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D-Index
68
Citations
16484
World Ranking
1145
National Ranking
116

Graham A. Shields publications per year

1988: 1 publications 1989: 1 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 13 publications
1988 2025

216 publications in total across all disciplines

Graham A. Shields publication distribution in Earth Science in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Graham A. Shields sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 168 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Graham A. Shields D-index placement in Earth Science in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Graham A. Shields sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Graham A. Shields is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, and Geology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Notable recent papers illustrating their research interests include:

  • The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system, 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Sedimentary Ce anomalies: Secular change and implications for paleoenvironmental evolution, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Progress towards an improved Precambrian seawater 87Sr/86Sr curve, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Phosphorus-limited conditions in the early Neoproterozoic ocean maintained low levels of atmospheric oxygen, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Calibrating the temporal and spatial dynamics of the Ediacaran - Cambrian radiation of animals, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors include Simon W. Poulton, Ying Zhou, Kun Zhang, Fred Bowyer, and Maoyan Zhu, indicating a collaborative research approach.

Graham A. Shields has published frequently in venues such as Goldschmidt2022 abstracts, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of the Geological Society, Geological Magazine, and Goldschmidt2021 abstracts.

In addition to journal articles, Shields has contributed to book publications, with titles including "Born of Ice and Fire," published by Yale University Press in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Diagenetic constraints on the use of cerium anomalies as palaeoseawater redox proxies: an isotopic and REE study of Cambrian phosphorites

    Graham Shields;Peter Stille

  • The Neoproterozoic oxygenation event: Environmental perturbations and biogeochemical cycling

    Lawrence M. Och;Graham A. Shields-Zhou

  • Effective use of cerium anomalies as a redox proxy in carbonate-dominated marine settings

    Rosalie Tostevin;Graham A. Shields;Gary M. Tarbuck;Tianchen He

  • Precambrian marine carbonate isotope database: Version 1.1

    Graham Shields;Graham Shields;Ján Veizer;Ján Veizer

  • Compilation and time-series analysis of a marine carbonate δ18O, δ13C, 87Sr/86Sr and δ34S database through Earth history

    A. Prokoph;G.A. Shields;G.A. Shields;J. Veizer

  • Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy

    JM McArthur;RJ Howarth;GA Shields

  • The oxygen isotope evolution of seawater: A critical review of a long-standing controversy and an improved geological water cycle model for the past 3.4 billion years

    Jasmine B.D. Jaffrés;Graham A. Shields;Klaus Wallmann

  • Co-evolution of eukaryotes and ocean oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic era

    Timothy M. Lenton;Richard A. Boyle;Simon W. Poulton;Graham A. Shields-Zhou

  • Rise to modern levels of ocean oxygenation coincided with the Cambrian radiation of animals

    Xi Chen;Hong-Fei Ling;Derek Vance;Graham A. Shields-Zhou

  • Integrated chemo- and biostratigraphic calibration of early animal evolution; Neoproterozoic-Early Cambrian of Southwest Mongolia

    M. D. Brasier;G. Shields;V. N. Kuleshov;E. A. Zhegallo

  • Has the REE composition of seawater changed over geological time

    Graham A. Shields;Gregory E. Webb

  • Cerium anomaly variations in Ediacaran–earliest Cambrian carbonates from the Yangtze Gorges area, South China: Implications for oxygenation of coeval shallow seawater

    Hong-Fei Ling;Xi Chen;Da Li;Dan Wang

  • Trace and rare earth element geochemistry of black shale and kerogen in the early Cambrian Niutitang Formation in Guizhou province, South China: Constraints for redox environments and origin of metal enrichments

    Dao-Hui Pi;Dao-Hui Pi;Dao-Hui Pi;Cong-Qiang Liu;Graham A. Shields-Zhou;Graham A. Shields-Zhou;Shao-Yong Jiang

  • Neoproterozoic cap carbonates: a critical appraisal of existing models and the plumeworld hypothesis

    Graham A. Shields

  • Sr, C, and O isotope geochemistry of Ordovician brachiopods: A major isotopic event around the Middle-Late Ordovician transition

    Graham A Shields;Giles A.F Carden;Jαn Veizer;Jαn Veizer;Tõnu Meidla

  • Ediacarian sponge spicule clusters from southwestern Mongolia and the origins of the Cambrian fauna

    Martin Brasier;Owen Green;Graham Shields

  • New U-Pb zircon dates for the Neoproterozoic Ghubrah glaciation and for the top of the Huqf Supergroup, Oman

    Martin Brasier;Gretta McCarron;Robert Tucker;Jonathan Leather

  • A normalised seawater strontium isotope curve: possible implications for Neoproterozoic-Cambrian weathering rates and the further oxygenation of the Earth

    G. A. Shields

  • Paleoclimates, ocean depth, and the oxygen isotopic composition of seawater

    James F. Kasting;M. Tazewell Howard;Klaus Wallmann;Ján Veizer

  • Trace element chemostratigraphy of two Ediacaran-Cambrian successions in South China: Implications for organosedimentary metal enrichment and silicification in the early Cambrian

    Qingjun Guo;Qingjun Guo;Graham A. Shields;Graham A. Shields;Congqiang Liu;Harald Strauss

  • The Geological Record of Neoproterozoic Glaciations

    Emmanuelle Arnaud;Galen P. Halverson;Graham Shields-Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Maoyan Zhu
Maoyan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Martin D. Brasier
Martin D. Brasier University of Oxford
Peter Stille
Peter Stille University of Strasbourg
Benjamin J. W. Mills
Benjamin J. W. Mills University of Leeds
Harald Strauss
Harald Strauss University of Münster
Ján Veizer
Ján Veizer University of Ottawa
Hong-Fei Ling
Hong-Fei Ling Nanjing University
Simon W. Poulton
Simon W. Poulton University of Leeds
Rachel Wood
Rachel Wood University of Edinburgh
Timothy M. Lenton
Timothy M. Lenton University of Exeter

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