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John A. Howell 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. Howell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 219 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John A. Howell 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. Howell sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John A. Howell is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering, with a notable focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials, Geology, Atmospheric Science, and Ocean Engineering.

Their work encompasses main topics such as Geological formations and processes, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Howell's recent publications include:

  • Virtual field trips utilizing virtual outcrop: construction, delivery and implications for the future (2022) published in Geoscience Communication
  • Impact of Geological Variables in Controlling Oil-Reservoir Performance: An Insight from a Machine-Learning Technique (2020) published in SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering
  • V3Geo: a cloud-based repository for virtual 3D models in geoscience (2022) published in Geoscience Communication
  • Predictable patterns in stacking and distribution of channelized fluvial sand bodies linked to channel mobility and avulsion processes (2020) published in Geology
  • Characterizing the nature and importance of lava-sediment interactions with the aid of field outcrop analogues (2021) published in Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Frequent co-authors in their work include Adrian J. Hartley, Magda Chmielewska, Jessica H. Pugsley, David W. Jolley, and Simon J. Buckley.

Their research has been published widely in venues such as Sedimentology, Petroleum Geoscience, Journal of the Geological Society, Geological Society London Special Publications, and Journal of Sedimentary Research, reflecting a consistent engagement with leading journals in geoscience and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial laser scanning in geology: data acquisition, processing and accuracy considerations

    Simon J. Buckley;J.A. Howell;H.D. Enge;T.H. Kurz

  • The Neuquén Basin: an overview

    John A. Howell;Ernesto Schwarz;Luis A. Spalletti;Gonzalo D. Veiga

  • The Sedimentary Record of Sea-Level Change

    Angela L. Coe;Dam W.J. Bosence;Kevin D. Church;Stephen S. Flint

  • Virtual outcrop models of petroleum reservoir analogues: a review of the current state-of-the-art

    J. K. Pringle;J. A. Howell;D. Hodgetts;A. R. Westerman

  • LiDAR, UAV or compass-clinometer? Accuracy, coverage and the effects on structural models

    Adam J. Cawood;Clare E. Bond;John A. Howell;Robert W.H. Butler

  • From outcrop to reservoir simulation model: Workflow and procedures

    Håvard D. Enge;Simon J. Buckley;Atle Rotevatn;John A. Howell

  • The application of outcrop analogues in geological modelling: a review, present status and future outlook

    John A. Howell;Allard W. Martinius;Timothy R. Good

  • Sequence Stratigraphy in Lacustrine Basins: A Model for part of the Green River Formation (Eocene), Southwest Uinta Basin, Utah, U.S.A.

    David Keighley;Stephen Flint;John Howell;Andrea Moscariello

  • Sedimentological parameterization of shallow-marine reservoirs

    John A. Howell;John A. Howell;Arne Skorstad;Alister MacDonald;Alex Fordham

  • LIME: Software for 3-D visualization, interpretation, and communication of virtual geoscience models

    Simon John Buckley;Kari Ringdal;Nicole Naumann;Benjamin Dolva

  • Terrestrial lidar and hyperspectral data fusion products for geological outcrop analysis

    Simon J. Buckley;Tobias H. Kurz;John A. Howell;Danilo Schneider

  • The Neuquen Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics

    G. D. Veiga;L. A. Spalletti;J. A. Howell;E. Schwarz

  • Death of a sand sea: an active aeolian erg systematically buried by the Etendeka flood basalts of NW Namibia

    D. A. Jerram;N. P. Mountney;J. A. Howell;D. Long

  • High resolution sequence stratigraphy : innovations and applications

    John A Howell;J. F. Aitken

  • Terrestrial Laser Scanning for use in Virtual Outcrop Geology

    Simon J. Buckley;Håvard D. Enge;Christian Carlsson;John A. Howell

  • Sensitivity of the impact of geological uncertainty on production from faulted and unfaulted shallow-marine oil reservoirs: objectives and methods

    Tom Manzocchi;Jonathan N. Carter;Arne Skorstad;B. Fjellvoll

  • Predicting Coastal Depositional Style: Influence of Basin Morphology and Accommodation to Sediment Supply Ratio within a Sequence Stratigraphic Framework

    R. Bruce Ainsworth;Stephen S. Flint;John A. Howell

  • Are relay ramps conduits for fluid flow? Structural analysis of a relay ramp in Arches National Park, Utah

    Atle Rotevatn;Haakon Fossen;Jonny Hesthammer;Tor E. Aas

  • Seismic interpretation of sill complexes in sedimentary basins: implications for the sub-sill imaging problem

    Christian Haug Eide;Nick Schofield;Isabelle Lecomte;Simon J. Buckley;Simon J. Buckley

  • Overlapping faults and their effect on fluid flow in different reservoir types: A LIDAR-based outcrop modeling and flow simulation study

    Atle Rotevatn;Simon J. Buckley;John A. Howell;Haakon Fossen

  • Climatic cyclicity and accommodation space in arid to semi-arid depositional systems: an example from the Rotliegend Group of the UK southern North Sea

    John Howell;Nigel Mountney

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen S. Flint
Stephen S. Flint University of Manchester
Dougal A. Jerram
Dougal A. Jerram University of Oslo
Nigel P. Mountney
Nigel P. Mountney University of Leeds
Nick Schofield
Nick Schofield University of Aberdeen
Adrian J. Hartley
Adrian J. Hartley University of Aberdeen
Gary J. Hampson
Gary J. Hampson Imperial College London
John J. Walsh
John J. Walsh University College Dublin
Harald Stollhofen
Harald Stollhofen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Atle Rotevatn
Atle Rotevatn University of Bergen
Luis A. Spalletti
Luis A. Spalletti National University of La Plata

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