Rushdi Said

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rushdi Said is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rushdi Said has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Oceanography, 8 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Rushdi Said's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers), Marine and environmental studies (7 papers) and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (5 papers). Rushdi Said is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers), Marine and environmental studies (7 papers) and Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (5 papers). Rushdi Said collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Canada. Rushdi Said's co-authors include Fred Wendorf, Romuald Schild, C. Vance Haynes and Michał Kobusiewicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and AAPG Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Rushdi Said

27 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

The GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION of the RIVER NILE 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 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. The GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION of the RIVER NILE
    1981 485 citations Rushdi Said profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rushdi Said United States 14 443 304 303 283 193 27 1.2k
J. T. Greensmith United Kingdom 13 258 0.6× 368 1.2× 195 0.6× 163 0.6× 118 0.6× 30 890
Richard C. Selley United Kingdom 22 398 0.9× 626 2.1× 273 0.9× 333 1.2× 61 0.3× 50 1.4k
David K. Hobday Australia 20 383 0.9× 623 2.0× 212 0.7× 390 1.4× 76 0.4× 39 1.5k
John E. Sanders United States 20 905 2.0× 896 2.9× 270 0.9× 442 1.6× 137 0.7× 48 2.0k
Julia Jackson United States 3 339 0.8× 273 0.9× 146 0.5× 429 1.5× 39 0.2× 5 1.2k
K. W. Glennie United Kingdom 23 994 2.2× 1.2k 3.8× 378 1.2× 514 1.8× 122 0.6× 40 2.1k
M. Dane Picard United States 16 377 0.9× 444 1.5× 225 0.7× 188 0.7× 25 0.1× 84 940
Edwin D. McKee United States 19 979 2.2× 1.1k 3.7× 398 1.3× 295 1.0× 82 0.4× 38 1.8k
Rick L. Webster United States 5 268 0.6× 362 1.2× 217 0.7× 210 0.7× 44 0.2× 7 903
Yves Quinif Belgium 24 801 1.8× 844 2.8× 233 0.8× 554 2.0× 107 0.6× 128 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rushdi Said

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rushdi Said

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Said, Rushdi. (2002). Did Nile flooding sink two ancient cities?. Nature. 415(6867). 37–38. 6 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi. (1997). The role of the desert in the rise and fall of Ancient Egypt. 9(9). 7–22. 3 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi, et al.. (1995). The River Nile: Geology, Hydrology and Utilization. Geographical Journal. 161(1). 90–90. 22 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi. (1993). The river Nile. 52 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi. (1983). Proposed classification of the Quaternary of Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983). 1(1). 41–45. 39 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi. (1981). The GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION of the RIVER NILE. 485 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wendorf, Fred, et al.. (1976). The Prehistory of the Egyptian Sahara. Science. 193(4248). 103–114. 60 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi, Fred Wendorf, & Romuald Schild. (1970). The geology and prehistory of the Nile Valley in Upper Egypt / Rushdi Said, Fred Wendorf, Romuald Schild.. 12. 4 indexed citations
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Wendorf, Fred, Rushdi Said, & Romuald Schild. (1970). Egyptian Prehistory: Some New Concepts. Science. 169(3951). 1161–1171. 30 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi, et al.. (1969). Proceedings of the third African micropaleontological colloquium, Cairo, March 4-10, 1968. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Wendorf, Fred & Rushdi Said. (1967). Palaeolithic Remains in Upper Egypt. Nature. 215(5098). 244–247. 14 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi, et al.. (1966). Egypt and Sudan. 3 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi. (1963). Structural setting of Gulf of Suez, Egypt. 42(4). 237–42. 4 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi. (1961). Tectonic Framework of Egypt and Its Influence on Distribution of Foraminifera. AAPG Bulletin. 45. 101 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi, et al.. (1961). The Geology and Micropaleontology of the Farafra Oasis, Egypt. Micropaleontology. 7(3). 317–317. 31 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi, et al.. (1957). Lower Cretaceous Foraminifera from Khashm el Mistan, Northern Sinai, Egypt. Micropaleontology. 3(1). 39–39. 10 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi, et al.. (1957). Review of Egyptian geology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi, et al.. (1956). Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary Foraminifera from Northern Sinai, Egypt. Micropaleontology. 2(2). 105–105. 71 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi. (1951). Ecology of Foraminifera. 5(3). 12–12. 10 indexed citations
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Said, Rushdi. (1951). Organic Origin of Some Calcareous Sediments from the Red Sea. Science. 113(2940). 517–518. 7 indexed citations

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