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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 172 154 89 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 407
Documents by Best Scientists*: 191
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 29
SCIMAGO H-index: 14
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.507
Impact Factor: 6.6

Top Publications

  • Rapid Response to the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake With Distributed Acoustic Sensing

    Zefeng Li;Zefeng Li;Zhichao Shen;Yan Yang;Ethan Williams

    (2021)
    81 Citations
  • The Transient and Intermittent Nature of Slow Slip

    R. Jolivet;R. Jolivet;W. B. Frank;W. B. Frank

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • Coastal Wetland Resilience, Accelerated Sea-Level Rise, and the Importance of Timescale

    Torbjörn E. Törnqvist;Donald R. Cahoon;James T. Morris;John W. Day

    (2021)
    72 Citations
  • Destabilization of Long‐Lived Hadean Protocrust and the Onset of Pervasive Hydrous Melting at 3.8 Ga

    Unknown

    (2022)
    62 Citations
  • Constraining the Volume of Earth's Early Oceans With a Temperature-Dependent Mantle Water Storage Capacity Model

    Junjie Dong;Rebecca A. Fischer;Lars P. Stixrude;Lars P. Stixrude;Carolina R. Lithgow-Bertelloni;Carolina R. Lithgow-Bertelloni

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Slab Transport of Fluids to Deep Focus Earthquake Depths—Thermal Modeling Constraints and Evidence From Diamonds

    Steven B. Shirey;Lara S. Wagner;Michael J. Walter;D. Graham Pearson

    (2021)
    48 Citations
  • Decadal Trends in the Oceanic Storage of Anthropogenic Carbon From 1994 to 2014

    (2023)
    46 Citations
  • Subsurface Moisture Regulates Himalayan Groundwater Storage and Discharge

    L. Illien;C. Andermann;C. Sens-Schönfelder;K. L. Cook

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Origin of Dawnside Subauroral Polarization Streams During Major Geomagnetic Storms

    (2022)
    39 Citations
  • Oxygen False Positives on Habitable Zone Planets Around Sun-Like Stars

    Joshua Krissansen-Totton;Joshua Krissansen-Totton;Jonathan J. Fortney;Francis Nimmo;Nicholas Wogan

    (2021)
    36 Citations

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

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More traditional Earth Science students might consider online geology degrees, which cover topics from mineralogy to paleontology and prepare graduates for roles in research, mining, and environmental consulting.

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