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Isabel Cacho 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 Isabel Cacho sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 316 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Isabel Cacho 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 Isabel Cacho sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Isabel Cacho is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Archeology, Oceanography, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work addresses multiple main topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Cacho has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, with recent publications including:

  • "Persistent warm Mediterranean surface waters during the Roman period" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Immediate temperature response in northern Iberia to last deglacial changes in the North Atlantic" (2021, Geology)
  • "Measurement report: Spatial variability of northern Iberian rainfall stable isotope values - investigating atmospheric controls on daily and monthly timescales" (2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)
  • "Rapid northern hemisphere ice sheet melting during the penultimate deglaciation" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Late Miocene onset of the modern Antarctic Circumpolar Current" (2024, Nature Geoscience)

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic venues, notably:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • 44 Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Endoscopia Digestiva Abstracts Publication
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Climate of the past

Throughout their research career, Isabel Cacho has collaborated with various co-authors, with frequent partnerships including:

  • Fabrizio Lirer (17 joint publications)
  • Leopoldo D. Pena (16 joint publications)
  • Jaime Frigola (14 joint publications)
  • Ana Moreno (10 joint publications)
  • Francisco Javier Sierro (9 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich event imprints in Alboran Sea paleotemperatures

    Isabel Cacho;Joan O Grimalt;Carles Pelejero;Miquel Canals

  • Interglacials of the last 800,000 years

    A. Berger;M. Crucifix;D.A. Hodell

  • Variability of the western Mediterranean Sea surface temperature during the last 25,000 years and its connection with the Northern Hemisphere climatic changes

    Isabel Cacho;Joan O. Grimalt;Miquel Canals;Laura Sbaffi

  • Abrupt Temperature Changes in the Western Mediterranean over the Past 250,000 Years

    Belen Martrat;Joan O. Grimalt;Constancia López-Martínez;Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • Synchroneity between marine and terrestrial responses to millennial scale climatic variability during the last glacial period in the Mediterranean region

    M. F. Sanchez Goni;I. Cacho;J.-L. Turon;J. Guiot

  • Evidence for enhanced Mediterranean thermohaline circulation during rapid climatic coolings

    Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho;Joan O. Grimalt;Francisco J. Sierro;Nick Shackleton

  • Planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca as a proxy for past oceanic temperatures: a methodological overview and data compilation for the Last Glacial Maximum

    Stephen Barker;Isabel Cacho;Heather Benway;Kazuyo Tachikawa

  • Mediterranean outflow strengthening during northern hemisphere coolings: A salt source for the glacial Atlantic?

    Antje H.L. Voelker;S.M. Lebreiro;J. Schönfeld;I. Cacho

  • The Medieval Climate Anomaly in the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed from marine and lake records

    Ana Moreno;Ana Pérez;Jaime Frigola;Vanesa Nieto-Moreno

  • Saharan Dust Transport and High-Latitude Glacial Climatic Variability: The Alboran Sea Record

    Ana Moreno;Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho;Miquel Canals;Maarten A. Prins

  • Apparent long-term cooling of the sea surface in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Holocene.

    Olivier Marchal;Isabel Cacho;Thomas F. Stocker;Joan O. Grimalt

  • Impact of iceberg melting on Mediterranean thermohaline circulation during Heinrich events

    F. J. Sierro;D. A. Hodell;J. H. Curtis;J. A. Flores

  • Position of the Polar Front along the western Iberian margin during key cold episodes of the last 45 ka

    Frédérique Eynaud;Lucia de Abreu;Antje H. L. Voelker;Joachim Schönfeld

  • Interlaboratory comparison study of calibration standards for foraminiferal Mg/Ca thermometry

    M. Greaves;N. Caillon;H. Rebaubier;G. Bartoli

  • Links between marine and atmospheric processes oscillating on a millennial time-scale. A multi-proxy study of the last 50,000 yr from the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean Sea)

    Ana Moreno;Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho;Miquel Canals;Joan O. Grimalt

  • Holocene climate variability in the western Mediterranean region from a deepwater sediment record

    J. Frigola;A. Moreno;I. Cacho;M. Canals

  • The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

    Monica Bini;Giovanni Zanchetta;Aurel Perşoiu;Rosine Cartier

  • Identification and removal of Mn-Mg-rich contaminant phases on foraminiferal tests: Implications for Mg/Ca past temperature reconstructions

    L Pena;Eva Calvo;Eva Calvo;I Cacho;I Cacho;Stephen Eggins

  • A speleothem record of glacial (25-11.6 kyr BP) rapid climatic changes from northern Iberian Peninsula

    Ana Moreno;Ana Moreno;Heather Stoll;Montserrat Jiménez-Sánchez;Isabel Cacho

  • Response of the Western Mediterranean Sea to rapid climatic variability during the last 50,000 years: a molecular biomarker approach

    I. Cacho;I. Cacho;J.O. Grimalt;M. Canals

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona
José-Abel Flores
José-Abel Flores University of Salamanca
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Ana Moreno
Ana Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Jean-Louis Turon
Jean-Louis Turon University of Bordeaux
Filipa Naughton
Filipa Naughton Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Francisco Javier Sierro
Francisco Javier Sierro University of Salamanca

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