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Helen McGregor publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helen McGregor sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 124 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Helen McGregor D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helen McGregor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Helen McGregor is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia, with a focus spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Their research corpus includes significant work in the areas of Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Geophysics, and Ecology.

The primary topics McGregor has addressed are related to Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geological and Geophysical Studies. Their work extends into Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, as well as Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and broader Marine animal studies.

McGregor's recent publications include:

  • "Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger" (2024, Nature)
  • "The Diffraction-Limited Near-Infrared Spectropolarimeter (DL-NIRSP) of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)" (2022, Solar Physics)
  • "Emerging biological archives can reveal ecological and climatic change in Antarctica" (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • "Coral Record of Younger Dryas Chronozone Warmth on the Great Barrier Reef" (2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology)
  • "Distinct Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño Influence on Antarctic Surface Mass Balance" (2024, Geophysical Research Letters)

The researcher frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Donald C. Potts, Willem Renema, Jody M. Webster, L. Brenner, and Thomas Felis.

Helen McGregor's work has been published in a variety of venues. Notably, they have contributed to Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, Nature, Solar Physics, and Global Change Biology.

Best Publications

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Early onset of industrial-era warming across the oceans and continents

    Nerilie J. Abram;Helen V. McGregor;Jessica E. Tierney;Jessica E. Tierney;Michael N. Evans

  • Rapid 20th-century increase in coastal upwelling off northwest Africa.

    Helen McGregor;Mihai Dima;Mihai Dima;Helmut W Fischer;Stefan Mulitza

  • Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years: a synthesis by the OZ-INTIMATE group

    Jessica M. Reeves;Helen C. Bostock;Linda K. Ayliffe;Timothy T. Barrows

  • Higher frequency of Central Pacific El Niño events in recent decades relative to past centuries

    Mandy B. Freund;Benjamin J. Henley;David J. Karoly;David J. Karoly;Helen V. McGregor

  • Interlaboratory study for coral Sr/Ca and other element/Ca ratio measurements

    Ed C. Hathorne;Alexander C. Gagnon;Thomas Felis;Jess F. Adkins

  • Robust global ocean cooling trend for the pre-industrial Common Era

    Helen V. McGregor;Michael N. Evans;Hugues Goosse;Guillaume Leduc

  • Erratum: Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the Last Glacial Maximum (Nature Communications (2014) 5 (4102) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5102)

    Thomas Felis;Helen V. McGregor;Braddock K. Linsley;Alexander W. Tudhope

  • Climate change and Australia

    Lesley Head;Michael Adams;Helen V. McGregor;Stephanie Toole

  • Western Pacific coral δ18O records of anomalous Holocene variability in the El Niño–Southern Oscillation

    Helen V. McGregor;Michael K. Gagan

  • Diagenesis and geochemistry of porites corals from Papua New Guinea: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction

    Helen V. McGregor;Michael K. Gagan

  • Paleoclimate Data–Model Comparison and the Role of Climate Forcings over the Past 1500 Years*

    Steven John Phipps;Helen Victoria McGregor;Joelle Gergis;Ailie Jane Eyre Gallant

  • Oscillations in the southern extent of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool during the mid-Holocene

    Nerilie J. Abram;Nerilie J. Abram;Helen V. McGregor;Helen V. McGregor;Michael K. Gagan;Wahyoe S. Hantoro

  • Vegetation change, goats, and religion: a 2000-year history of land use in southern Morocco

    Helen V. McGregor;Helen V. McGregor;Lydie Dupont;Jan Berend W. Stuut;Holger Kuhlmann

  • Links between tropical Pacific seasonal, interannual and orbital variability during the Holocene

    Julien Emile-Geay;Kim M. Cobb;Matthieu Carré;Pascale Braconnot

  • A weak El Nino/Southern Oscillation with delayed seasonal growth around 4,300 years ago

    H. V. McGregor;Mathew J. Fischer;Michael Gagan;David Fink

  • Response of the Great Barrier Reef to sea-level and environmental changes over the past 30,000 years

    Jody M. Webster;Juan Carlos Braga;Marc Humblet;Donald C. Potts

  • Using communities of practice to enhance interdisciplinary teaching: lessons from four Australian institutions

    Emma Pharo;Aidan Davison;Helen McGregor;Kristin Warr

  • Mid-Pacific microatolls record sea-level stability over the past 5000 yr

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Helen V. McGregor;Kurt Lambeck;Kurt Lambeck;Scott G. Smithers

  • A preliminary study of possible genetic influences on the susceptibility of sheep to Johne's disease.

    LA Reddacliff;K. Beh;Helen McGregor;RJ Whittington

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael K. Gagan
Michael K. Gagan Australian National University
Nerilie J. Abram
Nerilie J. Abram Australian National University
Steven J. Phipps
Steven J. Phipps University of Tasmania
Belen Martrat
Belen Martrat Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Hans W. Linderholm
Hans W. Linderholm University of Gothenburg
Michael N. Evans
Michael N. Evans University of Maryland, College Park
Raphael Neukom
Raphael Neukom University of Bern
Alexander W. Tudhope
Alexander W. Tudhope University of Edinburgh
David Fink
David Fink Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Jody M. Webster
Jody M. Webster University of Sydney

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