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D-Index
86
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30191
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357
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Eric J. Steig 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 J. Steig sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 348 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eric J. Steig 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 J. Steig sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Eric J. Steig is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and is an active researcher in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a substantial focus on Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to climate and environmental studies. Major topics include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Climate change and permafrost, Climate variability and models, Landslides and related hazards, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Steig has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Research Letters, Climate of the Past, Nature, and the Journal of Climate.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of Steig's work:

  • "Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum," 2021, Science
  • "Sea-ice-free Arctic during the Last Interglacial supports fast future loss," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "Rate of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet will exceed Holocene values this century," 2020, Nature
  • "A multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators with Steig include T. J. Fudge, Gregory J. Hakim, Gemma K. O'Connor, Emma C. Kahle, and Andrew J. Schauer, reflecting ongoing cooperative research efforts.

Among professional recognition, Steig was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Holocene climate variability

    Paul A. Mayewski;Eelco E. Rohling;J. Curt Stager;Wibjörn Karlén

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • Holocene thermal maximum in the western Arctic (0-180°W)

    D. S. Kaufman;T.A. Ager;N.J. Anderson;P.M. Anderson

  • Warming of the Antarctic ice-sheet surface since the 1957 International Geophysical Year

    Eric J. Steig;David P. Schneider;Scott D. Rutherford;Michael E. Mann

  • Strong Sensitivity of Pine Island Ice-Shelf Melting to Climatic Variability

    Pierre Dutrieux;Jan De Rydt;Adrian Jenkins;Paul R. Holland

  • Centennial-scale changes in the global carbon cycle during the last deglaciation

    Shaun A. Marcott;Thomas K. Bauska;Christo Buizert;Eric J. Steig

  • Dynamics of Recent Climate Change in the Arctic

    Richard E. Moritz;Cecilia M. Bitz;Eric J. Steig

  • The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science

    I. Allison;N. L. Bindoff;R. A. Bindschadler;P. M. Cox

  • ESTIMATING RATES OF DENUDATION USING COSMOGENIC ISOTOPE ABUNDANCES IN SEDIMENT

    Paul Bierman;Eric J. Steig

  • A Review of Antarctic Surface Snow Isotopic Composition : Observations, Atmospheric Circulation, and Isotopic Modeling

    V. Masson-Delmotte;S. Hou;A. Ekaykin;J. Jouzel

  • Winter warming in West Antarctica caused by central tropical Pacific warming

    Qinghua Ding;Eric J. Steig;David S. Battisti;Marcel Küttel

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Evidence for substantial accumulation rate variability in Antarctica during the Holocene, through synchronization of CO 2 in the Taylor Dome, Dome C and DML ice cores

    Eric Monnin;Eric J. Steig;Urs Siegenthaler;Kenji Kawamura

  • Influence of high-latitude atmospheric circulation changes on summertime Arctic sea ice

    Qinghua Ding;Qinghua Ding;Axel Schweiger;Michelle L’Heureux;David S. Battisti

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

    Valérie Masson;Françoise Vimeux;Jean Jouzel;Vin Morgan

  • Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age

    Christo Buizert;Betty Adrian;Jinho Ahn;Mary Albert

  • Tropical forcing of the recent rapid Arctic warming in northeastern Canada and Greenland

    Qinghua Ding;John Michael Wallace;David S Battisti;Eric J Steig

  • Synchronous climate changes in Antarctica and the North Atlantic

    E. J. Steig;E. J. Brook;J. W. C. White;C. M. Sucher

  • Onset of deglacial warming in West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing

    T.J. Fudge;Eric J. Steig;Bradley R. Markle;Spruce W. Schoenemann

  • On the origin and timing of rapid changes in atmospheric methane during the Last Glacial Period

    Edward J. Brook;Susan Harder;Jeff Severinghaus;Eric J. Steig

Frequent Co-Authors

James W. C. White
James W. C. White University of Colorado Boulder
Joseph R. McConnell
Joseph R. McConnell Desert Research Institute
Christo Buizert
Christo Buizert Oregon State University
Gregory J. Hakim
Gregory J. Hakim University of Washington
Qinghua Ding
Qinghua Ding University of California, Santa Barbara
Edward J. Brook
Edward J. Brook Oregon State University
Kurt M. Cuffey
Kurt M. Cuffey University of California, Berkeley
Edwin D. Waddington
Edwin D. Waddington University of Washington
Howard Conway
Howard Conway University of Washington
Kendrick C. Taylor
Kendrick C. Taylor Desert Research Institute

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