P. J. Polissar

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

P. J. Polissar is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, P. J. Polissar has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Geophysics and 23 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in P. J. Polissar's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (60 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (20 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). P. J. Polissar is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (60 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (20 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (15 papers). P. J. Polissar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Venezuela. P. J. Polissar's co-authors include Katherine H. Freeman, Francesca A. McInerney, Peter B deMenocal, Bryan G. Mark, H. M. Savage, David B. Rowley, Brian S. Currie, Kevin T. Uno, Ana Christina Ravelo and Isabelle Billault and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

P. J. Polissar

83 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Molecular Paleohydrology: Interpreting the Hydrogen-Isotopic Composition of Lipid Biomarkers from Photosynthesizing Organisms

2012 779 citations Katherine H. Freeman, Francesca A. McInerney et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mixed messages: Unmixing sedimentary molecular distributions reveals source contributions and isotopic values 2025 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·P. J. Polissar, Allison T. Karp, W. J. D'Andrea	0
2	The Branched GDGT Isomer Ratio Refines Lacustrine Paleotemperature Estimates 2025 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·(unknown), James M. Russell, (unknown), Alexander A. Prokopenko, Lina C. Pérez-Ángel, Boyang Zhao, George E. A. Swann, P. J. Polissar	1
3	Constraining Plio‐Pleistocene Shifts in Northwest African Hydroclimate, Ecosystem Distributions, and Marine Productivity: New Paleo‐Records Across the Mid‐Pleistocene Transition 2024 ·Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·(unknown), Charlotte Skonieczny, David McGee, Gisela Winckler, Aloys Bory, Louisa I Bradtmiller, Bruno Malaizé, P. J. Polissar	2
4	From alkenones to Cretaceous marine Isochrysidales to coccoliths. 2024 ·Journal of Nannoplankton Research ·(unknown), Wei Li, François Giraud, (unknown), (unknown), Nora Richter, P. J. Polissar, Timothy D. Herbert	1
5	Low-frequency orbital variations controlled climatic and environmental cycles, amplitudes, and trends in northeast Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Rachel Lupien, Kevin T. Uno, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), P. J. Polissar	7
6	Pleistocene drivers of Northwest African hydroclimate and vegetation 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Charlotte Skonieczny, David McGee, Gisela Winckler, Aloys Bory, Louisa I Bradtmiller, Bruno Malaizé, P. J. Polissar	19
7	Hydrologic Changes Drove the Late Miocene Expansion of C₄ Grasslands on the Northern Indian Subcontinent 2021 ·Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·P. J. Polissar, Kevin T. Uno, Samuel R. Phelps, Allison T. Karp, Katherine H. Freeman, (unknown)	16
8	Late Miocene C₄ Grassland Fire Feedbacks on the Indian Subcontinent 2021 ·Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·Allison T. Karp, Kevin T. Uno, P. J. Polissar, Katherine H. Freeman	15
9	Evidence of Seismic Slip on a Large Splay Fault in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone 2021 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·(unknown), H. M. Savage, P. J. Polissar, Francesca Meneghini, Matt J. Ikari, Åke Fagereng, Julia K. Morgan, Maomao Wang	11
10	Relationship between individual chamber and whole shell Mg/Ca ratios in Trilobatus sacculifer and implications for individual foraminifera palaeoceanographic reconstructions 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), P. J. Polissar, Ana Christina Ravelo, Peter B deMenocal	3
11	Soil Carbon Loss and Weak Fire Feedbacks During Pliocene C₄ Grassland Expansion in Australia 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Allison T. Karp, (unknown), Francesca A. McInerney, P. J. Polissar, Katherine H. Freeman	9
12	Modulation of late Pleistocene ENSO strength by the tropical Pacific thermocline 2020 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), P. J. Polissar, Ana Christina Ravelo, S. M. White	15
13	Leaf Wax δD and δ¹³C in Soils Record Hydrological and Environmental Information Across a Climatic Gradient in Israel 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Yonaton Goldsmith, P. J. Polissar, Peter B deMenocal, Wallace S. Broecker	12
14	Sedentism and plant cultivation in northeast China emerged during affluent conditions 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Gideon Shelach-Lavi, (unknown), Yonaton Goldsmith, (unknown), Chris J. Stevens, Ofer Marder, (unknown), Xiaohong Wu, (unknown), (unknown), P. J. Polissar, Hai Xu, Dorian Q. Fuller	34
15	Dampened El Niño in the Early and Mid‐Holocene Due To Insolation‐Forced Warming/Deepening of the Thermocline 2017 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·S. M. White, Ana Christina Ravelo, P. J. Polissar	47
16	Changes in northeast African hydrology and vegetation associated with Pliocene–Pleistocene sapropel cycles 2016 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), P. J. Polissar, Jessica E. Tierney, T. R. Filley, Peter B deMenocal	25
17	Detecting Seismic Signatures in the Rock Record at the Japan Trench 2014 ·2014 AGU Fall Meeting ·Hannah S. Rabinowitz, H. M. Savage, P. J. Polissar, Terry Plank, C. D. Rowe, J. D. Kirkpatrick	1
18	Fidelity of leaf-wax n-alkane and n-alkanoic acid D/H ratios in space and time 2014 ·2014 AGU Fall Meeting ·P. J. Polissar, (unknown), (unknown)	4
19	Detecting the frictional temperature rise during the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake using the thermal maturity of biomarkers 2013 ·AGUFM ·Hannah S. Rabinowitz, H. M. Savage, P. J. Polissar, Terry Plank, C. D. Rowe, J. D. Kirkpatrick	5
20	Paleoaltimetry of the Early Miocene-Pliocene Oiyug basin, southern Tibet 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Brian S. Currie, P. J. Polissar, David B. Rowley, (unknown)	1

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