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Claudio Latorre 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 Claudio Latorre sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Claudio Latorre 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 Claudio Latorre sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Claudio Latorre is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

The primary subfields of study in Claudio Latorre's work include Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, Anthropology, and Molecular Biology. Their main research topics encompass Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Plant ecological genomics at the limits of life in the Atacama Desert (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • 'White gold' guano fertilizer drove agricultural intensification in the Atacama Desert from ad 1000 (2021, Nature Plants)
  • Predictive metabolomics of multiple Atacama plant species unveils a core set of generic metabolites for extreme climate resilience (2022, New Phytologist)
  • High- and low-latitude forcings drive Atacama Desert rainfall variations over the past 16,000 years (2021, Science Advances)
  • Ecology of the collapse of Rapa Nui society (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Frequent collaborators in Claudio Latorre's work include Calógero M. Santoro, Eugenia M. Gayó, Francisca P. Díaz, Rodrigo A. Gutieݩrrez, and Matías Frugone-Álvarez.

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as Plant Systematics and Evolution, Quaternary Science Reviews, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Global and Planetary Change, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • A 22,000-Year Record of Monsoonal Precipitation from Northern Chile's Atacama Desert.

    J.L. Betancourt;C. Latorre;J.A. Rech;Jay Quade

  • The Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a multiproxy, international, community-curated data resource

    John W. Williams;Eric C. Grimm;Jessica L. Blois;Donald F. Charles

  • The expansion of C4 grasses and global change in the late Miocene: Stable isotope evidence from the Americas

    Claudio Latorre;Jay Quade;William C. McIntosh

  • Vegetation invasions into absolute desert: A 45;th000 yr rodent midden record from the Calama–Salar de Atacama basins, northern Chile (lat 22°–24°S)

    Claudio Latorre;Julio L. Betancourt;Kate A. Rylander;Jay Quade

  • Paleowetlands and regional climate change in the central Atacama Desert, northern Chile

    Jay Quade;Jason A. Rech;Julio L. Betancourt;Claudio Latorre

  • A vegetation history from the arid prepuna of northern Chile (22^23‡S) over the last 13 500 years

    Claudio Latorre;Julio L Betancourt;Kate A Rylander;Jay Quade

  • Late Quaternary hydrological and ecological changes in the hyperarid core of the northern Atacama Desert (~ 21°S)

    Eugenia M. Gayo;Claudio Latorre;Teresa E. Jordan;Peter L. Nester

  • Late Quaternary vegetation and climate history of a perennial river canyon in the Río Salado basin (22°S) of Northern Chile

    Claudio Latorre;Claudio Latorre;Julio L. Betancourt;Mary T.K. Arroyo

  • Perennial stream discharge in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile during the latest Pleistocene

    Peter L. Nester;Eugenia Gayó;Claudio Latorre;Teresa E. Jordan

  • Late Pleistocene human occupation of the hyperarid core in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile

    Claudio Latorre;Calogero M. Santoro;Paula C. Ugalde;Eugenia M. Gayo

  • Pollen analyses from a 50 000-yr rodent midden series in the southern Atacama Desert (25° 30′ S)

    Antonio Maldonado;Julio L. Betancourt;Claudio Latorre;Carolina Villagran

  • Soils at the hyperarid margin: The isotopic composition of soil carbonate from the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

    Jay Quade;Jason A. Rech;Claudio Latorre;Claudio Latorre;Julio L. Betancourt

  • Climate in the dry central andes over geologic, millennial, and interannual timescales

    Christa Placzek;Jay Quade;Julio L. Betancourt;P. Jonathan Patchett

  • Emergence of social complexity among coastal hunter-gatherers in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile

    Pablo A. Marquet;Pablo A. Marquet;Calogero M. Santoro;Claudio Latorre;Vivien G. Standen

  • The structure and rate of late Miocene expansion of C4 plants: Evidence from lateral variation in stable isotopes in paleosols of the Siwalik Group, northern Pakistan

    Anna K. Behrensmeyer;Jay Quade;Thure E. Cerling;John W Kappelman

  • Global patterns and environmental controls of perchlorate and nitrate co-occurrence in arid and semi-arid environments

    W Andrew Jackson;John K. Böhlke;Brian J. Andraski;Lynne S. Fahlquist

  • Continuities and discontinuities in the socio-environmental systems of the Atacama Desert during the last 13,000 years

    Calogero M. Santoro;José M. Capriles;Eugenia M. Gayo;María Eugenia de Porras

  • Hydroclimate variability in the low-elevation Atacama Desert over the last 2500 yr

    E. M. Gayo;C. Latorre;C. M. Santoro;A. Maldonado

  • THE IMPACT OF ENSO IN THE ATACAMA DESERT AND AUSTRALIAN ARID ZONE: EXPLORATORY TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS

    Alan Williams;Calogero M Santoro;Michael A Smith;Claudio Latorre

Frequent Co-Authors

Julio L. Betancourt
Julio L. Betancourt United States Geological Survey
Jay Quade
Jay Quade University of Arizona
Ricardo De Pol-Holz
Ricardo De Pol-Holz University of Magallanes
Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez
Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Pablo A. Marquet
Pablo A. Marquet Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Blas L. Valero-Garcés
Blas L. Valero-Garcés Spanish National Research Council
Santiago Giralt
Santiago Giralt Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN - CSIC)
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Janet M. Wilmshurst Landcare Research
Mauricio Lima
Mauricio Lima Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Marcus A. Koch
Marcus A. Koch Heidelberg University

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