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Judith A. McKenzie

Judith A. McKenzie

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
72
Citations
19448
World Ranking
847
National Ranking
24

Judith A. McKenzie 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 Judith A. McKenzie sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 238 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Judith A. McKenzie 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 Judith A. McKenzie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Judith A. McKenzie was affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spanned several interdisciplinary fields, primarily within engineering and earth sciences. The scientist focused extensively on reservoir engineering and simulation methods, drilling and well engineering, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Their work also touched on offshore engineering and technologies, geology and paleoclimatology research, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and isotope analysis in ecology. These topics reflect a diverse scientific portfolio with a strong foundation in both theoretical and applied studies.

Frequent co-authors included Christian Betzler, Alexandra R. Isern, Miriam Katz, Dick Kroon, and Donald F. McNeill, each collaborating with McKenzie on a considerable number of projects.

Major venues where McKenzie's work was published included:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • American Journal of Science
  • Journal of the Geological Society

Selected recent papers by McKenzie featured:

  • "Dolomite formation during penecontemporaneous subaerial diagenesis: evidence from modern dolomite crusts forming in lagoon Brejo do Espinho, Brazil," Journal of the Geological Society, 2024
  • "Organic matter diagenesis and precipitation of Mg-rich carbonate and dolomite in modern hypersaline lagoons linked to climate changes," Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022
  • "Review of U.S. subsidence monitoring using conventional and satellite based methods," IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, 2021
  • "Building an isoscape based on tooth enamel for human provenance estimation in Brazil," Forensic Science International, 2021
  • "Organomineralization of proto-dolomite by a phototrophic microbial mat extracellular polymeric substances: Control of crystal size and its implication for carbonate depositional systems," American Journal of Science, 2020

Judith A. McKenzie produced a substantial body of work primarily in ocean engineering and mechanical engineering, which accounted for the majority of their publications. Their research contributed to understanding diagenetic processes and carbonate sedimentology, as well as advancing methods in subsidence monitoring and human provenance estimation.

McKenzie was recognized by the scientific community as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 1999.

Best Publications

  • Preservation of organic matter and alteration of its carbon and nitrogen isotope composition during simulated and in situ early sedimentary diagenesis

    Moritz F Lehmann;Stefano M Bernasconi;Alberto Barbieri;Judith A McKenzie

  • Climate Change in Continental Isotopic Records

    P. K. Swart;K. C. Lohmann;J. McKenzie;S. Savin

  • Microbial mediation as a possible mechanism for natural dolomite formation at low temperatures

    Crisogono Vasconcelos;Judith A. McKenzie;Stefano Bernasconi;Djordje Grujic

  • Microbial Mediation of Modern Dolomite Precipitation and Diagenesis Under Anoxic Conditions (Lagoa Vermelha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

    Crisogono Vasconcelos;Judith A. McKenzie

  • Bacterially induced dolomite precipitation in anoxic culture experiments

    Rolf Warthmann;Yvonne van Lith;Crisógono Vasconcelos;Judith A. McKenzie

  • ODP Leg 107 in the Tyrrhenian Sea: Insights into passive margin and back-arc basin evolution

    Kim Kastens;Jean Mascle;Christian Auroux;Enrico Bonatti

  • CO2 control on carbon-isotope fractionation during aqueous photosynthesis: A paleo-pCO2 barometer

    David J. Hollander;Judith A. McKenzie

  • Holocene Dolomitization of Calcium Carbonate Sediments from the Coastal Sabkhas of Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.: A Stable Isotope Study

    Judith A. McKenzie

  • Calibration of the δ18O paleothermometer for dolomite precipitated in microbial cultures and natural environments

    Crisogono Vasconcelos;Judith A. McKenzie;Rolf Warthmann;Stefano M. Bernasconi

  • Dolomite formation within microbial mats in the coastal sabkha of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

    Tomaso R. R. Bontognali;Crisógono Vasconcelos;Rolf J. Warthmann;Stefano M. Bernasconi

  • Sulphate-reducing bacteria induce low-temperature Ca-dolomite and high Mg-calcite formation

    Yvonne Van Lith;Rolf Warthmann;Crisogono Vasconcelos;Judith A. Mckenzie

  • Microbial fossilization in carbonate sediments: a result of the bacterial surface involvement in dolomite precipitation

    Yvonne Van Lith;Rolf Warthmann;Crisogono Vasconcelos;Judith A. McKenzie

  • Microbially catalyzed dolomite formation: From near-surface to burial

    Daniel A. Petrash;Or M. Bialik;Tomaso R.R. Bontognali;Crisógono Vasconcelos

  • Aerobic microbial dolomite at the nanometer scale : Implications for the geologic record

    Mónica Sánchez-Román;Crisógono Vasconcelos;Thomas Schmid;Maria Dittrich

  • Prehistoric earthquake history revealed by lacustrine slump deposits

    Michael Schnellmann;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Domenico Giardini;Judith A. McKenzie

  • Biostratigraphy and isotope stratigraphy and the ‘catastrophic’ extinction of calcareous nannoplankton at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

    Katharina Perch-Nielsen;Judith McKenzie;Qiziang He

  • Seasonal variation of the δC and δN of particulate and dissolved carbon and nitrogen in Lake Lugano: Constraints on biogeochemical cycling in a eutrophic lake

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Judith A. McKenzie;Alberto Barbieri

  • Modelling nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation during denitrification in a lacustrine redox-transition zone

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Peter Reichert;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Alberto Barbieri

  • Lithifying microbial mats in Lagoa Vermelha, Brazil: Modern Precambrian relics?

    Crisógono Vasconcelos;Rolf Warthmann;Judith A. McKenzie;Pieter T. Visscher

  • Mass mortality and its environmental and evolutionary consequences.

    Kenneth J. Hsü;Q. He;Judith A. McKenzie;Helmut Weissert

Frequent Co-Authors

Flavio S. Anselmetti
Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern
Daniel Ariztegui
Daniel Ariztegui University of Geneva
Peter K. Swart
Peter K. Swart University of Miami
Marcus Gutjahr
Marcus Gutjahr GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Adrian Gilli
Adrian Gilli ETH Zurich
Moritz F. Lehmann
Moritz F. Lehmann University of Basel

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