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Michael A. Hamilton

Michael A. Hamilton

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
8953
World Ranking
2916
National Ranking
137

Michael A. Hamilton 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 Michael A. Hamilton sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 192 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael A. Hamilton 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 Michael A. Hamilton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

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

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

Overview

Michael A. Hamilton is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans numerous subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, General Health Professions, Atmospheric Science, and Paleontology.

The primary topics of their work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Patient Safety and Medication Errors, and Community Health and Development.

Frequent collaborators of Michael A. Hamilton include Bruno Lafrance, Mark Fan, Dorothy Tscheng, Lucie Mathieu, and H. L. Gibson.

Their recent papers cover diverse subjects and publication venues as follows:

  • "Emplacement of the Franklin large igneous province and initiation of the Sturtian Snowball Earth," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Geochemical and Nd isotopic signature of felsic volcanic rocks as a proxy of volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW, Spain): The Paymogo Volcano-Sedimentary Alignment," 2020, Ore Geology Reviews
  • "Age and tectonic setting of Neoproterozoic granitoid rocks, Antigonish Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada: implications for Avalonia in the northern Appalachian orogen," 2020, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "U-Pb baddeleyite age for the Ottfjället Dyke Swarm, central Scandinavian Caledonides: new constraints on Ediacaran opening of the Iapetus Ocean and glaciations on Baltica," 2021, GFF
  • "We are not stray leaves blowing about in the wind": exploring the impact of Family Wellbeing empowerment research, 1998-2021," 2022, International Journal for Equity in Health

Publishing venues frequented by Hamilton include the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Ore Geology Reviews, Precambrian Research, and the Journal of Patient Safety.

Best Publications

  • Long-lived connection between southern Siberia and northern Laurentia in the Proterozoic

    R. E. Ernst;R. E. Ernst;M. A. Hamilton;U. Söderlund;J. A. Hanes

  • Petrogenesis of a Mid-Proterozoic Anorthosite-Mangerite-Charnockite-Granite (AMCG) Complex: Isotopic and Chemical Evidence from the Nain Plutonic Suite

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  • Depositional Gaps in Abitibi Greenstone Belt Stratigraphy: A Key to Exploration for Syngenetic Mineralization

    P. C. Thurston;J. A. Ayer;J. Goutier;M. A. Hamilton

  • Monazite geochronology of UHP and HP metamorphism, deformation, and exhumation, Nordøyane, Western Gneiss Region, Norway

    Michael P. Terry;Peter Robinson;Michael A. Hamilton;Michael J. Jercinovic

  • U-Pb Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry of the Archean and Proterozoic Rocks of North-Central Madagascar

    R. D. Tucker;L. D. Ashwal;M. J. Handke;M. A. Hamilton

  • Correlations between chemical and age domains in monazite, and metamorphic reactions involving major pelitic phases: an integration of ID-TIMS and SHRIMP geochronology with Y?Th?U X-ray mapping

    H. Daniel Gibson;Sharon D. Carr;Richard L. Brown;Michael A. Hamilton

  • Tectonic controls on metamorphism, partial melting, and intrusion: timing and duration of regional metamorphism and magmatism in the Niğde Massif, Turkey

    Donna L Whitney;Christian Teyssier;Annia K Fayon;Michael A Hamilton

  • Paleomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology of easterly trending dykes in the Dharwar craton, India: feldspar clouding, radiating dyke swarms and the position of India at 2.37 Ga

    H.C. Halls;A. Kumar;R. Srinivasan;M.A. Hamilton

  • Proterozoic mafic magmatism in Siberian craton: An overview and implications for paleocontinental reconstruction

    Dmitry P. Gladkochub;Sergei A. Pisarevsky;Tatiana V. Donskaya;Richard E. Ernst

  • Integrated Paleomagnetism and U‐Pb Geochronology of Mafic Dikes of the Eastern Anabar Shield Region, Siberia: Implications for Mesoproterozoic Paleolatitude of Siberia and Comparison with Laurentia

    R. E. Ernst;K. L. Buchan;M. A. Hamilton;A. V. Okrugin

  • Detrital zircon geochronology and provenance of the Torridonian, NW Scotland

    Robert H. Rainbird;Michael A. Hamilton;Grant M. Young

  • Direct dating of Adirondack massif anorthosite by U-Pb SHRIMP analysis of igneous zircon: Implications for AMCG complexes

    James M. McLelland;M.E. Bickford;Barbara M. Hill;Cory C. Clechenko

  • Age of volcanic rocks and syndepositional iron formations, Marquette Range Supergroup: implications for the tectonic setting of Paleoproterozoic iron formations of the Lake Superior region

    D.A. Schneider;M.E. Bickford;W.F. Cannon;K.J. Schulz

  • Mesoproterozoic intraplate magmatic ‘barcode’ record of the Angola portion of the Congo Craton: Newly dated magmatic events at 1505 and 1110 Ma and implications for Nuna (Columbia) supercontinent reconstructions

    Richard E. Ernst;Eurico Pereira;Michael A. Hamilton;Sergei A. Pisarevsky

  • LATE- TO POST-TECTONIC SETTING OF SOME MAJOR PROTEROZOIC ANORTHOSITE – MANGERITE – CHARNOCKITE – GRANITE (AMCG) SUITES

    James M. McLelland;Bruce W. Selleck;Michael A. Hamilton;Marion E. Bickford

  • The Ketilidian orogen of South Greenland: geochronology, tectonics, magmatism, and fore-arc accretion during Palaeoproterozoic oblique convergence

    A.A. Garde;M.A. Hamilton;B. Chadwick;J. Grocott

  • Rodinia the evidence from integrated palaeomagnetism and U-Pb geochronology

    Kenneth L. Buchan;Richard E. Ernst;Michael A. Hamilton;Satu Mertanen

  • Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Ottawan Orogeny, Adirondack Highlands, New York: regional and tectonic implications

    James McLelland;Michael Hamilton;Bruce Selleck;Jonathan McLelland

  • Detrital zircon evidence of a recycled orogenic foreland provenance for Alleghanian clastic-wedge sandstones

    William A. Thomas;Thomas P. Becker;Scott D. Samson;Michael A. Hamilton

  • Timing of high-grade metamorphism in central Turkey and the assembly of Anatolia

    Donna L. Whitney;Michael A. Hamilton

  • Geochronology of high-grade metamorphism in the Sveconorwegian belt, S. Norway: U-Pb, Th-Pb and Re-Os data

    Bernard Bingen;William J. Davis;Michael A. Hamilton;Ane K. Engvik

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Ernst
Richard E. Ernst Carleton University
Ulf Söderlund
Ulf Söderlund Lund University
Sandra M. Barr
Sandra M. Barr Acadia University
Sergei Pisarevsky
Sergei Pisarevsky Curtin University
Gerilyn S. Soreghan
Gerilyn S. Soreghan University of Oklahoma
James M. McLelland
James M. McLelland Colgate University
Pete Hollings
Pete Hollings Lakehead University
Kenneth L. Buchan
Kenneth L. Buchan Geological Survey of Canada
J. Brendan Murphy
J. Brendan Murphy St. Francis Xavier University
Wouter Bleeker
Wouter Bleeker Geological Survey of Canada

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