Mark Williams

21.2k citations
330 papers · 9.9k · 2 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

  • Paleontology top 0.1%
    • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
    • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
    • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
    • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

    • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 142
    • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology 28
    • Evolution and Paleontology Studies 19
    • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 144

Mark Williams

314 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Mark Williams's Hit Papers

The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene 2016 · 547 citations
5470+5+10Years since publication250500750

Peers

Mark Williams
Comparison fields: 5 of 189
  • Paleontology 3.4k
  • Atmospheric Science 3.4k
  • Oceanography 1.7k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 695
  • Geology 533
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Mark Williams, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship
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2011905
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The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene
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2016547
3 2010468
4 2011376
5 1991323
6 2008222
7 2010194
8 2014173
9 2009157
10 2011157
11 1996144
12 2015135
13 2020131
14 2011129
15 2007127
16 2017121
17 2014118
18 2017109
19 2015106
20 2010101

About Mark Williams

Mark Williams is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology and Geophysics, having authored 330 papers that have together received 9.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (144 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (142 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (73 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (28 papers), Geological formations and processes (28 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (21 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (3.4k citations), Atmospheric Science (3.4k citations), Oceanography (1.7k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (695 citations) and Geology (533 citations). Mark Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Jan Zalasiewicz, David J. Siveter, Will Steffen, Alan M. Haywood, Colin N. Waters, J. F. FARRAR, Paul J. Crutzen, Michael A. Ellis, Melanie J. Leng and Jean Vannier. Their work appears in journals such as Geological Magazine, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Island Arc, Lethaia and Journal of Paleontology.

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