2026 Bruce A. Buffett: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	59	2030	1835	881	777	187	12471

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2005 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Bruce A. Buffett is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Physics and Astronomy.

Their work addresses a range of topics, including:

Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Bruce A. Buffett include:

"Multidisciplinary Constraints on the Thermal-Chemical Boundary Between Earth's Core and Mantle," 2022, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
"Decomposition of Geomagnetic Secular Acceleration Into Traveling Waves Using Complex Empirical Orthogonal Functions," 2020, published in Geophysical Research Letters
"Conditions for turbulent Ekman layers in precessionally driven flow," 2021, published in Geophysical Journal International
"Inferring core processes using stochastic models of the geodynamo," 2021, published in Geophysical Journal International
"Signatures of High-Latitude Waves in Observations of Geomagnetic Acceleration," 2021, published in Geophysical Research Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, among whom are:

Margaret S. Avery
Rodrigo Chi-Durán
W. M. Davis
Daria Holdenried-Chernoff
Jérémy Rekier

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical Journal International
arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical review. E

Their subfields of study reflect an interdisciplinary approach, covering:

Molecular Biology
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change

Bruce A. Buffett has been recognized with several honors, including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2005.

Best Publications

Modeling of nutation and precession: New nutation series for nonrigid Earth and insights into the Earth's interior

P. M. Mathews;T. A. Herring;B. A. Buffett

688
Citations
Core–mantle boundary heat flow

Thorne Lay;John Hernlund;Bruce A. Buffett

560
Citations
Global inventory of methane clathrate: sensitivity to changes in the deep ocean

Bruce Buffett;David Archer

550
Citations
Ocean methane hydrates as a slow tipping point in the global carbon cycle

David Archer;Bruce Buffett;Victor Brovkin

471
Citations
A numerical model for the formation of gas hydrate below the seafloor

Matthew K. Davie;Bruce A. Buffett

366
Citations
Formation of gas hydrate from dissolved gas in natural porous media

B.A Buffett;O.Y Zatsepina

312
Citations
Sediments at the Top of Earth's Core

Bruce A. Buffett;Edward J. Garnero;Raymond Jeanloz

310
Citations
Forced nutations of the Earth: Influence of inner core dynamics: 1. Theory

P. M. Mathews;Bruce A. Buffett;Thomas A. Herring;Irwin I. Shapiro

309
Citations
Formation and accumulation of gas hydrate in porous media

A. W. Rempel;B. A. Buffett

278
Citations
On the thermal evolution of the Earth's core

Bruce A. Buffett;Herbert E. Huppert;John R. Lister;Andrew W. Woods

272
Citations
Phase equilibrium of gas hydrate: Implications for the formation of hydrate in the deep sea floor

Olga Ye. Zatsepina;Bruce A. Buffett

258
Citations
Earth's Core and the Geodynamo

Bruce A. Buffett

242
Citations
Geomagnetic fluctuations reveal stable stratification at the top of the Earth/'s core

Bruce Buffett

236
Citations
Forced nutations of the Earth: Influence of inner core dynamics: 2. Numerical results and comparisons

P. M. Mathews;B. A. Buffett;T. A. Herring;I. I. Shapiro

229
Citations
The strength and efficiency of thermal and compositional convection in the geodynamo

John R. Lister;Bruce A. Buffett

218
Citations
Estimates of heat flow in the deep mantle based on the power requirements for the geodynamo

Bruce A. Buffett

217
Citations
Methane solubility in marine hydrate environments

M.K Davie;O.Y Zatsepina;B.A Buffett

211
Citations
Modeling of nutation and precession: Effects of electromagnetic coupling

B. A. Buffett;P. M. Mathews;T. A. Herring

204
Citations
Geodynamic estimates of the viscosity of the Earth's inner core

Bruce A. Buffett

199
Citations
STRATIFICATION OF THE OUTER CORE AT THE CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY

John R. Lister;Bruce A. Buffett

191
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Herring MIT

Irwin I. Shapiro Harvard University

John R. Lister University of Cambridge

David Archer University of Chicago

Andrew W. Woods University of Cambridge

Herbert E. Huppert University of Cambridge

Jeremy Bloxham Harvard University

Victor Brovkin Max Planck Society

Jiro Nagao National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Satoshi Takeya National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

External Links

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