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David J. Ellis 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 David J. Ellis sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 82 publications — 6th percentile

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David J. Ellis 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 David J. Ellis sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

David J. Ellis is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions across subfields such as Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including Marine and fisheries research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Marine and coastal plant biology, and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

David J. Ellis has published papers in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Fish and Fisheries
  • NEJM Evidence
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Fisheries Research
  • Island Arc

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David J. Ellis include:

  • "Macroalgal meadow habitats support fish and fisheries in diverse tropical seascapes" (2020, Fish and Fisheries)
  • "The contribution of macroalgae-associated fishes to small-scale tropical reef fisheries" (2022, Fish and Fisheries)
  • "Larsucosterol for the Treatment of Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis" (2025, NEJM Evidence)
  • "Zoned quartz phenocrysts in supercooled melt inclusions in granulites from continental collision orogens" (2020, Island Arc)
  • "High-pressure Cu-Fe-S Phase Equilibria: some Experimental and Thermodynamic Constraints on Sulfides in Subduction Zones and the Lithospheric Mantle" (2020, Journal of Petrology)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Christopher J. Fulton
  • Charlotte Berkström
  • Shaun K. Wilson
  • Rene A. Abesamis
  • Michael Bradley

These collaborations contribute to cross-disciplinary research efforts that integrate marine biology, earth sciences, and environmental studies. The scientist's involvement in both biological and geological topics reflects a broad expertise in studying marine and environmental systems.

Best Publications

  • A geochemical classification for granitic rocks

    B Ronald Frost;Calvin G. Barnes;William Joseph Collins;Richard Arculus

  • An experimental study of the effect of Ca upon garnet-clinopyroxene Fe-Mg exchange equilibria

    D. J. Ellis;D. H. Green

  • Pb, U and Th diffusion in natural zircon

    James K. W. Lee;Ian S. Williams;David J. Ellis

  • The pressure dependence of the zirconium‐in‐rutile thermometer

    Helen Tomkins;Roger Powell;David Ellis

  • Triassic collision of western Tianshan orogenic belt, China: Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircon from HP/UHP eclogitic rocks

    Lifei Zhang;Yongliang Ai;Xuping Li;Daniela Rubatto

  • Zirconium abundance in granulite-facies minerals, with implications for zircon geochronology in high-grade rocks

    Geoffrey Fraser;David Ellis;Stephen Eggins

  • Cambrian Orogenic Belt in East Antarctica and Sri Lanka: Implications for Gondwana Assembly

    K. Shiraishi;D. J. Ellis;Y. Hiroi;C. M. Fanning

  • Pyroxene-carbonate reactions in the upper mantle

    G. Brey;W.R. Brice;D.J. Ellis;D.H. Green

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Australia's largest inland sewage treatment plant, and its contribution to a major Australian river during high and low flow.

    Jenna Roberts;Jenna Roberts;Anupama Kumar;Jun Du;Christopher Hepplewhite

  • Origin and evolution of granulites in normal and thickened crusts

    D. J. Ellis

  • Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism in western Tianshan, China: Part I. Evidence from inclusions of coesite pseudomorphs in garnet and from quartz exsolution lamellae in omphacite in eclogites

    Lifei Zhang;Lifei Zhang;David J. Ellis;Wenbo Jiang

  • Zr budgets for metamorphic reactions, and the formation of zircon from garnet breakdown

    H. Degeling;S. Eggins;D. J. Ellis

  • Osumilite-sapphirine-quartz granulites from Enderby Land, Antarctica: P-T conditions of metamorphism, implications for garnet-cordierite equilibria and the evolution of the deep crust

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  • Subsolidus and Partial Melting Reactions in the Quartz-excess CaO+MgO+Al2O3+SiO2+H2O System under Water-excess and Water-deficient Conditions to 10 kb: Some Implications for the Origin of Peraluminous Melts from Mafic Rocks

    David John Ellis;Alan Bruce Thompson

  • Osumilite-sapphirine-quartz granulites from Enderby Land Antarctica — Mineral assemblages and reactions

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  • C-type magmas: igneous charnockites and their extrusive equivalents

    Jonathan A. Kilpatrick;David J. Ellis

  • Ultra-high pressure metamorphism in western Tianshan, China : Part II. Evidence from magnesite in eclogite

    Lifei Zhang;Lifei Zhang;David J. Ellis;Samantha Williams;Wenbo Jiang

  • The stability of sapphirine-quartz and hypersthene-sillimanite-quartz assemblages: an experimental investigation in the system FeO−MgO−Al2O3−SiO2 under H2O and CO2 conditions

    Philippe Bertrand;Philippe Bertrand;David J. Ellis;David H. Green

  • ‘Forbidden zone’ subduction of sediments to 150 km depth— the reaction of dolomite to magnesite + aragonite in the UHPM metapelites from western Tianshan, China

    Lifei Zhang;Lifei Zhang;David Ellis;Richard Arculus;Wenbo Jiang

  • Geochemical and isotopic studies of syenites from the Yamato Mountains, East Antarctica: Implications for the origin of syenitic magmas

    J.-X. Zhao;K. Shiraishi;K. Shiraishi;D.J. Ellis;J.W. Sheraton

  • Geochemical and SrNd isotopic study of charnockites and related rocks in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica: implications for charnockite petrogenesis and proterozoic crustal evolution

    Jian-xin Zhao;David J. Ellis;Jonathan A. Kilpatrick;Malcolm T. McCulloch

  • UHP metamorphic evolution of coesite-bearing eclogite from the Yuka terrane, North Qaidam UHPM belt, NW China

    Guibin Zhang;Guibin Zhang;David J. Ellis;Andrew G. Christy;Lifei Zhang

  • Geochemical and SrNd isotopic mapping of source provinces for the Mawson charnockites, east Antarctica: implications for Proterozoic tectonics and Gondwana reconstruction

    D.N. Young;Jian-xin Zhao;D.J. Ellis;M.T. McCulloch

  • A temperature-controlled reversible ionic liquid - water two phase - single phase protocol for hydrogenation catalysis

    Paul J Dyson;David J Ellis;Thomas Welton

Frequent Co-Authors

Lifei Zhang
Lifei Zhang Peking University
Tom Welton
Tom Welton Imperial College London
Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Richard J. Arculus
Richard J. Arculus Australian National University
Shuguang Song
Shuguang Song Peking University
Ian S. Williams
Ian S. Williams Australian National University
Jian-xin Zhao
Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland
David H. Green
David H. Green University of Tasmania
Simon L. Harley
Simon L. Harley University of Edinburgh

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