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Earth Science 54 2755 2513 309 285 258 8832

David M. Hodgson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David M. Hodgson between 1986 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David M. Hodgson published across 41 years, from 1986 to 2026, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2021. 11 of the 297 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2021. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 22 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 31 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 10 publications 2026: 1 publication
1986 2026

297 publications in total across all disciplines

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David M. Hodgson: publications per year, 1986 to 2026
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 1
2002 3
2003 0
2004 2
2005 7
2006 4
2007 2
2008 4
2009 10
2010 9
2011 17
2012 6
2013 14
2014 8
2015 15
2016 14
2017 22
2018 25
2019 27
2020 27
2021 31
2022 11
2023 7
2024 19
2025 10
2026 1
Total 297
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David M. Hodgson 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 M. Hodgson 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, 258–267 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: 258 publications — 80th percentile

80% 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
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
258–267 185 258
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 M. Hodgson 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 M. Hodgson 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, 54 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: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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
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 54
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 M. Hodgson is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, and Geology.

The scientist's work extensively covers multiple topics related to geological formations and processes and geophysics, reflecting a broad scope in Earth sciences. Key areas of study include:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Hodgson has contributed to a variety of peer-reviewed papers, with recent examples illustrating their research focus:

  • "An integrated process-based model of flutes and tool marks in deep-water environments: Implications for palaeohydraulics, the Bouma sequence and hybrid event beds" (2020), published in Sedimentology
  • "TB or not TB: banding in turbidite sandstones" (2020), published in Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • "Interactions between deep-water gravity flows and active salt tectonics" (2021), published in Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • "Collapse of the Last Eurasian Ice Sheet in the North Sea Modulated by Combined Processes of Ice Flow, Surface Melt, and Marine Ice Sheet Instabilities" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "Evolution from syn-rift carbonates to early post-rift deep-marine intraslope lobes: The role of rift basin physiography on sedimentation patterns" (2021), published in Sedimentology

These publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches in sedimentology, paleohydraulics, and glaciology, reflecting engagement with both marine and terrestrial processes.

David M. Hodgson frequently collaborates with several coauthors, indicating a networked approach to research. Notable frequent coauthors are:

  • Jeff Peakall
  • Ian Kane
  • Christopher Jackson
  • Stephen S. Flint
  • Euan Soutter

The scientist's work is regularly published in respected academic journals with strong thematic alignment to their research disciplines. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Sedimentology
  • Basin Research
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research
  • The Depositional Record

This profile reflects a sustained research focus on sedimentary environments, tectonics, and climate interactions in Earth's geological history. Hodgson's body of work integrates field observations and modeling to understand complex sedimentological and geophysical processes.

Best Publications

  • Evolution, architecture and hierarchy of distributary deep-water deposits: a high-resolution outcrop investigation from the Permian Karoo Basin, South Africa

    A. Prélat;D. M. Hodgson;S. S. Flint

  • Sedimentological criteria to differentiate submarine channel levee subenvironments: Exhumed examples from the Rosario Fm. (Upper Cretaceous) of Baja California, Mexico, and the Fort Brown Fm. (Permian), Karoo Basin, S. Africa

    Ian A. Kane;David M. Hodgson

  • Deep-Water Sediment Bypass

    Christopher J. Stevenson;Christopher A.-L. Jackson;David M. Hodgson;Stephen M. Hubbard

  • Virtual outcrop models of petroleum reservoir analogues: a review of the current state-of-the-art

    J. K. Pringle;J. A. Howell;D. Hodgetts;A. R. Westerman

  • Stratigraphic Evolution of Fine-Grained Submarine Fan Systems, Tanqua Depocenter, Karoo Basin, South Africa

    David M. Hodgson;Stephen S. Flint;David Hodgetts;Nicholas J. Drinkwater

  • Intrinsic controls on the range of volumes, morphologies, and dimensions of submarine lobes

    A. Prélat;J.A. Covault;D.M. Hodgson;A. Fildani

  • Distribution and origin of hybrid beds in sand-rich submarine fans of the Tanqua depocentre, Karoo Basin, South Africa

    David M. Hodgson

  • Depositional architecture and sequence stratigraphy of the Karoo basin floor to shelf edge succession, Laingsburg depocentre, South Africa

    S.S. Flint;D.M. Hodgson;A.R. Sprague;R.L. Brunt

  • Pre-requisites, processes, and prediction of chlorite grain coatings in petroleum reservoirs: A review of subsurface examples

    Patrick J. Dowey;David M. Hodgson;Richard H. Worden

  • The full range of turbidite bed thickness patterns in submarine lobes: controls and implications

    Amandine Prélat;Amandine Prélat;David M. Hodgson;David M. Hodgson

  • Anatomy and dimensions of fluvial crevasse-splay deposits: Examples from the Cretaceous Castlegate Sandstone and Neslen Formation, Utah, U.S.A.

    C.E. Burns;N.P. Mountney;D.M. Hodgson;L. Colombera

  • Submarine slope degradation and aggradation and the stratigraphic evolution of channel–levee systems

    D.M. Hodgson;C.N. Di Celma;C.N. Di Celma;R.L. Brunt;S.S. Flint

  • Frontal and lateral submarine lobe fringes: Comparing sedimentary facies, architecture and flow processes

    Yvonne T. Spychala;David M. Hodgson;Amandine Prélat;Ian A. Kane

  • The stratigraphic record and processes of turbidity current transformation across deep-marine lobes

    Ian A. Kane;Anna S. M. Pontén;Brita Vangdal;Joris T. Eggenhuisen

  • U-Pb zircon ages from the southwestern Karoo Basin, South Africa—Implications for the Permian-Triassic boundary

    Andrea Fildani;Amy Weislogel;Nicholas J. Drinkwater;Tim McHargue

  • Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a Catalyst Support in Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

    Noramalina Mansor;Thomas S. Miller;Ishanka Dedigama;Ana Belen Jorge

  • The role of mass-transport complexes in controlling channel avulsion and the subsequent sediment dispersal patterns on an active margin: The Magdalena Fan, offshore Colombia

    A. Ortiz-Karpf;D.M. Hodgson;W.D. McCaffrey

  • Age Controls on the Tanqua and Laingsburg Deep-Water Systems: New Insights on the Evolution and Sedimentary Fill of the Karoo Basin, South Africa

    Andrea Fildani;Nicholas J. Drinkwater;Amy Weislogel;Tim McHargue

  • Flow–Deposit Interaction in Submarine Lobes: Insights from Outcrop Observations and Realizations of a Process-Based Numerical Model

    Remco M. Groenenberg;David M. Hodgson;Amandine Prélat;Stefan M. Luthi

  • Spatial and Temporal Evolution of a Permian Submarine Slope Channel–Levee System, Karoo Basin, South Africa

    Claudio N. Di Celma;Rufus L. Brunt;David M. Hodgson;Stephen S. Flint

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen S. Flint
Stephen S. Flint University of Manchester
Christopher A.-L. Jackson
Christopher A.-L. Jackson Imperial College London
Jeff Peakall
Jeff Peakall University of Leeds
Ian A. Kane
Ian A. Kane University of Manchester
Nigel P. Mountney
Nigel P. Mountney University of Leeds
William D. McCaffrey
William D. McCaffrey University of Leeds
Richard H. Worden
Richard H. Worden University of Liverpool
Andreas Lang
Andreas Lang University of Salzburg
Jonathan L. Carrivick
Jonathan L. Carrivick University of Leeds
Richard E. Ll. Collier
Richard E. Ll. Collier University of Leeds

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