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Jef Vandenberghe 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 Jef Vandenberghe sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 331 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jef Vandenberghe 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 Jef Vandenberghe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jef Vandenberghe is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Environmental Science. Their research encompasses various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of Jef Vandenberghe's work cover:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Vandenberghe has contributed to several recent scientific articles, including:

  • Centennial- to millennial-scale monsoon changes since the last deglaciation linked to solar activities and North Atlantic cooling (2020), published in Climate of the past
  • Quaternary Permafrost in China: Framework and Discussions (2020), published in Quaternary
  • Late Quaternary aggradation and incision in the headwaters of the Yangtze River, eastern Tibetan Plateau, China (2021), published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Grain-size variability of point-bar deposits from a fine-grained dryland river terminus, Southern Altiplano, Bolivia (2020), published in Sedimentary Geology
  • Climate transition in the Asia inland at 0.8-0.6 Ma related to astronomically forced ice sheet expansion (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent coauthors contributing alongside Vandenberghe include:

  • Xianyan Wang
  • Huayu Lu
  • Slobodan B. Marković
  • Zoran M. Perić
  • Milica G. Radaković

Jef Vandenberghe's work is regularly published in notable venues related to Quaternary and environmental sciences. The recurrent publication platforms include:

  • Quaternary
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Quaternary Research
  • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
  • Climate of the past

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Comparison of laser grain size analysis with pipette and sieve analysis: a solution for the underestimation of the clay fraction

    Martin Konert;Jef Vandenberghe

  • Grain-size distribution function of polymodal sediments in hydraulic and aeolian environments, and numerical partitioning of the sedimentary components

    Donghuai Sun;J Bloemendal;D.K Rea;J Vandenberghe

  • Asian monsoons in a late Eocene greenhouse world

    A. Licht;A. Licht;A. Licht;M. van Cappelle;M. van Cappelle;H. A. Abels;H. A. Abels;J.-B. Ladant

  • Grain size of fine-grained windblown sediment: A powerful proxy for process identification

    Jef Vandenberghe

  • Timescales, climate and river development

    Jef Vandenberghe

  • Climate forcing of fluvial system development: an evolution of ideas.

    J Vandenberghe

  • Bimodal grain-size distribution of Chinese loess, and its palaeoclimatic implications

    Donghuai Sun;Jan Bloemendal;David K Rea;Zhisheng An

  • Seven million years of wind and precipitation variability on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Youbin Sun;Zhisheng An;Steven C. Clemens;Jan Bloemendal

  • Late Pleistocene evolution of the Rhine-Meuse system in the southern North Sea basin: imprints of climate change, sea-level oscillation and glacio-isostacy

    F.S. Busschers;C. Kasse;R.T. van Balen;J. Vandenberghe

  • Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequences in the Vojvodina region, north Serbia

    Slobodan B. Marković;Mark P. Bokhorst;Jef Vandenberghe;William D. McCoy

  • New absolute time scale for the Quaternary climate in the Chinese Loess region by grain-size analysis

    Jef Vandenberghe;An Zhisheng;Govert Nugteren;Lu Huayu

  • Climatic reconstruction of the Weichselian Pleniglacial in northwestern and Central Europe

    Bert Huijzer;Jef Vandenberghe

  • The Last Permafrost Maximum (LPM) map of the Northern Hemisphere: permafrost extent and mean annual air temperatures, 25–17 ka BP

    Jef Vandenberghe;Hugh M. French;Hugh M. French;Aldar Gorbunov;Sergei Marchenko

  • The relation between climate and river processes, landforms and deposits during the Quaternary

    J. Vandenberghe

  • Late Quaternary aeolian dust input variability on the Chinese Loess Plateau: inferences from unmixing of loess grain-size records

    Maarten A. Prins;Mirjam Vriend;Govert Nugteren;Jef Vandenberghe

  • River response to variations of periglacial climate in mid-latitude Europe

    J Mol;J Vandenberghe;C Kasse

  • The fluvial cycle at cold–warm–cold transitions in lowland regions: A refinement of theory

    J. Vandenberghe

  • Permafrost changes in Europe during the last glacial

    Jef Vandenberghe;A. Pissart

  • Penetration of Atlantic westerly winds into Central and East Asia

    Jef Vandenberghe;Hans Renssen;Ko van Huissteden;Govert Nugteren

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelis Kasse
Cornelis Kasse Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sjoerd Bohncke
Sjoerd Bohncke Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Huayu Lu
Huayu Lu Nanjing University
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
R.T. van Balen
R.T. van Balen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Didier M. Roche
Didier M. Roche Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
J. van Huissteden
J. van Huissteden Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Slobodan B. Marković
Slobodan B. Marković University of Novi Sad

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