Pedro M. Tapia

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Pedro M. Tapia is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro M. Tapia has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Atmospheric Science, 15 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Pedro M. Tapia's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers), Diatoms and Algae Research (9 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (7 papers). Pedro M. Tapia is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers), Diatoms and Algae Research (9 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (7 papers). Pedro M. Tapia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Peru and Canada. Pedro M. Tapia's co-authors include Paul A. Baker, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Robert B. Dunbar, Harry Rowe, Scott Cross, Matthew Grove, Donald T. Rodbell, S. C. Fritz and David M. Harwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Pedro M. Tapia

35 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The History of South Amer... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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. The History of South American Tropical Precipitation for the Past 25,000 Years
    2001 594 citations Paul A. Baker, Geoffrey O. Seltzer 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
Pedro M. Tapia United States 16 1.1k 535 429 371 318 36 1.6k
Florence Sylvestre France 23 925 0.8× 448 0.8× 310 0.7× 311 0.8× 261 0.8× 75 1.7k
Sarah J. Davies United Kingdom 22 1.3k 1.1× 503 0.9× 546 1.3× 307 0.8× 408 1.3× 38 1.8k
Nadia Solovieva United Kingdom 22 1.2k 1.0× 494 0.9× 286 0.7× 228 0.6× 273 0.9× 36 1.6k
Nora I. Maidana Argentina 24 1.2k 1.0× 554 1.0× 418 1.0× 463 1.2× 366 1.2× 104 1.8k
Michael Wille Germany 21 1.3k 1.1× 431 0.8× 364 0.8× 466 1.3× 407 1.3× 26 1.6k
Jeffery R. Stone United States 20 963 0.9× 597 1.1× 159 0.4× 261 0.7× 189 0.6× 70 1.5k
Beatriz Ortega‐Guerrero Mexico 26 1.3k 1.2× 373 0.7× 703 1.6× 223 0.6× 524 1.6× 84 1.9k
Jacques Bertaux France 16 1.1k 0.9× 270 0.5× 361 0.8× 406 1.1× 271 0.9× 32 1.5k
Larisa Nazarova Russia 28 1.4k 1.2× 616 1.2× 254 0.6× 178 0.5× 207 0.7× 93 1.7k
Aldo R. Prieto Argentina 22 1.1k 1.0× 455 0.9× 577 1.3× 389 1.0× 492 1.5× 56 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pedro M. Tapia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pedro M. Tapia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pedro M. Tapia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pedro M. Tapia based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pedro M. Tapia. Pedro M. Tapia is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gillikin, David P., et al.. (2024). Cave monitoring in the Peruvian Andes reveals monsoon climate preserved in speleothem calcite. Chemical Geology. 667. 122315–122315. 1 indexed citations
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Loarte, Edwin, et al.. (2024). Declining glacier cover drives changes in aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity in the Cordillera Blanca, Perú. Global Change Biology. 30(7). e17355–e17355. 1 indexed citations
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Marin‐Concha, Julio, et al.. (2021). Prevalence and characteristics of the aberrant anterior tibial artery: a single-center magnetic resonance imaging study and scoping review. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 22(1). 922–922. 1 indexed citations
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Michelutti, Neal, Carsten Meyer‐Jacob, Richard Bindler, et al.. (2021). Diatoms and other siliceous indicators track the ontogeny of a “bofedal” (wetland) ecosystem in the Peruvian Andes. Botany. 99(8). 491–505. 3 indexed citations
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Rodbell, Donald T., Mark B. Abbott, Robert G. Hatfield, et al.. (2020). Andean drought and glacial retreat tied to Greenland warming during the last glacial period. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5135–5135. 13 indexed citations
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Michelutti, Neal, Pedro M. Tapia, Andrew L. Labaj, et al.. (2019). A limnological assessment of the diverse waterscape in the Cordillera Vilcanota, Peruvian Andes. Inland Waters. 9(3). 395–407. 8 indexed citations
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Michelutti, Neal, et al.. (2019). A pre-Inca pot from underwater ruins discovered in an Andean lake provides a sedimentary record of marked hydrological change. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19193–19193. 3 indexed citations
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Arriaza, Bernardo, et al.. (2016). Microscopic analysis of botanical residues from cerro esmeralda burial in Northern Chile: State and death ritual implications. Interciencia. 41(12). 844–850. 6 indexed citations
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Kelly, M. A., Thomas V. Lowell, Colby A. Smith, et al.. (2015). Late Holocene fluctuations of Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru, registered by nearby lake sediments. Journal of Quaternary Science. 30(8). 830–840. 6 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez, Dimitri, Abdelfettah Sifeddine, David Field, et al.. (2008). Rapid reorganization in ocean biogeochemistry off Peru towards the end of the Little Ice Age. Biogeosciences. 6(5). 835–848. 91 indexed citations
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Fritz, Sherilyn C., Paul A. Baker, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, et al.. (2007). Quaternary glaciation and hydrologic variation in the South American tropics as reconstructed from the Lake Titicaca drilling project. Quaternary Research. 68(3). 410–420. 105 indexed citations
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Tapia, Pedro M., et al.. (2006). CONTEMPORARY DISTRIBUTION AND LATE-QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY OF DIATOMS IN THE JUNIN PLAIN, CENTRAL ANDES, PERU DISTRIBUCIÓN CONTEMPORÁNEA Y ESTRATIGRAFÍA DEL CUATERNARIO TARDÍO DE DIATOMEAS EN LA ALTIPLANICIE DE JUNÍN, ANDES CENTRALES, PERÚ. 2 indexed citations
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Fritz, Sherilyn C., Paul A. Baker, Tim K. Lowenstein, et al.. (2003). Hydrologic variation during the last 170,000 years in the southern hemisphere tropics of South America. Quaternary Research. 61(1). 95–104. 173 indexed citations
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Tapia, Pedro M., Sherilyn C. Fritz, Paul A. Baker, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, & Robert B. Dunbar. (2003). A Late Quaternary diatom record of tropical climatic history from Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 194(1-3). 139–164. 126 indexed citations
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Tapia, Pedro M.. (2002). Upper Cretaceous diatom biostratigraphy of the Arctic Archipelago and northern continental margin, Canada. Micropaleontology. 48(4). 303–342. 49 indexed citations
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Seltzer, Geoffrey O., Donald T. Rodbell, Paul A. Baker, et al.. (2002). Early Warming of Tropical South America at the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition. Science. 296(5573). 1685–1686. 133 indexed citations
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Tapia, Pedro M. & David M. Harwood. (2002). Upper Cretaceous diatom biostratigraphy of the Arctic archipelago and northern continental margin, Canada. Micropaleontology. 48(4). 303–303. 52 indexed citations

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