2026 Andrew C. Scott: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	68	1115	987	113	100	250	20123

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Overview

Andrew C. Scott is affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Fire effects on ecosystems
Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
Botanical Research and Chemistry
Smart Grid Security and Resilience
Smart Grid Energy Management
Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

Frequent publication venues for Andrew C. Scott's research include:

Earth-Science Reviews
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
Energy Informatics
Proceedings of the Geologists Association
SSRN Electronic Journal

Their recent papers illustrate a diverse range of research interests:

"Comprehensive refutation of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis (YDIH)" (2023) published in Earth-Science Reviews
"The persistent global burden of severe acute malnutrition: Cross-country estimates, models and forecasts" (2020) published in Global Transitions
"Streamlined Sampling and Cultivation of the Pelagic Cosmopolitan Larvacean, Oikopleura dioica" (2020) published in Journal of Visualized Experiments
"Charcoalified vegetation from the Pennsylvanian of Yorkshire, England: Implications for the interpretation of Carboniferous wildfires" (2021) published in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
"The Future of Artificial Intelligence" (2022) published in International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Andrew C. Scott has collaborated repeatedly with the following coauthors:

Andreas Lardos
Robert Allkin
Rebecca Lazarou
Mark Nesbitt
Barbara Zipser

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to academic book publications. One notable work is Fire: A Very Short Introduction, published by Oxford University Press in 2020.

Best Publications

Fire in the Earth System

David M. J. S. Bowman;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch;Paulo Artaxo;William J. Bond

3628
Citations
The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

David M. J. S. Bowman;Jennifer Balch;Paulo Artaxo;William J. Bond

1326
Citations
The Pre-Quaternary history of fire

A.C Scott

838
Citations
Charcoal recognition, taphonomy and uses in palaeoenvironmental analysis

Andrew C. Scott

583
Citations
The diversification of Paleozoic fire systems and fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen concentration.

Andrew C. Scott;Ian J. Glasspool

532
Citations
Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America

Jennifer R. Marlon;Patrick J. Bartlein;M. K. Walsh;Sandy P. Harrison

495
Citations
Observations on the nature and origin of fusain

Andrew C. Scott

464
Citations
Coal and Coal-bearing Strata: Recent Advances

Andrew C. Scott;Coal-Bearing Strata

414
Citations
Observations and experiments on the origin and formation of inertinite group macerals

Andrew C. Scott;Ian J. Glasspool

389
Citations
Fire on Earth: An Introduction

Andrew C. Scott;David M. J. S. Bowman;William J. Bond;Stephen J. Pyne

376
Citations
Phanerozoic concentrations of atmospheric oxygen reconstructed from sedimentary charcoal

Ian J. Glasspool;Andrew C. Scott

374
Citations
Coal petrology and the origin of coal macerals: a way ahead?

Andrew C Scott

304
Citations
Palaeoflora of southern Africa: Prodromus of South African megafloras, devonian to lower cretaceous

Andrew C. Scott

301
Citations
The nature and influence of fire in Carboniferous ecosystems

Andrew C. Scott;Timothy P. Jones

271
Citations
Fire and the spread of flowering plants in the Cretaceous

William J. Bond;Andrew C. Scott

261
Citations
The taphonomy of charcoal following a recent heathland fire and some implications for the interpretation of fossil charcoal deposits

Andrew C Scott;Jenny A Cripps;Margaret E Collinson;Gary J Nichols

209
Citations
Lyell : the past is the key to the present

Derek J. Blundell;Andrew C. Scott

197
Citations
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WESTPHALIAN B PLANT ASSEMBLAGES FROM WEST YORKSHIRE

A. C. Scott

192
Citations
Experiments in waterlogging and sedimentology of charcoal: results and implications

Gary J. Nichols;Jenny A. Cripps;Margaret E. Collinson;Andrew C. Scott

190
Citations
Reflectance measurements and the temperature of formation of modern charcoals and implications for studies of fusain

Timothy Peter Jones;A. C. Scott;M. Cope

189
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret E. Collinson Royal Holloway University of London

William G. Chaloner Royal Holloway University of London

R. Scott Anderson Northern Arizona University

William J. Bond University of Cape Town

Nicholas Pinter University of California, Davis

Fabien Kenig University of Illinois at Chicago

Jennifer K. Balch University of Colorado Boulder

Timothy Peter Jones Cardiff University

David M. J. S. Bowman University of Tasmania

Patrick J. Bartlein University of Oregon

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