Patrick J. Bartlein

31.6k total citations · 8 hit papers
175 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Patrick J. Bartlein is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick J. Bartlein has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Atmospheric Science, 78 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 33 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Patrick J. Bartlein's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (123 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (56 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (42 papers). Patrick J. Bartlein is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (123 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (56 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (42 papers). Patrick J. Bartlein collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Patrick J. Bartlein's co-authors include Cathy Whitlock, Sandy P. Harrison, T. Webb, Thompson Webb, I. Colin Prentice, Sarah L. Shafer, I. Colin Prentice, Robert S. Thompson, Bryan N. Shuman and Jennifer R. Marlon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Patrick J. Bartlein

171 papers receiving 17.1k citations

Hit Papers

Global Climates since the Last Glacial Maximum 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 2012 2008 2010 2012 250 500 750
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. Global Climates since the Last Glacial Maximum
    1995 847 citations Patrick J. Bartlein et al. profile →
  2. Evaluation of climate models using palaeoclimatic data
    2012 739 citations Pascale Braconnot, Sandy P. Harrison et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  3. Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia
    2008 630 citations Jennifer R. Marlon, Patrick J. Bartlein et al. profile →
  4. Pollen-based continental climate reconstructions at 6 and 21 ka: a global synthesis
    2010 503 citations Patrick J. Bartlein, Sandy P. Harrison et al. profile →
  5. Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA
    2012 435 citations Jennifer R. Marlon, Patrick J. Bartlein et al. profile →
  6. Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change
    2012 391 citations Patrick J. Bartlein et al. Science profile →
  7. Reconciling divergent trends and millennial variations in Holocene temperatures
    2018 280 citations Patrick J. Bartlein, Sarah L. Shafer et al. profile →
  8. Global and regional temperature change over the past 4.5 million years
    2024 51 citations Peter U. Clark, Jeremy D. Shakun et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick J. Bartlein United States 71 12.3k 7.3k 4.5k 2.9k 2.1k 175 18.1k
Sandy P. Harrison United Kingdom 83 15.7k 1.3× 10.0k 1.4× 4.7k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 296 22.8k
Jonathan T. Overpeck United States 66 12.8k 1.0× 5.5k 0.8× 4.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 2.4k 1.1× 162 18.5k
Julio L. Betancourt United States 60 6.5k 0.5× 8.9k 1.2× 5.0k 1.1× 3.1k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 156 17.5k
Raymond S. Bradley United States 73 21.2k 1.7× 13.2k 1.8× 3.6k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 227 26.5k
Jed O. Kaplan Switzerland 56 8.3k 0.7× 7.7k 1.1× 3.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 149 15.3k
I. Colin Prentice United Kingdom 82 9.8k 0.8× 12.9k 1.8× 5.8k 1.3× 5.6k 1.9× 1.0k 0.5× 263 24.6k
John E. Kutzbach United States 64 18.0k 1.5× 6.1k 0.8× 4.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 4.1k 2.0× 141 22.6k
Victor Brovkin Germany 68 10.0k 0.8× 13.9k 1.9× 4.8k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 811 0.4× 225 22.7k
Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner United States 72 15.0k 1.2× 6.7k 0.9× 3.7k 0.8× 733 0.3× 2.1k 1.0× 230 18.1k
Joël Guiot France 66 12.3k 1.0× 3.7k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 3.2k 1.5× 210 15.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick J. Bartlein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harrison, Sandy P., et al.. (2025). Climate, vegetation, people: disentangling the controls of fire at different timescales. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1924). 20230464–20230464. 2 indexed citations
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Clark, Peter U., Jeremy D. Shakun, Yair Rosenthal, et al.. (2025). Mean ocean temperature change and decomposition of the benthic δ 18 O record over the past 4.5 million years. Climate of the past. 21(6). 973–1000. 3 indexed citations
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Clark, Peter U., Jeremy D. Shakun, Yair Rosenthal, et al.. (2025). Global mean sea level over the past 4.5 million years. Science. 390(6770). eadv8389–eadv8389. 3 indexed citations
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Bartlein, Patrick J., et al.. (2023). Local and Regional Effects of Land-Use Intensity on Aboveground Biomass and Tree Diversity in Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Ecosystems. 26(8). 1734–1752. 11 indexed citations
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Marshall, Jill, Joshua J. Roering, A. W. Rempel, Sarah L. Shafer, & Patrick J. Bartlein. (2021). Extensive Frost Weathering Across Unglaciated North America During the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(5). 26 indexed citations
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Otto‐Bliesner, Bette L., Esther C. Brady, Robert A. Tomas, et al.. (2020). A Comparison of the CMIP6midHoloceneandlig127kSimulations in CESM2. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 35(11). 18 indexed citations
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Bartlein, Patrick J. & Sarah L. Shafer. (2019). Paleo calendar-effect adjustments in time-slice and transient climate-model simulations (PaleoCalAdjust v1.0): impact and strategies for data analysis. Geoscientific model development. 12(9). 3889–3913. 66 indexed citations
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Otto‐Bliesner, Bette L., William H. Lipscomb, Patrick J. Bartlein, et al.. (2019). Retreat of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Last Interglacial. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Harrison, Sandy P., Patrick J. Bartlein, Victor Brovkin, et al.. (2018). The biomass burning contribution to climate-carbon cycle feedback. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union).
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Harrison, Sandy P., Patrick J. Bartlein, Victor Brovkin, et al.. (2018). The biomass burning contribution to climate–carbon-cycle feedback. Earth System Dynamics. 9(2). 663–677. 36 indexed citations
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Field, Robert D., Kátia Fernandes, Kevin Glover, et al.. (2018). Understanding the roles of fuels, climate and people in predicting fire: taking the long view. Past Global Change Magazine. 26(1). 41–41. 1 indexed citations
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Marlon, Jennifer R., Ryan Kelly, Anne‐Laure Daniau, et al.. (2016). Reconstructions of biomass burning from sediment-charcoal records to improve data–model comparisons. Biogeosciences. 13(11). 3225–3244. 140 indexed citations
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Harrison, Sandy P., Patrick J. Bartlein, Kenji Izumi, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of CMIP5 palaeo-simulations to improve climate projections. Nature Climate Change. 5(8). 735–743. 194 indexed citations
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Bartlein, Patrick J., Mary E. Edwards, S. W. Hostetler, et al.. (2015). Early-Holocene warming in Beringia and its mediation by sea-level and vegetation changes. Climate of the past. 11(9). 1197–1222. 24 indexed citations
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Marshall, Jill, Joshua J. Roering, Patrick J. Bartlein, et al.. (2015). Frost for the trees: Did climate increase erosion in unglaciated landscapes during the late Pleistocene?. Science Advances. 1(10). e1500715–e1500715. 75 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Gavin A., J. D. Annan, Patrick J. Bartlein, et al.. (2014). Using palaeo-climate comparisons to constrain future projections in CMIP5. Climate of the past. 10(1). 221–250. 168 indexed citations
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Tang, Guoping & Patrick J. Bartlein. (2012). Modifying a dynamic global vegetation model for simulating large spatial scale land surface water balances. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(8). 2547–2565. 7 indexed citations
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Bartlein, Patrick J. & Jennifer R. Marlon. (2011). The Sedimentary Charcoal Record of Regional and Global Biomass Burning on Multi-decadal-to-Orbital Time Scales. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Shafer, Sarah L., et al.. (2003). Assessment of Modern Climate Baselines for Paleoclimatic Reconstructions and Model Testing in North America. AGUFM. 2003. 2 indexed citations
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Bartlein, Patrick J., et al.. (1993). The paleoclimate record of long-term climate variability.

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