Simon W. Poulton

21.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
216 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Simon W. Poulton is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon W. Poulton has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Paleontology, 125 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 93 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Simon W. Poulton's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (171 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (123 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (92 papers). Simon W. Poulton is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (171 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (123 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (92 papers). Simon W. Poulton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Simon W. Poulton's co-authors include Donald E. Canfield, Guy M. Narbonne, R. Raiswell, Andrey Bekker, Philip Fralick, Timothy W. Lyons, Tatiana Goldberg, Michael D. Krom, Ariel D. Anbar and Graham Shields and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simon W. Poulton

204 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

Development of a sequential extraction procedure for iron... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2008 2011 2006 2008 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Development of a sequential extraction procedure for iron: implications for iron partitioning in continentally derived particulates
    2004 1.1k citations Simon W. Poulton, Donald E. Canfield Chemical Geology profile →
  2. Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean
    2008 864 citations Timothy W. Lyons, Andrey Bekker et al. profile →
  3. Ferruginous Conditions: A Dominant Feature of the Ocean through Earth's History
    2011 811 citations Simon W. Poulton, Donald E. Canfield profile →
  4. Late-Neoproterozoic Deep-Ocean Oxygenation and the Rise of Animal Life
    2006 767 citations Donald E. Canfield, Simon W. Poulton et al. profile →
  5. Ferruginous Conditions Dominated Later Neoproterozoic Deep-Water Chemistry
    2008 638 citations Donald E. Canfield, Simon W. Poulton et al. profile →
  6. A revised scheme for the reactivity of iron (oxyhydr)oxide minerals towards dissolved sulfide
    2004 544 citations Simon W. Poulton, Michael D. Krom et al. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
  7. Fluctuations in Precambrian atmospheric oxygenation recorded by chromium isotopes
    2009 498 citations Simon W. Poulton, Donald E. Canfield et al. profile →
  8. Rise to modern levels of ocean oxygenation coincided with the Cambrian radiation of animals
    2015 346 citations Xi Chen, Graham Shields et al. Nature Communications profile →
  9. Co-evolution of eukaryotes and ocean oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic era
    2014 334 citations Timothy M. Lenton, Simon W. Poulton et al. profile →
  10. The iron paleoredox proxies: A guide to the pitfalls, problems and proper practice
    2018 229 citations Timothy W. Lyons, Donald E. Canfield et al. American Journal of Science profile →
  11. Stepwise oxygenation of the Paleozoic atmosphere
    2018 208 citations Alexander J. Krause, Benjamin Mills et al. Nature Communications profile →
  12. A 200-million-year delay in permanent atmospheric oxygenation
    2021 160 citations Simon W. Poulton, Andrey Bekker 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
Simon W. Poulton United Kingdom 67 11.9k 9.3k 5.2k 4.1k 2.6k 216 17.1k
Andrey Bekker United States 66 9.9k 0.8× 8.5k 0.9× 3.7k 0.7× 7.0k 1.7× 1.4k 0.6× 215 15.5k
Kurt O. Konhauser Canada 66 8.2k 0.7× 8.5k 0.9× 3.1k 0.6× 4.2k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 334 16.9k
Alan J. Kaufman United States 72 14.7k 1.2× 7.2k 0.8× 8.3k 1.6× 7.1k 1.7× 2.5k 1.0× 162 18.7k
Harald Strauß Germany 60 8.3k 0.7× 5.0k 0.5× 5.2k 1.0× 4.8k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 271 14.5k
Graham Shields United Kingdom 60 8.7k 0.7× 5.4k 0.6× 4.5k 0.9× 4.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.4× 143 11.5k
Lee R. Kump United States 59 7.3k 0.6× 4.3k 0.5× 5.9k 1.1× 2.9k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 133 12.5k
Thomas J. Algeo United States 80 20.9k 1.8× 15.0k 1.6× 8.6k 1.6× 9.3k 2.3× 2.7k 1.0× 467 29.3k
Ján Veizer Canada 73 10.4k 0.9× 7.1k 0.8× 7.6k 1.5× 6.6k 1.6× 2.1k 0.8× 170 18.6k
Hugh C. Jenkyns United Kingdom 73 16.7k 1.4× 6.5k 0.7× 10.1k 1.9× 7.4k 1.8× 2.2k 0.9× 206 21.1k
Hans‐Jürgen Brumsack Germany 57 4.1k 0.3× 4.6k 0.5× 4.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.4× 2.5k 1.0× 193 11.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wei, Tao, Chunfang Cai, Yijun Xiong, Fred Bowyer, & Simon W. Poulton. (2025). Environmental controls on Early Cambrian macroevolution: Insights from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 137(7-8). 3571–3586. 1 indexed citations
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Poulton, Simon W., et al.. (2024). Co-application of rhenium, vanadium, uranium and molybdenum as paleo-redox proxies: Insight from modern and ancient environments. Chemical Geology. 674. 122565–122565. 9 indexed citations
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Xiong, Yijun, Yafang Song, Crispin T. S. Little, et al.. (2024). Phosphorus in belemnites: Extraction, quantification, and variability. Chemical Geology. 663. 122266–122266. 1 indexed citations
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Poulton, Simon W., et al.. (2024). Episodic intensification of marine phosphorus burial over the last 80 million years. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7446–7446. 3 indexed citations
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Qiu, Zhen, Benjamin Mills, Caineng Zou, Simon W. Poulton, & Yijun Xiong. (2024). A nutrient control on expanded anoxia and global cooling during the Late Ordovician mass extinction. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Yun, Zhijun Jin, Yuqiao Gao, et al.. (2024). Climatic controls on water-mass chemistry in a Paleocene lacustrine setting, Subei Basin, eastern China. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 136(11-12). 4836–4848. 2 indexed citations
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Owens, Jeremy D., R. Raiswell, Simon W. Poulton, et al.. (2024). Long-range transport of dust enhances oceanic iron bioavailability. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11.
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Bowyer, Fred, Maoyan Zhu, Yijun Xiong, et al.. (2024). Marine redox and nutrient dynamics linked to the Cambrian radiation of animals. Geology. 52(9). 729–734. 9 indexed citations
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Shi, Wei, Benjamin Mills, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous sulfide reoxidation buffered oxygen release in the Ediacaran Shuram ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 356. 149–164. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiuqing, Jingwen Mao, Rongxi Li, et al.. (2023). Fluctuating oxygenation and dynamic iron cycling in the late Paleoproterozoic ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 626. 118554–118554. 11 indexed citations
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Krause, Alexander J., Benjamin Mills, Andrew Merdith, Timothy M. Lenton, & Simon W. Poulton. (2022). Extreme variability in atmospheric oxygen levels in the late Precambrian. Science Advances. 8(41). eabm8191–eabm8191. 43 indexed citations
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Krom, Michael D., Gerhard Schmiedl, Timor Katz, et al.. (2021). Redox evolution and the development of oxygen minimum zones in the Eastern Mediterranean Levantine basin during the early Holocene. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 297. 82–100. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Bo, Benjamin Mills, Tianchen He, et al.. (2021). A short-lived oxidation event during the early Ediacaran and delayed oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 577. 117274–117274. 29 indexed citations
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Zerkle, Aubrey L., et al.. (2019). Anaerobic nitrogen cycling on a Neoarchaean ocean margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 527. 115800–115800. 15 indexed citations
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Kendall, Brian, Gwyneth W. Gordon, Simon W. Poulton, & Ariel D. Anbar. (2010). Molybdenum Isotope Constraints on the Extent of Late Paleoproterozoic Ocean Euxinia. AGUFM. 2010. 84 indexed citations
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Poulton, Simon W., Andrey Bekker, & Donald E. Canfield. (2009). Early Paleoproterozoic fluctuations in biospheric oxygenation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 2 indexed citations
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McAnena, A., Silke Severmann, & Simon W. Poulton. (2009). Abiotic Fe isotope fractionation during sulfide mediated reductive dissolution of Fe oxide minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, David T., Simon W. Poulton, Carol M. Dehler, Donald E. Canfield, & Andrew H. Knoll. (2008). Early Neoproterozoic Ocean Chemistry: Fe-S Systematics from the Chuar Group. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Raiswell, R., Robert J. Newton, Simon H. Bottrell, et al.. (2008). Turbidite depositional influences on the diagenesis of Beecher's Trilobite Bed and the Hunsruck Slate; sites of soft tissue pyritization. American Journal of Science. 308(2). 105–129. 114 indexed citations

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