2026 Joseph T Kelley: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	33	8483	7879	2787	2467	223	3423

Research.com Recognitions

1940 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Joseph T Kelley is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Earth and Planetary Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader fields, their work covers subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Plant Science, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research topics include Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological formations and processes, and Aeolian processes and effects.

Kelley's publication record includes papers in notable venues such as Nature Climate Change, Quaternary Science Reviews, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Acta Horticulturae, and Journal of American Pomological Society. Their recent works are:

Sandy beaches can survive sea-level rise, 2020, Nature Climate Change
Postglacial relative sea-level changes in the Gulf of Maine, USA: Database compilation, assessment and modelling, 2023, Quaternary Science Reviews
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COASTAL MAINE GEOPARK, 2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Effect of NAA, AVG, and 1-MCP on preharvest fruit drop, fruit maturity, and quality of 'AU Golden Sunshine' Actinidia chinensis, 2025, Acta Horticulturae
Effect of Hydrogen Cyanamide on Flower Production of'AU Golden Sunshine' and 'AU Gulf Coast Gold' Kiwifruit, 2022, Journal of American Pomological Society

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including James D. Spiers, Andrew Cooper, Gerd Masselink, Giovanni Coco, and Andrew D. Short.

Joseph T Kelley has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1940 and also holds fellowship status with the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

Giant sea-bed pockmarks: Evidence for gas escape from Belfast Bay, Maine

Joseph T. Kelley;Stephen M. Dickson;Daniel F. Belknap;Walter A. Barnhardt

197
Citations
Late Quaternary relative sea-level change in the western Gulf of Maine: Evidence for a migrating glacial forebulge

Walter A. Barnhardt;W. Roland Gehrels;Joseph T. Kelley

185
Citations
Sandy beaches can survive sea-level rise

J. A. G. Cooper;J. A. G. Cooper;G. Masselink;G. Coco;A. D. Short

179
Citations
Integrated high-precision analyses of Holocene relative sea-level changes: Lessons from the coast of Maine

W. Roland Gehrels;Daniel F. Belknap;Joseph T. Kelley

122
Citations
Late Quaternary Sea-Level Changes in Maine

Daniel F. Belknap;Bjorn G. Andersen;R. Scott Anderson;Walter A. Anderson

118
Citations
Patterns of sediment accumulation in the tidal marshes of Maine

M. E. Wood;J. T. Kelley;D. F. Belknap

111
Citations
The World's Beaches: A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline

Orrin Pilkey;William Neal;Joseph Kelley;Andrew Cooper

107
Citations
The effects of storms and storm-generated currents on sand beaches in Southern Maine, USA

Heather W. Hill;Joseph T. Kelley;Daniel F. Belknap;Stephen M. Dickson

105
Citations
Shallow-water pockmark formation in temperate estuaries: A consideration of origins in the western gulf of Maine with special focus on Belfast Bay

Jeffrey N. Rogers;Joseph T. Kelley;Daniel F. Belknap;Allen Gontz

99
Citations
Mapping the Gulf of Maine with side-scan sonar: A new bottom-type classification for complex seafloors

Walter A. Barnhardt;Joseph T. Kelley;Stephen M. Dickson;Daniel F. Belknap

97
Citations
Late Holocene Relative Sea-level Rise and the Geological Development of Tidal Marshes at Wells, Maine, U.S.A.

Joseph T. Kelley;W. Roland Gehrel;Daniel F. Belknap

94
Citations
Stratigraphic evolution of the inner continental shelf in response to late Quaternary relative sea-level change, northwestern Gulf of Maine

Walter A. Barnhardt;Daniel F. Belknap;Joseph T. Kelley

85
Citations
Morphology and stratigraphy of small barrier-lagoon systems in Maine

William Duffy;Daniel F Belknap;Joseph T Kelley

79
Citations
Depositional Setting and Quaternary Stratigraphy of the Sheepscot Estuary, Maine: A Preliminary Report

Daniel F. Belknap;R. Craig Shipp;Joseph T. Kelley

75
Citations
CHAPTER 6 – An Inventory of Coastal Environments and Classification of Maine's Glaciated Shoreline

Joseph T. Kelley

72
Citations
Drowned coastal deposits with associated archaeological remains from a sea-level "slowstand": Northwestern Gulf of Maine, USA

Joseph T. Kelley;Daniel F. Belknap;Stefan Claesson

72
Citations
Distribution and abundance of tidal marshes along the coast of maine

H. A. Jacobson;G. L. Jacobson;J. T. Kelley

66
Citations
Volumetric analysis of a New England barrier system using ground-penetrating-radar and coring techniques

Sytze van Heteren;Duncan M. FitzGerald;Donald C. Barber;Joseph T. Kelley

65
Citations
The Morphology and Origin of Salt Marshes along the Glaciated Coastline of Maine, USA

Joseph T. Kelley;Daniel F. Belknap;George L. Jacobson;Heather A. Jacobson

64
Citations
Holocene sea-level change in coastal Maine

Daniel F Belknap;R Craig Shipp;Robert Stuckenrath;Joseph T Kelley

62
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel F. Belknap University of Maine

Derek Jackson University of Ulster

Duncan M. FitzGerald Boston University

Glenn A. Milne University of Ottawa

Orrin H. Pilkey Duke University

Antony J. Long Durham University

Claudia I. Mora The University of Texas at Austin

W. Roland Gehrels University of York

Bjørn G. Andersen University of Oslo

Edward J. Anthony Aix-Marseille University

External Links

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