Warren Hamilton

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Warren Hamilton is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Warren Hamilton has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Geophysics, 22 papers in Atmospheric Science and 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Warren Hamilton's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (38 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (20 papers). Warren Hamilton is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (38 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (20 papers). Warren Hamilton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Warren Hamilton's co-authors include W. Bradley Myers, Keith A. Howard, Paul Stone, David Krinsley, Thomas J. Fitch, Irina Artemieva, G. F. Panza, I. D. Bastow, Fabio Cammarano and G. R. Foulger and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Warren Hamilton

64 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Tectonics of the Indonesian region 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 500 1000 1.5k
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. Tectonics of the Indonesian region
    1979 1.7k citations Warren Hamilton USGS professional paper profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Warren Hamilton United States 27 4.0k 1.6k 772 704 376 69 4.9k
Л.П. Зоненшайн Russia 21 4.0k 1.0× 827 0.5× 939 1.2× 584 0.8× 457 1.2× 34 4.7k
Daniel E. Karig United States 44 5.9k 1.5× 1.6k 1.0× 593 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 418 1.1× 82 6.8k
C. McA. Powell Australia 34 3.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 696 0.9× 791 1.1× 1.0k 2.8× 78 4.9k
Peter J. Coney United States 33 5.3k 1.3× 827 0.5× 1.5k 2.0× 1.1k 1.6× 523 1.4× 52 6.1k
Claude Lepvrier France 32 4.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.6× 453 0.6× 531 1.4× 65 5.6k
D. C. Rex United Kingdom 46 6.2k 1.6× 756 0.5× 1.8k 2.3× 1.3k 1.9× 647 1.7× 132 7.0k
D. J. Blundell United Kingdom 27 2.0k 0.5× 755 0.5× 292 0.4× 415 0.6× 230 0.6× 62 2.7k
Kensaku Tamaki Japan 25 2.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 351 0.5× 645 0.9× 190 0.5× 68 3.7k
Walter C. Pitman United States 19 4.3k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 497 0.6× 1.8k 2.5× 790 2.1× 29 6.3k
Lindsay M. Parson United Kingdom 33 2.6k 0.7× 669 0.4× 373 0.5× 802 1.1× 220 0.6× 88 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Warren Hamilton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Warren Hamilton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hamilton, Warren. (2010). Plate tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time, and plumes from deep mantle have never operated. Lithos. 123(1-4). 1–20. 156 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1998). Archean Tectonics and Magmatism. International Geology Review. 40(1). 1–39. 41 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1994). Subduction systems and magmatism. Geological Society London Special Publications. 81(1). 3–28. 121 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1988). Plate tectonics and island arcs. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 100(10). 1503–1527. 244 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1987). The Geology of Plate Margins. Eos. 68(19). 516–516. 2 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1981). Plate-tectonic mechanism of Laramide deformation. Rocky Mountain geology. 19(2). 87–92. 66 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1972). Tectonics of the Indonesian Region. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 28 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1972). Preliminary tectonic map of the Indonesian region. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 12 indexed citations
9.
Hamilton, Warren & W. Bradley Myers. (1967). The nature of batholiths. USGS professional paper. 130 indexed citations
10.
Hamilton, Warren & David Krinsley. (1967). Upper Paleozoic Glacial Deposits of South Africa and Southern Australia. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 78(6). 783–783. 31 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1965). Geology and petrogenesis of the Island Park caldera of rhyolite and basalt, eastern Idaho. USGS professional paper. 35 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1963). OVERLAPPING OF LATE MESOZOIC OROGENS IN WESTERN IDAHO. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 74(6). 779–779. 13 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1961). Geology of the Richardson Cove and Jones Cove quadrangles, Tennessee. USGS professional paper. 10 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1960). Form of the Sudbury lopolith [Ontario]. The Canadian Mineralogist. 6(4). 437–447. 2 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1960). LATE CENOZOIC TECTONICS AND VOLCANISM OF THE YELLOWSTONE REGION, WYOMING, MONTANA, AND IDAHO1. 92–105. 2 indexed citations
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King, Philip B., et al.. (1960). Geology of northeasternmost Tennessee, with a section on the description of the basement rocks. USGS professional paper. 1 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1959). CHEMISTRY OF GRANOPHYRES FROM WICHITA LOPOLITH, OKLAHOMA. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 70(8). 1119–1119. 1 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren & Philip Thayer Hayes. (1959). United States Geological Survey field work in south Victoria Land, 1958–59. Polar Record. 9(63). 575–575. 1 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren, et al.. (1956). Olivine-sanidine trachybasalt from the Sierra Nevada, California. American Mineralogist. 41. 851–873. 2 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Warren. (1956). VARIATIONS IN PLUTONS OF GRANITIC ROCKS OF THE HUNTINGTON LAKE AREA OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 67(12). 1585–1585. 6 indexed citations

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