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Benjamin M. Jones publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benjamin M. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 419 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Benjamin M. Jones D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Benjamin M. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • 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

  • Thermokarst lakes, drainage, and drained basins

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts

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  • 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

  • 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

  • Recent Arctic tundra fire initiates widespread thermokarst development

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Lake and drained lake basin systems in lowland permafrost regions

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Grosse
Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christopher D. Arp
Christopher D. Arp University of Alaska Fairbanks
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Sebastian Wetterich
Sebastian Wetterich Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Daniel H. Mann
Daniel H. Mann University of Alaska Fairbanks
Julia Boike
Julia Boike Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Jens Strauss
Jens Strauss Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ian Hamilton
Ian Hamilton University College London
Kenneth M. Hinkel
Kenneth M. Hinkel Michigan Technological University
Bruce M. Richmond
Bruce M. Richmond United States Geological Survey

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