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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 6680 6194 2340 2075 144 9766

David D. Rowlands publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David D. Rowlands between 1988 and 2022, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David D. Rowlands published across 35 years, from 1988 to 2022, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2010. 9 of the 208 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2022. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2010. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 5 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 24 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 2 publications
1988 2022

208 publications in total across all disciplines

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David D. Rowlands: publications per year, 1988 to 2022
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 0
1996 0
1997 3
1998 2
1999 10
2000 10
2001 9
2002 9
2003 9
2004 5
2005 5
2006 9
2007 1
2008 5
2009 6
2010 24
2011 14
2012 13
2013 13
2014 8
2015 3
2016 12
2017 6
2018 3
2019 10
2020 8
2021 7
2022 2
Total 208
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David D. Rowlands 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 D. Rowlands 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, 138–147 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: 144 publications — 36th percentile

36% 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
138–147 491 144
148–157 495
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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David D. Rowlands 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 D. Rowlands 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, 37 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: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% 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 37
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
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

David D. Rowlands is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with an emphasis on cognitive neuroscience and related subfields.

Their recent work spans topics such as neural dynamics and brain function, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neuroscience and neural engineering, functional brain connectivity studies, hermeneutics and narrative identity, aging, elder care and social issues, and health, medicine and society.

Key research topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society

The main fields of study guiding their publications are:

  • Neuroscience

Within neuroscience, the subfields of cognitive neuroscience, general health professions, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and philosophy are represented in their work.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by them include:

  • Quantifying volume conducted potential using stimulation artefact in cortico-cortical evoked potentials, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • Comparing connectivity metrics in cortico-cortical evoked potentials using synthetic cortical response patterns, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • Isolating the Neural Substrates of Visually Guided Attention Orienting in Humans, 2022, PubMed
  • Isolating the neural substrates of visually guided orienting of attention in healthy humans, 2022, Journal of Vision

The venues where their work has frequently appeared are:

  • Journal of Neuroscience Methods
  • PubMed
  • Journal of Vision

David D. Rowlands has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including Matthew Woolfe, Steven G. O'Keefe, Sasha Dionisio, and John J. McDonald, with whom they have multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars

    David E. Smith;Maria T. Zuber;Herbert V. Frey;James B. Garvin

  • Internal Structure and Early Thermal Evolution of Mars from Mars Global Surveyor Topography and Gravity

    Maria T. Zuber;Maria T. Zuber;Sean C. Solomon;Roger J. Phillips;David E. Smith

  • The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter Investigation on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission

    David E. Smith;Maria T. Zuber;Glenn B. Jackson;John F. Cavanaugh

  • Initial observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)

    David Edmund Smith;David Edmund Smith;Maria Zuber;Gregory A. Neumann;Frank G. Lemoine

  • Recent Greenland Ice Mass Loss by Drainage System from Satellite Gravity Observations

    S. B. Luthcke;H. J. Zwally;W. Abdalati;D. D. Rowlands

  • An improved solution of the gravity field of Mars (GMM‐2B) from Mars Global Surveyor

    F. G. Lemoine;D. E. Smith;D. D. Rowlands;M. T. Zuber

  • Resolving mass flux at high spatial and temporal resolution using GRACE intersatellite measurements

    D. D. Rowlands;S. B. Luthcke;S. M. Klosko;F. G. R. Lemoine

  • Gravity Field and Internal Structure of Mercury from MESSENGER

    David E. Smith;Maria T. Zuber;Roger J. Phillips;Sean C. Solomon

  • A new gravitational model for the earth from satellite tracking data - GEM-T1

    J. G. Marsh;F. J. Lerch;B. H. Putney;D. C. Christodoulidis

  • The shape of 433 eros from the NEAR-shoemaker laser rangefinder

    Maria T. Zuber;David E. Smith;Andrew F. Cheng;James B. Garvin

  • The 1-Centimeter Orbit: Jason-1 Precision Orbit Determination Using GPS, SLR, DORIS, and Altimeter Data Special Issue: Jason-1 Calibration/Validation

    S. B. Luthcke;N. P. Zelensky;D. D. Rowlands;F. G. Lemoine

  • GRGM900C: A degree 900 lunar gravity model from GRAIL primary and extended mission data

    Frank G. Lemoine;Sander Goossens;Sander Goossens;Terence J. Sabaka;Joseph B. Nicholas

  • Crossover analysis of Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data

    Gregory A. Neumann;David D. Rowlands;Frank G. Lemoine;David E. Smith

  • Recent glacier mass changes in the Gulf of Alaska region from GRACE mascon solutions

    Scott B. Luthcke;Anthony A. Arendt;David D. Rowlands;John J. McCarthy

  • A 70th degree lunar gravity model (GLGM‐2) from Clementine and other tracking data

    Frank G. R. Lemoine;David E. Smith;Maria T. Zuber;Gregory A. Neumann

  • High‒degree gravity models from GRAIL primary mission data

    Frank G. Lemoine;Sander J. Goossens;Sander J. Goossens;Terence J. Sabaka;Joseph B. Nicholas

  • Orbit determination of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

    Erwan Mazarico;D. D. Rowlands;G. A. Neumann;D. E. Smith

  • Summary of the results from the lunar orbiter laser altimeter after seven years in lunar orbit

    David E. Smith;Maria T. Zuber;Gregory A. Neumann;Erwan Mazarico

  • Global Mass Flux Solutions from GRACE: A Comparison of Parameter Estimation Strategies - Mass Concentrations Versus Stokes Coefficients

    D. D. Rowlands;S. B. Luthcke;J. J. McCarthy;S. M. Klosko

  • The dynamic geophysical environment of (101955) Bennu based on OSIRIS-REx measurements

    D. J. Scheeres;J. W. McMahon;A. S. French;D. N. Brack

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott B. Luthcke
Scott B. Luthcke National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Frank G. Lemoine
Frank G. Lemoine Goddard Space Flight Center
Gregory A. Neumann
Gregory A. Neumann Goddard Space Flight Center
Erwan Mazarico
Erwan Mazarico Goddard Space Flight Center
Sander Goossens
Sander Goossens Goddard Space Flight Center
Terence J. Sabaka
Terence J. Sabaka Goddard Space Flight Center
Olivier S. Barnouin
Olivier S. Barnouin Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Jean-Paul Boy
Jean-Paul Boy University of Strasbourg
Dante S. Lauretta
Dante S. Lauretta University of Arizona

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