2026 Malcolm K. Hughes: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	69	1737	1653	730	673	211	26419

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1998 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Malcolm K. Hughes is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research is primarily focused in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific expertise in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Their work also touches upon Genetics and Nature and Landscape Conservation as subfields.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad spectrum related to climate and environmental studies. Key areas of work include:

Tree-ring climate responses
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Climate variability and models
Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Cryospheric studies and observations

Malcolm K. Hughes has contributed to multiple publications across several journals and venues, including:

Dendrochronologia
Nature Communications
Tree Physiology
Science Bulletin
Quaternary Science Reviews

Significant recent papers include:

"Prominent role of volcanism in Common Era climate variability and human history" (2020) published in Dendrochronologia
"The influence of decision-making in tree ring-based climate reconstructions" (2021) published in Nature Communications
"An interpreted language implementation of the Vaganov-Shashkin tree-ring proxy system model" (2020) published in Dendrochronologia
"Bimodal cambial activity and false-ring formation in conifers under a monsoon climate" (2021) published in Tree Physiology
"Global wood anatomical perspective on the onset of the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) in the mid-6th century CE" (2022) published in Science Bulletin

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

Ulf Büntgen
Olga V. Churakova
Alexander V. Kirdyanov
Vladimir S. Myglan
Еugene А. Vaganov

Throughout their career, Malcolm K. Hughes has received recognition from the scientific community, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2013
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), awarded in 1998

Best Publications

Global Signatures and Dynamical Origins of the Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Anomaly

Michael E. Mann;Zhihua Zhang;Scott Rutherford;Raymond S. Bradley

2854
Citations
Global-scale temperature patterns and climate forcing over the past six centuries

Michael E. Mann;Raymond S. Bradley;Malcolm K. Hughes

2833
Citations
Northern Hemisphere Temperatures During the Past Millennium: Inferences, Uncertainties, and Limitations

Michael E. Mann;Raymond S. Bradley;Malcolm K. Hughes

2690
Citations
Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia

Michael E. Mann;Zhihua Zhang;Malcolm K. Hughes;Raymond S. Bradley

1480
Citations
A large carbon sink in the woody biomass of Northern forests

R. B. Myneni;J. Dong;C. J. Tucker;R. K. Kaufmann

911
Citations
Was There a ‘Medieval Warm Period’, and if so, Where and When?

Malcolm K. Hughes;Henry F. Diaz

803
Citations
Influence of snowfall and melt timing on tree growth in subarctic Eurasia

E. A. Vaganov;M. K. Hughes;A. V. Kirdyanov;F. H. Schweingruber

795
Citations
The climate of the US Southwest

Paul R. Sheppard;Andrew C. Comrie;Gregory D. Packin;Kurt Angersbach

734
Citations
Growth Dynamics of Conifer Tree Rings: Images of Past and Future Environments

Alexander V. Shashkin;Eugene A. Vaganov;Malcolm K. Hughes

713
Citations
Remote sensing estimates of boreal and temperate forest woody biomass: carbon pools, sources, and sinks

Jiarui Dong;Robert K. Kaufmann;Ranga B. Myneni;Compton J. Tucker

578
Citations
Climate in Medieval Time

Raymond S. Bradley;Malcolm K. Hughes;Henry F. Diaz

573
Citations
Medieval drought in the upper Colorado River Basin

David M. Meko;Connie A. Woodhouse;Christopher A. Baisan;Troy Knight

450
Citations
Recent unprecedented tree-ring growth in bristlecone pine at the highest elevations and possible causes

Matthew W. Salzer;Malcolm K. Hughes;Andrew G. Bunn;Kurt F. Kipfmueller

449
Citations
Climate from Tree Rings

M. K. Hughes

343
Citations
The importance of early summer temperature and date of snow melt for tree growth in the Siberian Subarctic

Alexander Kirdyanov;Malcolm Hughes;Eugene Vaganov;Fritz Schweingruber

325
Citations
SACRAMENTO RIVER FLOW RECONSTRUCTED TO A.D. 869 FROM TREE RINGS1

David M. Meko;Matthew D. Therrell;Matthew D. Therrell;Christopher H. Baisan;Christopher H. Baisan;Malcolm K. Hughes

322
Citations
Dendrochronology in climatology – the state of the art

Malcolm K. Hughes

309
Citations
Tropical Pacific - mid-latitude teleconnections in medieval times

Nicholas E. Graham;Nicholas E. Graham;Malcolm K. Hughes;Caspar M. Ammann;Kim M. Cobb

277
Citations
Proxy-Based Northern Hemisphere Surface Temperature Reconstructions: Sensitivity to Method, Predictor Network, Target Season, and Target Domain

Scott Rutherford;Scott Rutherford;M. E. Mann;T. J. Osborn;R. S. Bradley

276
Citations
Reconstructing Summer Temperatures in Northern Fennoscandinavia Back to A.D. 1700 Using Tree-Ring Data from Scots Pine

K. R. Briffa;P. D. Jones;J. R. Pilcher;M. K. Hughes

273
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene A. Vaganov Siberian Federal University

Michael E. Mann Pennsylvania State University

Raymond S. Bradley University of Massachusetts Amherst

Elena Xoplaki University of Giessen

Alexander V. Kirdyanov University of Cambridge

Jürg Luterbacher University of Giessen

Keith R. Briffa University of East Anglia

Michael N. Evans University of Maryland, College Park

Kevin J. Anchukaitis University of Arizona

Ulf Büntgen University of Cambridge

External Links

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