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50
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David Chew 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 Chew sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 253 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Chew 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 Chew sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

David Chew is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

David Chew has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Foteini Drakou
  • Gary O'Sullivan
  • Eszter Badenszki
  • J. Stephen Daly
  • Chris Mark

The scientist has published in several noted venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Basin Research
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Geology

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by David Chew include:

  • Sourcing the sand: Accessory mineral fertility, analytical and other biases in detrital U-Pb provenance analysis (2020) in Earth-Science Reviews
  • LA-ICP-MS imaging in the geosciences and its applications to geochronology (2020) in Chemical Geology

Additional notable recent relevant publications in the field, though not authored by Chew, include:

  • Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U-Pb carbonate geochronology: strategies, progress, and limitations (2020) in Geochronology
  • Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth (2020) in Nature
  • Endogenous ADAR-mediated RNA editing in non-human primates using stereopure chemically modified oligonucleotides (2022) in Nature Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • U-Pb LA-ICPMS dating using accessory mineral standards with variable common Pb

    David Chew;Joseph Petrus;Balz Kamber

  • U-Pb and Th-Pb dating of apatite by LA-ICPMS

    David M. Chew;Paul J. Sylvester;Mike N. Tubrett

  • The trace element composition of apatite and its application to detrital provenance studies

    Gary O'Sullivan;Gary O'Sullivan;David Chew;Gavin Kenny;Isadora Henrichs

  • Sr and Nd isotopic compositions of apatite reference materials used in U-Th-Pb geochronology

    Yue-Heng Yang;Fu-Yuan Wu;Jin-Hui Yang;David M. Chew

  • U-Pb geochronologic evidence for the evolution of the Gondwanan margin of the north-central Andes

    David M. Chew;Urs Schaltegger;Jan Košler;Martin J. Whitehouse

  • Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) U–Pb carbonate geochronology: strategies, progress, and limitations

    Nick M. W. Roberts;Kerstin Drost;Matthew S. A. Horstwood;Daniel J. Condon

  • Geochronology and Thermochronology Using Apatite: Time and Temperature, Lower Crust to Surface

    David M. Chew;Richard A. Spikings

  • High temperature (>350°C) thermochronology and mechanisms of Pb loss in apatite

    Ryan Cochrane;Richard Alan Spikings;David Michael Chew;Joern Frederik Wotzlaw

  • The early interaction between the Caribbean plateau and the NW South American Plate

    Cristian Vallejo;Richard Alan Spikings;Leonard Luzieux;Wilfried Winkler

  • Tectonomagmatic evolution of Western Amazonia: Geochemical characterization and zircon U-Pb geochronologic constraints from the Peruvian Eastern Cordilleran granitoids

    Aleksandar Mišković;Richard A. Spikings;David M. Chew;Jan Košler

  • Detrital zircon fingerprint of the Proto-Andes: Evidence for a Neoproterozoic active margin?

    David M. Chew;Tomas Magna;Christopher L. Kirkland;Aleksandar Mišković

  • High-resolution LA-ICP-MS trace element mapping of igneous minerals: In search of magma histories

    Teresa Ubide;Cora A. McKenna;David M. Chew;Balz S. Kamber

  • (LA,Q)-ICPMS trace-element analyses of Durango and McClure Mountain apatite and implications for making natural LA-ICPMS mineral standards

    David M. Chew;Michael G. Babechuk;Michael G. Babechuk;Nathan Cogné;Chris Mark

  • The trace element and U-Pb systematics of metamorphic apatite

    Isadora Alberti Henrichs;Gary O'Sullivan;David M. Chew;Chris Mark

  • The magmatic–hydrothermal transition in rare-element pegmatites from southeast Ireland: LA-ICP-MS chemical mapping of muscovite and columbite–tantalite

    David Kaeter;Renata Barros;Julian F. Menuge;David M. Chew;David M. Chew

  • Sourcing the sand: Accessory mineral fertility, analytical and other biases in detrital U-Pb provenance analysis

    David Chew;Gary O’Sullivan;Gary O’Sullivan;Luca Caracciolo;Chris Mark

  • A new approach to laser-ablation inductively-coupled-plasma mass-spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) using the flexible map interrogation tool ‘Monocle’

    Joseph Petrus;Joseph Petrus;David Chew;Matthew Leybourne;Balz Kamber

  • Timing of ophiolite obduction in the Grampian orogen

    D. M. Chew;J. S. Daly;T. Magna;T. Magna;L. M. Page

  • LA-ICP-MS imaging in the geosciences and its applications to geochronology

    David Chew;Kerstin Drost;Jeffrey H. Marsh;Joseph A. Petrus

  • Grenvillian remnants in the Northern Andes: Rodinian and Phanerozoic paleogeographic perspectives

    A. Cardona;D. Chew;V.A. Valencia;G. Bayona

  • The Laurentian Caledonides of Scotland and Ireland

    David M. Chew;Rob A. Strachan

  • Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth

    Johann P Klages;Ulrich Salzmann;Torsten Bickert;Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand

  • Re–Os geochronology of the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland and Ireland : implications for Neoproterozoic stratigraphy, glaciations and Re–Os systematics.

    Alan D. Rooney;David M. Chew;David Selby

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Salzmann
Ulrich Salzmann Northumbria University
Gerrit Lohmann
Gerrit Lohmann University of Bremen
Werner Ehrmann
Werner Ehrmann Leipzig University
Gernot Nehrke
Gernot Nehrke Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Jane E. Francis
Jane E. Francis Charles Darwin University
Torsten Bickert
Torsten Bickert University of Bremen
Gerhard Kuhn
Gerhard Kuhn University of Bremen
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand
Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand British Antarctic Survey
Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey

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