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Ian Candy

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
3712
World Ranking
8717
National Ranking
875

Ian Candy 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 Ian Candy sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 120 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian Candy 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 Ian Candy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 3rd percentile

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

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

Overview

Ian Candy is affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Social Sciences, with a publication record that highlights an emphasis on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, Archaeology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas related to geological and archaeological sciences. Key themes include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Ian Candy has contributed to several recent papers published in reputable journals. Selected works include:

  • "Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years" (2021) published in Nature
  • "Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago" (2023) published in Nature
  • "Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Human footprints provide snapshot of last interglacial ecology in the Arabian interior" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Sedimentary and geomorphic evidence of Saharan megalakes: A synthesis" (2021) published in Quaternary Science Reviews

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic venues, showing a pattern of focus across a few key journals:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews (6 publications)
  • Journal of Quaternary Science (6 publications)
  • Nature (4 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution (2 publications)

Collaborative research is a notable aspect of Ian Candy's career. Frequent co-authors include Adrian Palmer, Ian Matthews, Huw S. Groucutt, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, and Tom S. White, indicating active cooperation across various projects and interdisciplinary topics.

Best Publications

  • The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe

    Simon A. Parfitt;Simon A. Parfitt;René W. Barendregt;Marzia Breda;Ian Candy;Ian Candy

  • Homo sapiens in Arabia by 85,000 years ago

    Huw S. Groucutt;Huw S. Groucutt;Rainer Grün;Rainer Grün;Iyad A. S. Zalmout;Nick A. Drake;Nick A. Drake

  • Terrestrial environments during MIS 11: evidence from the Palaeolithic site at West Stow, Suffolk, UK

    R.C. Preece;S.A. Parfitt;S.A. Parfitt;D.R. Bridgland;S.G. Lewis

  • Marine Isotope Stage 11: Palaeoclimates, palaeoenvironments and its role as an analogue for the current interglacial

    Ian Candy;Danielle C. Schreve;Jennifer Sherriff;Gareth J. Tye

  • Pronounced warmth during early Middle Pleistocene interglacials: Investigating the Mid-Brunhes Event in the British terrestrial sequence

    I. Candy;G.R. Coope;J.R. Lee;S.A. Parfitt;S.A. Parfitt

  • Quantifying time scales of pedogenic calcrete formation using U-series disequilibria

    I. Candy;S. Black;B.W. Sellwood

  • Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years.

    Huw S. Groucutt;Huw S. Groucutt;Tom S. White;Eleanor M. L. Scerri;Eleanor M. L. Scerri;Eleanor M. L. Scerri;Eric Andrieux;Eric Andrieux

  • The timing of Quaternary calcrete development in semi-arid southeast Spain: Investigating the role of climate on calcrete genesis

    Ian Candy;Stuart Black

  • The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008: The second season of investigations of the Haua Fteah cave and its landscape, and further results from the initial (2007) fieldwork

    Graeme Barker;Annita Antoniadou;Simon Armitage;Ian Brooks

  • Excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site at Elveden, Suffolk, UK

    Nick Ashton;Simon Lewis;Simon Parfitt;Ian Candy

  • New chronological data (ESR and ESR/U‐series) for the earliest Acheulian sites of north‐western Europe

    Pierre Voinchet;Davinia Moreno;Jean-Jacques Bahain;Hélène Tissoux

  • U-series isochron dating of immature and mature calcretes as a basis for constructing Quaternary landform chronologies for the Sorbas basin, southeast Spain

    Ian Candy;Stuart Black;Bruce W. Sellwood

  • Sea‐level changes, river activity, soil development and glaciation around the western margins of the southern North Sea Basin during the Early and early Middle Pleistocene: evidence from Pakefield, Suffolk, UK

    Jonathan R. Lee;Jonathan R. Lee;James Rose;Ian Candy;Ian Candy;Rene W. Barendregt

  • Land sea correlation of Middle Pleistocene temperate sub-stages using high-precision uranium-series dating of tufa deposits from southern England

    Ian Candy;Danielle Schreve

  • An enhanced record of MIS 9 environments, geochronology and geoarchaeology: data from construction of the High Speed 1 (London–Channel Tunnel) rail-link and other recent investigations at Purfleet, Essex, UK

    David R. Bridgland;Phil Harding;Peter Allen;Ian Candy

  • Calcrete profile development in quaternary alluvial sequences, southeast Spain: Implications for using calcretes as a basis for landform chronologies

    Ian Candy;Stuart Black;Bruce W. Sellwood;John S. Rowan

  • The River Orontes in Syria and Turkey: downstream variation of fluvial archives in different crustal blocks

    David R. Bridgland;Rob Westaway;Rob Westaway;Mohammad Abou Romieh;Ian Candy

  • Sedimentary and geomorphic evidence of Saharan megalakes: A synthesis

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  • Interpreting the response of a dryland river system to Late Quaternary climate change

    I. Candy;S. Black;B. W. Sellwood

  • A seasonally ‘dry’ interglacial climate in eastern England during the early Middle Pleistocene: palaeopedological and stable isotopic evidence from Pakefield, UK

    Ian Candy;James Rose;Jonathan Lee

  • Fossil herbivore stable isotopes reveal middle Pleistocene hominin palaeoenvironment in ‘Green Arabia’

    Patrick Roberts;Mathew Stewart;Abdulaziz N. Alagaili;Paul S. Breeze

  • The Quaternary of northern East Anglia : field guide

    I. Candy;J.R. Lee;A.M. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Danielle C. Schreve
Danielle C. Schreve Royal Holloway University of London
James Rose
James Rose Royal Holloway University of London
Michael D. Petraglia
Michael D. Petraglia Griffith University
Simon P.E. Blockley
Simon P.E. Blockley Royal Holloway University of London
Huw S. Groucutt
Huw S. Groucutt Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Nicholas Drake
Nicholas Drake King's College London
Simon A. Parfitt
Simon A. Parfitt University College London
Kirsty Penkman
Kirsty Penkman University of York
Julien Louys
Julien Louys Griffith University
James B. Riding
James B. Riding British Geological Survey

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