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D-Index
45
Citations
11517
World Ranking
4352
National Ranking
1684

Eric C. Grimm publications per year

1983: 1 publications 1984: 1 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 1 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 1 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 1 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 29 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 5 publications
1983 2024

136 publications in total across all disciplines

Eric C. Grimm 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 Eric C. Grimm sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 124 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eric C. Grimm 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 Eric C. Grimm sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Eric C. Grimm was affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research concentrated on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on atmospheric science and ecology as key subfields. Additional specialties included environmental chemistry, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and anthropology.

The scientist's work encompassed several main topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Eric C. Grimm's publication record included papers on vegetation change rates, herbivore population dynamics, and paleoecoinformatics integration. Some of the recent papers authored by Grimm or in close association included:

  • "Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change over the past 18,000 years", 2021, Science
  • "Long-term herbivore population dynamics in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its implications for early human impacts", 2020, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • "Strengthening global-change science by integrating aeDNA with paleoecoinformatics", 2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "The effect of diatoms on the grain size of lake sediments: a case study of the sediments of Lake Kanas", 2020, Journal of Paleolimnology
  • "Relaunching the African Pollen Database: Abrupt change in climate and ecosystems", 2020, Past Global Change Magazine

Frequent publication venues for their work included:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Paleolimnology
  • Science
  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Eric C. Grimm maintained collaborations with several frequent coauthors throughout their career. Key collaborators included:

  • Simon Goring
  • John W. Williams
  • Joseph J. Donovan
  • George L. Jacobson
  • Suzette G. A. Flantua

Best Publications

  • CONISS: a FORTRAN 77 program for stratigraphically constrained cluster analysis by the method of incremental sum of squares

    Eric C. Grimm

  • Fire and Other Factors Controlling the Big Woods Vegetation of Minnesota in the Mid‐Nineteenth Century

    Eric C. Grimm

  • A 50,000-year record of climate oscillations from Florida and its temporal correlation with the heinrich events.

    Eric C. Grimm;George L. Jacobson;William A. Watts;Barbara C. S. Hansen

  • Effects of global climate change on the patterns of terrestrial biological communities.

    Russell W. Graham;Eric C. Grimm

  • The Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a multiproxy, international, community-curated data resource

    John W. Williams;Eric C. Grimm;Jessica L. Blois;Donald F. Charles

  • Patterns and rates of vegetation change during the deglaciation of eastern North America

    George L. Jacobson;Thompson Webb;Eric C. Grimm

  • Global acceleration in rates of vegetation change over the past 18,000 years

    Ondrej Mottl;Suzette Flantua;Suzette Flantua;Kuber Prasad Bhatta;Vivian Astrup Felde;Vivian Astrup Felde

  • Century-scale paleoclimatic reconstruction from Moon Lake, a closed-basin lake in the northern Great Plains

    Kathleen R. Laird;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Eric C. Grimm;Pietra G. Mueller

  • CHRONOLOGY AND DYNAMICS OF VEGETATION CHANGE IN THE PRAIRIE‐WOODLAND REGION OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, U.S.A. *

    Eric C. Grimm

  • Evidence for warm wet Heinrich events in Florida

    Eric C. Grimm;William A. Watts;George L. Jacobson;Barbara C.S. Hansen

  • DROUGHT CYCLES AND LANDSCAPE RESPONSES TO PAST ARIDITY ON PRAIRIES OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS, USA

    J. S. Clark;E. C. Grimm;J. J. Donovan;S. C. Fritz

  • A Numerical Analysis of Holocene Forest and Prairie Vegetation in Central Minnesota

    George L. Jacobson;Eric C. Grimm

  • Camel Lake : a 40 000-yr record of vegetational and forest history from Northwest Florida

    W. A. Watts;B. C. S. Hansen;E. C. Grimm

  • The magnitude of error in conventional bulk-sediment radiocarbon dates from central North America

    Eric C. Grimm;Louis J. Maher;David M. Nelson

  • The European Pollen Database: past efforts and current activities

    Ralph M. Fyfe;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Heather Binney;Richard H. W. Bradshaw

  • Effects of holocene climate change on the c4 grassland/woodland boundary in the northern plains, usa

    James S. Clark;Eric C. Grimm;Jason Lynch;Pietra G. Mueller

  • Holocene vegetation and climate dynamics in the Altai Mountains and Surrounding Areas

    Xiaozhong Huang;Wei Peng;Natalia Rudaya;Eric C. Grimm

  • Fire cycles in North American interior grasslands and their relation to prairie drought

    K. J. Brown;J. S. Clark;E. C. Grimm;J. J. Donovan

  • Holocene Climate in the Northern Great Plains Inferred from Sediment Stratigraphy, Stable Isotopes, Carbonate Geochemistry, Diatoms, and Pollen at Moon Lake, North Dakota

    Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Kathleen R. Laird;Kathleen R. Laird;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Kerry Kelts

  • Data analysis and display

    Eric C. Grimm

Frequent Co-Authors

Hermann Behling
Hermann Behling University of Göttingen
Henry Hooghiemstra
Henry Hooghiemstra University of Amsterdam
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno University of Granada
Anne-Marie Lézine
Anne-Marie Lézine Sorbonne University
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
Cathy Whitlock
Cathy Whitlock Montana State University
Judy R M Allen
Judy R M Allen Durham University
Marie-Pierre Ledru
Marie-Pierre Ledru Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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