Michael P. Erb

3.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Michael P. Erb is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael P. Erb has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Atmospheric Science, 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Michael P. Erb's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (8 papers). Michael P. Erb is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (8 papers). Michael P. Erb collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Michael P. Erb's co-authors include Nicholas P. McKay, Darrell S. Kaufman, Cody Routson, Anthony J. Broccoli, Amy Clement, Gregory J. Hakim, Julien Emile‐Geay, Philipp S. Sommer, Oliver Heiri and Christoph Dätwyler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Michael P. Erb

25 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Consistent multidecadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era

2019 277 citations Raphael Neukom, Luis A. Barboza et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Holocene global mean surface temperature, a multi-method reconstruction approach

2020 228 citations Darrell S. Kaufman, Nicholas P. McKay et al. profile →
The 4.2 ka event is not remarkable in the context of Holocene climate variability

2024 40 citations Nicholas P. McKay, Darrell S. Kaufman et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael P. Erb United States	17	1.3k	573	299	204	174	27	1.4k
Zhengyao Lu Sweden	19	1.1k 0.8×	462 0.8×	278 0.9×	233 1.1×	235 1.4×	62	1.3k
Guangshan Chen United States	17	908 0.7×	398 0.7×	197 0.7×	100 0.5×	236 1.4×	28	1.0k
Myriam Khodri France	23	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	248 0.8×	322 1.6×	167 1.0×	69	2.1k
Vladimir N Mikhalenko Russia	16	1.1k 0.9×	379 0.7×	228 0.8×	80 0.4×	169 1.0×	56	1.4k
Tripti Bhattacharya United States	15	903 0.7×	287 0.5×	276 0.9×	114 0.6×	207 1.2×	41	1.1k
Lauren Gregoire United Kingdom	23	1.6k 1.2×	311 0.5×	402 1.3×	237 1.2×	317 1.8×	59	1.7k
T. J. Fudge United States	19	1.6k 1.2×	307 0.5×	347 1.2×	140 0.7×	117 0.7×	45	1.6k
Joel B Pedro Australia	17	1.0k 0.8×	246 0.4×	262 0.9×	163 0.8×	165 0.9×	37	1.1k
Andrew D. Moy Australia	19	1.1k 0.9×	560 1.0×	347 1.2×	409 2.0×	80 0.5×	51	1.5k
Ruza Ivanovic United Kingdom	21	1.2k 0.9×	203 0.4×	354 1.2×	189 0.9×	274 1.6×	54	1.3k

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Thomas, Elizabeth K., Michael P. Erb, Isla S. Castañeda, et al.. (2025). Early Holocene Atmospheric Circulation Changes Over Northern Europe Based on Isotopic and Biomarker Evidence From Kola Peninsula. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 40(3).

Thirumalai, Kaustubh, Steven C. Clemens, Yair Rosenthal, et al.. (2025). Extreme Indian summer monsoon states stifled Bay of Bengal productivity across the last deglaciation. Nature Geoscience. 18(5). 443–449. 3 indexed citations

Lea, James M., et al.. (2024). Arctic glacier snowline altitudes rise 150 m over the last 4 decades. The cryosphere. 18(8). 3591–3611. 6 indexed citations

McKay, Nicholas P., Darrell S. Kaufman, Hannah Kolus, et al.. (2024). The 4.2 ka event is not remarkable in the context of Holocene climate variability. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6555–6555. 40 indexed citations breakdown →

McKay, Nicholas P., et al.. (2024). A global Data Assimilation of Moisture Patterns from 21 000–0 BP (DAMP-21ka) using lake level proxy records. Climate of the past. 20(12). 2663–2684.

McKay, Nicholas P., Michael P. Erb, Darrell S. Kaufman, et al.. (2023). Global Synthesis of Regional Holocene Hydroclimate Variability Using Proxy and Model Data. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 38(6). 10 indexed citations

Brierley, Chris, Jürgen Bader, Pascale Braconnot, et al.. (2023). No Consistent Simulated Trends in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation for the Past 6,000 Years. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(10). 4 indexed citations

Thomas, Elizabeth K., Michael P. Erb, Nicholas P. McKay, et al.. (2023). Early Holocene Laurentide Ice Sheet Retreat Influenced Summer Atmospheric Circulation in Baffin Bay. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(13). 2 indexed citations

Erb, Michael P., Nicholas P. McKay, Nathan Steiger, et al.. (2022). Reconstructing Holocene temperatures in time and space using paleoclimate data assimilation. Climate of the past. 18(12). 2599–2629. 37 indexed citations

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Routson, Cody, Michael P. Erb, & Nicholas P. McKay. (2022). High Latitude Modulation of the Holocene North American Monsoon. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(16). 16 indexed citations

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Erb, Michael P., Julien Emile‐Geay, Gregory J. Hakim, Nathan Steiger, & Eric J. Steig. (2020). Atmospheric dynamics drive most interannual U.S. droughts over the last millennium. Science Advances. 6(32). eaay7268–eaay7268. 20 indexed citations

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Neukom, Raphael, Luis A. Barboza, Michael P. Erb, et al.. (2019). Consistent multidecadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era. Nature Geoscience. 12(8). 643–649. 277 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schiefer, Erik, Nicholas P. McKay, Michael G. Loso, et al.. (2019). An Arctic watershed observatory at Lake Peters, Alaska: weather–glacier–river–lake system data for 2015–2018. Earth system science data. 11(4). 1957–1970. 5 indexed citations

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Tardif, Robert, Gregory J. Hakim, W. A. Perkins, et al.. (2019). Last Millennium Reanalysis with an expanded proxy database and seasonal proxy modeling. Climate of the past. 15(4). 1251–1273. 157 indexed citations

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Routson, Cody, Nicholas P. McKay, Darrell S. Kaufman, et al.. (2019). Mid-latitude net precipitation decreased with Arctic warming during the Holocene. Nature. 568(7750). 83–87. 195 indexed citations

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Tabor, Clay, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Esther C. Brady, et al.. (2018). Interpreting Precession‐Driven δ¹⁸O Variability in the South Asian Monsoon Region. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(11). 5927–5946. 66 indexed citations

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McKay, Nicholas P., Darrell S. Kaufman, Cody Routson, Michael P. Erb, & Paul D. Zander. (2018). The Onset and Rate of Holocene Neoglacial Cooling in the Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(22). 60 indexed citations

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Bosmans, Joyce, Michael P. Erb, Aisling M. Dolan, et al.. (2018). Response of the Asian summer monsoons to idealized precession and obliquity forcing in a set of GCMs. Quaternary Science Reviews. 188. 121–135. 65 indexed citations

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Erb, Michael P., C. S. Jackson, Anthony J. Broccoli, et al.. (2018). Model evidence for a seasonal bias in Antarctic ice cores. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1361–1361. 9 indexed citations

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Lintner, Benjamin R., et al.. (2014). The Response of Large-Scale Circulation to Obliquity-Induced Changes in Meridional Heating Gradients. Journal of Climate. 27(14). 5504–5516. 61 indexed citations

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