Richard M. Palin

5.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
110 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Richard M. Palin is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard M. Palin has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Geophysics, 29 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Richard M. Palin's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (105 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (83 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (79 papers). Richard M. Palin is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (105 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (83 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (79 papers). Richard M. Palin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Richard M. Palin's co-authors include R. W. White, Eleanor Green, David J. Waters, Johann F.A. Diener, Roger Powell, T. J. B. Holland, Owen Weller, M. Santosh, M. P. Searle and Brendan Dyck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard M. Palin

97 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Activity–composition relations for the calculation of partial melting equilibria in metabasic rocks
    2016 682 citations Eleanor Green, R. W. White et al. Journal of Metamorphic Geology profile →
  2. Quantifying geological uncertainty in metamorphic phase equilibria modelling; a Monte Carlo assessment and implications for tectonic interpretations
    2015 292 citations Richard M. Palin, Owen Weller et al. Geoscience Frontiers profile →
  3. Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth
    2020 228 citations Richard M. Palin, M. Santosh et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  4. The formation of lithium-rich pegmatites through multi-stage melting
    2023 52 citations Nicholas J. Gardiner, Richard M. Palin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard M. Palin United Kingdom 34 4.0k 1.3k 230 164 150 110 4.1k
Tracy Rushmer Australia 26 3.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 337 1.5× 150 0.9× 90 0.6× 61 3.5k
Bernard Bonin France 27 4.2k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 392 1.7× 156 1.0× 210 1.4× 83 4.4k
S. Andrew DuFrane Canada 20 2.0k 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 309 1.3× 121 0.7× 84 0.6× 68 2.1k
Eero Hanski Finland 28 2.1k 0.5× 986 0.7× 320 1.4× 143 0.9× 164 1.1× 87 2.3k
Laure Martin Australia 28 2.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 343 1.5× 159 1.0× 49 0.3× 112 2.5k
Dejan Prelević Germany 31 3.2k 0.8× 867 0.7× 235 1.0× 127 0.8× 73 0.5× 89 3.3k
Nicholas J. Gardiner United Kingdom 28 2.5k 0.6× 919 0.7× 296 1.3× 117 0.7× 358 2.4× 70 2.7k
Jade Star Lackey United States 19 2.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 374 1.6× 272 1.7× 64 0.4× 45 2.8k
Ondrej Lexa Czechia 37 3.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 344 1.5× 131 0.8× 231 1.5× 99 3.9k
Jean H. Bédard Canada 41 5.3k 1.3× 2.1k 1.6× 519 2.3× 301 1.8× 364 2.4× 112 5.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elardo, S. M., et al.. (2025). Implications of a highly convective lunar magma ocean: Insights from phase equilibria modeling. Icarus. 438. 116629–116629.
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Palin, Richard M., et al.. (2024). Improved mineral prospectivity mapping using graph neural networks. Ore Geology Reviews. 172. 106215–106215. 10 indexed citations
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Sayab, Mohammad, Andrew Menzies, Richard M. Palin, et al.. (2024). Structural controls on cobalt mineralisation during regional metamorphism: an example from the Rajapalot area, Finland. Mineralium Deposita. 60(1). 213–231. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Jin, Richard M. Palin, Ross N. Mitchell, et al.. (2024). Archaean multi-stage magmatic underplating drove formation of continental nuclei in the North China Craton. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6231–6231. 9 indexed citations
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Gardiner, Nicholas J., et al.. (2024). On tin and lithium granite systems: A crustal evolution perspective. Earth-Science Reviews. 258. 104947–104947. 11 indexed citations
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Wu, Li‐Guang, Yi Chen, Richard M. Palin, et al.. (2023). Reinitiation of modern-style plate tectonics in the Early Neoproterozoic: Evidence from a ∼930 Ma blueschist-facies terrane in South China. Precambrian Research. 401. 107276–107276. 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Jing, Yunshuai Li, Richard M. Palin, Jianxin Zhang, & Shengyao Yu. (2023). Evolution and modification of lithospheric mantle within deeply continental subduction zone: Insights from two contrasting orogenic garnet peridotites in South Altun–North Qaidam belt. Lithos. 450-451. 107185–107185. 4 indexed citations
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Palin, Richard M., et al.. (2023). TDMelts: A Theriak-Domino Wrapper for 2-dimensional batch melting models. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Nick M.W., et al.. (2023). Hot, Wide, Continental Back-arcs Explain Earth’s Enigmatic mid-Proterozoic Magmatic and Metamorphic Record. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 1(1). 16 indexed citations
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Searle, M. P., et al.. (2023). The Burmese Jade Mines belt: origins of jadeitites, serpentinites, and ophiolitic peridotites and gabbros. Journal of the Geological Society. 180(4). 4 indexed citations
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Li, Shan-Shan, Richard M. Palin, & M. Santosh. (2022). Contrasting mechanisms and timescales of subduction and exhumation as recorded by Paleoproterozoic and late Paleozoic high-pressure granulites in the North China Craton. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 135(1-2). 29–47. 5 indexed citations
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Palin, Richard M., James D. Moore, Zeming Zhang, et al.. (2021). Mafic Archean continental crust prohibited exhumation of orogenic UHP eclogite. Geoscience Frontiers. 12(5). 101225–101225. 7 indexed citations
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Searle, M. P., Phillip Gopon, Nick M.W. Roberts, et al.. (2020). The Cycladic Blueschist Unit on Tinos, Greece: Cold NE Subduction and SW Directed Extrusion of the Cycladic Continental Margin Under the Tsiknias Ophiolite. Tectonics. 39(9). 20 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zeming, et al.. (2020). Prolonged Partial Melting of Garnet Amphibolite from the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of Large Hot Orogens. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(6). 24 indexed citations
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Huang, Guangyu, Jinghui Guo, Shujuan Jiao, & Richard M. Palin. (2019). What Drives the Continental Crust To Be Extremely Hot So Quickly?. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 124(11). 11218–11231. 47 indexed citations
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Green, Eleanor, R. W. White, Johann F.A. Diener, et al.. (2016). Activity–composition relations for the calculation of partial melting equilibria in metabasic rocks. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 34(9). 845–869. 682 indexed citations breakdown →
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White, R. W., Richard M. Palin, & Eleanor Green. (2016). High‐grade metamorphism and partial melting in Archean composite grey gneiss complexes. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 35(2). 181–195. 65 indexed citations
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Palin, Richard M., Owen Weller, David J. Waters, & Brendan Dyck. (2015). Quantifying geological uncertainty in metamorphic phase equilibria modelling; a Monte Carlo assessment and implications for tectonic interpretations. Geoscience Frontiers. 7(4). 591–607. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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