Timothy J. Bralower

17.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
146 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

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Timothy J. Bralower is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy J. Bralower has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Atmospheric Science, 73 papers in Paleontology and 54 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Timothy J. Bralower's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (95 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (70 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (42 papers). Timothy J. Bralower is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (95 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (70 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (42 papers). Timothy J. Bralower collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Timothy J. Bralower's co-authors include James C. Zachos, R. Mark Leckie, Richard Cashman, Hans R. Thierstein, Steven M. Bohaty, Daniel Clay Kelly, Deborah J Thomas, Ursula Röhl, Samantha J. Gibbs and Ellen Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Timothy J. Bralower

143 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Oceanic anoxic events and plankton evolution: Biotic response to tectonic forcing during the mid‐Cretaceous

2002 779 citations Timothy J. Bralower et al. Paleoceanography profile →
A Transient Rise in Tropical Sea Surface Temperature During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

2003 515 citations James C. Zachos, Timothy J. Bralower et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy J. Bralower United States	50	6.6k	5.8k	2.4k	2.0k	1.8k	146	9.7k
Appy Sluijs Netherlands	54	8.3k 1.3×	5.2k 0.9×	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	2.5k 1.4×	174	10.6k
Paul A. Wilson United Kingdom	54	7.3k 1.1×	4.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	2.5k 1.4×	159	9.7k
Henk Brinkhuis Netherlands	66	10.0k 1.5×	6.9k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	195	13.6k
Gerta Keller United States	67	7.9k 1.2×	8.1k 1.4×	1.9k 0.8×	4.1k 2.0×	1.2k 0.7×	249	11.8k
Wolfgang Kuhnt Germany	50	5.3k 0.8×	3.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	172	7.0k
Lucas Joost Lourens Netherlands	53	8.4k 1.3×	3.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.4×	152	10.4k
Kyger C. Lohmann United States	49	4.5k 0.7×	4.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	2.7k 1.5×	127	7.9k
Brian T. Huber United States	44	4.4k 0.7×	4.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	131	6.7k
Heiko Pälike United Kingdom	44	7.1k 1.1×	3.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	129	8.8k
Michael M. Joachimski Germany	57	4.7k 0.7×	8.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.5×	3.4k 1.7×	1.5k 0.9×	210	11.0k

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Jiang, Shijun, Ying Cui, B. David A. Naafs, et al.. (2025). Millennial-timescale thermogenic CO2 release preceding the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5375–5375.

Bralower, Timothy J., et al.. (2024). Investigating assessment types in an online climate change class: moderating and mediating effects. Educational Technology Research and Development. 72(6). 3075–3101.

Robinson, Marci M., Kenneth G. Miller, Tali L. Babila, et al.. (2024). Paleogene Earth perturbations in the US Atlantic Coastal Plain (PEP-US): coring transects of hyperthermals to understand past carbon injections and ecosystem responses. Scientific Drilling. 33(1). 47–65. 4 indexed citations

Morgan, J., et al.. (2022). The Chicxulub impact and its environmental consequences. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 3(5). 338–354. 47 indexed citations

Babila, Tali L., Donald E. Penman, Christopher D. Standish, et al.. (2022). Surface ocean warming and acidification driven by rapid carbon release precedes Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science Advances. 8(11). eabg1025–eabg1025. 33 indexed citations

Lowery, Christopher M. & Timothy J. Bralower. (2022). Elevated Post K‐Pg Export Productivity in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(9). 8 indexed citations

Lowery, Christopher M., Heather Jones, Timothy J. Bralower, et al.. (2021). Early Paleocene Paleoceanography and Export Productivity in the Chicxulub Crater. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(11). 12 indexed citations

Kump, Lee R., et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum Carbon Isotope Record Completeness—An Illustration of the Potential of Dynamic Time Warping in Aligning Paleo‐Proxy Records. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(3). 19 indexed citations

Lyons, Shelby, Allison T. Karp, Timothy J. Bralower, et al.. (2020). Organic matter from the Chicxulub crater exacerbated the K–Pg impact winter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(41). 25327–25334. 46 indexed citations

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Morgan, Joanna, et al.. (2019). Ocean Drilling Perspectives on Meteorite Impacts. Oceanography. 32(1). 120–134. 7 indexed citations

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Oakes, Rosie L., Victoria L. Peck, Clara Manno, & Timothy J. Bralower. (2019). Degradation of Internal Organic Matter is the Main Control on Pteropod Shell Dissolution After Death. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 33(6). 749–760. 17 indexed citations

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Bralower, Timothy J., et al.. (2018). Ecological Changes in the Nannoplankton Community Across A Shelf Transect During the Onset of the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(12). 1396–1407. 3 indexed citations

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Kump, Lee R., et al.. (2018). Tracking the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum in the North Atlantic: A Shelf‐to‐Basin Analysis With a Regional Ocean Model. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(12). 1324–1338. 7 indexed citations

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Bralower, Timothy J., Lee R. Kump, Jean M. Self‐Trail, et al.. (2018). Evidence for Shelf Acidification During the Onset of the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(12). 1408–1426. 35 indexed citations

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Lowery, Christopher M., Robert Cunningham, Craig D. Barrie, Timothy J. Bralower, & John W. Snedden. (2017). The Northern Gulf of Mexico During OAE2 and the Relationship Between Water Depth and Black Shale Development. Paleoceanography. 32(12). 1316–1335. 29 indexed citations

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Self‐Trail, Jean M., Marci M. Robinson, Timothy J. Bralower, et al.. (2017). Shallow marine response to global climate change during the Paleocene‐Eocene Thermal Maximum, Salisbury Embayment, USA. Paleoceanography. 32(7). 710–728. 50 indexed citations

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Bralower, Timothy J., Daniel Clay Kelly, Samantha J. Gibbs, et al.. (2014). Impact of dissolution on the sedimentary record of the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 401. 70–82. 31 indexed citations

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Gibbs, Samantha J., Paul R. Bown, Jocelyn A. Sessa, Timothy J. Bralower, & Paul A. Wilson. (2006). Nannoplankton Extinction and Origination Across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science. 314(5806). 1770–1773. 155 indexed citations

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Bralower, Timothy J., et al.. (2002). New Evidence for Abrupt Climate Change in the Cretaceous and Paleogene: Ocean Drilling Program Leg 198 to Shatsky Rise, Northwest Pacific. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Bralower, Timothy J.. (1984). Organic Carbon and Transition Metal Accumulation Rates in Holocene and Mid-Cretaceous Sediments: Data and Techniques. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations

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