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James Goff 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 James Goff sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 234 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James Goff 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 James Goff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James Goff is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and conducts research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work is centered on understanding geological and climatic processes on Earth through multiple specialized subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Geography, Planning and Development, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as Geology and Paleoclimatology, earthquake and tectonic studies, Pacific and Southeast Asian regional studies, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological formations and processes, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami, January 2022: globally the most significant opportunity to observe an explosive and tsunamigenic submarine eruption since AD 1883 Krakatau, 2022, Geoscience Letters
  • Palaeotsunamis in the Sino-Pacific region, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Did a 3800-year-old M w ~9.5 earthquake trigger major social disruption in the Atacama Desert?, 2022, Science Advances
  • Freshwater (paleo)tsunamis - a review, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • A comprehensive review of tsunami and palaeotsunami research in Chile, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews

James Goff frequently publishes in journals such as Earth-Science Reviews, Natural Hazards, Marine Geology, Quaternary Science Reviews, and arXiv (Cornell University).

They have collaborated regularly with other researchers, including:

  • James P. Terry
  • Scott Fisher
  • Andrew B. Cundy
  • David Sear
  • Kazuhisa Goto

Best Publications

  • New insights of tsunami hazard from the 2011 Tohoku-Oki event

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Shigehiro Fujino;James Goff

  • Progress in palaeotsunami research

    James Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Scott Nichol;Bruce Jaffe

  • Observations by the International Tsunami Survey Team in Sri Lanka

    Philip L.-F. Liu;Patrick Lynett;Harindra Fernando;Bruce E. Jaffe

  • Sedimentary differences between the 2002 Easter storm and the 15th-century Okoropunga tsunami, southeastern North Island, New Zealand

    J. Goff;B.G. McFadgen;C. Chagué-Goff

  • Expanding the proxy toolkit to help identify past events — Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2009 South Pacific Tsunami

    Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Jean Luc Schneider;James R. Goff;Dale Dominey-Howes

  • Palaeotsunami deposits: a New Zealand perspective

    J. Goff;C. Chagué-Goff;S. Nichol

  • Extreme runup from the 17 July 2006 Java tsunami

    Hermann M. Fritz;Widjo Kongko;Andrew Moore;Brian McAdoo

  • Geochemical signatures up to the maximum inundation of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami — Implications for the 869 AD Jogan and other palaeotsunamis

    Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Anita Andrew;Witold Szczuciński;James Goff

  • Gravel transport and morphological change in braided sunwapta river, Alberta, Canada

    James Rodney Goff;Peter Ashmore

  • Erosion, deposition and landscape change on the Sendai coastal plain, Japan, resulting from the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami

    Bruce Richmond;Witold Szczuciński;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Kazuhisa Goto

  • Sri Lanka Field Survey after the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

    James Goff;Philip L.-F. Liu;Bretwood Higman;Robert Morton;Robert Morton

  • The use of empirical vulnerability functions to assess the response of buildings to tsunami impact: Comparative review and summary of best practice

    C. Tarbotton;F. Dall'Osso;D. Dominey-Howes;J. Goff

  • On the Interpretation of Subglacial Till Fabric

    Stephen R. Hicock;James R. Goff;Olav B. Lian;Edward C. Little

  • The use of boulders for characterising past tsunamis: Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2009 South Pacific tsunamis

    Samuel Etienne;Samuel Etienne;Mark Buckley;Raphaël Paris;Aruna K. Nandasena

  • Māori environmental knowledge and natural hazards in Aotearoa‐New Zealand

    Darren N. T. King;James Goff;Apanui Skipper

  • Extreme wave deposits on the Pacific coast of Mexico: Tsunamis or storms? — A multi-proxy approach

    María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera;Marcelo Lagos;Ian Hutchinson;Vladimir Kostoglodov

  • The largest local tsunami in 20th century Hawaii

    J. Goff;W.C. Dudley;M.J. deMaintenon;G. Cain

  • The 17 July 1998 tsunami, Papua New Guinea: evidence and initial interpretation

    M.J. McSaveney;J.R. Goff;D.J. Darby;P. Goldsmith

  • A tsunami (ca. 6300 years BP) and other Holocene environmental changes, northern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

    C. Chagué-Goff;S. Dawson;J.R. Goff;J. Zachariasen

  • Megaclasts: Proposed Revised Nomenclature At the Coarse End of the Udden-Wentworth Grain-Size Scale for Sedimentary Particles

    J. P. Terry;J. Goff

  • The future of tsunami research following the 2011 Tohoku-oki event

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;James Goff;Bruce Jaffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Chagué-Goff
Catherine Chagué-Goff University of New South Wales
Dale Dominey-Howes
Dale Dominey-Howes University of Sydney
Kazuhisa Goto
Kazuhisa Goto University of Tokyo
Scott L. Nichol
Scott L. Nichol Geoscience Australia
Bruce E. Jaffe
Bruce E. Jaffe United States Geological Survey
Bruce M. Richmond
Bruce M. Richmond United States Geological Survey
Witold Szczuciński
Witold Szczuciński Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Geoffroy Lamarche
Geoffroy Lamarche National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Hermann M. Fritz
Hermann M. Fritz Georgia Institute of Technology
Costas E. Synolakis
Costas E. Synolakis University of Southern California

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