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André Oliveira Sawakuchi

André Oliveira Sawakuchi

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
4365
World Ranking
7659
National Ranking
44

André Oliveira Sawakuchi 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 André Oliveira Sawakuchi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 265 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

André Oliveira Sawakuchi 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 André Oliveira Sawakuchi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

André Oliveira Sawakuchi is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, with a research focus predominantly situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science fields. Their scholarly contributions encompass both broad and specialized areas within these fields, including atmospheric science and earth-surface processes.

Their research predominantly addresses topics such as geology and paleoclimatology, geological formations and processes, and fish biology, ecology, and behavior. Their work also encompasses methane hydrates and related phenomena, isotope analysis in ecology, geological and geochemical analysis, and aeolian processes and effects.

Sawakuchi has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues including Geomorphology, Quaternary Science Reviews, Quaternary Geochronology, Scientific Reports, and the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA).

The following are selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Sawakuchi:

  • Microplastics in sediments from Amazon rivers, Brazil (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Quaternary climate changes as speciation drivers in the Amazon floodplains (2020), Science Advances
  • Climate changes in Northeastern Brazil from deglacial to Meghalayan periods and related environmental impacts (2020), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Guide for interpreting and reporting luminescence dating results (2022), Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • How green can Amazon hydropower be? Net carbon emission from the largest hydropower plant in Amazonia (2021), Science Advances

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Dailson José Bertassoli
  • Cristiano Mazur Chiessi
  • Paul A. Baker
  • Thays Desirée Mineli
  • Fabiano do Nascimento Pupim

Best Publications

  • New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile

    Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Tom D. Dillehay;Carlos Ocampo;José Saavedra;Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi

  • Microplastics in sediments from Amazon rivers, Brazil.

    Cristiano Rezende Gerolin;Fabiano Nascimento Pupim;André Oliveira Sawakuchi;Carlos Henrique Grohmann

  • Methane emissions from Amazonian Rivers and their contribution to the global methane budget.

    Henrique O. Sawakuchi;David Bastviken;André O. Sawakuchi;Alex V. Krusche

  • Thermal history versus sedimentary history: OSL sensitivity of quartz grains extracted from rocks and sediments

    A.O. Sawakuchi;M.W. Blair;R. DeWitt;F.M. Faleiros

  • Synchronous and proportional deglacial changes in Atlantic meridional overturning and northeast Brazilian precipitation

    Stefan Mulitza;Cristiano M. Chiessi;Enno Schefuß;Jörg Lippold

  • Terrigenous input off northern South America driven by changes in Amazonian climate and the North Brazil Current retroflection during the last 250 ka

    Aline Govin;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Matthias Zabel;André Oliveira Sawakuchi

  • The complex prograded Cassino barrier in southern Brazil: Geological and morphological evolution and records of climatic, oceanographic and sea-level changes in the last 7–6 ka

    Sergio R. Dillenburg;Eduardo G. Barboza;Maria Luiza C. C. Rosa;Felipe Caron

  • Eolian depositional episodes controlled by Late Quaternary relative sea level changes on the Imbituba–Laguna coast (southern Brazil)

    Paulo César Fonseca Giannini;André Oliveira Sawakuchi;C. T. Martinho;S. H. Tatumi

  • Luminescence as a sediment tracer and provenance tool

    Harrison J. Gray;Mayank Jain;Andre O. Sawakuchi;Shannon A. Mahan

  • Chronology of Terra Firme formation in Amazonian lowlands reveals a dynamic Quaternary landscape

    F. N. Pupim;F. N. Pupim;André Oliveira Sawakuchi;Renato Paes de Almeida;Camila Cherem Ribas

  • Oxidative mitigation of aquatic methane emissions in large Amazonian rivers.

    Henrique O. Sawakuchi;David Bastviken;André O. Sawakuchi;Nicholas D. Ward

  • Luminescence of quartz and feldspar fingerprints provenance and correlates with the source area denudation in the Amazon River basin

    A. O. Sawakuchi;M. Jain;T. D. Mineli;L. Nogueira

  • Mid-Late Pleistocene OSL chronology in western Amazonia and implications for the transcontinental Amazon pathway

    Dilce F Rossetti;Marcelo C. L Cohen;Sonia H Tatumi;André Oliveira Sawakuchi

  • Quaternary climate changes as speciation drivers in the Amazon floodplains.

    Gregory Thom;Gregory Thom;Alexander T. Xue;Alexander T. Xue;Alexander T. Xue;André O. Sawakuchi;Camila C. Ribas

  • The development of blowouts and foredunes in the Ilha Comprida barrier (Southeastern Brazil): the influence of Late Holocene climate changes on coastal sedimentation

    André Oliveira Sawakuchi;R. Kalchgruber;Paulo César Fonseca Giannini;D. R. Nascimento

  • Determination of controls on Holocene barrier progradation through application of OSL dating: The Ilha Comprida Barrier example, Southeastern Brazil

    C.C.F Guedes;Paulo César Fonseca Giannini;André Oliveira Sawakuchi;R DeWitt

  • Origin, transport and deposition of leaf-wax biomarkers in the Amazon Basin and the adjacent Atlantic

    Christoph Häggi;André O Sawakuchi;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Stefan Mulitza

  • Climate changes in Northeastern Brazil from deglacial to Meghalayan periods and related environmental impacts

    Giselle Utida;Francisco W. Cruz;Roberto V. Santos;André O. Sawakuchi

  • The role of tectonics and climate in the late Quaternary evolution of a northern Amazonian River

    Édipo Henrique Cremon;Dilce de Fátima Rossetti;André de Oliveira Sawakuchi;Marcelo Cancela Lisboa Cohen

  • The Volta Grande do Xingu: reconstruction of past environments and forecasting of future scenarios of a unique Amazonian fluvial landscape

    A. O. Sawakuchi;G. A. Hartmann;H. O. Sawakuchi;F. N. Pupim

  • Correction: New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile

    Tom D. Dillehay;Carlos Ocampo;José Saavedra;Andre Oliveira Sawakuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristiano Mazur Chiessi
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi Universidade de São Paulo
Stefan Mulitza
Stefan Mulitza University of Bremen
Matthias Zabel
Matthias Zabel University of Bremen
Enno Schefuß
Enno Schefuß University of Bremen
Paul A. Baker
Paul A. Baker Duke University
David Heslop
David Heslop Australian National University
Matthias Prange
Matthias Prange University of Bremen
Gesine Mollenhauer
Gesine Mollenhauer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Norbert Frank
Norbert Frank Heidelberg University
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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