Megan Walsh

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 890 citations indexed

About

Megan Walsh is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Walsh has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 890 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Megan Walsh's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (9 papers). Megan Walsh is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (11 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (9 papers). Megan Walsh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Megan Walsh's co-authors include Patrick J. Bartlein, Jennifer R. Marlon, Cathy Whitlock, Kendrick J. Brown, Daniel G. Gavin, R. Scott Anderson, Colin J. Long, Douglas J. Hallett, Elizabeth Scharf and Danièle Colombaroli and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Geophysical Research Letters and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Megan Walsh

17 papers receiving 862 citations

Hit Papers

Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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. Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA
    2012 435 citations Jennifer R. Marlon, Patrick J. Bartlein et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Megan Walsh United States 11 622 473 223 202 110 17 890
Colin J. Courtney Mustaphi United Kingdom 18 513 0.8× 532 1.1× 325 1.5× 201 1.0× 81 0.7× 68 1.0k
Ryan Kelly United States 13 867 1.4× 866 1.8× 258 1.2× 179 0.9× 74 0.7× 18 1.2k
Adam A. Ali France 19 673 1.1× 670 1.4× 223 1.0× 232 1.1× 120 1.1× 57 1.0k
Adam A. Ali France 17 513 0.8× 613 1.3× 229 1.0× 177 0.9× 132 1.2× 31 907
Michela Mariani Australia 17 429 0.7× 383 0.8× 297 1.3× 82 0.4× 61 0.6× 43 914
Christophe Neff Germany 5 358 0.6× 317 0.7× 152 0.7× 90 0.4× 66 0.6× 13 615
Ivanka Stefanova United States 11 394 0.6× 449 0.9× 173 0.8× 77 0.4× 58 0.5× 17 680
Mirjam Pfeiffer Germany 15 496 0.8× 385 0.8× 193 0.9× 92 0.5× 53 0.5× 28 822
Julie C. Aleman Canada 15 380 0.6× 345 0.7× 171 0.8× 91 0.5× 89 0.8× 32 702
Bérangère Leys France 14 339 0.5× 367 0.8× 117 0.5× 88 0.4× 66 0.6× 23 578

Countries citing papers authored by Megan Walsh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Megan Walsh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Megan Walsh. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Megan Walsh. The network helps show where Megan Walsh may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megan Walsh

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Abbott, Mark B., et al.. (2023). A Link Between Hydroclimate Variability and Biomass Burning During the Last Millennium in the Interior Pacific Northwest. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(21). 1 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan, et al.. (2023). Postglacial Fire and Vegetation History from Doheney Lake in the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area, Okanogan County, Washington. Northwest Science. 96(1-2). 2 indexed citations
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Ely, Lisa L., et al.. (2021). Quantifying sedimentation patterns of small landslide‐dammed lakes in the central Oregon Coast Range. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 46(7). 1375–1392. 2 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan, et al.. (2021). Holocene fire history reconstruction of a mid-elevation mixed-conifer forest in the Eastern Cascades, Washington, USA. The Holocene. 31(5). 778–790. 2 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan, et al.. (2018). Toward a better understanding of climate and human impacts on late Holocene fire regimes in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 42(4). 478–512. 16 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan, et al.. (2017). Fire-climate-human interactions during the postglacial period at Sunrise Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington (USA). Quaternary Science Reviews. 177. 246–264. 10 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan, Jennifer R. Marlon, Simon Goring, Kendrick J. Brown, & Daniel G. Gavin. (2015). A Regional Perspective on Holocene Fire–Climate–Human Interactions in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 105(6). 1135–1157. 48 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan, Keith M. Prufer, Brendan J. Culleton, & Douglas J. Kennett. (2014). A late Holocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction from Agua Caliente, southern Belize, linked to regional climate variability and cultural change at the Maya polity of Uxbenká. Quaternary Research. 82(1). 38–50. 20 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan. (2013). Teaching Geographic Field Methods Using Paleoecology. Journal of Geography. 113(3). 97–106. 1 indexed citations
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Marlon, Jennifer R., Patrick J. Bartlein, Daniel G. Gavin, et al.. (2012). Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(9). E535–43. 435 indexed citations breakdown →
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Walsh, Megan, Cathy Whitlock, & Patrick J. Bartlein. (2010). 1200 years of fire and vegetation history in the Willamette Valley, Oregon and Washington, reconstructed using high-resolution macroscopic charcoal and pollen analysis. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 297(2). 273–289. 35 indexed citations
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Kennett, Douglas J., Dolores R. Piperno, John G. Jones, et al.. (2010). Pre-pottery farmers on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico. Journal of Archaeological Science. 37(12). 3401–3411. 38 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan, et al.. (2010). An 11 000-year-long record of fire and vegetation history at Beaver Lake, Oregon, central Willamette Valley. Quaternary Science Reviews. 29(9-10). 1093–1106. 32 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Richard L., et al.. (2009). Compositional changes in sediments of subalpine lakes, Uinta Mountains (Utah): evidence for the effects of human activity on atmospheric dust inputs. Journal of Paleolimnology. 44(1). 161–175. 75 indexed citations
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Walsh, Megan, Cathy Whitlock, & Patrick J. Bartlein. (2008). A 14,300-year-long record of fire–vegetation–climate linkages at Battle Ground Lake, southwestern Washington. Quaternary Research. 70(2). 251–264. 46 indexed citations
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Whitlock, Cathy, María Martha Bianchi, Patrick J. Bartlein, et al.. (2006). Postglacial vegetation, climate, and fire history along the east side of the Andes (lat 41–42.5°S), Argentina. Quaternary Research. 66(2). 187–201. 125 indexed citations

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