2026 James F. Kasting: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	99	391	367	173	157	328	41157

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2004 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James F. Kasting is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy, with a particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their recent scientific papers cover various aspects of planetary atmospheres, climate, and geochemical processes. Notable publications include:

"Oxidized micrometeorites suggest either high p CO ₂ or low p N ₂ during the Neoarchean," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Warming early Mars with climate cycling: The effect of CO₂-H₂ collision-induced absorption," 2020, Icarus
"Triple oxygen isotope constraints on atmospheric O₂ and biological productivity during the mid-Proterozoic," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Comparison between ozone column depths and methane lifetimes computed by one- and three-dimensional models at different atmospheric O₂ levels," 2023, Royal Society Open Science
"Elemental and isotopic fractionation as fossils of water escape from Venus," 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Aoshuang Ji, R. C. Payne, Orlando G. Tomazzeli, Gustavo G. Palancar, and Guillaume Chaverot.

Their work has been published often in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Icarus, Royal Society Open Science, and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Their research spans several subfields including:

Atmospheric Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Global and Planetary Change
Paleontology
Geochemistry and Petrology

Main topics within their research portfolio include:

Astro and Planetary Science
Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Planetary Science and Exploration
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

James F. Kasting has also published a book titled How to Find a Habitable Planet in 2021 through Princeton University Press.

Recognition for their scientific contributions includes several distinctions:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry (2008)
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2004)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1995)

Best Publications

Habitable zones around main sequence stars

James F. Kasting;Daniel P. Whitmire;Ray T. Reynolds

2892
Citations
A negative feedback mechanism for the long‐term stabilization of Earth's surface temperature

James C. G. Walker;P. B. Hays;J. F. Kasting

2489
Citations
Earth's early atmosphere

James F. Kasting

1831
Citations
Habitable Zones Around Main-Sequence Stars: New Estimates

Ravi Kumar Kopparapu;Ramses Ramirez;James F. Kasting;Vincent Eymet

1715
Citations
Mass-independent fractionation of sulfur isotopes in Archean sediments: strong evidence for an anoxic Archean atmosphere.

A.A. Pavlov;J.F. Kasting

1055
Citations
Habitable planets around the star Gliese 581

Franck Selsis;Franck Selsis;J. F. Kasting;Benjamin Levrard;Benjamin Levrard;J. Paillet

858
Citations
Runaway and Moist Greenhouse Atmospheres and the Evolution of Earth and Venus

James F. Kasting

840
Citations
The case for a wet, warm climate on early Mars.

J.B. Pollack;J.F. Kasting;S.M. Richardson;K. Poliakoff

723
Citations
Habitable zones around main-sequence stars: Dependence on planetary mass

Ravi Kumar Kopparapu;Ramses M. Ramirez;James SchottelKotte;James F. Kasting

701
Citations
Evolution of a habitable planet

James F. Kasting;David Catling

665
Citations
Remote sensing of planetary properties and biosignatures on extrasolar terrestrial planets.

David J. Des Marais;Martin O. Harwit;Kenneth W. Jucks;James F. Kasting

646
Citations
Annihilation of ecosystems by large asteroid impacts on the early Earth

Norman H. Sleep;Kevin J. Zahnle;James F. Kasting;Harold J. Morowitz

643
Citations
Theoretical constraints on oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in the Precambrian atmosphere.

James F. Kasting

622
Citations
Greenhouse warming by CH4 in the atmosphere of early Earth

Alexander A. Pavlov;James F. Kasting;Lisa L. Brown;Kathy A. Rages

621
Citations
Life and the Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere

James F. Kasting;Janet L. Siefert

596
Citations
Biosignatures from Earth-like planets around M dwarfs

Antígona Segura;Antígona Segura;James F. Kasting;Victoria Meadows;Martin Cohen

588
Citations
CO2 condensation and the climate of early Mars

James F. Kasting

563
Citations
New constraints on Precambrian ocean composition.

John P. Grotzinger;James F. Kasting

555
Citations
Climatic consequences of very high carbon dioxide levels in the earth's early atmosphere.

James F. Kasting;Thomas P. Ackerman

534
Citations
The Effect of a Strong Stellar Flare on the Atmospheric Chemistry of an Earth-like Planet Orbiting an M Dwarf

Antígona Segura;Lucianne M. Walkowicz;Victoria Meadows;James Kasting

481
Citations
New insights into Archean sulfur cycle from mass-independent sulfur isotope records from the Hamersley Basin, Australia

Shuhei Ono;Jennifer L. Eigenbrode;Alexander A. Pavlov;Pushker Kharecha

435
Citations
Ozone concentrations and ultraviolet fluxes on Earth-like planets around other stars.

Antígona Segura;Kara Krelove;Kara Krelove;James F. Kasting;Darrell Sommerlatt

420
Citations
Evolution of a Habitable Planet

James Kasting

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Catling University of Washington

Kevin Zahnle Ames Research Center

David Crisp California Institute of Technology

James B. Pollack Ames Research Center

Motohide Tamura University of Tokyo

Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center

Helmut Lammer Austrian Academy of Sciences

Norman H. Sleep Stanford University

Owen B. Toon University of Colorado Boulder

Mark S. Marley University of Arizona

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