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Appy Sluijs 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 Appy Sluijs sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 378 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Appy Sluijs 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 Appy Sluijs sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Appy Sluijs is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Ecology, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of Sluijs's work cover a range of areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Late Paleocene-early Eocene Arctic Ocean sea surface temperatures: reassessing biomarker paleothermometry at Lomonosov Ridge, 2020, Climate of the past
  • Long-term Phanerozoic global mean sea level: Insights from strontium isotope variations and estimates of continental glaciation, 2022, Gondwana Research
  • The middle to late Eocene greenhouse climate modelled using the CESM 1.0.5, 2020, Climate of the past
  • Maastrichtian-Rupelian paleoclimates in the southwest Pacific - a critical re-evaluation of biomarker paleothermometry and dinoflagellate cyst paleoecology at Ocean Drilling Program Site 1172, 2021, Climate of the past
  • Catastrophic soil loss associated with end-Triassic deforestation, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent collaborators in Sluijs's research include Francien Peterse, Peter K. Bijl, Francesca Sangiorgi, Gert-Jan Reichart, and Jack J. Middelburg.

Sluijs's work has appeared in several publication venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Climate of the past
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Biogeosciences

Appy Sluijs is recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), an honor received in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Rapid acidification of the ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum.

    James C. Zachos;Ursula Röhl;Stephen A. Schellenberg;Appy Sluijs

  • The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification

    Bärbel Hönisch;Andy Ridgwell;Daniela N. Schmidt;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas

  • Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Appy Sluijs;Stefan Schouten;Mark Pagani;Martijn Woltering

  • Astronomical pacing of late Palaeocene to early Eocene global warming events

    Lucas J. Lourens;Appy Sluijs;Dick Kroon;James C. Zachos

  • A Paleolatitude Calculator for Paleoclimate Studies

    Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Lennart V. de Groot;Sebastiaan J. van Schaik;Wim Spakman

  • Cretaceous sea-surface temperature evolution: Constraints from TEX86 and planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes

    Charlotte L. O'Brien;Stuart A. Robinson;Richard D. Pancost;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

  • From greenhouse to icehouse; organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts as paleoenvironmental indicators in the Paleogene

    Appy Sluijs;Jörg Pross;Jörg Pross;Jörg Pross;Henk Brinkhuis

  • Extreme warming of mid-latitude coastal ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Inferences from TEX86 and isotope data

    J.C. Zachos;S. Schouten;S. Bohaty;T. Quattlebaum

  • Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean

    Henk Brinkhuis;Stefan Schouten;Margaret E Collinson;Appy Sluijs

  • Early Palaeogene temperature evolution of the southwest Pacific Ocean

    Peter K. Bijl;Stefan Schouten;Appy Sluijs;Gert-Jan Reichart

  • Environmental precursors to rapid light carbon injection at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary

    Appy Sluijs;Henk Brinkhuis;Stefan Schouten;Steven M. Bohaty

  • A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

    Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E.J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H.A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • Timing and nature of the deepening of the Tasmanian Gateway

    Catherine E. Stickley;Henk Brinkhuis;Stephen A. Schellenberg;Appy Sluijs

  • Eocene circulation of the Southern Ocean: Was Antarctica kept warm by subtropical waters?

    Matthew Huber;Henk Brinkhuis;Catherine E. Stickley;Kristofer Döös

  • Climate model and proxy data constraints on ocean warming across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

    Tom Dunkley Jones;Daniel J. Lunt;Daniela N. Schmidt;Andy Ridgwell

  • Eocene cooling linked to early flow across the Tasmanian Gateway

    Peter K. Bijl;James A. P. Bendle;Steven M. Bohaty;Jörg Pross

  • Synchronous tropical and polar temperature evolution in the Eocene

    Margot J Cramwinckel;Matthew Huber;Ilja J Kocken;Claudia Agnini

  • North American continental margin records of the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum: Implications for global carbon and hydrological cycling

    Cédric M. John;Steven M. Bohaty;James C. Zachos;Appy Sluijs

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E. J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H. A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

Frequent Co-Authors

Henk Brinkhuis
Henk Brinkhuis Utrecht University
Gert-Jan Reichart
Gert-Jan Reichart Utrecht University
Peter K Bijl
Peter K Bijl Utrecht University
Steven M Bohaty
Steven M Bohaty University of Southampton
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Lucas Joost Lourens
Lucas Joost Lourens Utrecht University
Francesca Sangiorgi
Francesca Sangiorgi Utrecht University
Matthew Huber
Matthew Huber Purdue University West Lafayette
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London

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