2026 Donald D. Blankenship: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	73	792	701	376	323	427	19766

Overview

Donald D. Blankenship is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

The main fields of study where Blankenship has contributed include:

Earth and Planetary Sciences
Environmental Science

Within these fields, they have specialized in the following subfields of study:

Atmospheric Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Ecology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Their research topics encompass a variety of areas related to cold regions, planetary exploration, and environmental monitoring, such as:

Cryospheric studies and observations
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
Planetary Science and Exploration
Polar Research and Ecology
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Astro and Planetary Science

Donald Blankenship has coauthored extensively with several scientists. Frequent collaborators include:

D. A. Young
Jamin S. Greenbaum
Martín J. Siegert
Jason L. Roberts
Dustin M. Schroeder

Blankenship has published multiple papers across prominent scientific journals and venues. These include:

"Five decades of radioglaciology" (2020) in Annals of Glaciology
"Getz Ice Shelf melt enhanced by freshwater discharge from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet" (2020) in The Cryosphere
"Bed topography of Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica" (2020) in Earth system science data
"Brine Migration and Impact-Induced Cryovolcanism on Europa" (2020) in Geophysical Research Letters
"Science Overview of the Europa Clipper Mission" (2024) in Space Science Reviews

Frequent publication venues for Blankenship include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The Cryosphere
Geophysical Research Letters
Annals of Glaciology
Icarus

In addition to journal articles, Blankenship has authored several books published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Titles include:

"Antarctic Volcanism: Explore the remotest volcanoes of the planet!" (2022)
"Vulcanismo antártico: ¡Explora los volcanes más remotos del planeta!" (2023)
"Vulcanismo antartico: Esplora i vulcani più remoti del pianeta!" (2023)

Best Publications

Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

2259
Citations
Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet

M. Morlighem;Eric Rignot;Tobias Binder;Donald Blankenship

979
Citations
Deformation of till beneath ice stream B, West Antarctica

R. B. Alley;Donald D Blankenship;C. R. Bentley;S. T. Rooney

724
Citations
Till beneath ice stream B: 3. Till deformation: Evidence and implications

R. B. Alley;D. D. Blankenship;C. R. Bentley;S. T. Rooney

440
Citations
Sedimentation beneath ice shelves — the view from ice stream B

R. B. Alley;Donald D Blankenship;S. T. Rooney;C. R. Bentley

436
Citations
Seismic measurements reveal a saturated porous layer beneath an active Antarctic ice stream

Donald D Blankenship;C. R. Bentley;S. T. Rooney;R. B. Alley

426
Citations
Accelerated Antarctic ice loss from satellite gravity measurements

Jianli Chen;Clark R Wilson;Donald D Blankenship;Byron D Tapley

419
Citations
A revised inventory of Antarctic subglacial lakes

Martin J. Siegert;Sasha Carter;Ignazio Tabacco;Sergey Popov

343
Citations
Active formation of ‘chaos terrain’ over shallow subsurface water on Europa

B. E. Schmidt;D. D. Blankenship;G. W. Patterson;P. M. Schenk

333
Citations
Till beneath ice stream B: 1. Properties derived from seismic travel times

D. D. Blankenship;C. R. Bentley;S. T. Rooney;Richard B. Alley

321
Citations
Analysis techniques for coherent airborne radar sounding: Application to West Antarctic ice streams

Matthew E. Peters;Donald D. Blankenship;David L. Morse

300
Citations
The climate data toolbox for MATLAB

Chad A. Greene;Chad A. Greene;Kaustubh Thirumalai;Kelly A. Kearney;Kelly A. Kearney;José Miguel Delgado

285
Citations
Influence of subglacial geology on the position of a West antarctic ice stream from seismic observations

S. Anandakrishnan;Donald D Blankenship;R. B. Alley;Paul L Stoffa

278
Citations
Active volcanism beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet and implications for ice-sheet stability

Donald D. Blankenship;Robin E. Bell;Steven M. Hodge;John M. Brozena

262
Citations
Influence of subglacial geology on the onset of a West Antarctic ice stream from aerogeophysical observations

R. E. Bell;Donald D Blankenship;C. A. Finn;D. L. Morse

257
Citations
Basal conditions for Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, West Antarctica, determined using satellite and airborne data

Ian Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk;Jonathan L. Bamber;Don Blankenship

251
Citations
Antarctic Mapping Tools for Matlab

Chad A. Greene;David E. Gwyther;Donald D. Blankenship

246
Citations
Ocean heat drives rapid basal melt of the Totten Ice Shelf.

Stephen Rich Rintoul;Stephen Rich Rintoul;Alessandro Silvano;Alessandro Silvano;Beatriz Pena-Molino;Esmee van Wijk

240
Citations
New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic ice sheet: Subglacial topography beneath Pine Island Glacier

David G. Vaughan;Hugh F. J. Corr;Fausto Ferraccioli;Nicholas Frearson

231
Citations
Where to find 1.5 million yr old ice for the IPICS "Oldest-Ice" ice core

H. Fischer;J. Severinghaus;E. Brook;E. Wolff;E. Wolff

228
Citations
Ocean access to a cavity beneath Totten Glacier in East Antarctica

J. S. Greenbaum;Donald D Blankenship;Duncan A Young;Thomas G Richter

224
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division

Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter

Dustin M. Schroeder Stanford University

Fausto Ferraccioli National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics

Robin E. Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

John W. Holt University of Arizona

Carol A. Finn United States Geological Survey

Tom A. Jordan British Antarctic Survey

Tas D. van Ommen Australian Antarctic Division

Wilfried Jokat University of Bremen

External Links

Personal website of Donald D. Blankenship

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