Neil J. Loader

11.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
149 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Neil J. Loader is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil J. Loader has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Atmospheric Science, 85 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 30 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Neil J. Loader's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (101 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (100 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (82 papers). Neil J. Loader is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (101 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (100 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (82 papers). Neil J. Loader collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Finland. Neil J. Loader's co-authors include Danny McCarroll, Iain Robertson, Giles Young, J. Waterhouse, V. R. Switsur, Mary Gagen, Risto Jalkanen, A. C. Barker, Andreas J. Kirchhefer and F. Alayne Street‐Perrott and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Neil J. Loader

147 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Stable isotopes in tree rings

2004 1.4k citations Danny McCarroll, Neil J. Loader profile →
An improved technique for the batch processing of small wholewood samples to α-cellulose

1997 432 citations Neil J. Loader, Iain Robertson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil J. Loader United Kingdom	44	6.3k	5.0k	1.1k	1.1k	920	149	7.3k
Christopher Carcaillet France	42	3.4k 0.5×	3.6k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	506 0.6×	129	6.0k
Ricardo Villalba Argentina	53	6.7k 1.1×	5.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	2.3k 2.2×	466 0.5×	232	9.1k
Valérie Trouet United States	42	5.6k 0.9×	4.8k 1.0×	870 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	351 0.4×	100	7.1k
Willy Tegel Germany	29	2.9k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	378 0.3×	821 0.8×	527 0.6×	90	4.4k
Danny McCarroll United Kingdom	49	6.7k 1.1×	4.1k 0.8×	651 0.6×	899 0.8×	662 0.7×	160	7.5k
Danièle Colombaroli Switzerland	35	2.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	783 0.7×	457 0.4×	319 0.3×	73	3.8k
Serge Payette Canada	51	5.6k 0.9×	4.0k 0.8×	2.0k 1.9×	2.4k 2.3×	645 0.7×	221	8.3k
David M. Meko United States	45	8.1k 1.3×	8.8k 1.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	566 0.6×	124	10.8k
Gerhard Helle Germany	37	4.1k 0.7×	3.6k 0.7×	352 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	628 0.7×	112	4.7k
Hans W. Linderholm Sweden	43	4.2k 0.7×	4.3k 0.9×	916 0.8×	835 0.8×	635 0.7×	167	6.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Loader, Neil J., et al.. (2025). Analysis of ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Isotope Ratios in Organic Matter by Laser Ablation IRMS. Analytical Chemistry. 97(13). 7271–7277.

Davies, D. E., et al.. (2025). ISODATE – Software for stable isotope dendrochronology. Dendrochronologia. 93. 126385–126385. 1 indexed citations

Nayling, Nigel, et al.. (2024). Inter-Genus Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of the Newport Medieval Ship Keel. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 53(2). 535–540. 4 indexed citations

Davies, D. E., Coralie Mills, Danny McCarroll, & Neil J. Loader. (2024). The precise and accurate dating of medieval bridge remains at Ancrum, Scottish Borders, using stable isotope dendrochronology. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 59. 104753–104753. 4 indexed citations

Martin, Peter, Terence A. Brown, Timothy George, et al.. (2023). Climatic controls on the survival and loss of ancient types of barley on North Atlantic Islands. Climatic Change. 176(2). 7 indexed citations

Nayling, Nigel, et al.. (2023). Oxygen Isotope Dendrochronology of the Newport Medieval Ship. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 53(1). 245–253. 4 indexed citations

Robertson, Iain, Aliénor Lavergne, Deborah Hemming, et al.. (2022). Spatio‐Temporal Variations in Carbon Isotope Discrimination Predicted by the JULES Land Surface Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(12). e2022JG007041–e2022JG007041. 3 indexed citations

Boer, Hugo J. de, Iain Robertson, Neil J. Loader, et al.. (2019). Tree-ring isotopes suggest atmospheric drying limits temperature–growth responses of treeline bristlecone pine. Tree Physiology. 39(6). 983–999. 12 indexed citations

Loader, Neil J., et al.. (2017). Stable oxygen isotopes in Irish oaks: potential for reconstructing local and regional climate.. Irish Geography. 49(2). 55–70. 2 indexed citations

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Loader, Neil J., et al.. (2016). Stable oxygen isotopes in Irish oaks: potential for reconstructing local and regional climate.. Irish Geography. 49(2). 55–70. 1 indexed citations

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Daley, Tim, Keith Barber, Paul Hughes, et al.. (2016). The 8.2‐ka BP event in north‐eastern North America: first combined oxygen and hydrogen isotopic data from peat in Newfoundland. Journal of Quaternary Science. 31(4). 416–425. 10 indexed citations

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Loader, Neil J., et al.. (2016). Intra-annual variability of wood formation and δ13C in tree-rings at Hyytiälä, Finland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 224. 17–29. 20 indexed citations

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McCarroll, Danny, et al.. (2016). Absence of juvenile effects confirmed in stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of European larch trees. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 111. 27–33. 14 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Sarah E., Bronwen S. Whitney, Francis E. Mayle, et al.. (2014). Hydrology and climatology at Laguna La Gaiba, lowland Bolivia: complex responses to climatic forcings over the last 25 000 years. Journal of Quaternary Science. 29(3). 289–300. 26 indexed citations

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McCarroll, Danny, Neil J. Loader, Risto Jalkanen, et al.. (2013). A 1200-year multiproxy record of tree growth and summer temperature at the northern pine forest limit of Europe. The Holocene. 23(4). 471–484. 104 indexed citations

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Bodin, Per, Mary Gagen, Danny McCarroll, et al.. (2013). Comparing the performance of different stomatal conductance models using modelled and measured plant carbon isotope ratios (δ¹³C): implications for assessing physiological forcing. Global Change Biology. 19(6). 1709–1719. 15 indexed citations

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Barnekow, Lena, Neil J. Loader, Stanton D. Hicks, Cynthia A. Froyd, & Tomasz Goślar. (2007). Strong correlation between summer temperature and pollen accumulation rates for Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies and Betula spp. in a high‐resolution record from northern Sweden. Journal of Quaternary Science. 22(7). 653–658. 50 indexed citations

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Daley, Tim, F. Alayne Street‐Perrott, Neil J. Loader, et al.. (2007). Tracking Holocene climate change using peat bog stable isotopes. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 13 indexed citations

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Lageard, Jonathan G. A., et al.. (2007). Dendroecology and dendrochemistry in Trentino: the Grotta di Ernesto project. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Fondazione Edmund Mach). 1 indexed citations

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Daley, Tim, et al.. (2006). Oxygen-isotope variability across the 8.2 ka cold event in an ombrotrophic peat bog on the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations

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