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Joel E. Johnson 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 E. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 177 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joel E. Johnson 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 E. Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joel E. Johnson is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science.

The main subfields of study addressed by Johnson include:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Geology

Johnson's work covers a variety of key topics related to methane hydrates and reservoir engineering. These topics include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Johnson consist of Marta E. Torres, Gerhard Bohrmann, A. M. Tréhu, Frank R. Rack, and Nathan L. Bangs.

Johnson has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Marine Geology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Nature Communications

Recent published papers by Joel E. Johnson include:

  • "Diverse sediment microbiota shape methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes", 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a deep-water gas hydrate reservoir in the northern Gulf of Mexico", 2020, AAPG Bulletin
  • "Energy Transition and Climate Mitigation Require Increased Effort on Methane Hydrate Research", 2022, Energy & Fuels
  • "Primary deposition and early diagenetic effects on the high saturation accumulation of gas hydrate in a silt dominated reservoir in the Gulf of Mexico", 2021, Marine Geology
  • "Isolating Detrital and Diagenetic Signals in Magnetic Susceptibility Records From Methane-Bearing Marine Sediments", 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Best Publications

  • Metaphors we live by

    G. Lakoff;M. Johnson;T. Eglinton;D. Fuller

  • Turbidite Event History—Methods and Implications for Holocene Paleoseismicity of the Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Ann E. Morey;Joel E. Johnson

  • Three-dimensional distribution of gas hydrate beneath southern Hydrate Ridge: Constraints from ODP Leg 204

    Anne M Tréhu;Philip E Long;Marta E Torres;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKE RECORDS FROM THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE AND NORTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT BASED ON PRECISE DATING OF OFFSHORE TURBIDITES

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Joel E. Johnson

  • Holocene aridification of India

    Camilo Ponton;Liviu Giosan;Timothy I. Eglinton;Timothy I. Eglinton;Dorian Q. Fuller

  • Feeding methane vents and gas hydrate deposits at south Hydrate Ridge

    Anne Martine Tréhu;Peter B. Flemings;Nathan Lawrence Bailey Bangs;Johanna Chevallier

  • Decrease in coccolithophore calcification and CO2 since the middle Miocene.

    Clara T. Bolton;Maria T. Hernandez-Sanchez;Miguel-Ángel Fuertes;Saul Gonzalez-Lemos

  • Gas hydrate dissociation off Svalbard induced by isostatic rebound rather than global warming

    Klaus Wallmann;Michael Riedel;Wei-Li Hong;Henry Patton

  • Rupture lengths and temporal history of significant earthquakes on the offshore and north coast segments of the Northern San Andreas Fault based on turbidite stratigraphy

    Chris Goldfinger;Ann E. Morey;C. Hans Nelson;Julia Gutiérrez-Pastor

  • Late Holocene Rupture of the Northern San Andreas Fault and Possible Stress Linkage to the Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Chris Goldfinger;Kelly Grijalva;Roland Bürgmann;Ann E. Morey

  • Role of tectonic stress in seepage evolution along the gas hydrate‐charged Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait

    Andreia Plaza-Faverola;Stefan Bünz;Joel E. Johnson;Shyam Chand

  • Geophysical constraints on the surface distribution of authigenic carbonates across the Hydrate Ridge region, Cascadia margin

    Joel E Johnson;Chris Goldfinger;Erwin Suess

  • Origin of pockmarks and chimney structures on the flanks of the Storegga Slide, offshore Norway

    Charles K. Paull;William Ussler;W. Steven Holbrook;Tessa M. Hill

  • Monsoon-influenced variation in productivity and lithogenic sediment flux since 110 ka in the offshore Mahanadi Basin, northern Bay of Bengal

    Stephen C. Phillips;Joel E. Johnson;Liviu Giosan;Kelly K. Rose

  • Long-timescale variation in bulk and clay mineral composition of Indian continental margin sediments in the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Andaman Sea

    Stephen C. Phillips;Joel E. Johnson;Michael B. Underwood;Junhua Guo

  • An integrated view of the methane system in the pockmarks at Vestnesa Ridge, 79°N

    Giuliana Panieri;Stefan Bünz;Daniel J. Fornari;Javier Escartin

  • Deep-water turbidites as Holocene earthquake proxies: the Cascadia subduction zone and Northern San Andreas Fault systems

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Joel E. Johnson

  • South Asian monsoon history over the past 60 kyr recorded by radiogenic isotopes and clay mineral assemblages in the Andaman Sea

    Sajid Ali;Sajid Ali;Ed C. Hathorne;Martin Frank;Daniel Gebregiorgis

  • Abiotic methane from ultraslow-spreading ridges can charge Arctic gas hydrates

    Joel E. Johnson;Jürgen Mienert;Andreia Plaza-Faverola;Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta

  • Influence of total organic carbon deposition on the inventory of gas hydrate in the Indian continental margins

    Joel E. Johnson;Stephen C. Phillips;Marta E. Torres;Elena Piñero

  • Sediment Characteristics and Methane Ebullition in Three Subarctic Lakes

    Martin Wik;Joel E. Johnson;Patrick M. Crill;Joel P. DeStasio

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Goldfinger
Chris Goldfinger Oregon State University
Liviu Giosan
Liviu Giosan Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marta E Torres
Marta E Torres Oregon State University
Patrick M. Crill
Patrick M. Crill Stockholm University
Wei-Li Hong
Wei-Li Hong Stockholm University
Stefan Bünz
Stefan Bünz University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Anne M. Tréhu
Anne M. Tréhu Oregon State University
Jürgen Mienert
Jürgen Mienert University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
C. Hans Nelson
C. Hans Nelson Spanish National Research Council
Nathan L. Bangs
Nathan L. Bangs The University of Texas at Austin

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