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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 56 2381 2160 11 9 143 13309

Avner Ayalon publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Avner Ayalon between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Avner Ayalon published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 3 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2017. 3 of the 151 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2017. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 4 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 7 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
1976 2025

151 publications in total across all disciplines

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Avner Ayalon: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 1
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 2
1988 1
1989 0
1990 1
1991 2
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 2
1996 1
1997 3
1998 3
1999 4
2000 3
2001 1
2002 4
2003 5
2004 5
2005 1
2006 7
2007 6
2008 5
2009 8
2010 6
2011 7
2012 6
2013 5
2014 7
2015 6
2016 2
2017 13
2018 4
2019 9
2020 3
2021 7
2022 2
2023 4
2024 2
2025 1
Total 151
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Avner Ayalon 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 Avner Ayalon 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, 138–147 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: 143 publications — 35th percentile

35% 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
128–137 557
138–147 491 143
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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Avner Ayalon 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 Avner Ayalon 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, 56 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: 56 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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
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 56
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Avner Ayalon is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Arts and Humanities. Within these broad areas, their work delves into multiple subfields including Archeology, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Anthropology.

Their research topics cover a range of geological and archaeological themes. These include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Archaeology and Historical Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology

Ayalon has published in several reputable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geology
  • Nature Communications
  • Quaternary Research

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ayalon highlight research on paleoclimate, atmospheric conditions, and archaeological context with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean and other regions. Some notable recent publications are:

  • "Eastern Mediterranean climate change deduced from the Soreq Cave fluid inclusion stable isotopes and carbonate clumped isotopes record of the last 160 ka" (2021) in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Climate stability and societal decline on the margins of the Byzantine empire in the Negev Desert" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "Holocene wet episodes recorded by magnetic minerals in stalagmites from Soreq Cave, Israel" (2021) in Geology
  • "Weakened AMOC related to cooling and atmospheric circulation shifts in the last interglacial Eastern Mediterranean" (2023) in Nature Communications
  • "A new MIS 5 to MIS 2 speleothem record from Sandkraal Cave on the South African Cape south coast" (2024) in Quaternary Research

In collaboration, Ayalon frequently works with several co-authors, with whom they have produced multiple publications. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Alan Matthews
  • Tami Zilberman
  • Miryam Bar-Matthews
  • Hubert Vonhof

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

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

    Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Aaron Kaufman;Gerald J Wasserburg

  • 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

  • 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

  • The earliest modern humans outside Africa

    Israel Hershkovitz;Israel Hershkovitz;Gerhard W. Weber;Rolf Quam;Rolf Quam;Mathieu Duval

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Hagit P. Affek;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Alan Matthews

  • Geochemical and boron, strontium, and oxygen isotopic constraints on the origin of the salinity in groundwater from the Mediterranean Coast of Israel

    Avner Vengosh;Arthur J. Spivack;Yohanan Artzi;Avner Ayalon

  • Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans

    Israel Hershkovitz;Israel Hershkovitz;Ofer Marder;Avner Ayalon;Miryam Bar-Matthews

  • 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

    A. Vaks;M. Bar-Matthews;A. Ayalon;A. Matthews

  • Middle to Late Holocene (6,500 Yr. Period) Paleoclimate in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from Stable Isotopic Composition of Speleothems from Soreq Cave, Israel

    Mira Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Aharon Kaufman

  • A high resolution and continuous isotopic speleothem record of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment from 90 to 53 ka from Pinnacle Point on the south coast of South Africa

    Miryam Bar-Matthews;Curtis W. Marean;Zenobia Jacobs;Panagiotis Karkanas

  • Rainfall-recharge relationships within a karstic terrain in the Eastern Mediterranean semi-arid region, Israel: δ 18O and δD characteristics

    Avner Ayalon;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Eytan Sass

  • Paleoclimate reconstruction based on the timing of speleothem growth and oxygen and carbon isotope composition in a cave located in the rain shadow in Israel

    Anton Vaks;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Avner Ayalon;Bettina Schilman

  • Climatic variability during the last ∼90 ka of the southern and northern Levantine Basin as evident from marine records and speleothems

    Ahuva Almogi-Labin;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Dan Shriki;Elina Kolosovsky

  • Climate deterioration in the Eastern Mediterranean as revealed by ion microprobe analysis of a speleothem that grew from 2.2 to 0.9 ka in Soreq Cave, Israel.

    Ian J. Orland;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Noriko T. Kita;Avner Ayalon

  • Constraints on hydrological and paleotemperature variations in the Eastern Mediterranean region in the last 140ka given by the δD values of speleothem fluid inclusions

    Siobhan McGarry;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Alan Matthews;Anton Vaks

  • Middle-Late Quaternary paleoclimate of northern margins of the Saharan-Arabian Desert: reconstruction from speleothems of Negev Desert, Israel

    Anton Vaks;Anton Vaks;Miryam Bar-Matthews;Alan Matthews;Avner Ayalon

Frequent Co-Authors

Miryam Bar-Matthews
Miryam Bar-Matthews Geological Survey of Israel
Amos Frumkin
Amos Frumkin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Naomi Porat
Naomi Porat Physical Research Laboratory
Ahuva Almogi-Labin
Ahuva Almogi-Labin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Elisabetta Boaretto
Elisabetta Boaretto Weizmann Institute of Science
John W. Valley
John W. Valley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Andy I.R. Herries
Andy I.R. Herries La Trobe University
Hagit P. Affek
Hagit P. Affek Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Rivka Amit
Rivka Amit Geological Survey of Israel

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