2026 Harry Y. McSween: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	112	63	50	27	21	623	39005

Harry Y. McSween 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 Y. McSween sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 603+

This scientist: 623 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harry Y. McSween 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 Y. McSween sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Harry Y. McSween is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Ecology.

Their scholarly work concentrates on topics including Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Astronomical and nuclear sciences, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

McSween has published extensively in the following venues:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McSween include:

G. R. Huss
Nick Dygert
J. E. Moersch
Jialong Ren
Marc A. Hesse

Recent publications by McSween include:

"Perspectives on Mars Sample Return: A critical resource for planetary science and exploration," 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"On the Diversity and Formation Modes of Martian Minerals," 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
"Extensive and ancient feldspathic crust detected across north Hellas rim, Mars: Possible implications for primary crust formation," 2022, Geology
"Thermochemical evolution of the acapulcoite-lodranite parent body: Evidence for fragmentation-disrupted partial differentiation," 2022, Meteoritics and Planetary Science
"Evidence for early fragmentation-reassembly of ordinary chondrite (H, L, and LL) parent bodies from REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometry," 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

McSween has received recognition through several fellowships, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2008
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2006
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002

Best Publications

In situ evidence for an ancient aqueous environment at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

Steven W. Squyres;John P. Grotzinger;Raymond E. Arvidson;James F. Bell

1180
Citations
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey mission

Philip R. Christensen;Bruce M. Jakosky;Hugh H. Kieffer;Michael C. Malin

1063
Citations
Meteorites and the early solar system II

Dante S. Lauretta;Harry Y. McSween

932
Citations
What we have learned about Mars from SNC meteorites

Harry Y. Mcsween

833
Citations
Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills

R. E. Arvidson;S. W. Squyres;R. C. Anderson;J. F. Bell

664
Citations
The chemical composition of Martian soil and rocks returned by the mobile alpha proton x-ray spectrometer : Preliminary results from the x-ray mode

R. Rieder;T. Economou;H. Wänke;A. Turkevich

617
Citations
The Opportunity Rover's Athena science investigation at Meridiani Planum, Mars.

S. W. Squyres;R. E. Arvidson;J.F. Bell;J. Brückner

597
Citations
Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars

S.M. McLennan;J.F. Bell;W. M. Calvin;P. R. Christensen

596
Citations
Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm

C. T. Russell;C. A. Raymond;A. Coradini;H. Y. McSween

578
Citations
Elemental Composition of the Martian Crust

Harry Y. McSween;G. Jeffrey Taylor;Michael B. Wyatt

488
Citations
The Spirit Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars

Steven W. Squyres;Raymond E. Arvidson;James F. Bell;J. Bruckner

472
Citations
SNC meteorites: Clues to Martian petrologic evolution?

Harry Y. McSween

463
Citations
Mineralogy at Meridiani Planum from the Mini-TES Experiment on the Opportunity Rover.

Philip Christensen;M. B. Wyatt;T. D. Glotch;A. D. Rogers

461
Citations
Petrology and origin of the shergottite meteorites

Edward Stolper;Harry Y. McSween

448
Citations
An integrated view of the chemistry and mineralogy of martian soils

Albert S. Yen;Ralf Gellert;Christian Schröder;Richard V. Morris

432
Citations
Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum

Benton C. Clark;R. V. Morris;S. M. McLennan;R. Gellert

429
Citations
Morphology and Composition of the Surface of Mars: Mars Odyssey THEMIS Results

Philip R. Christensen;Joshua L. Bandfield;James F. Bell;Noel Gorelick

425
Citations
Correlated alteration effects in CM carbonaceous chondrites

Lauren B. Browning;Lauren B. Browning;Harry Y. McSween;Michael E. Zolensky

417
Citations
Are carbonaceous chondrites primitive or processed? A review

Harry Y. McSween

396
Citations
Alteration in CM carbonaceous chondrites inferred from modal and chemical variations in matrix

Harry Y. McSween

385
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf Jaumann Freie Universität Berlin

Thomas H. Prettyman Planetary Science Institute

M. C. De Sanctis National Institute for Astrophysics

Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles

Andreas Nathues Max Planck Society

Michael J. Toplis Paul Sabatier University

Federico Tosi National Institute for Astrophysics

Scott M. McLennan Stony Brook University

Carle M. Pieters Brown University

Philip R. Christensen Arizona State University

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