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Don Francis 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 Don Francis sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 105 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Don Francis 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 Don Francis 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: 39 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Don Francis is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their academic profile is defined primarily through this connection.

While there is limited publicly available detailed information about Don Francis's specific research topics, publications, or collaborators, it is apparent that their contributions remain associated with McGill University's academic community.

No recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or specific fields and subfields of study have been documented in the available sources. Likewise, no awards have been recorded for this individual.

Due to the limited data, a comprehensive overview of Don Francis's scientific work cannot be provided beyond their institutional affiliation. Their ongoing professional status is current, as no information suggests otherwise.

Best Publications

  • Neodymium-142 Evidence for Hadean Mafic Crust

    Jonathan O'Neil;Richard W. Carlson;Don Francis;Ross K. Stevenson

  • Nature of the mantle roots beneath the North American craton: mantle xenolith evidence from Somerset Island kimberlites

    S.S Schmidberger;D Francis

  • Evidence for the survival of the oldest terrestrial mantle reservoir

    Matthew G. Jackson;Matthew G. Jackson;Richard W. Carlson;Mark D. Kurz;Pamela D. Kempton

  • Formation age and metamorphic history of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt

    Jonathan O’Neil;Jonathan O’Neil;Richard W. Carlson;Jean-Louis Paquette;Don Francis

  • Preservation of Earth-forming events in the tungsten isotopic composition of modern flood basalts.

    Hanika Rizo;Richard J. Walker;Richard W. Carlson;Mary F. Horan

  • Implications of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt for the Formation of Earth's Early Crust

    Jonathan O’Neil;Don Francis;Richard W. Carlson

  • An Example of Consequent Mantle Metasomatism in Peridotite Inclusions from Nunivak Island, Alaska

    Michael F. Roden;Michael F. Roden;Fred A. Frey;Donald M. Francis

  • The Baffin Bay lavas and the value of picrites as analogues of primary magmas

    Don Francis

  • Magma Evolution in a Proterozoic Rifting Environment

    Don Francis;John Ludden;Andrew Hynes

  • Mantle-Melt Interaction Recorded in Spinel Lherzolite Xenoliths from the Alligator Lake Volcanic Complex, Yukon, Canada

    Don Francis

  • The Signature of Amphibole in Mafic Alkaline Lavas, a Study in the Northern Canadian Cordillera

    Don Francis;John Ludden

  • The Mantle Source for Olivine Nephelinite, Basanite, and Alkaline Olivine Basalt at Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Canada

    Don Francis;John Ludden

  • Os isotopic systematics in mantle xenoliths; age constraints on the Canadian Cordillera lithosphere

    Anne H Peslier;Laurie Reisberg;John Ludden;Don Francis

  • Constraints on the Trace Element Composition of the Archean Mantle Root beneath Somerset Island, Arctic Canada

    S. S. Schmidberger;D. Francis

  • Probing Archean lithosphere using the Lu-Hf isotope systematics of peridotite xenoliths from Somerset Island kimberlites, Canada

    Stefanie S. Schmidberger;Stefanie S. Schmidberger;Antonio Simonetti;Don Francis;Clément Gariépy

  • Hadean greenstones from the Nuvvuagittuq fold belt and the origin of the Earth's early continental crust

    John Adam;Tracy Rushmer;Jonathan O'Neil;Don Francis

  • The Lithospheric Mantle beneath Continental Margins: Melting and Melt–Rock Reaction in Canadian Cordillera Xenoliths

    Anne H. Peslier;Don Francis;John Ludden

  • Kimberlites and aillikites as probes of the continental lithospheric mantle

    Don Francis;Michael Patterson

  • Mantle heterogeneity during the formation of the North Atlantic Igneous Province: Constraints from trace element and Sr‐Nd‐Os‐O isotope systematics of Baffin Island picrites

    A. J. R. Kent;E. M. Stolper;D. Francis;J. Woodhead

  • Picrite evidence for more Fe in Archean mantle reservoirs

    Don Francis;John Ludden;Robert Johnstone;William Davis

  • Small-scale Sr isotope investigation of clinopyroxenes from peridotite xenoliths by laser ablation MC-ICP-MS—implications for mantle metasomatism

    S.S. Schmidberger;S.S. Schmidberger;A. Simonetti;D. Francis

Frequent Co-Authors

John Ludden
John Ludden Heriot-Watt University
Boswell A. Wing
Boswell A. Wing University of Colorado Boulder
Richard W. Carlson
Richard W. Carlson Carnegie Institution for Science
Ross Stevenson
Ross Stevenson University of Quebec at Montreal
Antonio Simonetti
Antonio Simonetti University of Notre Dame
Matthew G. Jackson
Matthew G. Jackson University of California, Santa Barbara
Jean H. Bédard
Jean H. Bédard Geological Survey of Canada
Jean Carignan
Jean Carignan Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Dominic Papineau
Dominic Papineau University College London
Mireille Polvé
Mireille Polvé Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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