Colm Ó Cofaigh

9.8k total citations
173 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Colm Ó Cofaigh is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Colm Ó Cofaigh has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Atmospheric Science, 55 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 37 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Colm Ó Cofaigh's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (166 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (130 papers) and Geological formations and processes (55 papers). Colm Ó Cofaigh is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (166 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (130 papers) and Geological formations and processes (55 papers). Colm Ó Cofaigh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Colm Ó Cofaigh's co-authors include Julian A. Dowdeswell, David J. A. Evans, Jeffrey Evans, Carol J. Pudsey, Stephen J. Livingstone, Chris R. Stokes, Claus‐Dieter Hillenbrand, John F. Hiemstra, Robert D Larter and Andreas Vieli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Colm Ó Cofaigh

172 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colm Ó Cofaigh United Kingdom 48 6.8k 1.9k 1.5k 1.0k 981 173 7.2k
Jason P. Briner United States 47 5.7k 0.8× 817 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 635 0.6× 737 0.8× 164 6.1k
Johan Klemån Sweden 39 4.7k 0.7× 912 0.5× 628 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 534 0.5× 87 5.2k
Arjen P. Stroeven Sweden 37 4.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 549 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 433 0.4× 118 5.2k
Atle Nesje Norway 50 7.1k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 624 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 935 1.0× 162 7.6k
G. S. Boulton United Kingdom 35 5.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 692 0.5× 1.9k 1.8× 474 0.5× 70 6.1k
Eugene W. Domack United States 48 6.0k 0.9× 871 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 277 0.3× 2.8k 2.8× 129 6.8k
Robert D Larter United Kingdom 51 5.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 687 0.5× 507 0.5× 1.6k 1.7× 170 6.8k
Nicolaj K. Larsen Denmark 35 3.3k 0.5× 510 0.3× 551 0.4× 652 0.6× 405 0.4× 105 3.8k
Ross D. Powell United States 33 3.5k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 867 0.6× 303 0.3× 989 1.0× 118 4.0k
Svend Funder Denmark 38 4.4k 0.7× 663 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 210 0.2× 979 1.0× 95 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Colm Ó Cofaigh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colm Ó Cofaigh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colm Ó Cofaigh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colm Ó Cofaigh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colm Ó Cofaigh 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 Colm Ó Cofaigh. Colm Ó Cofaigh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stokes, Chris R., Chris D. Clark, Colm Ó Cofaigh, et al.. (2025). Ice flow dynamics of the northwestern Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last deglaciation. ˜The œcryosphere. 19(2). 869–910. 2 indexed citations
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Lane, Timothy, Christopher M. Darvill, Brice R. Rea, et al.. (2023). The geomorphological record of an ice stream to ice shelf transition in Northeast Greenland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(7). 1321–1341. 6 indexed citations
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Benetti, Sara, et al.. (2022). Character of advance and retreat of the southwest sector of the British-Irish Ice Sheet during the last glaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews. 291. 107655–107655. 1 indexed citations
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Hogan, Kelly, Neil Arnold, Robert D Larter, et al.. (2022). Subglacial Water Flow Over an Antarctic Palaeo‐Ice Stream Bed. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 127(2). 6 indexed citations
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Benetti, Sara, John E. Clark, Ruth Plets, et al.. (2021). A Late Pleistocene channelized subglacial meltwater system on the Atlantic continental shelf south of Ireland. Boreas. 51(1). 118–135. 6 indexed citations
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Cofaigh, Colm Ó, Jerry Lloyd, Sara Benetti, et al.. (2019). Early deglaciation of the British-Irish Ice Sheet on the Atlantic shelf northwest of Ireland driven by glacioisostatic depression and high relative sea level. Quaternary Science Reviews. 208. 76–96. 29 indexed citations
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Evans, David J. A., et al.. (2018). The glacial geomorphology of the Loch Lomond (Younger Dryas) Stadial in Britain: a review. Journal of Quaternary Science. 33(1). 1–54. 32 indexed citations
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Barlow, Natasha, Erin L. McClymont, Pippa L. Whitehouse, et al.. (2018). Lack of evidence for a substantial sea-level fluctuation within the Last Interglacial. Nature Geoscience. 11(9). 627–634. 46 indexed citations
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McCarron, Stephen, et al.. (2018). A Plio-Pleistocene sediment wedge on the continental shelf west of central Ireland: The Connemara Fan. Marine Geology. 399. 97–114. 6 indexed citations
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Evans, David J. A., et al.. (2018). Geomorphology and till architecture of terrestrial palaeo-ice streams of the southwest Laurentide Ice Sheet: A borehole stratigraphic approach. Quaternary Science Reviews. 186. 186–214. 11 indexed citations
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Cofaigh, Colm Ó, Nina Kirchner, Grigory Fedorov, Riko Noormets, & Anne de Vernal. (2018). Arctic environmental change beyond instrumental records: introduction and overview. 4(1). 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Cofaigh, Colm Ó, et al.. (2017). Submarine landforms and glacimarine sedimentary processes in Lomfjorden, East Spitsbergen. Marine Geology. 390. 51–71. 22 indexed citations
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Bradwell, Tom, David Small, Derek Fabel, et al.. (2016). Rate and style of ice stream retreat constrained by new surface-exposure ages: The Minch, NW Scotland. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations
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Knutz, Paul Cornils, et al.. (2016). 3D-seismic observations of Late Pleistocene glacial dynamics on the central West Greenland margin. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Praeg, Daniel, Stephen McCarron, Dayton Dove, et al.. (2015). Submarine geomorphology of the Celtic Sea - new observations and hypotheses for the glaciation of a mid-latitude continental shelf. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13272. 1 indexed citations
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Lane, Timothy, David H. Roberts, Colm Ó Cofaigh, Brice R. Rea, & Andreas Vieli. (2015). Glacial landscape evolution in the Uummannaq region, West Greenland. Boreas. 45(2). 220–234. 7 indexed citations
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Woodward, John, et al.. (2013). Glacial geomorphology of the Great Glen Region of Scotland. Journal of Maps. 10(1). 159–178. 10 indexed citations
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Evans, David J. A., John F. Hiemstra, & Colm Ó Cofaigh. (2011). Stratigraphic architecture and sedimentology of a Late Pleistocene subaqueous moraine complex, southwest Ireland. Journal of Quaternary Science. 27(1). 51–63. 15 indexed citations
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Livingstone, Stephen J., Colm Ó Cofaigh, & David J. A. Evans. (2009). A major ice drainage pathway of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet: the Tyne Gap, northern England. Journal of Quaternary Science. 25(3). 354–370. 32 indexed citations
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Cofaigh, Colm Ó, Robert D Larter, Julian A. Dowdeswell, et al.. (2005). Flow of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on the continental margin of the Bellingshausen Sea at the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(B11). 82 indexed citations

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