxies

2014 455 citations Peter D. Clift, Shiming Wan et al. profile →
Past East Asian monsoon evolution controlled by paleogeography, not CO ₂

2019 261 citations Peter D. Clift et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter D. Clift United States	76	9.6k	8.1k	5.5k	5.2k	2.3k	345	18.1k
Stephan A. Graham United States	62	7.7k 0.8×	4.5k 0.6×	3.7k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	183	12.8k
Eduardo Garzanti Italy	81	14.0k 1.5×	7.5k 0.9×	6.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.4×	3.3k 1.4×	384	21.4k
Bilal U. Haq United States	34	4.2k 0.4×	6.1k 0.7×	4.4k 0.8×	2.6k 0.5×	6.2k 2.7×	70	12.4k
Trond H. Torsvik Norway	82	20.2k 2.1×	5.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.4×	4.4k 0.9×	7.0k 3.1×	268	25.7k
Andrew D. Miall Canada	50	3.7k 0.4×	7.4k 0.9×	9.5k 1.7×	1.9k 0.4×	3.3k 1.5×	129	14.0k
Wout Krijgsman Netherlands	68	8.4k 0.9×	10.4k 1.3×	3.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.2×	5.4k 2.3×	289	17.0k
Paul B. Wignall United Kingdom	75	6.4k 0.7×	6.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.3×	2.5k 0.5×	15.3k 6.7×	268	18.7k
Hugh C. Jenkyns United Kingdom	73	7.4k 0.8×	10.1k 1.2×	2.5k 0.4×	2.2k 0.4×	16.7k 7.3×	206	21.1k
F.J. Hilgen Netherlands	69	6.3k 0.7×	12.6k 1.6×	4.5k 0.8×	836 0.2×	5.9k 2.6×	213	16.8k
Peter G. DeCelles United States	72	16.5k 1.7×	5.4k 0.7×	3.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.3×	2.0k 0.9×	192	20.2k

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Zhang, Jin, Shiming Wan, Peter D. Clift, et al.. (2025). Evolution of silicate weathering in the Yangtze River Basin since 3.5 Ma as archived in the East China Seas: Controlling factors and global significance. Global and Planetary Change. 250. 104807–104807. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Qi, Yi Yan, Andrew Carter, et al.. (2025). Interaction Between the Tethyan and Paleo‐Pacific Tectonic Domains in Southeast Asia: Late Triassic Initiation of an Inward‐Dipping Double Subduction System. Tectonics. 44(8). 1 indexed citations

Dupont‐Nivet, Guillaume, Tara N. Jonell, René Dommain, & Peter D. Clift. (2025). Asian geodynamics, climate and biodiversity: an introduction. Geological Society London Special Publications. 549(1). 1–10. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Yi, et al.. (2024). Provenance shift of the abyssal plains in the Southwest sub-basin of the South China Sea at ∼ 8 Ma: Tectonics & climate changes implication. Marine Geology. 475. 107368–107368. 1 indexed citations

Dou, Yanguang, Shouye Yang, Xuefa Shi, et al.. (2024). Molybdenum isotopic evidence for linked changes in North Pacific Intermediate Water and subtropical Northwest Pacific redox conditions over the last 200 k.y. Global and Planetary Change. 244. 104637–104637. 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Yi, Yanguang Liu, Hu Yang, et al.. (2024). Orbital Controls on North Pacific Dust Flux During the Late Quaternary. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(4). 7 indexed citations

Chen, W., Yi Yan, Andrew Carter, et al.. (2024). Evolution of Arc‐Continent Collision in the Southeastern Margin of the South China Sea: Insight From the Isugod Basin in Central‐Southern Palawan. Tectonics. 43(6). 1 indexed citations

Zhong, Yi, Peter D. Clift, David J. Wilson, et al.. (2023). Interactions Between Depositional Regime and Climate Proxies in the Northern South China Sea Since the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 38(3). 9 indexed citations

Wan, Shiming, Peter D. Clift, Debo Zhao, et al.. (2022). Northward Shift of the Northern Hemisphere Westerlies in the Early to Late Miocene and Its Links to Tibetan Uplift. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(18). 12 indexed citations

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Zhong, Yi, Xuefa Shi, Hu Yang, et al.. (2022). Humidification of Central Asia and equatorward shifts of westerly winds since the late Pliocene. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 14 indexed citations

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Hahn, Annette, et al.. (2019). Testing the analytical performance of handheld XRF using marine sediments of IODP Expedition 355. Geological Magazine. 157(6). 956–960. 9 indexed citations

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Giosan, Liviu, William D. Orsi, Marco J. L. Coolen, et al.. (2018). Neoglacial climate anomalies and the Harappan metamorphosis. Climate of the past. 14(11). 1669–1686. 45 indexed citations

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Zheng, Hongbo, Peter D. Clift, Ping Wang, et al.. (2014). Pre-Miocene Birth of the Yangtze River. Civil War Book Review. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Fu‐Yuan, et al.. (2014). Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints on the onset time of India-Asia collision. American Journal of Science. 314(2). 548–579. 227 indexed citations

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Giosan, Liviu, et al.. (2013). Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations. John Wiley & Sons eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Clift, Peter D., Andrew Carter, Uisdean Nicholson, & Hideki Masago. (2013). Evolving Sediment Flux to the Nankai Trough; influence of the Yangtze River?. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Whitehead, J. A. & Peter D. Clift. (2008). Continent Elevation, Mountains, Erosion and Freeboard. AGUFM. 2008. 3 indexed citations

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Vannucchi, P., et al.. (2008). Constraining rates of crustal recycling using geophysical and geochemical methods. Florence Research (University of Florence). 72(12). 1 indexed citations

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Clift, Peter D., P. Vannucchi, & Amy E. Draut. (2003). Tectonic erosion, subduction accretion and arc collision as controls on the growth of the continental crust. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 1464. 1 indexed citations

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Clift, Peter D., P. Degnan, & G. Jones. (1991). Tectonic evolution of the Mesozoic - Cenozoic Pindos ocean: Greece = Τεκτονική εξέλιξη του Μεσοζωϊκού - Καινοζωϊκού ωκεανού της Πίνδου (Ελλάδα). 25(1). 55–64. 5 indexed citations

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