William J. Collins

18.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
127 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

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William J. Collins is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Collins has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Geophysics, 46 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 30 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in William J. Collins's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (121 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (87 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (60 papers). William J. Collins is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (121 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (87 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (60 papers). William J. Collins collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and China. William J. Collins's co-authors include Calvin G. Barnes, Carol D. Frost, David J. Ellis, Richard Arculus, A. J. R. White, B. W. Chappell, S. D. Beams, Simon Richards, R. H. Vernon and J. Brendan Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geophysical Research Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Collins

124 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Geochemical Classification for Granitic Rocks

2001 3.4k citations Carol D. Frost, Calvin G. Barnes et al. Journal of Petrology profile →
Nature and origin of A-type granites with particular reference to southeastern Australia

1982 1.9k citations William J. Collins et al. profile →
Accretionary orogens through Earth history

2009 945 citations Peter A. Cawood, William J. Collins et al. profile →
Hot orogens, tectonic switching, and creation of continental crust

2002 576 citations William J. Collins Geology profile →
Isotopic evidence for rapid continental growth in an extensional accretionary orogen: The Tasmanides, eastern Australia

2009 419 citations Anthony I.S. Kemp, William J. Collins et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
Two contrasting Phanerozoic orogenic systems revealed by hafnium isotope data

2011 359 citations William J. Collins, Елена Белоусова et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Critical role of water in the formation of continental crust

2020 141 citations William J. Collins, J. Brendan Murphy et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Collins Australia	52	14.5k	6.4k	1.2k	1.2k	891	127	14.9k
Christopher L. Kirkland Australia	55	10.0k 0.7×	4.9k 0.8×	814 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	338	10.7k
J. G. Liou United States	71	14.3k 1.0×	3.4k 0.5×	802 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	615 0.7×	207	15.0k
Michael Brown United States	67	14.0k 1.0×	4.8k 0.8×	467 0.4×	949 0.8×	881 1.0×	181	14.5k
Peter D. Kinny Australia	49	9.1k 0.6×	3.4k 0.5×	950 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	81	9.5k
Zhidan Zhao China	63	16.5k 1.1×	6.9k 1.1×	976 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	724 0.8×	293	17.4k
Jacques Charvet France	40	8.1k 0.6×	3.5k 0.5×	975 0.8×	876 0.8×	490 0.5×	89	8.5k
Di‐Cheng Zhu China	52	11.9k 0.8×	4.9k 0.8×	677 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	568 0.6×	177	12.3k
Albrecht von Quadt Switzerland	40	9.7k 0.7×	4.5k 0.7×	458 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	845 0.9×	165	10.2k
Daniela Rubatto Australia	62	15.0k 1.0×	5.5k 0.9×	483 0.4×	1.6k 1.3×	666 0.7×	183	15.4k
Tom Andersen Norway	39	7.8k 0.5×	3.7k 0.6×	515 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	857 1.0×	133	8.2k

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Gao, Peng, Marcos García‐Arias, William J. Collins, et al.. (2025). Polybaric differentiation for arc magma genesis: a perspective from alumina saturation index. Lithos. 512-513. 108136–108136.

Collins, William J., Nathan R. Daczko, & J. Brendan Murphy. (2025). Superhydrous magmas, flat subduction, and cool transcrustal continental arc batholiths. Geology. 53(6). 519–523.

Jiao, Shujuan, et al.. (2024). Evolution of A-type granites during the Late Paleoproterozoic orogenic cycle of North China craton: Implications for post-collisional magmatism. Lithos. 474-475. 107584–107584. 5 indexed citations

Lin, Shoufa, Wenjiao Xiao, John M. Hanchar, et al.. (2024). Identifying and characterizing missing source orogens for syn-orogenic basins based on detrital accessory mineral U-Pb geochronology and trace element geochemistry. Geology. 52(8). 577–582. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Rui, et al.. (2023). Zircons reveal the history of fluctuations in oxidation state of crustal magmatism and supercontinent cycle. Science Bulletin. 69(1). 97–102. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Tao, Wenjiao Xiao, William J. Collins, et al.. (2023). Quantitative characterization of orogens through isotopic mapping. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 23 indexed citations

Volante, Silvia, Amaury Pourteau, William J. Collins, et al.. (2020). Multiple P–T–d–t paths reveal the evolution of the final Nuna assembly in northeast Australia. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 38(6). 593–627. 36 indexed citations

Maravelis, Angelos G., et al.. (2020). Provenance and tectonic setting of the Early Permian sedimentary succession in the southern edge of the Sydney Basin, eastern Australia. Geological Journal. 56(4). 2258–2276. 14 indexed citations

Pourteau, Amaury, Luc S. Doucet, Silvia Volante, et al.. (2020). TTG generation by fluid-fluxed crustal melting: Direct evidence from the Proterozoic Georgetown Inlier, NE Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 550. 116548–116548. 65 indexed citations

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Volante, Silvia, William J. Collins, Amaury Pourteau, et al.. (2020). Structural Evolution of a 1.6 Ga Orogeny Related to the Final Assembly of the Supercontinent Nuna: Coupling of Episodic and Progressive Deformation. Tectonics. 39(10). 16 indexed citations

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Li, Jiangyu, Amaury Pourteau, Zheng‐Xiang Li, et al.. (2020). Heterogeneous Exhumation of the Mount Isa Orogen in NE Australia After 1.6 Ga Nuna Assembly: New High‐Precision⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Thermochronological Constraints. Tectonics. 39(12). 12 indexed citations

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Maravelis, Angelos G., et al.. (2017). Hydrocarbon generation potential of a Lower Permian sedimentary succession (Mount Agony Formation): Southern Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Southeast Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology. 183. 52–64. 20 indexed citations

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Collins, William J., Hui-Qing Huang, & Xiao‐Yan Jiang. (2016). Water-fluxed crustal melting produces Cordilleran batholiths. Geology. 44(2). 143–146. 182 indexed citations

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Landenberger, Bill, et al.. (2013). Initiation and 35 Myr Duration of S-Type Granitic Magmatism in an Accretionary Orogen. Mineralogical Magazine. 77(5). 1725–1725. 2 indexed citations

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Collins, William J., Елена Белоусова, Anthony I.S. Kemp, & J. Brendan Murphy. (2011). Two contrasting Phanerozoic orogenic systems revealed by hafnium isotope data. Nature Geoscience. 4(5). 333–337. 359 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, William J.. (2002). Hot orogens, tectonic switching, and creation of continental crust. Geology. 30(6). 535–535. 576 indexed citations breakdown →

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Frost, Carol D., Calvin G. Barnes, William J. Collins, Richard Arculus, & David J. Ellis. (2001). A Geochemical Classification for Granitic Rocks. Journal of Petrology. 42(11). 2033–2048. 3354 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, William J.. (1998). Evaluation of petrogenetic models for Lachlan Fold Belt granitoids: Implications for crustal architecture and tectonic models. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 45(4). 483–500. 202 indexed citations

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Landenberger, Bill, William J. Collins, & David Whitford. (1995). Metasedimentary sources for granitoids of the Hillgrove Plutonic Suite, New England Batholith: applying Nd and Sr isotopes to refine the models. Pages. 1 indexed citations

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Dirks, Paul H.G.M., Martin Hand, William J. Collins, & R. Offler. (1992). Structural-metamorphic evolution of the tia complex, new england fold belt; thermal overprint of an accretion-subduction complex in a compressional back-arc setting. Journal of Structural Geology. 14(6). 669–688. 50 indexed citations

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