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105
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101
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David A Hodell 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 David A Hodell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 781 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David A Hodell 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 David A Hodell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David A Hodell is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering. The scientist's work integrates various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Published frequently in various scientific venues, David A Hodell has contributed notably to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 22 publications
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) with 14 publications
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research) with 11 publications
  • Science, appearing 7 times
  • Quaternary Science Reviews with 5 publications

Among recent papers are:

  • "An astronomically dated record of Earth's climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years", 2020, Science
  • "Insolation triggered abrupt weakening of Atlantic circulation at the end of interglacials", 2021, Science
  • "Persistent orbital influence on millennial climate variability through the Pleistocene", 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "Persistent influence of obliquity on ice age terminations since the Middle Pleistocene transition", 2020, Science
  • "Direct astronomical influence on abrupt climate variability", 2021, Nature Geoscience

Co-author collaborations have been frequent with researchers including:

  • Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian
  • José-Abel Flores
  • Chuang Xuan
  • Antje H L Voelker
  • Junichiro Kuroda

David A Hodell's book contributions are published under various scientific series and reports. These include:

  • "Expedition 397 Scientific Prospectus: Iberian Margin Paleoclimate," 2022, Scientific prospectus
  • "Expedition 397 Preliminary Report: Iberian Margin Paleoclimate," 2023, Preliminary report
  • "Iberian Margin Paleoclimate," 2024, Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports

The scientist has been recognized by prominent scientific organizations with awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2007

Best Publications

  • An astronomically dated record of Earth's climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years.

    Thomas Westerhold;Norbert Marwan;Norbert Marwan;Anna Joy Drury;Anna Joy Drury;Diederik Liebrand

  • Rapid acidification of the ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum.

    James C. Zachos;Ursula Röhl;Stephen A. Schellenberg;Appy Sluijs

  • Possible role of climate in the collapse of Classic Maya civilization

    David A. Hodell;Jason H. Curtis;Mark Brenner

  • Evolution of Ocean Temperature and Ice Volume Through the Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition

    H Elderfield;P Ferretti;M Greaves;S Crowhurst

  • Solar Forcing of Drought Frequency in the Maya Lowlands

    David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis;Thomas Guilderson

  • Middle–Late Cretaceous climate of the southern high latitudes: Stable isotopic evidence for minimal equator-to-pole thermal gradients

    Brian T. Huber;David A. Hodell;Christopher P. Hamilton

  • Interglacials of the last 800,000 years

    A. Berger;M. Crucifix;D.A. Hodell

  • Abrupt Temperature Changes in the Western Mediterranean over the Past 250,000 Years

    Belen Martrat;Joan O. Grimalt;Constancia López-Martínez;Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho

  • Climate variability on the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) during the past 3500 years, and implications for Maya cultural evolution

    Jason H. Curtis;David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner

  • Iron Fertilization of the Subantarctic Ocean During the Last Ice Age

    Alfredo Martínez-García;Daniel M. Sigman;Haojia Ren;Robert F. Anderson

  • Reconstruction of Caribbean climate change over the past 10,500 years

    David A. Hodell;Jason H. Curtis;Glenn A. Jones;Antonia Higuera-Gundy

  • Production, sedimentation, and isotopic composition of organic matter in Lake Ontario

    David A. Hodell;Claire L. Schelske

  • Variation in the strontium isotopic composition of seawater (8 Ma to present) : Implications for chemical weathering rates and dissolved fluxes to the oceans

    David A. Hodell;Gregory A. Mead;Paul A. Mueller

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

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

  • Stacking paleointensity and oxygen isotope data for the last 1.5 Myr (PISO-1500)

    J.E.T. Channell;C. Xuan;D.A. Hodell

  • Onset of “Hudson Strait” Heinrich events in the eastern North Atlantic at the end of the middle Pleistocene transition (∼640 ka)?

    David A. Hodell;David A. Hodell;James E. T. Channell;Jason H. Curtis;Oscar E. Romero

  • Spatial variation of strontium isotopes (87Sr/86Sr) in the Maya region: a tool for tracking ancient human migration

    David A Hodell;Rhonda L Quinn;Mark Brenner;George Kamenov

  • Stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) signatures of sedimented organic matter as indicators of historic lake trophic state

    Mark Brenner;Thomas J. Whitmore;Jason H. Curtis;David A. Hodell

  • Variations in the strontium isotopic composition of seawater during the Neogene

    David A. Hodell;Paul A. Mueller;Jose R. Garrido

  • Terminal Classic drought in the northern Maya lowlands inferred from multiple sediment cores in Lake Chichancanab (Mexico)

    David A. Hodell;Mark Brenner;Jason H. Curtis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason H. Curtis
Jason H. Curtis University of Florida
Mark Brenner
Mark Brenner University of Florida
James E T Channell
James E T Channell University of Florida
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Henry Elderfield
Henry Elderfield University of Cambridge
Luke C Skinner
Luke C Skinner University of Cambridge
Mervyn Greaves
Mervyn Greaves University of Cambridge
Lucas Joost Lourens
Lucas Joost Lourens Utrecht University
Christopher D. Charles
Christopher D. Charles Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey

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