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43
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4871
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Derek York 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 Derek York sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 123 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Derek York 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 Derek York sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Derek York was affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada during their academic career.

Their research output did not include recorded recent papers with accompanying details such as titles, publication years, or venues available from the provided data.

No frequent co-authors or recurring publication venues were documented for Derek York.

Their work did not have listed book publications or named publishers connected to book outputs.

Information regarding main fields of study, subfields, and main topics of research was not available.

There were no awards recorded as part of the provided data for this scientist.

Derek York is deceased.

Best Publications

  • Least squares fitting of a straight line with correlated errors

    Derek York

  • Late PlioceneHomoand Oldowan Tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member), Ethiopia

    William Kimbel;R. C. Walter;Donald Johanson;Kaye Reed

  • Geothermometry from 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating experiments

    Glenn W Berger;Derek York

  • 40Ar/39Ar dating of terrestrial minerals with a continuous laser

    Derek York;Chris M. Hall;Yotaro Yanase;John A. Hanes

  • The derivation of 40Ar/39Ar age spectra of single grains of hornblende and biotite by laser step-heating

    Paul W. Layer;Chris M. Hall;Derek York

  • CHAPTER 8 – THE PHANEROZOIC TIME-SCALE

    Derek York;Ronald M. Farquhar

  • The best isochron

    Derek York

  • Single grain argon laser probe dating of phengites from the blueschist to greenschist transition on Sifnos (Cyclades, Greece)

    Jan R. Wijbrans;Manfred Schliestedt;Derek York

  • Dates and rates in ancient lakes: 40Ar–39Ar evidence for an Early Cretaceous age for the Jehol Group, northeast China

    Patrick E. Smith;Norman M. Evensen;Derek York;Mee-Mann Chang

  • The age of the Popigai impact event and its relation to events at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary

    Richard Bottomley;Richard Grieve;Derek York;Victor Masaitis

  • Single crystal 40Ar‐39Ar dating of a Late Quaternary paroxysm on Kos, Greece: Concordance of terrestrial and marine ages

    P. E. Smith;D. York;Y. Chen;N. M. Evensen

  • Geochronology, stratigraphy and geochemistry of Cindery Tuff in Pliocene hominid-bearing sediments of the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.

    C. M. Hall;R. C. Walter;J. A. Westgate;D. York

  • 40 Ar- 39 Ar ages of scandinavian impact structures: I Mien and Siljan

    R. J. Bottomley;D. York;R. A. F. Grieve

  • Additional 40Ar-39Ar dating of the basement and the alkaline volcanism of Gorringe Bank (Atlantic Ocean)

    Gilbert Féraud;Derek York;Catherine Mével;Guy Cornen

  • 40Ar39Ar step-heating and laser fusion dating of a quaternary pumice from Neschers, Massif Central, France: The defeat of xenocrystic contamination

    Ph. Lo Bello;G. Féraud;C.M. Hall;D. York

  • Calibration of Grenvillian palaeopoles by 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating

    G. W. Berger;Derek York;D. J. Dunlop

  • THE AGES OF CARBONATITE COMPLEXES IN EASTERN CANADA

    J. Gittins;R. M. Macintyre;D. York

  • Constraints on the motions of South American and African Shields during the Proterozoic: I. 40Ar/39Ar and paleomagnetic correlations between Venezuela and Liberia

    T. C. Onstott;R. B. Hargraves;Derek York;Chris Hall

  • First successful 40Ar-39Ar dating of glauconies: Argon recoil in single grains of cryptocrystalline material

    P. E. Smith;N. M. Evensen;D. York

  • K–Ar and 40 Ar/ 39 Ar Age of the Laschamp geomagnetic polarity reversal

    Chris M. Hall;Derek York

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul W. Layer
Paul W. Layer University of Alaska Fairbanks
Richard A. F. Grieve
Richard A. F. Grieve University of Western Ontario
Michael McWilliams
Michael McWilliams Stanford University
David J. Dunlop
David J. Dunlop University of Toronto
Alfred Kröner
Alfred Kröner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Margarita López-Martínez
Margarita López-Martínez Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada
Henry P. Schwarcz
Henry P. Schwarcz McMaster University
Billy P. Glass
Billy P. Glass University of Delaware
Paul van den Bogaard
Paul van den Bogaard GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Steven D. Scott
Steven D. Scott University of Toronto

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