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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 82 453 388 240 198 273 28661

Jennifer W. Harden publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jennifer W. Harden between 1975 and 2022, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jennifer W. Harden published across 48 years, from 1975 to 2022, averaging 6.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2011. 10 of the 305 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2022. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2011. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 5 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 5 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 6 publications
1975 2022

305 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jennifer W. Harden: publications per year, 1975 to 2022
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 0
1977 1
1978 1
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 1
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 2
1987 1
1988 5
1989 3
1990 1
1991 5
1992 2
1993 0
1994 4
1995 4
1996 2
1997 3
1998 7
1999 5
2000 6
2001 5
2002 13
2003 4
2004 10
2005 11
2006 17
2007 9
2008 10
2009 17
2010 13
2011 19
2012 16
2013 18
2014 17
2015 9
2016 19
2017 8
2018 6
2019 12
2020 6
2021 4
2022 6
Total 305
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Jennifer W. Harden publications per year - data summary

  • Jennifer W. Harden, a Earth Science scholar from United States Geological Survey, has 305 publications recorded across 48 years, from 1975 to 2022.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1975 and the most recent to 2022.
  • The most productive years are 2011 and 2016, with 19 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 6 of the 48 years in the span carry no publications at all (1976, 1980, 1981, 1984 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.3 per year counting only the 42 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2018-2022) hold 34 publications, 11% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1975-1990: 18 publications (1.1 per year); 1991-2006: 98 publications (6.1 per year); 2007-2022: 189 publications (11.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Jennifer W. Harden 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 Jennifer W. Harden 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, 268–277 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: 273 publications — 83rd percentile

83% 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
268–277 147 273
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
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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Jennifer W. Harden publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Jennifer W. Harden, a Earth Science scholar from United States Geological Survey, records 273 publications - the 83rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 83% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Jennifer W. Harden, and about 17% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Jennifer W. Harden ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Jennifer W. Harden 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 Jennifer W. Harden 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, 82 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: 82 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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 82
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
106+ 98
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Jennifer W. Harden D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Jennifer W. Harden, a Earth Science scholar from United States Geological Survey, records 82 D-Index - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Jennifer W. Harden, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Jennifer W. Harden ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jennifer W. Harden is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Climate Change and Permafrost, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks, 2021, Science Advances
  • Fire effects on the persistence of soil organic matter and long-term carbon storage, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Circum-Arctic Map of the Yedoma Permafrost Domain, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • An open-source database for the synthesis of soil radiocarbon data: International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD) version 1.0, 2020, Earth system science data

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, including Katerina Georgiou, Robert B. Jackson, Olga Vindušková, Rose Abramoff, and Adam F. A. Pellegrini.

Jennifer W. Harden has contributed regularly to publication venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth System Science Data, Nature Communications, Science Advances, and Nature Geoscience.

In recognition of their contributions, the scientist has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2011 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2015.

Best Publications

  • Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

    E. A. G. Schuur;A. D. McGuire;C. Schädel;C. Schädel;Guido Grosse

  • Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps

    Gustaf Hugelius;Jens Strauss;Sebastian Zubrzycki;Jennifer W. Harden

  • Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods

    F. S. Chapin Iii;G. M. Woodwell;J. Randerson;E. B. Rastetter

  • The impact of agricultural soil erosion on the global carbon cycle

    K. Van Oost;T. A. Quine;G. Govers;S. De Gryze

  • The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming.

    J. T. Randerson;H. Liu;M. G. Flanner;S. D. Chambers

  • Sensitivity of boreal forest carbon balance to soil thaw

    M. L. Goulden;S. C. Wofsy;J. W. Harden;Susan E. Trumbore

  • Global stocks and capacity of mineral-associated soil organic carbon

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  • A quantitative index of soil development from field descriptions: Examples from a chronosequence in central California

    Jennifer W. Harden

  • Moss and soil contributions to the annual net carbon flux of a maturing boreal forest

    J. W. Harden;K. P. O'Neill;Susan E. Trumbore;H. Veldhuis

  • Multi-omics of permafrost, active layer and thermokarst bog soil microbiomes

    Jenni Hultman;Jenni Hultman;Mark P. Waldrop;Rachel Mackelprang;Rachel Mackelprang;Maude David

  • Recent acceleration of biomass burning and carbon losses in Alaskan forests and peatlands

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Evan S. Kane;Jennifer W. Harden;Roger D. Ottmar

  • The Significance of the Erosion-induced Terrestrial Carbon Sink

    Asmeret Asefaw Berhe;John Harte;Jennifer W. Harden;Margaret S. Torn

  • Patterns of NPP, GPP, Respiration and NEP During Boreal Forest Succession

    Michael L. Goulden;Andrew McMillan;Greg Winston;Adrian Rocha

  • Toward more realistic projections of soil carbon dynamics by Earth system models

    Yiqi Luo;Yiqi Luo;Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström;Steven D. Allison;Niels H. Batjes

  • The role of fire in the boreal carbon budget.

    J. W. Harden;Susan E. Trumbore;B. J. Stocks;A. Hirsch

  • Vulnerability of high-latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance

    Guido Grosse;Jennifer W. Harden;Merritt Turetsky;A. David McGuire

  • Chemical weathering rates of a soil chronosequence on granitic alluvium: I. Quantification of mineralogical and surface area changes and calculation of primary silicate reaction rates

    Art F. White;Alex E. Blum;Marjorie S. Schulz;Tom D. Bullen

  • Dynamic replacement and loss of soil carbon on eroding cropland

    J.W. Harden;J.M. Sharpe;W.J. Parton;D.S. Ojima

  • Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

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

  • Field information links permafrost carbon to physical vulnerabilities of thawing

    Jennifer W. Harden;Charles D. Koven;Chien-Lu Ping;Gustaf Hugelius

  • Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks

    Umakant Mishra;Gustaf Hugelius;Eitan Shelef;Yuanhe Yang

  • Accumulation and turnover of carbon in organic and mineral soils of the BOREAS northern study area

    Susan E. Trumbore;J. W. Harden

  • Short‐term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland

    M. R. Turetsky;M. R. Turetsky;C. C. Treat;M. P. Waldrop;J. M. Waddington

  • Dynamics of soil carbon during deglaciation of the laurentide ice sheet.

    Jennifer W. Harden;Robert K. Mark;Eric T. Sundquist;Robert F. Stallard

  • A quantitative comparison of Soil Development in four climatic regimes

    Jennifer W. Harden;Emily M. Taylor

  • Fire effects on soil organic matter content, composition, and nutrients in boreal interior Alaska

    J. C. Neff;J. W. Harden;G. Gleixner

Frequent Co-Authors

A. D. McGuire
A. D. McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Gustaf Hugelius
Gustaf Hugelius Stockholm University
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Margaret S. Torn
Margaret S. Torn Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
A. David McGuire
A. David McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Charles D. Koven
Charles D. Koven Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Guido Grosse
Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Claire C. Treat
Claire C. Treat Aarhus University

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