Colin Prentice

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Colin Prentice is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Prentice has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 4 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Colin Prentice's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Colin Prentice is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (4 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (3 papers). Colin Prentice collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Germany. Colin Prentice's co-authors include Sandy P. Harrison, Rachid Cheddadi, Dominique Jolly, Brian Huntley, Joël Guiot, Stephen T. Jackson, G. C. Hurtt, Jason A. Lynch, Thompson Webb and Peter Wyckoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Global Change Biology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Colin Prentice

14 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Reconstructing biomes from palaeoecological data: a general method and its application to European pollen data at 0 and 6 ka

1996 585 citations Colin Prentice, Joël Guiot et al. Climate Dynamics profile →
Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration

1998 547 citations James S. Clark, G. C. Hurtt et al. BioScience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Prentice United Kingdom	9	996	590	579	484	308	14	1.9k
Sabine Miehe Germany	21	735 0.7×	416 0.7×	502 0.9×	437 0.9×	174 0.6×	33	1.6k
Joan Maria Roure Spain	12	760 0.8×	522 0.9×	552 1.0×	430 0.9×	149 0.5×	16	2.1k
Jason A. Lynch United States	13	1.2k 1.2×	843 1.4×	419 0.7×	606 1.3×	108 0.4×	17	1.9k
Katherine H. Anderson United States	18	1.2k 1.2×	333 0.6×	257 0.4×	432 0.9×	231 0.8×	28	1.6k
Cynthia A. Froyd United Kingdom	22	889 0.9×	552 0.9×	301 0.5×	578 1.2×	166 0.5×	38	1.7k
Petr Kuneš Czechia	25	1.2k 1.2×	301 0.5×	300 0.5×	359 0.7×	373 1.2×	57	1.8k
Geoffrey Hope Australia	25	1.3k 1.3×	429 0.7×	243 0.4×	754 1.6×	522 1.7×	63	2.3k
A.M. Cleef Netherlands	27	829 0.8×	292 0.5×	679 1.2×	683 1.4×	215 0.7×	107	2.5k
George L. Jacobson United States	24	2.0k 2.0×	425 0.7×	497 0.9×	895 1.8×	502 1.6×	44	2.8k
Dunia H. Urrego United Kingdom	20	679 0.7×	362 0.6×	280 0.5×	426 0.9×	242 0.8×	40	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Prentice

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Liu, Yihong, Jing M. Chen, Mingzhu Xu, et al.. (2024). Improved global estimation of seasonal variations in C3 photosynthetic capacity based on eco-evolutionary optimality hypotheses and remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment. 313. 114338–114338. 3 indexed citations

Kattge, Jens, Gerhard Boenisch, Sandra Díaz, et al.. (2020). The TRY Plant Trait Database - enhanced coverage and open access. 47 indexed citations

Zaehle, Sönke, Colin Prentice, & Sarah Cornell. (2011). The evaluation of Earth System Models: discussion summary. Procedia Environmental Sciences. 6. 216–221. 2 indexed citations

Murray, Steven R. & Colin Prentice. (2010). Trends in 20th Century Global Rainfall Interception as Simulated by a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model: Implications for Global Water Resources. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 9984. 1 indexed citations

Scholze, Marko, Wolfgang Knorr, Nigel W. Arnell, & Colin Prentice. (2009). A risk analysis for world ecosystems under future climate change. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 6(30). 302033–302033. 1 indexed citations

Spessa, Allan, et al.. (2005). Relationships among fire frequency, rainfall and vegetation patterns in the wet–dry tropics of northern Australia: an analysis based on NOAA‐AVHRR data. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 14(5). 439–454. 68 indexed citations

Wania, R., Colin Prentice, Sandy P. Harrison, et al.. (2004). The role of natural wetlands in the global methane cycle. Eos. 85(45). 466–466. 3 indexed citations

Harrison, Sandy P. & Colin Prentice. (2003). Climate and CO₂ controls on global vegetation distribution at the last glacial maximum: analysis based on palaeovegetation data, biome modelling and palaeoclimate simulations. Global Change Biology. 9(7). 983–1004. 239 indexed citations

Marchant, Rob, Hermann Behling, H. Hooghiemstra, et al.. (2000). Biome reconstruction from pollen data for Colombia at 0,500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 radiocarbon years before present (yr BP). UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 8 indexed citations

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Noblet‐Ducoudré, N. de, Martin Claußen, & Colin Prentice. (2000). Mid-Holocene greening of the Sahara: first results of the GAIM 6000 year BP Experiment with two asynchronously coupled atmosphere/biome models. Climate Dynamics. 16(9). 643–659. 75 indexed citations

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Clark, James S., G. C. Hurtt, Stephen T. Jackson, et al.. (1998). Reid's Paradox of Rapid Plant Migration. BioScience. 48(1). 13–24. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Foley, Jonathan A., Samuel Levis, Colin Prentice, David Pollard, & Starley L. Thompson. (1998). Coupling dynamic models of climate and vegetation. Global Change Biology. 4(5). 561–579. 192 indexed citations

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Prentice, Colin, Joël Guiot, Brian Huntley, Dominique Jolly, & Rachid Cheddadi. (1996). Reconstructing biomes from palaeoecological data: a general method and its application to European pollen data at 0 and 6 ka. Climate Dynamics. 12(3). 185–194. 585 indexed citations breakdown →

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Delcourt, Hazel R., Paul A. Delcourt, & Colin Prentice. (1992). Quaternary ecology: A paleoecological perspective. Journal of Quaternary Science. 7(2). 185–186. 125 indexed citations

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