Philip A. Allen

10.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Philip A. Allen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip A. Allen has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Atmospheric Science, 64 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 41 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Philip A. Allen's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (66 papers), Geological formations and processes (62 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (30 papers). Philip A. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (66 papers), Geological formations and processes (62 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (30 papers). Philip A. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. Philip A. Allen's co-authors include J.R.L. Allen, Niels Hovius, Hugh D. Sinclair, Alexander L. Densmore, C. P. Stark, Andrea Cozzi, Alexander C. Whittaker, Robert A. Duller, John Armitage and James L. Etienne and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Philip A. Allen

102 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Basin Analysis: Principles and Applications

1990 928 citations Philip A. Allen et al. profile →
Sediment flux from a mountain belt derived by landslide mapping

1997 642 citations Niels Hovius, Philip A. Allen et al. Geology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Philip A. Allen	4.2k	3.6k	3.6k	2.3k	1.3k	102	8.4k
Flavio S. Anselmetti	5.9k 1.4×	3.0k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	988 0.7×	252	9.5k
David J. W. Piper	6.6k 1.6×	6.8k 1.9×	5.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	370	12.7k
Andrew D. Miall	7.4k 1.7×	9.5k 2.6×	3.7k 1.0×	3.3k 1.5×	2.7k 2.0×	129	14.0k
M. R. Leeder	3.4k 0.8×	4.5k 1.2×	3.2k 0.9×	964 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	110	7.4k
Thierry Mulder	5.7k 1.3×	6.7k 1.9×	2.7k 0.8×	804 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	138	8.9k
Sung Kwun Chough	2.5k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	710 0.5×	127	6.1k
Roger G. Walker	3.6k 0.9×	5.1k 1.4×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	85	6.4k
Stephan A. Graham	4.5k 1.1×	3.7k 1.0×	7.7k 2.1×	2.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.9×	183	12.8k
Dorrik A. V. Stow	6.2k 1.5×	7.3k 2.0×	3.4k 0.9×	993 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	166	9.5k
Wolfgang Schlager	3.1k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.4×	2.8k 1.3×	888 0.7×	100	6.2k

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Allen, Philip A.. (2017). Sediment Routing Systems. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 64 indexed citations

Dühnforth, Miriam, Alexander L. Densmore, Susan Ivy‐Ochs, Philip A. Allen, & Peter W. Kubik. (2016). Early to Late Pleistocene history of debris-flow fan evolution in western Death Valley (California) using cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al. Geomorphology. 281. 53–65. 16 indexed citations

McLoughlin, Nicola, Philip A. Allen, Jonathan B. Antcliffe, et al.. (2015). A Tribute to Martin D. Brasier: Palaeobiologist and Astrobiologist (April 12, 1947–December 16, 2014). Astrobiology. 15(10). 940–948. 2 indexed citations

Carter, Andrew, et al.. (2014). Erosion rates in the source region of an ancient sediment routing system: comparison of depositional volumes with thermochronometric estimates. Journal of the Geological Society. 171(3). 401–412. 17 indexed citations

Armitage, John, et al.. (2013). The instability of continental passive margins and its effect on continental topography and heat flow. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 118(4). 1817–1836. 17 indexed citations

Whitchurch, Amy, Andrew Carter, Hugh D. Sinclair, et al.. (2011). Sediment routing system evolution within a diachronously uplifting orogen: Insights from detrital zircon thermochronological analyses from the South-Central Pyrenees. American Journal of Science. 311(5). 442–482. 87 indexed citations

Allen, Philip A.. (2011). Surface impact of mantle processes. Nature Geoscience. 4(8). 498–499. 3 indexed citations

Armitage, John, Robert A. Duller, Alex Whittaker, & Philip A. Allen. (2011). Transformation of tectonic and climatic signals from source to sedimentary archive. Nature Geoscience. 4(4). 231–235. 235 indexed citations

Allen, Philip A.. (2008). From landscapes into geological history. Nature. 451(7176). 274–276. 357 indexed citations

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Allen, Philip A. & James L. Etienne. (2008). Sedimentary challenge to Snowball Earth. Nature Geoscience. 1(12). 817–825. 161 indexed citations

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Rieu, Ruben, Philip A. Allen, Andrea Cozzi, Jan Košler, & F. Bussy. (2007). A composite stratigraphy for the Neoproterozoic Huqf Supergroup of Oman: integrating new litho-, chemo- and chronostratigraphic data of the Mirbat area, southern Oman. Journal of the Geological Society. 164(5). 997–1009. 63 indexed citations

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Guerroué, Erwan Le, Philip A. Allen, Andrea Cozzi, James L. Etienne, & C. Mark Fanning. (2006). 50 Myr recovery from the largest negative δ¹³C excursion in the Ediacaran ocean. Terra Nova. 18(2). 147–153. 146 indexed citations

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Allen, Philip A. & Paul F. Hoffman. (2005). Extreme winds and waves in the aftermath of a Neoproterozoic glaciation. Nature Cell Biology. 433(7022). 123–127. 164 indexed citations

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Allen, Philip A.. (2005). Striking a chord. Nature. 434(7036). 961–961. 48 indexed citations

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Cozzi, Andrea, Philip A. Allen, & J. P. Grotzinger. (2004). Understanding carbonate ramp dynamics using δ¹³C profiles: examples from the Neoproterozoic Buah Formation of Oman. Terra Nova. 16(2). 62–67. 47 indexed citations

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Allen, Philip A. & Alexander L. Densmore. (2000). Sediment flux from an uplifting fault block. Basin Research. 12(3-4). 367–380. 126 indexed citations

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Allen, Philip A., et al.. (2000). Jurassic giant erg deposits, flexure of the United States continental interior, and timing of the onset of Cordilleran shortening. Geology. 28(2). 159–162. 3 indexed citations

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Allen, Philip A. & Niels Hovius. (1998). Sediment supply from landslide‐dominated catchments: implications for basin‐margin fans. Basin Research. 10(1). 19–35. 86 indexed citations

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Allen, Philip A., et al.. (1996). Importance of inherited rift margin structures in the early North Alpine Foreland Basin, Switzerland. Basin Research. 8(4). 425–442. 58 indexed citations

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Allen, Philip A.. (1982). Cyclicity of Devonian fluvial sedimentation, Cunningsburgh Peninsula, SE Shetland. Journal of the Geological Society. 139(1). 49–58. 4 indexed citations

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