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Francis H. Brown 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 Francis H. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 119 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francis H. Brown 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 Francis H. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francis H. Brown was affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spanned multiple disciplines, with a primary focus in mathematics and significant contributions to anthropology and paleontology.

The primary fields of study associated with Brown included Mathematics, with a specialized emphasis on subfields such as Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology, and Algebra and Number Theory. Additionally, Brown contributed to Anthropology and Paleontology, reflecting a multidisciplinary research approach.

The scientific topics covered in their work involved diverse areas:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory
  • Advanced Algebra and Geometry
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Archaeology and Rock Art Studies

Brown had multiple frequent co-authors, including:

  • Sileshi Semaw
  • Michael Rogers
  • Naomi E. Levin
  • Jay Quade
  • Nelia Dunbar

Their work was published predominantly in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Palaeovertebrata

Notable recent publications by Francis H. Brown included:

  • A double integral of dlog forms which is not polylogarithmic (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Generalised graph Laplacians and canonical Feynman integrals with kinematics (2022), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia (2020), Science Advances
  • An initial survey of the composition of Ethiopian obsidian (2020), Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Fluvial response to Quaternary hydroclimate in eastern Africa: Evidence from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia (2023), Quaternary Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • Stratigraphic placement and age of modern humans from Kibish, Ethiopia

    Ian McDougall;Francis H. Brown;John G. Fleagle

  • Climate change and the collapse of the Akkadian empire: Evidence from the deep sea

    H. M. Cullen;P. B. deMenocal;S. Hemming;G. Hemming

  • New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages.

    Meave G. Leakey;Fred Spoor;Frank H. Brown;Patrick N. Gathogo

  • Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo group deposits: northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia.

    Craig S. Feibel;Francis H. Brown;Ian McDougall

  • High-temperature environments of human evolution in East Africa based on bond ordering in paleosol carbonates

    Benjamin H. Passey;Naomi E. Levin;Naomi E. Levin;Thure E. Cerling;Francis H. Brown

  • Implications of New Early Homo Fossils From Ileret, East of Lake Turkana, Kenya

    Fed Spoor;Meave Leakey;P Gathogo;F H Brown

  • 2.5-Myr Australopithecus boisei from west of Lake Turkana, Kenya

    A. Walker;R. E. Leakey;J. M. Harris;F. H. Brown

  • Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins

    Thure E. Cerling;Fredrick Kyalo Manthi;Emma N. Mbua;Louise N. Leakey

  • Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pliocene and Pleistocene localities west of Lake Turkana, Kenya

    John M. Harris;Frank H. Brown;Meave G. Leakey

  • Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma

    Thure E. Cerling;Samuel A. Andanje;Scott A. Blumenthal;Francis H. Brown

  • Sequence, age, and source of silicic fallout tuffs in middle to late Miocene basins of the northern Basin and Range province

    Michael E. Perkins;Francis H. Brown;William P. Nash;S. K. Williams

  • Fallout tuffs of Trapper Creek, Idaho—A record of Miocene explosive volcanism in the Snake River Plain volcanic province

    Michael E. Perkins;William P. Nash;Francis H. Brown;Robert J. Fleck

  • Precise 40Ar/39Ar geochronology for the upper Koobi Fora Formation, Turkana Basin, northern Kenya

    Ian McDougall;Francis H. Brown

  • Low-temperature alteration of volcanic glass: Hydration, Na, K, 18O and Ar mobility

    Thure E. Cerling;Francis H. Brown;John R. Bowman

  • Paleosol carbonates from the omo group: Isotopic records of local and regional environmental change in east africa

    Naomi E. Levin;Naomi E. Levin;Francis H. Brown;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;René Bobe

  • Revision of lithostratigraphic nomenclature in the Koobi Fora region, Kenya

    F. H. Brown;C. S. Feibel

  • New single crystal 40Ar/39Ar ages improve time scale for deposition of the Omo Group, Omo–Turkana Basin, East Africa

    Ian McDougall;Ian McDougall;Francis H. Brown;Paulo M. Vasconcelos;Benjamin E. Cohen

  • Aridity and hominin environments

    Scott A. Blumenthal;Naomi E. Levin;Francis H. Brown;Jean-Philip Brugal

  • Geochronology of the pre-KBS Tuff sequence, Omo Group, Turkana Basin

    Ian McDOUGALL;Francis H. Brown

  • A reappraisal of the geomagnetic polarity time scale to 4 MA using data from the Turkana Basin, East Africa

    I. McDougall;F. H. Brown;T. E. Cerling;J. W. Hillhouse

  • Sapropels and the age of hominins Omo I and II, Kibish, Ethiopia

    Ian McDougall;Francis H. Brown;John G. Fleagle

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Australian National University
Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
Naomi E. Levin
Naomi E. Levin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Meave G. Leakey
Meave G. Leakey Stony Brook University
Brian R. Jicha
Brian R. Jicha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Craig S. Feibel
Craig S. Feibel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert B. Smith
Robert B. Smith University of Utah
Benjamin H. Passey
Benjamin H. Passey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jonathan G. Wynn
Jonathan G. Wynn National Science Foundation
Peter B deMenocal
Peter B deMenocal Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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