W. J. Wadsworth

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

W. J. Wadsworth is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Wadsworth has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in W. J. Wadsworth's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers). W. J. Wadsworth is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers). W. J. Wadsworth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Czechia. W. J. Wadsworth's co-authors include B. G. J. Upton, G. M. Brown, L. R. Wager, A. C. Dunham, C. H. Emeleus, Ian McDougall, Linda A. Kirstein, Anthony E. Fallick, M. J. Cheadle and R. J. Pankhurst and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geological Society of America Bulletin and Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.

In The Last Decade

W. J. Wadsworth

36 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. J. Wadsworth United Kingdom 16 1.0k 294 280 117 115 37 1.2k
Paul M. Clifford Canada 10 888 0.9× 362 1.2× 156 0.6× 89 0.8× 162 1.4× 18 1.0k
Arie Poldervaart United States 16 908 0.9× 360 1.2× 226 0.8× 157 1.3× 92 0.8× 29 1.1k
E. A. Th. Verdurmen Netherlands 20 931 0.9× 355 1.2× 142 0.5× 99 0.8× 92 0.8× 27 1.0k
R. M. Macintyre United Kingdom 20 789 0.8× 268 0.9× 213 0.8× 64 0.5× 154 1.3× 35 938
Hans J. Lippolt Germany 22 1.0k 1.0× 319 1.1× 373 1.3× 141 1.2× 53 0.5× 42 1.2k
R. Gordon Gastil United States 10 737 0.7× 278 0.9× 218 0.8× 67 0.6× 46 0.4× 21 883
Peter S Meyer United States 13 1.1k 1.1× 273 0.9× 221 0.8× 152 1.3× 66 0.6× 18 1.2k
Donald W. Hyndman United States 15 848 0.8× 317 1.1× 164 0.6× 65 0.6× 61 0.5× 29 995
H.N.A. Priem Netherlands 22 1.2k 1.2× 415 1.4× 146 0.5× 89 0.8× 73 0.6× 40 1.3k
R. N. Brothers New Zealand 18 930 0.9× 197 0.7× 202 0.7× 93 0.8× 156 1.4× 31 1.1k

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All Works

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Wadsworth, W. J.. (1992). Ultrabasic igneous breccias of the Long Loch area, Isle of Rum. Scottish Journal of Geology. 28(2). 103–113. 5 indexed citations
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Wadsworth, W. J.. (1988). Silicate Mineralogy of the Middle Zone Cumulates and Associated Gabbroic Rocks from the Insch Intrusion, NE Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine. 52(366). 309–322. 4 indexed citations
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Wadsworth, W. J.. (1986). Silicate stages mineralogy in the later fractionation of the Insch intrusion, NE Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine. 50(358). 583–595. 4 indexed citations
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Wadsworth, W. J.. (1985). Layered intrusions – a fluid situation?. Geology Today. 1(2). 50–54. 3 indexed citations
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Wadsworth, W. J.. (1979). Three branches of petrology. Nature. 278(5699). 81–81. 4 indexed citations
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Dunham, A. C. & W. J. Wadsworth. (1978). Cryptic variation in the Rhum layered intrusion. Mineralogical Magazine. 42(323). 347–356. 52 indexed citations
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Pankhurst, R. J., et al.. (1975). The origin of the Kennethmont granite-diorite series, Insch, Aberdeenshire. Mineralogical Magazine. 40(312). 363–376. 9 indexed citations
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Upton, B. G. J., et al.. (1974). The 1972 Eruption of Kartala volcano, grande comore. Bulletin of Volcanology. 38(1). 136–148. 2 indexed citations
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Upton, B. G. J. & W. J. Wadsworth. (1972). A Discussion on volcanism and the structure of the Earth - Aspects of magmatic evolution of Réunion Island. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 271(1213). 105–130. 76 indexed citations
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Tilley, C. E., R. N. Thompson, W. J. Wadsworth, & B. G. J. Upton. (1971). Melting relations of some lavas of Réunion Island, Indian Ocean. Mineralogical Magazine. 38(295). 344–352. 17 indexed citations
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Upton, B. G. J. & W. J. Wadsworth. (1971). Rhyodacite glass in Réunion basalt. Mineralogical Magazine. 38(294). 152–159. 16 indexed citations
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Upton, B. G. J. & W. J. Wadsworth. (1967). A complex basalt-mugearite sill in Piton Des Neiges Volcano, Reunion. American Mineralogist. 52. 1475–1492. 14 indexed citations
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Upton, B. G. J., et al.. (1967). The Petrology of Rodriguez Island, Indian Ocean. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 78(12). 1495–1495. 11 indexed citations
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Wadsworth, W. J., et al.. (1966). Cryptic layering in the Belhelvie intrusion, Aberdeenshire. Scottish Journal of Geology. 2(1). 54–66. 12 indexed citations
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Upton, B. G. J. & W. J. Wadsworth. (1965). The Basalts of R~union Island, Indian Ocean *. 4 indexed citations
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Upton, B. G. J. & W. J. Wadsworth. (1965). Geology of Réunion Island, Indian Ocean. Nature. 207(4993). 151–154. 37 indexed citations
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Wadsworth, W. J.. (1961). The layered ultrabasic rocks of south-west Rhum, Inner Hebrides. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 244(707). 21–64. 78 indexed citations
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Hughes, C.J., W. J. Wadsworth, & C. H. Emeleus. (1957). The contact between Tertiary Granophyre and Torridonian Arkose on Minishal, Isle of Rhum. Geological Magazine. 94(4). 337–339. 6 indexed citations

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