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D-Index
36
Citations
8087
World Ranking
7055
National Ranking
30

David R. Bell 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 R. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 90 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David R. Bell 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 R. Bell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David R. Bell is affiliated with Nelson Mandela University in South Africa. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, with a notable focus on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Epidemiology, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers several major topics, including:

  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Spinal Hematomas and Complications
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies

David R. Bell has contributed to multiple publications. Key recent papers include:

  • A Trend-Based Early Warning Score Can Be Implemented in a Hospital Electronic Medical Record to Effectively Predict Inpatient Deterioration, 2021, Critical Care Medicine
  • Conservative Management of Type II Odontoid Fractures in Older People: A Retrospective Observational Comparison of Osseous Union Versus Nonunion, 2020, Neurosurgery
  • The implementation of a real time early warning system using machine learning in an Australian hospital to improve patient outcomes, 2023, Resuscitation
  • Prognostic factors for surgically managed intramedullary spinal cord tumours: a single-centre case series, 2022, Acta Neurochirurgica
  • Timing of whole genome duplication is associated with tumor-specific MHC-II depletion in serous ovarian cancer, 2024, Nature Communications

The most frequent coauthors working with David R. Bell include:

  • Asfand Baig Mirza
  • Gordan Grahovac
  • James Bartram
  • Amisha Vastani
  • José Pedro Lavrador

Publication venues that have featured David R. Bell's work multiple times include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Resuscitation
  • Nature Communications
  • Neurosurgery

Best Publications

  • Water in Earth's Mantle: The Role of Nominally Anhydrous Minerals

    David R. Bell;George R. Rossman

  • Quantitative analysis of trace OH in garnet and pyroxenes

    David R. Bell;Phillip D. Ihinger;George R. Rossman

  • Hydroxide in olivine: A quantitative determination of the absolute amount and calibration of the IR spectrum

    David R. Bell;David R. Bell;George R. Rossman;Joachim Maldener;Denis Endisch;Denis Endisch

  • Petrogenesis of Group I Kimberlites from Kimberley, South Africa: Evidence from Bulk-rock Geochemistry

    Anton P. Le Roex;David R. Bell;Peter Davis

  • Hf Isotope Systematics of Kimberlites and their Megacrysts: New Constraints on their Source Regions

    G. M. Nowell;D. G. Pearson;D. R. Bell;R. W. Carlson

  • Lateral variation in upper mantle viscosity: role of water

    Jacqueline E. Dixon;Timothy H. Dixon;D. R. Bell;Rocco Malservisi

  • Garnet Lherzolites from the Kaapvaal Craton (South Africa): Trace Element Evidence for a Metasomatic History

    M. Grégoire;D. R. Bell;D. R. Bell;A. P. Le Roex

  • Hydroxide in pyroxene; variations in the natural environment

    Henrik Skogby;David R. Bell;George R. Rossman

  • Olivine water contents in the continental lithosphere and the longevity of cratons

    Anne H. Peslier;Alan B. Woodland;David R. Bell;Marina Lazarov

  • Hydrogen concentration analyses using SIMS and FTIR: Comparison and calibration for nominally anhydrous minerals

    Kenneth Koga;Kenneth Koga;Erik H. Hauri;Marc M. Hirschmann;David Bell

  • Abundance and Partitioning of OH in a High-pressure Magmatic System: Megacrysts from the Monastery Kimberlite, South Africa

    David R. Bell;George R. Rossman;Rory O. Moore

  • Incorporation of hydroxyl in upper-mantle clinopyroxenes

    J. R. Smyth;D. R. Bell;G. R. Rossman

  • A new model for the evolution of diamond-forming fluids: Evidence from microinclusion-bearing diamonds from Kankan, Guinea

    Y. Weiss;R. Kessel;W.L. Griffin;I. Kiflawi

  • The distribution of hydroxyl in garnets from the subcontinental mantle of southern Africa

    David R. Bell;George R. Rossman

  • Intercalibration of FTIR and SIMS for hydrogen measurements in glasses and nominally anhydrous minerals

    Cyril Aubaud;Cyril Aubaud;Anthony C. Withers;Marc M. Hirschmann;Yunbin Guan

  • Xenolith constraints on seismic velocities in the upper mantle beneath southern Africa

    D. E. James;F. R. Boyd;D. Schutt;D. Schutt;D. R. Bell

  • Silica and volatile-element metasomatism of Archean mantle: a xenolith-scale example from the Kaapvaal Craton

    David R. Bell;David R. Bell;M. Grégoire;T. L. Grove;N. Chatterjee

  • Mesozoic thermal evolution of the southern African mantle lithosphere

    David R. Bell;David R. Bell;Mark D. Schmitz;Philip E. Janney

  • Metasomatic control of water contents in the Kaapvaal cratonic mantle

    A.H. Peslier;A.B. Woodland;D.R. Bell;M. Lazarov

  • Analysis of hydrogen in olivine by SIMS: Evaluation of standards and protocol

    Jed L. Mosenfelder;Marion Le Voyer;George R. Rossman;Yunbin Guan

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Hervig
Richard L. Hervig Arizona State University
George R. Rossman
George R. Rossman California Institute of Technology
Peter R. Buseck
Peter R. Buseck Arizona State University
Richard W. Carlson
Richard W. Carlson Carnegie Institution for Science
Alan B. Woodland
Alan B. Woodland Goethe University Frankfurt
Michel Grégoire
Michel Grégoire Paul Sabatier University
Oded Navon
Oded Navon Hebrew University of Jerusalem
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Marc M. Hirschmann
Marc M. Hirschmann University of Minnesota
Anthony C. Withers
Anthony C. Withers University of Western Ontario

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