2026 Ariel D. Anbar: 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	83	422	361	228	187	414	26021

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
2015 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
2002 - Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America

Overview

Ariel D. Anbar is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and specializes principally in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics, with a strong emphasis on geochemistry, paleontology, and isotope analysis.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within this broad discipline, Anbar has contributed notably to several subfields, including:

Paleontology
Geochemistry and Petrology
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Inorganic Chemistry

Anbar's main research topics cover areas such as:

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Anbar include:

"Uranium isotopes in marine carbonates as a global ocean paleoredox proxy: A critical review" (2020), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
"Earth's First Redox Revolution" (2021), published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
"Two distinct episodes of marine anoxia during the Permian-Triassic crisis evidenced by uranium isotopes in marine dolostones" (2020), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
"Evidence for high organic carbon export to the early Cambrian seafloor" (2020), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
"Marine anoxia linked to abrupt global warming during Earth's penultimate icehouse" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent collaborators include:

Stephen J. Romaniello
Timothy W. Lyons
Thomas J. Algeo
Chadlin M. Ostrander
Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau

Anbar has published extensively in various scientific venues, with a significant number of contributions to:

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Chemical Geology
Goldschmidt Abstracts

Throughout their career, Anbar has received several awards, including:

Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America (2020)
Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry (2015)
Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America (2002)

Best Publications

Proterozoic ocean chemistry and evolution: A bioinorganic bridge?

Ariel D. Anbar;Andrew Knoll

1357
Citations
A Whiff of Oxygen Before the Great Oxidation Event

Ariel D. Anbar;Yun Duan;Timothy W. Lyons;Gail L. Arnold

1316
Citations
Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean

C. Scott;T. W. Lyons;A. Bekker;A. Bekker;Y. Shen

1139
Citations
Molybdenum isotope evidence for widespread anoxia in mid-Proterozoic oceans.

G. L. Arnold;A. D. Anbar;J. Barling;T. W. Lyons

727
Citations
Ocean oxygenation in the wake of the Marinoan glaciation

Swapan K. Sahoo;Noah J. Planavsky;Brian Kendall;Brian Kendall;Xinqiang Wang

549
Citations
Natural fractionation of 238U/235U

S. Weyer;Ariel Anbar;A. Gerdes;Gwyneth Gordon

535
Citations
Natural mass-dependent variations in the isotopic composition of molybdenum

J Barling;G.L Arnold;A.D Anbar

506
Citations
Molybdenum isotope fractionation during adsorption by manganese oxides

J. Barling;A.D. Anbar

484
Citations
Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish

Tais Wittchen Dahl;Emma Hammarlund;Emma Hammarlund;Emma Hammarlund;Ariel D. Anbar;David P.G. Bond

467
Citations
Late Archean Biospheric Oxygenation and Atmospheric Evolution

Alan J. Kaufman;David T. Johnston;James Farquhar;Andrew L. Masterson

430
Citations
Metal Stable Isotopes in Paleoceanography

Ariel D. Anbar;Olivier Rouxel

421
Citations
Elements and Evolution

Ariel D. Anbar

420
Citations
Tracking Euxinia in the Ancient Ocean: A Multiproxy Perspective and Proterozoic Case Study

Timothy W. Lyons;Ariel D. Anbar;Silke Severmann;Clint Scott

409
Citations
Rapid expansion of oceanic anoxia immediately before the end-Permian mass extinction

Gregory A. Brennecka;Achim D. Herrmann;Thomas J. Algeo;Ariel D. Anbar

377
Citations
Oceanic oxygenation events in the anoxic Ediacaran ocean.

Swapan K Sahoo;N J Planavsky;Ganqing Jiang;B Kendall

335
Citations
Nonbiological Fractionation of Iron Isotopes

A. D. Anbar;J. E. Roe;J. Barling;K. H. Nealson

329
Citations
Molybdenum Stable Isotopes: Observations, Interpretations and Directions

Ariel D. Anbar

324
Citations
A Contemporary Microbially Maintained Subglacial Ferrous "Ocean"

Jill A. Mikucki;Ann Pearson;David T. Johnston;Alexandra V. Turchyn

318
Citations
Decoupling photochemical Fe(II) oxidation from shallow-water BIF deposition

Kurt O. Konhauser;Larry Amskold;Stefan V. Lalonde;Nicole R. Posth

316
Citations
Pervasive oxygenation along late Archaean ocean margins

Brian Kendall;Christopher T. Reinhard;Timothy W. Lyons;Alan J. Kaufman

308
Citations
Fe isotopic fractionation during mineral dissolution with and without bacteria

Susan L. Brantley;Laura J. Liermann;Robin L. Guynn;Ariel Anbar

302
Citations
Supporting Online Material for A Whiff of Oxygen Before the Great Oxidation Event

A. D. Anbar;Y. Duan;T. W. Lyons;G. L. Arnold

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside

Gwyneth W. Gordon Arizona State University

Stephen J. Romaniello Vesta Sciences (United States)

Brian Kendall University of Waterloo

Thomas J. Algeo University of Cincinnati

Christopher T. Reinhard Georgia Institute of Technology

Jeremy D. Owens Florida State University

Stefan Weyer University of Hannover

Noah J. Planavsky Yale University

Susan L. Brantley Pennsylvania State University

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