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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 47 4098 3763 35 33 159 6592

Brent Alloway publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Brent Alloway between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brent Alloway published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 4.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2016. 6 of the 167 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2016. 1991: 2 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 5 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 5 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 0 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 31 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 9 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 3 publications
1991 2025

167 publications in total across all disciplines

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Brent Alloway: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 2
1992 5
1993 3
1994 3
1995 1
1996 5
1997 0
1998 1
1999 1
2000 5
2001 3
2002 4
2003 3
2004 10
2005 10
2006 7
2007 6
2008 7
2009 0
2010 1
2011 0
2012 4
2013 2
2014 2
2015 8
2016 31
2017 8
2018 7
2019 4
2020 1
2021 9
2022 4
2023 4
2024 3
2025 3
Total 167
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Brent Alloway 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 Brent Alloway 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, 158–167 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: 159 publications — 44th percentile

44% 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
148–157 495
158–167 458 159
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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Brent Alloway 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 Brent Alloway 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, 47 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: 47 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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 47
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
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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Overview

Brent Alloway is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and focuses their research within the Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output spans 46 publications, emphasizing several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research primarily addresses topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Brent Alloway has published in several academic venues, with a notable frequency in:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Journal of Maps

Selected recent papers illustrating their research interests include:

  • "Silicic conduits as supersized tuffisites: Clastogenic influences on shifting eruption styles at Cordón Caulle volcano (Chile)" (2021) in Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "Centennial-scale eruptive diversity at Volcán Calbuco (41.3°S; Northwest Patagonia) deduced from historic tephra cover-bed and dendrochronologic archives" (2021) in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "The role of climate and disturbance regimes upon temperate rainforests during the Holocene: A stratigraphic perspective from Lago Fonk (∼40°S), northwestern Patagonia" (2021) in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Fires and rates of change in the temperate rainforests of northwestern Patagonia since ∼18 ka" (2022) in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Volcano-tectonic interactions at the southern margin of the Okataina Volcanic Centre, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand" (2022) in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Patricio I. Moreno
  • C. Ian Schipper
  • Carla A. Henríquez
  • Jonathan M. Castro
  • Ben Kennedy

The breadth of Alloway's research reflects a focus on interdisciplinary approaches combining geology, paleoclimatology, volcanology, and ecological perspectives. Their investigations cover volcanic activity, climate influences on ecosystems, stratigraphic records, and tectonic interactions-all contributing to a comprehensive understanding of Earth systems in various geographic contexts including New Zealand, Patagonia, and Chile.

Best Publications

  • Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30 000 years (NZ‐INTIMATE project)

    Brent V. Alloway;David J. Lowe;David J.A. Barrell;Rewi M. Newnham

  • Revised stratigraphy and chronology for Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in Indonesia

    Thomas Sutikna;Matthew W. Tocheri;Matthew W. Tocheri;Michael J. Morwood;E. Wahyu Saptomo

  • Participatory methods of incorporating scientific with traditional knowledge for volcanic hazard management on Ambae Island, Vanuatu

    Shane J. Cronin;David R. Gaylord;Douglas Charley;Brent V. Alloway

  • Fingerprints and age models for widespread New Zealand tephra marker beds erupted since 30,000 years ago: a framework for NZ-INTIMATE

    David J. Lowe;Phil A.R. Shane;Brent V. Alloway;Rewi M. Newnham

  • 10,000 Years of explosive eruptions of Merapi Volcano, Central Java: archaeological and modern implications

    C. G. Newhall;S. Bronto;B. Alloway;N.G. Banks

  • The last glacial maximum in central and southern North Island, New Zealand: a paleoenvironmental reconstruction using the Kawakawa Tephra Formation as a chronostratigraphic marker

    Brad Pillans;Matt McGlone;Alan Palmer;Dallas Mildenhall

  • A detailed tephrostratigraphic framework at Merapi Volcano, Central Java, Indonesia: implications for eruption predictions and hazard assessment

    S.D Andreastuti;B.V Alloway;I.E.M Smith

  • Tephrochronology of last termination sequences in Europe: a protocol for improved analytical precision and robust correlation procedures (a joint SCOTAV-INTIMATE proposal)

    Chris S.M. Turney;J. John Lowe;Siwan M. Davies;Valerie Hall

  • Volcanic Debris Avalanche Deposits in New Zealand—Lithofacies Organization in Unconfined, Wet-Avalanche Flows

    Beth A. Palmer;Brent V. Alloway;Vincent E. Neall

  • Correlation and characterisation of individual glass shards from tephra deposits using trace element laser ablation ICP-MS analyses: current status and future potential

    Nicholas J. G. Pearce;Joanna S. Denton;William T. Perkins;John A. Westgate

  • Late Quaternary (post 28,000 year B.P.) tephrostratigraphy of northeast and central Taranaki, New Zealand

    Brent Alloway;VE Neall;CG Vucetich

  • Vegetation and climate of Auckland, New Zealand, since ca. 32 000 cal. yr ago: support for an extended LGM†

    Rewi M. Newnham;David J. Lowe;Teresa M. Giles;Brent V. Alloway

  • Radiocarbon constraints on the extent and evolution of the South Pacific glacial carbon pool

    Thomas Ronge;Ralf Tiedemann;Frank Lamy;Peter Köhler

  • Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores

    Adam Brumm;Adam Brumm;Gerrit D. van den Bergh;Michael Storey;Iwan Kurniawan

  • Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants

    A. G. Beu;B. V. Alloway;B. J. Pillans;T. R. Naish

  • Revision of the marine chronology in the Wanganui Basin, New Zealand, based on the isothermal plateau fission-track dating of tephra horizons

    Brent V. Alloway;Brad J. Pillans;Amanjit S. Sandhu;John A. Westgate

  • Stratigraphy, age, and correlation of voluminous debris‐avalanche events from an ancestral Egmont Volcano: Implications for coastal plain construction and regional hazard assessment

    Brent Alloway;Peter McComb;Vince Neall;Colin Vucetich

  • A 28 000–6600 cal yr record of local and distal volcanism preserved in a paleolake, Auckland, New Zealand

    Anna Sandiford;Brent Alloway;Phil Shane

  • Growth of contractional structures during the last 10 m.y. at the southern end of the emergent Hikurangi forearc basin, New Zealand

    Andrew Nicol;Russell VanDissen;Paul Vella;Brent Alloway

  • Multi-method dating comparison for mid-pleistocene Rangitawa Tephra, New Zealand

    Brad Pillans;Barry P. Kohn;Glenn Berger;Paul Froggatt

  • Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30,000 years

    D.J. A. Barrell;B. V. Alloway;J. Shulmeister;R. M. Newnham

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Wacker
Lukas Wacker ETH Zurich
Frank Lamy
Frank Lamy Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Peter Köhler
Peter Köhler Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
John A. Westgate
John A. Westgate University of Toronto
Rewi M. Newnham
Rewi M. Newnham Victoria University of Wellington
Brad Pillans
Brad Pillans Australian National University
Tim R Naish
Tim R Naish Victoria University of Wellington
Nicholas J. G. Pearce
Nicholas J. G. Pearce Aberystwyth University
Lionel Carter
Lionel Carter Victoria University of Wellington
David J. Lowe
David J. Lowe University of Waikato

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