2026 John E. Kutzbach: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	82	864	374	187	39590

John E. Kutzbach publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John E. Kutzbach sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 690+

This scientist: 187 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

John E. Kutzbach D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John E. Kutzbach sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

John E. Kutzbach was affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research predominantly focused on Earth and planetary sciences, contributing significantly to the fields of atmospheric science, anthropology, paleontology, geography, planning and development, and ecology.

The topics covered in their work included:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Climate change and permafrost
Cryospheric studies and observations

Kutzbach published in a range of academic venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

The Holocene
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Quaternary Science Reviews

Notable recent papers included:

African climate response to orbital and glacial forcing in 140,000-y simulation with implications for early modern human environments, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The early anthropogenic hypothesis: A review, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
Did agriculture beget agriculture during the past several millennia?, 2022, The Holocene
Rapid neoglaciation on Ellesmere Island promoted by enhanced summer snowfall in a transient climate model simulation of the middle-late-Holocene, 2020, The Holocene

Their frequent co-authors included:

Feng He
William F Ruddiman
Stephen J. Vavrus
Jian Guan
Andrew S. Cohen

Over the course of their career, Kutzbach was recognized with several honors:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1994

Best Publications

Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times

An Zhisheng;John E. Kutzbach;Warren L. Prell;Stephen C. Porter

3468
Citations
On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles 1. Linear Responses to Milankovitch Forcing

J. Imbrie;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens;A. Duffy

1774
Citations
On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles .2. the 100,000-year Cycle

J. Imbrie;A. Berger;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens

1635
Citations
Projected distributions of novel and disappearing climates by 2100 AD

John W. Williams;Stephen T. Jackson;John E. Kutzbach

1599
Citations
Global Climates since the Last Glacial Maximum

John R. Mather;H. E. Wright;J. E. Kutzbach;T. Webb

1511
Citations
The Influence of Changing Orbital Parameters and Surface Boundary Conditions on Climate Simulations for the Past 18 000 Years

John E. Kutzbach;Peter J. Guetter

1430
Citations
Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mechanism for Bølling-Allerød Warming

Z. Liu;B. L. Otto-Bliesner;F. He;E. C. Brady

1291
Citations
Asynchronous Holocene optimum of the East Asian monsoon

Zhisheng An;Stephen C. Porter;Stephen C. Porter;John E. Kutzbach;Wu Xihao

1200
Citations
Monsoon Climate of the Early Holocene: Climate Experiment with the Earth's Orbital Parameters for 9000 Years Ago

John E. Kutzbach

1110
Citations
Forcing of late Cenozoic northern hemisphere climate by plateau uplift in southern Asia and the American west

W. F. Ruddiman;J. E. Kutzbach

1039
Citations
Monsoon variability over the past 150,000 years

Warren L. Prell;John E. Kutzbach

1028
Citations
Sensitivity of the Indian monsoon to forcing parameters and implications for its evolution

Warren L. Prell;John E. Kutzbach

976
Citations
Empirical Eigenvectors of Sea-Level Pressure, Surface Temperature and Precipitation Complexes over North America

John E. Kutzbach

848
Citations
Milankovitch forcing of fluctuations in the level of tropical lakes from 18 to 0 kyr BP

John E Kutzbach;F. Alayne Street-Perrott

835
Citations
Sensitivity of Eurasian Climate to Surface Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

J. E. Kutzbach;W. L. Prell;Wm. F. Ruddiman

648
Citations
Feedbacks between climate and boreal forests during the Holocene epoch

Jonathan A. Foley;John E. Kutzbach;Michael T. Coe;Samuel Levis

624
Citations
Sensitivity of climate to late Cenozoic uplift in southern Asia and the American west: Numerical experiments

J. E. Kutzbach;P. J. Guetter;W. F. Ruddiman;W. L. Prell

619
Citations
Climate and biome simulations for the past 21,000 years

J. Kutzbach;R. Gallimore;S. P. Harrison;P. Behling

610
Citations
Pangaean climates: Megamonsoons of the megacontinent

J. E. Kutzbach;R. G. Gallimore

608
Citations
Multivariate Techniques for Specifying Tree-Growth and Climate Relationships and for Reconstructing Anomalies in Paleoclimate

Harold C. Fritts;Terence J. Blasing;Bruce P. Hayden;John E. Kutzbach

524
Citations
The Sensitivity of the African-Asian Monsoonal Climate to Orbital Parameter Changes for 9000 Years B.P. in a Low-Resolution General Circulation Model.

J. E. Kutzbach;B. L. Otto-Bliesner

518
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhengyu Liu The Ohio State University

William F. Ruddiman University of Virginia

Feng He University of Wisconsin–Madison

Warren L Prell Brown University

Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading

Bette L. Otto-Bliesner National Center for Atmospheric Research

Xiaodong Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

Thompson Webb Brown University

Steven C. Clemens Brown University

Michael Notaro University of Wisconsin–Madison

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