Robert T. Downs

20.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
274 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Robert T. Downs is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Geophysics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert T. Downs has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 113 papers in Geophysics and 101 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert T. Downs's work include Crystal Structures and Properties (116 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (76 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (72 papers). Robert T. Downs is often cited by papers focused on Crystal Structures and Properties (116 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (76 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (72 papers). Robert T. Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Robert T. Downs's co-authors include Robert M. Hazen, S. Gražulis, Daniel Chateigner, M. Quirós, Peter Moeck, Luca Lutterotti, A. Le Bail, G. V. Gibbs, Chang‐Sheng Zha and L. W. Finger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert T. Downs

264 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

Crystallography Open Database – an open-access collection of crystal structures

2009 1.3k citations Robert T. Downs et al. profile →
Crystallography Open Database (COD): an open-access collection of crystal structures and platform for world-wide collaboration

2011 918 citations Robert T. Downs et al. profile →
Topology of the pyroxenes as a function of temperature, pressure, and composition as determined from the procrystal electron density

2003 522 citations Robert T. Downs American Mineralogist profile →
Mineral evolution

2008 424 citations Robert M. Hazen, Robert T. Downs et al. American Mineralogist profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert T. Downs	4.1k	3.6k	2.2k	1.0k	966	274	10.3k
Surendra K. Saxena	5.1k 1.2×	6.0k 1.7×	1.3k 0.6×	593 0.6×	716 0.7×	300	12.6k
Mark L. Rivers	2.4k 0.6×	5.4k 1.5×	808 0.4×	554 0.5×	400 0.4×	273	12.4k
D. L. Bish	2.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	756 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	612 0.6×	283	11.1k
Jean‐Noël Rouzaud	3.4k 0.8×	2.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	435 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	195	11.6k
L. W. Finger	5.7k 1.4×	7.0k 1.9×	4.1k 1.9×	1.6k 1.5×	843 0.9×	165	14.2k
Andrew Putnis	3.5k 0.8×	6.3k 1.8×	851 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	469 0.5×	297	16.2k
Catherine McCammon	2.8k 0.7×	10.3k 2.9×	2.5k 1.2×	538 0.5×	285 0.3×	365	13.7k
J. V. Smith	4.3k 1.0×	5.5k 1.5×	1.4k 0.7×	3.5k 3.3×	599 0.6×	332	13.6k
G. D. Price	3.9k 0.9×	6.2k 1.7×	1.8k 0.8×	841 0.8×	516 0.5×	227	10.4k
Michael E. Fleet	3.8k 0.9×	5.5k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	800 0.8×	298	12.5k

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Hazen, Robert M., Peter C. Burns, Henderson James Cleaves, et al.. (2024). Reply to ‘Experimental measurement of assembly indices are required to determine the threshold for life’. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 21(220). 20240622–20240622.

Dera, Przemysław, et al.. (2024). Heavy Liquid Separation Method for Enhancement of Trace Asbestos Detection. Crystals. 14(2). 127–127. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Hexiong, et al.. (2023). Bernardevansite, Al₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃⋅6H₂O, dimorphous with alfredopetrovite and the Al-analogue of mandarinoite, from the El Dragón mine, Potosí, Bolivia. Mineralogical Magazine. 87(3). 407–414.

Hazen, Robert M., Robert T. Downs, Shaunna M. Morrison, et al.. (2023). On the Diversity and Formation Modes of Martian Minerals. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 128(9). 24 indexed citations

Prabhu, Anirudh, Shaunna M. Morrison, Ahmed Eleish, et al.. (2020). Global earth mineral inventory: A data legacy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 74–89. 19 indexed citations

Gabriel, T. S. J., C. Hardgrove, E. B. Rampe, et al.. (2018). Water Abundance of Dunes in Gale Crater, Mars From Active Neutron Experiments and Implications for Amorphous Phases. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(23). 18 indexed citations

Downs, Robert T., John R. Dean, Adrian Downer, & Justin J. Perry. (2017). Determination of the Biocide Econea® in Artificial Seawater by Solid Phase Extraction and High Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Separations. 4(4). 34–34. 11 indexed citations

Bristow, T. F., D. T. Vaniman, S. J. Chipera, et al.. (2017). Surveying Clay Mineral Diversity in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2462. 4 indexed citations

Rampe, E. B., D. W. Ming, J. P. Grotzinger, et al.. (2017). Mineral Trends in Early Hesperian Lacustrine Mudstone at Gale Crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2821. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Jingui, Dongzhou Zhang, Dawei Fan, et al.. (2016). Isosymmetric pressure‐induced bonding increase changes compression behavior of clinopyroxenes across jadeite‐aegirine solid solution in subduction zones. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 122(1). 142–157. 13 indexed citations

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Rampe, E. B., D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, et al.. (2016). Diagenesis in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2543. 7 indexed citations

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Rampe, E. B., D. W. Ming, D. F. Blake, et al.. (2015). Evidence for Acid-Sulfate Alteration in the Pahrump Hills Region, Gale Crater, Mars. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Vaniman, D. T., T. F. Bristow, D. L. Bish, et al.. (2014). Mineralogy by X-ray Diffraction on Mars: The Chemin Instrument on Mars Science Laboratory. 1791. 1499. 1 indexed citations

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Bish, D. L., D. F. Blake, D. T. Vaniman, et al.. (2013). First X-Ray Diffraction Results from Mars Science Laboratory: Mineralogy of Rocknest Aeolian Bedform at Gale Crater. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1111. 5 indexed citations

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Sarrazin, P., Przemysław Dera, Robert T. Downs, et al.. (2009). Hybrid X-ray Diffraction for Planetary Mineralogical Analysis of Unprepared Samples. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1496. 1 indexed citations

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Prewitt, Charles T. & Robert T. Downs. (1998). High-pressure crystal chemistry. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry. 37(1). 283–317. 69 indexed citations

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Jacobsen, Steven D., Joseph R. Smyth, R. Jeffrey Swope, & Robert T. Downs. (1998). Rigid-body character of the SO4 groups in celestine, anglesite and barite. The Canadian Mineralogist. 36(4). 1053–1060. 64 indexed citations

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Downs, Robert T., K. L. Bartelmehs, G. V. Gibbs, & M. B. Boisen. (1993). Interactive software for calculating and displaying X-ray or neutron powder diffractometer patterns of crystalline materials. American Mineralogist. 78. 1104–1107. 200 indexed citations

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Hazen, Robert M., Robert T. Downs, L. W. Finger, & Jaidong Ko. (1993). Crystal chemistry of ferromagnesian silicate spinels: Evidence for Mg-Si disorder. American Mineralogist. 78. 1320–1323. 68 indexed citations

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Boisen, M. B., G. V. Gibbs, Robert T. Downs, & Philippe D’Arco. (1990). The dependence of the SiO bond length on structural parameters in coesite, the silica polymorphs, and the clathrasils. American Mineralogist. 75. 748–754. 28 indexed citations

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