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D-Index
53
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12928
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4182
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1580

Christopher H. House publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher H. House sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 170 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Christopher H. House D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher H. House sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christopher H. House is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with a particular focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ocean Engineering, Ecology, Aerospace Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics addressed in their work cover Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Space Exploration and Technology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Drilling and Well Engineering, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Life
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Key recent papers by Christopher H. House include:

  • A Lacustrine Paleoenvironment Recorded at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater: Overview of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Observed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Evidence for a Diagenetic Origin of Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars: Summary and Synthesis of Curiosity's Exploration Campaign, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Indigenous and exogenous organics and surface-atmosphere cycling inferred from carbon and oxygen isotopes at Gale crater, 2020, Nature Astronomy
  • Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Abundant ammonia and nitrogen-rich soluble organic matter in samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu, 2025, Nature Astronomy

Among frequent coauthors who collaborate with Christopher H. House are:

  • H. B. Franz
  • P. R. Mahaffy
  • A. C. McAdam
  • J. L. Eigenbrode
  • D. P. Glavin

The research output includes a substantial number of publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics, reflecting contributions to understanding planetary environments, isotope geochemistry, and organic material characterization in extraterrestrial contexts. The work on Mars exploration and asteroid sample analysis aligns with ongoing planetary science investigations.

Best Publications

  • Manganese- and Iron-Dependent Marine Methane Oxidation

    Emily J. Beal;Christopher H. House;Victoria J. Orphan

  • Methane-Consuming Archaea Revealed by Directly Coupled Isotopic and Phylogenetic Analysis

    Victoria J. Orphan;Christopher H. House;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Kevin D. McKeegan

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru

    Jennifer F. Biddle;Julius S. Lipp;Mark A. Lever;Karen G. Lloyd

  • Multiple archaeal groups mediate methane oxidation in anoxic cold seep sediments

    Victoria J. Orphan;Christopher H. House;Kai Uwe Hinrichs;Kevin D. McKeegan

  • Metagenomic signatures of the Peru Margin subseafloor biosphere show a genetically distinct environment.

    Jennifer F. Biddle;Sorel Fitz-Gibbon;Stephan C. Schuster;Jean E. Brenchley

  • Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobases

    Michael P. Callahan;Karen E. Smith;H. James Cleaves;Josef Ruzicka

  • Whole genome-based phylogenetic analysis of free-living microorganisms

    Sorel T. Fitz-Gibbon;Christopher H. House

  • Background levels of methane in Mars' atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

    Christopher R. Webster;Paul R. Mahaffy;Sushil K. Atreya;John E. Moores

  • Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune

    B. Sutter;A. C. McAdam;P. R. Mahaffy;D. W. Ming

  • Biogeochemical signatures through time as inferred from whole microbial genomes

    Aubrey L. Zerkle;Christopher H. House;Susan L. Brantley

  • Consumption of Methane and CO2 by Methanotrophic Microbial Mats from Gas Seeps of the Anoxic Black Sea

    Tina Treude;Victoria J. Orphan;Katrin Knittel;Armin Gieseke

  • Carbon isotopic fractionation by Archaeans and other thermophilic prokaryotes

    Christopher H House;J.William Schopf;Karl O Stetter

  • Carbon isotopic composition of individual Precambrian microfossils

    Christopher H. House;J. William Schopf;Kevin D. McKeegan;Christopher D. Coath

  • A biomarker based on the stable isotopes of nickel.

    Vyllinniskii Cameron;Derek Vance;Corey Archer;Christopher H. House

  • Electrochemical Acceleration of Chemical Weathering as an Energetically Feasible Approach to Mitigating Anthropogenic Climate Change

    Kurt Zenz House;Christopher H. House;Daniel P. Schrag;Michael J. Aziz

  • Methyl sulfides as intermediates in the anaerobic oxidation of methane.

    James J. Moran;Emily J. Beal;Jennifer M. Vrentas;Victoria J. Orphan

  • Geological, geochemical, and microbiological heterogeneity of the seafloor around methane vents in the Eel River Basin, offshore California

    V. J. Orphan;W. Ussler;T. H. Naehr;C. H. House

  • Metal limitation of cyanobacterial N2 fixation and implications for the Precambrian nitrogen cycle

    A. L. Zerkle;Christopher H. House;R. P. Cox;D. E. Canfield

  • The Stepwise Evolution of Early Life Driven by Energy Conservation

    James G. Ferry;Christopher H. House

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Victoria J. Orphan
Victoria J. Orphan California Institute of Technology
Roger C. Wiens
Roger C. Wiens Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kenneth S. Edgett
Kenneth S. Edgett Malin Space Science Systems (United States)
Christopher M. Fedo
Christopher M. Fedo University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Sunetra Gupta
Sunetra Gupta University of Oxford
Andrew Steele
Andrew Steele Carnegie Institution for Science
Paul R. Mahaffy
Paul R. Mahaffy Goddard Space Flight Center
Daniel P. Glavin
Daniel P. Glavin Goddard Space Flight Center
Katherine H. Freeman
Katherine H. Freeman Pennsylvania State University

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