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Igor Semiletov 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 Igor Semiletov sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 327 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Igor Semiletov 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 Igor Semiletov sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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 Russia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Russia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Russia Leader Award

Overview

Igor Semiletov is affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Federation. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant contributions in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

Their work covers a range of topics including Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Climate change and permafrost, Geological Studies and Exploration, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Semiletov has published extensively, with some recent papers including:

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Microplastics distribution in the Eurasian Arctic is affected by Atlantic waters and Siberian rivers, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Remobilization of dormant carbon from Siberian-Arctic permafrost during three past warming events, 2020, Science Advances
  • Source apportionment of methane escaping the subsea permafrost system in the outer Eurasian Arctic Shelf, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Freshwater transport between the Kara, Laptev, and East-Siberian seas, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent publication venues for Semiletov's work include:

  • Geosciences
  • Bulletin of the Tomsk Polytechnic University Geo Assets Engineering
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Doklady Earth Sciences

Key frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Semiletov are:

  • Oleg Dudarev
  • Alexander Osadchiev
  • Denis Chernykh
  • Natalia Shakhova
  • Elena Gershelis

Best Publications

  • Extensive Methane Venting to the Atmosphere from Sediments of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    Natalia Shakhova;Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Anatoly Salyuk;Vladimir Yusupov

  • Activation of old carbon by erosion of coastal and subsea permafrost in Arctic Siberia

    J. E. Vonk;J. E. Vonk;Laura Sanchez-Garcia;Laura Sanchez-Garcia;B. E. van Dongen;B. E. van Dongen;V. Alling;V. Alling

  • North Siberian Lakes: A Methane Source Fueled by Pleistocene Carbon

    S. A. Zimov;Y. V. Voropaev;I. P. Semiletov;S. P. Davidov

  • Ebullition and storm-induced methane release from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    Natalia Shakhova;Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Ira Leifer;Valentin Sergienko

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0.

    Martin Jakobsson;Larry A. Mayer;Caroline Bringensparr;Carlos F. Castro

  • Organic carbon isotope ratios (δ 13 C) of Arctic Amerasian Continental shelf sediments

    A. S. Naidu;L. W. Cooper;B. P. Finney;R. W. Macdonald

  • Differential mobilization of terrestrial carbon pools in Eurasian Arctic river basins.

    Xiaojuan Feng;Jorien E. Vonk;Bart E. van Dongen;Örjan Gustafsson

  • The East Siberian Arctic Shelf: towards further assessment of permafrost-related methane fluxes and role of sea ice

    Natalia Evgenievna Shakhova;Natalia Evgenievna Shakhova;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Valentin Sergienko;Leopold Lobkovsky

  • Characterization of Siberian Arctic coastal sediments: Implications for terrestrial organic carbon export

    Laodong Guo;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Örjan Gustafsson;Johan Ingri

  • Siberian CO2 efflux in winter as a CO2 source and cause of seasonality in atmospheric CO2

    S. A. Zimov;S. P. Davidov;Y. V. Voropaev;S. F. Prosiannikov

  • Atmospheric CO2 balance: The role of Arctic sea ice

    Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Alexander Makshtas;Syun-Ichi Akasofu;Edgar L Andreas

  • Geochemical and geophysical evidence of methane release over the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    N. Shakhova;N. Shakhova;I. Semiletov;I. Semiletov;I. Leifer;A. Salyuk

  • Current rates and mechanisms of subsea permafrost degradation in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf.

    Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Orjan Gustafsson;Valentin Sergienko

  • Winter biotic activity and production of CO2 in Siberian soils : a factor in the greenhouse effect

    S. A. Zimov;G. M. Zimova;S. P. Daviodov;A. I. Daviodova

  • Acidification of East Siberian Arctic Shelf waters through addition of freshwater and terrestrial carbon

    Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Irina Ivanovna Pipko;Örjan Gustafsson;Leif G. Anderson

  • The East Siberian Sea as a transition zone between Pacific-derived waters and Arctic shelf waters

    Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Oleg Dudarev;Vladimir Luchin;Alexander Charkin

  • Carbonate chemistry dynamics and carbon dioxide fluxes across the atmosphere–ice–water interfaces in the Arctic Ocean: Pacific sector of the Arctic

    Igor P. Semiletov;Igor P. Semiletov;Irina I. Pipko;Irina Repina;Natalia E. Shakhova;Natalia E. Shakhova

  • Evidence for an ice shelf covering the central Arctic Ocean during the penultimate glaciation

    Martin Jakobsson;Martin Jakobsson;Johan Nilsson;Leif G. Anderson;Jan Backman

  • Carbon transport by the Lena River from its headwaters to the Arctic Ocean, with emphasis on fluvial input of terrestrial particulate organic carbon vs. carbon transport by coastal erosion

    I. P. Semiletov;I. P. Semiletov;I. I. Pipko;N. E. Shakhova;N. E. Shakhova;O. V. Dudarev

  • Methane release and coastal environment in the East Siberian Arctic shelf

    N. Shakhova;N. Shakhova;I. Semiletov;I. Semiletov

Frequent Co-Authors

Natalia Shakhova
Natalia Shakhova University of Alaska Fairbanks
Örjan Gustafsson
Örjan Gustafsson Stockholm University
Tommaso Tesi
Tommaso Tesi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Martin Jakobsson
Martin Jakobsson Stockholm University
Jorien E. Vonk
Jorien E. Vonk Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Leif G. Anderson
Leif G. Anderson University of Gothenburg
Birgit Wild
Birgit Wild Stockholm University
Matt O'Regan
Matt O'Regan Stockholm University
Bart E. van Dongen
Bart E. van Dongen University of Manchester

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