Andy Ridgwell

24.1k citations

207 papers · 14.8k · 4 hit papers · h-index 64

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Paleontology top 0.1%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 118
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 101
Oceanography 96
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 54
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses 38
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 33

Co-authors: Richard E. Zeebe (5 shared papers)Daniel J. Lunt (21 shared papers)Daniela N. Schmidt (23 shared papers)Philip W. Boyd (2 shared papers)Andrew Watson (6 shared papers)Mark Maslin (9 shared papers)Paul J. Valdes (11 shared papers)Sandra Kirtland Turner (18 shared papers)
Journals: Biogeosciences (14 papers)Nature Geoscience (13 papers)Geoscientific model development (10 papers)Global Biogeochemical Cycles (9 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (8 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

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Andy Ridgwell

200 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Andy Ridgwell's Hit Papers

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Very large release of mostly volcanic carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum 2017 · 302 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Nature
2016 Nature
2009 Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
2005 Science

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1	Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate Science ·T. D. Jickells, Zhisheng An, K. K. Andersen, Alex R. Baker, G. Bergametti, Nick Brooks, Junji Cao, Philip W. Boyd, Robert A. Duce, Keith A. Hunter, Hodaka Kawahata, N. Kubilay, Julie LaRoche, Peter S. Liss, N. M. Mahowald, Joseph M. Prospero, Andy Ridgwell, Ina Tegen, Rodrigo Torres Hit paper breakdown →	2005	2347
2	Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences ·David Archer, Michael Eby, Victor Brovkin, Andy Ridgwell, Long Cao, Uwe Mikolajewicz, Ken Caldeira, Katsumi Matsumoto, Guy Munhoven, Álvaro Montenegro, K. Tokos Hit paper breakdown →	2009	604
3	The role of the global carbonate cycle in the regulation and evolution of the Earth system Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Andy Ridgwell, Richard E. Zeebe	2005	482
4	Effect of iron supply on Southern Ocean CO2 uptake and implications for glacial atmospheric CO2 Nature ·Andrew Watson, Dorothée C. E. Bakker, Andy Ridgwell, Philip W. Boyd, Cliff S. Law	2000	388
5	Changing atmospheric CO2 concentration was the primary driver of early Cenozoic climate Nature ·Eleni Anagnostou, Eleanor H. John, Kirsty M. Edgar, Gavin L. Foster, Andy Ridgwell, Gordon N. Inglis, Richard D. Pancost, Daniel J. Lunt, Paul N. Pearson Hit paper breakdown →	2016	343
6	Very large release of mostly volcanic carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum Nature ·Marcus Gutjahr, Andy Ridgwell, Philip F. Sexton, Eleni Anagnostou, Paul N. Pearson, Heiko Pälike, Richard D. Norris, Ellen Thomas, Gavin L. Foster Hit paper breakdown →	2017	302
7	Anthropogenic carbon release rate unprecedented during the past 66 million years Nature Geoscience ·Richard E. Zeebe, Andy Ridgwell, James C. Zachos	2016	291
8	How well do global ocean biogeochemistry models simulate dissolved iron distributions? Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Alessandro Tagliabue, Olivier Aumont, Ros Death, John P. Dunne, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Eric D. Galbraith, Kazuhiro Misumi, J. Keith Moore, Andy Ridgwell, Elliot Sherman, Charles A. Stock, Marcello Vichi, Christoph Völker, Andrew Yool	2015	256
9	A Mid Mesozoic Revolution in the regulation of ocean chemistry Marine Geology ·Andy Ridgwell	2005	246
10	Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting ocean acidification Nature Climate Change ·Lyla L. Taylor, Joe Quirk, Rachel M. S. Thorley, Pushker Kharecha, James Hansen, Andy Ridgwell, Mark R. Lomas, Steven A. Banwart, David J. Beerling	2015	243
11	Climate model and proxy data constraints on ocean warming across the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum Earth-Science Reviews ·Tom Dunkley Jones, Daniel J. Lunt, Daniela N. Schmidt, Andy Ridgwell, Appy Sluijs, Paul J. Valdes, Mark Maslin	2013	234
12	Marine geochemical data assimilation in an efficient Earth System Model of global biogeochemical cycling Biogeosciences ·Andy Ridgwell, J. C. Hargreaves, Neil R. Edwards, J. D. Annan, Timothy M. Lenton, Robert Marsh, Andrew Yool, A. Watson	2007	211
13	Slow release of fossil carbon during the Palaeocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum Nature Geoscience ·Ying Cui, Lee R. Kump, Andy Ridgwell, Adam J. Charles, Christopher K. Junium, Aaron F. Diefendorf, Katherine H. Freeman, Nathan M. Urban, Ian C. Harding	2011	206
14	Why marine phytoplankton calcify Science Advances ·Fanny Monteiro, Lennart T. Bach, Colin Brownlee, Paul R. Bown, Rosalind E. M. Rickaby, Alex J. Poulton, Toby Tyrrell, Luc Beaufort, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Samantha J. Gibbs, Magdalena A. Gutowska, Renee Lee, Ulf Riebesell, J. R. Young, Andy Ridgwell	2016	198
15	Nutrients as the dominant control on the spread of anoxia and euxinia across the Cenomanian‐Turonian oceanic anoxic event (OAE2): Model‐data comparison Paleoceanography ·Fanny Monteiro, Richard D. Pancost, Andy Ridgwell, Yannick Donnadieu	2012	184
16	Sedimentary response to Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum carbon release: A model-data comparison Geology ·Karla Panchuk, Andy Ridgwell, L.R. Kump	2008	184
17	Past constraints on the vulnerability of marine calcifiers to massive carbon dioxide release Nature Geoscience ·Andy Ridgwell, Daniela N. Schmidt	2010	183
18	Consumption of atmospheric methane by soils: A process‐based model Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Andy Ridgwell, S.J. Marshall, K. Gregson	1999	176
19	Ocean Acidification in Deep Time Oceanography ·Lee R. Kump, Timothy J. Bralower, Andy Ridgwell	2009	168
20	Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica Nature ·Jemma L. Wadham, Sandra Arndt, Sławek Tulaczyk, Marek Stibal, Martyn Tranter, Jon Telling, Grzegorz Lis, Emily Lawson, Andy Ridgwell, Ashley Dubnick, Martin Sharp, Alexandre M. Anesio, C. E. Butler	2012	165

About Andy Ridgwell

Andy Ridgwell is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 207 papers that have together received 14.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (101 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (58 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (56 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (54 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (38 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (37 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (33 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (3.8k citations), Atmospheric Science (7.9k citations), Oceanography (5.2k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.5k citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (1.4k citations). Andy Ridgwell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Richard E. Zeebe, Daniel J. Lunt, Daniela N. Schmidt, Philip W. Boyd, Andrew Watson, Mark Maslin, Paul J. Valdes, Sandra Kirtland Turner, Lee R. Kump and Paul N. Pearson. Their work appears in journals such as Biogeosciences, Nature Geoscience, Geoscientific model development, Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Geophysical Research Letters.

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