Eric J. Steig

24.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
207 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Eric J. Steig is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Steig has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Atmospheric Science, 68 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 46 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Steig's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (140 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (116 papers) and Climate variability and models (45 papers). Eric J. Steig is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (140 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (116 papers) and Climate variability and models (45 papers). Eric J. Steig collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Eric J. Steig's co-authors include Qinghua Ding, David S. Battisti, David P. Schneider, Paul R. Bierman, Paul A. Mayewski, Cecilia M. Bitz, James W. C. White, Meredith G. Hastings, D. L. Morse and Edward J. Brook and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Steig

200 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Holocene climate variability

2004 2.0k citations Paul A. Mayewski, Eelco J. Rohling et al. profile →
Warming of the Antarctic ice-sheet surface since the 1957 International Geophysical Year

2009 539 citations Eric J. Steig, David P. Schneider et al. Nature profile →
Strong Sensitivity of Pine Island Ice-Shelf Melting to Climatic Variability

2014 375 citations Pierre Dutrieux, Adrian Jenkins et al. profile →
Centennial-scale changes in the global carbon cycle during the last deglaciation

2014 370 citations Christo Buizert, Eric J. Steig et al. Nature profile →
Influence of high-latitude atmospheric circulation changes on summertime Arctic sea ice

2017 329 citations Qinghua Ding, Axel Schweiger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric J. Steig United States	60	12.4k	4.1k	3.1k	1.5k	1.3k	207	13.9k
Ellen Mosley‐Thompson United States	54	9.6k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	589 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	155	11.6k
Jean-Marc Barnola France	40	11.0k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	62	13.7k
J. Jouzel France	62	13.9k 1.1×	3.2k 0.8×	4.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	176	15.3k
M. E. Davis United States	35	8.6k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	899 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	71	10.6k
M. Stiévenard France	46	8.3k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	872 0.7×	77	10.4k
Catherine Ritz France	43	8.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	993 0.7×	832 0.6×	121	10.2k
J. Chappellaz France	49	11.3k 0.9×	3.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	130	13.5k
Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen Denmark	46	14.3k 1.2×	1.8k 0.4×	3.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.8×	181	15.8k
Thomas Blunier Denmark	43	8.8k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	126	10.4k
C. Lorius France	38	9.3k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	103	11.3k

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Nakayama, Yoshihiro, et al.. (2025). Enhanced West Antarctic ice loss triggered by polynya response to meridional winds. Nature Geoscience. 18(9). 840–847.

Hakim, Gregory J., et al.. (2025). Coupled Seasonal Data Assimilation of Sea Ice, Ocean, and Atmospheric Dynamics over the Last Millennium. Journal of Climate. 38(23). 7229–7247.

Steig, Eric J., et al.. (2022). Improving continuous-flow analysis of triple oxygen isotopes in ice cores: insights from replicate measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(24). 7337–7351. 2 indexed citations

Steig, Eric J., et al.. (2022). Uncertainty in Reconstructing Paleo‐Elevation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet From Temperature‐Sensitive Ice Core Records. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 1 indexed citations

Kahle, Emma C., Eric J. Steig, Tyler R. Jones, et al.. (2021). Reconstruction of Temperature, Accumulation Rate, and Layer Thinning From an Ice Core at South Pole, Using a Statistical Inverse Method. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(13). 12 indexed citations

Bierman, Paul R., Joerg M. Schaefer, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, et al.. (2021). A multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(13). 35 indexed citations

Goursaud, Sentia, Max Holloway, Louise C. Sime, et al.. (2020). Antarctic Ice Sheet Elevation Impacts on Water Isotope Records During the Last Interglacial. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(6). 11 indexed citations

Briner, Jason P., Joshua Cuzzone, Nicolás E. Young, et al.. (2020). Rate of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet will exceed Holocene values this century. Nature. 586(7827). 70–74. 68 indexed citations

Holland, Paul R., Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Pierre Dutrieux, Adrian Jenkins, & Eric J. Steig. (2019). West Antarctic ice loss influenced by internal climate variability and anthropogenic forcing. Nature Geoscience. 12(9). 718–724. 177 indexed citations

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Steig, Eric J., et al.. (2019). Quantifying different climatic controls on d-excess and 17 O-excess in Antarctic ice cores with the isotope-enabled Community Atmosphere Model (iCAM). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Ding, Qinghua, Axel Schweiger, Michelle L’Heureux, et al.. (2018). Fingerprints of internal drivers of Arctic sea ice loss in observations and model simulations. Nature Geoscience. 12(1). 28–33. 146 indexed citations

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Stenni, Barbara, Mark A. J. Curran, Nerilie J. Abram, et al.. (2017). Antarctic climate variability on regional and continental scales over the last 2000 years. Climate of the past. 13(11). 1609–1634. 134 indexed citations

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Buizert, Christo, Kurt M. Cuffey, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, et al.. (2015). The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 1: Methane synchronization (68–31 ka BP) and the gas age–ice age difference. Climate of the past. 11(2). 153–173. 174 indexed citations

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Geng, Lei, Jihong Cole‐Dai, Becky Alexander, et al.. (2014). On the origin of the occasional spring nitrate peak in Greenland snow. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(24). 13361–13376. 14 indexed citations

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Steiger, Nathan, Gregory J. Hakim, Eric J. Steig, David S. Battisti, & Gerard H. Roe. (2012). Climate Field Reconstruction via Data Assimilation. AGUFM. 2012. 2 indexed citations

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Fisher, David, Jacky Bourgeois, Michael N. Demuth, et al.. (2004). Mount Logan Ice Cores : the Water Cycle of the North Pacific in the Holocene. AGUFM. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Maasch, Kirk A., Paul A. Mayewski, Wibjörn Karlén, et al.. (2003). Holocene Climate Variability. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 2 indexed citations

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Steig, Eric J. & David P. Schneider. (2002). Interannual to millennial-scale variability of Antarctic ice sheet climate. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations

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Steig, Eric J., et al.. (2001). N and O Isotopes of Nitrate in the GISP2 Ice Core: Implications for the Interpretation of Ice-Core Nitrate Profiles. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 2 indexed citations

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Brook, Edward J., et al.. (2000). On the origin and timing of rapid changes in atmospheric methane during the Last Glacial Period. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 14(2). 559–572. 236 indexed citations

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