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About the The Holocene format

The Holocene is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Tree-ring climate responses. Over its lifetime it has published 4,413 papers, which have received 166,966 citations.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', The Holocene, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inGeology and Paleoclimatology Research Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Tree-ring climate responses Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Geological formations and processes
ISSN0959-6836
Citation impact (2-yr)1.86
h-index166
i10-index2,830
Top institutions publishing hereCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Journal websitehol.sagepub.com
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Papers published in The Holocene per year

208
2014
187
2015
192
2016
158
2017
145
2018
155
2019
172
2020
138
2021
121
2022
117
2023
149
2024
96
2025

Citation impact of The Holocene by publication year

6.8K
2014
5.4K
2015
6.2K
2016
3.7K
2017
2.7K
2018
4K
2019
2.7K
2020
1.4K
2021
939
2022
637
2023
441
2024
86
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Holocene

High-resolution palaeoclimatic records for the last millennium: interpretation, integration and comparison with General Circulation Model control-run temperatures

P. D. Jones, Keith R. Briffa, T. P. Barnett et al. · 1 May 1998

Palaeoclimatology provides our only means of assessing climatic variations before the beginning of instrumental records. The various proxy variables used, however, have a number of limitations which must be adequately addressed and understood. Besides their obvious spatial and seasonal limitations, different proxies are also potentially limited in their ability to represent climatic variations over a…

Estimating carbon accumulation rates of undrained mires in Finland–application to boreal and subarctic regions

Jukka Turunen, Erkki Tomppo, Kimmo Tolonen et al. · 1 Jan 2002

Equations based on empirical relationships of peat physical properties were used to estimate the average long-term apparent rate of carbon accumulation (LORCA) in Finnish mire vegetation regions. The results were generalized to the boreal and subarctic regions. Analyses of 1302 dated peat cores were used to infer carbon accumulation for each mire vegetation region of…

Theory of quantitative reconstruction of vegetation I: pollen from large sites REVEALS regional vegetation composition

S. Sugita · 1 Feb 2007

Quantitative reconstruction of past vegetation is one of the primary goals in Quaternary palynology and palaeoecology but still remains difficult. This paper proposes a model, REVEALS, that estimates regional vegetation composition using pollen from ‘large lakes’ that have small site-to-site variations of pollen assemblages even if vegetation is highly heterogeneous. Once these data have been…

'Little Ice Age' summer temperature variations: their nature and relevance to recent global warming trends

Raymond S. Bradley, Philip D. Jonest · 1 Dec 1993

Climatic changes resulting from greenhouse gases will be superimposed on natural climatic variations. High-resolution proxy records of past climate can be used to extend our perspective on regional and hemispheric changes of climate back in time by several hundred years. Using historical, tree-ring and ice core data, we examine climatic variations during the period commonly…

Calculating unbiased tree-ring indices for the study of climatic and environmental change

Edward R. Cook, Kenneth E. Peters · 1 Sep 1997

In dendroclimatology, tree-ring indices are traditionally calculated as part of the tree-ring chronology development process. This is accomplished by fitting a growth curve to the ring-width series and using it as a series of expectations for more or less well specified null conditions (uniform climate perhaps) of annual radial growth. The ratio of the actual…

The Holocene template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the The Holocene format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the The Holocene template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does The Holocene use?
The Holocene uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', The Holocene, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to The Holocene?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready The Holocene document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the The Holocene template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the The Holocene format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
What is The Holocene?
SAGE journal (sagej). It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by SAGE.
Can I export a submission-ready The Holocene PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official The Holocene template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the The Holocene template cost?
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