Simon C. Brassell

12.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
104 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

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Simon C. Brassell is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science and Analytical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon C. Brassell has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 29 papers in Atmospheric Science and 25 papers in Analytical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Simon C. Brassell's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (69 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (25 papers). Simon C. Brassell is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (69 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (25 papers). Simon C. Brassell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Simon C. Brassell's co-authors include G. Eglinton, Borys M. Didyk, Bernd R.T. Simoneit, James R. Maxwell, I.T. Marlowe, Uwe Pflaumann, Michael Sarnthein, J.C. Green, J.W. de Leeuw and Mirela Dumitrescu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Simon C. Brassell

101 papers receiving 8.7k citations

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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.

Organic geochemical indicators of palaeoenvironmental conditions of sedimentation

1978 1.8k citations Simon C. Brassell, G. Eglinton et al. Nature profile →
Molecular stratigraphy: a new tool for climatic assessment

1986 871 citations Simon C. Brassell, G. Eglinton et al. Nature profile →
Chemical Fossils: The Geological Fate of Steroids

1982 533 citations Simon C. Brassell, G. Eglinton et al. profile →
Tocopherols as likely precursors of pristane in ancient sediments and crude oils

1984 428 citations Simon C. Brassell et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon C. Brassell United Kingdom	43	5.7k	3.0k	1.9k	1.9k	1.8k	104	9.1k
Jürgen Rullkötter Germany	51	4.1k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	169	8.4k
Claude Largeau France	55	4.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	174	10.1k
Kliti Grice Australia	50	3.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	2.9k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	237	8.6k
Arndt Schimmelmann United States	55	5.0k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	978 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.6×	169	10.2k
Paul Farrimond United Kingdom	40	2.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	706 0.4×	76	5.2k
J. Michael Moldowan United States	53	10.2k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	4.9k 2.7×	104	12.5k
Martin Schoell United States	39	6.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	554 0.3×	5.0k 2.7×	777 0.4×	83	9.8k
Walter Michaelis Germany	51	2.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	823 0.4×	3.5k 1.9×	632 0.4×	124	8.6k
Keith A. Kvenvolden United States	43	4.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	475 0.3×	4.8k 2.6×	777 0.4×	139	9.4k
Dietrich H. Welte Germany	31	10.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	994 0.5×	2.0k 1.1×	4.1k 2.3×	71	12.4k

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Bijl, Peter K., et al.. (2025). Discerning diagenetic pathways for discrete sterol precursors. Organic Geochemistry. 201. 104935–104935.

Yuan, Hao, et al.. (2025). Application of image analysis to quantify maceral composition of source rocks: Examples from the Devonian New Albany Shale and Marcellus Shale. International Journal of Coal Geology. 306. 104800–104800.

Brassell, Simon C., et al.. (2024). Geoffrey Eglinton. 1 November 1927—11 March 2016. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 76. 119–143. 1 indexed citations

Brassell, Simon C., Peter K. Bijl, Thomas Wagner, et al.. (2023). EVOLUTIONARY LINEAGES OF ALKENONES RECORDED IN CRETACEOUS AND PALEOCENE SEDIMENTS FROM THE TRANSKEI BASIN (IODP SITE U1581). 1 indexed citations

Karty, Jonathan A., Angela M. Hansen, Katherine H. Freeman, et al.. (2020). Biogeochemical evidence from OGCP Core 2A sediments for environmental changes preceding deposition of Tuff IB and climatic transitions in Upper Bed I of the Olduvai Basin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 555. 109824–109824. 7 indexed citations

Mastalerz, María, et al.. (2018). STRATIGRAPHIC VARIATIONS IN THE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE THERMAL MATURITY OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN TURNER MINE SHALE, ILLINOIS BASIN, INDIANA, USA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Hayes, John M., et al.. (2008). Sedimentary sterols as biogeochemical indicators in the Southern Ocean. Organic Geochemistry. 39(5). 567–588. 25 indexed citations

Dumitrescu, Mirela & Simon C. Brassell. (2006). Compositional and isotopic characteristics of organic matter for the early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event at Shatsky Rise, ODP Leg 198. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 235(1-3). 168–191. 87 indexed citations

Pratt, Lisa M., et al.. (1992). Geochemistry of organic matter in sediments and sedimentary rocks : text for short course no. 27. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Brassell, Simon C., et al.. (1992). Molecular records of twentieth-century El Niño events in laminated sediments from the Santa Barbara basin. Nature. 357(6373). 62–64. 64 indexed citations

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Graham, S. A., Simon C. Brassell, Alan R. Carroll, et al.. (1990). Petroleum source rocks of the Junggar, Tarim, and Turpan basins, northwest China. AAPG Bulletin. 11(3). 287–98. 1 indexed citations

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Jia-mo, FU, et al.. (1989). The occurrence and geochemistry of Di - and trimethyl - 2- (4,8,12 trimethyltridecyl) chromans and benzohopanes in Fushun cannel coal, Northeast China. Geochemistry. 8(4). 317–321. 1 indexed citations

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Brassell, Simon C., et al.. (1988). Stepwise chemical degradations of a UK bituminous coal. Fuel. 67(4). 557–564. 14 indexed citations

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Morris, Robert J. & Simon C. Brassell. (1988). Long‐chain alkanediols: Biological markers for cyanobacterial contributions to sediments. Lipids. 23(3). 256–258. 47 indexed citations

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Peakman, Torren M., Paul Farrimond, Simon C. Brassell, & James R. Maxwell. (1986). De-A-steroids in immature marine shales. Organic Geochemistry. 10(4-6). 779–789. 13 indexed citations

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Robinson, Neil, P.A. Cranwell, G. Eglinton, et al.. (1986). Lipid geochemistry of Lake Kinneret. Organic Geochemistry. 10(4-6). 733–742. 35 indexed citations

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Brassell, Simon C.. (1986). An introduction to the physics and chemistry of petroleum. Marine Geology. 70(3-4). 331–332. 1 indexed citations

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Brassell, Simon C.. (1985). Molecular changes in sediment lipids as indicators of systematic early diagenesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 315(1531). 57–75. 21 indexed citations

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Hay, William W., Jean‐Claude Sibuet, Eric J. Barron, et al.. (1982). Sedimentation and Accumulation of organic carbon in the Angola Basin and on Walvis Ridge: Preliminary results of Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 75. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 93(10). 1038–1038. 19 indexed citations

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Brassell, Simon C., A.M.K. Wardroper, I.D. Thomson, James R. Maxwell, & G. Eglinton. (1981). Specific acyclic isoprenoids as biological markers of methanogenic bacteria in marine sediments. Nature. 290(5808). 693–696. 208 indexed citations

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