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Bruce M. Richmond 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 Bruce M. Richmond sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 144 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Bruce M. Richmond 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 Bruce M. Richmond sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bruce M. Richmond was affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work covered several key topics, including:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Richmond contributed to multiple publications across a variety of scientific venues. These included:

  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Remote Sensing
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Environmental Data Initiative

Some notable papers by Richmond are:

  • Geochemistry of Coastal Permafrost and Erosion-Driven Organic Matter Fluxes to the Beaufort Sea Near Drew Point, Alaska (2021), published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Seven Decades of Coastal Change at Barter Island, Alaska: Exploring the Importance of Waves and Temperature on Erosion of Coastal Permafrost Bluffs (2021), published in Remote Sensing
  • Changing storm conditions in response to projected 21st century climate change and the potential impact on an arctic barrier island-lagoon system-A pilot study for Arey Island and Lagoon, eastern Arctic Alaska (2020), published in Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Geochemical characterization and material properties of coastal permafrost near Drew Point, Alaska (2020), published in Environmental Data Initiative

Frequent collaborators in Richmond's work included Benjamin Jones, Emily Bristol, Craig T. Connolly, Thomas D. Lorenson, and Anastasia Ilgen.

Best Publications

  • Slope failure and shoreline retreat during northern California's latest El Nino

    S.H. Cannon;S.D. Ellen;S. E. Graham;Russell W. Graymer

  • New insights of tsunami hazard from the 2011 Tohoku-Oki event

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Shigehiro Fujino;James Goff

  • Mapping Shoreline Change Using Digital Orthophotogrammetry on Maui, Hawaii

    Charles Fletcher;John Rooney;Mathew Barbee;Siang-Chyn Lim

  • National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 3: Historical Shoreline Change and Associated Coastal Land Loss Along Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast

    Cheryl J. Hapke;David Reid;Bruce M. Richmond;Peter Ruggiero

  • Storm-controlled oblique dunes of the Oregon coast

    Ralph E. Hunter;Bruce M. Richmond;Tau Rho Alpha

  • Beach Loss Along Armored Shorelines on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

    Charles H. Fletcher;Robert A. Mullane;Bruce M. Richmond

  • Erosion, deposition and landscape change on the Sendai coastal plain, Japan, resulting from the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami

    Bruce Richmond;Witold Szczuciński;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Kazuhisa Goto

  • The Holocene sea-level highstand in the equatorial Pacific: analysis of the insular paleosea-level database

    E. E. Grossman;C. H. Fletcher;B. M. Richmond

  • National assessment of shoreline change: Historical shoreline change in the Hawaiian Islands

    Charles H. Fletcher;Bradley M. Romine;Ayesha S. Genz;Matthew M. Barbee

  • The use of boulders for characterising past tsunamis: Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2009 South Pacific tsunamis

    Samuel Etienne;Samuel Etienne;Mark Buckley;Raphaël Paris;Aruna K. Nandasena

  • Coastal changes in the Sendai area from the impact of the 2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami: Interpretations of time series satellite images, helicopter-borne video footage and field observations

    David R. Tappin;Hannah M. Evans;Colm J. Jordan;Bruce Richmond

  • Flow speed estimated by inverse modeling of sandy tsunami deposits: results from the 11 March 2011 tsunami on the coastal plain near the Sendai Airport, Honshu, Japan

    Bruce E. Jaffe;Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Daisuke Sugawara;Bruce M. Richmond

  • The 2015 landslide and tsunami in Taan Fiord, Alaska

    Bretwood Higman;Dan H. Shugar;Colin P. Stark;Göran Ekström

  • Rates and Trends of Coastal Change in California and the Regional Behavior of the Beach and Cliff System

    Cheryl J. Hapke;Dave Reid;Bruce Richmond

  • A decade of remotely sensed observations highlight complex processes linked to coastal permafrost bluff erosion in the Arctic

    Benjamin M. Jones;Louise M. Farquharson;Carson Baughman;Richard M. Buzard

  • Coarse-Clast Ridge Complexes of the Caribbean: A Preliminary Basis for Distinguishing Tsunami and Storm-Wave Origins

    Robert A. Morton;Bruce M. Richmond;Bruce E. Jaffe;Guy Gelfenbaum

  • AGE AND COMPOSITION OF CARBONATE SHOREFACE SEDIMENTS, KAILUA BAY, OAHU, HAWAII

    Jodi N. Harney;Eric E. Grossman;Bruce M. Richmond;Charles H. Fletcher

  • Reconnaissance Investigation of Caribbean Extreme Wave Deposits--Preliminary Observations, Interpretations, and Research Directions

    Robert A. Morton;Bruce M. Richmond;Bruce E. Jaffe;Guy Gelfenbaum

  • Quantifying landscape change in an arctic coastal lowland using repeat airborne LiDAR

    Benjamin M. Jones;Jason M. Stoker;Ann E. Gibbs;Guido Grosse

  • Recent storm and tsunami coarse-clast deposit characteristics, southeast Hawaiʻi

    Bruce M. Richmond;Steve Watt;Mark Buckley;Bruce E. Jaffe

  • Storm-controlled oblique dunes of the Oregon coast: Discussion and reply

    Ralph E. Hunter;Bruce M. Richmond;Tau Rho Alpha

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce E. Jaffe
Bruce E. Jaffe United States Geological Survey
Guy Gelfenbaum
Guy Gelfenbaum United States Geological Survey
Benjamin M. Jones
Benjamin M. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
Catherine Chagué-Goff
Catherine Chagué-Goff University of New South Wales
Charles H. Fletcher
Charles H. Fletcher University of Hawaii at Manoa
James Goff
James Goff University of New South Wales
Kazuhisa Goto
Kazuhisa Goto University of Tokyo
Witold Szczuciński
Witold Szczuciński Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Alan R. Nelson
Alan R. Nelson United States Geological Survey
David R. Tappin
David R. Tappin British Geological Survey

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