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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 82 452 387 38 31 235 30508

John A. Church publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John A. Church between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John A. Church published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 6 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2022. 15 of the 293 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2022. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 4 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 4 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 4 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 5 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 11 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 33 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 9 publications
1977 2025

293 publications in total across all disciplines

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John A. Church: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 0
1979 1
1980 0
1981 2
1982 0
1983 4
1984 0
1985 1
1986 4
1987 4
1988 1
1989 2
1990 1
1991 4
1992 2
1993 0
1994 3
1995 1
1996 1
1997 5
1998 1
1999 2
2000 1
2001 11
2002 3
2003 2
2004 7
2005 7
2006 10
2007 11
2008 9
2009 7
2010 16
2011 12
2012 5
2013 21
2014 8
2015 11
2016 14
2017 11
2018 6
2019 12
2020 8
2021 11
2022 33
2023 2
2024 6
2025 9
Total 293
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John A. Church 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 John A. Church 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, 228–237 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: 235 publications — 74th percentile

74% 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
228–237 262 235
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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John A. Church 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 John A. Church 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.

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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 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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2018 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Overview

John A. Church is primarily affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Environmental Sciences, focusing mainly on Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, geophysics and gravity measurements, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

The scientist has published numerous papers in various notable venues, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Climate and Geophysical Research Letters. Other publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth system science data, and Earth's Future. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Heat stored in the Earth system 1960-2020: where does the energy go?" (2023, Earth system science data)
  • "A High-End Estimate of Sea Level Rise for Practitioners" (2022, Earth's Future)
  • "A Mass and Energy Conservation Analysis of Drift in the CMIP6 Ensemble" (2020, Journal of Climate)
  • "Regional Dynamic Sea Level Simulated in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models: Mean Biases, Future Projections, and Their Linkages" (2020, Journal of Climate)
  • "Reconciling global mean and regional sea level change in projections and observations" (2021, Nature Communications)

Frequent co-authors of John A. Church include Neale Smith, Xuebin Zhang, Xianyao Chen, Jonathan M. Gregory, and Jinping Wang. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth and depth of their work on climate-related topics.

In addition to research articles, John A. Church has also published a book titled Alberta through the University of Toronto Press in 2022.

The scientist has been recognized with professional awards including the Fellowship of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020 and the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A 20th century acceleration in global sea-level rise

    John A. Church;John A. Church;Neil J. White;Neil J. White

  • Sea-Level Rise from the Late 19th to the Early 21st Century

    John A. Church;Neil J. White

  • Sea-Level Rise by 2100

    John A. Church;Peter U. Clark;Anny Cazenave;Jonathan M. Gregory

  • Changes in Sea Level

    J. A. Church;J. M. Gregory;Philippe Huybrechts;M. Kuhn

  • Recent Climate Observations Compared to Projections

    Stefan Rahmstorf;Anny Cazenave;John A. Church;James E. Hansen

  • Improved estimates of upper-ocean warming and multi-decadal sea-level rise

    Catia M. Domingues;John A. Church;John A. Church;Neil J. White;Neil J. White;Peter J. Gleckler

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

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

  • Sea Level Change

    J. A. Church;P. U. Clark;A. Cazenave;Jonathan M. Gregory

  • Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008

    John A. Church;Neil J. White;Leonard F. Konikow;Catia M. Domingues

  • A review of global ocean temperature observations: Implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change

    J. P. Abraham;M. Baringer;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;T. Boyer

  • Unabated planetary warming and its ocean structure since 2006

    Dean Roemmich;John Church;John Gilson;Didier Monselesan

  • Concepts and terminology for sea level: mean, variability and change, both local and global

    Jonathan M. Gregory;Jonathan M. Gregory;Stephen M. Griffies;Chris W. Hughes;Jason A. Lowe;Jason A. Lowe

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • The increasing rate of global mean sea-level rise during 1993–2014

    Xianyao Chen;Xuebin Zhang;John A. Church;Christopher S. Watson

  • The nitrogen legacy: emerging evidence of nitrogen accumulation in anthropogenic landscapes

    K J Van Meter;N B Basu;J J Veenstra;C L Burras

  • Observed decreases in oxygen content of the global ocean

    Kieran P. Helm;Kieran P. Helm;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;John A. Church;John A. Church

  • Sea-level rise at tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean islands

    John A. Church;John A. Church;Neil J. White;Neil J. White;John R. Hunter

  • Energy budget constraints on climate response

    Alexander Otto;Friederike E. L. Otto;Olivier Boucher;John Church

  • The Leeuwin Current off Western Australia, 1986–1987

    Robert L. Smith;Adriana Huyer;J. Stuart Godfrey;John A. Church

  • Large-scale freshening of intermediate waters in the Pacific and Indian oceans

    Annie P. S. Wong;Nathaniel L. Bindoff;John A. Church

  • Ocean circulation and climate: observing and modelling the global ocean

    Gerold Siedler;John Church;John Gould

  • Changes in sea level

    Jonathan M. Gregory;J. A. Church

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil J. White
Neil J. White CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Jonathan M. Gregory
Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading
Catia M. Domingues
Catia M. Domingues National Oceanography Centre
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania
Richard Coleman
Richard Coleman University of Tasmania
Susan Wijffels
Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Detlef Stammer
Detlef Stammer Universität Hamburg
Christopher Watson
Christopher Watson University of Tasmania
Jason Lowe
Jason Lowe Met Office
Kathleen L. McInnes
Kathleen L. McInnes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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