D-Index & Metrics Best Publications

Avner Ayalon

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel

Earth Science

Israel

2022

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Earth Science D-index 44 Citations 10,660 125 World Ranking 2789 National Ranking 15

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Paleontology
Sedimentary rock
Archaeology

Cave, Speleothem, Paleoclimatology, Physical geography and Oceanography are his primary areas of study. His Cave research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Dentition, Paleontology and Isotopes of oxygen. The concepts of his Speleothem study are interwoven with issues in δ18O and Mineralogy.

His work carried out in the field of Paleoclimatology brings together such families of science as Karst, Deposition and Desert climate. His studies deal with areas such as Climate change and Geomorphology as well as Physical geography. His Oceanography study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Mediterranean climate, Sapropel and Southern Hemisphere.

His most cited work include:

Rapid coupling between ice volume and polar temperature over the past 150,000 years (322 citations)
Glacial/interglacial temperature variations in Soreq cave speleothems as recorded by ‘clumped isotope’ thermometry (203 citations)
Paleoclimate and location of the border between Mediterranean climate region and the Saharo–Arabian Desert as revealed by speleothems from the northern Negev Desert, Israel (175 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Cave, Speleothem, Paleoclimatology, Physical geography and Paleontology. His research integrates issues of Glacial period, Interglacial, Karst, Hydrology and Upper Paleolithic in his study of Cave. His Speleothem study combines topics in areas such as δ18O, Stalagmite, Last Glacial Maximum, Holocene and Mineralogy.

In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Paleoclimatology, Oceanography is strongly linked to Mediterranean climate. His research investigates the link between Physical geography and topics such as Pleistocene that cross with problems in Fluvial. His Paleontology research integrates issues from Human evolution and Meteoric water.

He most often published in these fields:

Cave (37.93%)
Speleothem (26.44%)
Paleoclimatology (24.14%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

Cave (37.93%)
Paleoclimatology (24.14%)
Physical geography (22.99%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Avner Ayalon spends much of his time researching Cave, Paleoclimatology, Physical geography, Speleothem and Glacial period. The Cave study combines topics in areas such as Paleontology, Pleistocene, Holocene and Upper Paleolithic. His studies in Paleoclimatology integrate themes in fields like Westerlies and Mediterranean climate.

Avner Ayalon combines subjects such as δ18O, δ13C and Isotopes of oxygen with his study of Physical geography. His research on Speleothem often connects related areas such as Last Glacial Maximum. He is interested in Interglacial, which is a branch of Glacial period.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

The earliest modern humans outside Africa (173 citations)
Response to Comment on "The earliest modern humans outside Africa". (47 citations)
Radiocarbon chronology of Manot Cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals (38 citations)

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Best Publications

Sea-land oxygen isotopic relationships from planktonic foraminifera and speleothems in the Eastern Mediterranean region and their implication for paleorainfall during interglacial intervals

Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Mabs Gilmour;Alan Matthews.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2003)

1169 Citations

The Eastern Mediterranean paleoclimate as a reflection of regional events: Soreq cave, Israel

Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Aaron Kaufman;Gerald J Wasserburg.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters (1999)

849 Citations

Late Quaternary Paleoclimate in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from Stable Isotope Analysis of Speleothems at Soreq Cave, Israel

Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Aaron Kaufman.
Quaternary Research (1997)

819 Citations

Rapid coupling between ice volume and polar temperature over the past 150,000 years

Katharine Grant;Eelco Rohling;Eelco Rohling;M Bar-Matthews;A Ayalon.
Nature (2012)

471 Citations

Timing and hydrological conditions of Sapropel events in the Eastern Mediterranean, as evident from speleothems, Soreq cave, Israel

Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Aaron Kaufman.
Chemical Geology (2000)

441 Citations

Evidence for habitual use of fire at the end of the Lower Paleolithic: site-formation processes at Qesem Cave, Israel.

Panagiotis Karkanas;Ruth Shahack-Gross;Avner Ayalon;Mira Bar-Matthews.
Journal of Human Evolution (2007)

374 Citations

Carbon and oxygen isotope study of the active water-carbonate system in a karstic Mediterranean cave: Implications for paleoclimate research in semiarid regions

Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Alan Matthews;Eytan Sass.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (1996)

370 Citations

The earliest modern humans outside Africa

Israel Hershkovitz;Israel Hershkovitz;Gerhard W. Weber;Rolf Quam;Rolf Quam;Mathieu Duval.
Science (2018)

335 Citations

Mid-Holocene climate variations revealed by high-resolution speleothem records from Soreq Cave, Israel and their correlation with cultural changes

Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon.
The Holocene (2011)

291 Citations

Glacial/interglacial temperature variations in Soreq cave speleothems as recorded by ‘clumped isotope’ thermometry

Hagit P. Affek;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Alan Matthews.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2008)

276 Citations

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