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Ellen Mosley-Thompson 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 Ellen Mosley-Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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

Ellen Mosley-Thompson 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 Ellen Mosley-Thompson 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+

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ellen Mosley-Thompson is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States and has a research focus in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work incorporates subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Endocrinology, and areas concerning Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Their research topics include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate variability and models, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Climate change and permafrost, Polar Research and Ecology, and Tree-ring climate responses.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Microbiome
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Notable recent papers authored by Ellen Mosley-Thompson are:

  • Glacier ice archives nearly 15,000-year-old microbes and phages (2021), published in Microbiome
  • The impacts of warming on rapidly retreating high-altitude, low-latitude glaciers and ice core-derived climate records (2021), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • Reconstructing an Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation Index from a Pacific Basin-Wide Collection of Ice Core Records (2021), published in Journal of Climate
  • Glacier ice archives fifteen-thousand-year-old viruses (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Increased Fire Activity in Alaska Since the 1980s: Evidence From an Ice Core-Derived Black Carbon Record (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lonnie G. Thompson
  • M. E. Davis
  • Émilie Beaudon
  • M. Roxana Sierra-Hernández
  • Stacy E. Porter

Awards received by Ellen Mosley-Thompson consist of:

  • Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2003)

Best Publications

  • Tropical Climate Instability: The Last Glacial Cycle from a Qinghai-Tibetan Ice Core

    L. G. Thompson;T. Yao;M. E. Davis;K. A. Henderson

  • A High-Resolution Millennial Record of the South Asian Monsoon from Himalayan Ice Cores

    L. G. Thompson;T. Yao;E. Mosley-Thompson;M. E. Davis;M. E. Davis

  • Late glacial stage and holocene tropical ice core records from huascaran, peru.

    L G Thompson;E Mosley-Thompson;M E Davis;Ping-Nan Lin

  • Kilimanjaro Ice Core Records: Evidence of Holocene Climate Change in Tropical Africa

    Lonnie G. Thompson;Ellen Mosley-Thompson;Mary E. Davis;Keith A. Henderson

  • A 25,000-Year Tropical Climate History from Bolivian Ice Cores

    L. G. Thompson;M. E. Davis;E. Mosley-Thompson;T. A. Sowers

  • High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: a review of current status and future prospects:

    P.D. Jones;K.R. Briffa;T.J. Osborn;J.M. Lough

  • Holocene--late pleistocene climatic ice core records from qinghai-tibetan plateau.

    L. G. Thompson;E. Mosley-Thompson;M. E. Davis;J. F. Bolzan

  • A 1500-year record of tropical precipitation in ice cores from the quelccaya ice cap, peru.

    L. G. Thompson;E. Mosley-Thompson;J. F. Bolzan;B. R. Koci

  • The Little Ice Age as Recorded in the Stratigraphy of the Tropical Quelccaya Ice Cap

    L. G. Thompson;E. Mosley-Thompson;W. Dansgaard;P. M. Grootes

  • Abrupt tropical climate change: Past and present

    Lonnie G. Thompson;Ellen Mosley-Thompson;Henry Brecher;Mary Davis

  • Biological and Physical Signs of Climate Change: Focus on Mosquito-borne Diseases

    Paul R. Epstein;Henry F. Diaz;Scott Elias;Georg Grabherr

  • Holocene Climate Variability in Antarctica Based on 11 Ice-Core Isotopic Records

    Valérie Masson;Françoise Vimeux;Jean Jouzel;Vin Morgan

  • Ice‐core palaeoclimate records in tropical South America since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Lonnie G. Thompson;Ellen Mosley-Thompson;Keith A. Henderson

  • Marine Ecosystem Sensitivity to Climate Change

    Raymond C. Smith;David Ainley;Karen Baker;Eugene Domack

  • Annually Resolved Ice Core Records of Tropical Climate Variability over the Past ~1800 Years

    L. G. Thompson;E. Mosley-Thompson;M. E. Davis;V. S. Zagorodnov

  • Tropical Glacier and Ice Core Evidence of Climate Change on Annual to Millennial Time Scales

    Lonnie G. Thompson;Ellen Mosley-Thompson;M. E. Davis;P.-N. Lin

  • Recovery and Identification of Viable Bacteria Immured in Glacial Ice

    Brent C. Christner;Ellen Mosley-Thompson;Lonnie G. Thompson;Victor Zagorodnov

  • Isolation of bacteria and 16S rDNAs from Lake Vostok accretion ice.

    Brent C. Christner;Ellen Mosley-Thompson;Lonnie G. Thompson;John N. Reeve

  • El nino-southern oscillation events recorded in the stratigraphy of the tropical quelccaya ice cap, peru.

    Lonnie G. Thompson;Ellen Mosley-Thompson;Benjamín Morales Arnao

  • Mass loss on Himalayan glacier endangers water resources

    Natalie M. Kehrwald;Lonnie G. Thompson;Yao Tandong;Ellen Mosley-Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lonnie G. Thompson
Lonnie G. Thompson The Ohio State University
Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joseph R. McConnell
Joseph R. McConnell Desert Research Institute
Roger C. Bales
Roger C. Bales University of California, Merced
Jason E. Box
Jason E. Box Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Ian M. Howat
Ian M. Howat The Ohio State University
Pieter Meiert Grootes
Pieter Meiert Grootes Kiel University
Horst Machguth
Horst Machguth University of Fribourg
Konrad Steffen
Konrad Steffen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
C. J. van der Veen
C. J. van der Veen University of Kansas

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