R. I. Walcott

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

R. I. Walcott is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. I. Walcott has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Geophysics, 7 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in R. I. Walcott's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (15 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (10 papers). R. I. Walcott is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (15 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (10 papers). R. I. Walcott collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Canada and India. R. I. Walcott's co-authors include Richard Gibb, I. C. Wright, John Beavan, Desmond Darby, David Christoffel, B. Parsons, Philip England, Þóra Árnadóttir, Chris Pearson and Stephen Bourne and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

R. I. Walcott

24 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Flexural rigidity, thickness, and viscosity of the lithos... 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Flexural rigidity, thickness, and viscosity of the lithosphere
    1970 452 citations R. I. Walcott Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. I. Walcott New Zealand 19 2.1k 864 388 379 261 26 2.9k
Edward L. Winterer United States 23 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 528 1.4× 407 1.1× 201 0.8× 44 2.2k
William F. Haxby United States 24 1.9k 0.9× 681 0.8× 339 0.9× 386 1.0× 608 2.3× 34 3.0k
Robin T. Holcomb United States 20 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 503 1.3× 316 0.8× 75 0.3× 35 2.2k
John C. Crowell United States 22 972 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 860 2.2× 294 0.8× 117 0.4× 54 2.4k
Clement G. Chase United States 25 2.3k 1.1× 650 0.8× 329 0.8× 355 0.9× 110 0.4× 39 2.9k
Kim D. Klitgord United States 29 2.7k 1.3× 785 0.9× 358 0.9× 543 1.4× 149 0.6× 64 3.3k
Christine Deplus France 29 2.3k 1.1× 885 1.0× 569 1.5× 477 1.3× 160 0.6× 75 2.8k
J. Lamar Worzel United States 18 1.7k 0.8× 304 0.4× 419 1.1× 545 1.4× 426 1.6× 52 2.4k
Richard S. Fiske United States 32 3.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 467 1.2× 362 1.0× 84 0.3× 62 3.7k
A. S. Laughton India 23 991 0.5× 425 0.5× 343 0.9× 376 1.0× 206 0.8× 47 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. I. Walcott

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. I. Walcott

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bourne, Stephen, Þóra Árnadóttir, John Beavan, et al.. (1998). Crustal deformation of the Marlborough Fault Zone in the South Island of New Zealand: Geodetic constraints over the interval 1982–1994. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(B12). 30147–30165. 64 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1998). Modes of oblique compression: Late Cenozoic tectonics of the south island of New Zealand. Reviews of Geophysics. 36(1). 1–26. 300 indexed citations
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Pearson, Chris, John Beavan, Desmond Darby, Graeme Blick, & R. I. Walcott. (1995). Strain distribution across the Australian‐Pacific plate boundary in the central South Island, New Zealand, from 1992 GPS and earlier terrestrial observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 100(B11). 22071–22081. 42 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1993). Extensional mechanics of continental lithosphere. Annals of Geophysics. 36(2). 1 indexed citations
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Lamb, Simon, et al.. (1989). The Raukumara paleomagnetic domain: Constraints on the tectonic rotation of the East Coast, North Island, New Zealand, from paleomagnetic data. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32(3). 317–326. 18 indexed citations
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Wright, I. C. & R. I. Walcott. (1986). Large tectonic rotation of part of New Zealand in the last 5 Ma. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 80(3-4). 348–352. 37 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1984). The kinematics of the plate boundary zone through New Zealand: a comparison of short- and long-term deformations. Geophysical Journal International. 79(2). 613–633. 217 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I., et al.. (1981). Bending within the axial tectonic belt of New Zealand in the last 9 Myr from paleomagnetic data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 52(2). 427–434. 40 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1979). New Zealand earthquakes and plate tectonic theory. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. 12(2). 87–93. 7 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1979). Strain measurements and tectonics of New Zealand. Tectonophysics. 52(1-4). 479–479. 1 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1978). Present tectonics and Late Cenozoic evolution of New Zealand. Geophysical Journal International. 52(1). 137–164. 338 indexed citations
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Rampton, V N & R. I. Walcott. (1974). Gravity Profiles across Ice-Cored Topography. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 11(1). 110–122. 14 indexed citations
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Isacks, Bryan L., Ivan I. Mueller, R. I. Walcott, & Manik Talwani. (1973). Vertical crustal motions and their causes: Report on the Third GEOP Research Conference. Eos. 54(12). 1257–1260. 4 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1973). Structure of the Earth from Glacio-Isostatic Rebound. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 1(1). 15–37. 102 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1972). Gravity, Flexure, and the Growth of Sedimentary Basins at a Continental Edge. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 83(6). 1845–1845. 103 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1972). Past Sea Levels, Eustasy and Deformation of the Earth. Quaternary Research. 2(1). 1–14. 170 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1972). Late Quaternary vertical movements in eastern North America: Quantitative evidence of glacio‐isostatic rebound. Reviews of Geophysics. 10(4). 849–884. 207 indexed citations
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Walcott, R. I.. (1970). An isostatic origin for basement uplifts. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 7(3). 931–937. 24 indexed citations
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Sinclair, Alastair J. & R. I. Walcott. (1966). The significance of Th/U ratios calculated from west-central New Mexico multi-stage lead data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 1(1). 38–41.
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Walcott, R. I., et al.. (1963). Eighteenth Century England. The William and Mary Quarterly. 20(3). 471–471. 15 indexed citations

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