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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 61 1787 1605 787 688 388 13733

Kenneth H. Williams publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kenneth H. Williams between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kenneth H. Williams published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 17.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 47 publications in 2019. 37 of the 522 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 47. Peak 47 publications in 2019. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 6 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 36 publications 2016: 38 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 30 publications 2019: 47 publications 2020: 31 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 31 publications 2024: 23 publications 2025: 14 publications
1996 2025

522 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kenneth H. Williams: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 3
1998 1
1999 2
2000 1
2001 6
2002 7
2003 3
2004 10
2005 9
2006 11
2007 12
2008 14
2009 18
2010 18
2011 17
2012 12
2013 25
2014 26
2015 36
2016 38
2017 27
2018 30
2019 47
2020 31
2021 24
2022 25
2023 31
2024 23
2025 14
Total 522
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Kenneth H. Williams publications per year - data summary

  • Kenneth H. Williams, a Earth Science scholar from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has 522 publications recorded across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1996 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2019, with 47 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1996, 1998 and 2000, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 17.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 17.4 per year counting only the 30 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 117 publications, 22% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1996-2005: 43 publications (4.3 per year); 2006-2015: 189 publications (18.9 per year); 2016-2025: 290 publications (29.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Kenneth H. Williams 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 Kenneth H. Williams 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, 388–397 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: 388 publications — 94th percentile

94% 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
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 50 388
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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Kenneth H. Williams publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Kenneth H. Williams, a Earth Science scholar from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, records 388 publications - the 94th percentile of the discipline.
  • 94% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Kenneth H. Williams, and about 6% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Kenneth H. Williams ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Kenneth H. Williams 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 Kenneth H. Williams 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, 61 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: 61 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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
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 61
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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Kenneth H. Williams D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Kenneth H. Williams, a Earth Science scholar from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, records 61 D-Index - the 81st percentile of the discipline.
  • 81% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Kenneth H. Williams, and about 19% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Kenneth H. Williams ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Kenneth H. Williams is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work explores several key topics including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Climate Change and Permafrost.

Williams has authored multiple papers across various journals and venues. Some recent examples are:

  • Borgs are giant genetic elements with potential to expand metabolic capacity (2022) published in Nature
  • Integrating airborne remote sensing and field campaigns for ecology and Earth system science (2020) published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Persistence and Plasticity in Conifer Water-Use Strategies (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • The Snowmelt Niche Differentiates Three Microbial Life Strategies That Influence Soil Nitrogen Availability During and After Winter (2020) published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Watershed zonation through hillslope clustering for tractably quantifying above- and below-ground watershed heterogeneity and functions (2022) published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Rosemary Carroll
  • Susan S. Hubbard
  • Haruko Wainwright
  • Curtis Beutler
  • Wenming Dong

Williams frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Water Resources Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Best Publications

  • Unusual biology across a group comprising more than 15% of domain Bacteria

    Christopher T. Brown;Laura A. Hug;Brian C. Thomas;Itai Sharon

  • Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system

    Karthik Anantharaman;Christopher T. Brown;Laura A. Hug;Itai Sharon

  • Fermentation, hydrogen, and sulfur metabolism in multiple uncultivated bacterial phyla.

    Kelly C. Wrighton;Brian C. Thomas;Itai Sharon;Christopher S. Miller

  • Community genomic analyses constrain the distribution of metabolic traits across the Chloroflexi phylum and indicate roles in sediment carbon cycling

    Laura A Hug;Cindy J Castelle;Kelly C Wrighton;Brian C Thomas

  • Genomic Expansion of Domain Archaea Highlights Roles for Organisms from New Phyla in Anaerobic Carbon Cycling

    Cindy J. Castelle;Kelly C. Wrighton;Brian C. Thomas;Laura A. Hug

  • Diverse uncultivated ultra-small bacterial cells in groundwater

    Birgit Luef;Kyle R. Frischkorn;Kyle R. Frischkorn;Kelly C. Wrighton;Kelly C. Wrighton;Hoi-Ying N. Holman

  • An overview of the spectral induced polarization method for near-surface applications

    Andreas Kemna;Andrew Binley;Giorgio Cassiani;Ernst Niederleithinger

  • Thermodynamically controlled preservation of organic carbon in floodplains

    Kristin Boye;Kristin Boye;Vincent Noël;Malak M. Tfaily;Sharon E. Bone

  • Acetate Availability and its Influence on Sustainable Bioremediation of Uranium-Contaminated Groundwater

    Kenneth H. Williams;Philip E. Long;James A. Davis;Michael J. Wilkins

  • Estimation of permeable pathways and water content using tomographic radar data

    S. S. Hubbard;J. E. Peterson;E. L. Majer;P. T. Zawislanski

  • Hydrogeological characterization of the South Oyster bacterial transport site using geophysical data

    Susan S. Hubbard;Jinsong Chen;John Peterson;Ernest L. Majer

  • Extraordinary phylogenetic diversity and metabolic versatility in aquifer sediment

    Cindy J. Castelle;Laura A. Hug;Kelly C. Wrighton;Brian C. Thomas

  • Uranium redox transition pathways in acetate-amended sediments

    John R. Bargar;Kenneth H. Williams;Kate M. Campbell;Philip E. Long

  • Critical biogeochemical functions in the subsurface are associated with bacteria from new phyla and little studied lineages

    Laura A. Hug;Brian C. Thomas;Itai Sharon;Christopher T. Brown

  • Imaging Hydrated Microbial Extracellular Polymers: Comparative Analysis by Electron Microscopy

    Alice C. Dohnalkova;Matthew J. Marshall;Bruce W. Arey;Kenneth H. Williams

  • The East River, Colorado, watershed: A mountainous community testbed for improving predictive understanding of multiscale hydrological–biogeochemical dynamics

    Susan S. Hubbard;Kenneth Hurst Williams;Deb Agarwal;Jillian Banfield

  • Metabolic interdependencies between phylogenetically novel fermenters and respiratory organisms in an unconfined aquifer

    Kelly C Wrighton;Cindy J Castelle;Michael J Wilkins;Laura A Hug

  • Geophysical imaging of stimulated microbial biomineralization.

    Kenneth H. Williams;Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis;Lee D. Slater;Alice Dohnalkova

  • Bioremediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater: a systems approach to subsurface biogeochemistry.

    Kenneth H Williams;John R Bargar;Jonathan R Lloyd;Derek R Lovley

  • Geophysical monitoring of coupled microbial and geochemical processes during stimulated subsurface bioremediation.

    Kenneth H. Williams;Andreas Kemna;Michael J. Wilkins;Jennifer L. Druhan

  • Persistence of uranium groundwater plumes: Contrasting mechanisms at two DOE sites in the groundwater–river interaction zone

    John M. Zachara;Philip E. Long;John Bargar;James A. Davis

  • Proteogenomic monitoring of Geobacter physiology during stimulated uranium bioremediation

    Michael J. Wilkins;Nathan C. VerBerkmoes;Kenneth H. Williams;Stephen J. Callister

  • Low-frequency electrical response to microbial induced sulfide precipitation

    Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis;Kenneth Hurst Williams;Kenneth Hurst Williams;Lee Slater;Susan Hubbard

  • Geophysical monitoring of coupled microbial and geochemical processes during stimulated subsurface bioremediation

    K.H. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan S. Hubbard
Susan S. Hubbard Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Philip E. Long
Philip E. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Michael J. Wilkins
Michael J. Wilkins Colorado State University
Eoin L. Brodie
Eoin L. Brodie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Carl I. Steefel
Carl I. Steefel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
John R. Bargar
John R. Bargar SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Tetsu K. Tokunaga
Tetsu K. Tokunaga Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Derek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley University of Massachusetts Amherst
James A. Davis
James A. Davis Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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