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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 45 4374 4022 1693 1505 196 9730

John W. Holt publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by John W. Holt between 1990 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. John W. Holt published across 37 years, from 1990 to 2026, averaging 6.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2007. 13 of the 235 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2007. 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 19 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 10 publications 2026: 3 publications
1990 2026

235 publications in total across all disciplines

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John W. Holt: publications per year, 1990 to 2026
Year Publications
1990 2
1991 1
1992 2
1993 0
1994 2
1995 2
1996 2
1997 0
1998 1
1999 1
2000 2
2001 0
2002 1
2003 2
2004 0
2005 3
2006 5
2007 19
2008 14
2009 11
2010 19
2011 12
2012 6
2013 11
2014 12
2015 7
2016 12
2017 11
2018 13
2019 8
2020 4
2021 13
2022 5
2023 10
2024 9
2025 10
2026 3
Total 235
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John W. Holt 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 W. Holt sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 188–197 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 196 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401 196
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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John W. Holt 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 W. Holt sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 45 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257 45
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

John W. Holt is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. They have also engaged in Ocean Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine to a lesser extent.

Their work primarily focuses on topics relating to planetary science and exploration, cryospheric studies and observations, astro and planetary science, climate change and permafrost, geology and paleoclimatology research, space science and extraterrestrial life, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Holt include M. S. Christoffersen, Martin Truffer, S. Nerozzi, B. S. Tober, and Christopher F. Larsen, indicating active research partnerships.

Holt has published extensively in notable scientific venues such as:

  • Icarus
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Remote Sensing

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Holt cover a range of topics relevant to planetary and cryospheric sciences:

  • The Scientific Legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge, 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • A Solid Interpretation of Bright Radar Reflectors Under the Mars South Polar Ice, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Holy Grail: A road map for unlocking the climate record stored within Mars' polar layered deposits, 2020, Planetary and Space Science
  • Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data, 2023, Earth System Science Data
  • Martian Mantle Heat Flow Estimate From the Lack of Lithospheric Flexure in the South Pole of Mars: Implications for Planetary Evolution and Basal Melting, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica

    Peter Fretwell;Hamish D. Pritchard;David G. Vaughan;J. L. Bamber

  • Radar Sounding Evidence for Buried Glaciers in the Southern Mid-Latitudes of Mars

    John W. Holt;Ali Safaeinili;Jeffrey J. Plaut;James W. Head

  • Mars North Polar Deposits: Stratigraphy, Age, and Geodynamical Response

    Roger J. Phillips;Roger J. Phillips;Maria T. Zuber;Suzanne E. Smrekar;Michael T. Mellon

  • Radar evidence for ice in lobate debris aprons in the mid-northern latitudes of Mars

    Jeffrey J. Plaut;Ali Safaeinili;John W. Holt;Roger J. Phillips

  • Identification of the remains of King Richard III

    Turi E. King;Gloria Gonzalez Fortes;Patricia Balaresque;Mark G. Thomas

  • Basal conditions for Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers, West Antarctica, determined using satellite and airborne data

    Ian Joughin;Slawek Tulaczyk;Jonathan L. Bamber;Don Blankenship

  • Exposed subsurface ice sheets in the Martian mid-latitudes.

    Colin M. Dundas;Ali M. Bramson;Lujendra Ojha;James J. Wray

  • Massive CO2 Ice Deposits Sequestered in the South Polar Layered Deposits of Mars

    Roger J. Phillips;Brian J. Davis;Kenneth L. Tanaka;Shane Byrne

  • New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic ice sheet: Subglacial topography beneath Pine Island Glacier

    David G. Vaughan;Hugh F. J. Corr;Fausto Ferraccioli;Nicholas Frearson

  • A dynamic early East Antarctic Ice Sheet suggested by ice-covered fjord landscapes

    Duncan A. Young;Andrew P. Wright;Jason L. Roberts;Jason L. Roberts;Roland C. Warner;Roland C. Warner

  • New boundary conditions for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Subglacial topography of the Thwaites and Smith glacier catchments

    John W. Holt;Donald D. Blankenship;David L. Morse;Duncan A. Young

  • Radar-based subglacial lake classification in Antarctica

    Sasha P. Carter;Donald D. Blankenship;Matthew E. Peters;Duncan A. Young

  • Ice cover, landscape setting, and geological framework of Lake Vostok, East Antarctica

    Michael Studinger;Robin E. Bell;Garry D. Karner;Anahita A. Tikku

  • Along-Track Focusing of Airborne Radar Sounding Data From West Antarctica for Improving Basal Reflection Analysis and Layer Detection

    M.E. Peters;D.D. Blankenship;S.P. Carter;S.D. Kempf

  • Rapid, precise, and high‐sensitivity acquisition of paleomagnetic and rock‐magnetic data: Development of a low‐noise automatic sample changing system for superconducting rock magnetometers

    Joseph L. Kirschvink;Robert E. Kopp;Robert E. Kopp;Timothy D. Raub;Christopher T. Baumgartner

  • SHARAD detection and characterization of subsurface water ice deposits in Utopia Planitia, Mars

    C. M. Stuurman;C. M. Stuurman;G. R. Osinski;J. W. Holt;J. S. Levy

  • Ancient amino acids from fossil feathers in amber.

    Victoria E. McCoy;Victoria E. McCoy;Sarah E. Gabbott;Kirsty Penkman;Matthew J. Collins;Matthew J. Collins

  • Geocoded digital videography for validation of land cover mapping in the Amazon basin

    L. L. Hess;E. M.L.M. Novo;D. M. Slaymaker;John W Holt

  • Subsurface structure of Planum Boreum from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Shallow Radar soundings

    Nathaniel E. Putzig;Roger J. Phillips;Roger J. Phillips;Bruce A. Campbell;John W. Holt

  • The Scientific Legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge

    Joseph A. MacGregor;Linette N. Boisvert;Brooke Medley;Alek A. Petty;Alek A. Petty

  • Widespread excess ice in Arcadia Planitia, Mars

    Ali M. Bramson;Shane Byrne;Nathaniel E. Putzig;Sarah Sutton

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger J. Phillips
Roger J. Phillips Washington University in St. Louis
Donald D. Blankenship
Donald D. Blankenship The University of Texas at Austin
Jeffrey J. Plaut
Jeffrey J. Plaut Jet Propulsion Lab
Shane Byrne
Shane Byrne University of Arizona
Roberto Orosei
Roberto Orosei National Institute for Astrophysics
Bruce A. Campbell
Bruce A. Campbell Smithsonian Institution
Fausto Ferraccioli
Fausto Ferraccioli National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine
James W. Head
James W. Head Brown University
Jason L. Roberts
Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division

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