Chris Turney

31.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
244 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Chris Turney is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Turney has authored 244 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 200 papers in Atmospheric Science, 83 papers in Anthropology and 77 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Chris Turney's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (185 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (83 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (65 papers). Chris Turney is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (185 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (83 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (65 papers). Chris Turney collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Chris Turney's co-authors include Jonathan Palmer, J. John Lowe, Alan Hogg, Quan Hua, Paula Reimer, Ron Reimer, Timothy Heaton, L.K. Fifield, Paul G. Blackwell and Michael I. Bird and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chris Turney

237 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

SHCal13 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

2013 1.5k citations Alan Hogg, Quan Hua et al. Radiocarbon profile →
SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP

2020 932 citations Alan Hogg, Timothy Heaton et al. Radiocarbon profile →
Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia

2004 273 citations Richard G. Roberts, Chris Turney et al. Nature profile →
ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950–2019

2021 234 citations Quan Hua, Jonathan Palmer et al. Radiocarbon profile →
When did Homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?

2018 136 citations Alan Williams, Chris Turney et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Turney

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Turney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Turney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Turney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Turney based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Turney. Chris Turney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Coexistence, Extinction and Survival—The Evolutionary History of Bison Species in Western Eurasia 2025 ·Global Change Biology ·Bastien Llamas, (unknown), Kieren J. Mitchell, Emilia Hofman‐Kamińska, Hervé Bocherens, Holly Heiniger, Martina Pacher, Daniel Makowiecki, Giedrė Piličiauskienė, Dorothée G. Drucker, (unknown), Zoë Thomas, Chris Turney, Rafał Kowalczyk, Alan Cooper	1
2	Developing robust lake sediment chronologies using 210Pb, Pu and radiocarbon dating of pollen concentrates and macrofossil: A case study from Lake Surprise, Victoria, Australia 2025 ·Quaternary Geochronology ·(unknown), Haidee Cadd, Cameron Barr, Alexander Francke, Quan Hua, David Child, M.A.C. Hotchkis, Atun Zawadzki, Patricia Gadd, Chris Turney, Christopher E. Marjo, John Tibby, Jonathan Tyler	1
3	Extreme solar storms and the quest for exact dating with radiocarbon 2024 ·Nature ·Timothy Heaton, Édouard Bard, Alex Bayliss, Maarten Blaauw, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Paula Reimer, Chris Turney, Ilya Usoskin	3
4	Global impacts of an extreme solar particle event under different geomagnetic field strengths 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Eugene Rozanov, Ilya Usoskin, Chris Turney, Timofei Sukhodolov, K. G. McCracken, (unknown), Julien Anet, Stana Simić, Ville Maliniemi, ‪Tatiana Egorova, Monika Korte, Harald E. Rieder, Alan Cooper, Thomas Peter	6
5	Multiple lines of evidence infer centurial-scale habitat change and resilience in a threatened plant species at Mount Dangar, Hunter Valley, New South Wales 2022 ·Australian Journal of Botany ·Stephen A. Bell, (unknown), (unknown), Chris Turney	0
6	Retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet During the Last Interglaciation and Implications for Future Change 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Nicholas R. Golledge, Peter U. Clark, Feng He, Andrea Dutton, Chris Turney, Christopher J. Fogwill, T. Naish, Richard Levy, Robert M. McKay, Daniel P. Lowry, Nancy A. N. Bertler, Gavin Dunbar, Anders E. Carlson	31
7	SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP breakdown → 2020 ·Radiocarbon ·Alan Hogg, Timothy Heaton, Quan Hua, Jonathan Palmer, Chris Turney, John Southon, Alex Bayliss, Paul G. Blackwell, Gretel Boswijk, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Charlotte Pearson, Fiona Petchey, Paula Reimer, Ron Reimer, Lukas Wacker	932
8	RDC volume 61 issue 4 Cover and Front matter 2019 ·Radiocarbon ·Andrew Jull, (unknown), Zoë Thomas, Chris Turney, Alan Hogg, Tamás Varga, László Palcsu, Tomoko Ohta, Yasunori Mahara, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Claire Price, J. Newton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
9	Evolution and extinction of the giant rhinoceros Elasmotherium sibiricum sheds light on late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·П. А. Косинцев, Kieren J. Mitchell, Thibaut Devièse, J. van der Plicht, Margot Kuitems, Е.А. Петрова, Alexei Tikhonov, Thomas Higham, Daniel Comeskey, Chris Turney, Alan Cooper, Thijs van Kolfschoten, Anthony J. Stuart, Adrian M. Lister	51
10	Millennial-scale variability in south-east Australian hydroclimate between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago 2018 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Georgina Falster, Jonathan Tyler, Katharine Grant, John Tibby, Chris Turney, Stefan Löhr, Geraldine Jacobsen, Peter Kershaw	22
11	Brief communication: Changing mid-twentieth century Antarctic sea ice variability linked to tropical forcing 2017 ·Chris Turney, Andrew Klekociuk, Christopher J. Fogwill, Violette Zunz, Hugues Goosse, Claire L. Parkinson, Gilbert P. Compo, Matthew A. Lazzara, Linda M. Keller, Rob Allan, Jonathan Palmer, Graeme F. Clark, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli	3
12	A comprehensive database of quality-rated fossil ages for Sahul’s Quaternary vertebrates 2016 ·Scientific Data ·Marta Rodríguez‐Rey, Salvador Herrando‐Pérez, Barry W. Brook, Frédérik Saltré, John Alroy, Nicholas J. Beeton, Michael I. Bird, Alan Cooper, Richard Gillespie, Zenobia Jacobs, Christopher N. Johnson, Gifford H. Miller, Gavin J. Prideaux, Richard G. Roberts, Chris Turney, Corey J. A. Bradshaw	16
13	LOW NUMBERS AND APPARENT LONG-TERM STABILITY OF SOUTH POLAR SKUAS STERCORARIUS MACCORMICKI AT COMMONWEALTH BAY, ANTARCTICA 2015 ·Marine ornithology ·Kerry‐Jayne Wilson, Chris Turney, Christopher J. Fogwill, (unknown)	5
14	Holocene demographic changes and the emergence of complex societies in prehistoric Australia 2015 ·QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) ·Alan Williams, Sean Ulm, Chris Turney, David Rohde, Gentry White	2
15	Obliquity Control on Southern Hemisphere Climate during the Last Glacial 2015 ·Keele Research Repository (Keele University) ·Christopher J. Fogwill, David K. Hutchinson, Chris Turney, Andréa S. Taschetto, Matthew H. England	1
16	Austarch1: A database of 14C and luminescence ages from archaeological sites in the Australian arid zone 2008 ·Australian Archaeology ·Alan Williams, Mike Smith, Chris Turney, Matthew L. Cupper	12
17	Environmental change and the arrival of people in the Australian region 2006 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·Peter Kershaw, Sander van der Kaars, Patrick Moss, Bradley N. Opdyke, F. Guichard, (unknown), Chris Turney	100
18	Problems With Identifying the `8,200 Year Event' in Terrestrial Records of the Atlantic Seaboard: a Case Study From Dooagh, Achill Island, Ireland. 2005 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Chris Turney, J. R. Pilcher, Jonathan Palmer, M. G. L. Baillie	2
19	Early human occupation at Devil's Lair, southwestern Australia 50,000 years ago 2001 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Chris Turney, Michael I. Bird, L.K. Fifield, Richard G. Roberts, Michael Smith, Charles Dortch, Rainer Grün, E.M. Lawson, Linda K. Ayliffe, Gifford H. Miller, Joe Dortch, (unknown)	1
20	A 1961-90 climatology for Europe for climate change modelling and impacts applications 1995 ·UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) ·Mike Hulme, Declan Conway, P. D. Jones, Elaine Barrow, Tong Jiang, Chris Turney	1

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