Richard A. Brooker

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Brooker is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ceramics and Composites and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Brooker has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Geophysics, 17 papers in Ceramics and Composites and 16 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Brooker's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (80 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (57 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (29 papers). Richard A. Brooker is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (80 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (57 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (29 papers). Richard A. Brooker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Richard A. Brooker's co-authors include S. C. Kohn, Jon Blundy, B A Kjarsgaard, John Holloway, Michael J. Walter, Andrew R. Thomson, S. P. Kelley, Paul F. McMillan, Jennifer G. Blank and Brian Tattitch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Brooker

99 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Slab melting as a barrier to deep carbon subduction

2016 387 citations S. C. Kohn, Richard A. Brooker et al. profile →
An experimental study of amphibole stability in low-pressure granitic magmas and a revised Al-in-hornblende geobarometer

2016 320 citations Euan Mutch, Jon Blundy et al. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard A. Brooker United Kingdom	46	4.7k	911	589	545	407	103	5.5k
Sumit Chakraborty Germany	45	5.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	373 0.6×	377 0.7×	425 1.0×	123	6.3k
Charles E. Lesher United States	39	2.9k 0.6×	741 0.8×	664 1.1×	485 0.9×	275 0.7×	100	4.3k
M. Carroll United Kingdom	41	5.9k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	692 1.2×	752 1.4×	888 2.2×	93	6.8k
R. A. Lange United States	38	3.6k 0.8×	793 0.9×	839 1.4×	299 0.5×	384 0.9×	95	4.4k
Fabrice Gaillard France	42	3.9k 0.8×	670 0.7×	406 0.7×	339 0.6×	326 0.8×	99	4.8k
Alan Whittington United States	35	2.7k 0.6×	528 0.6×	513 0.9×	311 0.6×	387 1.0×	101	3.5k
James K. Russell Canada	42	5.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	487 0.8×	417 0.8×	1.1k 2.6×	197	6.8k
Frank J. Spera United States	43	4.6k 1.0×	975 1.1×	627 1.1×	292 0.5×	970 2.4×	125	6.1k
James D. Webster United States	41	5.0k 1.1×	1.9k 2.1×	483 0.8×	1.0k 1.9×	433 1.1×	83	5.8k
Nicole Métrich France	48	5.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	465 0.8×	654 1.2×	1.1k 2.7×	124	6.8k

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Arzilli, Fabio, Silvia Cipiccia, Darren Batey, et al.. (2025). 3D quantification of nanolites using X-ray ptychography reveals syn-eruptive nanocrystallisation impacts magma rheology. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7083–7083. 3 indexed citations

Polacci, Margherita, Fabio Arzilli, Giuseppe La Spina, et al.. (2024). Direct observation of degassing during decompression of basaltic magma. Science Advances. 10(33). eado2585–eado2585. 2 indexed citations

Humphreys, Madeleine C. S., et al.. (2023). Melt Diffusion-Moderated Crystal Growth and its Effect on Euhedral Crystal Shapes. Journal of Petrology. 64(8). 4 indexed citations

Broom-Fendley, Sam, et al.. (2020). The Origin and Composition of Carbonatite-Derived Carbonate-Bearing Fluorapatite Deposits. Goldschmidt Abstracts. 268–268. 2 indexed citations

Saitta, Evan T., Renxing Liang, Maggie C. Y. Lau, et al.. (2019). Cretaceous dinosaur bone contains recent organic material and provides an environment conducive to microbial communities. eLife. 8. 35 indexed citations

Frische, Matthias, et al.. (2019). Geological, Mineralogical and Textural Impacts on the Distribution of Environmentally Toxic Trace Elements in Seafloor Massive Sulfide Occurrences. Minerals. 9(3). 162–162. 10 indexed citations

Arzilli, Fabio, Giuseppe La Spina, Mike Burton, et al.. (2019). Magma fragmentation in highly explosive basaltic eruptions induced by rapid crystallization. Nature Geoscience. 12(12). 1023–1028. 111 indexed citations

Leuthold, Julien, Jon Blundy, & Richard A. Brooker. (2018). Experimental petrology constraints on the petrogenesis of chromitite layers (Rum Layered Intrusion, Scotland). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15675. 1 indexed citations

Stock, Michael J., Madeleine C. S. Humphreys, Vicki Smith, et al.. (2018). Tracking Volatile Behaviour in Sub-volcanic Plumbing Systems Using Apatite and Glass: Insights into Pre-eruptive Processes at Campi Flegrei, Italy. Journal of Petrology. 59(12). 2463–2492. 86 indexed citations

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Mutch, Euan, Jon Blundy, Brian Tattitch, F. J. Cooper, & Richard A. Brooker. (2016). An experimental study of amphibole stability in low-pressure granitic magmas and a revised Al-in-hornblende geobarometer. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 171(10). 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brooker, Richard A., et al.. (2016). An experimental simulation of volcanic ash deposition in gas turbines and implications for jet engine safety. Chemical Geology. 461. 160–170. 44 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Madeleine C. S., Richard A. Brooker, Donald G. Fraser, et al.. (2015). Coupled Interactions between Volatile Activity and Fe Oxidation State during Arc Crustal Processes. Journal of Petrology. 56(4). 795–814. 46 indexed citations

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Pistone, Mattia, et al.. (2015). Textural and chemical consequences of interaction between hydrous mafic and felsic magmas: an experimental study. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 171(1). 41 indexed citations

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Brooker, Richard A., et al.. (2015). Control and monitoring of oxygen fugacity in piston cylinder experiments. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 169(1). 55 indexed citations

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Humphreys, Madeleine C. S., et al.. (2014). Apatite as a Tool for Tracking Magmatic CO 2 Contents. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Brooker, Richard A., et al.. (2009). Volatiles in Kimberlite Magmas: Experimental Constraints. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 2 indexed citations

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Brooker, Richard A., Kenneth J. Grant, S. C. Kohn, & B. J. Wood. (2007). Water in the mantle: The effect of olivine and orthopyroxene composition and fO(2). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 71. 1 indexed citations

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Grant, Kevin, S. C. Kohn, & Richard A. Brooker. (2007). The partitioning of water between olivine, orthopyroxene and melt synthesised in the system albite–forsterite–H2O. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 260(1-2). 227–241. 55 indexed citations

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Brooker, Richard A., V. S. Heber, S. P. Kelley, & B. J. Wood. (2003). Noble Gas Partitioning Behaviour During Mantle Melting: A Possible Explanation for 'The He Paradox'?. AGUFM. 2003. 3 indexed citations

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Blank, Jennifer G. & Richard A. Brooker. (1994). Experimental studies of carbon dioxide in silicate melts; solubility, speciation, and stable carbon isotope behavior. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry. 30(1). 157–186. 168 indexed citations

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