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D-Index
46
Citations
9948
World Ranking
4153
National Ranking
21

Francisco W. Cruz 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 Francisco W. Cruz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 177 publications — 53rd percentile

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

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

Francisco W. Cruz 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 Francisco W. Cruz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francisco W. Cruz is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research encompasses subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Paleontology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Climate variability and models, and Tree-ring climate responses.

Recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their research. These include:

  • Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Climate changes in Northeastern Brazil from deglacial to Meghalayan periods and related environmental impacts (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • The Forest Effects on the Isotopic Composition of Rainfall in the Northwestern Amazon Basin (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Investigating δ13C values in stalagmites from tropical South America for the last two millennia (2021), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Late Quaternary vegetation and climate dynamics in central-eastern Brazil: insights from a ~35k cal a bp peat record in the Cerrado biome (2020), published in Journal of Quaternary Science

Frequent publication venues for Cruz's work include:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Nature Communications
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Cru has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicolás M. Stríkis
  • Hai Cheng
  • Valdir F. Novello
  • Mathias Vuille
  • Haiwei Zhang

The scientist's research integrates diverse methodologies and themes within geology and climate science, focusing strongly on paleoclimatology and environmental change. Their contributions aid in understanding Quaternary climatic events, isotope geochemistry, and the interactions between vegetation and climate systems.

Best Publications

  • Insolation-driven changes in atmospheric circulation over the past 116,000 years in subtropical Brazil

    Francisco W. Cruz;Stephen J. Burns;Ivo Karmann;Warren D. Sharp

  • Climate change patterns in Amazonia and biodiversity

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Ashish Sinha;Francisco W. Cruz;Xianfeng Wang;Xianfeng Wang

  • The Global Paleomonsoon as seen through speleothem records from Asia and the Americas

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Ashish Sinha;Xianfeng Wang;Francisco W. Cruz

  • Orbitally driven east-west antiphasing of South American precipitation

    Francisco W. Cruz;Mathias Vuille;Stephen J. Burns;Xianfeng Wang

  • Brazilian montane rainforest expansion induced by Heinrich Stadial 1 event

    Jorge L. D. Pinaya;Francisco W. Cruz;Gregorio C. T. Ceccantini;Pedro L. P. Correa

  • Timing and structure of the 8.2 kyr B.P. event inferred from δ18O records of stalagmites from China, Oman, and Brazil

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Dominik Fleitmann;Dominik Fleitmann;R. Lawrence Edwards;Xianfeng Wang

  • Hydroclimate changes across the Amazon lowlands over the past 45,000 years

    Xianfeng Wang;R. Lawrence Edwards;Augusto S. Auler;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng

  • A review of the South American monsoon history as recorded in stable isotopic proxies over the past two millennia

    Mathias Vuille;Stephen J. Burns;B. L. Taylor;Francisco W Cruz

  • Evidence of rainfall variations in Southern Brazil from trace element ratios (Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca) in a Late Pleistocene stalagmite

    Francisco W. Cruz;Stephen J. Burns;Michael Jercinovic;Ivo Karmann

  • Paleo-environmental change in Amazonian and African rainforest during the LGM

    D. Anhuf;D. Anhuf;M.-P. Ledru;H. Behling;F.W. Da Cruz

  • Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics.

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Haiwei Zhang;Christoph Spötl;Jonathan Baker

  • Abrupt variations in South American monsoon rainfall during the Holocene based on a speleothem record from central-eastern Brazil

    Nicolás M. Stríkis;Francisco W. Cruz;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Ivo Karmann

  • A high-resolution history of the South American Monsoon from Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene

    Valdir F. Novello;Francisco W. Cruz;Mathias Vuille;Nicolas M. Strikis

  • Stable isotope study of cave percolation waters in subtropical Brazil: Implications for paleoclimate inferences from speleothems

    Francisco W. Cruz;Francisco W. Cruz;Ivo Karmann;Oduvaldo Viana;Stephen J. Burns

  • Reconstruction of regional atmospheric circulation features during the late Pleistocene in subtropical Brazil from oxygen isotope composition of speleothems

    F.W. Cruz;F.W. Cruz;S.J. Burns;I. Karmann;W.D. Sharp

  • Multidecadal climate variability in Brazil's Nordeste during the last 3000 years based on speleothem isotope records

    Valdir F. Novello;Francisco W. Cruz;Ivo Karmann;Stephen J. Burns

  • Paleoclimate changes during the last 100,000 yr from a record in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest region and interhemispheric comparison

    M.-P. Ledru;M.-P. Ledru;D.-D. Rousseau;F.W. Cruz;F.W. Cruz;C. Riccomini

  • A stalagmite record of changes in atmospheric circulation and soil processes in the Brazilian subtropics during the Late Pleistocene

    Francisco W. Cruz;Francisco W. Cruz;Stephen J. Burns;Ivo Karmann;Warren D. Sharp

  • High-resolution Holocene South American monsoon history recorded by a speleothem from Botuverá Cave, Brazil

    J. P. Bernal;Francisco W Cruz;Nicolás Misailidis Stríkis;Nicolás Misailidis Stríkis;Xianfeng Wang

  • Timing and structure of Mega-SACZ events during Heinrich Stadial 1

    Nicolás M Stríkis;Cristiano Mazur Chiessi;Francisco W Cruz;Mathias Vuille

  • Hydroclimate variability of the northwestern Amazon Basin near the Andean foothills of Peru related to the South American Monsoon System during the last 1600 years

    J. Apaestegui;F. W. Cruz;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;M. Vuille

Frequent Co-Authors

Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Mathias Vuille
Mathias Vuille University at Albany, State University of New York
R. Lawrence Edwards
R. Lawrence Edwards University of Minnesota
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi Universidade de São Paulo
Stephen J. Burns
Stephen J. Burns University of Massachusetts Amherst
Xianfeng Wang
Xianfeng Wang Nanyang Technological University
Roberto Ventura Santos
Roberto Ventura Santos University of Brasília
Abdelfettah Sifeddine
Abdelfettah Sifeddine Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Haiwei Zhang
Haiwei Zhang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Ricardo I.F. Trindade
Ricardo I.F. Trindade Universidade de São Paulo

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