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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 105 104 86 52 42 428 32779

Jeffrey P. Chanton publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jeffrey P. Chanton between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jeffrey P. Chanton published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 13.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 52 publications in 2025. 63 of the 603 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 52. Peak 52 publications in 2025. 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 5 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 19 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 24 publications 2013: 24 publications 2014: 34 publications 2015: 22 publications 2016: 33 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 30 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 52 publications
1980 2025

603 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jeffrey P. Chanton: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 1
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 0
1985 1
1986 0
1987 2
1988 3
1989 4
1990 1
1991 5
1992 6
1993 10
1994 4
1995 4
1996 7
1997 6
1998 2
1999 10
2000 11
2001 10
2002 5
2003 12
2004 8
2005 9
2006 17
2007 12
2008 19
2009 22
2010 18
2011 20
2012 24
2013 24
2014 34
2015 22
2016 33
2017 20
2018 22
2019 24
2020 27
2021 24
2022 30
2023 26
2024 11
2025 52
Total 603
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Jeffrey P. Chanton 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 Jeffrey P. Chanton sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 428–437 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 428 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27 428
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Jeffrey P. Chanton 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 Jeffrey P. Chanton sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 105 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6 105
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Jeffrey P. Chanton is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Permafrost
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Jeffrey P. Chanton has contributed to multiple recent papers, reflecting a focus on carbon dynamics in peatlands and associated ecosystems:

  • "Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "Massive peatland carbon banks vulnerable to rising temperatures," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Minnesota peat viromes reveal terrestrial and aquatic niche partitioning for local and global viral populations," 2021, Microbiome
  • "Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole-Ecosystem Warmed Peatland," 2020, AGU Advances
  • "Assessing the Potential for Mobilization of Old Soil Carbon After Permafrost Thaw: A Synthesis of 14C Measurements From the Northern Permafrost Region," 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

The scientist frequently collaborates with a set of coauthors, including Rachel Wilson, Joel E. Kostka, Christopher W. Schadt, Max Kolton, and William Cooper.

Publications by Jeffrey P. Chanton appear in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • PLoS ONE

In recognition of their contributions, Jeffrey P. Chanton was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming

    K. M. Walter;S. A. Zimov;J. P. Chanton;D. Verbyla

  • Primary production control of methane emission from wetlands

    G. J. Whiting;G. J. Whiting;J. P. Chanton

  • Host-linked soil viral ecology along a permafrost thaw gradient

    Joanne B. Emerson;Joanne B. Emerson;Simon Roux;Simon Roux;Jennifer R. Brum;Jennifer R. Brum;Benjamin Bolduc

  • Greenhouse carbon balance of wetlands: methane emission versus carbon sequestration

    Gary J. Whiting;Jeffrey P. Chanton

  • METHANE MASS BALANCE AT THREE LANDFILL SITES: WHAT IS THE EFFICIENCY OF CAPTURE BY GAS COLLECTION SYSTEMS?

    K. Spokas;J. Bogner;J.P. Chanton;M. Morcet

  • Estimating groundwater discharge into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico using radon-222

    Jaye E. Cable;William C. Burnett;Jeffrey P. Chanton;Georges L. Weatherly

  • Methane dynamics regulated by microbial community response to permafrost thaw

    Carmody K. McCalley;Ben J. Woodcroft;Suzanne B. Hodgkins;Richard A. Wehr

  • Genome-centric view of carbon processing in thawing permafrost

    Ben J. Woodcroft;Caitlin M. Singleton;Joel A. Boyd;Paul N. Evans

  • Controls on CH4 emissions from a northern peatland

    L. M. Bellisario;J. L. Bubier;T. R. Moore;J. P. Chanton

  • Gas transport from methane‐saturated, tidal freshwater and wetland sediments

    Jeffrey P. Chanton;Christopher S. Martens;Cheryl A. Kelley

  • Plant-dependent CH4 emission in a subarctic Canadian fen

    Gary J. Whiting;Jeffrey P. Chanton

  • Changes in peat chemistry associated with permafrost thaw increase greenhouse gas production

    Suzanne B. Hodgkins;Malak M. Tfaily;Carmody K. McCalley;Tyler A. Logan

  • Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink

    J. Loisel;A. V. Gallego-Sala;Matthew J. Amesbury;Matthew J. Amesbury;G. Magnan

  • Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

    E. A. G. Schuur;B. W. Abbott;W. B. Bowden;V. Brovkin

  • Evaluation of a biologically active cover for mitigation of landfill gas emissions.

    M A Barlaz;R B Green;J P Chanton;C D Goldsmith

  • Patterns of groundwater discharge into Florida Bay

    D. Reide Corbett;Jeffrey Chanton;William Burnett;Kevin Dillon

  • Radiocarbon evidence for the substrates supporting methane formation within northern Minnesota peatlands

    Jeffrey P. Chanton;James E. Bauer;Paul A. Glaser;Donald I. Siegel

  • Tidal pumping drives nutrient and dissolved organic matter dynamics in a Gulf of Mexico subterranean estuary

    Isaac R. Santos;William C. Burnett;Thorsten Dittmar;I G.N.A. Suryaputra

  • Microbial populations in Antarctic permafrost: biodiversity, state, age, and implication for astrobiology.

    D.A. Gilichinsky;G.S. Wilson;E.I. Friedmann;C.P. Mckay

  • Geologic methane seeps along boundaries of Arctic permafrost thaw and melting glaciers

    Katey M. Walter Anthony;Peter Anthony;Guido Grosse;Jeffrey Chanton

  • Radiocarbon and stable carbon isotopic evidence for transport and transformation of dissolved organic carbon, dissolved inorganic carbon, and CH4 in a northern Minnesota peatland

    L. S. Chasar;J. P. Chanton;Paul H Glaser;D. I. Siegel

  • Indicators of methane-derived carbonates and chemosynthetic organic carbon deposits; examples from the Florida Escarpment

    Charles K. Paull;Jeffrey P. Chanton;A. Conrad Neumann;Jennifer A. Coston

  • Assessing the Impacts of Oil-associated Marine Snow Formation and Sedimentation during and after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    Kendra L. Daly;Uta Passow;Jeffrey Chanton;David Hollander

  • Seasonal variation in methane oxidation in a landfill cover soil as determined by an in situ stable isotope technique

    Jeffrey Chanton;Karen Liptay

  • 3 – Effects of Vegetation on Methane Flux, Reservoirs, and Carbon Isotopic Composition

    Jeffrey P. Chanton;John W.H. Dacey

Frequent Co-Authors

Malak M. Tfaily
Malak M. Tfaily University of Arizona
Paul H. Glaser
Paul H. Glaser University of Minnesota
Scott R. Saleska
Scott R. Saleska University of Arizona
Patrick M. Crill
Patrick M. Crill Stockholm University
William C. Burnett
William C. Burnett Florida State University
Joel E. Kostka
Joel E. Kostka Georgia Institute of Technology
Donald I. Siegel
Donald I. Siegel Syracuse University
Brad M. Bebout
Brad M. Bebout Ames Research Center
Gene W. Tyson
Gene W. Tyson Queensland University of Technology
Christopher S. Martens
Christopher S. Martens University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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