A. Pons

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 998 citations indexed

About

A. Pons is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Plant Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Pons has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 998 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atmospheric Science, 6 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in A. Pons's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers), Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (5 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 papers). A. Pons is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers), Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (5 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 papers). A. Pons collaborates with scholars based in France and Spain. A. Pons's co-authors include Maurice Reille, J.‐L. de Beaulieu, Joël Guiot, Jean Beaulieu, J. Médus, J. M. Torné, Mário A. Santos and Michel Campy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Quaternary Science Reviews and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

A. Pons

12 papers receiving 914 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The holocene- and upper pleistocene pollen record from Padul (Granada, Spain): A new study

1988 390 citations A. Pons, Maurice Reille Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Pons France	9	816	403	280	205	162	13	998
Maria Follieri Italy	10	826 1.0×	453 1.1×	363 1.3×	195 1.0×	182 1.1×	16	1.0k
W.H. Zagwijn Netherlands	15	886 1.1×	417 1.0×	328 1.2×	297 1.4×	254 1.6×	18	1.1k
Peter J. Mehringer United States	19	705 0.9×	271 0.7×	219 0.8×	121 0.6×	216 1.3×	34	980
P.E. Kaland Norway	13	617 0.8×	169 0.4×	295 1.1×	174 0.8×	186 1.1×	18	940
J.P. Pals Netherlands	11	636 0.8×	309 0.8×	372 1.3×	143 0.7×	208 1.3×	16	927
Helmut Müller Germany	9	857 1.1×	361 0.9×	246 0.9×	232 1.1×	246 1.5×	14	1.0k
U. Eicher Switzerland	12	943 1.2×	387 1.0×	255 0.9×	301 1.5×	347 2.1×	14	1.0k
Claude Goeury France	9	479 0.6×	253 0.6×	183 0.7×	142 0.7×	72 0.4×	10	641
Guido van Reenen Netherlands	7	610 0.7×	323 0.8×	376 1.3×	90 0.4×	181 1.1×	10	883
Ramón Pérez i Obiol Spain	22	921 1.1×	377 0.9×	593 2.1×	158 0.8×	192 1.2×	52	1.5k

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Guiot, Joël, Maurice Reille, Jean Beaulieu, & A. Pons. (1992). Calibration of the climatic signal in a new pollen sequence from La Grande Pile. Climate Dynamics. 6(3-4). 259–264. 34 indexed citations

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Pons, A., Joël Guiot, J.‐L. de Beaulieu, & Maurice Reille. (1992). Recent contributions to the climatology of the last glacial-interglacial cycle based on French pollen sequences. Quaternary Science Reviews. 11(4). 439–448. 76 indexed citations

3.

Reille, Maurice & A. Pons. (1992). The ecological significance of sclerophyllous oak forests in the western part of the Mediterranean basin: a note on pollen analytical data. Plant Ecology. 99-100(1). 13–17. 36 indexed citations

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Guiot, Joël, A. Pons, J.‐L. de Beaulieu, & Maurice Reille. (1989). A 140,000-year continental climate reconstruction from two European pollen records. Nature. 338(6213). 309–313. 363 indexed citations

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Pons, A., Michel Campy, & Joël Guiot. (1989). The last climatic cycle in France: The diversity of records. Quaternary International. 3-4. 49–55. 7 indexed citations

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Pons, A. & Maurice Reille. (1988). The holocene- and upper pleistocene pollen record from Padul (Granada, Spain): A new study. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 66(3-4). 243–263. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pons, A., et al.. (1987). La signification écologique du pollen d'Artemisiadans les sédiments quaternaires I—Le problème. II—L'éventualité d'un rôle d'Artemisiapalustres. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France Lettres Botaniques. 134(3). 283–292. 1 indexed citations

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Beaulieu, J.‐L. de, A. Pons, & Maurice Reille. (1985). Recherches pollenanalytiques sur l'histoire tardiglaciaire et holocene de la vegetation des Monts d'Aubrac (Massif Central, France). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 44(1-2). 37–80. 39 indexed citations

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Pons, A. & Maurice Reille. (1984). Originalité de l'histoire climatique des pourtours de la Méditerranée occidentale durant le Pléistocène supérieur par rapport à celle de l'Europe occidentale. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France Actualités Botaniques. 131(2-4). 69–76. 3 indexed citations

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Pons, A.. (1984). Les changements de la végétation de la région Méditerranéenne durant le Pliocène et le Quaternaire en relation avec l'histoire du climat et de l'action de l'homme. Webbia. 38(1). 427–439. 12 indexed citations

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Pons, A.. (1984). La paléoécologie face aux variations spatiales du bioclimat méditerranéen. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France Actualités Botaniques. 131(2-4). 77–83. 3 indexed citations

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Torné, J. M., et al.. (1980). Regeneration of plants from mesocotyl tissue cultures of immature embryos of Zea mays L.. Plant Science Letters. 17(3). 339–344. 21 indexed citations

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Médus, J. & A. Pons. (1967). Étude palynologique du crétacé pyrénéo-provençal. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 2(1-4). 111–117. 13 indexed citations

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