Ian T. Lawson

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Ian T. Lawson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian T. Lawson has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atmospheric Science, 27 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Ian T. Lawson's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (48 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (20 papers). Ian T. Lawson is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (48 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (20 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (20 papers). Ian T. Lawson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Peru and United States. Ian T. Lawson's co-authors include Polychronis C. Tzedakis, Michael R. Frogley, Richard C. Preece, Katherine H. Roucoux, G. M. Hewitt, Edward T. A. Mitchard, Greta C. Dargie, Susan Page, Graeme T. Swindles and Suspense A. Ifo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ian T. Lawson

69 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Buffered Tree Population Changes in a Quaternary Refugium: Evolutionary Implications

2002 527 citations Polychronis C. Tzedakis, Ian T. Lawson et al. profile →
Age, extent and carbon storage of the central Congo Basin peatland complex

2017 399 citations Greta C. Dargie, Simon L. Lewis et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian T. Lawson United Kingdom	30	1.9k	1.3k	949	681	658	74	3.5k
Sarah E. Metcalfe United Kingdom	34	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	565 0.8×	512 0.8×	120	3.7k
Basil Davis Switzerland	19	2.1k 1.1×	558 0.4×	663 0.7×	453 0.7×	474 0.7×	31	2.6k
Angelica Feurdean Germany	39	2.4k 1.3×	787 0.6×	643 0.7×	392 0.6×	796 1.2×	104	3.4k
Walter Finsinger France	31	2.1k 1.1×	488 0.4×	658 0.7×	567 0.8×	721 1.1×	75	2.8k
Ilham Bentaleb France	29	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	552 0.6×	437 0.6×	529 0.8×	72	2.5k
Antony G. Brown United Kingdom	37	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	903 1.0×	522 0.8×	411 0.6×	156	4.2k
Judy R M Allen United Kingdom	26	2.7k 1.4×	728 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	309 0.5×	47	3.5k
Peter G. Langdon United Kingdom	37	3.3k 1.7×	2.2k 1.6×	790 0.8×	592 0.9×	622 0.9×	123	4.7k
Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen Switzerland	34	2.1k 1.1×	678 0.5×	679 0.7×	455 0.7×	321 0.5×	67	2.8k
Henry F. Lamb United Kingdom	42	3.4k 1.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	410 0.6×	105	4.7k

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Hawthorne, Donna, Ian T. Lawson, Greta C. Dargie, et al.. (2025). Two contrasting swamp forest succession pathways in central Congo Basin peatlands. Quaternary Science Reviews. 369. 109637–109637.

Dargie, Greta C., Jhon del Águila Pasquel, Timothy R. Baker, et al.. (2024). Net primary productivity and litter decomposition rates in two distinct Amazonian peatlands. Global Change Biology. 30(8). e17436–e17436.

Fletcher, William J., Katherine H. Roucoux, Ian T. Lawson, et al.. (2023). Influence of flooding variability on the development of an Amazonian peatland. Journal of Quaternary Science. 39(2). 309–326. 3 indexed citations

Hawthorne, Donna, Ian T. Lawson, Greta C. Dargie, et al.. (2023). Genesis and development of an interfluvial peatland in the central Congo Basin since the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. 305. 107992–107992. 4 indexed citations

Cole, Lydia E. S., Althea L. Davies, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, et al.. (2023). Navigating shifting waters: Subjectivity, oil extraction, and Urarina territorial strategies in the Peruvian Amazon. Geoforum. 146. 103867–103867.

Llampazo, Gerardo Flores, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Jhon del Águila Pasquel, et al.. (2022). The presence of peat and variation in tree species composition are under different hydrological controls in Amazonian wetland forests. Hydrological Processes. 36(9). 8 indexed citations

Lawson, Ian T., et al.. (2021). A qualitative meta-synthesis of evidence (meta-ethnography) exploring the personal experiences of gastrostomy tube in neurodegenerative diseases: a case of motor neurone disease. Disability and Rehabilitation. 44(18). 4949–4965. 5 indexed citations

Baker, Timothy R., Karina Banda, Dennis Del Castillo Torres, et al.. (2020). From plots to policy: How to ensure long‐term forest plot data supports environmental management in intact tropical forest landscapes. Plants People Planet. 3(3). 229–237. 8 indexed citations

Schulz, Christopher, et al.. (2019). Urarina: Identidad y memoria en la cuenca del río Chambira. 1 indexed citations

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Dargie, Greta C., Ian T. Lawson, Lera Miles, et al.. (2018). Congo Basin peatlands: threats and conservation priorities. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 24(4). 669–686. 61 indexed citations

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Kelly, Thomas J., Ian T. Lawson, Katherine H. Roucoux, et al.. (2018). Continuous human presence without extensive reductions in forest cover over the past 2500 years in an aseasonal Amazonian rainforest. Journal of Quaternary Science. 33(4). 369–379. 25 indexed citations

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Swindles, Graeme T., Elizabeth J. Watson, Ivan P. Savov, et al.. (2017). Climatic control on Icelandic volcanic activity during the mid-Holocene. Geology. 46(1). 47–50. 33 indexed citations

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Dargie, Greta C., Simon L. Lewis, Ian T. Lawson, et al.. (2017). Age, extent and carbon storage of the central Congo Basin peatland complex. Nature. 542(7639). 86–90. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kelly, Thomas J., Andy J. Baird, Ian T. Lawson, et al.. (2013). The high hydraulic conductivity of three wooded tropical peat swamps in northeast Peru: measurements and implications for hydrological function.. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 3 indexed citations

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Swindles, Graeme T., Ivan P. Savov, Charles B. Connor, et al.. (2013). Volcanic ash clouds affecting Northern Europe: the long view. Geology Today. 29(6). 214–217. 9 indexed citations

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Lawson, Ian T., et al.. (2012). The spatial distribution of Holocene cryptotephras in north-west Europe since 7 ka: implications for understanding ash fall events from Icelandic eruptions. Quaternary Science Reviews. 41. 57–66. 70 indexed citations

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Roucoux, Katherine H., Vasiliki Margari, Ian T. Lawson, & Polychronis C. Tzedakis. (2010). Vegetation responses to climate changes during the penultimate glacial period (marine isotope stage 6) in southern Europe. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15216. 1 indexed citations

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McGovern, Thomas H., Orri Vésteinsson, Adolf Friðriksson, et al.. (2007). Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of Human Impact and Climate Fluctuation on the Millennial Scale. American Anthropologist. 109(1). 27–51. 142 indexed citations

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Lawson, Ian T., F. J. Gathorne-Hardy, Mike J. Church, et al.. (2007). Environmental impacts of the Norse settlement: palaeoenvironmental data from Myvatnssveit, northern Iceland. Boreas. 36(1). 1–19. 82 indexed citations

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Lawson, Ian T., Mike J. Church, Kevin J. Edwards, Gordon Cook, & Andrew Dugmore. (2007). Peat initiation in the Faroe Islands: climate change, pedogenesis or human impact?. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 98(1). 15–28. 20 indexed citations

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