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John Dodson 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 Dodson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 161 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

John Dodson 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 Dodson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John Dodson is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, contributing significantly to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work covers multiple research topics, with particular emphasis on:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

John Dodson has published extensively in several prominent scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their recent papers, reflecting key areas of research focus, include:

  • "Extreme weather events recorded by daily to hourly resolution biogeochemical proxies of marine giant clam shells" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Rapid warming has resulted in more wildfires in northeastern Australia" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Late Holocene land use evolution and vegetation response to climate change in the watershed of Xingyun Lake, SW China" (2021) published in CATENA
  • "Holocene negative coupling of summer temperature and moisture availability over southeastern arid Central Asia" (2020) published in Climate Dynamics
  • "The Reading Palaeofire Database: an expanded global resource to document changes in fire regimes from sedimentary charcoal records" (2022) published in Earth System Science Data

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Hong Yan
  • Chengcheng Liu
  • Nanyu Zhao
  • Pengchao Zhou
  • Hanfeng Wen

Best Publications

  • Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes

    A.L. Daniau;P.J. Bartlein;S.P. Harrison;S.P. Harrison;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice

  • Late Quaternary fire regimes of Australasia

    S. Mooney;S. Harrison;P. Bartlein;A.-L. Daniau

  • The Southern Hemisphere westerlies in the Australasian sector over the last glacial cycle: a synthesis

    J. Shulmeister;I. Goodwin;J. Renwick;K. Harle

  • Evolution of late Pleistocene and Holocene climates in the circum-South Pacific land areas

    Vera Markgraf;John R. Dodson;A. Peter Kershaw;Matt S. McGlone

  • Origin and spread of wheat in China

    John R. Dodson;Xiaoqiang(李小强) Li;Xinying(周新郢) Zhou;Keliang(赵克良) Zhao

  • New insights into the origin of perylene in geological samples

    Kliti Grice;Hong Lu;Hong Lu;Pia Atahan;Pia Atahan;Pia Atahan;Muhammad Asif

  • Astronomical calibration of loess-paleosol deposits at Luochuan, central Chinese Loess Plateau

    Huayu Lu;Xiaodong Liu;Fuqing Zhang;Zhisheng An

  • Pollen-based quantitative reconstructions of Holocene regional vegetation cover (plant-functional types and land-cover types) in Europe suitable for climate modelling.

    Anna-Kari Trondman;M.J. Gaillard;Florence Mazier;S. Sugita

  • The evolution of dry lands in northern China and in the Republic of Mongolia since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Xiaoping Yang;Karl Tilman Rost;Frank Lehmkuhl;Zhu Zhenda

  • Moisture dynamics in central Asia for the last 15 kyr: new evidence from Yili Valley, Xinjiang, NW China

    Xiaoqiang Li;Keliang Zhao;John Dodson;Xinying Zhou

  • Pollen-based reconstructions of biome distributions for Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (SEAPAC region) at 0, 6000 and 18,000 14C yr BP

    Elizabeth J. Pickett;Sandy P. Harrison;Sandy P. Harrison;Geoff Hope;Kate Harle

  • Holocene changes in vegetation composition in northern Europe: why quantitative pollen-based vegetation reconstructions matter

    Laurent Marquer;Laurent Marquer;Marie José Gaillard;Shinya Sugita;Anna Kari Trondman

  • The Holocene vegetation cover of Britain and Ireland : overcoming problems of scale and discerning patterns of openness

    Ralph M. Fyfe;Claire L. Twiddle;Shinya Sugita;Marie-José Gaillard

  • Holocene-aged sedimentary records of environmental changes and early agriculture in the lower Yangtze, China

    P. Atahan;F. Itzstein-Davey;D. Taylor;J. Dodson

  • Quantifying the effects of land use and climate on Holocene vegetation in Europe

    Laurent Marquer;Laurent Marquer;Marie-Jose Gaillard;Shinya Sugita;Anneli Poska

  • The origins of wheat in China and potential pathways for its introduction: A review

    Alison Betts;Peter Weiming Jia;John Dodson

  • Rapid agricultural transformation in the prehistoric Hexi corridor, China

    Zhou Xinying;Li Xiaoqiang;John Dodson;Zhao Keliang

  • Increases of population and expansion of rice agriculture in Asia, and anthropogenic methane emissions since 5000 BP

    Xiaoqiang Li;John Dodson;Jie Zhou;Xinying Zhou

  • Holocene agriculture in the Guanzhong Basin in NW China indicated by pollen and charcoal evidence

    Xiaoqiang Li;Xue Shang;John Dodson;Xinying Zhou

  • Environmental variability within the Chinese desert-loess transition zone over the last 20000 years

    W. J. Zhou;J. Dodson;M. J. Head;B. S. Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Yan
Hong Yan City University of Hong Kong
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weijian Zhou
Weijian Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Henk Heijnis
Henk Heijnis Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Ralph Fyfe
Ralph Fyfe Plymouth University
Kevin J. Edwards
Kevin J. Edwards University of Aberdeen
Marie-José Gaillard
Marie-José Gaillard Linnaeus University
Kliti Grice
Kliti Grice Curtin University
Heikki Seppä
Heikki Seppä University of Helsinki
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading

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