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D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
92
Citations
29549
World Ranking
423
National Ranking
157

John W. Day publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 424 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

John W. Day D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John W. Day sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 95th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

John W. Day is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a considerable focus on subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work involves several key topics, including:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

John W. Day has contributed to multiple notable publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Water
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Ecological Engineering
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Ocean & Coastal Management

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Rachael G. Hunter
  • Robert R. Lane
  • H. C. Clark
  • G. Paul Kemp
  • John R. White

Among their recent papers are:

  • "A review of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment: Increasing removal with wetlands and reducing environmental impacts" (2020), published in Bioresource Technology
  • "Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch" (2020), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Migration and transformation of coastal wetlands in response to rising seas" (2022), published in Science Advances
  • "Large deltas, small deltas: Toward a more rigorous understanding of coastal marine deltas" (2022), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "Coastal Wetland Resilience, Accelerated Sea-Level Rise, and the Importance of Timescale" (2021), published in AGU Advances

Best Publications

  • Sinking deltas due to human activities

    James P. M. Syvitski;Albert J. Kettner;Irina Overeem;Eric W. H. Hutton

  • Reducing Nitrogen Loading to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin: Strategies to Counter a Persistent Ecological Problem

    William J. Mitsch;John W. Day;J. Wendell Gilliam;Peter M. Groffman

  • Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

    John W. Day;Donald F. Boesch;Ellis J. Clairain;G. Paul Kemp

  • Climate change: Protect the world's deltas

    Liviu Giosan;James Syvitski;Stefan Constantinescu;John Day

  • Pattern and Process of Land Loss in the Mississippi Delta: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Wetland Habitat Change

    John W. Day;Louis D. Britsch;Suzanne R. Hawes;Gary P. Shaffer

  • Estimating shallow subsidence in microtidal salt marshes of the southeastern United States: Kaye and Barghoorn revisited

    Donald R. Cahoon;Denise J. Reed;John W. Day

  • Mississippi Deltaic Wetland Survival: Sedimentation Versus Coastal Submergence

    Robert H. Baumann;John W. Day;Carolyn A. Miller

  • The science of hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: a review.

    T. S. Bianchi;S. F. DiMarco;Jr H. Cowan;R. D. Hetland

  • Consequences of Climate Change on the Ecogeomorphology of Coastal Wetlands

    John W. Day;Robert R. Christian;Donald M. Boesch;Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia

  • Effects of fishing on the structure and functioning of estuarine and nearshore ecosystems

    S. J. M. Blaber;D. P. Cyrus;J.-J. Albaret;Chong Ving Ching

  • A review of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment: Increasing removal with wetlands and reducing environmental impacts.

    Joan García;María Jesús García-Galán;John W. Day;Raj Boopathy

  • PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPOSITION OF A BALDCYPRESS-WATER TUPELO SITE AND A BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD SITE IN A LOUISIANA SWAMP'

    William H. Conner;John W. Day

  • Restoration of wetlands in the Mississippi–Ohio–Missouri (MOM) River Basin: Experience and needed research

    William J. Mitsch;John W. Day

  • The productivity and composition of Mangrove forests, Laguna de Términos, Mexico

    John W. Day;William H. Conner;Francisco Ley-Lou;Richard H. Day

  • Nitrate-nitrogen retention in wetlands in the Mississippi River Basin

    William J. Mitsch;John W. Day;Li Zhang;Robert R. Lane

  • Impacts of sea-level rise on deltas in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean: The importance of pulsing events to sustainability

    John W. Day;Didier Pont;Philippe F. Hensel;Carlès Ibañez

  • Vegetation death and rapid loss of surface elevation in two contrasting Mississippi delta salt marshes: The role of sedimentation, autocompaction and sea-level rise

    John W. Day;G. Paul Kemp;Denise J. Reed;Donald R. Cahoon

  • Extraordinary human energy consumption and resultant geological impacts beginning around 1950 CE initiated the proposed Anthropocene Epoch

    Jaia Syvitski;Colin N. Waters;John Day;John D. Milliman

  • Revisiting the Limits to Growth After Peak Oil : In the 1970s a rising world population and the finite resources available to support it were hot topics. Interest faded-but it's time to take another look

    Charles A. S. Hall;John W. Day

  • Ecosystem Modeling in Theory and Practice: An Introduction With Case Histories

    Charles A. S. Hall;John W. Day

  • High precision measurements of sediment elevation in shallow coastal areas using a sedimentation-erosion table

    Roelof M. J. Boumans;John W. Day

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert R. Lane
Robert R. Lane Louisiana State University
Edward A. Keller
Edward A. Keller University of California, Santa Barbara
Anthony J. Brazel
Anthony J. Brazel Arizona State University
Kenneth Gregory
Kenneth Gregory University of Southampton
William H. Conner
William H. Conner Clemson University
Thomas Friedl
Thomas Friedl University of Göttingen
Robert R. Twilley
Robert R. Twilley Louisiana State University
William J. Mitsch
William J. Mitsch Florida Gulf Coast University
Carles Ibáñez
Carles Ibáñez University of Barcelona
Charles A. S. Hall
Charles A. S. Hall SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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