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Earth Science
New Zealand
2025

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 64 1528 1365 681 593 180 12186

Joel A. Baker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Joel A. Baker between 1992 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Joel A. Baker published across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026, averaging 5.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2010. 2 of the 186 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2010. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 4 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 15 publications 2003: 16 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 20 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 4 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 1 publication 2020: 0 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication 2026: 1 publication
1992 2026

186 publications in total across all disciplines

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Joel A. Baker: publications per year, 1992 to 2026
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 1
1994 1
1995 0
1996 4
1997 1
1998 4
1999 1
2000 2
2001 3
2002 15
2003 16
2004 11
2005 12
2006 12
2007 9
2008 17
2009 12
2010 20
2011 7
2012 15
2013 3
2014 4
2015 1
2016 4
2017 4
2018 1
2019 1
2020 0
2021 1
2022 0
2023 1
2024 0
2025 1
2026 1
Total 186
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Joel A. Baker 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 Joel A. Baker 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, 178–187 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: 180 publications — 54th percentile

54% 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
178–187 414 180
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
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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Joel A. Baker 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 Joel A. Baker 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, 64 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: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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 64
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
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Joel A. Baker is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with focused subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Geology. Their work covers several main topics, such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, and Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation.

Baker has contributed to multiple publications, including journal articles covering geological and geophysical phenomena. Notable recent papers include:

  • Macro-characterisation of cave damage for palaeoseismological investigations in regions of low strain: A case study from central-western North Island (Waitomo caves), New Zealand (2021, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Nowhere to hide: Volcanic ash invasion of limestone caves in New Zealand (2025, Geology)

Their research has been published in venues such as:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Geology

Baker frequently collaborates with other researchers including Jeffrey Lang, Paul W. Williams, John Hellström, Travis Cross, and J. V. Rowland. These coauthor relationships suggest active partnerships in related geological and geophysical investigations.

Their investigations involve detailed studies of geological damage in caves and interactions between volcanic ash and limestone formations in New Zealand, contributing to regional earth science and paleoseismological knowledge.

Best Publications

  • Pb isotopic analysis of standards and samples using a 207Pb–204Pb double spike and thallium to correct for mass bias with a double-focusing MC-ICP-MS

    Joel Baker;David Peate;Tod Waight;Christine Meyzen

  • On and Off the North China Craton: Where is the Archaean Keel?

    W. M. Fan;H. F. Zhang;J. Baker;K. E. Jarvis

  • A brief Oligocene period of flood volcanism in Yemen: implications for the duration and rate of continental flood volcanism at the Afro-Arabian triple junction

    Joel Baker;Lawrence Snee;Martin Menzies

  • Petrogenesis of the Largest Intraplate Volcanic Field on the Arabian Plate (Jordan): a Mixed Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Source Activated by Lithospheric Extension

    Julia E. Shaw;Joel A. Baker;Martin A. Menzies;Matthew F. Thirlwall

  • Matching conjugate volcanic rifted margins: 40Ar/39Ar chrono-stratigraphy of pre- and syn-rift bimodal flood volcanism in Ethiopia and Yemen

    Ingrid A. Ukstins;Paul R. Renne;Ellen Wolfenden;Joel Baker

  • Petrogenesis of Quaternary Intraplate Volcanism, Sana'a, Yemen: Implications for Plume-Lithosphere Interaction and Polybaric Melt Hybridization

    J.A. Baker;M.A. Menzies;M.F. Thirlwall;C.G. MacPherson

  • Mg isotope evidence for contemporaneous formation of chondrules and refractory inclusions

    Martin Bizzarro;Joel A. Baker;Henning Haack

  • New Lu–Hf and Pb–Pb age constraints on the earliest animal fossils

    Gry H Barfod;Francis Albarède;Andrew H Knoll;Shuhai Xiao

  • Early planetesimal melting from an age of 4.5662 Gyr for differentiated meteorites

    Joel Baker;Martin Bizzarro;Nadine Wittig;James Connelly

  • Characteristics of volcanic rifted margins

    Martin A. Menzies;Simon L. Klemperer;Cynthia J. Ebinger;Joel Baker

  • Rapid Timescales for Accretion and Melting of Differentiated Planetesimals Inferred from 26Al-26Mg Chronometry

    Martin Bizzarro;Martin Bizzarro;Joel A. Baker;Henning Haack;Kasper L. Lundgaard

  • Volcanic rifted margins

    Martin A. Menzies;Simon L. Klemperer;Cynthia J. Ebinger;Joel Baker

  • A health risk assessment for fluoride in Central Europe

    Fiona M. Fordyce;K. Vrana;E. Zhovinsky;V. Povoroznuk

  • Tropical sea temperatures in the high-latitude South Pacific during the Eocene

    Christopher J. Hollis;Luke Handley;Erica M. Crouch;Hugh E.G. Morgans

  • Early history of Earth's crust-mantle system inferred from hafnium isotopes in chondrites

    Martin Bizzarro;Joel A. Baker;Henning Haack;David Ulfbeck

  • Sr isotope ratio measurements by double-focusing MC-ICPMS: techniques, observations and pitfalls

    Tod Waight;Joel Baker;David Peate

  • LA-MC-ICPMS Pb–Pb dating of rutile from slowly cooled granulites: Confirmation of the high closure temperature for Pb diffusion in rutile

    Julie K. Vry;Joel A. Baker

  • Magnesium stable isotope composition of Earth's upper mantle

    Monica R. Handler;Joel A. Baker;Martin Schiller;Vickie C. Bennett

  • SrNdPb isotopic and trace element evidence for crustal contamination of plume-derived flood basalts: Oligocene flood volcanism in western Yemen

    J.A. Baker;M.F. Thirlwall;M.A. Menzies

  • Geological evolution of the southeastern Red Sea Rift margin, Republic of Yemen

    Ian Davison;Mohamed Al-Kadasi;Mohamed Al-Kadasi;Salah Al-Khirbash;Abdul K. Al-Subbary;Abdul K. Al-Subbary

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Menzies
Martin Menzies Royal Holloway University of London
Martin Bizzarro
Martin Bizzarro University of Copenhagen
Richard J. Wysoczanski
Richard J. Wysoczanski National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Tod E. Waight
Tod E. Waight University of Copenhagen
David W. Peate
David W. Peate University of Iowa
Adam J.R. Kent
Adam J.R. Kent Oregon State University
Lionel Carter
Lionel Carter Victoria University of Wellington
Matthew F. Thirlwall
Matthew F. Thirlwall Royal Holloway University of London
Nancy A. N. Bertler
Nancy A. N. Bertler Victoria University of Wellington
Susan L. S. Stipp
Susan L. S. Stipp Technical University of Denmark

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