Christopher J. Poulsen

12.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
141 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Christopher J. Poulsen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Poulsen has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Atmospheric Science, 46 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 44 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Poulsen's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (104 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (39 papers) and Climate variability and models (35 papers). Christopher J. Poulsen is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (104 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (39 papers) and Climate variability and models (35 papers). Christopher J. Poulsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Christopher J. Poulsen's co-authors include Isabel P. Montañez, Todd A. Ehlers, Jiang Zhu, Neil J. Tabor, Jessica E. Tierney, Nadja Insel, David Pollard, Steve P. Lund, Robert C. Thunell and Lowell Stott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Poulsen

138 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Late Paleozoic Ice Age: An Evolving Paradigm

2013 499 citations Isabel P. Montañez, Christopher J. Poulsen profile →
Globally resolved surface temperatures since the Last Glacial Maximum

2021 313 citations Matthew Osman, Jessica E. Tierney et al. Nature profile →
Glacial cooling and climate sensitivity revisited

2020 278 citations Jessica E. Tierney, Jiang Zhu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher J. Poulsen United States	50	5.6k	2.9k	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	141	7.8k
Daniel J. Lunt United Kingdom	59	7.6k 1.3×	3.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	902 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	197	10.4k
Dominik Fleitmann Switzerland	51	8.1k 1.4×	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	804 0.6×	2.5k 1.9×	139	10.3k
Kyger C. Lohmann United States	49	4.5k 0.8×	4.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	777 0.6×	127	7.9k
Paul A. Baker United States	45	3.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	754 0.5×	649 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	105	6.7k
David L. Dettman United States	40	3.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	969 0.7×	778 0.6×	146	6.3k
Richard D. Norris United States	54	6.2k 1.1×	5.4k 1.8×	970 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	170	9.8k
Stephen Burns United States	55	9.7k 1.7×	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	3.7k 2.8×	150	12.0k
C. Page Chamberlain United States	50	4.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	756 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	975 0.7×	120	7.8k
Albert Matter Switzerland	48	6.7k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	715 0.4×	1.7k 1.2×	2.9k 2.2×	130	9.7k
Jimin Sun China	57	7.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	3.1k 2.2×	3.3k 2.5×	171	10.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Poulsen, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). CO ₂ -driven and orbitally driven oxygen isotope variability in the Early Eocene. Climate of the past. 20(3). 495–522. 3 indexed citations

Poulsen, Christopher J., et al.. (2024). An Isotope Mass Balance Analysis of Evaporative Loss From Lake Turkana, Kenya Using δ¹⁸O and δD of Natural Waters. Water Resources Research. 60(6).

Zhu, Jiang, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Esther C. Brady, et al.. (2022). LGM Paleoclimate Constraints Inform Cloud Parameterizations and Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity in CESM2. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 14(4). 49 indexed citations

Inglis, Gordon N., Jaime L. Toney, Jiang Zhu, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Terrestrial Carbon Export From East Antarctica During the Early Eocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(2). 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Yurui, Agatha M. de Boer, Daniel J. Lunt, et al.. (2022). Early Eocene Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation: The Roles of Atmospheric Forcing and Strait Geometry. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(3). 26 indexed citations

Huber, Matthew, Charlotte L. O’Brien, Gordon N. Inglis, et al.. (2022). The latitudinal temperature gradient and its climate dependence as inferred from foraminiferal δ¹⁸O over the past 95 million years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(11). e2111332119–e2111332119. 47 indexed citations

Zhu, Jiang, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Esther C. Brady, et al.. (2021). Assessment of Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity of the Community Earth System Model Version 2 Through Simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(3). 48 indexed citations

Zhu, Jiang & Christopher J. Poulsen. (2021). Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) climate forcing and ocean dynamical feedback and their implications for estimating climate sensitivity. Climate of the past. 17(1). 253–267. 21 indexed citations

Osman, Matthew, Jessica E. Tierney, Jiang Zhu, et al.. (2021). Globally resolved surface temperatures since the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature. 599(7884). 239–244. 313 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ladant, Jean‐Baptiste, Christopher J. Poulsen, Frédéric Fluteau, et al.. (2020). Paleogeographic controls on the evolution of Late Cretaceous ocean circulation. Climate of the past. 16(3). 973–1006. 53 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jiang & Christopher J. Poulsen. (2020). LGM climate forcing and ocean dynamical feedback and their implications for estimating climate sensitivity. 3 indexed citations

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Skinner, Christopher B., et al.. (2019). Modulation of Mid‐Holocene African Rainfall by Dust Aerosol Direct and Indirect Effects. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(7). 3917–3926. 36 indexed citations

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Shen, Hong & Christopher J. Poulsen. (2019). Precipitation δ ¹⁸ O on the Himalaya–Tibet orogeny and its relationship to surface elevation. Climate of the past. 15(1). 169–187. 24 indexed citations

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Wilson, Jonathan P., Isabel P. Montañez, Joseph D. White, et al.. (2017). Dynamic Carboniferous tropical forests: new views of plant function and potential for physiological forcing of climate. New Phytologist. 215(4). 1333–1353. 67 indexed citations

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Montañez, Isabel P., Jennifer C. McElwain, Christopher J. Poulsen, et al.. (2016). Climate, pCO2 and terrestrial carbon cycle linkages during late Palaeozoic glacial–interglacial cycles. Nature Geoscience. 9(11). 824–828. 202 indexed citations

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Tabor, Clay, Christopher J. Poulsen, & David Pollard. (2014). Mending Milankovitch's theory: obliquity amplification by surface feedbacks. Climate of the past. 10(1). 41–50. 17 indexed citations

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Poulsen, Christopher J., et al.. (2013). Early Cenozoic evolution of topography, climate, and stable isotopes in precipitation in the North American Cordillera. American Journal of Science. 313(7). 613–648. 46 indexed citations

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Zhou, J., Christopher J. Poulsen, Nan Rosenbloom, Christine A. Shields, & Bruce P. Briegleb. (2012). Vegetation-climate interactions in the warm mid-Cretaceous. Climate of the past. 8(2). 565–576. 39 indexed citations

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Lee, Shih‐Yu & Christopher J. Poulsen. (2008). Amplification of obliquity forcing through mean annual and seasonal atmospheric feedbacks. Climate of the past. 4(4). 205–213. 17 indexed citations

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Ehlers, Todd A. & Christopher J. Poulsen. (2007). A Slow and Steady Growth of the Andean Plateau. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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