Michael L. Griffiths

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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Michael L. Griffiths is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Griffiths has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Atmospheric Science, 19 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Griffiths's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers), Geological formations and processes (11 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers). Michael L. Griffiths is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers), Geological formations and processes (11 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers). Michael L. Griffiths collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Michael L. Griffiths's co-authors include Carel P. van Schaik, John Hellström, Michael K. Gagan, Russell N. Drysdale, Jian‐xin Zhao, Wahyoe S. Hantoro, Raymond S. Bradley, Linda K. Ayliffe, Kathleen R. Johnson and Silvia Frisia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Griffiths

51 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

East Asian hydroclimate modulated by the position of the westerlies during Termination I

2018 253 citations Hongbin Zhang, Michael L. Griffiths et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael L. Griffiths United States	22	1.8k	625	539	488	329	54	2.3k
Christopher M. Moy New Zealand	17	2.2k 1.3×	826 1.3×	652 1.2×	472 1.0×	426 1.3×	32	2.5k
Qiuzhen Yin Belgium	25	2.2k 1.2×	469 0.8×	617 1.1×	400 0.8×	443 1.3×	93	2.6k
Jessica L. Conroy United States	19	1.6k 0.9×	673 1.1×	414 0.8×	727 1.5×	208 0.6×	52	2.1k
Carrie Morrill United States	27	2.4k 1.3×	702 1.1×	767 1.4×	475 1.0×	457 1.4×	50	2.6k
W. J. D'Andrea United States	28	2.3k 1.3×	886 1.4×	505 0.9×	330 0.7×	348 1.1×	58	2.7k
A. Koutavas United States	13	1.9k 1.1×	902 1.4×	373 0.7×	506 1.0×	275 0.8×	21	2.1k
John P. McGeehin United States	27	1.4k 0.8×	452 0.7×	617 1.1×	175 0.4×	302 0.9×	71	2.2k
Julia C. Tindall United Kingdom	24	1.5k 0.8×	429 0.7×	207 0.4×	489 1.0×	333 1.0×	59	1.7k
Tim J. Cohen Australia	28	1.4k 0.8×	809 1.3×	736 1.4×	359 0.7×	314 1.0×	90	2.1k
Zhou Weijian China	9	1.8k 1.0×	555 0.9×	696 1.3×	286 0.6×	460 1.4×	12	2.0k

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Drysdale, Russell N., Hsun‐Ming Hu, Chuan‐Chou Shen, et al.. (2025). A speleothem record from the Fertile Crescent covering the last deglaciation better contextualizes neolithization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(50). e2502092122–e2502092122.

McCormack, Jeremy, Benjamin T. Fuller, Klervia Jaouen, et al.. (2025). Miocene marine vertebrate trophic ecology reveals megatooth sharks as opportunistic supercarnivores. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 664. 119392–119392.

Zhang, Hongbin, Michael L. Griffiths, Chengfei He, et al.. (2024). A high-resolution multiproxy speleothem record of Eastern China hydroclimate variation during last glacial maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews. 350. 109152–109152. 2 indexed citations

Griffiths, Michael L., et al.. (2024). Local hydroclimate alters interpretation of speleothem δ18O records. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9064–9064. 6 indexed citations

Qian, Shi, et al.. (2024). Decoupled terrestrial temperature and hydroclimate during the Plio-Pleistocene in the East Asian monsoonal region. Quaternary Science Reviews. 344. 108955–108955. 4 indexed citations

Johnson, Kathleen R., Andrea Borsato, Michael L. Griffiths, et al.. (2023). High‐Resolution, Multiproxy Speleothem Record of the 8.2 ka Event From Mainland Southeast Asia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 38(12). 7 indexed citations

Pausata, Francesco S. R., Allegra N. LeGrande, Michael L. Griffiths, et al.. (2023). On the Remote Impacts of Mid‐Holocene Saharan Vegetation on South American Hydroclimate: A Modeling Intercomparison. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(12). 3 indexed citations

Johnson, Kathleen R., Michael L. Griffiths, Christopher W. Kinsley, et al.. (2023). Glacial changes in sea level modulated millennial-scale variability of Southeast Asian autumn monsoon rainfall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(27). e2219489120–e2219489120. 10 indexed citations

Griffiths, Michael L., Robert A. Eagle, Sora L. Kim, et al.. (2023). Endothermic physiology of extinct megatooth sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(27). e2218153120–e2218153120. 21 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Michael L., Sora L. Kim, Kenshu Shimada, et al.. (2022). Cenozoic megatooth sharks occupied extremely high trophic positions. Science Advances. 8(25). eabl6529–eabl6529. 31 indexed citations

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McCormack, Jeremy, Michael L. Griffiths, Sora L. Kim, et al.. (2022). Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2980–2980. 41 indexed citations

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Prado, Luciana F., et al.. (2022). A fully calibrated and updated mid-Holocene climate reconstruction for Eastern South America. Quaternary Science Reviews. 292. 107646–107646. 9 indexed citations

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Shimada, Kenshu, Matthew F. Bonnan, Martin A. Becker, & Michael L. Griffiths. (2021). Ontogenetic growth pattern of the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon —implications for its reproductive biology, development, and life expectancy. Historical Biology. 33(12). 3254–3259. 13 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Michael L., Kathleen R. Johnson, Francesco S. R. Pausata, et al.. (2020). End of Green Sahara amplified mid- to late Holocene megadroughts in mainland Southeast Asia. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4204–4204. 65 indexed citations

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Johnson, Kathleen R., Andrea Borsato, Dillon J. Amaya, et al.. (2019). Hydroclimatic variability in Southeast Asia over the past two millennia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 525. 115737–115737. 34 indexed citations

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Arnulf, A. F., A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, et al.. (2019). Imaging the internal workings of Axial Seamount on the Juan de Fuca Ridge.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Michael L., Michael K. Gagan, Russell N. Drysdale, et al.. (2016). Western Pacific hydroclimate linked to global climate variability over the past two millennia. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11719–11719. 94 indexed citations

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Gagan, Michael K., Linda K. Ayliffe, Russell N. Drysdale, et al.. (2011). Orbital- and Millennial-Scale Changes in the Australasian Monsoon over the Last 470,000 Years. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Hanna, E., Philippe Huybrechts, John Cappelen, et al.. (2011). Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance 1870 to 2010 based on Twentieth Century Reanalysis, and links with global climate forcing. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Michael L., Russell N. Drysdale, Michael K. Gagan, et al.. (2007). A Holocene Record of Monsoon Intensity From Speleothems in Flores, Indonesia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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