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D-Index
47
Citations
7252
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4070
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James R. Cochran 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 R. Cochran sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 113 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. Cochran 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 R. Cochran sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James R. Cochran is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Ocean Engineering and related subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Mechanical Engineering, and Geology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics including Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, as well as Climate Change and Permafrost.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James R. Cochran include Neil H. Landman, Dorrik A. V. Stow, Christian Auroux, Kazuo Amano, and Peter S. Balson.

The following is a list of recent papers authored or co-authored by James R. Cochran:

  • The Scientific Legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge, 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Multi-stage melting of enriched mantle components along the eastern Gakkel Ridge, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Detailed Bathymetry of the Continental Shelf Beneath the Getz Ice Shelf, West Antarctica, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • DID AMMONITES SURVIVE FOR A BRIEF TIME AFTER THE K/PG MASS EXTINCTION ON THE U.S. GULF COASTAL PLAIN?, 2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • REFINING THE HABITAT OF NAUTILUS MACROMPHALUS BASED ON THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION AND TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER COLUMN IN NEW CALEDONIA, 2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

James R. Cochran frequently publishes in venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Reviews of Geophysics, Chemical Geology, and Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface.

Best Publications

  • Thermal consequences of lithospheric extension: Pure and simple

    W. Roger Buck;Fernando Martinez;Michael S. Steckler;James R. Cochran

  • The Gulf of Aden: Structure and evolution of a young ocean basin and continental margin

    James R. Cochran

  • Gravity Anomalies and Flexure of the Lithosphere along the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain

    A. B. Watts;James R. Cochran

  • A Model for Development of Red Sea

    James R. Cochran

  • Effects of finite rifting times on the development of sedimentary basins

    James R. Cochran

  • An analysis of isostasy in the world's oceans: 2. Midocean ridge crests

    James R. Cochran

  • Geologic implications of gas hydrates in the offshore of India: Results of the National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 01

    Timothy S. Collett;Ray Boswell;James R. Cochran;Pushpendra Kumar

  • Evidence from the northern Red Sea on the transition from continental to oceanic rifting

    James R Cochran;Fernando Martinez

  • Structure and tectonics of the northern Red Sea: catching a continental margin between rifting and drifting

    Fernando Martinez;James R. Cochran

  • Gravity anomalies and flexure of the lithosphere: A three-dimensional study of the Great Meteor Seamount, northeast Atlantic

    A. B. Watts;James R. Cochran;G. Selzer

  • Northern Red Sea: Nucleation of an oceanic spreading center within a continental rift

    James R. Cochran

  • Free-air gravity anomalies in the world's oceans and their relationship to residual elevation

    James R. Cochran;Manik Talwani

  • The Gakkel Ridge: Bathymetry, gravity anomalies, and crustal accretion at extremely slow spreading rates

    James R. Cochran;Gregory J. Kurras;Margo H. Edwards;Bernard J. Coakley;Bernard J. Coakley

  • Variations in subsidence rates along intermediate and fast spreading mid-ocean ridges

    James R. Cochran

  • Gravity and Magnetic Investigations in the Guiana Basin, Western Equatorial Atlantic

    James R. Cochran

  • Himalayan Uplift, Sea Level, and the Record of Bengal Fan Sedimentation at the ODP Leg 116 Sites

    James R. Cochran

  • Evidence of recent volcanic activity on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel ridge.

    Margo Edwards;Gregory Kurras;Maya Tolstoy;Delwayne R. Bohnenstiehl

  • The Scientific Legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Linette N. Boisvert;Brooke Medley;Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty

  • Gravity anomalies, isostasy, and mantle flow at the East Pacific Rise crest

    Xuejin Wang;James R. Cochran

  • Geologic implications of gas hydrates in the offshore of India: Krishna–Godavari Basin, Mahanadi Basin, Andaman Sea, Kerala–Konkan Basin

    Pushpendra Kumar;Timothy S. Collett;Ray Boswell;James R. Cochran

  • Gravity anomalies, regional elevation, and the deep structure of the North Atlantic

    James R. Cochran;Manik Talwani

  • Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Covering Leg 116 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution, Colombo, Sri Lanka, to Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sites 717-719, 2 July 1987-19 August 1987 : SR. Vol. 116 Distal Bengal Fan

    J. Cochran;D.A.V. Stow;Christian Auroux;Kazuo Amano

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin E. Bell
Robin E. Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Dorrik A. V. Stow
Dorrik A. V. Stow Heriot-Watt University
Bernard Coakley
Bernard Coakley University of Alaska Fairbanks
Anthony Watts
Anthony Watts University of Oxford
Daniel J. Fornari
Daniel J. Fornari Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Fernando Martinez
Fernando Martinez University of Hawaii at Manoa
John A. Goff
John A. Goff The University of Texas at Austin
Manik Talwani
Manik Talwani Rice University
Michael S. Steckler
Michael S. Steckler Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Julian A. Dowdeswell University of Cambridge

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