Ross N. Mitchell

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
145 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Ross N. Mitchell is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross N. Mitchell has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Geophysics, 44 papers in Paleontology and 29 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Ross N. Mitchell's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (111 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (63 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (51 papers). Ross N. Mitchell is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (111 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (63 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (51 papers). Ross N. Mitchell collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ross N. Mitchell's co-authors include David A.D. Evans, Christopher J. Spencer, Uwe Kirscher, J. Brendan Murphy, Yebo Liu, Zheng‐Xiang Li, Taylor M. Kilian, Grant M. Cox, Peng Peng and Chong Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ross N. Mitchell

132 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Assembly and breakup of the core of Paleoproterozoic-Meso... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2021 100 200 300 400
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. Assembly and breakup of the core of Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Nuna
    2011 428 citations David A.D. Evans, Ross N. Mitchell Geology profile →
  2. The supercontinent cycle
    2021 130 citations Ross N. Mitchell, Yebo Liu 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
Ross N. Mitchell China 32 2.7k 1.0k 759 648 371 145 3.4k
P. J. A. McCausland Canada 20 2.0k 0.7× 874 0.9× 396 0.5× 675 1.0× 176 0.5× 82 2.7k
Seth D. Burgess United States 13 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 496 0.7× 730 1.1× 470 1.3× 28 2.6k
Nicholas L. Swanson‐Hysell United States 30 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 239 0.3× 1.2k 1.9× 408 1.1× 75 2.5k
E. Tohver Australia 38 4.0k 1.5× 1.3k 1.3× 1.5k 1.9× 888 1.4× 493 1.3× 95 4.9k
C. Brenhin Keller United States 23 1.8k 0.7× 694 0.7× 666 0.9× 657 1.0× 307 0.8× 54 2.5k
Arthur H. Hickman Australia 27 2.7k 1.0× 773 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 439 0.7× 609 1.6× 46 3.3k
M. K. Watkeys South Africa 28 1.8k 0.7× 476 0.5× 588 0.8× 703 1.1× 223 0.6× 68 2.5k
Mathew Domeier Norway 23 2.7k 1.0× 917 0.9× 436 0.6× 721 1.1× 192 0.5× 51 3.3k
C. E. Isachsen United States 21 3.9k 1.4× 651 0.6× 1.5k 2.0× 447 0.7× 524 1.4× 45 4.4k
Ulf Linnemann Germany 36 4.0k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.5× 615 0.9× 730 2.0× 109 4.8k

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All Works

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Yang, Mengxi, Qian W.L. Zhang, Qiuli Li, et al.. (2025). 2.2-billion-year-old KREEP-rich volcanism on the Moon. Science Bulletin. 70(19). 3265–3271. 1 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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Mitchell, Ross N. & David A.D. Evans. (2024). The Balanced Billion. GSA Today. 34(2). 10–11. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Pan, Huafeng Qin, Ross N. Mitchell, et al.. (2024). Completing the loop of the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous true polar wander event. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2183–2183. 7 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Ross N., Yang Li, Bo Wan, et al.. (2024). Sluggish thermochemical basal mantle structures support their long-lived stability. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10000–10000. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Zhensheng, Wei An, Ross N. Mitchell, et al.. (2023). Provenance transition of the Mesoproterozoic–Neoproterozoic Xuhuai Basin: Constraining the accretion of the Northern Qinling Terrane with the North China Craton. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 251. 105675–105675. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Jianfeng, et al.. (2023). Magmatic ignitor kick-starts subduction initiation. Gondwana Research. 122. 112–124. 3 indexed citations
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Song, Dongfang, Ross N. Mitchell, Wenjiao Xiao, et al.. (2023). Andean-type orogenic plateau as a trigger for aridification in the arcs of northeast Pangaea. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 20 indexed citations
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Zou, Yi, Ross N. Mitchell, Xu Chu, et al.. (2023). Surface evolution during the mid-Proterozoic stalled by mantle warming under Columbia–Rodinia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 607. 118055–118055. 22 indexed citations
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Lan, Zhongwu, Magdalena H. Huyskens, Guillaume Le Hir, et al.. (2022). Massive Volcanism May Have Foreshortened the Marinoan Snowball Earth. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(6). 23 indexed citations
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Liu, Yebo, Ross N. Mitchell, Zheng‐Xiang Li, et al.. (2021). Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons. Geology. 49(7). 794–798. 38 indexed citations
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Spencer, Christopher J., Ross N. Mitchell, & Michael Brown. (2021). Enigmatic Mid‐Proterozoic Orogens: Hot, Thin, and Low. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(16). 49 indexed citations
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Nordsvan, Adam, Milo Barham, Grant M. Cox, Uwe Kirscher, & Ross N. Mitchell. (2019). Major shoreline retreat and sediment starvation following Snowball Earth. Terra Nova. 31(6). 495–502. 13 indexed citations
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Keller, C. Brenhin, Jon M. Husson, Ross N. Mitchell, et al.. (2018). Neoproterozoic glacial origin of the Great Unconformity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(4). 1136–1145. 110 indexed citations
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Kirscher, Uwe, et al.. (2018). Long lived supercontinent Nuna - updated paleomagnetic constraints from Australia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 4 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Ross N., et al.. (2015). Was the Cambrian explosion both an effect and an artifact of true polar wander?. American Journal of Science. 315(10). 945–957. 15 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Ross N.. (2010). The Gregory Rift Valley and Neogene-Recent Volcanoes of Northern Tanzania. Mineralogical Magazine. 74(4). 801–802. 72 indexed citations

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