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Jerry X. Mitrovica

Jerry X. Mitrovica

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Earth Science
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 94 194 165 99 83 419 34819

Jerry X. Mitrovica publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jerry X. Mitrovica between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jerry X. Mitrovica published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2017. 29 of the 462 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2017. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 3 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 16 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 22 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 15 publications
1985 2025

462 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jerry X. Mitrovica: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 1
1988 1
1989 3
1990 0
1991 4
1992 4
1993 4
1994 5
1995 6
1996 6
1997 6
1998 8
1999 8
2000 6
2001 11
2002 12
2003 16
2004 13
2005 11
2006 7
2007 9
2008 11
2009 14
2010 16
2011 20
2012 10
2013 19
2014 18
2015 22
2016 23
2017 26
2018 25
2019 18
2020 20
2021 14
2022 17
2023 18
2024 14
2025 15
Total 462
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Jerry X. Mitrovica 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 Jerry X. Mitrovica 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, 418–427 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: 419 publications — 95th percentile

95% 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 39 419
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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Jerry X. Mitrovica 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 Jerry X. Mitrovica 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, 94 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: 94 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 94
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 2015 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2007 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2005 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2000 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Jerry X. Mitrovica is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, and Geology. Their research topics prominently include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric studies and observations, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, earthquake and tectonic studies, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Geological formations and processes.

Their recent notable publications cover various aspects of sea-level change, ice dynamics, and postglacial rebound. These include:

  • Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future, 2020, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Oceanic forcing of penultimate deglacial and last interglacial sea-level rise, 2020, Nature
  • Antarctic ice dynamics amplified by Northern Hemisphere sea-level forcing, 2020, Nature
  • Rapid postglacial rebound amplifies global sea level rise following West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse, 2021, Science Advances
  • Sea level fingerprinting of the Bering Strait flooding history detects the source of the Younger Dryas climate event, 2020, Science Advances

Frequent coauthors in their work include Konstantin Latychev, Evelyn Powell, Mark Hoggard, Sophie Coulson, and Natalya Gomez. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary efforts across geoscience and climate-related research.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geophysical Journal International, Quaternary Science Reviews, Abstracts with programs of the Geological Society of America, and Science Advances.

Throughout their career, Jerry X. Mitrovica has been recognized with several awards. These distinctions include being named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2019, receiving the Arthur L. Day Medal from The Geological Society of America in 2015, and being a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada with recognition from the Academy of Science in 2014. Among other honors are fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2007), the American Geophysical Union (2005), and the Geological Society of America. Earlier in their career, they were awarded the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics from the Royal Society of Canada in 2000.

Best Publications

  • The Last Glacial Maximum.

    Peter U. Clark;Arthur S. Dyke;Jeremy D. Shakun;Anders E. Carlson

  • Probabilistic 21st and 22nd Century Sea-Level Projections at a Global Network of Tide-Gauge Sites

    Robert E. Kopp;Radley M. Horton;Christopher M. Little;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Estimates of the Regional Distribution of Sea Level Rise over the 1950–2000 Period

    John A. Church;Neil J. White;Richard Coleman;Kurt Lambeck

  • Probabilistic assessment of sea level during the last interglacial stage

    Robert E. Kopp;Frederik J. Simons;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Adam C. Maloof

  • A new inference of mantle viscosity based upon joint inversion of convection and glacial isostatic adjustment data

    J.X. Mitrovica;A.M. Forte

  • Probabilistic reanalysis of twentieth-century sea-level rise

    Carling C. Hay;Carling C. Hay;Eric Morrow;Eric Morrow;Robert Evans Kopp;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Recent mass balance of polar ice sheets inferred from patterns of global sea-level change

    Jerry X. Mitrovica;Mark E. Tamisiea;James L. Davis;Glenn A. Milne

  • Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

    Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Paul A. Baker;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Meltwater Pulse 1A from Antarctica as a Trigger of the Bølling-Allerød Warm Interval

    Andrew J. Weaver;Oleg A. Saenko;Peter U. Clark;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Tilting of continental interiors by the dynamical effects of subduction

    J. X. Mitrovica;C. Beaumont;G. T. Jarvis

  • Temperature-driven global sea-level variability in the Common Era

    Robert Evans Kopp;Andrew C. Kemp;Klaus Bittermann;Benjamin Horton

  • On postglacial geoid subsidence over the equatorial oceans

    J. X. Mitrovica;W. R. Peltier

  • On post-glacial sea level – II. Numerical formulation and comparative results on spherically symmetric models

    Roblyn A. Kendall;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Glenn A. Milne

  • Space-Geodetic Constraints on Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in Fennoscandia

    Glenn A. Milne;James L. Davis;Jerry X. Mitrovica;Hans-Georg Scherneck

  • On post-glacial sea level: I. General theory

    Jerry X. Mitrovica;Glenn A. Milne

  • On the origin of late Holocene sea-level highstands within equatorial ocean basins

    J.X. Mitrovica;G.A. Milne

  • Haskell [1935] revisited

    Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Deep-mantle high-viscosity flow and thermochemical structure inferred from seismic and geodynamic data

    Alessandro M. Forte;Jerry X. Mitrovica

  • Sea-Level Fingerprinting as a Direct Test for the Source of Global Meltwater Pulse IA

    P. U. Clark;J. X. Mitrovica;G. A. Milne;M. E. Tamisiea

  • Radial profile of mantle viscosity: Results from the joint inversion of convection and postglacial rebound observables

    Jerry X. Mitrovica;Alessandro M. Forte

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro M. Forte
Alessandro M. Forte University of Florida
James L. Davis
James L. Davis Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Glenn A. Milne
Glenn A. Milne University of Ottawa
Robert E. Kopp
Robert E. Kopp Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter U. Clark
Peter U. Clark Oregon State University
Peter John Huybers
Peter John Huybers Harvard University
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
David B. Rowley
David B. Rowley University of Chicago
Stephen P. Grand
Stephen P. Grand The University of Texas at Austin
Jeroen Tromp
Jeroen Tromp Princeton University

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