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D-Index
87
Citations
24920
World Ranking
344
National Ranking
9

D.G. Pearson 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 D.G. Pearson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 462 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

D.G. Pearson 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 D.G. Pearson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

D.G. Pearson is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology. Their extensive research portfolio includes diverse topics centered on geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geochemistry and elemental analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and geological studies and exploration.

Their work has appeared in various scientific venues, reflecting a broad dissemination within the geoscience community. Notable venues where Pearson has frequently published include:

  • Birds of the World
  • Lithos
  • Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Some of Pearson's recent papers demonstrate a focus on continental and mantle processes. These include:

  • "Deep continental roots and cratons," 2021, published in Nature
  • "Kimberlite genesis from a common carbonate-rich primary melt modified by lithospheric mantle assimilation," 2020, published in Science Advances
  • "Hafnium isotopes in zircons document the gradual onset of mobile-lid tectonics," 2020, published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters
  • "Plume-driven recratonization of deep continental lithospheric mantle," 2021, published in Nature
  • "Laser ablation split-stream analysis of the Sm-Nd and U-Pb isotope compositions of monazite, titanite, and apatite - Improvements, potential reference materials, and application to the Archean Saglek Block gneisses," 2020, published in Chemical Geology

Pearson collaborates frequently with several researchers, contributing to collective advancements in geosciences. Key co-authors include Thomas Stachel, Richard A. Stern, Yan Luo, Steven B. Shirey, and C. K. Sarkar.

Throughout their career, D.G. Pearson has engaged in interdisciplinary research, incorporating aspects of artificial intelligence within earth sciences, alongside traditional geological and geophysical approaches.

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2016, associated with the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Hydrous mantle transition zone indicated by ringwoodite included within diamond

    DG Pearson;FE Brenker;F Nestola;J McNeill

  • Mantle Samples Included in Volcanic Rocks: Xenoliths and Diamonds

    D.G. Pearson;D. Canil;S.B. Shirey

  • Physical, chemical, and chronological characteristics of continental mantle

    Richard W. Carlson;D. Graham Pearson;David E. James

  • Diamonds and the Geology of Mantle Carbon

    Steven B. Shirey;Pierre Cartigny;Daniel J. Frost;Shantanu Keshav

  • Stabilisation of Archaean lithospheric mantle: A ReOs isotope study of peridotite xenoliths from the Kaapvaal craton

    D.G. Pearson;R.W. Carlson;S.B. Shirey;F.R. Boyd

  • Composition of the Siberian cratonic mantle: evidence from Udachnaya peridotite xenoliths

    F. R. Boyd;N. P. Pokhilenko;D. G. Pearson;S. A. Mertzman

  • ReOs, SmNd, and RbSr isotope evidence for thick Archaean lithospheric mantle beneath the Siberian craton modified by multistage metasomatism

    D.G. Pearson;S.B. Shirey;R.W. Carlson;F.R. Boyd

  • Solvent extraction/anion exchange separation and determination of PGEs (Os, Ir, Pt, Pd, Ru) and Re-Os isotopes in geological samples by isotope dilution ICP-MS

    D. G. Pearson

  • Magmatism Associated with Orogenic Collapse of the Betic–Alboran Domain, SE Spain

    S. P. Turner;J. P. Platt;R. M. M. George;S. P. Kelley

  • The age of continental roots

    D.G Pearson

  • 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

  • Re-Os isotope systematics and platinum group element fractionation during mantle melt extraction: a study of massif and xenolith peridotite suites

    D. G. Pearson;G. J. Irvine;D. A. Ionov;F. R. Boyd

  • Methods for the microsampling and high-precision analysis of strontium and rubidium isotopes at single crystal scale for petrological and geochronological applications

    B.L.A. Charlier;B.L.A. Charlier;C. Ginibre;C. Ginibre;D. Morgan;G.M. Nowell

  • Formation of Archaean continental lithosphere and its diamonds: the root of the problem

    D.G. Pearson;N. Wittig

  • Ferric iron in peridotites and mantle oxidation states

    D. Canil;H.St.C. O'Neill;D.G. Pearson;R.L. Rudnick

  • A link between large mantle melting events and continent growth seen in osmium isotopes.

    D. G. Pearson;S. W. Parman;G. M. Nowell

  • Geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of diamond facies pyroxenites from the Beni Bousera Peridotite Massif, North Morocco

    D. G. Pearson;G. R. Davies;P. H. Nixon

  • Archaean Re–Os age for Siberian eclogites and constraints on Archaean tectonics

    D. G. Pearson;D. G. Pearson;G. A. Snyder;S. B. Shirey;L. A. Taylor

  • Sulphide inclusions in diamonds from the Koffiefontein kimberlite, S Africa: Constraints on diamond ages and mantle Re-Os systematics

    D.G. Pearson;S.B. Shirey;J.W. Harris;R.W. Carlson

  • The origin of garnet and clinopyroxene in ''depleted'' Kaapvaal peridotites

    Nina S. C. Simon;Gordon J. Irvine;Gareth R. Davies;D. Graham Pearson

  • Proceedings of 10th International Kimberlite Conference

    D Graham Pearson;Herman S Grütter;Jeff W Harris;Bruce A Kjarsgaard

  • Laser-ablation-ICPMS in the Earth Sciences: principles and applications

    D.Graham Pearson

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoff Nowell
Geoff Nowell Durham University
Gareth R. Davies
Gareth R. Davies Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Steven B. Shirey
Steven B. Shirey Carnegie Institution for Science
Chris J. Ottley
Chris J. Ottley Durham University
Thomas Stachel
Thomas Stachel University of Alberta
Richard W. Carlson
Richard W. Carlson Carnegie Institution for Science
Ambre Luguet
Ambre Luguet University of Bonn
Jeff W. Harris
Jeff W. Harris University of Glasgow
Richard A. Stern
Richard A. Stern University of Alberta
Jon P. Davidson
Jon P. Davidson Durham University

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