William W. Sager

5.1k total citations
125 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

William W. Sager is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William W. Sager has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Geophysics, 55 papers in Atmospheric Science and 46 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William W. Sager's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (55 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (46 papers). William W. Sager is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (62 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (55 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (46 papers). William W. Sager collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. William W. Sager's co-authors include Ian R. MacDonald, Adam Klaus, Masao Nakanishi, Masako Tominaga, David W. Handschumacher, Takashi Sano, Maurice A. Tivey, Jun Korenaga, Anthony Koppers and Malcolm S. Pringle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William W. Sager

113 papers receiving 2.7k 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 W. Sager United States 34 2.0k 912 860 668 446 125 3.0k
Kensaku Tamaki Japan 25 2.8k 1.4× 645 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 302 0.5× 371 0.8× 68 3.7k
J. Dyment France 32 2.2k 1.1× 687 0.8× 689 0.8× 642 1.0× 126 0.3× 115 2.9k
Jean Francheteau France 35 3.3k 1.6× 812 0.9× 650 0.8× 403 0.6× 228 0.5× 78 3.9k
Philippe Patriat France 24 3.1k 1.5× 564 0.6× 1.6k 1.8× 277 0.4× 309 0.7× 34 3.9k
Brian E. Tucholke United States 37 3.5k 1.7× 1.0k 1.1× 857 1.0× 204 0.3× 263 0.6× 107 4.4k
Niels Abrahamsen Denmark 22 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 299 0.3× 756 1.1× 129 0.3× 87 2.4k
Kim D. Klitgord United States 29 2.7k 1.3× 785 0.9× 543 0.6× 395 0.6× 166 0.4× 64 3.3k
Tianshui Yang China 38 2.6k 1.3× 1.6k 1.7× 866 1.0× 1.2k 1.8× 165 0.4× 140 4.0k
M. Sdrolias Australia 9 2.8k 1.4× 599 0.7× 655 0.8× 159 0.2× 135 0.3× 13 3.4k
R. S. Detrick United States 58 8.8k 4.4× 1.2k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 413 0.6× 414 0.9× 151 9.6k

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All Works

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Sun, Jiajia, et al.. (2025). Characterizing Marine Magnetic Anomalies: A Machine Learning Approach to Advancing the Understanding of Oceanic Crust Formation. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(2). 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Qiang, Hugo K.H. Olierook, Fred Jourdan, et al.. (2024). Earth’s longest preserved linear volcanic ridge generated by a moving Kerguelen hotspot. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9692–9692.
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Sager, William W., et al.. (2020). Magnetic Anomaly Map of Shatsky Rise and Its Implications for Oceanic Plateau Formation. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(2). 1 indexed citations
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Sager, William W., et al.. (2019). Oceanic plateau formation by seafloor spreading implied by Tamu Massif magnetic anomalies. Nature Geoscience. 12(8). 661–666. 42 indexed citations
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Sager, William W., et al.. (2015). Seafloor Tectonic Fault Fabric and the Evolution of the Walvis Ridge-Rio Grande Rise Hot Spot Twins in the South Atlantic. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Kurz, Walter, Eric C. Ferré, Alastair H. F. Robertson, et al.. (2015). Post-magmatic tectonic deformation of the outer Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc system: initial results of IODP Expedition 352. EGUGA. 2350. 1 indexed citations
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Sager, William W., et al.. (2015). Subsea gas emissions from the Barbados Accretionary Complex. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 64. 31–42. 7 indexed citations
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Koppers, Anthony, et al.. (2014). Explaining Tristan-Gough Plume Dynamics with New Age Data from Multiple Age-Progressive Seamount Sub-Tracks in the Young Walvis Ridge Guyot Province. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Sager, William W., et al.. (2013). Correction of Marine Magnetic Data to Make a Magnetic Anomaly Map for Shatsky Rise. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 2 indexed citations
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Sager, William W., et al.. (2012). Shatsky Rise Oceanic Plateau Structure from 2D Multichannel Seismic Reflection Profiles and Implications for Oceanic Plateau Evolution. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Krishna, K. S., et al.. (2010). Tectonics of the Ninetyeast Ridge derived from the spreading records of the contiguous oceanic basins and age constraints of the ridge. AGUFM. 2010. 9 indexed citations
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Sager, William W. & Masako Tominaga. (2008). Paleomagnetism of Basaltic Rocks Cored from the Walvis Ridge, South Atlantic and Implications for Hotspot Paleolatitude. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Sager, William W., Malcolm S. Pringle, Frederick A. Frey, et al.. (2007). Preliminary Geophysical Results from the Ninetyeast Ridge Expedition. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Pringle, M., Frederick A. Frey, Evelyn M. Mervine, & William W. Sager. (2007). New Ar/Ar ages from the Ninetyeast Ridge, Indian Ocean: Beginning of a robust Indo-Atlantic hotspot reference frame. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 5 indexed citations
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Tivey, Maurice A., et al.. (2004). Near-bottom seafloor spreading anomalies around Hole 801C in Pacific Jurassic crust. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Scotese, Christopher R. & William W. Sager. (1989). Mesozoic and Cenozoic plate reconstructions. Elsevier eBooks. 51 indexed citations
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Carlson, R. L., William W. Sager, & Donna M. Jurdy. (1988). Ocean drilling and tectonic frames of reference. 1 indexed citations

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