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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1989 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Geoffrey Boulton is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several aspects of academic publishing, open access, and research data management, with a notable focus on decision sciences and information systems.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications in diverse fields and venues such as The Lancet, Data Science Journal, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Septentrio Conference Series, and Expert Systems with Applications. Key papers by Boulton include:

  • "Future scenarios for the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021, The Lancet)
  • "Developing Open Science in Africa: Barriers, Solutions and Opportunities" (2020, Data Science Journal)
  • "Governing Open Science" (2022, Hydrological Sciences Journal)
  • "Opening the record of science: making scholarly publishing work for science in the digital era" (2020, Septentrio Conference Series)
  • "Enhancing deep learning for demand forecasting to address large data gaps" (2024, Expert Systems with Applications)

Boulton's collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Yin Chen, Jianhui Li, Simon Hodson, Mark Dietrich, and Tiziana Ferrari, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Their work covers several main fields and subfields, notably:

  • Decision Sciences
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Information Systems
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Modeling and Simulation

Major research topics addressed in Boulton's publications include:

  • Academic Publishing and Open Access
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Biomedical and Engineering Education
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Boulton has contributed to multiple papers published in venues such as Social Research and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), demonstrating engagement across interdisciplinary platforms.

They have been recognized with fellowships in learned societies, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1989 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Sediment deformation beneath glaciers: Rheology and geological consequences

    G. S. Boulton;R. C. A. Hindmarsh

  • Boulder shapes and grain‐size distributions of debris as indicators of transport paths through a glacier and till genesis

    G. S. Boulton

  • Stability of Temperate Ice Caps and Ice Sheets Resting on Beds of Deformable Sediment

    G. S. Boulton;A. S. Jones

  • Glacial geology and glaciology of the last mid-latitude ice sheets

    G. S. Boulton;G. S. Boulton;G. D. Smith;A. S. Jones;J. Newsome

  • Palaeoglaciology of an ice sheet through a glacial cycle: the European ice sheet through the Weichselian

    Geoffrey Boulton;P. Dongelmans;M. Punkari;M. Broadgate

  • Processes of glacier erosion on different substrata

    G.S. Boulton

  • Push-moraines and glacier-contact fans in marine and terrestrial environments

    G. S. Boulton

  • Modern Arctic glaciers as depositional models for former ice sheets

    Geoffrey Stewart Boulton

  • Theory of glacial erosion, transport and deposition as a consequence of subglacial sediment deformation

    G.S. Boulton

  • Processes and Patterns of Glacial Erosion

    Geoffrey S. Boulton

  • The interrelation of glaciotectonic and glaciodepositional processes within the glacial environment

    Jane K. Hart;Geoffrey S. Boulton

  • Sedimentary and sea level changes during glacial cycles and their control on glacimarine facies architecture

    G. S. Boulton

  • A highly mobile Laurentide ice sheet revealed by satellite images of glacial lineations

    G. S. Boulton;C. D. Clark;C. D. Clark

  • Sediment deformation beneath glaciers and its coupling to the subglacial hydraulic system

    G.S Boulton;K.E Dobbie;S Zatsepin

  • Groundwater flow beneath ice sheets: Part I — Large scale patterns

    G.S. Boulton;P.E. Caban;K. Van Gijssel

  • Groundwater flow beneath ice sheets: Part II — Its impact on glacier tectonic structures and moraine formation

    G.S. Boulton;P. Caban

  • On the Origin and Transport of Englacial Debris in Svalbard Glaciers

    G. S. Boulton

  • The Origin of Glacially Fluted Surfaces-Observations and Theory

    G. S. Boulton

  • Subglacial Shearing and Crushing, and the Role of Water Pressures in Tills from South-East Iceland

    G. S. Boulton;D. L. Dent;E. M. Morris

  • The influence of genetic processes on some geotechnical properties of glacial tills

    G. S. Boulton;M. A. Paul

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane K. Hart
Jane K. Hart University of Southampton
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Richard C. A. Hindmarsh
Richard C. A. Hindmarsh British Antarctic Survey
Peter D. Gluckman
Peter D. Gluckman University of Auckland
Philip L. Gibbard
Philip L. Gibbard University of Cambridge
Jelte M. Wicherts
Jelte M. Wicherts Tilburg University
Matthew R. Bennett
Matthew R. Bennett Bournemouth University
Pieter Glasbergen
Pieter Glasbergen Maastricht University
Arthur P. Cracknell
Arthur P. Cracknell University of Dundee

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