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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
105
Citations
47815
World Ranking
263
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

William J. Collins is a researcher affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their academic contributions primarily lie within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on geophysics. They have also contributed to subfields such as artificial intelligence, geology, paleontology, and geochemistry and petrology.

The main topics in Collins's work cover various aspects of geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geochemistry and elemental analysis, as well as geology and paleoclimatology research.

Frequent publication venues for Collins include Lithos, where five of their publications appear, as well as the Geological Society of America Bulletin, with three publications. Additional venues include Nature Geoscience and Communications Earth & Environment, both hosting two of their papers each, and the Geological Society London Special Publications with two contributions.

Among the recent papers associated with William J. Collins, notable works are:

  • "Critical role of water in the formation of continental crust," published in 2020 in Nature Geoscience
  • "TTG generation by fluid-fluxed crustal melting: Direct evidence from the Proterozoic Georgetown Inlier, NE Australia," published in 2020 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Distinct formation history for deep-mantle domains reflected in geochemical differences," published in 2020 in Nature Geoscience
  • "The core of Rodinia formed by the juxtaposition of opposed retreating and advancing accretionary orogens," published in 2020 in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "The amalgamation of Pangea: Paleomagnetic and geological observations revisited," published in 2020 in Geological Society of America Bulletin

William J. Collins has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Zheng-Xiang Li, J. Brendan Murphy, Amaury Pourteau, Silvia Volante, and Christopher J. Spencer. These collaborations span multiple studies and reflect ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • A geochemical classification for granitic rocks

    B Ronald Frost;Calvin G. Barnes;William Joseph Collins;Richard Arculus

  • Nature and origin of A-type granites with particular reference to southeastern Australia

    W. J. Collins;S. D. Beams;A. J. R. White;B. W. Chappell

  • Development and evaluation of an Earth-System model – HadGEM2

    W J Collins;Nicolas Bellouin;M. Doutriaux-Boucher;N. Gedney

  • Accretionary orogens through Earth history

    Peter A. Cawood;Alfred Kröner;William Joseph Collins;Timothy M. Kusky

  • Indirect radiative forcing of climate change through ozone effects on the land-carbon sink

    S. Sitch;P. M. Cox;W. J. Collins;C. Huntingford

  • Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Shipping

    Veronika Eyring;Ivar S.A. Isaksen;Terje Berntsen;William J. Collins

  • Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone

    D. S. Stevenson;F. J. Dentener;M. G. Schultz;K. Ellingsen

  • The Effects of Tropospheric Ozone on Net Primary Productivity and Implications for Climate Change

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Craig R. Yendrek;Stephen Sitch;William J. Collins

  • The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations

    N. Bellouin;W. J. Collins;I. D. Culverwell

  • Hot orogens, tectonic switching, and creation of continental crust

    W.J. Collins

  • Pre-industrial to end 21st century projections of tropospheric ozone from the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP)

    P. J. Young;P. J. Young;P. J. Young;A. T. Archibald;K. W. Bowman;J.-F. Lamarque

  • Stratosphere-troposphere exchange: A review, and what we have learned from STACCATO

    A. Stohl;P. Bonasoni;P. Cristofanelli;W. Collins

  • Global air quality and climate

    Arlene M. Fiore;Vaishali Naik;Dominick V. Spracklen;Allison Steiner

  • Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and the contribution of past climate change

    Raquel A. Silva;J. Jason West;Yuqiang Zhang;Susan C. Anenberg

  • Multimodel estimates of intercontinental source-receptor relationships for ozone pollution

    Arlene M. Fiore;F. J. Dentener;O. Wild;C. Cuvelier

  • Isotopic evidence for rapid continental growth in an extensional accretionary orogen: The Tasmanides, eastern Australia

    Anthony Kemp;C.J. Hawkesworth;W.J. Collins;C.M. Gray

  • Tropospheric ozone changes, radiative forcing and attribution to emissions in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP)

    D. S. Stevenson;Paul Young;Paul Young;Paul Young;Vaishali Naik;Jean-Francois Lamarque

  • The Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP): overview and description of models, simulations and climate diagnostics

    J. F. Lamarque;Drew T. Shindell;B Josse;Paul Young;Paul Young;Paul Young

  • Evaluating the climate and air quality impacts of short-lived pollutants

    Andreas Stohl;Borgar Aamaas;M Amann;LH Baker

  • Radiative forcing in the ACCMIP historical and future climate simulations

    D.T. Shindell;J.-F. Lamarque;M. Schulz;M. Flanner

  • Derivation of A-type Granites from a Dehydrated Charnockitic Lower Crust: Evidence from the Chaelundi Complex, Eastern Australia

    B. Landenberger;W. J. Collins

  • Radiative forcing since preindustrial times due to ozone change in the troposphere and the lower stratosphere

    M. Gauss;G. Myhre;I. S. A. Isaksen;V. Grewe

Frequent Co-Authors

David Stevenson
David Stevenson University of Edinburgh
Drew T. Shindell
Drew T. Shindell Duke University
Larry W. Horowitz
Larry W. Horowitz Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Guang Zeng
Guang Zeng National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Jean-Francois Lamarque National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul Young
Paul Young Lancaster University
Ruth M. Doherty
Ruth M. Doherty University of Edinburgh
Sophie Szopa
Sophie Szopa Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Vaishali Naik
Vaishali Naik Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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