Todd Sowers

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
71 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Todd Sowers is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Todd Sowers has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Atmospheric Science, 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Todd Sowers's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (33 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (30 papers). Todd Sowers is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (33 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (30 papers). Todd Sowers collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Todd Sowers's co-authors include Michael L. Bender, Richard B. Alley, Paul A. Mayewski, K. C. Taylor, P. B. Price, Edward J. Brook, M. Stuiver, Peter U. Clark, Dominique Raynaud and Jeffrey P. Severinghaus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Todd Sowers

70 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Holocene climatic instability: A prominent, widespread event 8200 yr ago

1997 1.5k citations Todd Sowers, K. C. Taylor et al. profile →
Temperature dependence of metabolic rates for microbial growth, maintenance, and survival

2004 583 citations Todd Sowers et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Centennial-scale changes in the global carbon cycle during the last deglaciation

2014 370 citations Shaun A. Marcott, Christo Buizert et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Todd Sowers United States	39	6.2k	2.4k	1.9k	1.9k	889	71	7.9k
V. Lipenkov Russia	34	7.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	800 0.9×	168	9.2k
Catherine Ritz France	43	8.6k 1.4×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	871 1.0×	121	10.2k
Jean‐Robert Petit France	37	7.1k 1.2×	2.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	800 0.9×	80	8.7k
Jakob Schwander Switzerland	47	7.4k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	99	8.3k
V. M. Kotlyakov Russia	22	5.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	733 0.8×	127	6.7k
Eric Wolff United Kingdom	65	11.2k 1.8×	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	3.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	280	12.8k
Thomas Blunier Denmark	43	8.8k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	2.5k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.7×	126	10.4k
Darrell S. Kaufman United States	46	6.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	899 1.0×	237	7.9k
Scott J. Lehman United States	47	6.6k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	97	8.1k
B. Stauffer Switzerland	32	5.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	798 0.9×	57	7.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Todd Sowers

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20 of 20 papers shown

Buizert, Christo, Todd Sowers, Thomas Blunier, et al.. (2024). The Greenland spatial fingerprint of Dansgaard–Oeschger events in observations and models. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(44). e2402637121–e2402637121. 5 indexed citations

Blunier, Thomas, Sindhu Vudayagiri, Bo Vinther, et al.. (2024). Total Air Content measurements from the RECAP core.

Epifanio, Jenna, Edward J. Brook, Christo Buizert, et al.. (2023). Millennial and orbital-scale variability in a 54 000-year record of total air content from the South Pole ice core. The cryosphere. 17(11). 4837–4851. 5 indexed citations

Epifanio, Jenna, Edward J. Brook, Christo Buizert, et al.. (2020). The SP19 chronology for the South Pole Ice Core – Part 2: gas chronology, Δage, and smoothing of atmospheric records. Climate of the past. 16(6). 2431–2444. 14 indexed citations

Simonsen, Marius, Giovanni Baccolo, Thomas Blunier, et al.. (2019). East Greenland ice core dust record reveals timing of Greenland ice sheet advance and retreat. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4494–4494. 57 indexed citations

Shah, Anjana K., Oliver S. Boyd, Todd Sowers, & Eric M. Thompson. (2017). Building a USGS National Crustal Model: Theoretical foundation, inputs, and calibration for the Western United States. AGUFM. 2017. 1 indexed citations

Buizert, Christo, Kurt M. Cuffey, Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, et al.. (2015). The WAIS Divide deep ice core WD2014 chronology – Part 1: Methane synchronization (68–31 ka BP) and the gas age–ice age difference. Climate of the past. 11(2). 153–173. 174 indexed citations

Rhodes, Rachael H., Edward J. Brook, John C. H. Chiang, et al.. (2014). Continuous methane record of abrupt climate change 10-68 ka: sighting Heinrich events in the ice core record. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 7984. 1 indexed citations

Mitchell, L., Ed Brook, James E. Lee, Christo Buizert, & Todd Sowers. (2013). Constraints on the Late Holocene Anthropogenic Contribution to the Atmospheric Methane Budget. Science. 342(6161). 964–966. 67 indexed citations

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Schmitt, J. H. M. M., Barbara Seth, Michael Böck, et al.. (2013). On the interference of Kr during carbon isotope analysis of methane using continuous-flow combustion–isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 6(5). 1425–1445. 23 indexed citations

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Sarmiento, D. P., Thomas Lauvaux, Todd Sowers, et al.. (2012). Continuous Monitoring of CH4 Emissions from Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction in South West Pennsylvania Using Top Down Methodology. AGUFM. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Möller, Lars, Todd Sowers, Michael Böck, et al.. (2012). Climate and CO2 control on emissions and ecosystem composition of global methane sources over the last 160,000 years derived from δ13CH4 in ice cores. EGUGA. 2937. 1 indexed citations

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Marcott, Shaun A., et al.. (2012). A Deglacial Record of Carbon Dioxide from the WAIS Divide Ice Core, Antarctica. EGUGA. 919. 1 indexed citations

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Sapart, Célia, Guillaume Monteil, Roderik S. W. van de Wal, et al.. (2012). Natural and anthropogenic variations in methane sources during the past two millennia. Nature. 490(7418). 85–88. 96 indexed citations

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Sapart, Célia, Carina van der Veen, I. Vigano, et al.. (2011). Simultaneous stable isotope analysis of methane and nitrous oxide on ice core samples. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 4(12). 2607–2618. 34 indexed citations

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Battle, M. O., Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, E. D. Sofen, et al.. (2011). Controls on the movement and composition of firn air at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(21). 11007–11021. 36 indexed citations

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Popp, Trevor, Todd Sowers, Nelia Dunbar, William C. McIntosh, & Jeffrey W. White. (2004). Radioisotopically Dated Climate Record Spanning the Last Interglacial in Ice from Mount Moulton, West Antarctica. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 11 indexed citations

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Sowers, Todd. (2003). Evidence for in-situ metabolic activity in ice sheets based on anomalous trace gas records from the Vostok and other ice cores. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 1994. 2 indexed citations

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Sowers, Todd, et al.. (2001). Extending records of the isotopic composition of atmospheric N 2 O back to 1900 A. D. from air trapped in snow at South Pole. AGUFM. 2001. 2 indexed citations

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Sowers, Todd, Michael L. Bender, Dominique Raynaud, & C. Lorius. (1988). Elemental and Isotopic Compositon of O₂ and N₂ Gases in Ice Cores (Abstract). Annals of Glaciology. 10. 218–218. 1 indexed citations

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