Ron Uken

710 total citations
27 papers, 586 citations indexed

About

Ron Uken is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Uken has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 586 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 8 papers in Geophysics and 8 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Ron Uken's work include Geological formations and processes (10 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (8 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers). Ron Uken is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (10 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (8 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers). Ron Uken collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Russia and Australia. Ron Uken's co-authors include Andrew Green, Jürgen Reinhardt, M. K. Watkeys, Hayley C. Cawthra, I. S. Buick, Roger L. Gibson, T. Wallmach, John A. Goff, Abigail M. Smith and J. Reinhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Lithos and Marine Geology.

In The Last Decade

Ron Uken

27 papers receiving 567 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ron Uken South Africa 16 265 236 172 106 105 27 586
Teh-Quei Lee Taiwan 15 293 1.1× 176 0.7× 416 2.4× 115 1.1× 29 0.3× 31 718
Olivier Parize France 15 232 0.9× 473 2.0× 372 2.2× 77 0.7× 34 0.3× 27 709
Angela M. Hessler United States 15 491 1.9× 253 1.1× 387 2.3× 68 0.6× 140 1.3× 22 893
Zeng-Zhao Feng China 8 127 0.5× 153 0.6× 113 0.7× 124 1.2× 40 0.4× 14 462
Mike Blum United States 8 216 0.8× 264 1.1× 229 1.3× 55 0.5× 64 0.6× 21 449
B C MacLean Canada 17 255 1.0× 206 0.9× 381 2.2× 239 2.3× 68 0.6× 43 772
Pavel Kabanov Canada 15 192 0.7× 94 0.4× 215 1.3× 114 1.1× 46 0.4× 36 510
R. Cave United Kingdom 11 209 0.8× 112 0.5× 213 1.2× 42 0.4× 62 0.6× 34 491
Bryan Sell United States 13 460 1.7× 100 0.4× 237 1.4× 79 0.7× 135 1.3× 19 722
Sally Morgan United Kingdom 12 218 0.8× 85 0.4× 200 1.2× 36 0.3× 32 0.3× 25 475

Countries citing papers authored by Ron Uken

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ron Uken

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ron Uken

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ron Uken. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ron Uken based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ron Uken. Ron Uken is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barnett, Wayne, et al.. (2018). Kelvin and Faraday kimberlite emplacement geometries and implications for subterranean magmatic processes. Mineralogy and Petrology. 112(S2). 447–462. 4 indexed citations
2.
Mostovski, Mike B., et al.. (2016). Distribution of calcareous nannoplankton in surface sediments along the northern KwaZulu-Natal Bight, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science. 38(sup1). S75–S89. 1 indexed citations
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Chinnasamy, Sakthi Saravanan, et al.. (2015). Pressure, temperature, and timing of mineralization of the sedimentary rock-hosted orogenic gold deposit at Klipwal, southeastern Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita. 50(6). 739–766. 17 indexed citations
4.
Cawthra, Hayley C. & Ron Uken. (2012). Modern beachrock formation in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal : research letter. South African Journal of Science. 108. 1–5. 5 indexed citations
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Cawthra, Hayley C., et al.. (2012). Sedimentation on the narrow (8 km wide), oceanic current-influenced continental shelf off Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Marine Geology. 323-325. 107–122. 28 indexed citations
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Green, Andrew, et al.. (2008). Nannofossil age constraints for the northern KwaZulu-Natal shelf-edge wedge: Implications for continental margin dynamics, South Africa, SW Indian Ocean. Continental Shelf Research. 28(17). 2442–2449. 17 indexed citations
7.
Uken, Ron, et al.. (2007). Shelf sediments off the Thukela River mouth: complex interaction between fluvial and oceanographic processes. South African Journal of Science. 103. 490–492. 15 indexed citations
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Uken, Ron, et al.. (2007). The Aliwal Shoal revisited: New age constraints from nannofossil assemblages. South African Journal of Geology. 110(4). 647–653. 14 indexed citations
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Green, Andrew, John A. Goff, & Ron Uken. (2007). Geomorphological evidence for upslope canyon-forming processes on the northern KwaZulu-Natal shelf, SW Indian Ocean, South Africa. Geo-Marine Letters. 27(6). 399–409. 49 indexed citations
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Uken, Ron, et al.. (2006). Coelacanth ( Latimeria chalumnae ) resting traces in a cave floor, Chaka Canyon, South Africa : coelacanth research. South African Journal of Science. 102. 474–475. 4 indexed citations
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Uken, Ron, et al.. (2006). People Improving the Community's Health: Communith Health Workers as Agents of Change. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 17(1). 16–25. 28 indexed citations
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Uken, Ron, et al.. (2006). People Improving the Community's Health: Communith Health Workers as Agents of Change. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 17(1). 16–25. 1 indexed citations
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Uken, Ron, et al.. (2005). The bathymetry of the Aliwal Shoal, Scottburgh, South Africa : research letter. South African Journal of Science. 101. 255–257. 7 indexed citations
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Green, Andrew & Ron Uken. (2005). First observations of sea level indicators related to glacial maxima at Sodwana Bay, Northern KwaZulu-Natal. South African Journal of Science. 101. 236–238. 21 indexed citations
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Smith, Abigail M. & Ron Uken. (2003). Living marine stromatolites at Kei River mouth : news and views. South African Journal of Science. 99. 200–200. 15 indexed citations
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Gerya, Taras, et al.. (2003). Cold fingers in a hot magma: Numerical modeling of country-rock diapirs in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Geology. 31(9). 753–753. 27 indexed citations
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Uken, Ron, et al.. (2002). Cold Fingers in a hot Magma: Country-Rock Diapirs Triggered by the Bushveld Layered Intrusion, South Africa. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Buick, I. S., Roger L. Gibson, Ian Cartwright, et al.. (2000). Fluid flow in metacarbonates associated with emplacement of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 69-70. 391–395. 17 indexed citations
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Buick, I. S., Ron Uken, Roger L. Gibson, & T. Wallmach. (1998). High-δ13C Paleoproterozoic carbonates from the Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa. Geology. 26(10). 875–875. 71 indexed citations
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Uken, Ron & M. K. Watkeys. (1997). An interpretation of mafic dyke swarms and their relationship with major mafic magmatic events on the Kaapvaal Craton and Limpopo Belt. South African Journal of Geology. 100(4). 341–348. 42 indexed citations

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