William J. Foster

1.5k total citations
44 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

William J. Foster is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Foster has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Paleontology, 20 papers in Oceanography and 13 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in William J. Foster's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (36 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (19 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). William J. Foster is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (36 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (19 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers). William J. Foster collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. William J. Foster's co-authors include Richard J. Twitchett, Rowan C. Martindale, Silvia Danise, Gregory D. Price, Meiyi Yu, Alexander M. Dunhill, Daniel J. Lehrmann, Krisztina Sebe, Éric Châtelet and Mike Rogerson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William J. Foster

42 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William J. Foster Germany 18 842 344 300 216 152 44 1.0k
Silvia Danise Italy 17 635 0.8× 247 0.7× 304 1.0× 122 0.6× 184 1.2× 35 892
Rowan C. Martindale United States 21 938 1.1× 303 0.9× 325 1.1× 251 1.2× 220 1.4× 59 1.2k
Natsuko Adachi Japan 17 811 1.0× 316 0.9× 138 0.5× 255 1.2× 158 1.0× 35 929
Uwe Balthasar United Kingdom 19 864 1.0× 374 1.1× 379 1.3× 99 0.5× 77 0.5× 26 976
Yoichi Ezaki Japan 19 972 1.2× 349 1.0× 160 0.5× 265 1.2× 254 1.7× 75 1.1k
Yasunari Shigeta Japan 17 710 0.8× 287 0.8× 384 1.3× 72 0.3× 164 1.1× 72 950
Adelaide Mastandrea Italy 18 598 0.7× 186 0.5× 238 0.8× 142 0.7× 125 0.8× 49 911
Kate Littler United Kingdom 14 789 0.9× 205 0.6× 764 2.5× 168 0.8× 158 1.0× 30 1.1k
Johnny A. Waters United States 18 844 1.0× 265 0.8× 197 0.7× 127 0.6× 86 0.6× 73 1.0k
Dermeval Aparecido do Carmo Brazil 17 603 0.7× 181 0.5× 311 1.0× 89 0.4× 84 0.6× 60 875

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Foster

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All Works

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Foster, William J., Valentin Zuchuat, Terry T. Isson, et al.. (2025). Bioturbation Shapes Marine Biogeochemical Cycling Following the End‐Permian Mass Extinction in Northern Pangea. Geobiology. 23(5). e70032–e70032. 1 indexed citations
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Birgel, Daniel, Kim Senger, Yongzhen Pei, et al.. (2025). Phytoplankton Blooms on the Barents Shelf, Svalbard, Associated With the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction. AGU Advances. 6(5). 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Anja B., et al.. (2025). Heavy metal toxicity and its role as a major driver of past biodiversity crises. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Foster, William J., et al.. (2024). Lithium isotopic evidence for enhanced reverse weathering during the Early Triassic warm period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(32). e2318860121–e2318860121. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Haijun, Yuyang Wu, Xu Dai, et al.. (2024). Respiratory protein-driven selectivity during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. The Innovation. 5(3). 100618–100618. 10 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., Bethany J. Allen, Jannes Münchmeyer, et al.. (2023). How predictable are mass extinction events?. Royal Society Open Science. 10(3). 18 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., Arnaud Brayard, Anja B. Frank, et al.. (2022). Palaeoecology of the Hiraiso Formation (Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) and implications for the recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction. PeerJ. 10. e14357–e14357. 3 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., Georgy Ayzel, Jannes Münchmeyer, et al.. (2022). Machine learning identifies ecological selectivity patterns across the end-Permian mass extinction. Paleobiology. 48(3). 357–371. 16 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., et al.. (2021). Decoupling of morphological disparity and taxonomic diversity during the end-Permian mass extinction. Paleobiology. 47(3). 402–417. 15 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., et al.. (2021). Middle Triassic carbon isotope fluctuations in the Mecsek Mountains, Hungary. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 54(4). 483–496. 2 indexed citations
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Schobben, Martin, William J. Foster, Valentin Zuchuat, et al.. (2020). A nutrient-driven tipping point catalysed marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction. Nature Geoscience. 1 indexed citations
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Schobben, Martin, William J. Foster, Valentin Zuchuat, et al.. (2020). A nutrient control on marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction. Nature Geoscience. 13(9). 640–646. 79 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., Daniel J. Lehrmann, Meiyi Yu, & Rowan C. Martindale. (2019). Facies selectivity of benthic invertebrates in a Permian/Triassic boundary microbialite succession: Implications for the “microbialite refuge” hypothesis. Geobiology. 17(5). 523–535. 15 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., Katrin Heindel, Sylvain Richoz, et al.. (2019). Suppressed competitive exclusion enabled the proliferation of Permian/Triassic boundary microbialites. The Depositional Record. 6(1). 62–74. 37 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., Silvia Danise, Gregory D. Price, & Richard J. Twitchett. (2018). PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF BENTHIC RECOVERY AFTER THE LATE PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION EVENT IN EASTERN LOMBARDY, ITALY. Palaios. 33(6). 266–281. 14 indexed citations
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Foster, William J., Silvia Danise, & Richard J. Twitchett. (2016). A silicified Early Triassic marine assemblage from Svalbard. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 15(10). 851–877. 48 indexed citations
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Foster, William J.. (1974). Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. 108 indexed citations

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