Anson W. Mackay

12.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

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Anson W. Mackay is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Anson W. Mackay has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Atmospheric Science, 42 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Anson W. Mackay's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (73 papers), Water Resources and Management (16 papers) and Geological formations and processes (15 papers). Anson W. Mackay is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (73 papers), Water Resources and Management (16 papers) and Geological formations and processes (15 papers). Anson W. Mackay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and China. Anson W. Mackay's co-authors include Melanie J. Leng, Patrick Rioual, Richard W. Battarbee, George E. A. Swann, Neil L. Rose, Michael Sturm, Rick Battarbee, H. J. B. Birks, David H. Jewson and David B. Ryves and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Anson W. Mackay

109 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

2008 4.0k citations Anson W. Mackay profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anson W. Mackay United Kingdom	34	2.6k	1.9k	1.9k	979	783	112	7.2k
Susan Gross Solomon Canada	10	2.8k 1.1×	4.0k 2.1×	1.3k 0.7×	716 0.7×	515 0.7×	32	8.3k
Osvaldo Canziani	5	2.0k 0.8×	4.7k 2.4×	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 2.4×	1.7k 2.2×	5	11.7k
John A. Dearing United Kingdom	51	4.1k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	393 0.4×	615 0.8×	183	10.1k
Clair Hanson United Kingdom	7	1.2k 0.5×	3.1k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	8	7.6k
Nick Brooks United Kingdom	15	2.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	580 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	34	6.0k
Paul van der Linden Netherlands	6	1.0k 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	12	7.1k
Katharine Hayhoe United States	41	2.5k 1.0×	5.3k 2.7×	2.0k 1.1×	788 0.8×	384 0.5×	120	9.1k
Kees Klein Goldewijk Netherlands	31	2.2k 0.9×	4.9k 2.5×	2.5k 1.3×	722 0.7×	351 0.4×	50	9.4k
Michael E. Meadows South Africa	45	2.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	285 0.3×	428 0.5×	306	7.0k
Richard H. Moss United States	27	4.0k 1.6×	7.8k 4.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.5×	62	13.5k

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Chadwick, Michael A., Jane A. Catford, Benjamin Price, et al.. (2023). A review of the freshwater diversity in the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (Botswana): taxonomic composition, ecology, comparison with similar systems and conservation status. Aquatic Sciences. 85(4). 2 indexed citations

Mackay, Anson W. & Isabel Bishop. (2022). Out in the field. Area. 54(4). 546–550. 6 indexed citations

Mackay, Anson W., Vivian A. Felde, David Morley, et al.. (2022). Long-term trends in diatom diversity and palaeoproductivity: a 16 000-year multidecadal record from Lake Baikal, southern Siberia. Climate of the past. 18(2). 363–380. 5 indexed citations

Mackay, Anson W.. (2021). LGBTQI+ allyship in academia. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2(7). 451–452. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Bo, Jennifer Adams, Jianhui Chen, et al.. (2020). Neoglacial trends in diatom dynamics from a small alpine lake in the Qinling mountains of central China. Climate of the past. 16(2). 543–554. 7 indexed citations

Swann, George E. A., Virginia N. Panizzo, Sebastiano Piccolroaz, et al.. (2020). Changing nutrient cycling in Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest lake. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(44). 27211–27217. 25 indexed citations

Mackay, Anson W., Vivian A. Felde, David Morley, et al.. (2020). Long term trends in aquatic diversity, productivity and stability: a 15,800 year multidecadal diatom study from Lake Baikal, southern Siberia. 1 indexed citations

Mackay, Anson W., Rebecca Lee, & James M. Russell. (2020). Recent climate-driven ecological changes in tropical montane lakes of Rwenzori Mountains National Park, central Africa. Journal of Paleolimnology. 65(2). 219–234. 10 indexed citations

Mackay, Anson W., David Adger, Alexander L. Bond, Sam Giles, & Erinma Ochu. (2019). Straight-washing ecological legacies. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(12). 1611–1611. 4 indexed citations

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Swann, George E. A., Anson W. Mackay, E. G. Vologina, et al.. (2018). Lake Baikal isotope records of Holocene Central Asian precipitation. Quaternary Science Reviews. 189. 210–222. 17 indexed citations

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Adams, Jennifer, César C. Martins, Neil L. Rose, А. А. Shchetnikov, & Anson W. Mackay. (2018). Lake sediment records of persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in southern Siberia mirror the changing fortunes of the Russian economy over the past 70 years. Environmental Pollution. 242(Pt A). 528–538. 19 indexed citations

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Panizzo, Virginia N., George E. A. Swann, Anson W. Mackay, Vanessa Pashley, & Matthew Horstwood. (2018). Modelling silicon supply during the Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) at Lake Baikal. Quaternary Science Reviews. 190. 114–122. 3 indexed citations

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Panizzo, Virginia N., George E. A. Swann, Anson W. Mackay, et al.. (2017). Constraining modern‐day silicon cycling in Lake Baikal. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31(3). 556–574. 22 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Mareike, Markus Fuchs, Andrew C. G. Henderson, et al.. (2017). Paleolimnological features of a mega-lake phase in the Makgadikgadi Basin (Kalahari, Botswana) during Marine Isotope Stage 5 inferred from diatoms. Journal of Paleolimnology. 58(3). 373–390. 12 indexed citations

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Fitchett, Jennifer M., Stefan Grab, Marion K. Bamford, & Anson W. Mackay. (2016). multi-disciplinary review of late Quaternary palaeoclimates and environments for Lesotho. South African Journal of Science. 112(7/8). 9–9. 30 indexed citations

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Panizzo, Virginia N., George E. A. Swann, Anson W. Mackay, et al.. (2016). Insights into the transfer of silicon isotopes into the sediment record. Biogeosciences. 13(1). 147–157. 27 indexed citations

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Mackay, Anson W., et al.. (2014). Global change in the holocene. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations

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Battarbee, RW, et al.. (2003). Detecting environmental change: science and society. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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Flower, RJ, David H. Jewson, Anson W. Mackay, et al.. (1999). The Natural History Museum 1999 meeting on the biodiversity of Lake Baikal and a workshop on the taxonomy of Lake Baikal diatoms: the combined reports. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Mackay, Anson W., Xinping Long, Neil L. Rose, & RW Battarbee. (1999). New approaches to characterizing urban air particles in central London. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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