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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 43 4860 4481 1835 1630 154 10046

Christopher D. Charles publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Christopher D. Charles between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Christopher D. Charles published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 4.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2003. 6 of the 169 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2003. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 7 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 19 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 5 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 3 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 4 publications 2025: 2 publications
1988 2025

169 publications in total across all disciplines

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Christopher D. Charles: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 1
1991 7
1992 5
1993 2
1994 6
1995 1
1996 1
1997 3
1998 4
1999 0
2000 8
2001 5
2002 9
2003 19
2004 0
2005 1
2006 5
2007 3
2008 1
2009 3
2010 6
2011 3
2012 5
2013 6
2014 5
2015 3
2016 3
2017 9
2018 5
2019 4
2020 19
2021 4
2022 5
2023 1
2024 4
2025 2
Total 169
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Christopher D. Charles 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 Christopher D. Charles 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, 148–157 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: 154 publications — 41st percentile

41% 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
148–157 495 154
158–167 458
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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Christopher D. Charles 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 Christopher D. Charles 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, 43 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: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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 43
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
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

Christopher D. Charles is affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the United States. Their research involves multiple intersecting fields and topics focusing on environmental and planetary sciences.

The scientist's work spans several subfields of study including:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Ecology

Main topics covered by their research include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Christopher D. Charles has frequently collaborated with coauthors such as:

  • Sidney R. Hemming
  • I.R. Hall
  • S.K.V. Hines
  • F.J. Jiménez-Espejo
  • N. Lathika

Their publication record includes contributions to a variety of academic venues. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Science
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Christopher D. Charles include:

  • No consistent ENSO response to volcanic forcing over the last millennium (2020), published in Science
  • Persistent influence of precession on northern ice sheet variability since the early Pleistocene (2022), published in Science
  • A Continuous Record of Central Tropical Pacific Climate Since the Midnineteenth Century Reconstructed From Fanning and Palmyra Island Corals: A Case Study in Coral Data Reanalysis (2020), published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Little Change in Ice Age Water Mass Structure From Cape Basin Benthic Neodymium and Carbon Isotopes (2021), published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Strong glacial-interglacial variability in upper ocean hydrodynamics, biogeochemistry, and productivity in the southern Indian Ocean (2021), published in Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • El Niño/Southern Oscillation and tropical Pacific climate during the last millennium

    Kim M. Cobb;Kim M. Cobb;Christopher D. Charles;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards

  • Highly variable El Niño-Southern Oscillation throughout the Holocene.

    Kim M. Cobb;Niko Westphal;Hussein R. Sayani;Jordan T. Watson

  • The oxygen isotopic composition of seawater during the Last Glacial Maximum

    Daniel P. Schrag;Jess F. Adkins;Katherine McIntyre;Jane L. Alexander

  • Interaction between the ENSO and the Asian monsoon in a coral record of tropical climate

    C.D. Charles;D.E. Hunter;R.G. Fairbanks

  • Evidence from Southern Ocean sediments for the effect of North Atlantic deep-water flux on climate

    Christopher D. Charles;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Climate connections between the hemisphere revealed by deep sea sediment core/ice core correlations

    Christopher D. Charles;Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Ulysses S. Ninnemann;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • Evidence for lower productivity in the Antarctic Ocean during the last glaciation

    R. A. Mortlock;C. D. Charles;P. N. Froelich;M. A. Zibello

  • Evaluating climate indices and their geochemical proxies measured in corals

    R. G. Fairbanks;M. N. Evans;J. L. Rubenstone;R. A. Mortlock

  • Glacial-Interglacial Changes in Moisture Sources for Greenland: Influences on the Ice Core Record of Climate

    C. D. Charles;D. Rind;J. Jouzel;R. D. Koster

  • Pleistocene vertical carbon isotope and carbonate gradients in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

    David A. Hodell;Kathryn A. Venz;Christopher D. Charles;Ulysses S. Ninnemann;Ulysses S. Ninnemann

  • Abrupt Cooling of Antarctic Surface Waters and Sea Ice Expansion in the South Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean at 5000 cal yr B.P.

    David A. Hodell;Sharon L. Kanfoush;Aldo Shemesh;Xavier Crosta

  • Biogenic opal in Southern Ocean sediments over the last 450,000 years: Implications for surface water chemistry and circulation

    Christopher D. Charles;Philip N. Froelich;Michael A. Zibello;Richard A. Mortlock

  • Origin of Global Meltwater Pulses

    Richard G. Fairbanks;Christopher D. Charles;James D. Wright

  • Millennial-scale instability of the antarctic ice sheet during the last glaciation

    Sharon L. Kanfoush;David A. Hodell;Christopher D. Charles;Thomas P. Guilderson

  • Glacial to Interglacial Changes in the Isotopic Gradients of Southern Ocean Surface Water

    C. D. Charles;R. G. Fairbanks

  • Planktonic Foraminifera of the California Current Reflect 20th-Century Warming

    David B. Field;Timothy R. Baumgartner;Christopher D. Charles;Vicente Ferreira-Bartrina

  • Comparison of interglacial stages in the South Atlantic sector of the southern ocean for the past 450 kyr: implifications for Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 11

    David A. Hodell;Christopher D. Charles;Ulysses S. Ninnemann

  • A central tropical Pacific coral demonstrates Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic decadal climate connections

    Kim M. Cobb;Christopher D. Charles;David E. Hunter

  • Oxygen Isotopes in Biogenic Silica: Global Changes in Ocean Temperature and Isotopic Composition

    A. Shemesh;C. D. Charles;R. G. Fairbanks

  • Changes in the mode of Southern Ocean circulation over the last glacial cycle revealed by foraminiferal stable isotopic variability

    Ulysses S Ninnemann;Christopher D Charles

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulysses S Ninnemann
Ulysses S Ninnemann University of Bergen
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge
Kim M. Cobb
Kim M. Cobb Georgia Institute of Technology
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Richard G. Fairbanks
Richard G. Fairbanks Columbia University
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Sidney R. Hemming
Sidney R. Hemming Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Stephen Barker
Stephen Barker Cardiff University
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz
Jean Lynch-Stieglitz Georgia Institute of Technology
Jason H. Curtis
Jason H. Curtis University of Florida

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