Svante Björck

17.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
197 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Svante Björck is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Svante Björck has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 190 papers in Atmospheric Science, 67 papers in Ecology and 60 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Svante Björck's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (190 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (60 papers) and Geological formations and processes (59 papers). Svante Björck is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (190 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (60 papers) and Geological formations and processes (59 papers). Svante Björck collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Denmark and United Kingdom. Svante Björck's co-authors include J. John Lowe, Barbara Wohlfarth, Ole Bennike, Les C. Cwynar, Ólafur Inǵólfsson, Mike Walker, S. J. Johnsen, Sune Olander Rasmussen, Mats Rundgren and Göran Possnert and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Svante Björck

193 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

An event stratigraphy for the Last Termination in the Nor... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1998 1995 2012 2008 1996 200 400 600
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. An event stratigraphy for the Last Termination in the North Atlantic region based on the Greenland ice-core record: a proposal by the INTIMATE group
    1998 742 citations Svante Björck, S. J. Johnsen et al. Journal of Quaternary Science profile →
  2. A review of the history of the Baltic Sea, 13.0-8.0 ka BP
    1995 677 citations Svante Björck profile →
  3. Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (International Commission on Stratigraphy)
    2012 663 citations Svante Björck et al. Journal of Quaternary Science profile →
  4. Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental events in the North Atlantic region during the Last Termination: a revised protocol recommended by the INTIMATE group
    2008 562 citations Svante Björck et al. profile →
  5. Synchronized Terrestrial Atmospheric Deglacial Records Around the North Atlantic
    1996 485 citations Svante Björck, Bernd Kromer et al. Science profile →
  6. Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period): two new Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) and three new stages/subseries
    2018 281 citations Svante Björck et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Svante Björck Sweden 56 10.2k 3.2k 3.0k 2.9k 2.6k 197 11.8k
Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen Denmark 46 14.3k 1.4× 3.4k 1.0× 3.3k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 181 15.8k
Peter U. Clark United States 58 13.9k 1.4× 3.3k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 3.7k 1.3× 1.9k 0.8× 154 16.6k
Peter B deMenocal United States 51 10.6k 1.0× 3.5k 1.1× 3.3k 1.1× 3.2k 1.1× 4.0k 1.6× 95 14.0k
Françoise Gasse France 50 8.2k 0.8× 2.8k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 2.4k 0.9× 102 11.1k
Sune Olander Rasmussen Denmark 40 9.9k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 90 11.0k
J. P. Steffensen Denmark 49 15.5k 1.5× 4.1k 1.3× 4.0k 1.3× 3.2k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 128 17.1k
Ralph R Schneider Germany 57 9.8k 1.0× 3.9k 1.2× 1.7k 0.6× 3.4k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 194 11.9k
T. P. Guilderson United States 57 8.7k 0.9× 5.2k 1.6× 2.4k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 3.5k 1.4× 197 13.8k
Konrad A Hughen United States 44 12.5k 1.2× 5.1k 1.6× 2.7k 0.9× 3.3k 1.1× 4.0k 1.5× 118 15.9k
Barbara Wohlfarth Sweden 45 7.4k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 124 9.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Svante Björck

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mekhaldi, Florian, Markus Czymzik, Florian Adolphi, et al.. (2020). Radionuclide wiggle matching reveals a nonsynchronous early Holocene climate oscillation in Greenland and western Europe around a grand solar minimum. Climate of the past. 16(4). 1145–1157. 11 indexed citations
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Schenk, Frederik, Minna Väliranta, Francesco Muschitiello, et al.. (2018). Warm summers during the Younger Dryas cold reversal. Nature Communications. 9(1). 109 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, et al.. (2011). A Holocene peat record in the central South Atlantic: an archive of precipitation changes. GFF. 133(3-4). 195–206. 4 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, Ívar Örn Benediktsson, Ian Snowball, et al.. (2011). Climatic control of the surge periodicity of an Icelandic outlet glacier. Journal of Quaternary Science. 26(6). 561–565. 38 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, et al.. (2009). Holocene surge-history of the Eyjabakkajökull glacier inferred from varved lake sediments on eastern Iceland. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Hui, et al.. (2009). Surface sediment diatoms from the western Pacific marginal seas and their correlation to environmental variables. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 27(3). 674–682. 8 indexed citations
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Ljung, Karl, Svante Björck, H. Renssen, & Dan Hammarlund. (2008). South Atlantic island record reveals a South Atlantic response to the 8.2 kyr event. Climate of the past. 4(1). 35–45. 26 indexed citations
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Kortekaas, M., Andrew Murray, Per Sandgren, & Svante Björck. (2006). OSL chronology for a sediment core from the southern Baltic Sea: A continuous sedimentation record since deglaciation. Quaternary Geochronology. 2(1-4). 95–101. 47 indexed citations
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Andresen, Camilla S. & Svante Björck. (2005). Holocene climate variability in the denmark strait region ‐ a land‐sea correlation of new and existing climate proxy records. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 87(1). 159–174. 34 indexed citations
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Andresen, Camilla S., Svante Björck, Ole Bennike, & Gérard C. Bond. (2004). Holocene climate changes in southern Greenland: evidence from lake sediments. Journal of Quaternary Science. 19(8). 783–795. 60 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, Bernd Kromer, S. J. Johnsen, et al.. (1996). Synchronized Terrestrial Atmospheric Deglacial Records Around the North Atlantic. Science. 274(5290). 1155–1160. 485 indexed citations breakdown →
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Björck, Svante, Siv Olsson, Cynan Ellis-Evans, et al.. (1996). Late Holocene palaeoclimatic records from lake sediments on James Ross Island, Antarctica. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 121(3-4). 195–220. 157 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, Nils Malmer, Christian Hjort, et al.. (1991). Stratigraphic and Paleoclimatic Studies of a 5500-Year-Old Moss Bank on Elephant Island, Antarctica. Arctic and Alpine Research. 23(4). 361–374. 7 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, et al.. (1991). A late Holocene lake sediment sequence from Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, with palaeoclimatic implications. Antarctic Science. 3(1). 61–72. 127 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante & Gunnar Digerfeldt. (1991). Allerød‐ Younger Dryas sea level changes in southwestern Sweden and their relation to the Baltic Ice Lake development. Boreas. 20(2). 115–133. 58 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, Björn Berglund, & Gunnar Digerfeldt. (1988). New aspects on the déglaciation chronology of South Sweden. Geographia Polonia. 37 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, et al.. (1988). Preliminary stratigraphie studies on the Late Weichselian and Holocene development of the Hanó Bay, southeastern Sweden. Geographia Polonia. 15 indexed citations
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Björck, Svante, et al.. (1983). The Emerson Phase of Lake Agassiz, independently registered in northwestern Minnesota and northwestern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 20(10). 1536–1542. 22 indexed citations
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