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D-Index
41
Citations
25501
World Ranking
7535
National Ranking
2672

Alexey Kaplan 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 Alexey Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 92 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexey Kaplan 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 Alexey Kaplan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alexey Kaplan is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Environmental Science and Engineering, maintaining a focus on both global environmental phenomena and technical engineering applications.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, Kaplan's work further breaks down into several subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Kaplan's research covers topics like:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Engineering and Environmental Studies
  • Mining Techniques and Economics
  • Industrial Engineering and Technologies

Among recent published works, Kaplan authored the following paper:

  • FORMATION OF THE STRATEGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS DEVELOPMENT UNDER FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS (2020), Bulletin of South Ural State University series Economics and management

Other frequent publication venues where Kaplan's related fields are represented include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science Advances
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Kaplan has collaborated with a number of researchers across various studies. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Dahirou Wane
  • Alessandra Giannini
  • Amadou Thierno Gaye
  • Braddock K. Linsley
  • L. Brenner

Some examples of papers coauthored by or related to Kaplan's research area are:

  • An imminent return to drought in the western Sahel? (2025), Science Advances
  • PANAMA HYDROLOGY AND EASTERN PACIFIC INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ) RESPONSE TO ENSO AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS SINCE THE EARLY 1700S (2023), Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • The Fast and the Furious: Tracking the Effect of the Tomoa Skip on Speed Climbing (2024), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Currents of Change: Storm-Induced Sedimentation and Biotic Richness of the Upper Cambrian Davis Formation, Missouri (2025), Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century

    N. A. Rayner;D. E. Parker;E. B. Horton;C. K. Folland

  • Observations: Atmosphere and surface

    Dennis L. Hartmann;Albert M.G. Klein Tank;Matilde Rusticucci;Lisa V. Alexander

  • Analyses of global sea surface temperature 1856–1991

    Alexey Kaplan;Mark A. Cane;Yochanan Kushnir;Amy C. Clement

  • Radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 0 to 50,000 years BP based on paired 230 Th/ 234 U/ 238 U and 14 C dates on pristine corals

    Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard G. Fairbanks;Richard A. Mortlock;Tzu-Chien Chiu;Tzu-Chien Chiu;Li Cao;Li Cao

  • Towards a more reliable historical reanalysis: improvements for version 3 of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis system

    Laura C. Slivinski;Laura C. Slivinski;Gilbert P. Compo;Gilbert P. Compo;Jeffrey S. Whitaker;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh

  • Twentieth-century sea surface temperature trends

    Mark A. Cane;Amy C. Clement;Alexey Kaplan;Yochanan Kushnir

  • Predictability of El Niño over the past 148 years

    Dake Chen;Dake Chen;Mark A. Cane;Alexey Kaplan;Stephen E. Zebiak

  • Reduced space optimal analysis for historical data sets: 136 years of Atlantic sea surface temperatures

    Alexey Kaplan;Yochanan Kushnir;Mark A. Cane;M. Benno Blumenthal

  • IMPACT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION ON MIDDLE EASTERN CLIMATE AND STREAMFLOW

    Heidi M. Cullen;Alexey Kaplan;Phillip A. Arkin;Peter B. deMenocal

  • Eight Centuries of North Atlantic Ocean Atmosphere Variability

    David E. Black;Larry C. Peterson;Jonathan T. Overpeck;Alexey Kaplan

  • Mapping tropical Pacific sea level : Data assimilation via a reduced state space Kalman filter

    Mark A. Cane;Alexey Kaplan;Robert N. Miller;Benyang Tang

  • Reduced Space Optimal Interpolation of Historical Marine Sea Level Pressure: 1854–1992*

    Alexey Kaplan;Yochanan Kushnir;Mark A. Cane

  • Observed Strengthening of the Zonal Sea Surface Temperature Gradient across the Equatorial Pacific Ocean

    Kristopher B. Karnauskas;Richard Seager;Alexey Kaplan;Yochanan Kushnir

  • A forward modeling approach to paleoclimatic interpretation of tree-ring data

    M. N. Evans;M. N. Evans;Bernhard K. Reichert;Alexey Kaplan;Kanchuka J. Anchukaitis

  • El Niño as a mediator of the solar influence on climate

    Julien Emile-Geay;Julien Emile-Geay;Mark Cane;Richard Seager;Alexey Kaplan

  • Pacific sea surface temperature field reconstruction from coral δ18O data using reduced space objective analysis

    Michael N. Evans;Michael N. Evans;Alexey Kaplan;Mark A. Cane;Mark A. Cane

  • On the fidelity of shell-derived δ18Oseawater estimates

    Jennifer Arbuszewski;Peter deMenocal;Alexey Kaplan;E. Christa Farmer;E. Christa Farmer

  • Tracking the extent of the South Pacific Convergence Zone since the early 1600s

    Braddock K. Linsley;Alexey Kaplan;Yves Gouriou;Jim Salinger

  • An 8-century tropical Atlantic SST record from the Cariaco Basin: Baseline variability, twentieth-century warming, and Atlantic hurricane frequency

    David E. Black;Matthew A. Abahazi;Robert C. Thunell;Alexey Kaplan

  • Forward modeling of regional scale tree-ring patterns in the southeastern United States and the recent influence of summer drought

    K. J. Anchukaitis;M. N. Evans;M. N. Evans;A. Kaplan;E. A. Vaganov

  • Global analyses of sea surface temperature

    Nick Rayner;David E. Parker;E. B. Horton;Chris K. Folland

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Cane
Mark A. Cane Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Michael N. Evans
Michael N. Evans University of Maryland, College Park
Yochanan Kushnir
Yochanan Kushnir Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Dake Chen
Dake Chen Columbia University in the City of New York
Peter B deMenocal
Peter B deMenocal Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jason E. Smerdon
Jason E. Smerdon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Richard Seager
Richard Seager Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Elizabeth C. Kent
Elizabeth C. Kent National Oceanography Centre
Stephen E. Zebiak
Stephen E. Zebiak Columbia University
Braddock K. Linsley
Braddock K. Linsley Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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