Rodney Grapes

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Rodney Grapes is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodney Grapes has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Geophysics, 27 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Rodney Grapes's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (75 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (43 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers). Rodney Grapes is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (75 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (43 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers). Rodney Grapes collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, South Korea and China. Rodney Grapes's co-authors include Kurt Bucher, Gaye Downes, Shaocong Lai, Jiangfeng Qin, Tsutomu Watanabe, Timothy A. Little, Yongfei Li, Yinjuan Ju, P. W. O. Hoskin and Zhang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Chemical Geology and Geological Society of America Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Rodney Grapes

98 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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. Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks
    2011 313 citations Rodney Grapes 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
Rodney Grapes New Zealand 27 2.2k 658 425 407 204 98 2.6k
Martin Thöni Austria 33 3.0k 1.4× 833 1.3× 311 0.7× 396 1.0× 218 1.1× 65 3.2k
Alan F. Cooper New Zealand 36 3.5k 1.6× 750 1.1× 1.0k 2.4× 329 0.8× 374 1.8× 101 3.9k
Leone Melluso Italy 40 3.0k 1.4× 937 1.4× 513 1.2× 368 0.9× 332 1.6× 98 3.5k
M. Raith Germany 38 4.3k 1.9× 1.1k 1.7× 262 0.6× 390 1.0× 216 1.1× 81 4.5k
Alberto Renzulli Italy 24 2.6k 1.2× 908 1.4× 313 0.7× 252 0.6× 147 0.7× 107 3.0k
Catherine Mével France 29 2.4k 1.1× 400 0.6× 414 1.0× 343 0.8× 151 0.7× 51 2.8k
Martin Okrusch Germany 34 3.4k 1.5× 1.0k 1.5× 158 0.4× 499 1.2× 323 1.6× 102 3.6k
Alan H. Clark Canada 34 3.0k 1.3× 1.7k 2.6× 310 0.7× 405 1.0× 222 1.1× 88 3.3k
Michael A. Cosca United States 41 4.2k 1.9× 984 1.5× 830 2.0× 372 0.9× 305 1.5× 113 4.7k
R. E. Bevins United Kingdom 25 1.5k 0.7× 552 0.8× 432 1.0× 241 0.6× 519 2.5× 93 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rodney Grapes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Grapes, Rodney. (2016). The 1848 earthquakes and building damage in Wellington, New Zealand: coping with a new reality. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47(1). 11–18. 1 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, et al.. (2011). A history of the geology of Wellington Peninsula, New Zealand: an analysis of nineteenth to early twentieth century observations and ideas. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 41(2). 167–204. 3 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, et al.. (2009). Alexander McKay and the awatere fault, New Zealand: Ground rupturing and large‐scale horizontal displacement. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 52(4). 349–365. 2 indexed citations
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Lian, Olav B., et al.. (2000). Optical dating of sediments associated with a fossil moa skeleton near Tauweru, Wairarapa, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 43(4). 493–499. 5 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, et al.. (2000). Moa fossils and chronology of a Pleistocene terrace sequence, Tauweru, Wairarapa, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 43(4). 483–491. 3 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, et al.. (1999). Gersdorffite with pentlandite, violarite, pyrrhotite, and pyrite, northwest Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 42(2). 189–204. 6 indexed citations
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Campbell, Hamish J., David Smale, Rodney Grapes, et al.. (1998). Parapara Group: Permian‐Triassic rocks in the Western Province, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 41(3). 281–296. 18 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, Timothy A. Little, & Gaye Downes. (1998). Rupturing of the Awatere Fault during the 1848 October 16 Marlborough earthquake, New Zealand: Historical and present day evidence. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 41(4). 387–399. 51 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney. (1995). Uplift and exhumation of Alpine Schist, Southern Alps, New Zealand: Thermobarometric constraints. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 38(4). 525–533. 57 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney. (1993). Terrace correlation, dextral displacements, and slip rate along the Wellington Fault, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 36(1). 131–134. 8 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, Simon Lamb, & C.J. Adams. (1992). K‐Ar ages of basanitic dikes, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 35(4). 415–419. 12 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney & E. Ernst. (1992). Neoblastic jadeitic pyroxene in Franciscan metagreywackes from Pacheco Pass, central Diablo Range, California, and implications for the inferred metamorphic P‐T trajectory. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 35(3). 381–387. 9 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, et al.. (1990). Geology of the red rocks — turbidite association, Wellington peninsula, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 33(2). 377–391. 26 indexed citations
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Roser, Barry & Rodney Grapes. (1990). Geochemistry of a metabasite — chert — coloured‐argillite — turbidite association at Red Rocks, Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 33(2). 181–191. 10 indexed citations
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George, Annette D. & Rodney Grapes. (1987). Lawsonite‐bearing veins in Torlesse rocks (Note). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 30(2). 203–205. 7 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney & H. W. Wellman. (1986). The north‐east end of the Wairau Fault, Marlborough, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 16(3). 245–250. 24 indexed citations
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Glasby, G.P., et al.. (1986). Manganese nodule occurrence in the Tasman Sea. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 20(3). 489–494. 4 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, et al.. (1984). Magma type and tectonic setting of metabasites, Southern Alps, New Zealand, using immobile elements. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 27(1). 21–25. 16 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney, David L. Reid, & John G. McPherson. (1974). Shallow dolerite intrusion and phreatic eruption in the Allan Hills region, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 17(3). 563–577. 54 indexed citations
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Grapes, Rodney & David L. Reid. (1971). Rhythmic layering and multiple intrusion in the Ferrar Dolerite of South Victoria Land, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 14(3). 600–604. 6 indexed citations

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