Willy Tinner

18.8k total citations
247 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Willy Tinner is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Willy Tinner has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Atmospheric Science, 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 48 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Willy Tinner's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (180 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (87 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (45 papers). Willy Tinner is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (180 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (87 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (45 papers). Willy Tinner collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Italy. Willy Tinner's co-authors include Marco Conedera, Brigitta Ammann, André F. Lotter, Danièle Colombaroli, Walter Finsinger, Petra Kaltenrieder, Feng Sheng Hu, Lucia Wick, Patrik Krebs and Oliver Heiri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Willy Tinner

233 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Willy Tinner Switzerland	64	8.8k	3.2k	2.6k	2.0k	1.9k	247	12.0k
Joël Guiot France	66	12.3k 1.4×	3.7k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	3.4k 1.7×	210	15.5k
Glen M. MacDonald United States	62	9.4k 1.1×	4.0k 1.3×	964 0.4×	4.4k 2.1×	897 0.5×	207	13.6k
Mathias Vuille United States	63	11.0k 1.2×	5.7k 1.8×	1.6k 0.6×	3.1k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	156	14.8k
Cathy Whitlock United States	49	5.5k 0.6×	4.4k 1.4×	1.0k 0.4×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	140	8.5k
Sandy P. Harrison United Kingdom	83	15.7k 1.8×	10.0k 3.1×	2.0k 0.8×	4.7k 2.3×	2.4k 1.2×	296	22.8k
Peter Kershaw Australia	49	5.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	148	7.8k
Matt S. McGlone New Zealand	51	4.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	2.6k 1.3×	916 0.5×	132	8.5k
Oliver Heiri Switzerland	49	8.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.8×	4.4k 2.2×	2.0k 1.0×	166	11.8k
Pavel E. Tarasov Germany	60	9.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.3×	3.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	3.3k 1.7×	230	12.0k
Vera Markgraf United States	49	4.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	92	7.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Willy Tinner

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Mazza, Gianluigi, Maria Chiara Manetti, Giovanna Pezzi, et al.. (2025). Climate sensitivity of Abies alba Mill. in marginal Mediterranean low-elevation stands reveals new insights into the ecological potential of the species. Forest Ecology and Management. 585. 122670–122670.

Gobet, Erika, Albert Hafner, Christoph Schwörer, et al.. (2025). Climate and human forcing of montane vegetation dynamics during the past 15,600 years in the Simmental, Northern Swiss Alps. Quaternary Science Reviews. 366. 109470–109470.

Gauthier, Jérémy, Giuliano Bonanomi, Gabriele Carraro, et al.. (2025). Genetic Differentiation of Abies alba Outside Its Main Range Under Warm Meso‐ and Sub‐Mediterranean Conditions in Italy and Switzerland. Ecology and Evolution. 15(2). e70909–e70909. 2 indexed citations

Anastasi, Antonella, Martin Hinz, Sönke Szidat, et al.. (2025). First multispecies tree-ring chronologies from the 6th millennium BCE in Southeastern Europe. Dendrochronologia. 94. 126436–126436.

Gobet, Erika, César Morales‐Molino, André F. Lotter, et al.. (2025). Changes in climate drove vegetation and land use dynamics at the onset of farming in Europe. Quaternary Research. 124. 76–93. 2 indexed citations

Mustaphi, Colin J. Courtney, Maria Cuenca Cambronero, Moritz Muschick, et al.. (2024). Temporal dynamics of invertebrate community assembly in Lake Victoria since the late Pleistocene based on chitinous remains. Freshwater Biology. 69(5). 660–678. 3 indexed citations

Tinner, Willy, Erika Gobet, André F. Lotter, et al.. (2024). Late-glacial and Holocene shifts in the mountain landscapes of the Cantabrian range (northern Spain) in response to changing climate, fire occurrence and land use. Quaternary Science Reviews. 342. 108899–108899. 4 indexed citations

Lami, Andrea, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Madalina Jaggi, et al.. (2024). Latest Pleistocene and Holocene primary producer communities and hydroclimate in Lake Victoria, eastern Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews. 330. 108599–108599. 4 indexed citations

Gobet, Erika, César Morales‐Molino, André F. Lotter, et al.. (2023). Vegetation dynamics and land-use change at the Neolithic lakeshore settlement site of Ploča Mičov Grad, Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 33(2). 247–267. 14 indexed citations

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Mustaphi, Colin J. Courtney, Fabian Rey, Erika Gobet, et al.. (2023). Neolithic human activity caused eutrophication in small central European lakes. CATENA. 236. 107738–107738. 2 indexed citations

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Morellón, Mario, Manel Leira, Juan Remondo, et al.. (2022). Abrupt diatom responses to recent climate and land use changes in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain). Journal of Paleolimnology. 69(3). 213–230. 8 indexed citations

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Morales‐Molino, César, María Leunda, Mario Morellón, et al.. (2022). Millennial land use explains modern high‐elevation vegetation in the submediterranean mountains of Southern Europe. Journal of Biogeography. 49(10). 1779–1792. 15 indexed citations

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Evans, Michael N., et al.. (2021). Looking forward. Past Global Change Magazine. 29(1). 10–12. 1 indexed citations

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Morales‐Molino, César, et al.. (2021). Influence of taxonomic resolution on the value of anthropogenic pollen indicators. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 31(1). 67–84. 10 indexed citations

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Buonincontri, Mauro Paolo, Pierluigi Pieruccini, Carmine Lubritto, et al.. (2020). Shaping Mediterranean landscapes: The cultural impact of anthropogenic fires in Tyrrhenian southern Tuscany during the Iron and Middle Ages (800–450 BC / AD 650–1300). The Holocene. 30(10). 1420–1437. 9 indexed citations

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Morales‐Molino, César, et al.. (2020). Long-Term Responses of Mediterranean Mountain Forests to Climate Change, Fire and Human Activities in the Northern Apennines (Italy). Ecosystems. 24(6). 1361–1377. 34 indexed citations

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Bigalke, Moritz, Adrian Gilli, Fabian Rey, et al.. (2020). Variations of sedimentary Fe and Mn fractions under changing lake mixing regimes, oxygenation and land surface processes during Late-glacial and Holocene times. The Science of The Total Environment. 755(Pt 2). 143418–143418. 41 indexed citations

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Vitasse, Yann, Alessandra Bottero, Martine Rebetez, et al.. (2019). What is the potential of silver fir to thrive under warmer and drier climate?. European Journal of Forest Research. 138(4). 547–560. 83 indexed citations

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Michetti, Alessandro Maria, Danièle Colombaroli, Franz Livio, et al.. (2017). Climatic and anthropogenic forcing of prehistorical vegetation succession and fire dynamics in the Lago di Como area (N-Italy, Insubria). Quaternary Science Reviews. 161. 45–67. 8 indexed citations

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Mooney, Scott & Willy Tinner. (2011). The Analysis of Charcoal in Peat and Organic Sediments. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 124 indexed citations

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