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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 6903 6394 711 660 113 4914

Douglas Mair publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Douglas Mair between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Douglas Mair published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 4 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 2012. 7 of the 116 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 2012. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 8 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 3 publications
1997 2025

116 publications in total across all disciplines

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Douglas Mair: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 2
1999 0
2000 1
2001 1
2002 2
2003 4
2004 1
2005 8
2006 2
2007 2
2008 4
2009 4
2010 8
2011 4
2012 10
2013 8
2014 8
2015 4
2016 5
2017 8
2018 5
2019 2
2020 3
2021 8
2022 4
2023 0
2024 4
2025 3
Total 116
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Douglas Mair 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 Douglas Mair sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 108–117 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 113 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484 113
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Douglas Mair 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 Douglas Mair sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 37 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366 37
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Douglas Mair is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's main themes of study cover areas such as Cryospheric studies and observations, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Climate change and permafrost, Polar Research and Ecology, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Douglas Mair has contributed to numerous academic publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Linear response of the Greenland ice sheet's tidewater glacier terminus positions to climate" (2021, Journal of Glaciology)
  • "Englacial Architecture and Age-Depth Constraints Across the West Antarctic Ice Sheet" (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • "Firn on ice sheets" (2024, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • "Proper orthogonal decomposition of ice velocity identifies drivers of flow variability at Sermeq Kujalleq (Jakobshavn Isbræ)" (2022, The Cryosphere)
  • "Greenland tidewater glacier advanced rapidly during era of Norse settlement" (2022, Geology)

Frequent co-authors in their research include James M. Lea, David W. Ashmore, Dominik Fahrner, Stephen Brough, and Robert G. Bingham.

The primary journals and publication venues where Douglas Mair has published include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Cryosphere

Best Publications

  • Seasonal evolution of subglacial drainage and acceleration in a Greenland outlet glacier

    Ian Bartholomew;Peter Nienow;Douglas Mair;Alun Hubbard

  • Evolution of the subglacial drainage system beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed by tracers

    D. M. Chandler;J. L. Wadham;G. P. Lis;T. Cowton

  • Short-term variability in Greenland Ice Sheet motion forced by time-varying meltwater drainage: Implications for the relationship between subglacial drainage system behavior and ice velocity

    Ian Bartholomew;Peter Nienow;Andrew Sole;Douglas Mair

  • Supraglacial forcing of subglacial drainage in the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

    Ian Bartholomew;Peter Nienow;Andrew Sole;Douglas Mair

  • Rapid erosion beneath the Greenland ice sheet

    Tom Cowton;Peter Nienow;I. Bartholomew;Andy Sole

  • Seasonal speedup of a Greenland marine-terminating outlet glacier forced by surface melt-induced changes in subglacial hydrology

    Andy Sole;Andy Sole;D. W. F. Mair;Peter Nienow;I. D. Bartholomew

  • Winter motion mediates dynamic response of the Greenland Ice Sheet to warmer summers

    Andrew Sole;Andrew Sole;Peter Nienow;Ian Bartholomew;Douglas Mair

  • Influence of subglacial drainage system evolution on glacier surface motion: Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Douglas Mair;Douglas Mair;Peter Nienow;Martin J. Sharp;Trudy Wohlleben

  • Evolution of drainage system morphology at a land-terminating Greenlandic outlet glacier

    Tom Cowton;Peter Nienow;Andrew Sole;Andrew Sole;Jemma Wadham

  • Seasonal variations in Greenland Ice Sheet motion: Inland extent and behaviour at higher elevations

    I. D. Bartholomew;Peter Nienow;Andy Sole;D. Mair

  • Importance of seasonal and annual layers in controlling backscatter to radar altimeters across the percolation zone of an ice sheet

    Julian B. T. Scott;Peter Nienow;Douglas Mair;Victoria Parry

  • Enhanced basal lubrication and the contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to future sea-level rise

    Sarah R. Shannon;Antony J. Payne;Ian D. Bartholomew;Michiel R. van den Broeke

  • Comparison of a three-dimensional model for glacier flow with field data from Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Alun Hubbard;Heinz Blatter;Peter Nienow;Douglas Watson Fraser Mair

  • Hydrological controls on patterns of surface, internal and basal motion during three "spring events": Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Douglas Mair;Ian Willis;Urs H. Fischer;Bryn Hubbard

  • Spatial Patterns of Glacier Motion During a High Velocity Event: Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Douglas Watson Fraser Mair;P. Nienow;I. Willis;M. Sharp

  • Greenland ice sheet motion insensitive to exceptional meltwater forcing.

    Andrew J. Tedstone;Peter W. Nienow;Andrew J. Sole;Andrew J. Sole;Douglas W. F. Mair

  • Flow dynamics and iceberg calving rates of Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada

    David O. Burgess;Martin J. Sharp;Douglas W.F. Mair;Julian A. Dowdeswell

  • Influence of subglacial drainage conditions on the velocity distribution within a glacier cross section

    Jon Harbor;Martin Sharp;Luke Copland;Bryn Hubbard

  • Modelling the transfer of supraglacial meltwater to the bed of Leverett Glacier, Southwest Greenland

    Caroline C. Clason;D. W. F. Mair;P. W. Nienow;I. D. Bartholomew

  • Evaluation of existing and new methods of tracking glacier terminus change

    James M. Lea;Douglas W. F. Mair;Brice R. Rea

  • Hydrological controls on diurnal ice flow variability in valley glaciers

    P. Nienow;A. Hubbard;B. Hubbard;D. Chandler

  • Supraglacial forcing of subglacial drainage in the ablation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet

    P. W. Nienow;I. D. Bartholomew;A. Sole;D. Mair

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Nienow
Peter Nienow University of Edinburgh
Andrew Sole
Andrew Sole University of Sheffield
Martin Sharp
Martin Sharp University of Alberta
Ian Willis
Ian Willis University of Cambridge
Bryn Hubbard
Bryn Hubbard Aberystwyth University
Matt A. King
Matt A. King University of Tasmania
Alun Hubbard
Alun Hubbard University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Olivier Gagliardini
Olivier Gagliardini Grenoble Alpes University
Jemma L. Wadham
Jemma L. Wadham University of Bristol
Duncan J. Wingham
Duncan J. Wingham University College London

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