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Jon D. Woodhead 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 Jon D. Woodhead sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 322 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jon D. Woodhead 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 Jon D. Woodhead sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 94th percentile

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

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

Overview

Jon D. Woodhead is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a range of subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics of their work cover several key areas: geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, karst systems and hydrogeology, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and studies on Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology.

Woodhead's recent publications illustrate their engagement with diverse scientific themes. These papers include:

  • Contemporaneity of Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and early Homo erectus in South Africa (2020), published in Science
  • Persistent influence of obliquity on ice age terminations since the Middle Pleistocene transition (2020), published in Science
  • Robust isochron calculation (2020), published in Geochronology
  • Isotopic analyses of clinopyroxenes demonstrate the effects of kimberlite melt metasomatism upon the lithospheric mantle (2020), published in Lithos
  • Time resolved trace element calibration strategies for LA-ICP-MS (2023), published in Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Their collaborative work involves frequent coauthorship with researchers such as John Hellström, Roland Maas, Russell N. Drysdale, Janet Hergt, and Andrea Giuliani.

The scientist's studies have been disseminated through multiple publication venues, including:

  • Geochronology
  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Best Publications

  • Iolite: Freeware for the visualisation and processing of mass spectrometric data

    Chad Paton;John Hellstrom;Bence Paul;Bence Paul;Jon Woodhead

  • Improvements in 230Th dating, 230Th and 234U half-life values, and U–Th isotopic measurements by multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards;Chuan Chou Shen;Victor J. Polyak

  • Magmatic and Crustal Differentiation History of Granitic Rocks from Hf-O Isotopes in Zircon

    Ais Kemp;Ais Kemp;Chris J Hawkesworth;GL Foster;BA Paterson

  • Improved laser ablation U‐Pb zircon geochronology through robust downhole fractionation correction

    Chad Paton;Chad Paton;Jon D. Woodhead;John C. Hellstrom;Janet M. Hergt

  • A Preliminary Appraisal of Seven Natural Zircon Reference Materials for In Situ Hf Isotope Determination

    Jon D. Woodhead;Janet M. Hergt

  • MPI-DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Brigitte Stoll;Kirstin Herwig;Matthias Willbold

  • Zircon Hf-isotope analysis with an excimer laser, depth profiling, ablation of complex geometries, and concomitant age estimation

    Jonathan Woodhead;Janet Hergt;Michael Shelley;Stephen Eggins

  • A simple method for the precise determination of ≥ 40 trace elements in geological samples by ICPMS using enriched isotope internal standardisation

    S.M. Eggins;J.D. Woodhead;L.P.J. Kinsley;G.E. Mortimer

  • Hafnium isotope evidence for ‘conservative’ element mobility during subduction zone processes

    J.D. Woodhead;J.M. Hergt;J.P. Davidson;S.M. Eggins

  • High field strength and transition element systematics in island arc and back-arc basin basalts: Evidence for multi-phase melt extraction and a depleted mantle wedge

    Jon Woodhead;Steve Eggins;John Gamble;John Gamble

  • Magma Genesis in the New Britain Island Arc: Further Insights into Melting and Mass Transfer Processes

    J. D. Woodhead;S. M. Eggins;R. W. Johnson

  • Isotopic and Elemental Imaging of Geological Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

    Jon D. Woodhead;John Hellstrom;Janet M. Hergt;Alan Greig

  • Age and pyrite Pb-isotopic composition of the giant Sukhoi Log sediment-hosted gold deposit, Russia

    Sebastien Meffre;Ross R. Large;Robert Scott;Jon Woodhead

  • The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa

    P.H.G.M. Dirks;P.H.G.M. Dirks;Eric M. Roberts;Eric M. Roberts;Hannah Louise Hilbert-Wolf;Jan Dirk Kramers

  • Geochemistry of the Mariana arc (western Pacific): source composition and processes

    Jon.D. Woodhead

  • A simple method for obtaining highly accurate Pb isotope data by MC-ICP-MS

    Jon Woodhead

  • Multiple mantle plume components involved in the petrogenesis of subduction‐related lavas from the northern termination of the Tonga Arc and northern Lau Basin: Evidence from the geochemistry of arc and backarc submarine volcanics

    Trevor J. Falloon;Leonid V. Danyushevsky;Tony J. Crawford;Roland Maas

  • In situ Sr-isotope analysis of carbonates by LA-MC-ICP-MS: interference corrections, high spatial resolution and an example from otolith studies

    Jon Woodhead;Stephen Swearer;Janet Hergt;Roland Maas

  • Strontium, Neodymium and Lead Isotope Analyses of NIST Glass Certified Reference Materials: SRM 610, 612, 614

    Jon D. Woodhead;Janet M. Hergt

  • Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and Implications for the Origins of the Genus Homo

    Robyn Pickering;Robyn Pickering;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Paul H. G. M. Dirks;Zubair Jinnah;Darryl J. de Ruiter;Darryl J. de Ruiter

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet M. Hergt
Janet M. Hergt University of Melbourne
John Hellstrom
John Hellstrom University of Melbourne
Russell N. Drysdale
Russell N. Drysdale University of Melbourne
Roland Maas
Roland Maas University of Melbourne
Alan Greig
Alan Greig University of Melbourne
Giovanni Zanchetta
Giovanni Zanchetta University of Pisa
David Phillips
David Phillips University of Melbourne
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Ilaria Isola
Ilaria Isola National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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