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D-Index
46
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7088
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4268
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Alan M. Shiller 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 Alan M. Shiller sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 157 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Alan M. Shiller 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 Alan M. Shiller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan M. Shiller is affiliated with the University of Southern Mississippi in the United States. Their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, Shiller's work often intersects with several subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main research topics covered by Shiller include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Shiller's recent papers, spanning from 2020 to 2022, represent a range of subjects within marine and geochemical studies. Some notable publications are:

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • An intermediate-depth source of hydrothermal 3He and dissolved iron in the North Pacific, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • A Sensor Array for the Ultrasensitive Discrimination of Heavy Metal Pollutants in Seawater, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Dissolved and Particulate Barium Distributions Along the US GEOTRACES North Atlantic and East Pacific Zonal Transects (GA03 and GP16): Global Implications for the Marine Barium Cycle, 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Shiller frequently publishes in venues that include:

  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Shiller's career. Frequent co-authors include Laura M. Whitmore, Phoebe J. Lam, Christopher T. Hayes, Matthew A. Charette, and Robert F. Anderson, with each collaborating on multiple publications.

The body of work reflects a comprehensive engagement with the cycles and distributions of elements in marine and atmospheric environments, the role of hydrothermal sources, and the development of analytical techniques for pollutant detection in seawater.

Best Publications

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Characterization of subsurface polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the Deepwater Horizon site

    Arne R. Diercks;Arne R. Diercks;Raymond C. Highsmith;Vernon L. Asper;Vernon L. Asper;Dongjoo Joung

  • Dissolved trace elements in the Mississippi River: Seasonal, interannual, and decadal variability

    Alan M. Shiller

  • Variability of dissolved trace metals in the mississippi river

    Alan M. Shiller;Edward A. Boyle

  • Determination of Subnanomolar Levels of Hydrogen Peroxide in Seawater by Reagent-Injection Chemiluminescence Detection

    Jinchun Yuan and;Alan M. Shiller

  • Size and composition of colloidal organic matter and trace elements in the Mississippi River, Pearl River and the northern Gulf of Mexico, as characterized by flow field-flow fractionation

    Björn Stolpe;Laodong Guo;Alan M. Shiller;Martin Hassellöv

  • Syringe Filtration Methods for Examining Dissolved and Colloidal Trace Element Distributions In Remote Field Locations

    Alan M. Shiller

  • Characterization of oil components from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico using fluorescence EEM and PARAFAC techniques

    Zhengzhen Zhou;Laodong Guo;Alan M. Shiller;Steven E. Lohrenz

  • Trace elements in the Mississippi River Delta outflow region: Behavior at high discharge

    Alan M Shiller;Edward A Boyle

  • Dissolved zinc in rivers

    Alan M. Shiller;Edward Boyle

  • Solution structure and dynamics of binuclear dinitrogen complexes of bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)titanium(II) and bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)zirconium(II)

    Juan M. Manriquez;Donald R. McAlister;Edward Rosenberg;Alan M. Shiller

  • Dissolved vanadium in rivers and estuaries

    Alan M. Shiller;Edward A. Boyle

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew A. Charette;Lauren E. Kipp;Lauren E. Kipp;Laramie T. Jensen;Jessica S. Dabrowski

  • Abundance, size distributions and trace-element binding of organic and iron-rich nanocolloids in Alaskan rivers, as revealed by field-flow fractionation and ICP-MS

    Björn Stolpe;Laodong Guo;Alan M. Shiller;George R. Aiken

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

    Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

  • The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout

    M. Crespo-Medina;C. D. Meile;K. S. Hunter;A. R. Diercks

  • Dissolved vanadium in rivers: effects of silicate weathering

    Alan M Shiller;Lunjin Mao

  • Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea

    Christopher T. Hayes;Kassandra M. Costa;Robert F. Anderson;Eva María Calvo

  • The distribution of hydrogen peroxide in the southern and central Atlantic ocean

    Jinchun Yuan;Alan M Shiller

  • Photo-oxidation of dissolved organic matter in river water and its effect on trace element speciation

    Alan M. Shiller;Shuiwang Duan;Peter van Erp;Thomas S. Bianchi

  • Analytical intercomparison results from the 1990 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission open-ocean baseline survey for trace metals: Atlantic Ocean

    W.M. Landing;G.A. Cutter;J.A. Dalziel;A.R. Flegal

Frequent Co-Authors

Laodong Guo
Laodong Guo University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
William M. Landing
William M. Landing Florida State University
Robert F. Anderson
Robert F. Anderson Columbia University
Jessica N. Fitzsimmons
Jessica N. Fitzsimmons Texas A&M University
Laura F. Robinson
Laura F. Robinson University of Bristol
Phoebe J. Lam
Phoebe J. Lam University of California, Santa Cruz
Seth G. John
Seth G. John University of Southern California
David Kadko
David Kadko Florida International University
William J. Teague
William J. Teague United States Naval Research Laboratory

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