V. R. Switsur

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

V. R. Switsur is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, V. R. Switsur has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Atmospheric Science, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in V. R. Switsur's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (15 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers). V. R. Switsur is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (30 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (15 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (15 papers). V. R. Switsur collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Sudan and South Africa. V. R. Switsur's co-authors include J. Waterhouse, Iain Robertson, Neil J. Loader, A. C. Barker, F. A. Hibbert, R. G. West, K. D. Bennett, John Tallis, Emily Field and Martin Sharp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

V. R. Switsur

58 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

An improved technique for the batch processing of small wholewood samples to α-cellulose

1997 432 citations Neil J. Loader, Iain Robertson et al. Chemical Geology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. R. Switsur United Kingdom	29	2.4k	1.4k	559	486	445	59	3.0k
Walter Finsinger France	31	2.1k 0.9×	721 0.5×	658 1.2×	488 1.0×	246 0.6×	75	2.8k
Robert S. Thompson United States	29	2.7k 1.2×	879 0.6×	685 1.2×	1.1k 2.2×	239 0.5×	57	3.6k
Mike Barbetti Australia	28	2.0k 0.9×	726 0.5×	785 1.4×	760 1.6×	81 0.2×	64	3.0k
Kurt Nicolussi Austria	23	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	643 1.2×	260 0.5×	159 0.4×	63	3.2k
Valérie Daux France	30	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	567 1.0×	410 0.8×	338 0.8×	80	2.7k
Anna Pazdur Poland	27	1.6k 0.7×	543 0.4×	616 1.1×	482 1.0×	296 0.7×	128	2.4k
Basil Davis Switzerland	19	2.1k 0.9×	474 0.3×	663 1.2×	558 1.1×	117 0.3×	31	2.6k
Valmore C. LaMarche United States	25	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	198 0.4×	389 0.8×	277 0.6×	30	2.4k
John H. McAndrews Canada	26	1.8k 0.8×	242 0.2×	390 0.7×	815 1.7×	271 0.6×	58	2.3k
Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen Switzerland	34	2.1k 0.9×	321 0.2×	679 1.2×	678 1.4×	260 0.6×	67	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. R. Switsur

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Bodin, Per, Mary Gagen, Danny McCarroll, et al.. (2013). Comparing the performance of different stomatal conductance models using modelled and measured plant carbon isotope ratios (δ¹³C): implications for assessing physiological forcing. Global Change Biology. 19(6). 1709–1719. 15 indexed citations

Rinne‐Garmston, Katja T., T. Boettger, Neil J. Loader, et al.. (2005). On the purification of α-cellulose from resinous wood for stable isotope (H, C and O) analysis. Chemical Geology. 222(1-2). 75–82. 102 indexed citations

West, R. G., J. A. Catt, Charles P. Hart, et al.. (1999). Late and Middle Pleistocene deposits at Somersham, Cambridgeshire, U.K.: a model for reconstructing fluvial/estuarine depositional environments. Quaternary Science Reviews. 18(10-11). 1247–1314. 38 indexed citations

Hemming, Debbie, et al.. (1998). Climate variation and the stable carbon isotope composition of tree ring cellulose: an intercomparison of Quercus robur, Fagus sylvatica and Pinus silvestris. Tellus B. 50(1). 25–25. 95 indexed citations

Robertson, Iain, V. R. Switsur, A. C. Barker, et al.. (1997). Signal strength and climate relationships in ¹³C/¹²C ratios of tree ring cellulose from oak in east England. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 102(D16). 19507–19516. 115 indexed citations

Chepstow‐Lusty, Alex, et al.. (1996). 4000 years of human impact and vegetation change in the central Peruvian Andes — with events parallelling the Maya record?. Antiquity. 70(270). 824–833. 48 indexed citations

Loader, Neil J. & V. R. Switsur. (1996). Reconstructing Past Environmental Change Using Stable Isotopes in Tree-rings. Botanical Journal of Scotland. 48(1). 65–78. 27 indexed citations

Hill, Steven A., J. Waterhouse, Emily Field, V. R. Switsur, & Tom ap Rees. (1995). Rapid recycling of triose phosphates in oak stem tissue. Plant Cell & Environment. 18(8). 931–936. 175 indexed citations

Gellatly, Anne F., Jean M. Grove, & V. R. Switsur. (1992). Mid-Holocene glacial activity in the Pyrenees. The Holocene. 2(3). 266–270. 41 indexed citations

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Bennett, K. D., et al.. (1990). Holocene vegetational and environmental history at Loch Lang, South Uist, Western Isles, Scotland. New Phytologist. 114(2). 281–298. 59 indexed citations

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Tallis, John & V. R. Switsur. (1990). Forest and Moorland in the South Pennine Uplands in the Mid-Flandrian Period.: II. The Hillslope Forests. Journal of Ecology. 78(4). 857–857. 28 indexed citations

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Waterhouse, J., et al.. (1988). On the development of a novel method for the determination of stable oxygen isotope ratios in cellulose. International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation Part A Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 39(10). 1029–1035. 13 indexed citations

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Switsur, V. R., et al.. (1985). Mesolithic Exploitation Patterns in the Central Pennines: A Palynological Study of Soyland Moor. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 15 indexed citations

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Jacobi, Roger, et al.. (1980). Seriation and dating of mesolithic sites in southern England. Revue d Archéométrie. 4(1). 165–173. 3 indexed citations

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Switsur, V. R. & R. G. West. (1975). University of Cambridge Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIII. Radiocarbon. 17(1). 35–51. 8 indexed citations

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Switsur, V. R., et al.. (1973). Camnbridge大学の自然放射性炭素測定 XI | 文献情報 | J-GLOBAL 科学技術総合リンクセンター. Radiocarbon. 15(1). 156–164. 9 indexed citations

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Coles, John, et al.. (1973). Prehistoric Roads and Tracks in Somerset, England: 3. The Sweet Track. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 39. 256–293. 18 indexed citations

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Tallis, John & V. R. Switsur. (1973). Studies on Southern Pennine Peats: VI. A Radiocarbon-Dated Pollen Diagram from Featherbed Moss, Derbyshire. Journal of Ecology. 61(3). 743–743. 33 indexed citations

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Switsur, V. R., M. A. Hall, & R. G. West. (1970). University of Cambridge Natural Radiocarbon Measurements IX. Radiocarbon. 12(2). 590–598. 12 indexed citations

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Godwin, H., E. H. Willis, & V. R. Switsur. (1965). Cambridge University Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VII. Radiocarbon. 7. 205–212. 16 indexed citations

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