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Publications: 94
Total Citations: 8070
h-index: 38
i10-index: 62
Citation History
Publications from the last 2 years
AR Paine, J Frieling, TM Shanahan, TA Mather, N McKay, SA Robinson, DM Pyle, IM Fendley, R Kiely, WD Gosling
Climate of the Past ( 2025 ) • Citations: 2
H Holtzman, EK Thomas, M Erb, L Marshall, IS Castañeda, D Kaufman, NP McKay, M Melles
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ( 2025 )
LP Marshall, DS Kaufman, NH Bigelow, MSM Bolton, EC Cohen, BM Damon, BP Finney, BJL Jensen, NP McKay, MJ Medina, SE Muñoz, EAG Schuur, M Żarczyński
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research ( 2025 )
The 4.2 ka event is not remarkable in the context of Holocene climate variability
NP McKay, DS Kaufman, SépH Arcusa, HR Kolus, DC Edge, MP Erb, CL Hancock, CC Routson, M Żarczyński, LP Marshall, GK Roberts, F Telles
Nature Communications ( 2024 ) • Citations: 41
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Arctic glacier snowline altitudes rise 150 m over the last 4 decades
LJ Larocca, JM Lea, MP Erb, NP McKay, M Phillips, KA Lamantia, DS Kaufman
The Cryosphere ( 2024 ) • Citations: 5
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G Thomson-Laing, JD Howarth, J Atalah, MJ Vandergoes, X Li, JK Pearman, S Fitzsimons, C Moy, A Moody, C Shepherd, N McKay, SA Wood
Science of The Total Environment ( 2024 ) • Citations: 5
C Wheeler, JK Pearman, JD Howarth, MJ Vandergoes, K Holt, SA Trewick, X Li, L Thompson, G Thomson-Laing, M Picard, C Moy, NP Mckay, A Moody, C Shepherd, Vvd Bos, K Steiner, SA Wood
Harmful algae ( 2024 ) • Citations: 3
The Hunt for Holocene Abrupt Climate Change
N Scroxton, N McKay
PLOS Climate ( 2024 ) • Citations: 2
Coral skeletal proxy records database for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
AK Arzey, HV McGregor, TR Clark, JM Webster, SE Lewis, J Mallela, NP McKay, HW Fahey, S Chakraborty, TB Razak, MJ Fischer
Earth System Science Data ( 2024 ) • Citations: 1
CL Hancock, MP Erb, NP McKay, SG Dee, RF Ivanovic
Climate of the Past ( 2024 )
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Globally coherent water cycle response to temperature change during the past two millennia
BL Konecky, NP McKay, GM Falster, SL Stevenson, MJ Fischer, AR Atwood, DM Thompson, MD Jones, JJ Tyler, KL DeLong, B Martrat, EK Thomas, JL Conroy, SG Dee, L Jonkers, OV Churakova, Zán Kern, T Opel, TJ Porter, HR Sayani, G Skrzypek
Nature Geoscience ( 2023 ) • Citations: 23
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Global synthesis of regional Holocene hydroclimate variability using proxy and model data
CL Hancock, NP McKay, MP Erb, DS Kaufman, CR Routson, RF Ivanovic, LJ Gregoire, P Valdes
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ( 2023 ) • Citations: 12
A pseudoproxy emulation of the PAGES 2k database using a hierarchy of proxy system models
F Zhu, J Emile-Geay, KJ Anchukaitis, NP McKay, S Stevenson, Z Meng
Scientific Data ( 2023 ) • Citations: 10
AA Cluett, EK Thomas, NP McKay, OC Cowling, IS Castañeda, C Morrill
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences ( 2023 ) • Citations: 6
LP Marshall, DS Kaufman, RS Anderson, NP McKay, EAG Schuur
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences ( 2023 ) • Citations: 4
Early Holocene Laurentide ice sheet retreat influenced summer atmospheric circulation in Baffin Bay
EK Thomas, AA Cluett, MP Erb, NP McKay, JP Briner, IS Castañeda, MC Corcoran, OC Cowling, DB Gorbey, KR Lindberg, KK Prince, J Salacup
Geophysical Research Letters ( 2023 ) • Citations: 3
LL Thurston, E Schiefer, NP McKay, DS Kaufman
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ( 2023 ) • Citations: 2
Complete Publications List
| Year | Citation | Citations |
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| 2025 | AR Paine, J Frieling, TM Shanahan, TA Mather, N McKay, SA Robinson, DM Pyle, IM Fendley, R Kiely, WD Gosling (2025). Evidence for millennial-scale interactions between Hg cycling and hydroclimate from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. Climate of the Past, 21 (4), 817-839 [Citations: 2] | 2 |
| 2025 | H Holtzman, EK Thomas, M Erb, L Marshall, IS Castañeda, D Kaufman, NP McKay, M Melles (2025). Early Holocene atmospheric circulation changes over northern Europe based on isotopic and biomarker evidence from Kola Peninsula. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 40 (3), e2024PA005076 | 0 |
| 2025 | LP Marshall, DS Kaufman, NH Bigelow, MSM Bolton, EC Cohen, BM Damon, BP Finney, BJL Jensen, NP McKay, MJ Medina, SE Muñoz, EAG Schuur, M Żarczyński (2025). A 15,800 year record of productivity, carbon accumulation and environmental change at Eight Mile Lake and its catchment, central Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 57 (1), 2523083 | 0 |
| 2024 | NP McKay, DS Kaufman, SépH Arcusa, HR Kolus, DC Edge, MP Erb, CL Hancock, CC Routson, M Żarczyński, LP Marshall, GK Roberts, F Telles (2024). The 4.2 ka event is not remarkable in the context of Holocene climate variability. Nature Communications, 15 (1), 6555 [Citations: 41] | 41 |
| 2024 | LJ Larocca, JM Lea, MP Erb, NP McKay, M Phillips, KA Lamantia, DS Kaufman (2024). Arctic glacier snowline altitudes rise 150 m over the last 4 decades. The Cryosphere, 18 (8), 3591-3611 [Citations: 5] | 5 |
| 2024 | G Thomson-Laing, JD Howarth, J Atalah, MJ Vandergoes, X Li, JK Pearman, S Fitzsimons, C Moy, A Moody, C Shepherd, N McKay, SA Wood (2024). Sedimentary ancient DNA reveals the impact of anthropogenic land use disturbance and ecological shifts on fish community structure in small lowland lake. Science of The Total Environment, 922, 171266 [Citations: 5] | 5 |
| 2024 | C Wheeler, JK Pearman, JD Howarth, MJ Vandergoes, K Holt, SA Trewick, X Li, L Thompson, G Thomson-Laing, M Picard, C Moy, NP Mckay, A Moody, C Shepherd, Vvd Bos, K Steiner, SA Wood (2024). A paleoecological investigation of recent cyanobacterial blooms and their drivers in two contrasting lakes. Harmful algae, 131, 102563 [Citations: 3] | 3 |
| 2024 | N Scroxton, N McKay (2024). The Hunt for Holocene Abrupt Climate Change. PLOS Climate, 3 (12), e0000547 [Citations: 2] | 2 |
| 2024 | AK Arzey, HV McGregor, TR Clark, JM Webster, SE Lewis, J Mallela, NP McKay, HW Fahey, S Chakraborty, TB Razak, MJ Fischer (2024). Coral skeletal proxy records database for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Earth System Science Data, 16 (10), 4869-4930 [Citations: 1] | 1 |
| 2024 | CL Hancock, MP Erb, NP McKay, SG Dee, RF Ivanovic (2024). A global Data Assimilation of Moisture Patterns from 21 000–0 BP (DAMP-21ka) using lake level proxy records. Climate of the Past, 20 (12), 2663-2684 | 0 |
| 2023 | BL Konecky, NP McKay, GM Falster, SL Stevenson, MJ Fischer, AR Atwood, DM Thompson, MD Jones, JJ Tyler, KL DeLong, B Martrat, EK Thomas, JL Conroy, SG Dee, L Jonkers, OV Churakova, Zán Kern, T Opel, TJ Porter, HR Sayani, G Skrzypek (2023). Globally coherent water cycle response to temperature change during the past two millennia. Nature Geoscience, 16 (11), 997-1004 [Citations: 23] | 23 |
| 2023 | CL Hancock, NP McKay, MP Erb, DS Kaufman, CR Routson, RF Ivanovic, LJ Gregoire, P Valdes (2023). Global synthesis of regional Holocene hydroclimate variability using proxy and model data. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 38 (6), e2022PA004597 [Citations: 12] | 12 |
| 2023 | F Zhu, J Emile-Geay, KJ Anchukaitis, NP McKay, S Stevenson, Z Meng (2023). A pseudoproxy emulation of the PAGES 2k database using a hierarchy of proxy system models. Scientific Data, 10 (1), 624 [Citations: 10] | 10 |
| 2023 | AA Cluett, EK Thomas, NP McKay, OC Cowling, IS Castañeda, C Morrill (2023). Lake dynamics modulate the air temperature variability recorded by sedimentary aquatic biomarkers: A Holocene case study from western Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128 (7), e2022JG007106 [Citations: 6] | 6 |
| 2023 | LP Marshall, DS Kaufman, RS Anderson, NP McKay, EAG Schuur (2023). Organic‐Matter Accumulation and Degradation in Holocene Permafrost Deposits Along a Central Alaska Hillslope. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128 (9), e2022JG007290 [Citations: 4] | 4 |
| 2023 | EK Thomas, AA Cluett, MP Erb, NP McKay, JP Briner, IS Castañeda, MC Corcoran, OC Cowling, DB Gorbey, KR Lindberg, KK Prince, J Salacup (2023). Early Holocene Laurentide ice sheet retreat influenced summer atmospheric circulation in Baffin Bay. Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (13), e2023GL103428 [Citations: 3] | 3 |
| 2023 | LL Thurston, E Schiefer, NP McKay, DS Kaufman (2023). Suspended sediment deposition and sediment yields at Lake Peters, northeast Brooks Range, Alaska: Fluvial‐and lake‐based approaches. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48 (13), 2521-2535 [Citations: 2] | 2 |
| 2022 | MP Erb, NP McKay, N Steiger, S Dee, C Hancock, RF Ivanovic, LJ Gregoire, P Valdes (2022). Reconstructing Holocene temperatures in time and space using paleoclimate data assimilation. Climate of the Past, 18 (12), 2599-2629 [Citations: 56] | 56 |
| 2022 | DM Thompson, JL Conroy, BL Konecky, S Stevenson, KL DeLong, N McKay, E Reed, L Jonkers, M Carré (2022). Identifying Hydro‐Sensitive Coral δ18O Records for Improved High‐Resolution Temperature and Salinity Reconstructions. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (9), e2021GL096153 [Citations: 26] | 26 |
| 2022 | RM Walter, HR Sayani, T Felis, KM Cobb, NJ Abram, AK Arzey, AR Atwood, LD Brenner, ÉmP Dassié, KL DeLong, B Ellis, MJ Fischer, NF Goodkin, JA Hargreaves, KH Kilbourne, H Krawczyk, NP McKay, SA Murty, RD Ramos, EV Reed, D Samanta, SC Sanchez, J Zinke (2022). The CoralHydro2k Database: a global, actively curated compilation of coral δ18O and Sr / Ca proxy records of tropical ocean hydrology and temperature for the …. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2022, 1-56 [Citations: 23] | 23 |
| 2022 | CC Routson, MP Erb, NP McKay (2022). High latitude modulation of the Holocene North American monsoon. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (16), e2022GL099772 [Citations: 21] | 21 |
| 2022 | JK Pearman, SA Wood, MJ Vandergoes, J Atalah, S Waters, J Adamson, G Thomson-Laing, L Thompson, JD Howarth, DP Hamilton, X Pochon, L Biessy, KA Brasell, J Dahl, R Ellison, SJ Fitzsimons, H Gard, T Gerrard, R Gregersen, MK Holloway, X Li, DJ Kelly, R Martin, K McFarlane, NP McKay, A Moody, CM Moy, S Naeher, R Newnham, R Parai, Mïl Picard, J Puddick, ABH Rees, L Reyes, M Schallenberg, C Shepherd, J Short, KS Simon, K Steiner, C Šunde, M Terezow, J Tibby (2022). A bacterial index to estimate lake trophic level: National scale validation. Science of the Total Environment, 812, 152385 [Citations: 19] | 19 |
| 2022 | E Broadman, DS Kaufman, RS Anderson, S Bogle, M Ford, D Fortin, ACG Henderson, JH Lacey, MJ Leng, NP McKay, SE Muñoz (2022). Reconstructing postglacial hydrologic and environmental change in the eastern Kenai Peninsula lowlands using proxy data and mass balance modeling. Quaternary Research, 107, 1-26 [Citations: 10] | 10 |
| 2022 | DS Kaufman, NP McKay (2022). Past and future warming–direct comparison on multi-century timescales. Climate of the Past, 18 (4), 911-917 [Citations: 10] | 10 |
| 2022 | SH Arcusa, NP McKay, C Wiman, S Patterson, SE Munoz, MA Aquino-López (2022). A Bayesian approach to integrating radiometric dating and varve measurements in intermittently indistinct sediment. Geochronology, 4 (1), 409-433 [Citations: 1] | 1 |
| 2022 | N McKay, J Emile-Geay, D Khider (2022). Database interoperability, uncertainty quantification and reproducible workflows in the paleogeosciences. Earthcube Annual Meeting, 2022 | 0 |
| 2022 | S Manety, D Khider, C Heiser, N McKay, J Emile-Geay, C Routson (2022). PaleoRec: A sequential recommender system for the annotation of paleoclimate datasets. Environmental Data Science, 1, e4 | 0 |
| 2021 | NP McKay, J Emile-Geay, D Khider (2021). geoChronR–an R package to model, analyze, and visualize age-uncertain data. Geochronology, 3 (1), 149-169 [Citations: 59] | 59 |
| 2021 | CC Routson, DS Kaufman, NP McKay, MP Erb, SépH Arcusa, KJ Brown, ME Kirby, JP Marsicek, RS Anderson, G Jiménez-Moreno, JR Rodysill, MS Lachniet, SC Fritz, JR Bennett, MF Goman, SE Metcalfe, JM Galloway, G Schoups, DB Wahl, JL Morris, F Staines-Urías, A Dawson, BN Shuman, DG Gavin, JS Munroe, BF Cumming (2021). A multiproxy database of western North American Holocene paleoclimate records. Earth System Science Data, 13 (4), 1613-1632 [Citations: 21] | 21 |
| 2021 | C Sun, TM Shanahan, PN DiNezio, NP McKay, PD Roy (2021). Great Plains storm intensity since the last glacial controlled by spring surface warming. Nature Geoscience, 14 (12), 912-917 [Citations: 6] | 6 |
| 2021 | JE Thomas, DS Kaufman, N Praet, NP McKay, MV Daele, BJL Jensen, MD Batist (2021). A 2300-year record of glacier fluctuations at Skilak and Eklutna Lakes, south-central Alaska. Quaternary Science Reviews, 272, 107215 [Citations: 3] | 3 |
| 2021 | E Schiefer, J Geck, JS Ostman, NP McKay, N Praet, MG Loso, DS Kaufman (2021). Fluvial suspended sediment transfer and lacustrine sedimentation of recent flood turbidites in proglacial Eklutna Lake, western Chugach Mountains, Alaska. Hydrological processes, 35 (10), e14375 [Citations: 3] | 3 |
| 2020 | D Kaufman, N McKay, C Routson, M Erb, B Davis, O Heiri, S Jaccard, J Tierney, C Dätwyler, Y Axford, T Brussel, O Cartapanis, B Chase, A Dawson, AD Vernal, S Engels, L Jonkers, J Marsicek, P Moffa-Sánchez, C Morrill, A Orsi, K Rehfeld, K Saunders, PS Sommer, E Thomas, M Tonello, Món Tóth, R Vachula, A Andreev, S Bertrand, B Biskaborn, M Bringué, S Brooks, M Caniupán, M Chevalier, L Cwynar, J Emile-Geay, J Fegyveresi, A Feurdean, W Finsinger, M-C Fortin, L Foster, M Fox, K Gajewski, M Grosjean, S Hausmann, M Heinrichs, N Holmes, B Ilyashuk, E Ilyashuk, S Juggins, D Khider, K Koinig, P Langdon, I Larocque-Tobler, J Li, Aé Lotter, T Luoto, A Mackay, E Magyari, S Malevich, B Mark, J Massaferro, V Montade, L Nazarova, E Novenko, P Pařil, E Pearson, M Peros, R Pienitz, M Płóciennik, D Porinchu, A Potito, A Rees, S Reinemann, S Roberts, N Rolland, S Salonen, A Self, H Seppä, S Shala, J-M St-Jacques, B Stenni, L Syrykh, P Tarrats, K Taylor, Vvd Bos, G Velle, E Wahl, I Walker, J Wilmshurst, E Zhang, S Zhilich (2020). A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records. Scientific data, 7 (1), 115 [Citations: 294] | 294 |
| 2020 | CM Brierley, A Zhao, SP Harrison, P Braconnot, CJR Williams, DJR Thornalley, X Shi, J-Y Peterschmitt, R Ohgaito, DS Kaufman, M Kageyama, JC Hargreaves, MP Erb, J Emile-Geay, R d'Agostino, D Chandan, M Carré, P Bartlein, W Zheng, Z Zhang, Q Zhang, H Yang, EM Volodin, RA Tomas, C Routson, WR Peltier, B Otto-Bliesner, PA Morozova, NP McKay, G Lohmann, AN Legrande, C Guo, J Cao, E Brady, JD Annan, A Abe-Ouchi (2020). Large-scale features and evaluation of the PMIP4-CMIP6 midHolocene simulations. Climate of the Past Discussions, 2020, 1-35 [Citations: 188] | 188 |
| 2020 | CSM Turney, CJ Fogwill, NR Golledge, NP McKay, Ev Sebille, RT Jones, D Etheridge, M Rubino, DP Thornton, SM Davies, CB Ramsey, ZëA Thomas, MI Bird, NC Munksgaard, M Kohno, J Woodward, K Winter, LS Weyrich, CM Rootes, H Millman, PG Albert, A Rivera, Tv Ommen, M Curran, A Moy, S Rahmstorf, K Kawamura, C-D Hillenbrand, ME Weber, CJ Manning, J Young, A Cooper (2020). Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (8), 3996-4006 [Citations: 107] | 107 |
| 2020 | BL Konecky, NP McKay, OV Churakova, L Comas-Bru, EP Dassié, KL Delong, GM Falster, MJ Fischer, MD Jones, L Jonkers, DS Kaufman, G Leduc, SR Managave, B Martrat, T Opel, AJ Orsi, JW Partin, HR Sayani, EK Thomas, DM Thompson, JJ Tyler, NJ Abram, AR Atwood, O Cartapanis, JL Conroy, MA Curran, SG Dee, M Deininger, DV Divine, Zán Kern, TJ Porter, SL Stevenson, LV Gunten (2020). The Iso2k database: a global compilation of paleo- and records to aid understanding of Common Era climate. Earth System Science Data, 12 (3), 2261-2288 [Citations: 87] | 87 |
| 2020 | CSM Turney, R Jones, NP McKay, EV Sebille, ZëA Thomas, C-D Hillenbrand, CJ Fogwill (2020). A global mean sea-surface temperature dataset for the Last Interglacial (129–116 kyr) and contribution of thermal expansion to sea-level change. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2020, 1-21 [Citations: 53] | 53 |
| 2020 | ZëA Thomas, RT Jones, CSM Turney, N Golledge, C Fogwill, CJA Bradshaw, L Menviel, NP McKay, M Bird, J Palmer, P Kershaw, J Wilmshurst, R Muscheler (2020). Tipping elements and amplified polar warming during the Last Interglacial. Quaternary Science Reviews, 233, 106222 [Citations: 35] | 35 |
| 2020 | M.} Jonkers, L.a Cartapanis, O.a Langner, M.a McKay, N.P.a Mulitza, S.a Strack, A.a Kucera (2020). Integrating palaeoclimate time series with rich metadata for uncertainty modelling: strategy and documentation of the PALMOD 130k marine palaeoclimate data synthesis. Earth System Science Data, 12, 1053-1081 [Citations: 35] | 35 |
| 2020 | SH Arcusa, NP McKay, CC Routson, SE Munoz (2020). Dust-drought interactions over the last 15,000 years: A network of lake sediment records from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado. The Holocene, 30 (4), 559-574 [Citations: 31] | 31 |
| 2020 | SE Kjellman, A Schomacker, EK Thomas, L Håkansson, S Duboscq, AA Cluett, WR Farnsworth, L Allaart, OC Cowling, NP McKay, S Brynjólfsson, Ól Ingólfsson (2020). Holocene precipitation seasonality in northern Svalbard: Influence of sea ice and regional ocean surface conditions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 240, 106388 [Citations: 26] | 26 |
| 2020 | SH Arcusa, NP McKay, CM Carrillo, TR Ault (2020). Dust‐drought nexus in the southwestern United States: A proxy‐model comparison approach. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 35 (12), e2020PA004046 [Citations: 13] | 13 |
| 2020 | LL Thurston, E Schiefer, NP McKay, DS Kaufman (2020). Modelling suspended sediment discharge in a glaciated Arctic catchment–Lake Peters, northeast Brooks Range, Alaska. Hydrological Processes, 34 (19), 3910-3927 [Citations: 3] | 3 |
| 2020 | D Kaufman, N McKay, C Routson, M Erb, C Dätwyler, PS Sommer, O Heiri, B Davis (2020). Holocene global mean surface temperature, a multi-method reconstruction approach. Scientific data, 7 (1), 201 [Citations: 366] | 366 |
| 2019 | 2019/8 (2019). Consistent multidecadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era. Nature geoscience, 12 (8), 643-649 [Citations: 381] | 381 |
| 2019 | CC Routson, NP McKay, DS Kaufman, MP Erb, H Goosse, BN Shuman, JR Rodysill, T Ault (2019). Mid-latitude net precipitation decreased with Arctic warming during the Holocene. Nature, 568 (7750), 83-87 [Citations: 255] | 255 |
| 2019 | HR Kolus, DN Huntzinger, CR Schwalm, JB Fisher, N McKay, Y Fang, AM Michalak, K Schaefer, Y Wei, B Poulter, J Mao, NC Parazoo, X Shi (2019). Land carbon models underestimate the severity and duration of drought’s impact on plant productivity. Scientific Reports, 9 (1), 2758 [Citations: 72] | 72 |
| 2019 | F Zhu, J Emile-Geay, NP McKay, GJ Hakim, D Khider, TR Ault, EJ Steig, S Dee, JW Kirchner (2019). Climate models can correctly simulate the continuum of global-average temperature variability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (18), 8728-8733 [Citations: 62] | 62 |
| 2019 | D Khider, J Emile‐Geay, NP McKay, Y Gil, D Garijo, V Ratnakar, M Alonso‐Garcia, S Bertrand, O Bothe, P Brewer, A Bunn, M Chevalier, L Comas‐Bru, A Csank, E Dassié, K DeLong, T Felis, P Francus, A Frappier, W Gray, S Goring, L Jonkers, M Kahle, D Kaufman, NM Kehrwald, B Martrat, H McGregor, J Richey, A Schmittner, N Scroxton, E Sutherland, K Thirumalai, K Allen, F Arnaud, Y Axford, T Barrows, L Bazin, SEP Birch, E Bradley, J Bregy, E Capron, O Cartapanis, H‐W Chiang, KM Cobb, M Debret, Ré Dommain, J Du, K Dyez, S Emerick, MP Erb, G Falster, W Finsinger, D Fortier, N Gauthier, S George, E Grimm, J Hertzberg, F Hibbert, A Hillman, W Hobbs, M Huber, ALC Hughes, S Jaccard, J Ruan, M Kienast, B Konecky, GëlL Roux, V Lyubchich, VF Novello, L Olaka, JW Partin, C Pearce, SJ Phipps, Céc Pignol, N Piotrowska, M‐S Poli, A Prokopenko, F Schwanck, C Stepanek, GEA Swann, R Telford, E Thomas, Zé Thomas, S Truebe, LV Gunten, A Waite, N Weitzel, B Wilhelm, J Williams, JJ Williams, M Winstrup, N Zhao, Y Zhou (2019). PaCTS 1.0: A crowdsourced reporting standard for paleoclimate data. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 34 (10), 1570-1596 [Citations: 50] | 50 |
| 2019 | D Fortin, N Praet, NP McKay, DS Kaufman, BJL Jensen, PJ Haeussler, C Buchanan, MD Batist (2019). New approach to assessing age uncertainties–The 2300-year varve chronology from Eklutna Lake, Alaska (USA). Quaternary Science Reviews, 203, 90-101 [Citations: 27] | 27 |
| 2019 | CC Routson, SépH Arcusa, NP McKay, JT Overpeck (2019). A 4,500‐year‐long record of southern Rocky Mountain dust deposition. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (14), 8281-8288 [Citations: 18] | 18 |
| 2019 | CW Benson, DS Kaufman, NP McKay, E Schiefer, D Fortin (2019). A 16,000-yr-long sedimentary sequence from Lakes Peters and Schrader (Neruokpuk Lakes), northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska. Quaternary Research, 92 (3), 609-625 [Citations: 7] | 7 |
| 2019 | E Broadman, LL Thurston, E Schiefer, NP McKay, D Fortin, J Geck, MG Loso, M Nolan, SépH Arcusa, CW Benson, RA Ellerbroek, MP Erb, CC Routson, C Wiman, AJ Wong, DS Kaufman (2019). An Arctic watershed observatory at Lake Peters, Alaska: weather–glacier–river–lake system data for 2015–2018. Earth System Science Data, 11 (4), 1957-1970 [Citations: 6] | 6 |
| 2019 | J Emile‐Geay, D Khider, D Garijo, NP McKay, Y Gil, V Ratnakar, E Bradley (2019). The Linked Earth Ontology: A modular, extensible representation of open paleoclimate data. Zenodo [Citations: 3] | 3 |
| 2018 | EK Thomas, IS Castañeda, NP McKay, JP Briner, JM Salacup, KQ Nguyen, AD Schweinsberg (2018). A wetter Arctic coincident with hemispheric warming 8,000 years ago. Geophysical research letters, 45 (19), 10,637-10,647 [Citations: 66] | 66 |
| 2018 | BN Shuman, C Routson, N McKay, S Fritz, D Kaufman, ME Kirby, C Nolan, GT Pederson, J-M St-Jacques (2018). Placing the Common Era in a Holocene context: millennial to centennial patterns and trends in the hydroclimate of North America over the past 2000 years. Climate of the Past, 14 (5), 665-686 [Citations: 47] | 47 |
| 2018 | E Schiefer, D Kaufman, N McKay, M Retelle, A Werner, S Roof (2018). Fluvial suspended sediment yields over hours to millennia in the High Arctic at proglacial Lake Linnévatnet, Svalbard. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43 (2), 482-498 [Citations: 15] | 15 |
| 2018 | PD Zander, DS Kaufman, NP McKay, SC Kuehn, ACG Henderson (2018). Using correlated tephras to refine radiocarbon-based age models, upper and lower Whitshed Lakes, south-central Alaska. Quaternary Geochronology, 45, 9-22 [Citations: 7] | 7 |
| 2018 | RH Levy, GB Dunbar, MJ Vandergoes, JD Howarth, T Kingan, AR Pyne, G Brotherston, M Clarke, B Dagg, M Hill, E Kenton, S Little, D Mandeno, C Moy, P Muldoon, P Doyle, C Raines, P Rutland, D Strong, M Terezow, L Cochrane, R Cossu, S Fitzsimons, F Florindo, AL Forrest, AR Gorman, DS Kaufman, MK Lee, X Li, P Lurcock, N McKay, F Nelson, J Purdie, HA Roop, SG Schladow, A Sood, P Upton, SL Walker, GS Wilson (2018). A high-resolution climate record spanning the past 17 000 years recovered from Lake Ohau, South Island, New Zealand. Scientific Drilling, 24, 41-50 [Citations: 6] | 6 |
| 2018 | J Emile-Geay, D Khider, N McKay, Y Gil, D Garijo, V Ratnakar (2018). LinkedEarth: Supporting paleoclimate data standards and crowd curation. Past Global Change Magazine, 26 (2), 62-63 [Citations: 2] | 2 |
| 2018 | NP McKay, J Emile-Geay (2018). linked paleo data: a resource for open, reproducible, and efficient paleoclimatology. Past Global Change Magazine, 26 (2), 71-71 [Citations: 2] | 2 |
| 2018 | G Hakim, S Dee, J Emile-Geay, N McKay, K Rehfeld (2018). Accelerating progress in proxy-model synthesis using open standards. PAGES Magazine [Citations: 1] | 1 |
| 2018 | NP McKay, DS Kaufman, CC Routson, MP Erb, PD Zander (2018). The onset and rate of Holocene Neoglacial cooling in the Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (22), 12,487-12,496 [Citations: 90] | 90 |
| 2017 | PAGES2 Consortium (2017). A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era. Scientific data, 4, 170088 [Citations: 396] | 396 |
| 2017 | Y Gil, D Garijo, V Ratnakar, D Khider, J Emile-Geay, N McKay (2017). A controlled crowdsourcing approach for practical ontology extensions and metadata annotations. International Semantic Web Conference, 231-246 [Citations: 19] | 19 |
| 2016 | NJ Abram, HV McGregor, JE Tierney, MN Evans, NP McKay, DS Kaufman (2016). Early onset of industrial-era warming across the oceans and continents. Nature, 536 (7617), 411-418 [Citations: 453] | 453 |
| 2016 | JP Briner, NP McKay, Y Axford, O Bennike, RS Bradley, Ad Vernal, D Fisher, P Francus, B Fréchette, K Gajewski, A Jennings, DS Kaufman, G Miller, C Rouston, B Wagner (2016). Holocene climate change in Arctic Canada and Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 147, 340-364 [Citations: 254] | 254 |
| 2016 | BYON. Solomina, RS. Bradley, V Jomelli, A Geirsdottir, DS. Kaufman, J Koch, NP. McKay, M Masiokas, G Miller, A Nesje, j, K Nicolussi, LA. Owen, AE. Putnam, H Wanner, G Wiles (2016). Glacier fluctuations during the past 2000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 149, 61-90 [Citations: 251] | 251 |
| 2016 | DS Kaufman, YL Axford, ACG Henderson, NP McKay, WW Oswald, C Saenger, RS Anderson, HL Bailey, B Clegg, K Gajewski, FS Hu, MC Jones, C Massa, CC Routson, A Werner, MJ Wooller, Z Yu (2016). Holocene climate changes in eastern Beringia (NW North America)–A systematic review of multi-proxy evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews, 147, 312-339 [Citations: 186] | 186 |
| 2016 | NP McKay, J Emile-Geay (2016). The Linked Paleo Data framework–a common tongue for paleoclimatology. Climate of the Past, 12 (4), 1093-1100 [Citations: 80] | 80 |
| 2016 | HP Sejrup, H Seppä, NP McKay, DS Kaufman, Ás Geirsdóttir, Ad Vernal, H Renssen, K Husum, A Jennings, JT Andrews (2016). North Atlantic-Fennoscandian Holocene climate trends and mechanisms. Quaternary Science Reviews, 147, 365-378 [Citations: 65] | 65 |
| 2016 | TM Shanahan, KA Hughen, NP McKay, JT Overpeck, CA Scholz, WD Gosling, CS Miller, JA Peck, JW King, CW Heil (2016). CO2 and fire influence tropical ecosystem stability in response to climate change. Scientific reports, 6 (1), 29587 [Citations: 63] | 63 |
| 2016 | CC Routson, CA Woodhouse, JT Overpeck, JL Betancourt, NP McKay (2016). Teleconnected ocean forcing of Western North American droughts and pluvials during the last millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews, 146, 238-250 [Citations: 24] | 24 |
| 2016 | J Emile-Geay, NP McKay (2016). Paleoclimate data standards. Past Global Change Magazine, 24 (1) [Citations: 4] | 4 |
| 2015 | TM Shanahan, NP McKay, KA Hughen, JT Overpeck, B Otto-Bliesner, CW Heil, J King, CA Scholz, J Peck (2015). The time-transgressive termination of the African Humid Period. Nature Geoscience, 8 (2), 140-144 [Citations: 490] | 490 |
| 2015 | J Wang, J Emile‐Geay, D Guillot, NP McKay, B Rajaratnam (2015). Fragility of reconstructed temperature patterns over the Common Era: Implications for model evaluation. Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (17), 7162-7170 [Citations: 58] | 58 |
| 2015 | BR Boldt, DS Kaufman, NP McKay, JP Briner (2015). Holocene summer temperature reconstruction from sedimentary chlorophyll content, with treatment of age uncertainties, Kurupa Lake, Arctic Alaska. The Holocene, 25 (4), 641-650 [Citations: 38] | 38 |
| 2015 | KJ Anchukaitis, N McKay (2015). PAGES2k: Advances in climate field reconstructions. DUST, 24, 98 [Citations: 10] | 10 |
| 2015 | N McKay (2015). A novel multiproxy approach: The PAGES North America 2k working group. DUST, 24, 100 [Citations: 1] | 1 |
| 2014 | HS Sundqvist, DS Kaufman, NP McKay, NL Balascio, JP Briner, LC Cwynar, HP Sejrup, H Seppä, DA Subetto, JT Andrews, Y Axford, J Bakke, HJB Birks, SJ Brooks, AD Vernal, AE Jennings, FC Ljungqvist, KM Rühland, C Saenger, JP Smol, AE Viau (2014). Arctic Holocene proxy climate database–new approaches to assessing geochronological accuracy and encoding climate variables. Climate of the Past, 10 (4), 1605-1631 [Citations: 158] | 158 |
| 2014 | NP McKay, DS Kaufman (2014). An extended Arctic proxy temperature database for the past 2,000 years. Scientific data, 1 (1), 1-10 [Citations: 159] | 159 |
| 2014 | D Kaufman (2014). A community‐driven framework for climate reconstructions. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 95 (40), 361-362 [Citations: 26] | 26 |
| 2013 | 2013/5 (2013). Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia. Nature geoscience, 6 (5), 339-346 [Citations: 1089] | 1089 |
| 2013 | BL Otto-Bliesner, N Rosenbloom, EJ Stone, NP McKay, DJ Lunt, EC Brady, JT Overpeck (2013). How warm was the last interglacial? New model–data comparisons. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical … [Citations: 206] | 206 |
| 2013 | TM Shanahan, JA Peck, N McKay, CWH Jr, J King, SL Forman, DL Hoffmann, DA Richards, JT Overpeck, C Scholz (2013). Age models for long lacustrine sediment records using multiple dating approaches–An example from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. Quaternary Geochronology, 15, 47-60 [Citations: 54] | 54 |
| 2013 | TM Shanahan, N McKay, JT Overpeck, JA Peck, C Scholz, CWH Jr, J King (2013). Spatial and temporal variability in sedimentological and geochemical properties of sediments from an anoxic crater lake in West Africa: implications for paleoenvironmental …. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 374, 96-109 [Citations: 30] | 30 |
| 2013 | NP McKay, DL Dettman, RT Downs, JT Overpeck (2013). On the potential of Raman‐spectroscopy‐based carbonate mass spectrometry. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 44 (3), 469-474 [Citations: 13] | 13 |
| 2012 | TM Shanahan, JW Beck, JT Overpeck, NP McKay, JS Pigati, JA Peck, CA Scholz, CWH Jr, J King (2012). Late Quaternary sedimentological and climate changes at Lake Bosumtwi Ghana: New constraints from laminae analysis and radiocarbon age modeling. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 361, 49-60 [Citations: 48] | 48 |
| 2012 | NP McKay (2012). A multidisciplinary approach to Late Quaternary paleoclimatology with an emphasis on sub-Saharan West Africa and the last interglacial period. The University of Arizona. [Citations: 5] | 5 |
| 2011 | NP McKay, JT Overpeck, BL Otto‐Bliesner (2011). The role of ocean thermal expansion in Last Interglacial sea level rise. Geophysical Research Letters, 38 (14) [Citations: 229] | 229 |
| 2009 | DS Kaufman, DP Schneider, NP McKay, CM Ammann, RS Bradley, KR Briffa, GH Miller, BL Otto-Bliesner, JT Overpeck, BM Vinther, AL2P Members, M Abbott, Y Axford, B Bird, HJB Birks, AE Bjune, J Briner, T Cook, M Chipman, P Francus, K Gajewski, A Geirsdottir, FS Hu, B Kutchko, S Lamoureux, M Loso, G MacDonald, M Peros, D Porinchu, C Schiff, H Seppä, E Thomas (2009). Recent warming reverses long-term Arctic cooling. Science, 325 (5945), 1236-1239 [Citations: 762] | 762 |
| 2009 | NP McKay, DS Kaufman (2009). Holocene climate and glacier variability at Hallet and Greyling Lakes, Chugach Mountains, south-central Alaska. Journal of Paleolimnology, 41 (1), 143-159 [Citations: 68] | 68 |
| 2008 | NP McKay, DS Kaufman, N Michelutti (2008). Biogenic silica concentration as a high‐resolution, quantitative temperature proxy at Hallet Lake, south‐central Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (5) [Citations: 94] | 94 |
| 2007 | N McKay (2007). Late Holocene climate at Hallet and Greyling Lakes, central Chugach Range, south-central Alaska. Northern Arizona University [Citations: 5] | 5 |
Top Cited Publications
1 . Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia
2013/5
Nature geoscience ( 2013 ) • Citations: 1089
2 . Recent warming reverses long-term Arctic cooling
DS Kaufman, DP Schneider, NP McKay, CM Ammann, RS Bradley, KR Briffa, GH Miller, BL Otto-Bliesner, JT Overpeck, BM Vinther, AL2P Members, M Abbott, Y Axford, B Bird, HJB Birks, AE Bjune, J Briner, T Cook, M Chipman, P Francus, K Gajewski, A Geirsdottir, FS Hu, B Kutchko, S Lamoureux, M Loso, G MacDonald, M Peros, D Porinchu, C Schiff, H Seppä, E Thomas
Science ( 2009 ) • Citations: 762
3 . The time-transgressive termination of the African Humid Period
TM Shanahan, NP McKay, KA Hughen, JT Overpeck, B Otto-Bliesner, CW Heil, J King, CA Scholz, J Peck
Nature Geoscience ( 2015 ) • Citations: 490
4 . Early onset of industrial-era warming across the oceans and continents
NJ Abram, HV McGregor, JE Tierney, MN Evans, NP McKay, DS Kaufman
Nature ( 2016 ) • Citations: 453
5 . A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era
PAGES2 Consortium
Scientific data ( 2017 ) • Citations: 396
6 . Consistent multidecadal variability in global temperature reconstructions and simulations over the Common Era
2019/8
Nature geoscience ( 2019 ) • Citations: 381
7 . Holocene global mean surface temperature, a multi-method reconstruction approach
D Kaufman, N McKay, C Routson, M Erb, C Dätwyler, PS Sommer, O Heiri, B Davis
Scientific data ( 2020 ) • Citations: 366
8 . A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records
D Kaufman, N McKay, C Routson, M Erb, B Davis, O Heiri, S Jaccard, J Tierney, C Dätwyler, Y Axford, T Brussel, O Cartapanis, B Chase, A Dawson, AD Vernal, S Engels, L Jonkers, J Marsicek, P Moffa-Sánchez, C Morrill, A Orsi, K Rehfeld, K Saunders, PS Sommer, E Thomas, M Tonello, Món Tóth, R Vachula, A Andreev, S Bertrand, B Biskaborn, M Bringué, S Brooks, M Caniupán, M Chevalier, L Cwynar, J Emile-Geay, J Fegyveresi, A Feurdean, W Finsinger, M-C Fortin, L Foster, M Fox, K Gajewski, M Grosjean, S Hausmann, M Heinrichs, N Holmes, B Ilyashuk, E Ilyashuk, S Juggins, D Khider, K Koinig, P Langdon, I Larocque-Tobler, J Li, Aé Lotter, T Luoto, A Mackay, E Magyari, S Malevich, B Mark, J Massaferro, V Montade, L Nazarova, E Novenko, P Pařil, E Pearson, M Peros, R Pienitz, M Płóciennik, D Porinchu, A Potito, A Rees, S Reinemann, S Roberts, N Rolland, S Salonen, A Self, H Seppä, S Shala, J-M St-Jacques, B Stenni, L Syrykh, P Tarrats, K Taylor, Vvd Bos, G Velle, E Wahl, I Walker, J Wilmshurst, E Zhang, S Zhilich
Scientific data ( 2020 ) • Citations: 294
9 . Mid-latitude net precipitation decreased with Arctic warming during the Holocene
CC Routson, NP McKay, DS Kaufman, MP Erb, H Goosse, BN Shuman, JR Rodysill, T Ault
Nature ( 2019 ) • Citations: 255
10 . Holocene climate change in Arctic Canada and Greenland
JP Briner, NP McKay, Y Axford, O Bennike, RS Bradley, Ad Vernal, D Fisher, P Francus, B Fréchette, K Gajewski, A Jennings, DS Kaufman, G Miller, C Rouston, B Wagner
Quaternary Science Reviews ( 2016 ) • Citations: 254
Research Impact by Journal
| Journal | Publications | Total Citations | Avg Citations/Paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Geoscience | 5 | 1989 | 397.8 |
| Scientific Data | 5 | 1225 | 245.0 |
| Quaternary Science Reviews | 9 | 871 | 96.8 |
| Nature | 2 | 708 | 354.0 |
| Geophysical Research Letters | 9 | 605 | 67.2 |
| Climate of the Past | 7 | 353 | 50.4 |
| Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences | 2 | 169 | 84.5 |
| Earth System Science Data | 5 | 150 | 30.0 |
| Scientific Reports | 2 | 135 | 67.5 |
| Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2 | 78 | 39.0 |
| Earth System Science Data Discussions | 2 | 76 | 38.0 |
| Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology | 4 | 75 | 18.8 |
| The Holocene | 2 | 69 | 34.5 |
| Quaternary Geochronology | 2 | 61 | 30.5 |
| Geochronology | 2 | 60 | 30.0 |
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