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59
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14178
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1997
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210

Andrew Craig Kerr publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew Craig Kerr sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 208 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Andrew Craig Kerr D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew Craig Kerr sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrew Craig Kerr is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics. The scientist's record also includes notable work in Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, and Paleontology.

Their research topics cover a broad range of subjects including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Kerr has published extensively, contributing to several key scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Lithos
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geology
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Among recent papers featuring Kerr's contributions are:

  • "Contribution of continental subduction to very light B isotope signatures in post-collisional magmas: Evidence from southern Tibetan ultrapotassic rocks" (2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "Mg-Ba-Sr-Nd isotopic evidence for a mélange origin of early Paleozoic arc magmatism" (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "The δ53Cr isotope composition of komatiite flows and implications for the composition of the bulk silicate Earth" (2020, Chemical Geology)
  • "Tibetan Plateau insights into >1100 °C crustal melting in the Quaternary" (2022, Geology)
  • "Nature of the pre-collisional lithospheric mantle in Central Tibet: Insights to Tibetan Plateau uplift" (2021, Lithos)

Kerr collaborates frequently with several researchers in related fields. The most common co-authors include:

  • Qiang Wang
  • Yue Qi
  • Lin Ma
  • Lu-Lu Hao
  • Xiu-Zheng Zhang

Best Publications

  • The Amount of Recycled Crust in Sources of Mantle-Derived Melts

    Alexander V. Sobolev;Albrecht W. Hofmann;Dmitry V. Kuzmin;Gregory M. Yaxley

  • Classification of Altered Volcanic Island Arc Rocks using Immobile Trace Elements: Development of the Th–Co Discrimination Diagram

    Alan Robert Hastie;Andrew Craig Kerr;Julian A. Pearce;S. F. Mitchell

  • Are we now living in the Anthropocene

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Mark Williams;Alan Smith;Tiffany L. Barry

  • The north Atlantic igneous province

    A. D. Saunders;J. G. Fitton;Andrew Craig Kerr;M. J. Norry

  • Oceanic plateau formation: a cause of mass extinction and black shale deposition around the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary?

    Andrew Craig Kerr

  • Cretaceous Basaltic Terranes in Western Colombia: Elemental, Chronological and Sr-Nd Isotopic Constraints on Petrogenesis

    Andrew Craig Kerr;G. F. Marriner;J. Tarney;A. Nivia

  • Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene

    J Zalasiewicz;M Williams;R Fortey;Alan Smith

  • Nd isotope evidence for crust-mantle interaction in the generation of A-type granitoid suites in Labrador, Canada

    Andrew Kerr;Brian J. Fryer

  • Large Igneous Provinces and supercontinents: Toward completing the plate tectonic revolution

    Richard E. Ernst;Wouter Bleeker;Ulf Söderlund;Andrew Craig Kerr

  • A new plate tectonic model of the Caribbean: Implications from a geochemical reconnaissance of Cuban Mesozoic volcanic rocks

    Andrew Craig Kerr;Manuel A. Iturralde-Vinent;Andrew D. Saunders;Tanya L. Babbs

  • Tectonic evolution of the Caribbean and northwestern South America: The case for accretion of two Late Cretaceous oceanic plateaus

    Andrew Craig Kerr;John Tarney

  • Modification of an oceanic plateau, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean: Implications for the generation of continental crust

    R. V. White;J. Tarney;Andrew Craig Kerr;A. D. Saunders

  • The petrogenesis of Gorgona komatiites, picrites and basalts: new field, petrographic and geochemical constraints

    Andrew Craig Kerr;G. F. Marriner;N. T. Arndt;J. Tarney

  • The Caribbean‐Colombian Cretaceous Igneous Province: The Internal Anatomy of an Oceanic Plateau

    Andrew Craig Kerr;John Tarney;Giselle F. Marriner;Alvaro Nivia

  • Dynamic melting in plume heads: the formation of Gorgona komatiites and basalts

    Nicholas T. Arndt;Andrew C. Kerr;John Tarney

  • The nature and provenance of accreted oceanic terranes in western Ecuador: geochemical and tectonic constraints

    Andrew C. Kerr;John A. Aspden;John Tarney;Luis F. Pilatasig

  • LIP Reading: Recognizing Oceanic Plateaux in the Geological Record

    Andrew C. Kerr;Rosalind V. White;Andrew D. Saunders

  • Depleted mantle-plume geochemical signatures: No paradox for plume theories

    Andrew C. Kerr;Andrew D. Saunders;John Tarney;Neil H. Berry

  • The formation and fate of large oceanic igneous provinces

    A. D. Saunders;J. Tarney;Andrew Craig Kerr;R. W. Kent

  • Sm–Nd isotopic geochemistry of Precambrian to Paleozoic granitoid suites and the deep-crustal structure of the southeast margin of the Newfoundland Appalachians

    Andrew Kerr;George A. Jenner;Brian J. Fryer

  • No Oceanic Plateau—No Caribbean Plate? The Seminal Role of an Oceanic Plateau in Caribbean Plate Evolution

    Andrew C. Kerr;Rosalind V. White;Patricia M. E. Thompson;John Tarney

Frequent Co-Authors

John Tarney
John Tarney University of Leicester
Ian L. Millar
Ian L. Millar British Geological Survey
Andrew D. Saunders
Andrew D. Saunders University of Leicester
Richard E. Ernst
Richard E. Ernst Carleton University
Pamela D. Kempton
Pamela D. Kempton Kansas State University
Kaj Hoernle
Kaj Hoernle GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Peter F. Rawson
Peter F. Rawson University College London
Julian A. Pearce
Julian A. Pearce Cardiff University
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University
Helen M. Williams
Helen M. Williams University of Cambridge

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