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Elisabeth L. Sikes 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 Elisabeth L. Sikes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 124 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elisabeth L. Sikes 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 Elisabeth L. Sikes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Elisabeth L. Sikes is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work focuses on subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine and Environmental Studies, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Neodymium isotope evidence for coupled Southern Ocean circulation and Antarctic climate throughout the last 118,000 years" (2021), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "The Mg/Ca proxy for temperature: A Uvigerina core-top study in the Southwest Pacific" (2021), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Southern Ocean glacial conditions and their influence on deglacial events" (2023), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Southern Ocean Action Plan (2021-2030) in support of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development" (2022), published in ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University)
  • "Cretaceous to Cenozoic controls on the genesis of the shelf-incising Perth Canyon; insights from a two-part geomorphology mapping approach" (2022), published in Marine Geology

Frequent coauthors in Elisabeth L. Sikes's body of work include:

  • Natalie Umling
  • Ryan Glaubke
  • E. E. Martin
  • Aidan Starr
  • Thomas J. Williams

Their publications are commonly found in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Chemistry
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • Microalgal biomarkers: A review of recent research developments

    John K Volkman;Stephanie M Barrett;Susan I Blackburn;Maged P Mansour

  • Biological communities at the Florida escarpment resemble hydrothermal vent taxa.

    C.K. Paull;Barbara Hecker;R. Commeau;R. P. Freeman-Lynde

  • Alkenones in Gephyrocapsa oceanica: Implications for studies of paleoclimate

    John K. Volkman;Stephanie M. Barrerr;Susan I. Blackburn;Elisabeth L. Sikes

  • Old radiocarbon ages in the southwest Pacific Ocean during the last glacial period and deglaciation

    Elisabeth L. Sikes;Elisabeth L. Sikes;Catherine R. Samson;Catherine R. Samson;Thomas P. Guilderson;Thomas P. Guilderson;William R. Howard

  • Alkenones and alkenes in surface waters and sediments of the Southern Ocean: Implications for paleotemperature estimation in polar regions

    Elisabeth L. Sikes;John K. Volkman;Lisette G. Robertson;Jean-Jacques Pichon

  • Calibration of alkenone unsaturation ratios (Uk'37) for paleotemperature estimation in cold polar waters

    Elisabeth L. Sikes;John K. Volkman

  • Use of the alkenone unsaturation ratio U37k to determine past sea surface temperatures: core-top SST calibrations and methodology considerations

    E.L. Sikes;J.W. Farrington;L.D. Keigwin

  • Equatorial Atlantic sea surface temperature for the last 30 kyr: a comparison of U37k', δ18O and foraminiferal assemblage temperature estimates

    Elisabeth L. Sikes;Lloyd D. Keigwin

  • Sources of organic matter in a coastal marine environment: Evidence from n-alkanes and their δ13C distributions in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

    Elisabeth L. Sikes;Maria E. Uhle;Scott D. Nodder;Meg E. Howard

  • Southern Ocean seasonal temperature and Subtropical Front movement on the South Tasman Rise in the late Quaternary

    E. L. Sikes;W. R. Howard;W. R. Howard;C. R. Samson;T. S. Mahan;T. S. Mahan

  • Upper-ocean-to-atmosphere radiocarbon offsets imply fast deglacial carbon dioxide release

    Kathryn A. Rose;Elisabeth L. Sikes;Thomas P. Guilderson;Thomas P. Guilderson;Phil Shane

  • Evaluation of boron isotope ratio as a pH proxy in the deep sea coral Desmophyllum dianthus: Evidence of physiological pH adjustment

    E. Anagnostou;K.-F. Huang;C.-F. You;E.L. Sikes

  • Delivering Sustained, Coordinated, and Integrated Observations of the Southern Ocean for Global Impact

    Louise Newman;Petra Heil;Petra Heil;Rowan Trebilco;Rowan Trebilco;Katsuro Katsumata

  • Glacial-interglacial sea surface temperature changes across the subtropical front east of New Zealand based on alkenone unsaturation ratios and foraminiferal assemblages

    E. L. Sikes;E. L. Sikes;W. R. Howard;H. L. Neil;J. K. Volkman;J. K. Volkman

  • Tephra beds in deep-sea cores off northern New Zealand: implications for the history of Taupo Volcanic Zone, Mayor Island and White Island volcanoes

    Phil Shane;Elisabeth Sikes;T. P. Guilderson;T. P. Guilderson

  • Precision of the current methods to measure the alkenone proxy U-37(K ') and absolute alkenone abundance in sediments: Results of an interlaboratory comparison study

    Antony Rosell-Melé;Edouard Bard;K.-C. Emeis;J. O. Grimalt

  • Calibration of the carbon isotope composition (δ13C) of benthic foraminifera

    Andreas Schmittner;Helen C. Bostock;Olivier Cartapanis;Olivier Cartapanis;William B. Curry;William B. Curry

  • Relationship of the tetra‐unsaturated C37 alkenone to salinity and temperature: Implications for paleoproxy applications

    Elisabeth L. Sikes;Marie-Alexandrine Sicre

  • Alkenone temperature records and biomarker flux at the subtropical front on the chatham rise, SW Pacific Ocean

    Elisabeth L. Sikes;Teresa O’Leary;Scott D. Nodder;John K. Volkman

  • Does the bipolar seesaw extend to the terrestrial southern mid-latitudes?

    Rewi M. Newnham;Marcus J. Vandergoes;Elisabeth Sikes;Lionel Carter

Frequent Co-Authors

John K. Volkman
John K. Volkman Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Thomas P. Guilderson
Thomas P. Guilderson University of California, Santa Cruz
Lloyd D Keigwin
Lloyd D Keigwin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bruce W. Hayward
Bruce W. Hayward University of Auckland
Ashwaq T Sabaa
Ashwaq T Sabaa Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
Yair Rosenthal
Yair Rosenthal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Katherine H. Freeman
Katherine H. Freeman Pennsylvania State University
William B. Curry
William B. Curry Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Patricia M. Medeiros
Patricia M. Medeiros University of Georgia
Naohiko Ohkouchi
Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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