Basil A.S. Davis

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 651 citations indexed

About

Basil A.S. Davis is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Basil A.S. Davis has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 651 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 4 papers in Paleontology and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Basil A.S. Davis's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (3 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers). Basil A.S. Davis is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (3 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers). Basil A.S. Davis collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and France. Basil A.S. Davis's co-authors include Cody Routson, Darrell S. Kaufman, Philipp S. Sommer, Oliver Heiri, Nicholas P. McKay, Christoph Dätwyler, Michael P. Erb, Jed O. Kaplan, Laurent Marquer and Anne Birgitte Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Basil A.S. Davis

14 papers receiving 641 citations

Hit Papers

Holocene global mean surface temperature, a multi-method ... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Holocene global mean surface temperature, a multi-method reconstruction approach
    2020 228 citations Darrell S. Kaufman, Nicholas P. McKay et al. Scientific Data profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Basil A.S. Davis Switzerland 11 419 181 132 130 99 15 651
Steffen Wolters Germany 11 529 1.3× 194 1.1× 182 1.4× 99 0.8× 182 1.8× 19 730
Vincent Montade France 13 410 1.0× 174 1.0× 116 0.9× 280 2.2× 128 1.3× 24 768
Rajesh Joshi India 13 325 0.8× 128 0.7× 72 0.5× 138 1.1× 76 0.8× 24 620
Ana M. Abarzúa Chile 12 292 0.7× 166 0.9× 190 1.4× 117 0.9× 168 1.7× 26 623
Catalina González Colombia 17 518 1.2× 326 1.8× 126 1.0× 87 0.7× 100 1.0× 40 829
Terri Lacourse Canada 21 637 1.5× 239 1.3× 193 1.5× 83 0.6× 207 2.1× 39 1.1k
Angela Self United Kingdom 18 605 1.4× 320 1.8× 112 0.8× 58 0.4× 114 1.2× 24 836
La Duo China 8 381 0.9× 132 0.7× 79 0.6× 165 1.3× 91 0.9× 15 616
V. Yu. Razzhivin Russia 5 367 0.9× 115 0.6× 57 0.4× 130 1.0× 53 0.5× 7 530
Christoph Schwörer Switzerland 16 643 1.5× 122 0.7× 145 1.1× 149 1.1× 173 1.7× 43 819

Countries citing papers authored by Basil A.S. Davis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Basil A.S. Davis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Basil A.S. Davis

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All Works

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Новенко, Елена, Natalia Mazei, D. A. Kupriyanov, et al.. (2022). Paleoenvironmental Changes, Vegetation Dynamics and Fire History in Northwest Putorana Plateau (Russian Subarctic) During the Last 1300 Years. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Новенко, Елена, Natalia Mazei, D. A. Kupriyanov, et al.. (2022). A 1300-year multi-proxy palaeoecological record from the northwest Putorana Plateau (Russian Subarctic): environmental changes, vegetation dynamics and fire history. The Holocene. 33(2). 181–193. 3 indexed citations
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Новенко, Елена, Natalia Mazei, D. A. Kupriyanov, et al.. (2022). Late-Holocene vegetation and fire history in Western Putorana Plateau (subarctic Siberia, Russia). The Holocene. 32(5). 433–441. 4 indexed citations
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Новенко, Елена, Natalia Mazei, Anatoly Prokushkin, et al.. (2022). Evidence that modern fires may be unprecedented during the last 3400 years in permafrost zone of Central Siberia, Russia. Environmental Research Letters. 17(2). 25004–25004. 16 indexed citations
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Cleal, Christopher J., Heather S. Pardoe, Christopher M. Berry, et al.. (2021). Palaeobotanical experiences of plant diversity in deep time. 1: How well can we identify past plant diversity in the fossil record?. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 576. 110481–110481. 33 indexed citations
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Pardoe, Heather S., Christopher J. Cleal, Christopher M. Berry, et al.. (2021). Palaeobotanical experiences of plant diversity in deep time. 2: How to measure and analyse past plant biodiversity. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 580. 110618–110618. 20 indexed citations
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Kaufman, Darrell S., Nicholas P. McKay, Cody Routson, et al.. (2020). Holocene global mean surface temperature, a multi-method reconstruction approach. Scientific Data. 7(1). 228 indexed citations breakdown →
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Daniau, Anne‐Laure, Stéphanie Desprat, Julie C. Aleman, et al.. (2019). Terrestrial plant microfossils in palaeoenvironmental studies, pollen, microcharcoal and phytolith. Towards a comprehensive understanding of vegetation, fire and climate changes over the past one million years. Revue de Micropaléontologie. 63. 1–35. 20 indexed citations
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Phelps, Leanne N., Olivier Broennimann, Katie Manning, et al.. (2019). Reconstructing the climatic niche breadth of land use for animal production during the African Holocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(1). 127–147. 15 indexed citations
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Roberts, Neil, Ralph Fyfe, Jessie Woodbridge, et al.. (2018). Europe’s lost forests: a pollen-based synthesis for the last 11,000 years. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 716–716. 150 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Jed O., Mirjam Pfeiffer, J.C.A. Kolen, & Basil A.S. Davis. (2016). Large Scale Anthropogenic Reduction of Forest Cover in Last Glacial Maximum Europe. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166726–e0166726. 49 indexed citations
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Nogués‐Bravo, David, Sam Veloz, Ben G. Holt, et al.. (2016). Amplified plant turnover in response to climate change forecast by Late Quaternary records. Nature Climate Change. 6(12). 1115–1119. 34 indexed citations
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Saltré, Frédérik, Emmanuel Gritti, Simon Brewer, et al.. (2013). Climate or migration: what limited European beech post‐glacial colonization?. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 22(11). 1217–1227. 53 indexed citations
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Passmore, David G., et al.. (1992). A Holocene Alluvial Sequence in the lower Tyne Valley, Northern Britain: A Record of River Response to Environmental Change. The Holocene. 2(2). 138–147. 25 indexed citations

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