V. Paul Wright

13.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
138 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

V. Paul Wright is a scholar working on Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Paul Wright has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Paleontology, 76 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 72 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in V. Paul Wright's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (81 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (72 papers) and Geological formations and processes (71 papers). V. Paul Wright is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (81 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (72 papers) and Geological formations and processes (71 papers). V. Paul Wright collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. V. Paul Wright's co-authors include Maurice E. Tucker, Trevor P. Burchette, Susan B. Marriott, Lesley Cherns, Andrew Barnett, Nigel H. Platt, Simon J. Beavington-Penney, Peter M. Burgess, Victoria Beck and Andrew Racey and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Earth-Science Reviews and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

V. Paul Wright

135 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Carbonate Sedimentology 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 1992 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Carbonate Sedimentology
    1990 2.1k citations V. Paul Wright et al. profile →
  2. Carbonate ramp depositional systems
    1992 905 citations V. Paul Wright et al. Sedimentary Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
V. Paul Wright United Kingdom 50 5.8k 4.8k 4.7k 2.4k 2.0k 138 9.5k
Noël P. James Canada 54 5.5k 1.0× 3.7k 0.8× 4.5k 1.0× 2.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 216 9.8k
Peter R. Vail United States 22 4.2k 0.7× 5.0k 1.0× 5.3k 1.1× 3.8k 1.6× 1.9k 1.0× 48 10.6k
Nicholas Christie‐Blick United States 34 4.4k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 4.4k 0.9× 2.9k 1.3× 831 0.4× 98 7.8k
Christopher R. Fielding United States 48 3.1k 0.5× 3.8k 0.8× 4.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 186 7.3k
Adrian Immenhauser Germany 52 4.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.4× 3.5k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 208 7.3k
Wolfgang Schlager Netherlands 38 2.8k 0.5× 3.2k 0.7× 3.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 888 0.5× 100 6.2k
Philip A. Allen United Kingdom 50 2.3k 0.4× 3.6k 0.8× 4.2k 0.9× 3.6k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 102 8.4k
Finn Surlyk Denmark 46 3.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.4× 2.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 191 6.5k
Robert Riding United Kingdom 49 6.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.4× 3.6k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 783 0.4× 152 9.2k
Octavian Catuneanu Canada 45 2.5k 0.4× 3.9k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 152 7.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wright, V. Paul, Susan B. Marriott, & Robert D. Hillier. (2024). Palaeosols and surfaces: what fossil soils tell us about the representation of time in some sedimentary successions. Geological Society London Special Publications. 556(1). 73–87. 4 indexed citations
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Buchs, David M., Rebecca Williams, Shin–ichi Sano, & V. Paul Wright. (2018). Non-Hawaiian lithostratigraphy of Louisville seamounts and the formation of high-latitude oceanic islands and guyots. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 356. 1–23. 19 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul, et al.. (2014). Paleokarstic macroporosity development at platform margins: Lessons from the Paleocene of north Spain. Interpretation. 2(3). SF1–SF16. 13 indexed citations
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Beavington-Penney, Simon J., et al.. (2008). Reservoir quality variation on an Eocene carbonate ramp, El Garia Formation, offshore Tunisia: Structural control of burial corrosion and dolomitisation. Sedimentary Geology. 209(1-4). 42–57. 57 indexed citations
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Hillier, Robert D., Susan B. Marriott, Brian P. Williams, & V. Paul Wright. (2007). Possible climate variability in the Lower Old Red Sandstone Conigar Pit Sandstone Member (early Devonian), South Wales, UK. Sedimentary Geology. 202(1-2). 35–57. 27 indexed citations
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Marriott, Susan B. & V. Paul Wright. (2004). Mudrock deposition in an ancient dryland system: Moor Cliffs Formation, Lower Old Red Sandstone, southwest Wales, UK. Geological Journal. 39(3-4). 277–298. 45 indexed citations
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Pujalte, Victoriano, et al.. (1998). Reconocimiento de acumulaciones travertínicas fósiles en la Fm. Aguilar (Kimmeridgiense-Berriasiense de Palencia y Burgos). Implicaciones paleoecológicas y paleohidrológicas. Geogaceta. 167–170. 4 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul, et al.. (1998). The middle-up-per Jurassic disconformity in the lusitanian basin, Portugal: preliminary facies analysis and evidence for palaeoclimatic fluctuaction. Journal of iberian geology: an international publication of earth sciences. 15(24). 99–120. 9 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul, et al.. (1994). Modelo alternativo para el desarrollo de calcretas: Un ejemplo del Plio-Cuaternario de la Cuenca de Madrid. Geogaceta. 106–109. 8 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul, et al.. (1992). Litificación de carbonatos lacustres Miocenos. Cuenca de Madrid: ¿Implicaciones en el estudio de la diagénesis de carbonatos marinos calcíticos?. Geogaceta. 115–119. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul & Ana María Alonso‐Zarza. (1991). Significado de la composición isotópica (d13C y d18O) en paleosuelos carbonatados.: Mioceno de la Cuenca de Madrid.. Geogaceta. 61–63. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul, et al.. (1990). Cryptic exposure horizons in the Carboniferous Limestone of Portishead, Avon. Geological Journal. 25(1). 1–17. 17 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul & Doug Robinson. (1988). Early Carboniferous floodplain deposits from South Wales: a case study of the controls on palaeosol development. Journal of the Geological Society. 145(5). 847–857. 27 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul. (1986). Paleosols : their recognition and interpretation. 223 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul. (1985). Seasonal banding in the alga Solenopora jurassica from the Middle Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England. Journal of Paleontology. 59(3). 721–732. 13 indexed citations
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Wright, V. Paul, et al.. (1985). The precursor environment for vascular plant colonization. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 309(1138). 143–145. 25 indexed citations

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