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D-Index
45
Citations
6855
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6477
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507

James O.S. Hammond publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James O.S. Hammond sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 175 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

James O.S. Hammond D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James O.S. Hammond sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

James O.S. Hammond is affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics. Their scholarly output includes work intersecting with Artificial Intelligence, Political Science and International Relations, Surgery, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as subfields.

The main topics of Hammond's research encompass:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • International Science and Diplomacy

Several papers illustrate the scope of Hammond's research contributions, including:

  • "A Little Data Goes a Long Way: Automating Seismic Phase Arrival Picking at Nabro Volcano With Transfer Learning," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Restricted lithospheric extrusion in the SE Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from anisotropic Rayleigh-wave tomography," 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Reactivation of Fault Systems by Compartmentalized Hydrothermal Fluids in the Southern Andes Revealed by Magnetotelluric and Seismic Data," 2020, Tectonics
  • "Mantle Dynamics Beneath the Sichuan Basin and Eastern Tibet From Teleseismic Tomography," 2021, Tectonics
  • "Across and along-strike crustal structure variations of the western Afar margin and adjacent plateau: Insights from receiver functions analysis," 2022, Journal of African Earth Sciences

Hammond frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • J. M. Kendall
  • Sacha Lapins
  • Berhe Goitom
  • Cunrui Han
  • Maximilian J. Werner

They have published extensively in a variety of scientific outlets, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Tectonics
  • Geological Society London Special Publications

Best Publications

  • The future of farming: Who will produce our food?

    Ken E. Giller;Thomas Delaune;João Vasco Silva;João Vasco Silva;Katrien Descheemaeker

  • Prospective life cycle carbon abatement for pyrolysis biochar systems in the UK

    Jim Hammond;Simon Shackley;Saran Sohi;Peter Brownsort

  • The feasibility and costs of biochar deployment in the UK

    Simon Shackley;Jim Hammond;John Gaunt;Rodrigo Ibarrola

  • Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options?

    Ken E. Giller;Thomas Delaune;João Vasco Silva;João Vasco Silva;Mark van Wijk

  • The nature of the crust beneath the Afar triple junction: Evidence from receiver functions

    James O.S. Hammond;J.-M. Kendall;G.W. Stuart;D. Keir

  • Multi-proxy dating the ‘Millennium Eruption’ of Changbaishan to late 946 CE

    Clive Oppenheimer;Lukas Wacker;Jiandong Xu;Juan Diego Galván

  • Magma Plumbing Systems: A Geophysical Perspective

    Craig Magee;Carl T. E. Stevenson;Susanna K. Ebmeier;Derek Keir

  • Evidence for focused magmatic accretion at segment centers from lateral dike injections captured beneath the Red Sea rift in Afar

    Derek Keir;Derek Keir;Ian J. Hamling;Atalay Ayele;Eric Calais

  • Capturing magma intrusion and faulting processes during continental rupture: seismicity of the Dabbahu (Afar) rift

    C.J. Ebinger;C.J. Ebinger;D. Keir;D. Keir;A. Ayele;E. Calais

  • Pyrolysis biochar systems for recovering biodegradable materials: A life cycle carbon assessment

    Rodrigo Ibarrola;Simon Shackley;James Hammond

  • Competing uses for China's straw: the economic and carbon abatement potential of biochar

    Abbie Clare;Abbie Clare;Simon Shackley;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;Stephen Joseph;James Hammond;James Hammond

  • The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) for rapid characterisation of households to inform Climate Smart Agriculture interventions: Description and applications in East Africa and Central America

    James Hammond;Simon Fraval;Jacob van Etten;Jose Gabriel Suchini

  • An assessment of the benefits and issues associated with the application of biochar to soil

    Peter Brownsort;Sarah Carter;Jason Cook;Colin Cunningham

  • Comparison of dike intrusions in an incipient seafloor-spreading segment in Afar, Ethiopia: Seismicity perspectives

    Manahloh Belachew;Manahloh Belachew;C. Ebinger;D. Coté;D. Keir

  • Volcanism in the Afar Rift sustained by decompression melting with minimal plume influence

    Catherine A. Rychert;James O. S. Hammond;Nicholas Harmon;J. Michael Kendall

  • Maximizing the greenhouse gas reductions from biomass: The role of life cycle assessment

    Patricia Thornley;Paul Gilbert;Simon Shackley;Jim Hammond

  • Food access deficiencies in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and implications for agricultural interventions

    Simon Fraval;James Hammond;Jessica R. Bogard;Mary Ng'endo

  • Crustal Structure of Active Deformation Zones in Africa: Implications for Global Crustal Processes

    Cynthia J Ebinger;Derek Keir;Derek Keir;Ian D Bastow;Kathryn A Whaler

  • Mantle upwelling and initiation of rift segmentation beneath the Afar Depression

    J. O. S. Hammond;J. O. S. Hammond;J. M. Kendall;G. W. Stuart;C. J. Ebinger

  • Upper crustal structure of an active volcano from refraction/reflection tomography, Montserrat, Lesser Antilles

    M. Paulatto;T. A. Minshull;B. Baptie;S. Dean

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek Keir
Derek Keir University of Florence
Mark T. van Wijk
Mark T. van Wijk International Livestock Research Institute
Atalay Ayele
Atalay Ayele Addis Ababa University
J-M Kendall
J-M Kendall University of Oxford
Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart University of Leeds
Simon Shackley
Simon Shackley University of Edinburgh
Clive Oppenheimer
Clive Oppenheimer University of Cambridge
Cynthia J. Ebinger
Cynthia J. Ebinger Tulane University
James Wookey
James Wookey University of Bristol
Saskia Goes
Saskia Goes Imperial College London

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