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Christopher J. Poulsen 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 Christopher J. Poulsen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 273 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Christopher J. Poulsen 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 Christopher J. Poulsen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 82nd percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Christopher J. Poulsen is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broader disciplines, their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology, Ecology, and Oceanography.

The topics covered in their research encompass a range of areas related to geological and climatic studies. These include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate variability and models, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological formations and processes, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Christopher J. Poulsen has contributed to numerous scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Past climates inform our future, 2020, Science
  • Glacial cooling and climate sensitivity revisited, 2020, Nature
  • Globally resolved surface temperatures since the Last Glacial Maximum, 2021, Nature
  • The PMIP4 Last Glacial Maximum experiments: preliminary results and comparison with the PMIP3 simulations, 2021, Climate of the past
  • DeepMIP: model intercomparison of early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO) large-scale climate features and comparison with proxy data, 2021, Climate of the past

Their frequent co-authors include Jiang Zhu, Jessica E. Tierney, Jean-Baptiste Ladant, Sophia I. Macarewich, and Isabel P. Montañez.

Christopher J. Poulsen's work appears regularly in several scientific publication venues, notably:

  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Climate of the past
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recognition for their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Super ENSO and Global Climate Oscillations at Millennial Time Scales

    Lowell Stott;Christopher Poulsen;Steve Lund;Robert Thunell

  • The Late Paleozoic Ice Age: An Evolving Paradigm

    Isabel P. Montañez;Christopher J. Poulsen

  • Past climates inform our future

    Jessica E. Tierney;Christopher J. Poulsen;Isabel P. Montañez;Tripti Bhattacharya

  • Globally resolved surface temperatures since the Last Glacial Maximum.

    Matthew B Osman;Jessica E Tierney;Jiang Zhu;Robert Tardif

  • Glacial cooling and climate sensitivity revisited

    Jessica Erin Tierney;Jiang Zhu;Jiang Zhu;Jonathan King;Steven Brewster Malevich

  • Palaeoclimate across the Late Pennsylvanian–Early Permian tropical palaeolatitudes: A review of climate indicators, their distribution, and relation to palaeophysiographic climate factors

    Neil J. Tabor;Christopher J. Poulsen

  • Influence of Andean uplift on climate and paleoaltimetry estimates

    Todd A. Ehlers;Christopher J. Poulsen

  • Influence of the Andes Mountains on South American moisture transport, convection, and precipitation

    Nadja Insel;Christopher J. Poulsen;Todd A. Ehlers;Todd A. Ehlers

  • The PMIP4 Last Glacial Maximum experiments: Preliminary results and comparison with the PMIP3 simulations

    Masa Kageyama;Sandy P. Harrison;Marie L. Kapsch;Marcus Lofverstrom

  • Simulation of the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum

    Y. You;Matthew Huber;R. D. Müller;C. J. Poulsen

  • Climate, pCO2 and terrestrial carbon cycle linkages during late Palaeozoic glacial-interglacial cycles

    Isabel P. Montañez;Jennifer C. McElwain;Christopher J. Poulsen;Joseph D. White

  • Response of the Mid-Cretaceous global oceanic circulation to tectonic and CO2 forcings

    Christopher J. Poulsen;Eric J. Barron;Michael A. Arthur;William H. Peterson

  • Climate and vegetational regime shifts in the late Paleozoic ice age earth

    William A. DiMichele;I. P. Montañez;C. J. Poulsen;Neil J. Tabor

  • Late Paleozoic tropical climate response to Gondwanan deglaciation

    Christopher J. Poulsen;David Pollard;Isabel P. Montañez;David Rowley

  • Simulation of Eocene extreme warmth and high climate sensitivity through cloud feedbacks

    Jiang Zhu;Christopher J. Poulsen;Jessica E. Tierney

  • Onset of convective rainfall during gradual late miocene rise of the central andes

    Christopher J. Poulsen;Todd A. Ehlers;Todd A. Ehlers;Nadja Insel

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Central Andean Plateau and Implications for the Growth of Plateaus

    Carmala N. Garzione;Nadine McQuarrie;Nicholas D. Perez;Nicholas D. Perez;Todd A. Ehlers

  • Impact of ocean dynamics on the simulation of the neoproterozoic “snowball Earth”

    Christopher J. Poulsen;Raymond T. Pierrehumbert;Robert L. Jacob

  • Controls on Permo-Carboniferous precipitation over tropical Pangaea A GCM sensitivity study

    Cheryl E. Peyser;Christopher J. Poulsen

  • Did the rifting of the Atlantic Ocean cause the Cretaceous thermal maximum

    Christopher J. Poulsen;Andrew S. Gendaszek;Robert L. Jacob

  • DeepMIP: model intercomparison of early Eocene climatic optimum (EECO) large-scale climate features and comparison with proxy data

    Daniel J. Lunt;Fran J. Bragg;Wing Le Chan;David Karel Hutchinson

  • The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: experimental design for model simulations of the EECO, PETM, and pre-PETM (version 1.0)

    Daniel J. Lunt;Matthew Huber;Eleni Anagnostou;Michiel L. J. Baatsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiang Zhu
Jiang Zhu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Todd A. Ehlers
Todd A. Ehlers University of Glasgow
Isabel P. Montañez
Isabel P. Montañez University of California, Davis
Jessica E. Tierney
Jessica E. Tierney University of Arizona
David Pollard
David Pollard Pennsylvania State University
William A. DiMichele
William A. DiMichele Smithsonian Institution
Jennifer C. McElwain
Jennifer C. McElwain Trinity College Dublin
Kenneth G. MacLeod
Kenneth G. MacLeod University of Missouri
Gregory J. Hakim
Gregory J. Hakim University of Washington
Silke Voigt
Silke Voigt Goethe University Frankfurt

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