Frank Oldfield

20.5k citations

204 papers · 15.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 61

Impact in

Earth-Surface Processes top 0.02%
- Geological formations and processes
Atmospheric Science top 0.05%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 146
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 142
Earth-Surface Processes 50
- Geological formations and processes 47

Co-authors: P. G. Appleby Roy Thompson Lizhong Yu Jan Bloemendal Zhengtang Guo Qingzhen Hao S. G. Robinson Liping Zhou
Journals: Journal of Paleolimnology (16 papers)The Holocene (14 papers)Quaternary Science Reviews (8 papers)Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (7 papers)New Phytologist (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom China United States

In The Last Decade

Frank Oldfield

196 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Environmental magnetism: Principles and applications 2012 · 584 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Reviews of Geophysics
1990 Nature
1986 CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
1986 Hydrobiologia
1978 CATENA

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#	Work
1	New High‐Temperature Dependence of Magnetic Susceptibility‐Based Climofunction for Quantifying Paleoprecipitation From Chinese Loess Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Chunqing Luo, Qingzhen Hao, Frank Oldfield, Jan Bloemendal, Chenglong Deng, Luo Wang, Yang Song, Junyi Ge, Haibin Wu, Bing Xu, Fengjiang Li, Luis Gaspar Rodríguez, Yu Fu, Zhengtang Guo	2019	27
2	A personal review of the book reviews The Anthropocene Review ·Frank Oldfield	2018	1
3	Global change in the holocene UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Anson W. Mackay, (unknown), H. J. B. Birks, Frank Oldfield	2014	4
4	Delayed build-up of Arctic ice sheets during 400,000-year minima in insolation variability Nature ·Qingzhen Hao, Luo Wang, Frank Oldfield, Shuzhen Peng, Li Qin, Yang Song, Bing Xu, Yansong Qiao, Jan Bloemendal, Zhengtang Guo	2012	316
5	Major changes in East Asian climate in the mid-Pliocene: Triggered by the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau or global cooling? Journal of Asian Earth Sciences ·Jun‐Yi Ge, Ying Dai, Zhongshi Zhang, Silvio Schröder, Qin Li, Yan Zhang, Liang Yi, Haibin Wu, Frank Oldfield, Zhengtang Guo	2012	60
6	ENSO Through the Holocene, Depicted in Corals and a Model Simulation PAGES news ·Mark A. Cane, Amy Clement, Matiukhina Yuliia, Michael K. Gagan, Linda K. Ayliffe, Rodney Deitch, Keith Alverson, Frank Oldfield, 富士男浅野, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2000	12
7	Ecosystem Processes and Human Dimensions – The Scope and Future Of HITE (Human Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems) PAGES news ·Frank Oldfield, John A. Dearing, Kheda M.E. Musaeva, Harald Bugmann	2000	11
8	Proxy records of climatic change in the UK over the last two millenia UCL Discovery (University College London) ·RW Battarbee, 利江中村, Frank Oldfield, Christine Gregoire, Tony Stevenson, on behalf of the AMBEAS Group, SooGonLee, Steven J. Brooks, Toshifumi K Ike, Ageng Widodo, Neil L. Rose, Darrel Maddy	1996	1
9	Magnetic Tracing of Beach Sand: Preliminary Results Coastal dynamics ·Marlene Churqui M., Frank Oldfield, G. Voulgaris	1994	9
10	Recent acidification and biological changes in Lilla Öresjön, southwest Sweden, and the relation to atmospheric pollution and land-use history Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Ingemar Renberg, José Luis Tejedo Sobrino, Gertrud Cronberg, Farid El-Daoushy, Steinar Sandøy, Timo Kühbacher, M. Wik, Frank Oldfield, Brian Rippey	1990	19
11	The record of atmospheric deposition on a rainwater-dependent peatland Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Frank Oldfield, 務中川, R. S. Clymo, P. G. Appleby, G. W. Pearson, Lori Camperlengo	1990	72
12	Lake sediment magnetism and atmospheric deposition Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·Frank Oldfield, N. Richardson	1990	40
13	Radiometric dating of the United Kingdom SWAP sites Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·P. G. Appleby, N. Richardson, P. J. Nolan, Frank Oldfield	1990	46
14	Lake Acidification in the United Kingdom II. A preliminary report to the Department of the Environment under Contract PECD 7/10/167 UCL Discovery (University College London) ·RW Battarbee, Е М Асылбеков, Helen Bennion, AM Kreiser, 不二雄田中, 付小伟, F. Clerc, RJ Flower, S. C. Fritz, Asha Asher, Steve Juggins, Tony Stevenson, Neil L. Rose, Brian Rippey, Frank Oldfield, Y.W. Yip	1989	1
15	Lake acidification in the United Kingdom 1800-1986 UCL Discovery (University College London) ·RW Battarbee, P. Muth, 付小伟, RJ Flower, О. М. Опашний, SooGonLee, Luciana Ventura, Asha Asher, AM Kreiser, Y.W. Yip, J. Natkanski, Frank Oldfield, Е М Асылбеков, Jianbo Cai, Brian Rippey, Tony Stevenson	1988	62
16	Palaeoecological evaluation of there recent acidification of Welsh lakes: 7. Llyn y Bi, Gwynedd UCL Discovery (University College London) ·О. М. Опашний, Tony Stevenson, Е М Асылбеков, J Vanderkooi, Frank Oldfield, Brian Rippey, R Hernández-Pérez, RW Battarbee, Stephen Coleman, G BICKEL	1987	1
17	Biological sediment mixing and its stratigraphic implication in Mirror Lake (New Hampshire, U. S. A.) SIL Proceedings 1922-2010 ·Robert E. Moeller, Frank Oldfield, P. G. Appleby	1984	5
18	Mineral magnetic studies of lake sediments Hydrobiologia ·Frank Oldfield, Cathy W. Barnosky, E. B. Leopold, L. Bernal-González	1983	54
19	ALTERNATIVE PB-210 DATING - RESULTS FROM NEW-GUINEA HIGHLANDS AND LOUGH ERNE UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Frank Oldfield, P. G. Appleby, RW Battarbee	1978	106
20	Problems of Mid-Post-Glacial Pollen Zonation in Part of North-West England Journal of Ecology ·Frank Oldfield	1965	16

About Frank Oldfield

Frank Oldfield is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology and Anthropology, having authored 204 papers that have together received 15.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (142 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (84 papers), Geological formations and processes (47 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (17 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (14 papers) and Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Earth-Surface Processes (4.1k citations), Atmospheric Science (10.6k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (1.8k citations), Paleontology (1.6k citations) and Anthropology (1.3k citations). Frank Oldfield has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include P. G. Appleby, Roy Thompson, Lizhong Yu, Jan Bloemendal, Zhengtang Guo, Qingzhen Hao, S. G. Robinson, Liping Zhou, A.G. Wintle and John A. Dearing. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Paleolimnology, The Holocene, Quaternary Science Reviews, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology and New Phytologist.

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