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56
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2344
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James L. Crowley 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 L. Crowley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 260 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James L. Crowley 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 L. Crowley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James L. Crowley is affiliated with Boise State University in the United States and actively contributes to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Paleontology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geology

Research topics covered in their publications encompass:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

James L. Crowley has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • European Society of Cardiology: cardiovascular disease statistics 2021, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease, 2020, Nature Genetics
  • Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests, 2021, Science
  • Tanz zircon megacrysts: a new zircon reference material for the microbeam determination of U-Pb ages and Zr-O isotopes, 2021, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Pace, magnitude, and nature of terrestrial climate change through the end-Permian extinction in southeastern Gondwana, 2021, Geology

Frequent co-authors in Crowley's research include:

  • Mark D. Schmitz
  • Eben B. Hodgin
  • Francis A. Macdonald
  • Glenn R. Sharman
  • Yvette D. Kuiper

Publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Geosphere
  • Geology

Best Publications

  • Plesovice zircon : A new natural reference material for U-Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis

    Jirri Slama;Jirri Slama;Jirri Slama;Jan Kosler;Daniel J. Condon;James L. Crowley

  • Calibrating the End-Permian Mass Extinction

    Shu-zhong Shen;James L. Crowley;James L. Crowley;Yue Wang;Samuel A. Bowring

  • U-Pb zircon date from the Neoproterozoic Ghaub Formation, Namibia: Constraints on Marinoan glaciation

    K.-H. Hoffmann;D.J. Condon;S.A. Bowring;J.L. Crowley

  • Calibrating the Cryogenian.

    Francis Alexander Macdonald;Mark D. Schmitz;James L. Crowley;Charles F. Roots

  • Reassessing the uranium decay constants for geochronology using ID-TIMS U–Pb data

    Blair Schoene;James L. Crowley;Daniel J. Condon;Mark D. Schmitz

  • U-Pb dating of zircon in the Bishop Tuff at the millennial scale

    Jim L. Crowley;B. Schoene;S. A. Bowring

  • Effects of Rapid Global Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary on Neotropical Vegetation

    Carlos Jaramillo;Diana Ochoa;Diana Ochoa;Lineth Contreras;Lineth Contreras;Lineth Contreras;Mark Pagani

  • High‐precision U‐Pb zircon age calibration of the global Carboniferous time scale and Milankovitch band cyclicity in the Donets Basin, eastern Ukraine

    Vladimir I. Davydov;James L. Crowley;Mark D. Schmitz;Vladislav I. Poletaev

  • High-precision U-Pb zircon age from the Triassic of Italy: Implications for the Triassic time scale and the Carnian origin of calcareous nannoplankton and dinosaurs

    Stefano Furin;Nereo Preto;Manuel Rigo;Guido Roghi

  • High-Precision U-Pb Calibration of Carboniferous Glaciation and Climate History, Paganzo Group, NW Argentina

    Erik L. Gulbranson;Isabel P. Montañez;M. D. Schmitz;Carlos Oscar Limarino;Carlos Oscar Limarino

  • An expanded record of Early Cambrian carbon cycling from the Anti-Atlas Margin, Morocco

    Adam C. Maloof;Daniel P. Schrag;James L. Crowley;Samuel A. Bowring

  • High-precision U-Pb CA-TIMS calibration of Middle Permian to Lower Triassic sequences, mass extinction and extreme climate-change in eastern Australian Gondwana

    Ian Metcalfe;Ian Metcalfe;J L Crowley;Robert Nicoll;Robert Nicoll;Mark D. Schmitz

  • Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests.

    Mónica R. Carvalho;Mónica R. Carvalho;Carlos Jaramillo;Carlos Jaramillo;Carlos Jaramillo;Felipe de la Parra;Dayenari Caballero-Rodríguez

  • Age and pattern of the southern high-latitude continental end-Permian extinction constrained by multiproxy analysis

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;Stephen McLoughlin;Vivi Vajda

  • Coeval Large-Scale Magmatism in the Kalahari and Laurentian Cratons During Rodinia Assembly

    Richard E. Hanson;James L. Crowley;Samuel A. Bowring;Jahandar Ramezani

  • Geometry, kinematics, and regional significance of the Chong Shan shear zone, Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, Yunnan, China

    Sinan Akciz;B. Clark Burchfiel;James L. Crowley;Yin Jiyun

  • Magma emplacement, differentiation and cooling in the middle crust: Integrated zircon geochronological–geochemical constraints from the Bergell Intrusion, Central Alps

    Kyle M. Samperton;Blair Schoene;John M. Cottle;C. Brenhin Keller

  • An electron microprobe study of the U–Th–Pb systematics of metamorphosed monazite: the role of Pb diffusion versus overgrowth and recrystallization

    J.L Crowley;E.D Ghent

  • Depositional environments and cyclo- and chronostratigraphy of uppermost Carboniferous–Lower Triassic fluvial–lacustrine deposits, southern Bogda Mountains, NW China — A terrestrial paleoclimatic record of mid-latitude NE Pangea

    Wan Yang;Qiao Feng;Yiqun Liu;Neil Tabor

  • Paleoproterozoic intraplate magmatism and basin development on the Kaapvaal Craton: Age, paleomagnetism and geochemistry of ~1.93 to ~1.87 Ga post-Waterberg dolerites

    R.E. Hanson;W.A. Gose;J.L. Crowley;J. Ramezani

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark D. Schmitz
Mark D. Schmitz Boise State University
Francis A. Macdonald
Francis A. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara
Vivi Vajda
Vivi Vajda Swedish Museum of Natural History
Christopher R. Fielding
Christopher R. Fielding University of Connecticut
Tracy D. Frank
Tracy D. Frank University of Connecticut
Blair Schoene
Blair Schoene Princeton University
Daniel J. Condon
Daniel J. Condon British Geological Survey
Ian Metcalfe
Ian Metcalfe University of New England

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