Sheila Hicks

2.6k total citations
46 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Sheila Hicks is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheila Hicks has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atmospheric Science, 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sheila Hicks's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (26 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (16 papers). Sheila Hicks is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (26 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (16 papers). Sheila Hicks collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Norway and United Kingdom. Sheila Hicks's co-authors include Antti Huusko, Olga Lisitsyna, Hannu Hyvärinen, Heikki Seppä, Satu Räsänen, Thomas Giesecke, H. J. B. Birks, S. Sugita, Bent Vad Odgaard and Elisabeth Isaksson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, New Phytologist and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sheila Hicks

44 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sheila Hicks Finland 26 1.7k 816 378 351 318 46 2.1k
Anna Broström Sweden 18 1.9k 1.1× 691 0.8× 454 1.2× 391 1.1× 534 1.7× 30 2.3k
M. Jane Bunting United Kingdom 28 1.8k 1.0× 576 0.7× 576 1.5× 534 1.5× 495 1.6× 77 2.4k
Anneli Poska Estonia 26 1.6k 0.9× 418 0.5× 495 1.3× 352 1.0× 320 1.0× 68 2.1k
Anne Birgitte Nielsen Sweden 25 1.4k 0.8× 479 0.6× 410 1.1× 282 0.8× 398 1.3× 46 1.9k
Marie‐José Gaillard Sweden 27 2.1k 1.2× 527 0.6× 507 1.3× 564 1.6× 398 1.3× 67 2.6k
Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen Switzerland 34 2.1k 1.2× 486 0.6× 678 1.8× 455 1.3× 295 0.9× 67 2.8k
Florence Mazier France 25 1.6k 0.9× 465 0.6× 434 1.1× 459 1.3× 329 1.0× 56 2.2k
Marie-José Gaillard Sweden 19 1.3k 0.8× 341 0.4× 331 0.9× 310 0.9× 293 0.9× 45 1.6k
Svend Th. Andersen Denmark 20 1.7k 1.0× 412 0.5× 510 1.3× 580 1.7× 143 0.4× 41 2.3k
Hélèna Svobodova Czechia 23 1.1k 0.6× 240 0.3× 290 0.8× 410 1.2× 127 0.4× 47 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sheila Hicks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheila Hicks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sheila Hicks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sheila Hicks 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 Sheila Hicks. Sheila Hicks is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lisitsyna, Olga, Sheila Hicks, & Antti Huusko. (2011). Do moss samples, pollen traps and modern lake sediments all collect pollen in the same way? A comparison from the forest limit area of northernmost Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 21(3). 187–199. 49 indexed citations
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Lisitsyna, Olga, Thomas Giesecke, & Sheila Hicks. (2011). Exploring pollen percentage threshold values as an indication for the regional presence of major European trees. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 166(3-4). 311–324. 82 indexed citations
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Huusko, Antti & Sheila Hicks. (2009). Conifer pollen abundance provides a proxy for summer temperature: evidence from the latitudinal forest limit in Finland. Journal of Quaternary Science. 24(5). 522–528. 47 indexed citations
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Robertson, Iain, Cynthia A. Froyd, Mary Gagen, & Sheila Hicks. (2009). Climates of the past: evidence from natural and documentary archives. Journal of Quaternary Science. 24(5). 411–414. 3 indexed citations
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Gaillard, Marie-José, S. Sugita, M. Jane Bunting, et al.. (2008). The use of modelling and simulation approach in reconstructing past landscapes from fossil pollen data: a review and results from the POLLANDCAL network. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 17(5). 419–443. 140 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (2006). When no pollen does not mean no trees. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 15(4). 253–261. 90 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila & Elisabeth Isaksson. (2006). Assessing source areas of pollutants from studies of fly ash, charcoal, and pollen from Svalbard snow and ice. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(D2). 31 indexed citations
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McCarroll, Danny, Risto Jalkanen, Sheila Hicks, et al.. (2003). Multiproxy dendroclimatology: a pilot study in northern Finland. The Holocene. 13(6). 829–838. 132 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (2001). The use of annual arboreal pollen deposition values for delimiting tree-lines in the landscape and exploring models of pollen dispersal. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 117(1-3). 1–29. 233 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (1994). Present and past pollen records of Lapland forests. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 82(1-2). 17–35. 80 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (1992). Modern pollen deposition and its use in interpreting the occupation history of the island Hailuoto, Finland. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 1(2). 25 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (1992). Aerobiology and palaeoecology. Aerobiologia. 8(2). 220–230. 12 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (1986). Modern pollen deposition records from kuusamo, finland. Grana. 25(3). 183–204. 36 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (1977). MODERN POLLEN RAIN IN FINNISH LAPLAND INVESTIGATED BY ANALYSIS OF SURFACE MOSS SAMPLES. New Phytologist. 78(3). 715–734. 25 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (1976). Pollen Analysis and Archaeology in Kuusamo, North-East Finland, an Area of Marginal Human Interference. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 1(3). 362–362. 8 indexed citations
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Hicks, Sheila. (1972). The impact of man on the East Moor of Derbyshire from Mesolithic times. Archaeological Journal. 129(1). 1–21. 16 indexed citations

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