Ruth Siddall

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 986 citations indexed

About

Ruth Siddall is a scholar working on Archeology, Earth-Surface Processes and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Siddall has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 986 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Archeology, 5 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 3 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Ruth Siddall's work include Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (7 papers), Building materials and conservation (5 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (3 papers). Ruth Siddall is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (7 papers), Building materials and conservation (5 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (3 papers). Ruth Siddall collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. Ruth Siddall's co-authors include Tracey D. Chaplin, Valentine Walsh, Nicholas Eastaugh, Rebecca Piovesan, Claudio Mazzoli, Luca Nodari, Anthony J. Hurford, James Conolly, Sue Colledge and Andrew Bevan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Geology, Geological Society London Special Publications and Journal of Archaeological Science.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Siddall

19 papers receiving 919 citations

Hit Papers

Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2008 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. Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments
    2007 339 citations Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh et al. profile →
  2. Pigment Compendium
    2008 218 citations Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh 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
Ruth Siddall United Kingdom 10 819 598 547 80 73 21 986
Karin Nys Belgium 17 564 0.7× 346 0.6× 238 0.4× 128 1.6× 80 1.1× 62 733
Sandrine Pagès‐Camagna France 16 657 0.8× 438 0.7× 364 0.7× 44 0.6× 115 1.6× 33 782
James R. Druzik United States 17 468 0.6× 308 0.5× 383 0.7× 101 1.3× 23 0.3× 40 911
Valentine Walsh Saudi Arabia 4 709 0.9× 526 0.9× 509 0.9× 31 0.4× 43 0.6× 6 816
Katherine Eremin United States 20 851 1.0× 566 0.9× 389 0.7× 181 2.3× 202 2.8× 58 1.2k
Elisabetta Gliozzo Italy 21 990 1.2× 748 1.3× 430 0.8× 166 2.1× 118 1.6× 60 1.1k
Vânia S. F. Muralha Portugal 16 502 0.6× 390 0.7× 345 0.6× 23 0.3× 64 0.9× 28 809
Simone Cagno Belgium 17 496 0.6× 370 0.6× 227 0.4× 40 0.5× 72 1.0× 37 714
Ioanna Kakoulli United States 16 553 0.7× 358 0.6× 370 0.7× 35 0.4× 32 0.4× 32 796
Nadim C. Scherrer Switzerland 14 328 0.4× 200 0.3× 220 0.4× 81 1.0× 37 0.5× 26 648

Countries citing papers authored by Ruth Siddall

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Siddall

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Siddall

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Siddall, Ruth, et al.. (2021). Multi-Scale Characterization of Unusual Green and Blue Pigments from the Pharaonic Town of Amara West, Nubia. Heritage. 4(3). 2563–2579. 6 indexed citations
2.
Siddall, Ruth. (2021). Natural Stone and World Heritage.
3.
Siddall, Ruth. (2019). Australia House: stones a long way from home. Geology Today. 35(3). 102–106. 1 indexed citations
4.
Russo, Giulia, et al.. (2018). Early Bronze Age painted wares from Tell el-'Abd, Syria: A compositional and technological study. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 21. 359–366. 7 indexed citations
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Siddall, Ruth, et al.. (2016). Plastering the Prehistory: Marl as a unique material to cover, maintain and decorate the Neolithic walls of Catalhöyük.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Eastaugh, Nicholas, Valentine Walsh, Tracey D. Chaplin, & Ruth Siddall. (2013). Pigment Compendium: Optical Microscopy of Historical Pigments. 85 indexed citations
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Siddall, Ruth. (2012). Urban Geology in St Pancras Church. 1 indexed citations
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Bevan, Andrew, James Conolly, Sue Colledge, et al.. (2012). The Long-Term Ecology of Agricultural Terraces and Enclosed Fields from Antikythera, Greece. Human Ecology. 41(2). 255–272. 44 indexed citations
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Piovesan, Rebecca, Ruth Siddall, Claudio Mazzoli, & Luca Nodari. (2011). The Temple of Venus (Pompeii): a study of the pigments and painting techniques. Journal of Archaeological Science. 38(10). 2633–2643. 67 indexed citations
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Eastaugh, Nicholas, Valentine Walsh, Tracey D. Chaplin, & Ruth Siddall. (2008). Pigment Compendium. 218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Eastaugh, Nicholas, Valentine Walsh, Tracey D. Chaplin, & Ruth Siddall. (2007). Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. 339 indexed citations breakdown →
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Siddall, Ruth. (2006). Not a day without a line drawn: Pigments and painting techniques of Roman Artists. 18–31. 45 indexed citations
13.
Jones, Elinor, Ruth Siddall, M.F. Thirlwall, P. N. Chroston, & Andrew Lloyd. (2000). 10.1016/0967-0653(95)94253-m. Time to knit. 10 indexed citations
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Siddall, Ruth. (2000). The use of volcaniclastic material in Roman hydraulic concretes: a brief review. Geological Society London Special Publications. 171(1). 339–344. 11 indexed citations
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Siddall, Ruth & Anthony J. Hurford. (1998). Semi-quantitative determination of apatite anion composition for fission-track analysis using infra-red microspectroscopy. Chemical Geology. 150(1-2). 181–190. 10 indexed citations
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Siddall, Ruth & Anthony J. Hurford. (1993). Thermotectonic evolution of the Bay of Biscay. Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements. 21(4). 589–589. 2 indexed citations
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Siddall, Ruth. (1993). Apatite chemistry and thermal annealing. Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements. 21(4). 587–587. 1 indexed citations
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Siddall, Ruth & Cherry Lewis. (1991). Fission track research at the seventh international conference on geochronology, cosmochronology, and isotope geology. International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation Part D Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements. 18(4). 427–429. 1 indexed citations
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Siddall, Ruth, et al.. (1973). Methods of inspection and testing of HTR fuels. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Siddall, Ruth, et al.. (1960). The melting point of osmium. Journal of the Less Common Metals. 2(5). 357–359. 7 indexed citations

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