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58
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11660
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2165
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930

Bruce P. Finney 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 P. Finney sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 226 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Bruce P. Finney 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 P. Finney sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bruce P. Finney is affiliated with Idaho State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work frequently addresses topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Climate change and permafrost, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bruce P. Finney include Lesleigh Anderson, Mary E. Edwards, Kathleen A. Lohse, Matthew S. Finkenbinder, and Matthew J. Wooller.

Publication venues where Finney has contributed most include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Science Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent publications by Bruce P. Finney feature a range of environmental and ecological topics. Selected examples include:

  • "The greening of the Northern Great Plains and its biogeochemical precursors", 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Differentiating salmonid migratory ecotypes through stable isotope analysis of collagen: Archaeological and ecological applications", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "An Oceanographic Perspective on Early Human Migrations to the Americas", 2020, Oceanography
  • "SuessR: Regional corrections for the effects of anthropogenic CO 2 on δ 13 C data from marine organisms", 2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Beppu Bay, Japan, as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series", 2022, The Anthropocene Review

Best Publications

  • Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries

    J. Overpeck;K. Hughen;D. Hardy;R. Bradley

  • Impacts of climatic change and fishing on Pacific salmon abundance over the past 300 years.

    Bruce P. Finney;Irene Gregory-Eaves;Jon Sweetman;Marianne S. V. Douglas

  • Fisheries productivity in the northeastern Pacific Ocean over the past 2,200 years

    Bruce P. Finney;Irene Gregory-Eaves;Marianne S. V. Douglas;John P. Smol

  • A Coherent Signature of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition to Remote Watersheds of the Northern Hemisphere

    Gordon W. Holtgrieve;Daniel E. Schindler;William O. Hobbs;Peter R. Leavitt

  • Ferromanganese nodules from MANOP Sites H, S, and R—Control of mineralogical and chemical composition by multiple accretionary processes

    Jack Dymond;Mitchell Lyle;Bruce Finney;David Z. Piper

  • The record of Late Pleistocene biogenic sedimentation in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean

    Mitchell Lyle;David W. Murray;Bruce P. Finney;Jack Dymond

  • Temperature and precipitation history of the Arctic

    G. H. Miller;J. Brigham-Grette;R. B. Alley;L. Anderson

  • Organic carbon isotope ratios (δ 13 C) of Arctic Amerasian Continental shelf sediments

    A. S. Naidu;L. W. Cooper;B. P. Finney;R. W. Macdonald

  • Regional atmospheric circulation change in the North Pacific during the Holocene inferred from lacustrine carbonate oxygen isotopes, Yukon Territory, Canada

    Lesleigh Anderson;Mark B. Abbott;Bruce P. Finney;Stephen J. Burns

  • A Tibetan lake sediment record of Holocene Indian summer monsoon variability

    Broxton W. Bird;Pratigya J. Polisar;Yanbin Lei;Lonnie G. Thompson

  • A northwest North American training set: distribution of freshwater midges in relation to air temperature and lake depth

    Erin M. Barley;Ian R. Walker;Joshua Kurek;Les C. Cwynar

  • Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska: assessing the ocean climate hypothesis

    Andrew W. Trites;Arthur J. Miller;Herbert D. G. Maschner;Steven J. Bograd

  • Aquatic ecology: delivery of pollutants by spawning salmon.

    E. M. Krümmel;R. W. Macdonald;L. E. Kimpe;I. Gregory-Eaves

  • Geographic and temporal variations in fire history in boreal ecosystems of Alaska

    Jason A. Lynch;Jason A. Lynch;James S. Clark;Nancy H. Bigelow;Mary E. Edwards

  • History of metal pollution in the Southern California Bight: an update

    Bruce P. Finney;Chih An Huh

  • Drought, vegetation change, and human history on Rapa Nui (Isla de Pascua, Easter Island)

    Daniel Mann;James Edwards;Julie Chase;Warren Beck

  • Stable isotope analysis of Pacific salmon: insight into trophic status and oceanographic conditions over the last 30 years

    Franklin R. Satterfield;Bruce P. Finney

  • Potential analogues for paleoclimatic variations in eastern interior Alaska during the past 14,000 yr: atmospheric-circulation controls of regional temperature and moisture responses

    Mary E Edwards;Mary E Edwards;Cary J Mock;Bruce P Finney;Valerie A Barber

  • Sedimentation at MANOP Site H (eastern equatorial Pacific) over the past 400,000 years: Climatically induced redox variations and their effects on transition metal cycling

    Bruce P. Finney;Mitchell W. Lyle;G. Ross Heath

  • Lake-Level Reconstruction and Paleohydrology of Birch Lake, Central Alaska, Based on Seismic Reflection Profiles and Core Transects

    Mark B. Abbott;Bruce P. Finney;Mary E. Edwards;Kerry R. Kelts

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark B. Abbott
Mark B. Abbott University of Pittsburgh
Mary E. Edwards
Mary E. Edwards University of Southampton
Irene Gregory-Eaves
Irene Gregory-Eaves McGill University
John P. Smol
John P. Smol Queen's University
Joseph S. Stoner
Joseph S. Stoner Oregon State University
John A. Barron
John A. Barron United States Geological Survey
Mitchell W Lyle
Mitchell W Lyle Oregon State University
Lonnie G. Thompson
Lonnie G. Thompson The Ohio State University
Alan C. Mix
Alan C. Mix Oregon State University
Marianne S. V. Douglas
Marianne S. V. Douglas Queen's University

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