Christopher I. Roos

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher I. Roos is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher I. Roos has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Christopher I. Roos's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (21 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (7 papers). Christopher I. Roos is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (21 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (7 papers). Christopher I. Roos collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Christopher I. Roos's co-authors include Thomas W. Swetnam, Andrew C. Scott, David M. J. S. Bowman, Fay H. Johnston, Max A. Moritz, Jennifer K. Balch, Carla M. D’Antonio, Christian A. Kull, Meg A. Krawchuk and Ruth DeFries and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher I. Roos

28 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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 human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

2011 894 citations David M. J. S. Bowman, Jennifer K. Balch et al. Journal of Biogeography profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher I. Roos United States	18	1.3k	595	442	324	309	30	1.9k
David B. McWethy United States	21	1.4k 1.1×	801 1.3×	748 1.7×	488 1.5×	143 0.5×	58	2.1k
Michael‐Shawn Fletcher Australia	26	972 0.7×	606 1.0×	1.0k 2.3×	347 1.1×	318 1.0×	60	2.0k
Scott Mooney Australia	23	663 0.5×	538 0.9×	1.1k 2.5×	121 0.4×	365 1.2×	61	1.8k
Mitchell J. Power United States	22	1.9k 1.5×	736 1.2×	2.0k 4.5×	268 0.8×	261 0.8×	64	3.1k
Christelle Hély France	30	1.8k 1.4×	714 1.2×	1.6k 3.6×	593 1.8×	305 1.0×	86	3.1k
Crystal N. H. McMichael Netherlands	28	806 0.6×	550 0.9×	535 1.2×	365 1.1×	234 0.8×	81	2.5k
Kendrick J. Brown Canada	21	1.3k 1.0×	649 1.1×	1.2k 2.7×	312 1.0×	109 0.4×	37	2.1k
Anne‐Laure Daniau France	18	1.2k 0.9×	377 0.6×	1.6k 3.5×	92 0.3×	353 1.1×	32	2.0k
Christy E. Briles United States	17	1.1k 0.8×	429 0.7×	759 1.7×	223 0.7×	83 0.3×	24	1.5k
S. Yoshi Maezumi United Kingdom	18	559 0.4×	290 0.5×	531 1.2×	120 0.4×	177 0.6×	37	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Roos, Christopher I., et al.. (2023). Geochemical soil analysis of sequential ritual and residential floors from the Maya site of Holtun. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 51. 104135–104135.

Roos, Christopher I., Julie S. Field, & John Dudgeon. (2023). Fire activity and deforestation in Remote Oceanian islands caused by anthropogenic and climate interactions. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(12). 2028–2036. 4 indexed citations

Roos, Christopher I., Christopher H. Guiterman, Ellis Q. Margolis, et al.. (2022). Indigenous fire management and cross-scale fire-climate relationships in the Southwest United States from 1500 to 1900 CE. Science Advances. 8(49). eabq3221–eabq3221. 31 indexed citations

Roos, Christopher I., Alan P. Sullivan, S. Yoshi Maezumi, et al.. (2022). A collaborative agenda for archaeology and fire science. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(7). 835–839. 13 indexed citations

Bowman, David M. J. S., Grant J. Williamson, Fay H. Johnston, et al.. (2022). Population collapse of a Gondwanan conifer follows the loss of Indigenous fire regimes in a northern Australian savanna. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 9081–9081. 17 indexed citations

Roos, Christopher I., Thomas W. Swetnam, T. J. Ferguson, et al.. (2021). Native American fire management at an ancient wildland–urban interface in the Southwest United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 90 indexed citations

Roos, Christopher I., et al.. (2020). Fire Suppression Impacts on Fuels and Fire Intensity in the Western U.S.: Insights from Archaeological Luminescence Dating in Northern New Mexico. Fire. 3(3). 32–32. 22 indexed citations

Roos, Christopher I.. (2020). Scale in the study of Indigenous burning. Nature Sustainability. 3(11). 898–899. 37 indexed citations

Roos, Christopher I., Grant J. Williamson, & David M. J. S. Bowman. (2019). Is Anthropogenic Pyrodiversity Invisible in Paleofire Records?. Fire. 2(3). 42–42. 26 indexed citations

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Roos, Christopher I. & Andrew C. Scott. (2018). A comparison of charcoal reflectance between crown and surface fire contexts in dry south-west USA forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 27(6). 396–406. 17 indexed citations

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Roos, Christopher I. & E. Christian Wells. (2017). Geoarchaeology of ritual behavior and sacred places: an introduction. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 9(6). 1001–1004. 5 indexed citations

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Balch, Jennifer K., R. Chelsea Nagy, Sally Archibald, et al.. (2016). Global combustion: the connection between fossil fuel and biomass burning emissions (1997–2010). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1696). 20150177–20150177. 18 indexed citations

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Liebmann, Matthew, et al.. (2016). Native American depopulation, reforestation, and fire regimes in the Southwest United States, 1492–1900 CE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(6). E696–704. 99 indexed citations

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Roos, Christopher I., Andrew C. Scott, Claire M. Belcher, et al.. (2016). Living on a flammable planet: interdisciplinary, cross-scalar and varied cultural lessons, prospects and challenges. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1696). 20150469–20150469. 45 indexed citations

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Scott, Andrew C., William G. Chaloner, Claire M. Belcher, & Christopher I. Roos. (2016). The interaction of fire and mankind. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1696). 20160149–20160149. 8 indexed citations

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Roos, Christopher I., Julie S. Field, & John Dudgeon. (2016). Anthropogenic Burning, Agricultural Intensification, and Landscape Transformation in Post-Lapita Fiji. Journal of Ethnobiology. 36(3). 535–553. 17 indexed citations

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Scott, Andrew C., William G. Chaloner, Claire M. Belcher, & Christopher I. Roos. (2016). The interaction of fire and mankind: Introduction . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1696). 20150162–20150162. 21 indexed citations

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Roos, Christopher I., et al.. (2012). Geoarchaeological evidence for ritual closure of a kiva at Fourmile Ruin, Arizona. Journal of Archaeological Science. 40(1). 615–625. 13 indexed citations

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Bowman, David M. J. S., Jennifer K. Balch, Paulo Artaxo, et al.. (2011). The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth. Journal of Biogeography. 38(12). 2223–2236. 894 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roos, Christopher I.. (2008). Fire, Climate, and Social-Ecological Systems in the Ancient Southwest: Alluvial Geoarchaeology and Applied Historical Ecology. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 13 indexed citations

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