Robert B. Kidd

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Kidd is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Kidd has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Atmospheric Science, 22 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 15 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Kidd's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Geological formations and processes (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers). Robert B. Kidd is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Geological formations and processes (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers). Robert B. Kidd collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Robert B. Kidd's co-authors include Ramil Wright, Maria Bianca Cita, L. Montadert, Daniel Bernoulli, Kenneth J. Hsü, A. J. Erickson, F. Mélières, Robert E. Garrison, Carla Müller and A. T. S. Ramsay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Kidd

56 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

History of the Mediterranean salinity crisis 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 250 500 750
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. History of the Mediterranean salinity crisis
    1977 831 citations Kenneth J. Hsü, L. Montadert et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert B. Kidd United Kingdom 20 939 655 655 392 324 58 1.9k
Robert E. Garrison United States 20 842 0.9× 672 1.0× 648 1.0× 804 2.1× 257 0.8× 55 2.1k
F. Mélières France 11 1.3k 1.4× 412 0.6× 640 1.0× 426 1.1× 203 0.6× 26 1.9k
L. Montadert France 29 912 1.0× 1.8k 2.8× 908 1.4× 519 1.3× 268 0.8× 62 3.2k
Ramil Wright United States 14 970 1.0× 399 0.6× 349 0.5× 507 1.3× 454 1.4× 22 1.7k
Kenneth J. Hsü Switzerland 15 721 0.8× 1.8k 2.8× 353 0.5× 601 1.5× 197 0.6× 35 2.9k
Alfred G. Fischer United States 24 1.3k 1.3× 535 0.8× 506 0.8× 1.3k 3.4× 416 1.3× 60 3.0k
Nigel H. Trewin United Kingdom 33 1.2k 1.2× 707 1.1× 909 1.4× 1.5k 3.9× 226 0.7× 99 3.1k
G. R. Holdgate Australia 24 927 1.0× 372 0.6× 465 0.7× 433 1.1× 162 0.5× 60 1.7k
C. J. R. Braithwaite United Kingdom 26 781 0.8× 762 1.2× 517 0.8× 726 1.9× 265 0.8× 64 2.2k
P.L. Gibbard United Kingdom 17 1.6k 1.7× 1.1k 1.6× 815 1.2× 1.4k 3.6× 259 0.8× 33 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert B. Kidd

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert B. Kidd

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Handzo, George, et al.. (2023). A Statement on the Role and Qualifications of Health Care Chaplains for Research and Quality. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 65(6). e745–e755. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaomei & Robert B. Kidd. (2008). UNICAST VIDEO WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK: ECONOMICS, STRATEGIES, AND ARCHITECTURE. 3 indexed citations
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Kidd, Robert B. & Charles Oxnard. (2005). Little Foot and big thoughts—a re-evaluation of the Stw573 foot from Sterkfontein, South Africa. HOMO. 55(3). 189–212. 18 indexed citations
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Kidd, Robert B.. (1999). Evolution of the rearfoot. A model of adaptation with evidence from the fossil record. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 89(1). 2–17. 31 indexed citations
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Cronin, Bryan T. & Robert B. Kidd. (1998). Heterogeneity and lithotype distribution in ancient deep-sea canyons: Point Lobos deep-sea canyon as a reservoir analogue. Sedimentary Geology. 115(1-4). 315–349. 38 indexed citations
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Lucchi, Renata G. & Robert B. Kidd. (1998). Sediment provenance and turbidity current processes at the Lametini Seamounts and Stromboli Canyon, SE Tyrrhenian Sea. Geo-Marine Letters. 18(2). 155–164. 8 indexed citations
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Kidd, Robert B., et al.. (1997). High-resolution stratigraphy and turbidite processes in the Seine Abyssal Plain, northwest Africa. Geo-Marine Letters. 17(2). 147–153. 12 indexed citations
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Davies, Thomas A., Robert B. Kidd, & A. T. S. Ramsay. (1995). A time-slice approach to the history of Cenozoic sedimentation in the Indian Ocean. Sedimentary Geology. 96(1-2). 157–179. 46 indexed citations
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Robertson, Alastair H.F., Robert B. Kidd, M.K. Ivanov, et al.. (1995). Eratosthenes Seamount: collisional processes in the easternmost Mediterranean in relation to the Plio‐Quaternary uplift of southern Cyprus. Terra Nova. 7(2). 254–264. 47 indexed citations
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Cita, Maria Bianca, John Woodside, Michael Ivanov, Robert B. Kidd, & A.F. Limonov. (1994). Fluid venting, mud volcanoes and mud diapirs in the Mediterranean Ridge. RENDICONTI LINCEI. 5(2). 159–169. 18 indexed citations
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Hailwood, E. A. & Robert B. Kidd. (1993). High Resolution Stratigraphy. 75 indexed citations
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Kidd, Robert B., et al.. (1993). High resolution stratigraphy in modern and ancient marine sequences: ocean sediment cores to Palaeozoic outcrop. Geological Society London Special Publications. 70(1). 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Kidd, Robert B., et al.. (1985). Sonar acoustic facies and sediment distribution on an area of the deep ocean floor. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 2(3). 210–221. 27 indexed citations
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Gardner, James V. & Robert B. Kidd. (1983). Sedimentary processes on the iberian continental-margin viewed by long-range side-can sonar .1. gulf of cadiz. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 1 indexed citations
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Kidd, Robert B., et al.. (1983). Identification of ice-rafted and other exotic material in deep-sea dredge hauls. Geo-Marine Letters. 3(1). 23–29. 13 indexed citations
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Kidd, Robert B., et al.. (1983). Submarine debris flow deposits detected by long-range side-scan sonar 1,000-kilometers from source. Geo-Marine Letters. 3(1). 13–16. 36 indexed citations
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Kidd, Robert B. & Thomas A. Davies. (1978). Indian Ocean sediment distribution since the Late Jurassic. Marine Geology. 26(1-2). 49–70. 16 indexed citations
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Cita, Maria Bianca, D. N. Chayes, Robert B. Kidd, et al.. (1978). Cobblestone topography in the eastern Mediterranean; preliminary results of a transponder-navigated coring program following a deep-tow survey, southern Calabrian Ridge (Area No. 4).. 96. 2 indexed citations
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Hsü, Kenneth J., L. Montadert, Daniel Bernoulli, et al.. (1977). History of the Mediterranean salinity crisis. Nature. 267(5610). 399–403. 831 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whitmarsh, R. B., Syed A. Ali, R. L. Fleischer, et al.. (1972). Deep Sea Drilling Project in the Arabian Sea. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 1 indexed citations

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