Mark Brenner

14.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
204 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Mark Brenner is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Brenner has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Atmospheric Science, 81 papers in Ecology and 53 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Mark Brenner's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (114 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (54 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (45 papers). Mark Brenner is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (114 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (54 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (45 papers). Mark Brenner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Mark Brenner's co-authors include Jason H. Curtis, David A Hodell, Claire L. Schelske, Michael W. Binford, T. P. Guilderson, Thomas J. Whitmore, Barbara W. Leyden, William F. Kenney, Daniel Arizteguí and Flavio S. Anselmetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark Brenner

196 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

Possible role of climate ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 200 400 600
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.

  1. Possible role of climate in the collapse of Classic Maya civilization
    1995 671 citations David A Hodell, Jason H. Curtis et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mark Brenner 6.2k 3.9k 3.9k 1.5k 1.3k 204 10.5k
Jason H. Curtis 6.0k 1.0× 3.1k 0.8× 2.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 916 0.7× 136 8.5k
Larry C. Peterson 7.2k 1.1× 2.2k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 82 8.9k
Patrick De Deckker 7.6k 1.2× 2.2k 0.6× 3.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 213 10.2k
William Showers 6.0k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 3.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 81 8.8k
Sherilyn C. Fritz 6.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 3.3k 0.8× 955 0.6× 1.5k 1.2× 167 8.9k
Françoise Gasse 8.2k 1.3× 2.4k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 2.4k 1.6× 904 0.7× 102 11.1k
T. P. Guilderson 8.7k 1.4× 3.5k 0.9× 5.2k 1.3× 2.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 197 13.8k
Stephen Burns 9.7k 1.6× 3.4k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 938 0.7× 150 12.0k
Pavel E. Tarasov 9.9k 1.6× 3.4k 0.9× 2.4k 0.6× 3.3k 2.2× 1.0k 0.8× 230 12.0k
Irka Hajdas 10.1k 1.6× 3.4k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 2.3k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 267 13.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Brenner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Brenner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Brenner

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

All Works

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Carolin, Stacy, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Julie A. Hoggarth, et al.. (2025). Classic Maya response to multiyear seasonal droughts in Northwest Yucatán, Mexico. Science Advances. 11(33). eadw7661–eadw7661. 1 indexed citations
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Morrison, Elise S., Thomas S. Bianchi, William F. Kenney, et al.. (2024). Influence of the Keystone Grazer, Sesarma reticulatum, on the Hydrology and Organic Matter Cycling in Salt Marshes of the Southeastern USA. Estuaries and Coasts. 47(4). 994–1011. 3 indexed citations
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Brenner, Mark, William F. Kenney, Misael Díaz-Asencio, et al.. (2023). Benthic mollusc communities across space and through time in a hypersaline coastal lagoon, Mexico. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 290. 108413–108413.
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Kutterolf, Steffen, Mark Brenner, Robert A. Dull, et al.. (2023). Workshop on drilling the Nicaraguan lakes: bridging continents and oceans (NICA-BRIDGE). Scientific Drilling. 32. 73–84. 1 indexed citations
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Papiol, Vanesa, et al.. (2023). Molluscs along a salinity gradient in a hypersaline coastal lagoon, southern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 103. 6 indexed citations
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Eckert, Andreas, Peter Douglas, Liseth Pérez, et al.. (2023). Planning for the Lake Izabal Basin Research Endeavor (LIBRE) continental scientific drilling project in eastern Guatemala. Scientific Drilling. 32. 85–100. 2 indexed citations
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Carolin, Stacy, David A Hodell, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, et al.. (2023). Past fire dynamics inferred from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and monosaccharide anhydrides in a stalagmite from the archaeological site of Mayapan, Mexico. Biogeosciences. 20(15). 3249–3260. 5 indexed citations
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Seitz, Carina, William F. Kenney, Jason H. Curtis, et al.. (2023). Sea-level changes and paleoenvironmental responses in a coastal Florida salt marsh over the last three centuries. Journal of Paleolimnology. 69(4). 327–343. 2 indexed citations
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Brenner, Mark. (2022). Mayan Urbanism: Impact on a Tropical Karst Environment. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 47(2). 179–188. 1 indexed citations
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Vélez, María I., Jorge Salgado, Mark Brenner, et al.. (2021). Novel responses of diatoms in neotropical mountain lakes to indigenous and post-European occupation. Anthropocene. 34. 100294–100294. 12 indexed citations
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Waters, Matthew N., et al.. (2021). Harmful algal blooms and cyanotoxins in Lake Amatitlán, Guatemala, coincided with ancient Maya occupation in the watershed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(48). 23 indexed citations
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Wagner, Sebastian, Katrin Naumann, Liseth Pérez, et al.. (2020). Influence of late Quaternary climate on the biogeography of Neotropical aquatic species as reflected by non-marine ostracodes. Biogeosciences. 17(1). 145–161. 7 indexed citations
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Waters, Matthew N., et al.. (2019). Organic carbon sequestration in sediments of subtropical Florida lakes. PLoS ONE. 14(12). e0226273–e0226273. 14 indexed citations
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Douglas, Peter, Mark Pagani, Timothy I. Eglinton, et al.. (2010). Molecular Radiocarbon Dating of Tropical Lake Sediments: Insights into the Chronology of Leaf Wax Stable Isotope Records. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Hodell, David A, Flavio S. Anselmetti, Daniel Arizteguí, et al.. (2004). Lowland Neotropical Climate Change during the Late Deglacial and Early Holocene. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 6 indexed citations
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Brenner, Mark, et al.. (2002). Limología y paleolimnología de Petén, Guatemala.. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 6 indexed citations

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