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11626
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Duncan A. Young 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 Duncan A. Young sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 178 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Duncan A. Young 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 Duncan A. Young sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Duncan A. Young is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple overlapping domains within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Physics and Astronomy.

The scientist's work primarily involves the following fields of study:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics and Astronomy

Their subfields of expertise include:

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

Duncan A. Young's main research topics cover areas such as:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Their publication record includes several papers published in notable scientific venues. Recent significant papers include:

  • The Scientific Legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge (2021), Reviews of Geophysics
  • Getz Ice Shelf melt enhanced by freshwater discharge from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (2020), The Cryosphere
  • Bed topography of Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica (2020), Earth system science data
  • Brine Migration and Impact-Induced Cryovolcanism on Europa (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Multisystem Synthesis of Radar Sounding Observations of the Amundsen Sea Sector From the 2004-2005 Field Season (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

The most frequent publication venues in which Duncan A. Young has contributed include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Earth system science data
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Space Science Reviews

Frequent coauthors with whom Duncan A. Young has collaborated are:

  • Donald D. Blankenship
  • Jamin S. Greenbaum
  • Dustin M. Schroeder
  • Kirk M. Scanlan
  • Jason L. Roberts

Best Publications

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

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

  • A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

    Andrew Shepherd;Erik R. Ivins;A. Geruo;Valentina R. Barletta

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

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

  • Radar Sounding Evidence for Buried Glaciers in the Southern Mid-Latitudes of Mars

    John W. Holt;Ali Safaeinili;Jeffrey J. Plaut;James W. Head

  • 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

  • Ocean access to a cavity beneath Totten Glacier in East Antarctica

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

  • Evidence for a water system transition beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica.

    Dustin M. Schroeder;Donald D. Blankenship;Duncan A. Young

  • A dynamic early East Antarctic Ice Sheet suggested by ice-covered fjord landscapes

    Duncan A. Young;Andrew P. Wright;Jason L. Roberts;Jason L. Roberts;Roland C. Warner;Roland C. Warner

  • New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Subglacial topography of the Thwaites and Smith glacier catchments

    John W. Holt;Donald D. Blankenship;David L. Morse;Duncan A. Young

  • Radar-based subglacial lake classification in Antarctica

    Sasha P. Carter;Donald D. Blankenship;Matthew E. Peters;Duncan A. Young

  • Along-Track Focusing of Airborne Radar Sounding Data From West Antarctica for Improving Basal Reflection Analysis and Layer Detection

    M.E. Peters;D.D. Blankenship;S.P. Carter;S.D. Kempf

  • The subglacial geology of Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

    Alan Robert Alexander Aitken;Duncan Young;Fausto Ferraccioli;Peter Graham Betts

  • Evidence for elevated and spatially variable geothermal flux beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

    Dustin M. Schroeder;Donald D. Blankenship;Duncan A. Young;Enrica Quartini

  • Steep reverse bed slope at the grounding line of the Weddell Sea sector in West Antarctica

    Neil Ross;Robert George Bingham;Hugh F.J. Corr;Fausto Ferraccioli

  • Antarctic regional ice loss rates from GRACE

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

  • Evidence of a hydrological connection between the ice divide and ice sheet margin in the Aurora Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica

    A. P. Wright;D. A. Young;J. L. Roberts;J. L. Roberts;D. M. Schroeder

  • The Australo-Antarctic Columbia to Gondwana transition

    A. R.A. Aitken;P. G. Betts;Duncan A Young;Donald D Blankenship

  • The Scientific Legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Linette N. Boisvert;Brooke Medley;Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty

  • New Magnetic Anomaly Map of the Antarctic

    A. V. Golynsky;F. Ferraccioli;J. K. Hong;D. A. Golynsky

  • Repeated large-scale retreat and advance of Totten Glacier indicated by inland bed erosion

    A. R. A. Aitken;J. L. Roberts;J. L. Roberts;T. D. van Ommen;T. D. van Ommen;D. A. Young

  • New Antarctic Gravity Anomaly Grid for Enhanced Geodetic and Geophysical Studies in Antarctica.

    M. Scheinert;F. Ferraccioli;J. Schwabe;R. Bell

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald D. Blankenship
Donald D. Blankenship The University of Texas at Austin
Jason L. Roberts
Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division
Martin J. Siegert
Martin J. Siegert University of Exeter
Dustin M. Schroeder
Dustin M. Schroeder Stanford University
Fausto Ferraccioli
Fausto Ferraccioli National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
Tas D. van Ommen
Tas D. van Ommen Australian Antarctic Division
John W. Holt
John W. Holt University of Arizona
Hugh F. J. Corr
Hugh F. J. Corr British Antarctic Survey
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge
John Paden
John Paden University of Kansas

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