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Earth Science 36 7386 6839 758 703 126 3930

Arnoud Boom publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Arnoud Boom between 1988 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Arnoud Boom published across 39 years, from 1988 to 2026, averaging 4.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2023. 12 of the 161 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2023. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 5 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 4 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 1 publication
1988 2026

161 publications in total across all disciplines

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Arnoud Boom: publications per year, 1988 to 2026
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 3
1997 1
1998 1
1999 1
2000 5
2001 4
2002 6
2003 0
2004 3
2005 2
2006 2
2007 0
2008 0
2009 1
2010 4
2011 0
2012 4
2013 2
2014 8
2015 8
2016 13
2017 13
2018 7
2019 6
2020 6
2021 10
2022 12
2023 17
2024 9
2025 11
2026 1
Total 161
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Arnoud Boom 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 Arnoud Boom sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 118–127 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 126 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540 126
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Arnoud Boom 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 Arnoud Boom sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 36 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389 36
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Arnoud Boom is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various domains within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on geology, paleoclimatology, and ecosystem dynamics.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics such as peat carbon vulnerability, tree-ring climate responses, and geological formations. Notable papers include:

  • The varved succession of Crawford Lake, Milton, Ontario, Canada as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series (2023, The Anthropocene Review)
  • Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin (2022, Nature)
  • Paired analysis of tree ring width and carbon isotopes indicates when controls on tropical tree growth change from light to water limitations (2021, Tree Physiology)
  • Tree-ring oxygen isotopes record a decrease in Amazon dry season rainfall over the past 40 years (2021, Climate Dynamics)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Greta C. Dargie
  • Yannick E. Bocko
  • Ian T. Lawson
  • Simon L. Lewis
  • Roel Brienen

Arnoud Boom often publishes in journals such as:

  • The Anthropocene Review
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Nature
  • Forest Ecology and Management

The main fields of study they contribute to are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

In more specific subfields, their work aligns with:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Prominent topics covered by their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Best Publications

  • No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2 fertilization but water-use efficiency increased

    Peter van der Sleen;Peter Groenendijk;Mart Vlam;Niels P. R. Anten;Niels P. R. Anten

  • Leaf wax n-alkane distributions in arid zone South African flora: Environmental controls, chemotaxonomy and palaeoecological implications

    Andrew S. Carr;Arnoud Boom;Hannah L. Grimes;Brian M. Chase;Brian M. Chase

  • Tree height strongly affects estimates of water-use efficiency responses to climate and CO2 using isotopes.

    R. J. W. Brienen;E. Gloor;S. Clerici;R. Newton

  • Rock hyrax middens: A palaeoenvironmental archive for southern African drylands

    Brian M. Chase;Brian M. Chase;Louis Scott;Michael E. Meadows;Graciela Gil-Romera

  • Stable carbon isotopes in freshwater mussel shells: Environmental record or marker for metabolic activity?

    Juergen Geist;Karl Auerswald;Arnoud Boom

  • CO2- and temperature-controlled altitudinal shifts of C4- and C3-dominated grasslands allow reconstruction of palaeoatmospheric pCO2

    A. Boom;Robert Marchant;H. Hooghiemstra;J.S. Sinninge Damsté

  • Cutan, a common aliphatic biopolymer in cuticles of drought-adapted plants

    A. Boom;A. Boom;J.S. Sinninge Damsté;J.W. de Leeuw

  • Influence of tropical easterlies in southern Africa's winter rainfall zone during the Holocene

    Brian M. Chase;Brian M. Chase;Sophak Lim;Manuel Chevalier;Arnoud Boom

  • Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data

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  • High altitude C4 grasslands in the northern Andes: relicts from glacial conditions?

    A. Boom;G. Mora;A.M. Cleef;H. Hooghiemstra

  • Holocene climate change in southernmost South Africa: rock hyrax middens record shifts in the southern westerlies

    Brian M. Chase;Brian M. Chase;Arnoud Boom;Andrew S. Carr;Michael E. Meadows

  • The dynamic relationship between temperate and tropical circulation systems across South Africa since the last glacial maximum

    Brian M. Chase;Manuel Chevalier;Arnoud Boom;Andrew S. Carr

  • Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin

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  • Improving estimates of tropical peatland area, carbon storage, and greenhouse gas fluxes

    I. T. Lawson;T. J. Kelly;P. Aplin;A. Boom

  • Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in an urban snowpack.

    A. Boom;J. Marsalek

  • On the 13C/12C isotopic signal of day and night respiration at the mesocosm level

    Guillaume Tcherkez;Rudi Schäufele;Salvador Nogués;Clément Piel

  • Quality not quantity: Organic matter composition controls of CO2 and CH4 fluxes in neotropical peat profiles

    Jorge Hoyos-Santillan;Barry H. Lomax;David Large;Benjamin L. Turner

  • Evolving southwest African response to abrupt deglacial North Atlantic climate change events

    Brian M. Chase;Arnoud Boom;Andrew S. Carr;Matthieu Carré

  • Neotropical C3/C4 grass distributions – present, past and future

    Laurent Bremond;Laurent Bremond;Arnoud Boom;Charly Favier

  • Evaluation of vegetation communities, water table, and peat composition as drivers of greenhouse gas emissions in lowland tropical peatlands.

    Jorge Hoyos-Santillan;Barry H. Lomax;David Large;Benjamin L. Turner

  • Getting to the root of the problem: litter decomposition and peat formation in lowland Neotropical peatlands

    Jorge Hoyos-Santillan;Barry H. Lomax;David J. Large;Benjamin L. Turner

  • Holocene sea level and environmental change on the west coast of South Africa: evidence from plant biomarkers, stable isotopes and pollen

    Andrew S. Carr;Arnoud Boom;Brian M. Chase;Brian M. Chase;Michael E. Meadows

  • Climatic controls on Later Stone Age human adaptation in Africa's southern Cape.

    Brian M. Chase;J. Tyler Faith;Alex Mackay;Manuel Chevalier

  • Seasonal variability in methane and nitrous oxide fluxes from tropical peatlands in the western Amazon basin

    Yit Arn Teh;Wayne A. Murphy;Juan-Carlos Berrio;Arnoud Boom

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew S. Carr
Andrew S. Carr University of Leicester
Brian M. Chase
Brian M. Chase University of Montpellier
Henry Hooghiemstra
Henry Hooghiemstra University of Amsterdam
Michael E. Meadows
Michael E. Meadows University of Cape Town
Matthias Zabel
Matthias Zabel University of Bremen
Paula J. Reimer
Paula J. Reimer Queen's University Belfast
Rob Marchant
Rob Marchant University of York
Roel J. W. Brienen
Roel J. W. Brienen University of Leeds
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
Hermann Behling
Hermann Behling University of Göttingen

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