Mark Maslin

32.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
189 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Mark Maslin is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Maslin has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Atmospheric Science, 34 papers in Paleontology and 34 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mark Maslin's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (104 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (33 papers) and Geological formations and processes (29 papers). Mark Maslin is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (104 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (33 papers) and Geological formations and processes (29 papers). Mark Maslin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Mark Maslin's co-authors include Simon L. Lewis, Martin H. Trauth, Andy Ridgwell, Lucien Georgeson, Ellen Thomas, Simon Day, Alan L. Deino, Nicholas J Shackleton, I Nick McCave and Manfred R. Strecker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark Maslin

183 papers receiving 9.8k 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.

Defining the Anthropocene

2015 1.8k citations Mark Maslin et al. profile →
Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492

2019 220 citations Mark Maslin et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Maslin United Kingdom	52	5.2k	2.3k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	189	10.4k
James M. Russell United States	41	4.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	975 0.5×	796 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	183	7.6k
John A. Dearing United Kingdom	51	4.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	649 0.4×	870 0.5×	2.3k 1.4×	183	10.1k
David M. Anderson United States	37	5.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	761 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	83	7.5k
M. Stuiver United States	35	5.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	939 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	65	7.6k
Valérie Masson‐Delmotte France	70	14.9k 2.9×	3.8k 1.7×	1.2k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	6.9k 4.2×	244	19.5k
Mark Williams United Kingdom	48	3.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	3.4k 1.8×	624 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	330	9.9k
Thomas C. Johnson United States	45	3.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	872 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	554 0.3×	166	6.9k
Lonnie G. Thompson United States	62	14.4k 2.8×	3.5k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	821 0.5×	5.5k 3.4×	237	17.9k
Patricia M. Anderson United States	49	5.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	918 0.5×	714 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	158	8.4k
Jed O. Kaplan Switzerland	56	8.3k 1.6×	3.6k 1.6×	1.8k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	7.7k 4.7×	149	15.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Mark Maslin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Maslin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Maslin

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Maslin, Mark, Raina Ramnath, Gavin I. Welsh, & Sanjay M. Sisodiya. (2025). Understanding the health impacts of the climate crisis. Future Healthcare Journal. 12(1). 100240–100240. 4 indexed citations

Zanchetta, Giovanni, Sébastien Nomade, Laura Sadori, et al.. (2025). A radiometrically-constrained reference record of Last Interglacial climate and vegetation changes from the Fucino Basin, Central Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews. 363. 109377–109377.

Edgeworth, Matt, Andrew M. Bauer, Erle C. Ellis, et al.. (2024). The Anthropocene Is More Than a Time Interval. Earth s Future. 12(7). 8 indexed citations

Trauth, Martin H., Asfawossen Asrat, Peter O. Hopcroft, et al.. (2024). Early warning signals of the termination of the African Humid Period(s). Nature Communications. 15(1). 3697–3697. 4 indexed citations

Vilela, Claudia Gutterres, et al.. (2023). Variations in benthic foraminifera biofacies since Mid-Pleistocene (MIS 7) in the Campos Basin slope, Eastern Brazil: Assessing present-day and past controlling factors. Marine Micropaleontology. 183. 102270–102270.

Maslin, Mark, Anthony Costello, Jacqueline McGlade, et al.. (2023). Africa and climate justice at COP27 and beyond: impacts and solutions through an interdisciplinary lens. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. e062–e062. 7 indexed citations

Walker, M. J. C., Andrew M. Bauer, Matt Edgeworth, et al.. (2023). The Anthropocene is best understood as an ongoing, intensifying, diachronous event. Boreas. 53(1). 1–3. 11 indexed citations

Maslin, Mark, et al.. (2023). A short history of the successes and failures of the international climate change negotiations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. e059–e059. 14 indexed citations

Gibbard, Philip L., M. J. C. Walker, Andrew M. Bauer, et al.. (2022). The Anthropocene as an Event, not an Epoch. Journal of Quaternary Science. 37(3). 395–399. 72 indexed citations

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Edwards, Lucy E., Andrew M. Bauer, Matt Edgeworth, et al.. (2022). The Anthropocene serves science better as an event, rather than an epoch. Journal of Quaternary Science. 37(7). 1188–1188. 12 indexed citations

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Georgeson, Lucien & Mark Maslin. (2019). Estimating the scale of the US green economy within the global context. Palgrave Communications. 5(1). 35 indexed citations

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Georgeson, Lucien & Mark Maslin. (2017). Distribution of climate suitability for viticulture in the United Kingdom in 2100. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Shultz, Susanne & Mark Maslin. (2013). Early Human Speciation, Brain Expansion and Dispersal Influenced by African Climate Pulses. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76750–e76750. 65 indexed citations

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Jones, Tom Dunkley, Daniel J. Lunt, Daniela N. Schmidt, et al.. (2010). A review of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum temperature anomaly. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Maslin, Mark. (2008). Theoretical model for the control of Pleistocene moisture availability in the Tropics: combining independent movement of north and south boundaries of the ITCZ and precessional forcing.. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Maslin, Mark. (2008). Prognosis for a sick planet. Clinical Medicine. 8(6). 569–572. 1 indexed citations

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Maslin, Mark, et al.. (2006). Stable Isotopes in Paleoclimatology. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Maslin, Mark. (2004). Gas Hydrates: A Hazard for the 21st Century. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Adams, Jonathan M., Mark Maslin, & Ellen Thomas. (1999). Sudden climate transitions during the Quaternary. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 23(1). 1–36. 142 indexed citations

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Maslin, Mark, et al.. (1997). Stable isotope records from ODP Sites 932 and 933. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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