2026 James K. Russell: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	47	3978	3650	185	167	235	9110

Overview

James K. Russell is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans diverse subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Materials Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work addresses various main topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Material Dynamics and Properties, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Frequent publication venues for James K. Russell include the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Chemical Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Geology.

Notable recent papers include:

Hydrothermal alteration can result in pore pressurization and volcano instability, 2021, Geology
Glacial pumping of a magma-charged lithosphere: A model for glaciovolcanic causality in magmatic arcs, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
A Raman spectroscopic tool to estimate chemical composition of natural volcanic glasses, 2020, Chemical Geology
Raman Spectroscopy from Laboratory and Proximal to Remote Sensing: A Tool for the Volcanological Sciences, 2020, Remote Sensing
Cyclic shear zone cataclasis and sintering during lava dome extrusion: Insights from Chaos Crags, Lassen Volcanic Center (USA), 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Thomas J. Jones, Glyn Williams-Jones, Donald B. Dingwell, Michael J. Heap, and Amy G. Ryan.

Best Publications

Viscosity of magmatic liquids: A model

Daniele Giordano;James K. Russell;Donald B. Dingwell

1716
Citations
Kimberlite ascent by assimilation-fuelled buoyancy

James K. Russell;Lucy A. Porritt;Yan Lavallée;Donald B. Dingwell

340
Citations
Petrology of Peridotite and Pyroxenite Xenoliths from the Jericho Kimberlite: Implications for the Thermal State of the Mantle beneath the Slave Craton, Northern Canada

M. G. Kopylova;J. K. Russell;H. Cookenboo

295
Citations
Primitive Magma From the Jericho Pipe, N.W.T., Canada: Constraints on Primary Kimberlite Melt Chemistry

S. E. Price;J. K. Russell;M. G. Kopylova

282
Citations
Origin of olivine in kimberlite: Phenocryst or impostor?

R.C. Brett;J.K. Russell;S. Moss

209
Citations
Chemical stratification of cratonic lithosphere: constraints from the Northern Slave craton, Canada

Maya G. Kopylova;James K. Russell

199
Citations
Analysis of petrologic hypotheses with Pearce element ratios

J. K. Russell;J. K. Russell;J. Nicholls;J. Nicholls

194
Citations
Ranking welding intensity in pyroclastic deposits

Steven L. Quane;James K. Russell

165
Citations
High-temperature limits on viscosity of non-Arrhenian silicate melts

J.K. Russell;D. Giordano;D.B. Dingwell

135
Citations
Dielectric constant as a predictor of porosity in dry volcanic rocks

A.C. Rust;J.K. Russell;R.J. Knight

133
Citations
Kimberlite Terminology and Classification

B. H. Scott Smith;T. E. Nowicki;J. K. Russell;K. J. Webb

117
Citations
Rock strength as a metric of welding intensity in pyroclastic deposits

Steven L. Quane;James K. Russell

114
Citations
Distribution, nature, and origin of Neogene–Quaternary magmatism in the northern Cordilleran volcanic province, Canada

Benjamin R. Edwards;James K. Russell

112
Citations
Petrologic hypothesis testing with Pearce element ratio diagrams: derivation of diagram axes

C. R. Stanley;J. K. Russell

111
Citations
Laser-interference and Nomarski interference imaging of zoning profiles in plagioclase phenocrysts from the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington

T. H. Pearce;J. K. Russell;I. Wolfson

108
Citations
The ascent of kimberlite: Insights from olivine

R.C. Brett;R.C. Brett;J.K. Russell;G.D.M. Andrews;G.D.M. Andrews;T.J. Jones

106
Citations
Heat production and heat flow in the mantle lithosphere, Slave craton, Canada

James K. Russell;G.M. Dipple;M.G. Kopylova

95
Citations
Volcanology of the 2350 B.P. eruption of Mount Meager volcanic complex, British Columbia, Canada : implications for hazards from eruptions in topographically complex terrain

C. J. Hickson;J. K. Russell;M. V. Stasiuk

94
Citations
Time scales of compaction in volcanic systems

Steven L. Quane;James K. Russell;Elizabeth A. Friedlander

90
Citations
Modern methods of igneous petrology : understanding magmatic processes

James Watson Nicholls;J. K. Russell

89
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin R. Edwards University of Liverpool

Daniele Giordano University of Turin

Maya G. Kopylova University of British Columbia

Michael J. Heap University of Strasbourg

Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Jan Storek University of Calgary

Edward D. Ghent University of Calgary

Yan Lavallée Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Gregory M. Dipple University of British Columbia

Claudia Romano Roma Tre University

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