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Patrick J. Bartlein

Patrick J. Bartlein

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Environmental Sciences
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
98
Citations
36685
World Ranking
412
National Ranking
185

Patrick J. Bartlein publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick J. Bartlein sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 247 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Patrick J. Bartlein D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick J. Bartlein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Patrick J. Bartlein is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Anthropology, and the Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law aspects of environmental topics.

Their scientific contributions cover a broad range of topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Climate variability and models
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Their recent published papers include:

  • Global and regional temperature change over the past 4.5 million years, 2024, Science
  • Extensive Frost Weathering Across Unglaciated North America During the Last Glacial Maximum, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • A Comparison of the CMIP6midHoloceneandlig127k Simulations in CESM2, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Retreat and Regrowth of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Last Interglacial as Simulated by the CESM2-CISM2 Coupled Climate-Ice Sheet Model, 2021, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Comprehensive refutation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH), 2023, Earth-Science Reviews

They frequently publish in venues such as Earth-Science Reviews, Science, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Climate of the Past, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with them include:

  • Sarah L. Shafer
  • Peter U. Clark
  • Jeremy D. Shakun
  • Yair Rosenthal
  • Peter Köhler

Patrick J. Bartlein received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Global Climates since the Last Glacial Maximum

    John R. Mather;H. E. Wright;J. E. Kutzbach;T. Webb

  • Evaluation of climate models using palaeoclimatic data

    Pascale Braconnot;Sandy P. Harrison;Masa Kageyama;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Holocene thermal maximum in the western Arctic (0-180°W)

    D. S. Kaufman;T.A. Ager;N.J. Anderson;P.M. Anderson

  • Climate and human influences on global biomass burning over the past two millennia

    J. R. Marlon;P. J. Bartlein;C. Carcaillet;D. G. Gavin

  • 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

  • Pollen-based continental climate reconstructions at 6 and 21 ka: A global synthesis

    Patrick J Bartlein;S P Harrison;S P Harrison;S Brewer;Simon Connor

  • Climate change and Arctic ecosystems: 2. Modeling, paleodata‐model comparisons, and future projections

    JO Kaplan;JO Kaplan;NH Bigelow;IC Prentice;SP Harrison;SP Harrison

  • Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes

    Andrew J. Hansen;Ronald P. Neilson;Virginia H. Dale;Curtis H. Flather

  • Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA

    Jennifer R. Marlon;Patrick J. Bartlein;Daniel G. Gavin;Colin J. Long

  • Terrestrial biogeochemical feedbacks in the climate system

    Almut Arneth;S. P. Harrison;S. P. Harrison;S. Zaehle;K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis

  • LATE‐QUATERNARY VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN NORTH AMERICA: SCALING FROM TAXA TO BIOMES

    John W. Williams;Bryan N. Shuman;Thompson Webb;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Global Changes During the Last 3 Million Years: Climatic Controls and Biotic Responses

    T. Webb;P. J. Bartlein

  • Development and Disintegration of Maya Political Systems in Response to Climate Change

    Douglas J. Kennett;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Valorie V. Aquino;Yemane Asmerom

  • Paleoclimate simulations for North America over the past 21,000 years: features of the simulated climate and comparisons with paleoenvironmental data

    P.J Bartlein;K.H Anderson;P.M Anderson;M.E Edwards

  • Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

    Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Paul A. Baker;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere.

    Joshua J. Lawler;Sarah L. Shafer;Denis White;Peter Kareiva

  • VEGETATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM

    I. Colin Prentice;Patrick J. Bartlein;Thompson Webb

  • A 9000-year fire history from the Oregon Coast Range, based on a high-resolution charcoal study

    Colin J. Long;Cathy Whitlock;Patrick J. Bartlein;Sarah H. Millspaugh

  • Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)

    S. Joussaume;K. E. Taylor;P. Braconnot;J. F.B. Mitchell

  • Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America

    Jennifer R. Marlon;Patrick J. Bartlein;M. K. Walsh;Sandy P. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
Cathy Whitlock
Cathy Whitlock Montana State University
Jennifer R. Marlon
Jennifer R. Marlon Yale University
Bryan N. Shuman
Bryan N. Shuman University of Wyoming
John W. Williams
John W. Williams University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mary E. Edwards
Mary E. Edwards University of Southampton
Thompson Webb
Thompson Webb Brown University
Patricia M. Anderson
Patricia M. Anderson University of Washington
Steven W. Hostetler
Steven W. Hostetler United States Geological Survey
Daniel G. Gavin
Daniel G. Gavin University of Oregon

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