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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 34 7885 7305 2663 2355 102 5139

Eric Cowgill publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Eric Cowgill between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eric Cowgill published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 4 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2010. 8 of the 108 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 9. Peak 9 publications in 2010. 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 5 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 2 publications
1999 2025

108 publications in total across all disciplines

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Eric Cowgill: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 2
2000 2
2001 3
2002 1
2003 2
2004 4
2005 1
2006 5
2007 5
2008 4
2009 4
2010 9
2011 7
2012 3
2013 5
2014 3
2015 3
2016 2
2017 2
2018 5
2019 4
2020 4
2021 4
2022 7
2023 9
2024 6
2025 2
Total 108
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Eric Cowgill 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 Cowgill 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, 98–107 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: 102 publications — 13th percentile

13% 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
98–107 404 102
108–117 484
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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Eric Cowgill 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 Cowgill 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, 34 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: 34 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% 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 34
35 372
36 389
37 366
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Eric Cowgill is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Mechanics of Materials, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics covered in Eric Cowgill's work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Tectonics
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Some representative recent scientific papers include:

  • "Evolution of the Greater Caucasus Basement and Formation of the Main Caucasus Thrust, Georgia" (2020), published in Tectonics
  • "Rate of active shortening across the southern thrust front of the Greater Caucasus in western Georgia from kinematic modeling of folded river terraces above a listric thrust" (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Long-lagged (∼19 Myr) response of accelerated river incision to rock uplift on the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau" (2022), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "A Preliminary Framework for Magmatism in Modern Continental Back-Arc Basins and Its Application to the Triassic-Jurassic Tectonic Evolution of the Caucasus" (2021), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "From Left Slip to Transpression: Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the North Altyn Fault, NW Margin of the Tibetan Plateau" (2022), published in Tectonics

Eric Cowgill has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. Notable collaborators include:

  • Dylan A. Vasey
  • Tea Godoladze
  • Nathan A. Niemi
  • Charles C. Trexler
  • Tuna Onur

Among recognitions received, Eric Cowgill has been acknowledged as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic history of the Altyn Tagh fault system in northern Tibet inferred from Cenozoic sedimentation

    A. Yin;P.E. Rumelhart;R. Butler;E. Cowgill

  • Reconstruction of the Altyn Tagh fault based on U-Pb geochronology: Role of back thrusts, mantle sutures, and heterogeneous crustal strength in forming the Tibetan Plateau

    Eric Cowgill;Eric Cowgill;An Yin;T. Mark Harrison;Wang Xiao-Feng

  • Impact of riser reconstructions on estimation of secular variation in rates of strike-slip faulting: Revisiting the Cherchen River site along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China

    Eric Cowgill

  • Low Quaternary slip rate reconciles geodetic and geologic rates along the Altyn Tagh fault, northwestern Tibet

    Eric Cowgill;Ryan D. Gold;Chen Xuanhua;Wang Xiao-Feng

  • Cenozoic right-slip faulting along the eastern margin of the Pamir salient, northwestern China

    Eric Cowgill

  • Riser diachroneity, lateral erosion, and uncertainty in rates of strike‐slip faulting: A case study from Tuzidun along the Altyn Tagh Fault, NW China

    Ryan D. Gold;Eric Cowgill;J Ramón Arrowsmith;John Gosse

  • Two phases of Mesozoic north‐south extension in the eastern Altyn Tagh range, northern Tibetan Plateau

    Xuanhua Chen;An Yin;George E. Gehrels;Eric S. Cowgill

  • Faulted terrace risers place new constraints on the late Quaternary slip rate for the central Altyn Tagh fault, northwest Tibet

    R. D. Gold;E. Cowgill;J. R. Arrowsmith;X. Chen

  • Late Holocene earthquake history of the central Altyn Tagh fault, China

    Zachary Washburn;J Ramón Arrowsmith;Steven L. Forman;Eric Cowgill

  • Relict basin closure and crustal shortening budgets during continental collision: An example from Caucasus sediment provenance

    Eric Cowgill;Adam M. Forte;Adam M. Forte;Nathan Niemi;Boris Avdeev;Boris Avdeev

  • The Akato Tagh bend along the Altyn Tagh fault, northwest Tibet 1: Smoothing by vertical-axis rotation and the effect of topographic stresses on bend-flanking faults

    Eric Cowgill;An Yin;J Ramón Arrowsmith;Wang Xiao Feng

  • Is the North Altyn fault part of a strike-slip duplex along the Altyn Tagh fault system?

    Eric Cowgill;An Yin;Wang Xiao Feng;Zhang Qing

  • Late Cenozoic deformation of the Kura fold-thrust belt, southern Greater Caucasus

    A.M. Forte;E. Cowgill;T. Bernardin;O. Kreylos

  • Cenozoic vertical-axis rotation of the Altyn Tagh fault system

    P. E. Rumelhart;An Yin;E. Cowgill;R. Butler

  • Transition from a singly vergent to doubly vergent wedge in a young orogen: The Greater Caucasus

    Adam M. Forte;Adam M. Forte;Eric Cowgill;Kelin X. Whipple

  • Middle Miocene reorganization of the Altyn Tagh fault system, northern Tibetan Plateau

    Lei Wu;Lei Wu;Xiubin Lin;Xiubin Lin;Eric Cowgill;Ancheng Xiao;Ancheng Xiao

  • Deriving fault-slip histories to test for secular variation in slip, with examples from the Kunlun and Awatere faults

    Ryan D. Gold;Eric Cowgill

  • Range-front fault scarps of the Sierra El Mayor, Baja California: Formed above an active low-angle normal fault?

    Gary J. Axen;John M. Fletcher;Eric Cowgill;Michael Murphy

  • Enabling scientific workflows in virtual reality

    Oliver Kreylos;Gerald Bawden;Tony Bernardin;Magali I. Billen

  • Coseismic slip variation assessed from terrestrial lidar scans of the El Mayor–Cucapah surface rupture

    Peter O. Gold;Michael E. Oskin;Austin J. Elliott;Alejandro Hinojosa-Corona

  • Low Quaternary slip rate reconciles geodetic and geologic rates along the Altyn Tagh Fault

    E. Cowgill;R.D. Gold;C. Xuanhua;W. Xiao-Feng

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan A. Niemi
Nathan A. Niemi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ryan D. Gold
Ryan D. Gold United States Geological Survey
Bernd Hamann
Bernd Hamann University of California, Davis
An Yin
An Yin University of California, Los Angeles
J Ramón Arrowsmith
J Ramón Arrowsmith Arizona State University
Michael E. Oskin
Michael E. Oskin University of California, Davis
Dawn Y. Sumner
Dawn Y. Sumner University of California, Davis
Kari M. Cooper
Kari M. Cooper University of California, Davis
Hans Hagen
Hans Hagen Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Steven L. Forman
Steven L. Forman Baylor University

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