Kevin J. Edwards

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
220 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Kevin J. Edwards is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin J. Edwards has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Atmospheric Science, 106 papers in Paleontology and 64 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Kevin J. Edwards's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (150 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (104 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (62 papers). Kevin J. Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (150 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (104 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (62 papers). Kevin J. Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Iceland. Kevin J. Edwards's co-authors include Graeme Whittington, J. Edward Schofield, William P. Patterson, David Maguire, Andrew Dugmore, Paul C. Buckland, Gordon Cook, J. B. Thornes, Mike J. Church and Egill Erlendsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Science of The Total Environment and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Kevin J. Edwards

210 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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Microscopic charcoal as a fossil indicator of fire

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	74. Loch Dee Peninsula Bog II, Galloway Hills (Scotland) 2024 ·Grana ·Kevin J. Edwards, (unknown), J. Edward Schofield	0
2	72. Loch Doon IV, Galloway Hills (Scotland) 2024 ·Grana ·Kevin J. Edwards, (unknown), J. Edward Schofield	0
3	‘The most remarkable man’: James Croll, Quaternary scientist 2022 ·Journal of Quaternary Science ·Kevin J. Edwards	0
4	James Croll and 1876: an exceptional year for a ‘singularly modest man’ 2021 ·Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ·Kevin J. Edwards	5
5	Palynological evidence for pre-agricultural reindeer grazing and the later settlement history of the Lycksele region, northern Sweden 2021 ·Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences ·(unknown), J. Edward Schofield, Kevin J. Edwards	0
6	James Croll – bicentenary and biography, from janitor to genius 2021 ·Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ·Kevin J. Edwards	1
7	In search of James Croll: archives, genealogy, publications and other resources 2021 ·Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ·Kevin J. Edwards	3
8	James Croll – a man ‘greater far than his work’ 2021 ·Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ·Kevin J. Edwards, Mike Robinson	5
9	William Su Ting – China’s forgotten palynologist 2020 ·Palynology ·Kevin J. Edwards, Limi Mao	1
10	Pushing the Limits: Palynological Investigations at the Margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Norse Western Settlement 2019 ·Environmental Archaeology ·J. Edward Schofield, (unknown), Douglas Mair, Brice R. Rea, James M. Lea, Nicholas A. Kamenos, Kathryn M. Schoenrock, Iestyn Barr, Kevin J. Edwards	6
11	Centenary of the Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen 2019 ·Scottish Geographical Journal ·Lorna Philip, Kevin J. Edwards	1
12	Late Holocene soil processes and the first evidence for ferruginous rhizoconcretions in cool subpolar environments of the Faroe Islands 2018 ·Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography ·(unknown), Kevin J. Edwards, Lukáš Krmíček, Dalibor Všianský, (unknown)	0
13	Pollen, women, war and other things: reflections on the history of palynology 2017 ·Vegetation History and Archaeobotany ·Kevin J. Edwards	11
14	How palynology could have been paepalology: the naming of a discipline 2017 ·Palynology ·Kevin J. Edwards, Heather S. Pardoe	5
15	“Think horizontally, act vertically”: the centenary (1916–2016) of pollen analysis and the legacy of Lennart von Post 2017 ·Vegetation History and Archaeobotany ·Marie‐José Gaillard, Björn Berglund, H. J. B. Birks, Kevin J. Edwards, Felix Bittmann	6
16	8.1 Palynological studies in northeast Skye and Raasay 2009 ·(unknown), Kevin J. Edwards	1
17	Landscapes at Landnám: Palynological and Palaeoentomological Evidence from Ibftanes, Faroe Islands 1998 ·Kevin J. Edwards, Paul C. Buckland, (unknown), Eva Panagiotakopulu, (unknown)	6
18	Palynological and Vegetational Changes Í ssociated with the Deposition of Saksunarvatn Ash in the Faroe Islands 1998 ·Kevin J. Edwards, (unknown)	10
19	The excavation and environmental investigation of a sub-peat stone bank near Loch Portain, North Uist, Outer Hebrides 1995 ·Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ·Coralie Mills, Anne Crone, Kevin J. Edwards, Graeme Whittington	4
20	Improving the detection rate of cereal-type pollen grains from Ulmus decline and earlier deposits from Scotland 1988 ·Kevin J. Edwards, (unknown)	27

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