Sylvia M. Peglar

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sylvia M. Peglar is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvia M. Peglar has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Atmospheric Science, 15 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 12 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Sylvia M. Peglar's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Geological formations and processes (14 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers). Sylvia M. Peglar is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Geological formations and processes (14 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers). Sylvia M. Peglar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and United States. Sylvia M. Peglar's co-authors include H. J. B. Birks, Hilary H. Birks, Neil L. Rose, John‐Arvid Grytnes, Carl D. Sayer, Anne E. Bjune, Christian Bigler, Roland I. Hall, Isabelle Larocque and Simon A. Parfitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sylvia M. Peglar

48 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe

2010 263 citations Simon A. Parfitt, Nick Ashton et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sylvia M. Peglar United Kingdom	31	1.5k	663	663	656	373	49	2.4k
Jean‐Jacques Tiercelin France	30	1.1k 0.7×	805 1.2×	587 0.9×	559 0.9×	637 1.7×	66	2.9k
Chris Caseldine United Kingdom	28	2.0k 1.3×	648 1.0×	498 0.8×	620 0.9×	523 1.4×	73	2.4k
Siim Veski Estonia	25	2.1k 1.4×	575 0.9×	552 0.8×	667 1.0×	370 1.0×	86	2.5k
Basil Davis Switzerland	19	2.1k 1.4×	663 1.0×	453 0.7×	558 0.9×	386 1.0×	31	2.6k
Jens Stockmarr Denmark	6	2.2k 1.4×	705 1.1×	583 0.9×	684 1.0×	485 1.3×	9	2.7k
Jorie Clark United States	15	2.1k 1.4×	476 0.7×	758 1.1×	714 1.1×	670 1.8×	23	3.1k
Mike Barbetti Australia	28	2.0k 1.3×	785 1.2×	388 0.6×	760 1.2×	268 0.7×	64	3.0k
Ian T. Lawson United Kingdom	30	1.9k 1.2×	949 1.4×	681 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	370 1.0×	74	3.5k
Jorge Rabassa Argentina	28	1.9k 1.2×	616 0.9×	582 0.9×	830 1.3×	566 1.5×	112	3.0k
George L. Jacobson United States	24	2.0k 1.3×	463 0.7×	502 0.8×	895 1.4×	454 1.2×	44	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvia M. Peglar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Davis, R. J., Simon G. Lewis, Simon A. Parfitt, et al.. (2025). Earliest evidence of making fire. Nature. 649(8097). 631–637.

Bennion, Helen, Carl D. Sayer, Ambroise Baker, et al.. (2023). Will they be back? A framework to guide rare macrophyte conservation decisions in lakes. Restoration Ecology. 32(1). 5 indexed citations

Ashton, Nick, Simon G. Lewis, Isabelle De Groote, et al.. (2014). Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88329–e88329. 117 indexed citations

Birks, Hilary H., Hilary H. Birks, Vivienne J. Jones, et al.. (2011). From cold to cool in northernmost Norway: Lateglacial and early Holocene multi-proxy environmental and climate reconstructions from Jansvatnet, Hammerfest. Quaternary Science Reviews. 33. 100–120. 54 indexed citations

Parfitt, Simon A., Nick Ashton, Simon G. Lewis, et al.. (2010). Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe. Nature. 466(7303). 229–233. 263 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhao, Yan, Carl D. Sayer, Hilary H. Birks, Michael P. Hughes, & Sylvia M. Peglar. (2006). Spatial Representation of Aquatic Vegetation by Macrofossils and Pollen in a Small and Shallow Lake. Journal of Paleolimnology. 35(2). 335–350. 93 indexed citations

Dalton, Catherine M., H. J. B. Birks, Stephen J. Brooks, et al.. (2005). A multi-proxy study of lake-development in response to catchment changes during the Holocene at Lochnagar, north-east Scotland. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 221(3-4). 175–201. 51 indexed citations

Velle, Gaute, et al.. (2005). Holocene environmental history and climate of R�t�sj�en, a low-alpine lake in south-central Norway. Journal of Paleolimnology. 33(2). 129–153. 77 indexed citations

Birks, H. J. B., Don Monteith, Neil L. Rose, Vivienne J. Jones, & Sylvia M. Peglar. (2004). Recent Environmental Change and Atmospheric Contamination on Svalbard as Recorded in Lake Sediments – Modern Limnology, Vegetation, and Pollen Deposition. Journal of Paleolimnology. 31(4). 411–431. 31 indexed citations

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Bigler, Christian, Isabelle Larocque, Sylvia M. Peglar, H. J. B. Birks, & Roland I. Hall. (2002). Quantitative multiproxy assessment of long-term patterns of Holocene environmental change from a small lake near Abisko, northern Sweden. The Holocene. 12(4). 481–496. 174 indexed citations

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Grytnes, John‐Arvid, H. J. B. Birks, & Sylvia M. Peglar. (1999). The taxonomic distribution of rare and common species among families in the vascular plant flora of Fennoscandia. Diversity and Distributions. 5(5). 177–186. 7 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, P. E., D. D. Harkness, E.M. Lawson, et al.. (1997). ¹⁴C Dating of Laminated Sediments from Loch Ness, Scotland. Radiocarbon. 40(2). 781–793. 1 indexed citations

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West, R. G., et al.. (1995). Late Pleistocene deposits at Chatteris, March and Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 106(3). 195–210. 11 indexed citations

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Peglar, Sylvia M.. (1993). Mid- and late-Holocene vegetation history of Quidenham Mere, Norfolk, UK interpreted using recurrent groups of taxa. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 2(1). 15–28. 14 indexed citations

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Zalasiewicz, Jan, Steve Mathers, Philip L. Gibbard, et al.. (1991). Age and relationships of the Chillesford Clay (early Pleistocene: Suffolk, England). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 333(1266). 81–100. 24 indexed citations

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Gibbard, Philip L. & Sylvia M. Peglar. (1990). Palynology of the interglacial deposits at Little Oakley, Essex, and their correlation. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 328(1248). 341–357. 12 indexed citations

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Peglar, Sylvia M., Sherilyn C. Fritz, & H. J. B. Birks. (1989). Vegetation and Land-Use History at Diss, Norfolk, U.K.. Journal of Ecology. 77(1). 203–203. 50 indexed citations

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Zalasiewicz, Jan, Steve Mathers, Philip L. Gibbard, et al.. (1988). Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Red Crag and Norwich Crag formations between Aldeburgh and Sizewell, Suffolk, England. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 322(1210). 221–272. 35 indexed citations

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Birks, H. J. B. & Sylvia M. Peglar. (1980). Identification of Picea pollen of Late Quaternary age in eastern North America: a numerical approach. Canadian Journal of Botany. 58(19). 2043–2058. 46 indexed citations

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Peglar, Sylvia M.. (1979). A RADIOCARBON‐DATED POLLEN DIAGRAM FROM LOCH OF WINLESS, CAITHNESS, NORTH‐EAST SCOTLAND. New Phytologist. 82(1). 245–263. 38 indexed citations

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