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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 35 7502 6942 2561 2263 118 5936

David L. Leach publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David L. Leach between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David L. Leach published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 2.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 1986. 1 of the 122 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 1986. 1975: 2 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 7 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 11 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 3 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 4 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 4 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 2 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 2 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 0 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 0 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 0 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1975 2025

122 publications in total across all disciplines

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David L. Leach: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 2
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 2
1980 2
1981 7
1982 3
1983 5
1984 3
1985 4
1986 11
1987 1
1988 3
1989 5
1990 3
1991 3
1992 1
1993 1
1994 4
1995 1
1996 2
1997 2
1998 3
1999 2
2000 1
2001 4
2002 2
2003 5
2004 7
2005 2
2006 1
2007 2
2008 2
2009 4
2010 4
2011 1
2012 2
2013 1
2014 0
2015 0
2016 3
2017 1
2018 0
2019 1
2020 0
2021 3
2022 2
2023 3
2024 0
2025 1
Total 122
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David L. Leach 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 L. Leach 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, 118–127 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: 118 publications — 20th percentile

20% 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
118–127 540 118
128–137 557
138–147 491
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 L. Leach 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 L. Leach 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, 35 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: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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 35
36 389
37 366
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 L. Leach is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, encompassing several related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Materials Chemistry, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Paleontology.

The scientist's body of work is reflected in a selection of recent publications spanning diverse topics and journals. Notable papers include: Caco-2 Cell Permeability of Flavonoids and Saponins from Gynostemma pentaphyllum: the Immortal Herb (2020, ACS Omega); The Black Angel deposit, Greenland: a Paleoproterozoic evaporite-related Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb deposit (2022, Mineralium Deposita); Vanished evaporites, halokinetic structure, and Zn-Pb mineralization in the world-class Angouran deposit, northwestern Iran (2023, Geological Society of America Bulletin); Phytochemical composition of Denhamia obscura (A. Rich.) Meisn. Ex Walp. root bark, seeds and leaves (2022, ARKIVOC); and Differentiating Dyes: A Spectroscopic Investigation into the Composition of Scarlet Bloodroot (Haemodorum coccineum R.Br.) Rhizome (2023, Molecules).

The primary research topics in their work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • earthquake and tectonic studies

Frequent collaborators in their research career include James J. De Voss, Joanne T. Blanchfield, Matheus Carpinelli de Jesus, Johanna Wapling, and Taylah Church.

Their research has been published in venues such as:

  • ACS Omega
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • ARKIVOC
  • Molecules

David L. Leach's interdisciplinary approach bridges molecular biology techniques with geological and geophysical studies. This combination has facilitated investigations into both the molecular composition of natural products and broader geological phenomena such as mineral deposits, evaporite structures, and tectonics.

Best Publications

  • Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective

    David L. Leach;Donald F. Sangster;Karen D. Kelley;Ross R. Large

  • Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits in Earth History

    David. L. Leach;David. L. Leach;Dwight C. Bradley;David Huston;Sergei A. Pisarevsky

  • Mississippi Valley-type lead–zinc deposits through geological time: implications from recent age-dating research

    David L. Leach;Dwight Bradley;Michael T. Lewchuk;David T. Symons

  • Genetic link between Ouachita foldbelt tectonism and the Mississippi Valley–type lead-zinc deposits of the Ozarks

    David L. Leach;E. Lanier Rowan

  • Tectonic controls of Mississippi Valley-type lead–zinc mineralization in orogenic forelands

    Dwight C. Bradley;David L. Leach

  • Textural, Compositional, and Sulfur Isotope Variations of Sulfide Minerals in the Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska: Implications for Ore Formation

    K. D. Kelley;D. L. Leach;C. A. Johnson;J. L. Clark

  • Chemical reaction path modeling of ore deposition in mississippi valley-type Pb-Zn deposits of the Ozark region, U.S. Midcontinent

    G. S. Plumlee;D. L. Leach;A. H. Hofstra;G. P. Landis

  • Origin of lode-gold deposits of the Juneau gold belt, southeastern Alaska

    Richard J. Goldfarb;David L. Leach;William J. Pickthorn;Colin J. Paterson

  • Re-Os sulfide geochronology of the Red Dog sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Brooks Range, Alaska

    R. M. Morelli;R. A. Creaser;D. Selby;K. D. Kelley

  • Secular Variation in Economic Geology

    Richard J. Goldfarb;Dwight Bradley;David L. Leach

  • Nature of Hydrothermal Fluids at the Shale-Hosted Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska

    David L. Leach;Erin E. Marsh;Poul Emsbo;Cameron Rombach

  • Trace and minor element variations and sulfur isotopes in crystalline and colloform ZnS: Incorporation mechanisms and implications for their genesis

    Katharina Pfaff;Alan Koenig;Thomas Wenzel;Ian Ridley

  • Hydrothermal Fluid Origins in Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Districts: Combined Noble Gas (He, Ar, Kr) and Halogen (Cl, Br, I) Analysis of Fluid Inclusions from the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District, Viburnum Trend, and Tri-State Districts, Midcontinent United States

    M. A. Kendrick;R. Burgess;D. Leach;R. A. D. Pattrick

  • Formation of the Wiesloch Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in the extensional setting of the Upper Rhinegraben, SW Germany

    Katharina Pfaff;Ludwig H. Hildebrandt;David L. Leach;Dorrit E. Jacob

  • Metamorphic origin of the Coeur d'Alene base- and precious-metal veins in the Belt basin, Idaho and Montana

    D. L. Leach;G. P. Landis;A. H. Hofstra

  • Gold Deposits in Metamorphic Rocks of Alaska

    Richard J. Goldfarb;Lance D. Miller;David L. Leach;Lawrence W. Snee

  • Geology and Geochemistry of the Reocín Zinc-Lead Deposit, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain

    Francisco Velasco;José Miguel Herrero;Iñaki Yusta;José Antonio Alonso

  • Origin of late dolomite cement by CO2-saturated deep basin brines: Evidence from the Ozark region, central United States

    D. L. Leach;G. S. Plumlee;A. H. Hofstra;G. P. Landis

  • Genetic implications of regional and temporal trends in ore fluid geochemistry of mississippi valley-type deposits in the Ozark region

    John G. Viets;David L. Leach

  • A deposit model for Mississippi Valley-Type lead-zinc ores: Chapter A in Mineral deposit models for resource assessment

    David L. Leach;Ryan D. Taylor;David L. Fey;Sharon F. Diehl

  • The world-class Jinding Zn–Pb deposit: ore formation in an evaporite dome, Lanping Basin, Yunnan, China

    David L. Leach;Yu-Cai Song;Zeng-Qian Hou

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Goldfarb
Richard J. Goldfarb China University of Geosciences
Dwight C. Bradley
Dwight C. Bradley United States Geological Survey
Albert H. Hofstra
Albert H. Hofstra United States Geological Survey
Craig A. Johnson
Craig A. Johnson United States Geological Survey
John F. Slack
John F. Slack United States Geological Survey
David L. Huston
David L. Huston Geoscience Australia
Lawrence W. Snee
Lawrence W. Snee United States Geological Survey
Gregor Markl
Gregor Markl University of Tübingen
Jens Gutzmer
Jens Gutzmer Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Grant Garven
Grant Garven Tufts University

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