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B. David A. Naafs 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 B. David A. Naafs sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 242 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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B. David A. Naafs 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 B. David A. Naafs sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

B. David A. Naafs is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interdisciplinary areas within Earth and Environmental Sciences, focusing on understanding past climates, biogeochemical cycles, and microbial ecology. Their work integrates data and methods from geology, paleoclimatology, and environmental chemistry to explore changes in Earth's systems over geological timescales.

Their recent papers encompass a range of topics and have appeared in diverse scientific venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO 2," 2023, Science
  • "Variations in dissolved O2 in a Chinese lake drive changes in microbial communities and impact sedimentary GDGT distributions," 2021, Chemical Geology
  • "Eocene to Oligocene terrestrial Southern Hemisphere cooling caused by declining pCO2," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "Molecular dynamics simulations support the hypothesis that the brGDGT paleothermometer is based on homeoviscous adaptation," 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Richard D. Pancost (36 co-authored publications)
  • Jerome Blewett (13 co-authored publications)
  • Vittoria Lauretano (8 co-authored publications)
  • Angela Gallego-Sala (7 co-authored publications)
  • Ann Pearson (6 co-authored publications)

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Organic Geochemistry (9 papers)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (8 papers)
  • 30th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG 2021) (7 papers)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (5 papers)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology (4 papers)

Their main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences with 89 publications and Environmental Science with 66 publications. Within these fields, subfields of focus consist of Atmospheric Science (48 publications), Ecology (35 publications), Environmental Chemistry (19 publications), Paleontology (18 publications), and Oceanography (11 publications).

The core topics addressed by their research incorporate:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (88 publications)
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (38 publications)
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 publications)
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (26 publications)
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (18 publications)
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology (16 publications)
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (14 publications)

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink

    J. Loisel;A. V. Gallego-Sala;Matthew J. Amesbury;Matthew J. Amesbury;G. Magnan

  • Introducing global peat-specific temperature and pH calibrations based on brGDGT bacterial lipids

    B. D. A. Naafs;G. N. Inglis;Y. Zheng;M. J. Amesbury

  • The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating version 0.1 of the DeepMIP database

    Christopher J Hollis;Tom Dunkley Jones;Eleni Anagnostou;Eleni Anagnostou;Peter K Bijl

  • Carbon sequestration in an expanded lake system during the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event

    Weimu Xu;Micha Ruhl;Hugh C. Jenkyns;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Refining the global branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (brGDGT) soil temperature calibration

    B D A Naafs;A. V. Gallego-Sala;Gordon N Inglis;Rich D Pancost

  • Hydrological and associated biogeochemical consequences of rapid global warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

    Matthew J. Carmichael;Gordon N. Inglis;Marcus P.S. Badger;B. David A. Naafs

  • Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO2

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  • Evidence of moisture control on the methylation of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in semi-arid and arid soils

    Xinyue Dang;Huan Yang;B. David A. Naafs;Richard D. Pancost

  • Millennial-scale ice rafting events and Hudson Strait Heinrich(-like) Events during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene: a review

    B D A Naafs;Jens Hefter;Ruediger Stein

  • Strengthening of North American dust sources during the late Pliocene (2.7 Ma)

    B. David A. Naafs;B. David A. Naafs;Jens Hefter;Gary Acton;Gerald H. Haug;Gerald H. Haug

  • Late Pliocene changes in the North Atlantic Current

    B. David A. Naafs;B. David A. Naafs;Ruediger Stein;Jens Hefter;Nabil Khélifi

  • Northern Hemisphere Glaciation during the Globally Warm Early Late Pliocene

    Stijn De Schepper;Stijn De Schepper;Jeroen Groeneveld;B. David A Naafs;Cédéric Van Renterghem

  • Gradual and sustained carbon dioxide release during Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a

    B. D. A. Naafs;J. M. Castro;G. A. De Gea;M. L. Quijano

  • Variability of surface water characteristics and Heinrich-like events in the Pleistocene midlatitude North Atlantic Ocean: Biomarker and XRD records from IODP Site U1313 (MIS 16-9)

    Ruediger Stein;Jens Hefter;Jens Grützner;Antje H. L. Voelker

  • Transition from a warm and dry to a cold and wet climate in NE China across the Holocene

    Yanhong Zheng;Yanhong Zheng;Richard D. Pancost;B. David A. Naafs;Qiyuan Li

  • The potential of biomarker proxies to trace climate, vegetation, and biogeochemical processes in peat: A review

    B.D.A. Naafs;G.N. Inglis;J. Blewett;E.L. McClymont

  • Different temperature dependence of the bacterial brGDGT isomers in 35 Chinese lake sediments compared to that in soils

    Xinyue Dang;Weihua Ding;Huan Yang;Richard D. Pancost

  • High temperatures in the terrestrial mid-latitudes during the early Palaeogene

    B. D.A. Naafs;M. Rohrssen;G. N. Inglis;O. Lähteenoja

  • Atmospheric connections with the North Atlantic enhanced the deglacial warming in northeast China

    Yanhong Zheng;Richard D. Pancost;Xiaodong Liu;Zhangzhang Wang

  • A Laurentide outburst flooding event during the last interglacial period

    Joseph A. L. Nicholl;David A. Hodell;B. David A. Naafs;B. David A. Naafs;Claude Hillaire-Marcel

  • Warming of surface waters in the mid‐latitude North Atlantic during Heinrich events

    B. D. A. Naafs;B. D. A. Naafs;J. Hefter;J. Grützner;R. Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard D. Pancost
Richard D. Pancost University of Bristol
Daniel J. Lunt
Daniel J. Lunt University of Bristol
Shucheng Xie
Shucheng Xie China University of Geosciences
Paul J. Valdes
Paul J. Valdes University of Bristol
Gerald H. Haug
Gerald H. Haug Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Andy Ridgwell
Andy Ridgwell University of California, Riverside
Hugh C. Jenkyns
Hugh C. Jenkyns University of Oxford
Ruediger Stein
Ruediger Stein University of Bremen
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Margaret E. Collinson
Margaret E. Collinson Royal Holloway University of London

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