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D-Index
75
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45592
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689
National Ranking
72

Chris S. M. Turney 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 Chris S. M. Turney sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 289 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Chris S. M. Turney 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 Chris S. M. Turney sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chris S. M. Turney is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology, Anthropology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work focuses primarily on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Tree-ring climate responses, Climate variability and models, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Chris S. M. Turney's recent publications include:

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (2020, Radiocarbon)
  • SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0-55,000 Years cal BP (2020, Radiocarbon)
  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950-2019 (2021, Radiocarbon)
  • Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago (2021, Science)

Their frequent co-authors include Jonathan Palmer, Zoë Thomas, Christopher J. Fogwill, Alan Cooper, and Alan Hogg, reflecting collaborative research within their primary areas of study.

Their work is often published in renowned scientific journals such as Radiocarbon, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Quaternary Science Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Science.

Best Publications

  • IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0-50,000 years cal BP

    Paula J Reimer;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss;J Warren Beck

  • The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55 cal kBP)

    Paula J Reimer;William E N Austin;Edouard Bard;Alex Bayliss

  • IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

    Unknown

  • SHCal13 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G Hogg;Quan Hua;Paul G Blackwell;Mu Niu

  • SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G. Hogg;Alan G. Hogg;Timothy J. Heaton;Quan Hua;Jonathan G. Palmer

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • Changes in Fire Regimes Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Assessment Based on a Global Synthesis and Analysis of Charcoal Data

    Mitch J. Power;J. Marlon;N. Ortiz;P. J. Bartlein

  • Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores, in eastern Indonesia

    M J Morwood;R P Soejono;Richard G Roberts;T Sutikna

  • The 'human revolution' in lowland tropical Southeast Asia: the antiquity and behavior of anatomically modern humans at Niah Cave (Sarawak, Borneo).

    Graeme Barker;Huw Barton;Michael Bird;Patrick Daly

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Early Human Occupation at Devil's Lair, Southwestern Australia 50,000 Years Ago

    Chris S. M. Turney;Michael I. Bird;L. Keith Fifield;Richard G. Roberts

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

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

  • Radiocarbon dating of old charcoal using a wet oxidation, stepped-combustion procedure

    Michael I Bird;L K Ayliffe;L K Fifield;Christian S M Turney

  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950–2019

    Quan Hua;Jocelyn C Turnbull;Guaciara M Santos;Andrzej Z Rakowski

  • A new and less destructive laboratory procedure for the physical separation of distal glass tephra shards from sediments

    S P E Blockley;S P E Blockley;S D F Pyne-O'Donnell;J J Lowe;I P Matthews

  • Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia

    Ray Tobler;Adam Rohrlach;Julien Soubrier;Julien Soubrier;Pere Bover

  • Abrupt warming events drove Late Pleistocene Holarctic megafaunal turnover

    Alan Cooper;Chris Turney;Konrad A. Hughen;Barry W. Brook;Barry W. Brook

  • Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental records over the last 60,000 years, and an extended INTIMATE event stratigraphy to 48,000 b2k

    Simon P.E. Blockley;Christine S. Lane;Mark Hardiman;Sune Olander Rasmussen

  • Extraction of rhyolitic component of Vedde microtephra from minerogenic lake sediments

    Chris S. M. Turney

  • Does the Agulhas Current amplify global temperatures during super-interglacials?

    Chris S.M. Turney;Richard T. Jones

  • When did homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul

    James F. O’Connell;Jim Allen;Martin A. J. Williams;Alan N. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Fogwill
Christopher J. Fogwill Cranfield University
Jonathan G. Palmer
Jonathan G. Palmer University of New South Wales
Alan G. Hogg
Alan G. Hogg University of Waikato
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Janet M. Wilmshurst Landcare Research
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Nicholas R. Golledge
Nicholas R. Golledge Victoria University of Wellington
Michael I. Bird
Michael I. Bird James Cook University
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Christopher Bronk Ramsey University of Oxford
J. John Lowe
J. John Lowe Royal Holloway University of London
Matt S. McGlone
Matt S. McGlone Landcare Research

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