2026 Jess F. Adkins: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	76	656	580	320	273	273	22715

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Jess F. Adkins is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States, contributing extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several focused areas, including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their scholarly output demonstrates a concentration on the intersections of geology, paleoclimatology, and marine systems, with numerous studies addressing paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, isotope analysis in ecological contexts, and marine and coastal ecosystem dynamics. Key research topics covered by their work also include ocean acidification effects and responses, marine biology and ecology, as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Among their frequently published venues are Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Global Biogeochemical Cycles, illustrating a consistent presence in reputable geoscience and environmental journals.

Selected recent publications include:

Marine20-The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0-55,000 cal BP), 2020, Radiocarbon
Biomineralization: Integrating mechanism and evolutionary history, 2022, Science Advances
The ECCO-Darwin Data-Assimilative Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Model: Estimates of Seasonal to Multidecadal Surface Ocean pCO₂ and Air-Sea CO₂ Flux, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Sulfate sulfur isotopes and major ion chemistry reveal that pyrite oxidation counteracts CO2 drawdown from silicate weathering in the Langtang-Trisuli-Narayani River system, Nepal Himalaya, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Shallow Calcium Carbonate Cycling in the North Pacific Ocean, 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Jess F. Adkins collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably William M. Berelson, Sijia Dong, Nick E. Rollins, Frank J. Pavia, and Adam V. Subhas, reflecting a networked approach to research within their scientific community.

The scientist's work has been recognized with the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) award in 2018, marking a formal acknowledgment within the geophysical research community.

Best Publications

Abrupt onset and termination of the African Humid Period:rapid climate responses to gradual insolation forcing

Peter deMenocal;Joseph D Ortiz;Tom Guilderson;Jess Adkins

1865
Citations
Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP)

Timothy J Heaton;Peter Köhler;Martin Butzin;Edouard Bard

1710
Citations
13 C- 18 O bonds in carbonate minerals: A new kind of paleothermometer

Prosenjit Ghosh;Jess Adkins;Hagit Affek;Brian Balta

1016
Citations
The Salinity, Temperature, and δ18O of the Glacial Deep Ocean

Jess F. Adkins;Katherine McIntyre;Daniel P. Schrag

889
Citations
Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

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

637
Citations
Rapid sea-level fall and deep-ocean temperature change since the last interglacial period

K.B Cutler;R.L Edwards;F.W Taylor;H Cheng

553
Citations
Stable isotopes in deep-sea corals and a new mechanism for "vital effects"

J.F. Adkins;E.A. Boyle;W.B. Curry;A. Lutringer;A. Lutringer

491
Citations
Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum.

Jean Lynch-Stieglitz;Jess F. Adkins;William B. Curry;Trond Dokken

486
Citations
Millennial-scale trends in west Pacific warm pool hydrology since the Last Glacial Maximum

Judson W. Partin;Kim M. Cobb;Jess F. Adkins;Brian Clark

479
Citations
Antarctic sea ice control on ocean circulation in present and glacial climates.

Raffaele Ferrari;Malte Friedrich Jansen;Jess F. Adkins;Andrea Burke

472
Citations
The oxygen isotopic composition of seawater during the Last Glacial Maximum

Daniel P. Schrag;Jess F. Adkins;Katherine McIntyre;Jane L. Alexander

440
Citations
Strong influence of water vapor source dynamics on stable isotopes in precipitation observed in Southern Meghalaya, NE India

Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Jess F. Adkins;Hanno Meyer;Norbert Marwan

412
Citations
Biomineralization: Integrating mechanism and evolutionary history

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340
Citations
Deep-sea coral evidence for rapid change in ventilation of the deep North Atlantic 15,400 years ago

Jess F. Adkins;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Edward A. Boyle;Edward A. Boyle;Edward A. Boyle;Ellen R. M. Druffel;Ellen R. M. Druffel;Ellen R. M. Druffel

337
Citations
Sulfate was a trace constituent of Archean seawater

Sean Andrew Crowe;Sean Andrew Crowe;Guillaume Paris;Sergei Katsev;CarriAyne Jones;CarriAyne Jones

334
Citations
Radiocarbon Variability in the Western North Atlantic During the Last Deglaciation

Laura F. Robinson;Jess F. Adkins;Lloyd D. Keigwin;John Southon

326
Citations
U-Th dating of deep-sea corals

Hai Cheng;Jess Adkins;R.Lawrence Edwards;Edward A. Boyle

299
Citations
Interlaboratory study for coral Sr/Ca and other element/Ca ratio measurements

Ed C. Hathorne;Alexander C. Gagnon;Thomas Felis;Jess F. Adkins

272
Citations
Variability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation during the last interglacial period

Jess F. Adkins;Edward A. Boyle;Lloyd Keigwin;Elsa Cortijo

272
Citations
The role of deep ocean circulation in setting glacial climates

Jess F. Adkins

266
Citations
GEOTRACES – An international study of the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes

G.M. Henderson;R.F. Anderson;J. Adkins;P. Andersson

254
Citations
Radiocarbon variability in the Western-North Atlantic during the last deglaciation

L. F. Robinson;J. F. Adkins;L. D. Keigwin;S. Wang

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura F. Robinson University of Bristol

Alex L. Sessions California Institute of Technology

Kim M. Cobb Georgia Institute of Technology

John M. Eiler California Institute of Technology

William M. Berelson University of Southern California

Edward A. Boyle MIT

Gerald H. Haug Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Seth G. John University of Southern California

Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University

Daniel P. Schrag Harvard University

External Links

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