Victor J. Polyak

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Victor J. Polyak is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Victor J. Polyak has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Atmospheric Science, 60 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 40 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Victor J. Polyak's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (112 papers), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (34 papers) and Geological formations and processes (26 papers). Victor J. Polyak is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (112 papers), Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (34 papers) and Geological formations and processes (26 papers). Victor J. Polyak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Victor J. Polyak's co-authors include Yemane Asmerom, Matthew S. Lachniet, Stephen Burns, Hai Cheng, Rhawn F. Denniston, Chuan‐Chou Shen, Xianfeng Wang, Yongjin Wang, John Hellström and R. Lawrence Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Victor J. Polyak

137 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Improvements in 230Th dating, 230Th and 234U half-life values, and U–Th isotopic measurements by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

2013 1.2k citations Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom et al. profile →
Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change

2012 391 citations Douglas J. Kennett, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sea level during Marine Isotope Stage 5a in the Messiniakos Gulf (Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece) 2025 ·Geomorphology ·(unknown), (unknown), Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom, Bogdan P. Onac	0
2	A speleogenetic history of Novoafonskaya Cave in the Western Caucasus 2024 ·International Journal of Speleology ·(unknown), (unknown), Jonathan L. Baker, (unknown), Victor J. Polyak, M. T. Heizler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yuri Dublyansky	1
3	Elevated Grand Canyon groundwater recharge during the warm Early Holocene 2023 ·Nature Geoscience ·Matthew S. Lachniet, Xiaojing Du, Sylvia Dee, Yemane Asmerom, Victor J. Polyak, Benjamin W. Tobin	6
4	Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic Maya societies 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown), Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, (unknown), Franziska A. Lechleitner, (unknown), Lisa M. Baldini, Victor J. Polyak, James U.L. Baldini, Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer, Norbert Marwan	10
5	Sensitivity of northwest Australian tropical cyclone activity to ITCZ migration since 500 CE 2023 ·Science Advances ·Rhawn F. Denniston, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Kerry Emanuel, (unknown), Francesco S. R. Pausata, Alan D. Wanamaker, Matthew S. Lachniet, (unknown), Yemane Asmerom, Victor J. Polyak, Jonathan Nott, Wei Zhang, Gabriele Villarini, John Cugley, Darren R. Brooks, David Woods, William F. Humphreys	2
6	Large negative δ238U anomalies in endogenic-type travertine systems 2023 ·Geology ·Victor J. Polyak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Laura J. Crossey, Karl E. Karlstrom, Yemane Asmerom	2
7	Sea-level stands from the Western Mediterranean over the past 6.5 million years 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·Oana A. Dumitru, Jacqueline Austermann, Victor J. Polyak, Joan J. Fornós, Yemane Asmerom, Joaquín Ginés, Àngel Ginés, Bogdan P. Onac	21
8	Last Interglacial ( sensu lato , ~130 to 75 ka) sea level history from cave deposits: a global standardized database 2020 ·Oana A. Dumitru, Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom, Bogdan P. Onac	3
9	Spar caves as fossil hydrothermal systems: Timing and origin of ore deposits in the Delaware Basin and Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas, USA 2018 ·International Journal of Speleology ·(unknown), Victor J. Polyak, Yemane Asmerom	2
10	A U-PB DATED GLACIAL ISOSTASY CORRECTED PLIOCENE SEA-LEVEL RECORD IN MALLORCA (WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN) BASED ON PHREATIC OVERGROWTHS ON SPELEOTHEMS 2018 ·Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America ·Oana A. Dumitru, Bogdan P. Onac, Victor J. Polyak, Jacqueline Austermann, Joan J. Fornós, Joaquín Ginés, Àngel Ginés, Yemane Asmerom	0
11	A stalagmite test of North Atlantic SST and Iberian hydroclimate linkages over the last two glacial cycles 2018 ·Climate of the past ·Rhawn F. Denniston, (unknown), Yemane Asmerom, Alan D. Wanamaker, Jonathan Haws, Victor J. Polyak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, (unknown), Michael M. Benedetti, Nuno Bicho	21
12	Arctic cryosphere and Milankovitch forcing of Great Basin paleoclimate 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Matthew S. Lachniet, Yemane Asmerom, Victor J. Polyak, Rhawn F. Denniston	19
13	North Atlantic tropical cyclone track migration since 1550 A.D. revealed using a Belizean stalagmite 2015 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Lisa M. Baldini, James U.L. Baldini, Amy Frappier, Harriet E. Ridley, Yemane Asmerom, Keith M. Prufer, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Valorie V. Aquino, Victor J. Polyak, Jaime J. Awe	0
14	Sulphuric acid speleogenesis and landscape evolution: Montecchio cave, Albegna river valley (Southern Tuscany, Italy) 2014 ·Geomorphology ·Léonardo Piccini, Jo De Waele, Ermanno Galli, Victor J. Polyak, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Yemane Asmerom	23
15	CONSTRAINTS ON LATE CRETACEOUS UPLIFT AND DENUDATION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO PLATEAU FROM U-PB DATING OF LACUSTRINE LIMESTONE 2014 ·2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014) ·Victor J. Polyak	2
16	Orbital control of western North America atmospheric circulation and climate over two glacial cycles 2014 ·Nature Communications ·Matthew S. Lachniet, Rhawn F. Denniston, Yemane Asmerom, Victor J. Polyak	90
17	Evidence for Stable Sea-level during Marine Isotope Stage 5e of the Last Interglacial from the Western Mediterranean 2014 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Victor J. Polyak, (unknown), Joan J. Fornós, (unknown), (unknown)	2
18	Basaltic Breccia NWA 7034: Unique 2.1 Ga Sample of Enriched Martian Crust 2012 ·Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement ·C. B. Agee, (unknown), Victor J. Polyak, K. Ziegler, F. M. McCubbin, Yemane Asmerom, Z. D. Sharp, M. Nunn, M. H. Thiemens, A. Steele	1
19	COnstructing Proxy-Record Age models (COPRA) 2012 ·Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach, Kira Rehfeld, Bedartha Goswami, James U.L. Baldini, Harriet E. Ridley, Douglas J. Kennett, Keith M. Prufer, Valorie V. Aquino, Yemane Asmerom, Victor J. Polyak, H. P. Cheng, Jürgen Kurths, Norbert Marwan	4
20	New age constraints on the Middle Stone Age occupations of Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt 2007 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Jennifer Smith, Alicia L. Hawkins, Yemane Asmerom, Victor J. Polyak, Robert Giegengack	67

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