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Harry J. Dowsett 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 Harry J. Dowsett sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 206 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harry J. Dowsett 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 Harry J. Dowsett sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Harry J. Dowsett is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in Environmental Science as well.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Paleontology. Their research spans multiple main topics, such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geological formations and processes, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Climate variability and models, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Dowsett has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication locations include Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, Stratigraphy, Climate of the Past, Geosciences, and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Dowsett include the following:

  • The Yorktown Formation: Improved Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Paleoclimate Interpretations from the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain (2021, Geosciences)
  • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity (2020, Climate of the Past)
  • Evaluation of Arctic warming in mid-Pliocene climate simulations (2020, Climate of the Past)
  • Past terrestrial hydroclimate sensitivity controlled by Earth system feedbacks (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3 (PlioMIP3) - Science plan and experimental design (2023, Global and Planetary Change)

Frequent coauthors working with Dowsett include Marci M. Robinson, Kevin M. Foley, Julia C. Tindall, Stephen J. Hunter, and Alan M. Haywood.

Best Publications

  • Closure of the Isthmus of Panama: The near-shore marine record of Costa Rica and western Panama

    Anthony G. Coates;Jeremy B. C. Jackson;Laurel S. Collins;Thomas M. Cronin

  • Large-scale features of Pliocene climate: results from the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project

    Alan Haywood;Daniel Hill;Daniel Hill;Aisling Dolan;Bette Otto-Bliesner

  • Middle Pliocene sea surface temperatures: a global reconstruction

    Harry Dowsett;John Barron;Richard Poore

  • Earth system sensitivity inferred from Pliocene modelling and data

    Daniel J. Lunt;Daniel J. Lunt;Alan M. Haywood;Gavin A. Schmidt;Ulrich Salzmann;Ulrich Salzmann

  • High eustatic sea level during the middle Pliocene:Evidence from the southeastern U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain

    Harry J. Dowsett;Thomas M. Cronin

  • The PRISM3D paleoenvironmental reconstruction

    Harry Dowsett;Marci Robinson;Alan Haywood;Ulrich Salzmann

  • The PRISM4 (mid-Piacenzian) paleoenvironmental reconstruction

    Harry J. Dowsett;Aisling M. Dolan;David Rowley;Robert Moucha

  • Integrating geological archives and climate models for the mid-Pliocene warm period.

    Alan M. Haywood;Harry J. Dowsett;Aisling M. Dolan

  • Middle Pliocene paleoenvironmental reconstruction; PRISM2

    H.J. Dowsett;J.A. Barron;R.Z. Poore;R.S. Thompson

  • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) Phase 2: scientific objectives and experimental design

    Alan M. Haywood;Harry J. Dowsett;Aisling M. Dolan;David Rowley

  • Micropaleontological evidence for increased meridional heat transport in the North Atlantic Ocean during the pliocene

    Harry J. Dowsett;Thomas M. Cronin;Richard Z. Poore;Robert S. Thompson

  • Joint investigations of the Middle Pliocene climate I: PRISM paleoenvironmental reconstructions

    Harry Dowsett;Robert Thompson;John Barron;Thomas Cronin

  • Assessing confidence in Pliocene sea surface temperatures to evaluate predictive models

    Harry J. Dowsett;Marci M. Robinson;Alan M. Haywood;Daniel J. Hill;Daniel J. Hill

  • The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2: large-scale climate features and climate sensitivity

    Alan M. Haywood;Julia C. Tindall;Harry J. Dowsett;Aisling M. Dolan

  • Pliocene three-dimensional global ocean temperature reconstruction

    H. J. Dowsett;M. M. Robinson;K. M. Foley

  • Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 1)

    Alan Haywood;Harry Dowsett;Bette Otto-Bliesner;Mark Chandler;Mark Chandler

  • Sea Surface Temperature of the mid-Piacenzian Ocean: A Data-Model Comparison

    Harry J. Dowsett;Kevin M. Foley;Danielle K. Stoll;Mark A. Chandler

  • Challenges in quantifying Pliocene terrestrial warming revealed by data–model discord

    Ulrich Salzmann;Aisling M. Dolan;Alan M. Haywood;Wing-Le Chan

  • Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP): experimental design and boundary conditions (Experiment 2)

    A.M. Haywood;Harry J. Dowsett;Marci M. Robinson;Danielle K. Stoll

  • On the causes of mid-Pliocene warmth and polar amplification

    Daniel J. Lunt;Alan M. Haywood;Gavin A. Schmidt;Ulrich Salzmann

  • Pliocene sea surface temperatures of the north atlantic ocean at 3.0 Ma

    H.J. Dowsett;R.Z. Poore

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan M. Haywood
Alan M. Haywood University of Leeds
Daniel J. Lunt
Daniel J. Lunt University of Bristol
Daniel J. Hill
Daniel J. Hill University of Leeds
Aisling M. Dolan
Aisling M. Dolan University of Leeds
Ulrich Salzmann
Ulrich Salzmann Northumbria University
Mark A. Chandler
Mark A. Chandler Columbia University
Richard Z. Poore
Richard Z. Poore United States Geological Survey
Thomas M. Cronin
Thomas M. Cronin United States Geological Survey
Paul J. Valdes
Paul J. Valdes University of Bristol
Zhongshi Zhang
Zhongshi Zhang NORCE Research

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