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Maarten Blaauw 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 Maarten Blaauw sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 165 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maarten Blaauw 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 Maarten Blaauw sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maarten Blaauw is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing extensively to the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, Anthropology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics covered in Maarten Blaauw's work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological formations and processes

Their publications have appeared frequently in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Radiocarbon
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Journal of Paleolimnology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Maarten Blaauw feature a range of topics and have been published between 2020 and 2023:

  • The IntCal20 Approach to Radiocarbon Calibration Curve Construction: A New Methodology Using Bayesian Splines and Errors-in-Variables, 2020, Radiocarbon
  • Comparing classical and Bayesian 210Pb dating models in human-impacted aquatic environments, 2020, Quaternary Geochronology
  • Hydroclimate variability of central Indo-Pacific region during the Holocene, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Northward shift of the southern westerlies during the Antarctic Cold Reversal, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Regional variability in peatland burning at mid-to high-latitudes during the Holocene, 2023, Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent collaboration characterizes Maarten Blaauw's research, with a number of co-authors contributing to multiple publications. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Paula Reimer
  • Marco A. Aquino-López
  • Ana Carolina Ruiz-Fernández
  • Joan-Albert Sánchez-Cabeza
  • Timothy Heaton

Best Publications

  • Flexible paleoclimate age-depth models using an autoregressive gamma process

    Maarten Blaauw;J. Andrés Christen

  • Methods and code for 'classical' age-modelling of radiocarbon sequences.

    Maarten Blaauw

  • Mississippi Delta subsidence primarily caused by compaction of Holocene strata

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Davin J. Wallace;Davin J. Wallace;Joep E. A. Storms;Joep E. A. Storms;Jakob Wallinga;Jakob Wallinga

  • Climate-related changes in peatland carbon accumulation during the last millennium

    D. J. Charman;D. W. Beilman;M. Blaauw;R. K. Booth

  • Half-precessional dynamics of monsoon rainfall near the East African Equator.

    Dirk Verschuren;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Jasper Moernaut;Iris Kristen

  • The distribution of late-Quaternary woody taxa in northern Eurasia: evidence from a new macrofossil database

    Heather A. Binney;Katherine J. Willis;Katherine J. Willis;Mary E. Edwards;Shonil A. Bhagwat

  • Radiocarbon peat chronologies and environmental change

    Maarten Blaauw;J. Andrés Christen

  • Widespread drying of European peatlands in recent centuries

    Graeme T. Swindles;Graeme T. Swindles;Graeme T. Swindles;Paul J. Morris;Donal J. Mullan;Richard J. Payne

  • A new European testate amoebae transfer function for palaeohydrological reconstruction on ombrotrophic peatlands

    Dan J. Charman;Antony Blundell;Jukka Alm;Sue Bartlett

  • Out of tune: the dangers of aligning proxy archives

    Maarten Blaauw

  • Double the dates and go for Bayes — Impacts of model choice, dating density and quality on chronologies

    Maarten Blaauw;J. Andrés Christen;K.D. Bennett;K.D. Bennett;Paula J. Reimer

  • A revised age for the Kawakawa/Oruanui tephra, a key marker for the Last Glacial Maximum in New Zealand

    Marcus J. Vandergoes;Marcus J. Vandergoes;Alan G. Hogg;David J. Lowe Lowe;Rewi M. Newnham

  • Climate drivers for peatland palaeoclimate records

    Dan J. Charman;Keith E. Barber;Maarten Blaauw;Pete G. Langdon

  • Evidence from northwest European bogs shows ‘Little Ice Age’ climatic changes driven by variations in solar activity

    D Mauquoy;B van Geel;Maarten Blaauw;van der Johannes Plicht

  • Ages of 24 widespread tephras erupted since 30,000 years ago in New Zealand, with re-evaluation of the timing and palaeoclimatic implications of the Lateglacial cool episode recorded at Kaipo bog

    David J. Lowe;Maarten Blaauw;Alan G. Hogg;Rewi M. Newnham

  • Towards mapping the late Quaternary vegetation change of Europe

    Thomas Giesecke;Basil Davis;Simon Brewer;Walter Finsinger

  • Bayesian Analysis of 210Pb Dating

    Marco A. Aquino-López;Maarten Blaauw;J. Andrés Christen;Nicole K. Sanderson

  • Rapid ecosystem response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period in western Europe, 40–16 ka

    Barbara Wohlfarth;Daniel Veres;Linda Ampel;Terri Lacourse

  • A numerical approach to 14C wiggle-match dating of organic deposits: best fits and confidence intervals

    M. Blaauw;G.B.M. Heuvelink;D. Mauquoy;van der Johannes Plicht

  • Late Holocene climatic changes in Tierra del Fuego based on multiproxy analyses of peat deposits

    Dmitri Mauquoy;Maarten Blaauw;Bas van Geel;Ana Maria Borromei

  • Peat multi‐proxy data from Männikjärve bog as indicators of late Holocene climate changes in Estonia

    Uulle Sillasoo;Dmitri Mauquoy;Antony Blundell;Dan Charman

  • Holocene winter climate variability in Central and Eastern Europe

    Aurel Perșoiu;Bogdan P. Onac;Bogdan P. Onac;Jonathan G. Wynn;Maarten Blaauw

Frequent Co-Authors

Paula J. Reimer
Paula J. Reimer Queen's University Belfast
Dmitri Mauquoy
Dmitri Mauquoy University of Aberdeen
Barbara Wohlfarth
Barbara Wohlfarth Stockholm University
Graeme T. Swindles
Graeme T. Swindles Queen's University Belfast
Frank M. Chambers
Frank M. Chambers University of Gloucestershire
Keith D. Bennett
Keith D. Bennett University of St Andrews
B. van Geel
B. van Geel University of Amsterdam
Simon Brewer
Simon Brewer University of Utah
Johannes van der Plicht
Johannes van der Plicht University of Groningen
Walter Finsinger
Walter Finsinger University of Montpellier

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