Peter U. Clark

25.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
154 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Peter U. Clark is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter U. Clark has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Atmospheric Science, 29 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 29 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Peter U. Clark's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (124 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (65 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (29 papers). Peter U. Clark is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (124 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (65 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (29 papers). Peter U. Clark collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Peter U. Clark's co-authors include J. X. Mitrovica, Richard B. Alley, Anders E. Carlson, S. W. Hostetler, David Pollard, Anne McCabe, Arthur S. Dyke, Jeremy D. Shakun, Jorie Clark and Andrew J. Weaver and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter U. Clark

149 papers receiving 15.9k 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.

The Last Glacial Maximum

2009 2.6k citations Peter U. Clark, Jeremy D. Shakun et al. Science profile →
Holocene climatic instability: A prominent, widespread event 8200 yr ago

1997 1.5k citations Peter U. Clark et al. profile →
The middle Pleistocene transition: characteristics, mechanisms, and implications for long-term changes in atmospheric pCO2

2006 834 citations Peter U. Clark, David Pollard et al. profile →
The Laurentide and Innuitian ice sheets during the Last Glacial Maximum

2002 651 citations Peter U. Clark et al. profile →
The role of the thermohaline circulation in abrupt climate change

2002 583 citations Peter U. Clark, Nicklas G. Pisias et al. Nature profile →
Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods

2015 538 citations Andrea Dutton, Anders E. Carlson et al. Science profile →
Freshwater Forcing of Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Glaciation

2001 466 citations Peter U. Clark, S. W. Hostetler et al. Science profile →
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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter U. Clark	13.9k	3.7k	3.3k	2.9k	2.6k	154	16.6k
Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen	14.3k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	181	15.8k
J. P. Steffensen	15.5k 1.1×	3.2k 0.9×	4.1k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.6×	128	17.1k
Gifford H. Miller	12.1k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	3.6k 1.1×	2.8k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	286	14.9k
George H. Denton	15.7k 1.1×	3.0k 0.8×	5.8k 1.7×	1.9k 0.7×	2.9k 1.1×	197	16.9k
William F Ruddiman	13.8k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	4.0k 1.2×	2.8k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	127	17.7k
Irka Hajdas	10.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	267	13.4k
Paul A. Mayewski	19.8k 1.4×	3.0k 0.8×	5.8k 1.7×	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	375	23.9k
Konrad A Hughen	12.5k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	5.1k 1.5×	1.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	118	15.9k
André F. Lotter	11.6k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	5.7k 1.7×	2.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	198	16.5k
Pieter Meiert Grootes	16.4k 1.2×	3.8k 1.0×	6.4k 1.9×	4.2k 1.5×	3.5k 1.4×	206	21.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter U. Clark

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20 of 20 papers shown

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

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

Zhu, Chenyu, Lijing Cheng, Zhengyu Liu, & Peter U. Clark. (2025). Increase in Deglacial Ocean Heat Content Linked to Contrasts in Extratropical Warming. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(14).

Bogin, Ben, Shashank Gupta, Kyle Richardson, et al.. (2024). SUPER: Evaluating Agents on Setting Up and Executing Tasks from Research Repositories. 12622–12645. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Chenyu, Chenyu Zhu, Zhengyu Liu, et al.. (2024). Enhanced ocean heat storage efficiency during the last deglaciation. Science Advances. 10(38). eadp5156–eadp5156. 3 indexed citations

Golledge, Nicholas R., Peter U. Clark, Feng He, et al.. (2021). Retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet During the Last Interglaciation and Implications for Future Change. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(17). 31 indexed citations

Bell, Andrew Reid, David Wrathall, Valerie Mueller, et al.. (2021). Migration towards Bangladesh coastlines projected to increase with sea-level rise through 2100. Environmental Research Letters. 16(2). 24045–24045. 50 indexed citations

He, Chengfei, Zhengyu Liu, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, et al.. (2021). Hydroclimate footprint of pan-Asian monsoon water isotope during the last deglaciation. Science Advances. 7(4). 125 indexed citations

Pan, Linda, Evelyn Powell, Konstantin Latychev, et al.. (2021). RAPID POSTGLACIAL REBOUND AMPLIFIES GLOBAL SEA-LEVEL RISE FOLLOWING WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET COLLAPSE. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

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Clark, Peter U., Feng He, Nicholas R. Golledge, et al.. (2020). Oceanic forcing of penultimate deglacial and last interglacial sea-level rise. Nature. 577(7792). 660–664. 74 indexed citations

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Nauels, Alexander, Johannes Gütschow, Matthias Mengel, et al.. (2019). Attributing long-term sea-level rise to Paris Agreement emission pledges. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(47). 23487–23492. 39 indexed citations

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Barth, Aaron M., et al.. (2018). Climate evolution across the Mid-Brunhes Transition. Climate of the past. 14(12). 2071–2087. 65 indexed citations

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Barth, Aaron M., et al.. (2018). Climate evolution across the Mid-Brunhes Transition. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 5 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Jeremy S., Peter U. Clark, Andrew Parnell, & Feng He. (2017). Regional and global sea-surface temperatures during the last interglaciation. Science. 355(6322). 276–279. 161 indexed citations

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Shakun, Jeremy D., Peter U. Clark, Feng He, et al.. (2015). Regional and global forcing of glacier retreat during the last deglaciation. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8059–8059. 79 indexed citations

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He, Feng, Jeremy D. Shakun, Peter U. Clark, et al.. (2013). Northern Hemisphere forcing of Southern Hemisphere climate during the last deglaciation. Nature. 494(7435). 81–85. 192 indexed citations

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Carlson, Anders E. & Peter U. Clark. (2012). Ice sheet sources of sea level rise and freshwater discharge during the last deglaciation. Reviews of Geophysics. 50(4). 199 indexed citations

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Ersek, Vasile, Peter U. Clark, Alan C Mix, Hai Cheng, & R. Lawrence Edwards. (2012). Holocene winter climate variability in mid-latitude western North America. Nature Communications. 3(1). 1219–1219. 51 indexed citations

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Clark, Peter U., Nicklas G. Pisias, Thomas F. Stocker, & Andrew J. Weaver. (2002). The role of the thermohaline circulation in abrupt climate change. Nature. 415(6874). 863–869. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clark, Peter U. & H Josenhans. (1985). Late Quaternary land-sea correlations, northern Labrador, Canada. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17(1). 28–36. 2 indexed citations

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