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48
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Ken McCaffrey 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 Ken McCaffrey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 236 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ken McCaffrey 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 Ken McCaffrey sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ken McCaffrey is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and has conducted extensive research in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering.

Their research spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, and Atmospheric Science. The main topics of their scholarly work cover earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, geological formations and processes, geological and geophysical studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, as well as geology and paleoclimatology research.

Ken McCaffrey has contributed to multiple recent publications, notably:

  • Surface faulting earthquake clustering controlled by fault and shear-zone interactions, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Determining Histories of Slip on Normal Faults With Bedrock Scarps Using Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Data, 2021, Tectonics
  • The structural evolution of pull-apart basins in response to changes in plate motion, 2020, Basin Research
  • Basement reservoir plumbing: fracture aperture, length and topology analysis of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland, 2020, Journal of the Geological Society
  • Fracture attribute scaling and connectivity in the Devonian Orcadian Basin with implications for geologically equivalent sub-surface fractured reservoirs, 2020, Solid Earth

Their frequent coauthors include R. E. Holdsworth, Edward D. Dempsey, K. Hardman, Thomas Phillips, and Jon Gluyas.

Ken McCaffrey has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Basin Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Solid Earth
  • Journal of Structural Geology

Best Publications

  • Granite magma formation, transport and emplacement in the Earth's crust.

    N. Petford;A.R. Cruden;K.J.W. McCaffrey;J.-L. Vigneresse

  • Unlocking the spatial dimension: digital technologies and the future of geoscience fieldwork

    K.J.W. McCaffrey;R.R. Jones;R.E. Holdsworth;R.W. Wilson

  • Are granitic intrusions scale invariant

    K. J. W. McCaffrey;N. Petford

  • Growth of plutons by floor subsidence : implications for rates of emplacement, intrusion spacing and melt-extraction mechanisms.

    A.R. Cruden;K.J.W. McCaffrey

  • Integration of regional to outcrop digital data: 3D visualisation of multi-scale geological models

    R. R. Jones;K. J. W. McCaffrey;P. Clegg;R. W. Wilson

  • Influence of layering on vein systematics in line samples

    P. A. Gillespie;J. D. Johnston;M. A. Loriga;K. J. W. McCaffrey

  • The Ketilidian orogen of South Greenland: geochronology, tectonics, magmatism, and fore-arc accretion during Palaeoproterozoic oblique convergence

    A.A. Garde;M.A. Hamilton;B. Chadwick;J. Grocott

  • Hydrocarbons in crystalline rocks: an introduction

    Nick Petford;Ken McCaffrey

  • Fractal geometries of vein systems and the variation of scalingrelationships with mechanism

    J.D. Johnston;K.J.W. McCaffrey

  • Igneous emplacement in a transpressive shear zone: Ox Mountains igneous complex

    K. J. W. Mccaffrey

  • Fractures, Fluid Flow and Mineralization

    Ken McCaffrey;Lidia Lonergan;Jamie Wilkinson

  • Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic

    Christian Schiffer;Christian Schiffer;Anthony G. Doré;Gillian R. Foulger;Dieter Franke

  • Digital field data acquisition: towards increased quantification of uncertainty during geological mapping

    Richard R. Jones;Kenneth J. W. McCaffrey;Robert W. Wilson;Robert E. Holdsworth

  • Fifty years of the Wilson Cycle concept in plate tectonics : an overview.

    R. W. Wilson;G. A. Houseman;S. J. H. Buiter;K. J. W. McCaffrey

  • Dual control of fault intersections on stop-start rupture in the 2016 Central Italy seismic sequence

    R. J. Walters;L. C. Gregory;L. N. J. Wedmore;T. J. Craig

  • Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults.

    P.A. Cowie;R.J. Phillips;Gerald P. Roberts;K. McCaffrey

  • Partitioned transtension: an alternative to basin inversion models

    N. De Paola;N. De Paola;R.E. Holdsworth;K.J.W. McCaffrey;M.R. Barchi

  • Flow Processes in Faults And Shear Zones

    G. I. Alsop;R. E. Holdsworth;K. J. W. McCaffrey;M. Hand

  • Mapping and analysing virtual outcrops

    Immo Trinks;Phillip Clegg;Ken McCaffrey;Richard Jones

  • Domainal deformation patterns and strain partitioning during transpression: an example from the Southern Uplands terrane, Scotland

    R.E. Holdsworth;E. Tavarnelli;P. Clegg;R.V.L. Pinheiro

  • The role of pre-existing structures during rifting, continental breakup and transform system development, offshore West Greenland

    Alexander Peace;Ken McCaffrey;Jonathan Imber;Jeroen van Hunen

  • Vertical coupling and decoupling in the lithosphere

    John Grocott;Kenneth J. W. McCaffrey;Graeme K. Taylor;Basil Tikoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Holdsworth
Robert E. Holdsworth Durham University
Gerald P. Roberts
Gerald P. Roberts Birkbeck, University of London
Patience A. Cowie
Patience A. Cowie University of Bergen
Alessandro Maria Michetti
Alessandro Maria Michetti University of Insubria
Jonathan Imber
Jonathan Imber Durham University
Jeroen van Hunen
Jeroen van Hunen Durham University
Mark B. Allen
Mark B. Allen Durham University
Gillian R. Foulger
Gillian R. Foulger Durham University
Dimitrios Sokoutis
Dimitrios Sokoutis Utrecht University
Richard Jones
Richard Jones Old Dominion University

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