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D-Index
49
Citations
8100
World Ranking
5295
National Ranking
1943

Derek W. G. Sears 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 Derek W. G. Sears sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 433 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Derek W. G. Sears 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 Derek W. G. Sears sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Derek W. G. Sears is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Physics and Astronomy, with a strong emphasis on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Geophysics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Space Exploration and Technology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Derek W. G. Sears has published several papers in notable scientific journals, including:

  • "Basaltic fissure types on Earth: Suitable analogs to evaluate the origins of volcanic terrains on the Moon and Mars?" (2020, Planetary and Space Science)
  • "Induced thermoluminescence as a method for dating recent volcanism: The Blue Dragon flow, Idaho, USA and the factors affecting induced thermoluminescence" (2020, Planetary and Space Science)
  • "A new method for determining the petrologic type of unequilibrated ordinary chondrites that can be applied to asteroids" (2021, Icarus)
  • "The Apollo 17 Regolith: Induced Thermoluminescence Evidence for Formation by a Single Event ∼100 Million Years Ago and Possibly the Presence of Tycho Material" (2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)
  • "Thermoluminescence and Apollo 17 ANGSA Lunar Samples: NASA's Fifty-Year Experiment and Prospecting for Cold Traps" (2024, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • A. Sehlke
  • S. S. Hughes
  • W. B. Garry
  • Eric H. Christiansen
  • S. E. Kobs Nawotniak

Key venues where Derek W. G. Sears has published work are:

  • Planetary and Space Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Icarus

Best Publications

  • Chelyabinsk airburst, damage assessment, meteorite recovery, and characterization

    Olga P. Popova;Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Vacheslav Emel'yanenko;Anna Kartashova

  • Measuring metamorphic history of unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

    D. W. Sears;J. N. Grossman;C. L. Melcher;C. L. Melcher;L. M. Ross

  • Radar-Enabled Recovery of the Sutter’s Mill Meteorite, a Carbonaceous Chondrite Regolith Breccia

    Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Marc D. Fries;Qing-Zhu Yin;Michael Zolensky

  • The compositional classification of chondrites: II The enstatite chondrite groups

    Derek W. Sears;Gregory W. Kallemeyn;John T. Wasson

  • The classification and complex thermal history of the enstatite chondrites

    Yanhong Zhang;Paul H. Benoit;Derek W. G. Sears

  • Overview and classification of meteorites.

    Derek W. G. Sears;Robert T. Dodd

  • Chondrules: Their Diversity and the Role of Open-System Processes during Their Formation

    Shaoxiong Huang;Jie Lu;Martin Prinz;Michael K. Weisberg

  • Chemical and physical studies of type 3 chondrites. XI - Metamorphism, pairing, and brecciation of ordinary chondrites

    D. W. G. Sears;F. A. Hasan;J. D. Batchelor;J. Lu

  • Chemical and physical studies of type 3 chondrites XII: The metamorphic history of CV chondrites and their components

    R. Kyle Guimon;Steven J. K. Symes;Derek W. G. Sears;Paul H. Benoit

  • Magnesium isotopic composition of the Moon

    Fatemeh Sedaghatpour;Fang-Zhen Teng;Yang Liu;Derek W.G. Sears

  • Metamorphism of CO and CO-like chondrites and comparisons with type 3 ordinary chondrites

    Derek W. G. Sears;J. David Batchelor;Jie Lu;Bradley D. Keck

  • REGOLITH AND MEGAREGOLITH FORMATION OF H-CHONDRITES : THERMAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE PARENT BODY

    Glen Akridge;Paul H. Benoit;Derek W.G. Sears

  • Chemical and physical studies of type 3 chondrites—I: Metamorphism related studies of Antarctic and other type 3 ordinary chondrites

    D.W. Sears;D.W. Sears;J.N. Grossman;C.L. Melcher

  • Thermoluminescence and compositional zoning in the mesostasis of a Semarkona group A1 chondrule and new insights into the chondrule-forming process

    Satoshi Matsunami;Kiyotaka Ninagawa;Satoru Nishimura;Noriko Kubono

  • A compositional classification scheme for meteoritic chondrules.

    Derek W. G. Sears;Lu Jie;Paul H. Benoit;John M. DeHart

  • On laboratory simulation and the temperature dependence of the evaporation rate of brine on Mars

    Derek W. G. Sears;Julie D. Chittenden

  • Sublimation rate of ice under simulated Mars conditions and the effect of layers of mock regolith JSC Mars‐1

    Vincent Chevrier;Derek W. G. Sears;Julie D. Chittenden;Larry A. Roe

  • On laboratory simulation and the evaporation rate of water on Mars

    Derek W. G. Sears;Shauntae R. Moore

  • Condensation and the composition of iron meteorites

    D.W. Sears

  • Open-system behavior during chondrule formation

    D. W. G. Sears;H. Shaoxiong;P. H. Benoit

  • Chemical and physical studies of type 3 chondrites—IV: Annealing studies of a type 3.4 ordinary chondrite and the metamorphic history of meteorites

    R.Kyle Guimon;Bradly D. Keck;Karen S. Weeks;John DeHart

  • Fall, recovery, and characterization of the Novato L6 chondrite breccia

    Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Alan E. Rubin;Qing‐Zhu Yin;Derek W. G. Sears

  • Chemical and physical studies of type 3 chondrites—V: The enstatite chondrites

    Karen S. Weeks;Derek W.G. Sears

  • Chemical and physical studies of chondrites: X. Cathodoluminescence and phase composition studies of metamorphism and nebular processes in chondrules of type 3 ordinary chondrites

    John M. DeHart;Gary E. Lofgren;Lu Jie;Paul H. Benoit

  • The crystalline lunar spherules: Their formation and implications for the origin of meteoritic chondrules

    Steven J. K. Symes;Derek W. G. Sears;D. Glen Akridge;Shaoxiong Huang

  • Stability of ice on Mars and the water vapor diurnal cycle: Experimental study of the sublimation of ice through a fine-grained basaltic regolith

    Kathryn L. Bryson;Vincent Chevrier;Derek W.G. Sears;Richard Ulrich

  • Evidence for low-temperature growth of fayalite and hedenbergite in MacAlpine Hills 88107, an ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite related to the CM-CO clan

    Alexander N. Krot;Adrian J. Brearley;Michael I. Petaev;Gregory W. Kallemeyn

  • Cathodoluminescence of geological materials: edited by D.J. Marshall. Unwin Hyman, 1988, 146p., $95.00 (ISBN 0-04-522026-7)

    Derek W.G. Sears

  • Thermoluminescence of Solids: S. W. S. McKeever. Cambridge University Press, 1985, 376 p., $69.50

    Derek W.G. Sears

  • Terrestrial ages of meteorites

    Derek W.G. Sears

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Chevrier
Vincent Chevrier University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Michael E. Zolensky
Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Daniel T. Britt
Daniel T. Britt University of Central Florida
Alan E. Rubin
Alan E. Rubin University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel J. Scheeres
Daniel J. Scheeres University of Colorado Boulder
C. T. Pillinger
C. T. Pillinger The Open University
Carle M. Pieters
Carle M. Pieters Brown University
Qing-Zhu Yin
Qing-Zhu Yin University of California, Davis
Ian Wright
Ian Wright The Open University
Matthias Laubenstein
Matthias Laubenstein National Institute for Nuclear Physics

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