Thomas H. McGovern

3.5k total citations
67 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas H. McGovern is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas H. McGovern has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Paleontology, 27 papers in Atmospheric Science and 17 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas H. McGovern's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (41 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers). Thomas H. McGovern is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (41 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (27 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (13 papers). Thomas H. McGovern collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Iceland. Thomas H. McGovern's co-authors include Andrew Dugmore, Orri Vésteinsson, Mike J. Church, Christian Keller, Thomas Amorosi, Gordon Cook, Ian A. Simpson, Sophia Perdikaris, Paul C. Buckland and Philippa Ascough and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas H. McGovern

62 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas H. McGovern United States 30 1.2k 967 518 393 337 67 2.1k
Mike J. Church United Kingdom 25 922 0.8× 870 0.9× 505 1.0× 359 0.9× 115 0.3× 72 1.7k
Brendan J. Culleton United States 33 2.0k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 978 1.9× 1.0k 2.7× 117 0.3× 86 3.2k
Todd J. Braje United States 27 1.3k 1.1× 621 0.6× 1.1k 2.2× 855 2.2× 208 0.6× 108 2.5k
Kevan Edinborough United Kingdom 22 1.6k 1.4× 815 0.8× 284 0.5× 1.0k 2.7× 86 0.3× 48 2.2k
Daniel H. Sandweiss United States 26 1.4k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 686 1.3× 740 1.9× 56 0.2× 60 2.9k
Arlene M. Rosen United States 25 1.2k 1.0× 554 0.6× 146 0.3× 697 1.8× 235 0.7× 80 2.0k
Alan Williams Australia 21 978 0.8× 900 0.9× 347 0.7× 988 2.5× 70 0.2× 55 1.8k
Linda Scott Cummings United States 15 803 0.7× 453 0.5× 227 0.4× 554 1.4× 92 0.3× 86 1.5k
Marco Madella Spain 30 1.8k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 327 0.6× 1.0k 2.7× 58 0.2× 132 3.6k
Calógero M. Santoro Chile 30 1.6k 1.4× 604 0.6× 613 1.2× 1.1k 2.8× 56 0.2× 140 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas H. McGovern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas H. McGovern

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All Works

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Haldon, John, Lee Mordechai, Andrew Dugmore, et al.. (2024). Past Answers to Present Concerns. The Relevance of the Premodern Past for 21st Century Policy Planners: Comments on the State of the Field. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 16(1). 2 indexed citations
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Śmiarowski, Konrad, et al.. (2017). Zooarchaeology of the Scandinavian settlements in Iceland and Greenland. Oxford University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Hartman, Steven, Astrid E. J. Ogilvie, Jón Haukur Ingimundarson, et al.. (2017). Medieval Iceland, Greenland, and the New Human Condition: A case study in integrated environmental humanities. Global and Planetary Change. 156. 123–139. 36 indexed citations
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McGovern, Thomas H., et al.. (2017). Zooarchaeology of the Scandinavian settlements in Iceland and Greenland: diverging pathways. CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York). 6 indexed citations
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Vésteinsson, Orri & Thomas H. McGovern. (2012). Reply to Comments from James H. Barrett, Kevin J. Edwards, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir and Przemysław Urbańczyk. Norwegian Archaeological Review. 45(2). 230–235. 1 indexed citations
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Barnett, Ross, Love Dalén, Edson Sandoval‐Castellanos, et al.. (2012). The impact of past climate change on genetic variation and population connectivity in the Icelandic arctic fox. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 279(1747). 4568–4573. 12 indexed citations
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Dugmore, Andrew, Thomas H. McGovern, Orri Vésteinsson, et al.. (2012). Cultural adaptation, compounding vulnerabilities and conjunctures in Norse Greenland. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(10). 3658–3663. 115 indexed citations
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Dugmore, Andrew, et al.. (2010). Conceptual Modelling of Seafaring, Climate and Early European Exploration and Settlement of the North Atlantic Islands. 213–225. 5 indexed citations
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Ascough, Philippa, Gordon Cook, Mike J. Church, et al.. (2010). Temporal and Spatial Variations in Freshwater14C Reservoir Effects: Lake Mývatn, Northern Iceland. Radiocarbon. 52(3). 1098–1112. 65 indexed citations
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Ogilvie, Astrid E. J., James Woollett, Konrad Śmiarowski, et al.. (2009). Seals and Sea Ice in Medieval Greenland. 2. 60–80. 32 indexed citations
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McGovern, Thomas H.. (2009). Zooarchaeology and the archaeology of early Modern Iceland. The Digital Archeological Record (tDAR). 1. 3–22. 1 indexed citations
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McGovern, Thomas H., Orri Vésteinsson, Adolf Friðriksson, et al.. (2007). Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of Human Impact and Climate Fluctuation on the Millennial Scale. American Anthropologist. 109(1). 27–51. 142 indexed citations
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Church, Mike J., et al.. (2007). Archaeological Excavations at Qassiarsuk 2005 - 2006 Field report (Data Structure Report). 3 indexed citations
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Ascough, Philippa, Gordon Cook, Mike J. Church, et al.. (2006). Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c. AD 1000. The Holocene. 16(1). 131–136. 46 indexed citations
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McGovern, Thomas H.. (2003). Comparison of Herding Strategies at Hofstaðir and Sveigakot- A First Look. The Digital Archeological Record (tDAR). 1 indexed citations
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McGovern, Thomas H.. (2002). Landscapes of Power, Landscapes of Conflict: State Formation in the South Scandinavian Iron Age.. American Anthropologist. 104(4). 1251–1253. 14 indexed citations
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McGovern, Thomas H. & Sophia Perdikaris. (2000). The Viking's Silent Saga: What went wrong with the Scandinavian westward expansion?. Natural history. 109(8). 50–57. 8 indexed citations
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Barlow, L. K., Jon P. Sadler, Astrid E. J. Ogilvie, et al.. (1997). Interdisciplinary investigations of the end of the Norse Western Settlement in Greenland. The Holocene. 7(4). 489–499. 112 indexed citations
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Amorosi, Thomas, et al.. (1996). Regional zooarchaeology and global change: Problems and potentials. World Archaeology. 28(1). 126–157. 33 indexed citations
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McGovern, Thomas H., et al.. (1988). Northern Islands, human error, and environmental degradation: A view of social and ecological change in the Medieval North Atlantic. Human Ecology. 16(3). 225–270. 72 indexed citations

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