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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 89 612 578 272 249 424 33759

John S. Kimball publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John S. Kimball between 1992 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John S. Kimball published across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026, averaging 14.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2020. 28 of the 498 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2020. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 30 publications 2016: 28 publications 2017: 28 publications 2018: 32 publications 2019: 29 publications 2020: 40 publications 2021: 33 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 28 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 24 publications 2026: 4 publications
1992 2026

498 publications in total across all disciplines

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John S. Kimball: publications per year, 1992 to 2026
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 1
1994 0
1995 0
1996 1
1997 3
1998 5
1999 5
2000 6
2001 7
2002 5
2003 4
2004 14
2005 6
2006 9
2007 8
2008 6
2009 9
2010 16
2011 13
2012 20
2013 16
2014 24
2015 30
2016 28
2017 28
2018 32
2019 29
2020 40
2021 33
2022 23
2023 28
2024 20
2025 24
2026 4
Total 498
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John S. Kimball publications per year - data summary

  • John S. Kimball, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Montana, has 498 publications recorded across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1992 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 40 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1992, 1993 and 1996, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 35 years in the span carry no publications at all (1994 and 1995).
  • The rate of publication averages 14.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 15.1 per year counting only the 33 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 99 publications, 20% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1992-2003: 38 publications (3.2 per year); 2004-2015: 171 publications (14.3 per year); 2016-2026: 289 publications (26.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

John S. Kimball 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 S. Kimball sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 421–430 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 424 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36 424
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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John S. Kimball publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • John S. Kimball, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Montana, records 424 publications - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than John S. Kimball, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and John S. Kimball ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

John S. Kimball 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 S. Kimball sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 89 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30 89
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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John S. Kimball D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • John S. Kimball, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Montana, records 89 D-Index - the 94th percentile of the discipline.
  • 94% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than John S. Kimball, and about 6% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and John S. Kimball ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John S. Kimball is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental and earth sciences, with a focus on areas such as atmospheric science, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, ecology, and water science and technology.

Their main fields of study cover Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering. The primary topics addressed in their work include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Climate variability and models

Kimball has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Remote Sensing

Recent papers authored by or involving Kimball include:

  • "Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors" (2021) in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Widespread spring phenology effects on drought recovery of Northern Hemisphere ecosystems" (2023) in Nature Climate Change
  • "Validation of Soil Moisture Data Products From the NASA SMAP Mission" (2021) in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 U.S. Southwest hot drought" (2022) in Global Change Biology
  • "Recent Amplified Global Gross Primary Productivity Due to Temperature Increase Is Offset by Reduced Productivity Due to Water Constraints" (2020) in AGU Advances

Kimball has collaborated frequently with several researchers, with notable co-authors including Jennifer D. Watts, Jinyang Du, Rolf H. Reichle, Andreas Colliander, and K. Arthur Endsley.

They were awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1987.

Best Publications

  • The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission

    Dara Entekhabi;Eni G Njoku;Peggy E O'Neill;Kent H Kellogg

  • Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982-2006

    Michael A. White;Kirsten M. de Beurs;Kamel Didan;David W. Inouye

  • Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations

    F.A. Heinsch;Maosheng Zhao;S.W. Running;J.S. Kimball

  • A review of remote sensing based actual evapotranspiration estimation

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;Steven W. Running

  • A continuous satellite-derived global record of land surface evapotranspiration from 1983 to 2006

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;Ramakrishna R. Nemani;Steven W. Running

  • Surface water inundation in the boreal-Arctic: potential impacts on regional methane emissions

    Jennifer D Watts;John S Kimball;Annett Bartsch;Kyle C McDonald

  • A Remotely Sensed Global Terrestrial Drought Severity Index

    Qiaozhen Mu;Maosheng Zhao;John S. Kimball;Nathan G. McDowell

  • The sensitivity of snowmelt processes to climate conditions and forest cover during rain‐on‐snow: a case study of the 1996 Pacific Northwest flood

    Danny Marks;John Kimball;Dave Tingey;Tim Link

  • Photosynthetic seasonality of global tropical forests constrained by hydroclimate

    Kaiyu Guan;Kaiyu Guan;Ming Pan;Haibin Li;Adam Wolf

  • Vegetation Greening and Climate Change Promote Multidecadal Rises of Global Land Evapotranspiration.

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;Ramakrishna R. Nemani;Steven W. Running

  • An improved method for estimating surface humidity from daily minimum temperature

    John S. Kimball;Steven W Running;Ramakrishna R. Nemani

  • An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions

    A. D. McGuire;Torben Christensen;D. Hayes;Arnaud Heroult

  • Cold season emissions dominate the Arctic tundra methane budget

    Donatella Zona;Donatella Zona;Beniamino Gioli;Róisín Commane;Jakob Lindaas

  • Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations

    Michael A. Rawlins;Michael Steele;Marika M. Holland;Jennifer C. Adam

  • Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems

    E. Euskirchen;A. D. McGuire;David W. Kicklighter;Q. Zhuang

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Satellite passive microwave remote sensing for monitoring global land surface phenology

    Matthew O. Jones;Lucas A. Jones;John S. Kimball;Kyle C. McDonald

  • Assessment of the SMAP Level-4 surface and root-zone soil moisture product using in situ measurements

    Rolf H. Reichle;Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy;Qing Liu;Joseph V. Ardizzone

  • RESTORING SALMON HABITAT FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

    T. Beechie;H. Imaki;J. Greene;A. Wade

  • OAK FOREST CARBON AND WATER SIMULATIONS: MODEL INTERCOMPARISONS AND EVALUATIONS AGAINST INDEPENDENT DATA

    P. J. Hanson;J. S. Amthor;S. D. Wullschleger;K. B. Wilson

  • Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors

    Hylke E. Beck;Ming Pan;Diego G. Miralles;Rolf H. Reichle

  • An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: Comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions

    A. D. McGuire;T. R. Christensen;D. J. Hayes;A. Heroult

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf H. Reichle
Rolf H. Reichle Goddard Space Flight Center
Kyle C. McDonald
Kyle C. McDonald City College of New York
Steven W. Running
Steven W. Running University of Montana
Andreas Colliander
Andreas Colliander California Institute of Technology
Ke Zhang
Ke Zhang Hohai University
Eni G. Njoku
Eni G. Njoku Jet Propulsion Lab
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Randal D. Koster
Randal D. Koster Goddard Space Flight Center
Maosheng Zhao
Maosheng Zhao Science Systems and Applications (United States)
Marco P. Maneta
Marco P. Maneta University of Montana

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