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Fred M. Phillips 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 Fred M. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 233 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fred M. Phillips 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 Fred M. Phillips sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Fred M. Phillips is affiliated with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in the United States. Their academic work spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on several key subfields and topics.

The main areas of research include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics
  • Ecology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Artificial Intelligence applied to geosciences

Within these areas, Phillips has contributed significantly to topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research efforts include Brandon Lutz, Gary J. Axen, Jeffrey R. Knott, Jolante van Wijk, and Wes Hildreth.

Phillips's work has been published in a variety of scientific venues, notably:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Geosphere
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Quaternary Geochronology

They have contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • The deglaciation of the Americas during the Last Glacial Termination, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Corrigendum to "CRONUS-Earth cosmogenic 36Cl calibration" [Quat. Geochronol. 31 (2016) 199-219], 2020, Quaternary Geochronology
  • Whole-lithosphere shear during oblique rifting, 2021, Geology
  • Chronofunctions for new Mexico, USA soils show relationships among climate, dust input, and soil development, 2021, Quaternary International
  • Trachyandesite of Kennedy Table, its vent complex, and post-9.3 Ma uplift of the central Sierra Nevada, 2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin

Phillips has also authored a book titled Learning and Teaching Aikido, published in 2020 by World Scientific.

Throughout their career, Phillips has received recognition from professional organizations, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2008 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial in situ cosmogenic nuclides: theory and application

    John C. Gosse;Fred M. Phillips

  • Geological calibration of spallation production rates in the CRONUS-Earth project

    Brian Borchers;Shasta Marrero;Greg Balco;Marc Caffee

  • Ecohydrology of water-limited environments: A scientific vision

    Brent D. Newman;Bradford P. Wilcox;Steven R. Archer;David D. Breshears

  • A Reservoir of Nitrate Beneath Desert Soils

    Michelle Ann Walvoord;Fred M. Phillips;David A. Stonestrom;R. Dave Evans

  • Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for Measurement of Long-Lived Radioisotopes

    David Elmore;Fred M. Phillips

  • Cosmogenic nuclide systematics and the CRONUScalc program

    Shasta M. Marrero;Fred M. Phillips;Brian Borchers;Nathaniel Lifton

  • Environmental Tracers for Water Movement in Desert Soils of the American Southwest

    Fred M. Phillips

  • New data for the Last Glacial Maximum in Great Britain and Ireland

    D.Q Bowen;F.M Phillips;A.M McCabe;P.C Knutz

  • Near-Synchronous Interhemispheric Termination of the Last Glacial Maximum in Mid-Latitudes

    Joerg M. Schaefer;George H. Denton;David J. A. Barrell;Susan Ivy-Ochs

  • Cosmogenic Chlorine-36 Chronology for Glacial Deposits at Bloody Canyon, Eastern Sierra Nevada

    Fred M. Phillips;Marek G. Zreda;Stewart S. Smith;David Elmore

  • Chlorine 36 dating of very old groundwater: 1. The Great Artesian Basin, Australia

    Harold W. Bentley;Fred M. Phillips;Stanley N. Davis;M. A. Habermehl

  • Isotopic exchange between snow and atmospheric water vapor: Estimation of the snowmelt component of groundwater recharge in the southwestern United States

    Sam Earman;Sam Earman;Andrew R. Campbell;Fred M. Phillips;Brent D. Newman

  • ECOHYDROLOGICAL CONTROL OF DEEP DRAINAGE IN ARID AND SEMIARID REGIONS

    M.S. Seyfried;S. Schwinning;Michelle Ann Walvoord;W. T. Pockman

  • Climatic and Hydrologic Oscillations in the Owens Lake Basin and Adjacent Sierra Nevada, California

    Larry V. Benson;James W. Burdett;Michaele Kashgarian;Steve P. Lund

  • An improved approach to calculating low-energy cosmic-ray neutron fluxes near the land/atmosphere interface

    Fred M. Phillips;William D. Stone;June T. Fabryka-Martin

  • Chronology for Fluctuations in Late Pleistocene Sierra Nevada Glaciers and Lakes

    Fred M. Phillips;Marek G. Zreda;Larry V. Benson;Mitchell A. Plummer

  • The CRONUS-Earth Project: A synthesis

    Fred M. Phillips;David C. Argento;Greg Balco;Marc W. Caffee

  • Cosmogenic 36Cl and 10Be ages of Quaternary glacial and fluvial deposits of the Wind River Range, Wyoming

    Fred M. Phillips;Marek G. Zreda;John C. Gosse;Jeffrey Klein

  • Chlorine-36 and tritium from nuclear-weapons fallout as tracers for long-term liquid and vapor movement in desert soils

    Fred M. Phillips;Julie L. Mattick;Thomas A. Duval;David Elmore

  • The accumulation of cosmogenic chlorine-36 in rocks: a method for surface exposure dating.

    Fred M. Phillips;Brian D. Leavy;Nancy O. Jannik;David Elmore

Frequent Co-Authors

David Elmore
David Elmore Purdue University West Lafayette
Marek Zreda
Marek Zreda University of Arizona
Michelle Ann Walvoord
Michelle Ann Walvoord United States Geological Survey
John L. Wilson
John L. Wilson New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Mark Person
Mark Person New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
John C. Gosse
John C. Gosse Dalhousie University
Joerg M. Schaefer
Joerg M. Schaefer Columbia University
Marc W. Caffee
Marc W. Caffee Purdue University West Lafayette
Eric Kirby
Eric Kirby Oregon State University
John O. Stone
John O. Stone University of Washington

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