2026 Benjamin M. Jones: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	57	3488	3334	1333	1233	419	10802

Overview

Benjamin M. Jones is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, they engage heavily in subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Oceanography.

The main topics of Benjamin M. Jones's work include:

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
Seismic Waves and Analysis
Climate change and permafrost
Cryospheric studies and observations
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jones are:

"Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Lake and drained lake basin systems in lowland permafrost regions," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"The catastrophic thermokarst lake drainage events of 2018 in northwestern Alaska: fast-forward into the future," 2020, published in The Cryosphere
"Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems," 2020, published in Environmental Research Letters
"Understanding the synergies of deep learning and data fusion of multispectral and panchromatic high resolution commercial satellite imagery for automated ice-wedge polygon detection," 2020, published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Benjamin M. Jones frequently collaborates with several researchers. Among the most frequent coauthors are Melissa Ward Jones, Glenna Gannon, Chien-Lu Ping, Jason Toyoda, and Qian Zhao.

Their publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Environmental Research Letters
Remote Sensing
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
The Cryosphere

Best Publications

Increase in the rate and uniformity of coastline erosion in Arctic Alaska

Benjamin M. Jones;C.D. Arp;M.T. Jorgenson;Kenneth M. Hinkel

404
Citations
Modern thermokarst lake dynamics in the continuous permafrost zone, northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

B. M. Jones;B. M. Jones;G. Grosse;C. D. Arp;M. C. Jones

390
Citations
Thermokarst lakes, drainage, and drained basins

Guido Grosse;Benjamin M. Jones;Christopher D. Arp

389
Citations
21st-century modeled permafrost carbon emissions accelerated by abrupt thaw beneath lakes

Katey Walter Anthony;Thomas Schneider von Deimling;Thomas Schneider von Deimling;Ingmar Nitze;Ingmar Nitze;Steve Frolking

314
Citations
Remote sensing quantifies widespread abundance of permafrost region disturbances across the Arctic and Subarctic

Ingmar Nitze;Guido Grosse;Guido Grosse;Benjamin M. Jones;Vladimir E. Romanovsky

304
Citations
Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts

Unknown

268
Citations
A global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985–2009

Sapna Sharma;Derek K. Gray;Jordan S. Read;Catherine M. O'Reilly

236
Citations
Reviews and syntheses: Changing ecosystem influences on soil thermal regimes in northern high-latitude permafrost regions

Michael M. Loranty;Benjamin W. Abbott;Daan Blok;Thomas A. Douglas

235
Citations
Recent Arctic tundra fire initiates widespread thermokarst development

Benjamin M. Jones;Guido Grosse;Christopher D. Arp;Eric K. Miller

220
Citations
The impact of occupancy patterns, occupant-controlled ventilation and shading on indoor overheating risk in domestic environments

A. Mavrogianni;M. Davies;J. Taylor;Z. Chalabi

195
Citations
Methods to assess natural and anthropogenic thaw lake drainage on the western Arctic coastal plain of northern Alaska

Kenneth M. Hinkel;Benjamin M. Jones;Wendy R. Eisner;Chris J. Cuomo

192
Citations
Fire Behavior, Weather, and Burn Severity of the 2007 Anaktuvuk River Tundra Fire, North Slope, Alaska

Benjamin M. Jones;Benjamin M. Jones;Crystal A. Kolden;Randi Jandt;John T. Abatzoglou

174
Citations
Landsat-Based Trend Analysis of Lake Dynamics across Northern Permafrost Regions

Ingmar Nitze;Guido Grosse;Benjamin M. Jones;Christopher D. Arp

166
Citations
Hydrogeomorphic processes of thermokarst lakes with grounded-ice and floating-ice regimes on the Arctic coastal plain, Alaska

Christopher D. Arp;Benjamin M. Jones;Benjamin M. Jones;Frank E. Urban;Guido Grosse

162
Citations
Lake and drained lake basin systems in lowland permafrost regions

Unknown

161
Citations
Home energy efficiency and radon related risk of lung cancer: modelling study.

James Milner;Clive Shrubsole;Payel Das;Benjamin Jones;Benjamin Jones

158
Citations
The footprint of Alaskan tundra fires during the past half-century: implications for surface properties and radiative forcing

Adrian V. Rocha;Michael M. Loranty;Philip E. Higuera;Michelle C. Mack

155
Citations
Peat accumulation in drained thermokarst lake basins in continuous, ice-rich permafrost, northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Miriam C. Jones;Guido Grosse;Benjamin M. Jones;Benjamin M. Jones;Katey Walter Anthony

148
Citations
Rapid initialization of retrogressive thaw slumps in the Canadian high Arctic and their response to climate and terrain factors

Melissa K Ward Jones;Wayne H Pollard;Benjamin M Jones

146
Citations
Health effects of home energy efficiency interventions in England: a modelling study

Ian G. Hamilton;James Milner;Zaid Chalabi;Payel Das

132
Citations
Spatiotemporal remote sensing of ecosystem change and causation across Alaska.

Neal J. Pastick;Neal J. Pastick;M. Torre Jorgenson;Scott J. Goetz;Benjamin M. Jones

118
Citations
Modern erosion rates and loss of coastal features and sites, Beaufort Sea coastline, Alaska

Benjamin M. Jones;Kenneth M. Hinkel;Christopher D. Arp;Wendy R. Eisner

113
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Christopher D. Arp University of Alaska Fairbanks

Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks

Sebastian Wetterich Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Daniel H. Mann University of Alaska Fairbanks

Julia Boike Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Jens Strauss Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Ian Hamilton University College London

Kenneth M. Hinkel Michigan Technological University

Bruce M. Richmond United States Geological Survey

External Links

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