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D-Index
45
Citations
6969
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4498
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1725

John A. Goff 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. Goff sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 242 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John A. Goff 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. Goff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

John A. Goff is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States, contributing to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Ecology.

The scientist's research spans several main topics including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

John A. Goff has published in frequent venues such as:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Marine Geology
  • IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Improved Bathymetric Prediction Using Geological Information: SYNBATH," 2022, Earth and Space Science
  • "Measurements of Geologic Characteristics and Geophysical Properties of Sediments From the New England Mud Patch," 2021, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
  • "South Atlantic Transect: Variations in Oceanic Crustal Structure at 31°S," 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Identifying Characteristic and Anomalous Mantle From the Complex Relationship Between Abyssal Hill Roughness and Spreading Rates," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Transdimensional Geoacoustic Inversion Using Prior Information on Range-Dependent Seabed Layering," 2021, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Frequent co-authors include:

  • S. P. S. Gulick
  • Christopher M. Lowery
  • J. M. Swartz
  • David P. Knobles
  • Jacob Burstein

Best Publications

  • Stochastic Modeling of Seafloor Morphology: Inversion of Sea Beam Data for Second-Order Statistics

    John A. Goff;Thomas H. Jordan

  • Seabed characterization on the New Jersey middle and outer shelf: correlatability and spatial variability of seafloor sediment properties

    John A. Goff;Barbara J. Kraft;Larry A. Mayer;Steven G. Schock

  • Anisotropic considerations while interpolating river channel bathymetry

    Venkatesh M. Merwade;David R. Maidment;John A. Goff

  • Shallow Water '06: A Joint Acoustic Propagation/Nonlinear Internal Wave Physics Experiment

    Dajun Tang;James N. Moum;James F. Lynch;Philip A. Abbot

  • Synthesis of Oceanic Crustal Structure From Two‐Dimensional Seismic Profiles

    G. L. Christeson;J. A. Goff;R. S. Reece

  • Segmentation and crustal structure of the western Mid-Atlantic Ridge flank, 25°25′–27°10′N and 0–29 m.y.

    Brian E. Tucholke;Jian Lin;Martin C. Kleinrock;Maurice A. Tivey

  • Correlation of side-scan backscatter intensity with grain-size distribution of shelf sediments, New Jersey margin

    John A Goff;Hilary C Olson;C. S. Duncan

  • Potential for large-scale submarine slope failure and tsunami generation along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast

    Neal W. Driscoll;Jeffrey K. Weissel;John A. Goff

  • Global rate and spectral characteristics of internal gravity wave generation by geostrophic flow over topography

    R.B. Scott;R.B. Scott;J.A. Goff;A.C. Naveira Garabato;Aylmer J.G. Nurser

  • A global and regional stochastic analysis of near-ridge abyssal hill morphology

    John A. Goff

  • Detailed investigation of sorted bedforms, or “rippled scour depressions,” within the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, Massachusetts

    John A Goff;Larry A. Mayer;Peter Traykovski;Ilya Buynevich

  • High-resolution swath sonar investigation of sand ridge, dune and ribbon morphology in the offshore environment of the New Jersey margin

    John A Goff;Donald J.P Swift;Catherine S Duncan;Larry A Mayer

  • Seismic Facies of Incised-Valley Fills, New Jersey Continental Shelf: Implications for Erosion and Preservation Processes Acting During Latest Pleistocene–Holocene Transgression

    Sylvia Nordfjord;John A Goff;James A Austin;Sean S Gulick

  • Tracking the last sea-level cycle: Seafloor morphology and shallow stratigraphy of the latest Quaternary New Jersey middle continental shelf

    Catherine Schuur Duncan;John A. Goff;James A. Austin;Craig S. Fulthorpe

  • Seismic geomorphology of buried channel systems on the New Jersey outer shelf: assessing past environmental conditions

    Sylvia Nordfjord;John A. Goff;James A. Austin;Christopher K. Sommerfield

  • Detailed investigation of continental shelf morphology using a high-resolution swath sonar survey: the Eel margin, northern California

    John A Goff;Daniel L Orange;Larry A Mayer;John E Hughes Clarke

  • Stochastic analysis of seafloor morphology on the flank of the Southeast Indian Ridge: The influence of ridge morphology on the formation of abyssal hills

    John A. Goff;Ying Ma;Anjana Shah;James R. Cochran

  • Earthquake source mechanisms and transform fault tectonics in the Gulf of California

    John A. Goff;Eric A. Bergman;Sean C. Solomon

  • Stochastic modeling of the reflective lower crust: Petrophysical and geological evidence from the Ivera Zone (northern Italy)

    Klaus Holliger;Alan R. Levander;John A. Goff

  • Modal fields: A new method for characterization of random seismic velocity heterogeneity

    John A. Goff;Klaus Holliger;Alan Levander

  • Near surface geophysics

    John A. Goff;Jeff Paine;Jane Uptegrove

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Austin
James A. Austin The University of Texas at Austin
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
Larry A. Mayer
Larry A. Mayer University of New Hampshire
Christopher K. Sommerfield
Christopher K. Sommerfield University of Delaware
Brian K. Arbic
Brian K. Arbic University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Klaus Holliger
Klaus Holliger University of Lausanne
Alan Levander
Alan Levander Rice University
Mead A. Allison
Mead A. Allison Tulane University
Roger D. Flood
Roger D. Flood Stony Brook University
James R. Cochran
James R. Cochran Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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