Roy Thompson

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Roy Thompson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Thompson has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Atmospheric Science, 76 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Roy Thompson's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (88 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (76 papers) and Geological formations and processes (29 papers). Roy Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (88 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (76 papers) and Geological formations and processes (29 papers). Roy Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Spain. Roy Thompson's co-authors include Frank Oldfield, Barbara A. Maher, Gillian Turner, Ian Snowball, R.M. Clark, Richard W. Battarbee, P. G. Appleby, Liping Zhou, Atte Korhola and Sanna Sorvari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Roy Thompson

121 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental Magnetism 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 400 800 1.2k
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. Environmental Magnetism
    1986 1.3k citations Roy Thompson, Frank Oldfield profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roy Thompson United Kingdom 47 6.4k 4.1k 2.3k 1.4k 1.3k 125 8.4k
Jan Bloemendal United Kingdom 47 5.8k 0.9× 2.4k 0.6× 2.8k 1.2× 930 0.7× 828 0.6× 94 6.7k
Tungsheng Liu China 54 9.0k 1.4× 2.2k 0.6× 4.0k 1.7× 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 117 10.6k
George Kukla United States 46 9.3k 1.5× 1.4k 0.3× 2.6k 1.1× 872 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 101 11.3k
Stephen C. Porter United States 42 9.9k 1.6× 1.2k 0.3× 3.4k 1.5× 1.4k 1.0× 2.0k 1.5× 99 12.0k
Norbert R Nowaczyk Germany 47 5.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 983 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 150 6.9k
Fabio Florindo Italy 40 4.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 740 0.6× 215 5.7k
Ian Snowball Sweden 39 3.9k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 726 0.5× 544 0.4× 127 4.7k
Youbin Sun China 51 7.5k 1.2× 1.1k 0.3× 3.4k 1.5× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 148 9.0k
Zhongli Ding China 47 5.3k 0.8× 954 0.2× 2.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 905 0.7× 129 6.8k
Zhengtang Guo China 61 10.1k 1.6× 2.0k 0.5× 3.3k 1.4× 1.9k 1.4× 1.8k 1.4× 300 13.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Roy Thompson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roy Thompson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy Thompson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roy Thompson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roy Thompson 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 Roy Thompson. Roy Thompson 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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Dearing, John A., et al.. (2025). Reconciling global tipping point theories: Insight from magnetic experiments. One Earth. 8(7). 101358–101358.
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Thompson, Roy. (2023). International climate targets are achievable, but only in models, not in the real world. The Anthropocene Review. 10(2). 479–493. 4 indexed citations
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Thompson, Roy. (2016). Whither climate change post-Paris?. The Anthropocene Review. 4(1). 62–69. 4 indexed citations
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Clark, R.M. & Roy Thompson. (2011). Estimation and comparison of flowering curves. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 4(2-3). 189–200. 13 indexed citations
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Thompson, Roy & R.M. Clark. (2006). Spatio-temporal modelling and assessment of within-species phenological variability using thermal time methods. International Journal of Biometeorology. 50(5). 312–322. 34 indexed citations
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Thompson, Roy, Christian Kamenik, & Roland Schmidt. (2005). Ultra-sensitive Alpine lakes and climate change. Journal of Limnology. 64(2). 139–139. 93 indexed citations
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Kettle, Helen & Roy Thompson. (2004). Statistical downscaling in European mountains: verification of reconstructed air temperature. Climate Research. 26. 97–112. 24 indexed citations
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Berquó, Thelma S., Roy Thompson, & C. S. M. Partiti. (2003). Magnetic study of Brazilian peats from São Paulo state. Geoderma. 118(3-4). 233–243. 5 indexed citations
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Koinig, Karin A., Christian Kamenik, Roland Schmidt, et al.. (2002). Environmental changes in an alpine lake (Gossenköllesee, austria) over the last two centuries – the influence of air temperature on biological parameters. Journal of Paleolimnology. 28(1). 147–160. 68 indexed citations
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Sorvari, Sanna, Atte Korhola, & Roy Thompson. (2002). Lake diatom response to recent Arctic warming in Finnish Lapland. Global Change Biology. 8(2). 171–181. 230 indexed citations
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Battarbee, Richard W., Nigel Cameron, Stephen J. Brooks, et al.. (2001). Evidence for Holocene climate variability from the sediments of a Scottish remote mountain lake. Journal of Quaternary Science. 16(4). 339–346. 48 indexed citations
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Maher, Barbara A. & Roy Thompson. (1999). Palaeomonsoons I: The palaeoclimatic record of the Chinese loess and palaeosols. 33(3). 236–45. 3 indexed citations
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Thompson, Roy. (1999). A time-series analysis of the changing seasonality of precipitation in the British Isles and neighbouring areas. Journal of Hydrology. 224(3-4). 169–183. 28 indexed citations
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Thompson, Roy. (1995). Complex demodulation and the estimation of the changing continentality of Europe's climate. International Journal of Climatology. 15(2). 175–185. 33 indexed citations
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Clark, R.M. & Roy Thompson. (1979). A new statistical approach to the alignment of time series. Geophysical Journal International. 58(3). 593–607. 23 indexed citations
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Thompson, Roy, M. J. AITKEN, P.L. Gibbard, & J. J. Wymer. (1974). PALAEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF HOXNIAN LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS. Archaeometry. 16(2). 233–237. 3 indexed citations
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Thompson, Roy. (1972). Palaeomagnetic results from the Paganzo Basin of North-West Argentina. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 15(2). 145–156. 30 indexed citations
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Thompson, Roy. (1972). The maximum likelihood approach to the estimate of liability. Annals of Human Genetics. 36(2). 221–232. 9 indexed citations

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