David M. Anderson

10.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
83 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

David M. Anderson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David M. Anderson has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atmospheric Science, 16 papers in Anthropology and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David M. Anderson's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (39 papers), African history and culture studies (12 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (12 papers). David M. Anderson is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (39 papers), African history and culture studies (12 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (12 papers). David M. Anderson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. David M. Anderson's co-authors include Anil K. Gupta, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Donald T. Rodbell, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Christopher M. Moy, Warren L Prell, Susan Trumbore, Robert C. Thunell, Deep Narayan Pandey and Moumita Das and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

David M. Anderson

78 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch

2002 1.3k citations Christopher M. Moy, Geoffrey O. Seltzer et al. Nature profile →
Abrupt changes in the Asian southwest monsoon during the Holocene and their links to the North Atlantic Ocean

2003 976 citations Anil K. Gupta, David M. Anderson et al. Nature profile →
The southwest Indian Monsoon over the last 18 000 years

1996 556 citations David M. Anderson, Warren L Prell et al. profile →
An ~15,000-Year Record of El Niño-Driven Alluviation in Southwestern Ecuador

1999 555 citations Donald T. Rodbell, Geoffrey O. Seltzer et al. profile →
Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire

2005 213 citations Nicolas van de Walle, David M. Anderson et al. Foreign Affairs profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David M. Anderson United States	37	5.4k	2.0k	1.4k	1.4k	1.2k	83	7.5k
M. Stuiver United States	35	5.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	814 0.7×	65	7.6k
James M. Russell United States	41	4.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	619 0.5×	183	7.6k
Mark Maslin United Kingdom	52	5.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	189	10.4k
M. E. Davis United States	35	8.6k 1.6×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.9×	899 0.7×	71	10.6k
Thomas C. Johnson United States	45	3.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	554 0.4×	806 0.6×	166	6.9k
V. M. Kotlyakov Russia	22	5.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	677 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	795 0.6×	127	6.7k
Larry C. Peterson United States	36	7.2k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	82	8.9k
Robert M. DeConto United States	45	9.0k 1.7×	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	117	10.8k
Alan M. Haywood United Kingdom	50	5.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	817 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	137	7.8k
Jean‐Robert Petit France	37	7.1k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	871 0.7×	80	8.7k

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Tardif, Robert, Gregory J. Hakim, W. A. Perkins, et al.. (2019). Last Millennium Reanalysis with an expanded proxy database and seasonal proxy modeling. Climate of the past. 15(4). 1251–1273. 157 indexed citations

Morrill, Carrie, et al.. (2013). Proxy benchmarks for intercomparison of 8.2 ka simulations. Climate of the past. 9(1). 423–432. 70 indexed citations

Anderson, David M., et al.. (2009). Tropical Indian Ocean temperature and salinity variations during the last 280,000 yrs. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations

Anderson, David M. & Emma Lochery. (2008). Violence and Exodus in Kenya's Rift Valley, 2008: Predictable and Preventable?. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 2(2). 328–343. 75 indexed citations

Das, Moumita, Anil K. Gupta, & David M. Anderson. (2006). Deep-Sea Paleoceanographic and Surface Productivity Changes in the Northwestern Arabian Sea Driven by the Indian Southwest Monsoon During the Last Millennium. Journal of the Geological Society of India. 68(3). 387–394. 1 indexed citations

Gupta, Anil K., David M. Anderson, Deep Narayan Pandey, & A.K. Singhvi. (2006). Adaptation and human migration, and evidence of agriculture coincident with changes in the Indian summer monsoon during the Holocene. Current Science. 90(8). 1082–1090. 80 indexed citations

Jennings, Anne, et al.. (2005). Holocene Paleoceanography of the Southeast Greenland Shelf. AGUFM. 2005. 2 indexed citations

Walle, Nicolas van de, David M. Anderson, & Caroline Elkins. (2005). Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire. Foreign Affairs. 84(3). 151–151. 213 indexed citations breakdown →

Gupta, Anil K. & David M. Anderson. (2005). Mysteries of the Indian Ocean Monsoon System. Journal of the Geological Society of India. 65(1). 54–60. 16 indexed citations

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Pandey, Deep Narayan, Anil K. Gupta, & David M. Anderson. (2003). Rainwater harvesting as an adaptation to climate change. Current Science. 85(1). 46–59. 241 indexed citations

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Moy, Christopher M., Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Donald T. Rodbell, & David M. Anderson. (2002). Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch. Nature. 420(6912). 162–165. 1343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Giblin, James L., David M. Anderson, & Vigdis Broch-Due. (2001). The Poor Are Not Us: Poverty and Pastoralism in Eastern Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 34(1). 236–236.

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Thunell, Robert C., et al.. (1994). Sea-Surface Temperature Estimates for the Tropical Western Pacific during the Last Glaciation and Their Implications for the Pacific Warm Pool. Quaternary Research. 41(3). 255–264. 105 indexed citations

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Anderson, David M. & Warren L Prell. (1992). The structure of the southwest monsoon winds over the Arabian Sea during the late Quaternary: Observations, simulations, and marine geologic evidence. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 97(C10). 15481–15487. 34 indexed citations

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Anderson, David M. & Warren L Prell. (1991). Coastal Upwelling Gradient during the Late Pleistocene. 117. 265–276. 12 indexed citations

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O'Brien, Jay, et al.. (1989). The Ecology of Survival: Case Studies from Northeast African History. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 22(3). 560–560. 98 indexed citations

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Anderson, David M., et al.. (1988). Some reactions of the ethylenebis(phenylphosphido)dilithium reagent [{Li(THF)2}2(PhPCH2CH2PPh)]2, and its X-ray Structure. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 141(2). 157–159. 18 indexed citations

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Posakony, James W., Richard H. Scheller, David M. Anderson, Roy J. Britten, & Eric H. Davidson. (1981). Repetitive sequences of the sea urchin genome. Journal of Molecular Biology. 149(1). 41–67. 48 indexed citations

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Scheller, Richard H., David M. Anderson, James W. Posakony, et al.. (1981). Repetitive sequences of the sea urchin genome. Journal of Molecular Biology. 149(1). 15–39. 31 indexed citations

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Anderson, David M. & L.Dennis Smith. (1978). Patterns of synthesis and accumulation of heterogeneous RNA in lampbrush stage oocytes of Xenopus laevis (Daudin). Developmental Biology. 67(2). 274–285. 48 indexed citations

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