Heather Clifford

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 771 citations indexed

About

Heather Clifford is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Civil and Structural Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Clifford has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 771 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Atmospheric Science, 3 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 3 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Heather Clifford's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (6 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 papers). Heather Clifford is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (6 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 papers). Heather Clifford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Nepal. Heather Clifford's co-authors include Paul A. Mayewski, Mariusz Potocki, Ananta Prasad Gajurel, Kimberley Miner, Imogen E. Napper, Richard C. Thompson, Aurora C. Elmore, Sandra Elvin, Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies and Heather J. Koldewey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Heather Clifford

15 papers receiving 753 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.

Reaching New Heights in Plastic Pollution—Preliminary Findings of Microplastics on Mount Everest

2020 480 citations Imogen E. Napper, Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies et al. One Earth profile →

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Hui-Juan Pan Taiwan

Mariusz Potocki United States

Laura Hehemann Germany

Florian Pohl Netherlands

Luisa Galgani Italy

Kimberley Miner United States

K. M. Schreiner United States

Katsiaryna Pabortsava United Kingdom

Christelle Not Hong Kong

Hui-Juan Pan Taiwan

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87 ×0.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Heather Clifford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Clifford

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Clifford

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

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15 of 15 papers shown

Sovacool, Benjamin K., Heather Clifford, Emma Gause, et al.. (2024). Critically examining research funding patterns for climate change and human health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 3 indexed citations

Potocki, Mariusz, Paul A. Mayewski, Tom Matthews, et al.. (2022). Mt. Everest’s highest glacier is a sentinel for accelerating ice loss. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 5(1). 27 indexed citations

Potocki, Mariusz, Daniel A. Dixon, Andrei V. Kurbatov, et al.. (2022). Trace metal emission history captured in a Chilean ice core. Atmospheric Environment. 276. 119002–119002. 8 indexed citations

Clifford, Heather, Mariusz Potocki, Inka Koch, et al.. (2021). A case study using 2019 pre-monsoon snow and stream chemistry in the Khumbu region, Nepal. The Science of The Total Environment. 789. 148006–148006. 8 indexed citations

Miner, Kimberley, Paul A. Mayewski, Mary S. Hubbard, et al.. (2021). A Perspective of the Cumulative Risks from Climate Change on Mt. Everest: Findings from the 2019 Expedition. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4). 1928–1928. 3 indexed citations

More, Alexander, Christopher Loveluck, Heather Clifford, et al.. (2020). The Impact of a Six‐Year Climate Anomaly on the “Spanish Flu” Pandemic and WWI. GeoHealth. 4(9). 65–80. 16 indexed citations

Loveluck, Christopher, Alexander More, Nicole Spaulding, et al.. (2020). Alpine ice and the annual political economy of the Angevin Empire, from the death of Thomas Becket to Magna Carta,c. AD 1170–1216. Antiquity. 94(374). 473–490. 2 indexed citations

Napper, Imogen E., Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies, Heather Clifford, et al.. (2020). Reaching New Heights in Plastic Pollution—Preliminary Findings of Microplastics on Mount Everest. One Earth. 3(5). 621–630. 480 indexed citations breakdown →

Miner, Kimberley, Heather Clifford, Mariusz Potocki, et al.. (2020). Deposition of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ on Mt. Everest. The Science of The Total Environment. 759. 144421–144421. 65 indexed citations

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Clifford, Heather, Nicole Spaulding, Andrei V. Kurbatov, et al.. (2019). A 2000 Year Saharan Dust Event Proxy Record from an Ice Core in the European Alps. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(23). 12882–12900. 25 indexed citations

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Yan, Yuzhen, Michael L. Bender, Edward J. Brook, et al.. (2019). Two-million-year-old snapshots of atmospheric gases from Antarctic ice. Nature. 574(7780). 663–666. 87 indexed citations

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Loveluck, Christopher, Michael McCormick, Nicole Spaulding, et al.. (2018). Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640–670. Antiquity. 92(366). 1571–1585. 24 indexed citations

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Clifford, Heather, et al.. (2018). Preferential flow systems amended with biogeochemical components: imaging of a two-dimensional study. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(4). 2487–2509. 5 indexed citations

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Clifford, Heather, et al.. (2017). Preferential flow in the vadose zone and interface dynamics: Impact of microbial exudates. Journal of Hydrology. 558. 72–89. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Chunyan, et al.. (2017). Rheological Properties of Silica Nanoparticles in Brine and Brine-Surfactant Systems. Journal of Nanofluids. 6(5). 795–803. 5 indexed citations

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