Jesper Olsen

17.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
207 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Jesper Olsen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jesper Olsen has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Atmospheric Science, 73 papers in Paleontology and 39 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Jesper Olsen's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (104 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (73 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (37 papers). Jesper Olsen is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (104 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (73 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (37 papers). Jesper Olsen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Jesper Olsen's co-authors include Mads Faurschou Knudsen, Jan Heinemeier, N. John Anderson, Nicolaj K. Larsen, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Pia Bennike, Paula Reimer, Marit‐Solveig Seidenkrantz, Luke C Skinner and Bernd Kromer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jesper Olsen

204 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP)

2020 1.1k citations Paula Reimer, Jesper Olsen et al. Radiocarbon profile →
A synchronized dating of three Greenland ice cores throughout the Holocene

2006 520 citations J. P. Steffensen, Jesper Olsen et al. profile →
Variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation over the past 5,200 years

2012 431 citations Jesper Olsen, N. John Anderson et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jesper Olsen

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Increased C4 cultivation and consumption as an impetus for population growth at Badia Pozzeveri, Italy (11th–13th centuries CE) 2024 ·Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ·(unknown), Benjamin T. Fuller, Antonio Fornaciari, Valentina Giuffra, Jesper Olsen, Marcello A. Mannino	1
2	It was a dog's breakfast! A radiocarbon and isotope‐based study of dogs exploring dietary change during the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in Denmark 2024 ·Archaeometry ·Rikke Maring, Jesper Olsen, Søren H. Andersen, Marcello A. Mannino	1
3	Increased aeolian activity linked to Neoglacial cooling and glacier advance in southern Greenland 2024 ·Boreas ·Nicolaj K. Larsen, Marie‐Louise Siggaard‐Andersen, Jan‐Pieter Buylaert, Andrew Murray, Jesper Olsen, Anthony Ruter, Kristian K. Kjeldsen, Anders Anker Bjørk, Naja Mikkelsen, Kurt H. Kjær	0
4	Ramped pyrolysis radiocarbon dating of lime lumps: Establishing the earliest mortar-based construction phase of Turku cathedral, Finland 2023 ·Journal of Cultural Heritage ·(unknown), (unknown), Paula Reimer, Åsa Ringbom, Jesper Olsen, Alf Lindroos	2
5	Absence of Large‐Scale Ice Masses in Central Northeast Siberia During the Late Pleistocene 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Martin Margold, John D. Jansen, Redzhep Kurbanov, (unknown), Jane Lund Andersen, Jesper Olsen, Mads Faurschou Knudsen	4
6	RDC volume 63 issue 5 Cover and Front matter 2021 ·Radiocarbon ·Andrew Jull, (unknown), Sabrina G K Kudsk, Jesper Olsen, Gregory Hodgins, Mihály Molnár, Todd Lange, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
7	COMPARISON OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION AND SEQUENTIAL DISSOLUTION—TWO SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS FOR RADIOCARBON DATING OF LIME MORTARS 2021 ·Radiocarbon ·(unknown), Alf Lindroos, Irka Hajdas, Åsa Ringbom, Jesper Olsen	7
8	A Roman provincial city and its contamination legacy from artisanal and daily-life activities 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Søren Munch Kristiansen, Gry H. Barfod, Tim Kinnaird, Achim Lichtenberger, Jesper Olsen, Bente Philippsen, Rubina Raja, Ian A. Simpson	4
9	Younger Dryas ice margin retreat in Greenland: new evidence from southwestern Greenland 2021 ·Climate of the past ·Svend Funder, (unknown), Nicolaj K. Larsen, Anders Anker Bjørk, Jason P. Briner, Jesper Olsen, Anders Schomacker, Laura B. Levy, Kurt H. Kjær	15
10	New data on agro-pastoral diets in southern Italy from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age 2020 ·Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences ·(unknown), Emanuela Gualdi‐Russo, Jesper Olsen, Bente Philippsen, Marcello A. Mannino	10
11	Marine resource abundance drove pre-agricultural population increase in Stone Age Scandinavia 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Jonathan P. Lewis, David B. Ryves, Peter Rasmussen, Jesper Olsen, (unknown), Paula Reimer, (unknown), Suzanne McGowan, N. John Anderson, Steve Juggins	25
12	A field guide to mortar sampling for radiocarbon dating* 2020 ·Archaeometry ·(unknown), Alf Lindroos, Jan Heinemeier, Åsa Ringbom, (unknown), Danuta Michalska, Irka Hajdas, Rubina Raja, Jesper Olsen	19
13	Radiocarbon and U-series age constraints for the Lateglacial rock art of Sicily 2020 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·(unknown), Marcello A. Mannino, Joào Zilhão, Dirk L. Hoffmann, Marcos García-Diez, Andreas Pastoors, Christopher D. Standish, Alistair Pike, Jesper Olsen, Vittoria Schimmenti, Gianna Battaglia, Thomas Terberger	2
14	Early Neolithic occupation of the lowlands of south-western Iran: new evidence from Tapeh Mahtaj 2020 ·Antiquity ·Hojjat Darabi, Pernille Bangsgaard, Amaia Arranz‐Otaegui, (unknown), Jesper Olsen	5
15	Instability of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream over the last 45,000 years 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Nicolaj K. Larsen, Laura B. Levy, Anders E. Carlson, Christo Buizert, Jesper Olsen, Astrid Strunk, Anders Anker Bjørk, (unknown)	67
16	A matter of months: High precision migration chronology of a Bronze Age female 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Karin Margarita Frei, Chiara Villa, Marie Louise Schjellerup Jørkov, Morten E. Allentoft, Flemming Kaul, (unknown), (unknown), A. S. Wilson, Michelle Taube, Jesper Olsen, Niels Lynnerup, Eske Willerslev, Kristian Kristiansen, Robert Frei	50
17	A diatom-based sea-ice reconstruction of the last 5000 years in Vaigat Strait, Disko Bugt, West Greenland 2013 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Longbin Sha, (unknown), Marit‐Solveig Seidenkrantz, Karen Luise Knudsen, Jesper Olsen, Antoon Kuijpers, Yanguang Liu	2
18	Geochemistry of groundwater in front of a warm‐based glacier in southeast greenland 2012 ·Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography ·Søren Munch Kristiansen, Jacob C. Yde, Téresa G. Bárcena, Bjarne Holm Jakobsen, Jesper Olsen, N. Tvis Knudsen	20
19	Chemical and isotopic characteristics of a glacier-derived naled in front of Austre Grønfjordbreen, Svalbard 2012 ·Polar Research ·Jacob C. Yde, Andy Hodson, (unknown), J. P. Steffensen, Per Nørnberg, Jan Heinemeier, Jesper Olsen	12
20	Review of Survey activities 2008: Soil erosion and land-use change during the last six millennia recorded in lake sediments of Gudme Sø, Fyn, Denmark 2009 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Peter Rasmussen, Jesper Olsen	6

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