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A. Peter Kershaw

A. Peter Kershaw

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
62
Citations
13034
World Ranking
1687
National Ranking
105

A. Peter Kershaw publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Peter Kershaw sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 205 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

A. Peter Kershaw D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A. Peter Kershaw sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records

    Mike Walker;Sigfus Johnsen;Sune Olander Rasmussen;Trevor Popp;Trevor Popp

  • Evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon system: state of the art and outstanding issues.

    Pinxian Wang;Steven Clemens;Luc Beaufort;Pascale Braconnot

  • Past and future global transformation of terrestrial ecosystems under climate change

    Connor Nolan;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Judy R.M. Allen;Patricia M. Anderson

  • The aftermath of megafaunal extinction: ecosystem transformation in Pleistocene Australia.

    Susan Rule;Susan Rule;Barry W. Brook;Simon G. Haberle;Chris S. M. Turney

  • Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes

    A.L. Daniau;P.J. Bartlein;S.P. Harrison;S.P. Harrison;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice

  • Late Quaternary fire regimes of Australasia

    S. Mooney;S. Harrison;P. Bartlein;A.-L. Daniau

  • Climatic change and Aboriginal burning in north-east Australia during the last two glacial/interglacial cycles

    Unknown

  • El Nino/Southern Oscillation climatic variability in Australasian and South American paleoenvironmental records

    M. S. McGlone;A. P. Kershaw;V. Markgraf

  • Millennial and orbital variations of El Niño/Southern Oscillation and high-latitude climate in the last glacial period

    Christian S M Turney;Christian S M Turney;A Peter Kershaw;Steven C Clemens;Nick Branch

  • History of vegetation and habitat change in the Austral-Asian region

    Geoffrey S Hope;Peter Kershaw A Peter Kershaw;Sander van der Kaars;Sun Xiangjun

  • Evolution of late Pleistocene and Holocene climates in the circum-South Pacific land areas

    Vera Markgraf;John R. Dodson;A. Peter Kershaw;Matt S. McGlone

  • A Late Quaternary palaeoecological record from the Banda Sea, Indonesia: patterns of vegetation, climate and biomass burning in Indonesia and northern Australia

    Sander van der Kaars;Xuan Wang;Peter Kershaw A Peter Kershaw;F Guichard

  • A complete pollen record of the last 230 ka from Lynch's Crater, north-eastern Australia

    Peter Kershaw A Peter Kershaw;Sophie Caroline Lewis Bretherton;Sander van der Kaars

  • A Late Pleistocene and Holocene pollen and charcoal record from peat swamp forest, Lake Sentarum Wildlife Reserve, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Gusti Anshari;Peter Kershaw A Peter Kershaw;Sander van der Kaars

  • Pleistocene vegetation of the humid tropics of northeastern Queensland, Australia

    Unknown

  • Pollen-based reconstructions of biome distributions for Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (SEAPAC region) at 0, 6000 and 18,000 14C yr BP

    Elizabeth J. Pickett;Sandy P. Harrison;Sandy P. Harrison;Geoff Hope;Kate Harle

  • The Southern Conifer Family Araucariaceae: History, Status, and Value for Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction

    Unknown

  • Quaternary vegetation and fire history in Australia

    Unknown

  • Quantitative palaeoclimatic estimates from pollen data using bioclimatic profiles of extant taxa

    A. P. Kershaw;H. A. Nix

  • Glacial and deglacial climatic patterns in Australia and surrounding regions from 35 000 to 10 000 years ago reconstructed from terrestrial and near-shore proxy data

    Martin Williams;Ellyn Cook;Sander van der Kaars;Tim Barrows

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Moss
Patrick Moss University of Queensland
Chris S. M. Turney
Chris S. M. Turney Heriot-Watt University
Simon G. Haberle
Simon G. Haberle Australian National University
Geraldine Jacobsen
Geraldine Jacobsen Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Henk Heijnis
Henk Heijnis Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
William D. Gosling
William D. Gosling University of Amsterdam
Sander van der Kaars
Sander van der Kaars Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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