Paul R. Bierman

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
234 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Paul R. Bierman is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul R. Bierman has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in Atmospheric Science, 80 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 49 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Paul R. Bierman's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (181 papers), Geological formations and processes (73 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (48 papers). Paul R. Bierman is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (181 papers), Geological formations and processes (73 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (48 papers). Paul R. Bierman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Paul R. Bierman's co-authors include Dylan H. Rood, Marc W. Caffee, Eric W. Portenga, Marc Caffee, Lee B. Corbett, Eric J. Steig, Alan R. Gillespie, P. Thompson Davis, Kyle K. Nichols and Milan J. Pavich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul R. Bierman

225 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Understanding Earth’s eroding surface with 10Be

2011 434 citations Eric W. Portenga, Paul R. Bierman profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul R. Bierman United States	54	6.1k	3.0k	1.9k	1.5k	1.4k	234	8.2k
Jakob Wallinga Netherlands	42	5.4k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	984 0.5×	875 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	157	8.0k
John O. Stone United States	43	7.5k 1.2×	2.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	89	8.6k
Yehouda Enzel Israel	52	5.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	702 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	184	9.0k
Arjun M. Heimsath United States	41	3.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	98	6.5k
Jef Vandenberghe Netherlands	62	10.4k 1.7×	6.1k 2.1×	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.6×	276	13.0k
Daniel R. Muhs United States	55	6.2k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	984 0.5×	366 0.2×	1.2k 0.9×	141	7.6k
Flavio S. Anselmetti Switzerland	59	5.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	252	9.5k
Lewis A. Owen United States	61	9.5k 1.6×	3.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	3.4k 2.3×	981 0.7×	258	12.5k
Erik T. Brown United States	43	4.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	584 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	108	6.5k
Frank Lehmkuhl Germany	46	5.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	469 0.2×	662 0.4×	905 0.6×	255	7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul R. Bierman

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Perdrial, Nicolas, Pierre‐Henri Blard, Nynke Keulen, et al.. (2025). Characterization of the 1966 Camp Century subglacial core: a multiscale analysis. Climate of the past. 21(7). 1359–1381.

Bierman, Paul R., et al.. (2025). Global analysis of in situ cosmogenic ²⁶ Al and ¹⁰ Be and inferred erosion rate ratios in modern fluvial sediments indicates widespread sediment storage and burial during transport. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(3). 213–228. 1 indexed citations

Bierman, Paul R., et al.. (2024). A century of urban landslides: the legacy and consequences of altering riverbank landscapes. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 57(2). 1 indexed citations

Corbett, Lee B., Paul R. Bierman, Marc W. Caffee, Alan J. Hidy, & Thomas E. Woodruff. (2024). Quantifying replication through repeated analysis of UVM-A, a liquid reference material for cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al studies. Quaternary Geochronology. 81. 101498–101498. 2 indexed citations

Schoenemann, Spruce W., et al.. (2023). A cosmogenic 10Be moraine chronology of arid, alpine Late Pleistocene glaciation in the Pioneer Mountains of Montana, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews. 317. 108283–108283.

Putkonen, Jaakko, et al.. (2022). Cosmogenic nuclide dating of two stacked ice masses: Ong Valley, Antarctica. The cryosphere. 16(7). 2793–2817. 9 indexed citations

Bender, Adrian M., Richard O. Lease, Lee B. Corbett, et al.. (2022). Yukon River incision drove organic carbon burial in the Bering Sea during global climate changes at 2.6 and 1 Ma. Earth Surface Dynamics. 10(5). 1041–1053. 2 indexed citations

Portenga, Eric W., et al.. (2022). Comparison of basin-scale in situ and meteoric ¹⁰ Be erosion and denudation rates in felsic lithologies across an elevation gradient at the George River, northeast Tasmania, Australia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 153–176. 4 indexed citations

Bierman, Paul R., Joerg M. Schaefer, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, et al.. (2021). A multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(13). 35 indexed citations

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Bierman, Paul R., et al.. (2021). Cosmogenic nuclide exposure age scatter records glacial history and processes in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 505–523. 3 indexed citations

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Balco, Greg, et al.. (2021). Atmospherically produced beryllium-10 in annually laminated late-glacial sediments of the North American Varve Chronology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1–33. 7 indexed citations

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Pico, Tamara, et al.. (2020). First Authorship Gender Gap in the Geosciences. Earth and Space Science. 7(8). 20 indexed citations

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Corbett, Lee B., Paul R. Bierman, Byron J. Adams, et al.. (2020). Relative terrestrial exposure ages inferred from meteoric ¹⁰ Be and NO ₃ ⁻ concentrations in soils along the Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica. 1 indexed citations

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Bierman, Paul R., et al.. (2019). Optimization of over-summer snow storage at midlatitudes and low elevation. The cryosphere. 13(12). 3367–3382. 4 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Amanda H., et al.. (2016). Influence of topography and human activity on apparent in situ ¹⁰ Be-derived erosion rates in Yunnan, SW China. Earth Surface Dynamics. 4(4). 819–830. 13 indexed citations

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Bierman, Paul R., et al.. (2015). Erosion rates in and around Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, determined using analysis of cosmogenic 10Be. American Journal of Science. 315(1). 46–76. 24 indexed citations

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Bender, Adrian M., et al.. (2014). Differential Uplift and Incision of the Yakima River Terraces. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Balco, Greg, et al.. (2013). Synchronizing the North American Varve Chronology with Greenland ice core records during late MIS 2 using Meteoric 10Be Flux. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Ouimet, William B., T. B. Byrne, Lionel Siamé, Paul R. Bierman, & Dylan H. Rood. (2013). Slow Erosion Rates, Increasing Relief and Transient Landscape Evolution within the Central Range of Taiwan. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Shakun, Jeremy D. & Paul R. Bierman. (2013). A 7 Myr record of Greenland glaciation and erosion from in situ 10Be in marine sediments. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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