Timothy Heaton

20.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Timothy Heaton is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Heaton has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Paleontology and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Timothy Heaton's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (23 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (9 papers). Timothy Heaton is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (26 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (23 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (9 papers). Timothy Heaton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Timothy Heaton's co-authors include Paula Reimer, Ron Reimer, Paul G. Blackwell, Chris Turney, Jonathan Palmer, Alan Hogg, Quan Hua, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Caitlin E. Buck and Mu Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Heaton

55 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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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.

SHCal13 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

2013 1.5k citations Alan Hogg, Quan Hua et al. Radiocarbon profile →
Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP)

2020 1.1k citations Timothy Heaton, Peter Köhler et al. Radiocarbon profile →
SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP

2020 932 citations Alan Hogg, Timothy Heaton et al. Radiocarbon profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy Heaton United Kingdom	24	2.7k	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	709	56	5.0k
Ron Reimer United Kingdom	16	3.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	916 1.3×	22	5.4k
Andrew Dugmore United Kingdom	43	4.0k 1.5×	1.8k 1.1×	805 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	160	5.6k
Sander van der Kaars Australia	41	3.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	888 1.3×	78	4.9k
David B. Madsen United States	43	3.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 2.2×	120	5.7k
Rewi M. Newnham New Zealand	46	4.7k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	117	6.7k
Marco Spurk Germany	15	4.9k 1.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.9×	17	5.7k
Alan Hogg New Zealand	36	4.1k 1.5×	2.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	728 1.0×	102	6.4k
Claudio Latorre Chile	34	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	528 0.7×	120	4.1k
Takeshi Nakagawa Japan	37	3.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	966 1.4×	123	4.5k
Thomas W. Stafford United States	39	2.0k 0.7×	2.7k 1.7×	2.1k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	590 0.8×	105	5.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Heaton, Timothy, Sarah Al-Assam, & Édouard Bard. (2025). A new approach to radiocarbon summarisation: Rigorous identification of variations/changepoints in the occurrence rate of radiocarbon samples using a Poisson process. Journal of Archaeological Science. 182. 106237–106237.

Wardrope, Alistair, et al.. (2025). Validation of a Machine-Learning Clinical Decision Aid for the Differential Diagnosis of Transient Loss of Consciousness. Neurology Clinical Practice. 15(2). e200448–e200448. 1 indexed citations

Whiteford, Ross, Timothy Heaton, Michael J. Henehan, et al.. (2024). Reconstruction of Cenozoic δ¹¹B_sw Using a Gaussian Process. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39(6). 3 indexed citations

Heaton, Timothy, Édouard Bard, Alex Bayliss, et al.. (2024). Extreme solar storms and the quest for exact dating with radiocarbon. Nature. 633(8029). 306–317. 3 indexed citations

Bard, Édouard, Cécile Miramont, Manuela Capano, et al.. (2023). A radiocarbon spike at 14 300 cal yr BP in subfossil trees provides the impulse response function of the global carbon cycle during the Late Glacial. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 381(2261). 20220206–20220206. 11 indexed citations

Talamo, Sahra, Michael Friedrich, Florian Adolphi, et al.. (2023). Atmospheric radiocarbon levels were highly variable during the last deglaciation. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 2 indexed citations

Heaton, Timothy, Martin Butzin, Édouard Bard, et al.. (2023). MARINE RADIOCARBON CALIBRATION IN POLAR REGIONS: A SIMPLE APPROXIMATE APPROACH USING MARINE20. Radiocarbon. 65(4). 848–875. 23 indexed citations

Heaton, Timothy, Édouard Bard, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, et al.. (2022). A RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY QUESTIONS ON THE MARINE20 RADIOCARBON AGE CALIBRATION CURVE: MARINE RESERVOIR AGES AND THE CALIBRATION OF ¹⁴C SAMPLES FROM THE OCEANS. Radiocarbon. 65(1). 247–273. 24 indexed citations

Bard, Édouard & Timothy Heaton. (2021). On the tuning of plateaus in atmospheric and oceanic ¹⁴ C records to derive calendar chronologies of deep-sea cores and records of ¹⁴ C marine reservoir age changes. Climate of the past. 17(4). 1701–1725. 2 indexed citations

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Heaton, Timothy, Édouard Bard, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, et al.. (2021). Radiocarbon: A key tracer for studying Earth’s dynamo, climate system, carbon cycle, and Sun. Science. 374(6568). eabd7096–eabd7096. 40 indexed citations

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Hughen, Konrad A & Timothy Heaton. (2020). Updated Cariaco Basin¹⁴C Calibration Dataset from 0–60 cal kyr BP. Radiocarbon. 62(4). 1001–1043. 21 indexed citations

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Butzin, Martin, Timothy Heaton, Peter Köhler, & Gerrit Lohmann. (2020). A Short Note on Marine Reservoir Age Simulations Used in IntCal20. Radiocarbon. 62(4). 865–871. 41 indexed citations

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Hogg, Alan, Timothy Heaton, Quan Hua, et al.. (2020). SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP. Radiocarbon. 62(4). 759–778. 932 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heaton, Timothy, Peter Köhler, Martin Butzin, et al.. (2020). Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP). Radiocarbon. 62(4). 779–820. 1144 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bayliss, Alex, Peter Marshall, Michael Dee, et al.. (2020). IntCal20 Tree Rings: An Archaeological Swot Analysis. Radiocarbon. 62(4). 1045–1078. 25 indexed citations

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Heaton, Timothy, Maarten Blaauw, Paul G. Blackwell, et al.. (2020). The IntCal20 Approach to Radiocarbon Calibration Curve Construction: A New Methodology Using Bayesian Splines and Errors-in-Variables. Radiocarbon. 62(4). 821–863. 71 indexed citations

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Bard, Édouard, Timothy Heaton, Sahra Talamo, et al.. (2020). Extended dilation of the radiocarbon time scale between 40,000 and 48,000 y BP and the overlap between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(35). 21005–21007. 18 indexed citations

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Ramsey, Christopher Bronk, Timothy Heaton, Gordon Schlolaut, et al.. (2020). Reanalysis of the Atmospheric Radiocarbon Calibration Record from Lake Suigetsu, Japan. Radiocarbon. 62(4). 989–999. 35 indexed citations

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Pearson, Charlotte, Peter W. Brewer, David Brown, et al.. (2018). Annual radiocarbon record indicates 16th century BCE date for the Thera eruption. Science Advances. 4(8). eaar8241–eaar8241. 77 indexed citations

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Surridge, Ben, Daren C. Gooddy, Robert J. Newton, et al.. (2014). Development and initial application of δ18Op to understand phosphorus cycling in river, lake and groundwater ecosystems.. Research Repository (University of Gloucestershire). 11314. 1 indexed citations

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