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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 57 3491 3337 1333 1233 419 10802

Benjamin M. Jones publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Benjamin M. Jones between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Benjamin M. Jones published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 34.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 199 publications in 2024. 325 of the 784 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 199. Peak 199 publications in 2024. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 4 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 5 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 24 publications 2014: 25 publications 2015: 35 publications 2016: 54 publications 2017: 28 publications 2018: 48 publications 2019: 37 publications 2020: 59 publications 2021: 29 publications 2022: 32 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 199 publications 2025: 126 publications
2003 2025

784 publications in total across all disciplines

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Benjamin M. Jones: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 1
2005 4
2006 1
2007 5
2008 4
2009 14
2010 9
2011 11
2012 20
2013 24
2014 25
2015 35
2016 54
2017 28
2018 48
2019 37
2020 59
2021 29
2022 32
2023 18
2024 199
2025 126
Total 784
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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.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 411–420 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 419 publications — 95th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40 419
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204 57
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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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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