Mathias Vuille

22.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
156 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Mathias Vuille is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mathias Vuille has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Atmospheric Science, 73 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Mathias Vuille's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (90 papers), Climate variability and models (69 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (45 papers). Mathias Vuille is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (90 papers), Climate variability and models (69 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (45 papers). Mathias Vuille collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and France. Mathias Vuille's co-authors include Raymond S. Bradley, René Garreaud, Frank T. Keimig, Francisco W. Cruz, Martin Werner, José A. Marengo, Rosa Hilda Compagnucci, Stephen Burns, Ivo Karmann and Hai Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mathias Vuille

152 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

Present-day South American climate 2003 2026 2010 2018 2008 2003 2005 2006 2011 400 800 1.2k
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. Present-day South American climate
    2008 1.2k citations Mathias Vuille et al. profile →
  2. The climate of the Altiplano: observed current conditions and mechanisms of past changes
    2003 570 citations Mathias Vuille et al. profile →
  3. Insolation-driven changes in atmospheric circulation over the past 116,000 years in subtropical Brazil
    2005 568 citations Francisco W. Cruz, Stephen Burns et al. profile →
  4. Threats to Water Supplies in the Tropical Andes
    2006 520 citations Raymond S. Bradley, Mathias Vuille et al. profile →
  5. Climate change and mountain water resources: overview and recommendations for research, management and policy
    2011 512 citations Daniel Viviroli, David Archer et al. Hydrology and earth system sciences profile →
  6. Climate change and tropical Andean glaciers: Past, present and future
    2008 504 citations Mathias Vuille, Bryan G. Mark et al. profile →
  7. Climate change patterns in Amazonia and biodiversity
    2013 452 citations Hai Cheng, Francisco W. Cruz et al. profile →
  8. Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice
    2017 367 citations Matthias Huss, Bodo Bookhagen et al. Earth s Future profile →
  9. Climate Changes and Their Elevational Patterns in the Mountains of the World
    2022 337 citations N. C. Pepin, Enrico Arnone et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mathias Vuille United States 63 11.0k 5.7k 3.1k 2.0k 1.6k 156 14.8k
Lonnie G. Thompson United States 62 14.4k 1.3× 5.5k 1.0× 3.5k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 237 17.9k
Jonathan T. Overpeck United States 66 12.8k 1.2× 5.5k 1.0× 4.6k 1.5× 3.0k 1.4× 2.4k 1.5× 162 18.5k
James W. C. White United States 68 14.9k 1.4× 9.2k 1.6× 4.4k 1.4× 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 176 20.3k
Glen M. MacDonald United States 62 9.4k 0.9× 4.0k 0.7× 4.4k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 964 0.6× 207 13.6k
René Garreaud Chile 62 9.1k 0.8× 8.1k 1.4× 1.8k 0.6× 960 0.5× 627 0.4× 187 14.0k
Raymond S. Bradley United States 73 21.2k 1.9× 13.2k 2.3× 3.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 227 26.5k
Tandong Yao China 88 24.5k 2.2× 11.5k 2.0× 5.3k 1.7× 2.3k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 520 33.0k
Andrew Goudie United Kingdom 65 7.9k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 6.8k 3.3× 1.3k 0.8× 279 16.4k
Gabriel J. Bowen United States 54 5.3k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 5.9k 1.9× 653 0.3× 2.8k 1.7× 195 12.5k
Paul A. Mayewski United States 73 19.8k 1.8× 5.0k 0.9× 5.8k 1.9× 3.0k 1.4× 3.1k 2.0× 375 23.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mathias Vuille

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vuille, Mathias, J. C. V. Rodrigues, Nicolás M. Stríkis, et al.. (2024). Pacific Interannual and Multidecadal Variability Recorded in δ18O of South American Summer Monsoon Precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(17). 3 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Catón, Milagros, Mariano S. Morales, Mukund Palat Rao, et al.. (2024). A 300-year tree-ring δ18O-based precipitation reconstruction for the South American Altiplano highlights decadal hydroclimate teleconnections. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 4 indexed citations
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Apaéstegui, James, et al.. (2023). Moisture Sources and Rainfall δ18O Variability over the Central Andes of Peru—A Case Study from the Mantaro River Basin. Water. 15(10). 1867–1867. 2 indexed citations
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Cruz, Francisco W., Mathias Vuille, Valdir F. Novello, et al.. (2023). Summer insolation controlled movements of Intertropical Convergence Zone during last glacial cycle in northern South America. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 6 indexed citations
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Utida, Giselle, Francisco W. Cruz, Mathias Vuille, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal Intertropical Convergence Zone dynamics during the last 3 millennia in northeastern Brazil and related impacts in modern human history. Climate of the past. 19(10). 1975–1992. 12 indexed citations
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Pepin, N. C., Enrico Arnone, Andreas Gobiet, et al.. (2022). Climate Changes and Their Elevational Patterns in the Mountains of the World. Reviews of Geophysics. 60(1). 337 indexed citations breakdown →
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Utida, Giselle, Francisco W. Cruz, Johan Étourneau, et al.. (2019). Tropical South Atlantic influence on Northeastern Brazil precipitation and ITCZ displacement during the past 2300 years. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1698–1698. 100 indexed citations
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Segura, Hans, Clémentine Junquas, Jhan Carlo Espinoza, et al.. (2019). New insights into the rainfall variability in the tropical Andes on seasonal and interannual time scales. Climate Dynamics. 53(1-2). 405–426. 73 indexed citations
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Huss, Matthias, Bodo Bookhagen, Christian Huggel, et al.. (2017). Toward mountains without permanent snow and ice. Earth s Future. 5(5). 418–435. 367 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lapointe, François, Pierre Francus, Scott F. Lamoureux, et al.. (2017). Influence of North Pacific decadal variability on the western Canadian Arctic over the past 700 years. Climate of the past. 13(4). 411–420. 12 indexed citations
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Colose, Christopher M., Allegra N. LeGrande, & Mathias Vuille. (2016). Hemispherically asymmetric volcanic forcing of tropical hydroclimate and water isotopologue variability during the last millennium. 3 indexed citations
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Flantua, Suzette G. A., H. Hooghiemstra, Mathias Vuille, et al.. (2016). Climate variability and human impact in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives from pollen records. Climate of the past. 12(2). 483–523. 106 indexed citations
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Rojas, Maisa, Paola A. Arias, Valentina Flores‐Aqueveque, Anji Seth, & Mathias Vuille. (2016). The South American monsoon variability over the last millennium in climatemodels. Climate of the past. 12(8). 1681–1691. 28 indexed citations
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Colose, Christopher M., Allegra N. LeGrande, & Mathias Vuille. (2015). The influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on the climate of South America during the last millennium. 5 indexed citations
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Flantua, Suzette G. A., H. Hooghiemstra, Mathias Vuille, et al.. (2015). Climate variability and human impact on the environment in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 14 indexed citations
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Rojas, Maisa, Paola A. Arias, Valentina Flores‐Aqueveque, Anji Seth, & Mathias Vuille. (2015). The South American Monsoon Variability over the Last Millennium in CMIP5/PMIP3 simulations. 1 indexed citations
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Vuille, Mathias, Stephen Burns, Barry Taylor, et al.. (2012). A review of the South American Monsoon history as recorded in stable isotopic proxies over the past two millennia. 14 indexed citations
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Viviroli, Daniel, David Archer, Wouter Buytaert, et al.. (2011). Climate change and mountain water resources: overview and recommendations for research, management and policy. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(2). 471–504. 512 indexed citations breakdown →
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Buytaert, Wouter, et al.. (2010). Uncertainties in climate change projections and regional downscaling in the tropical Andes: implications for water resources management. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(7). 1247–1258. 178 indexed citations
20.
Vuille, Mathias & Martin Werner. (2004). Stable Isotopes in Precipitation and the South American Summer Monsoon - Observations and Model Results. AGUFM. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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