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Kevin J. Anchukaitis

Kevin J. Anchukaitis

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
60
Citations
17224
World Ranking
1856
National Ranking
813

Kevin J. Anchukaitis 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 Kevin J. Anchukaitis sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 226 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kevin J. Anchukaitis 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 Kevin J. Anchukaitis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kevin J. Anchukaitis is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work deeply engages with subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of Kevin J. Anchukaitis's research include:

  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Kevin J. Anchukaitis has published extensively across various scientific venues. The most frequent publication sources include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Climate

The scientist's collaborations highlight a network of frequent co-authors, reflecting a multi-disciplinary engagement with peers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Julien Emile-Geay
  • Feng Zhu
  • Jonathan King
  • Gregory J. Hakim
  • Benjamin I. Cook

Recent publications by Kevin J. Anchukaitis cover significant themes in climate and environmental science. Some of these are:

  • "Twenty-First Century Drought Projections in the CMIP6 Forcing Scenarios," 2020, Earth's Future
  • "Towards a rigorous understanding of societal responses to climate change," 2021, Nature
  • "The influence of decision-making in tree ring-based climate reconstructions," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocene," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Increased drought severity tracks warming in the United States' largest river basin," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Asian monsoon failure and megadrought during the last millennium.

    Edward R. Cook;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Brendan M. Buckley;Rosanne D. D’Arrigo

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • How unusual is the 2012–2014 California drought?

    Daniel Griffin;Daniel Griffin;Kevin J. Anchukaitis

  • Twenty-First Century Drought Projections in the CMIP6 Forcing Scenarios

    B. I. Cook;B. I. Cook;J. S. Mankin;J. S. Mankin;K. Marvel;K. Marvel;A. P. Williams

  • Climate as a contributing factor in the demise of Angkor, Cambodia

    Brendan M. Buckley;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Daniel Penny;Roland Fletcher

  • Climate Change and Drought: From Past to Future

    Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook;Justin S. Mankin;Justin S. Mankin;Kevin J. Anchukaitis

  • Last millennium Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures from tree rings: Part I: the long term context

    Rob Wilson;Rob Wilson;Kevin Anchukaitis;Kevin Anchukaitis;Keith R. Briffa;Ulf Büntgen

  • Spatiotemporal drought variability in the Mediterranean over the last 900 years.

    Benjamin I. Cook;Benjamin I. Cook;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Ramzi Touchan;David M. Meko

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Atlantic Forcing of Persistent Drought in West Africa

    T. M. Shanahan;T. M. Shanahan;J. T. Overpeck;K. J. Anchukaitis;J. W. Beck

  • Multidecadal variability in East African hydroclimate controlled by the Indian Ocean

    Jessica E. Tierney;Jason E. Smerdon;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Richard Seager

  • Applications of proxy system modeling in high resolution paleoclimatology

    Michael N. Evans;S. E. Tolwinski-Ward;D. M. Thompson;Kevin J. Anchukaitis

  • Pluvials, droughts, the Mongol Empire, and modern Mongolia

    Neil Pederson;Amy E. Hessl;Nachin Baatarbileg;Kevin J. Anchukaitis

  • Correction of tree ring stable carbon isotope chronologies for changes in the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere

    Danny McCarroll;Mary H. Gagen;Neil J. Loader;Iain Robertson

  • Tropical sea surface temperatures for the past four centuries reconstructed from coral archives

    Jessica E. Tierney;Nerilie J. Abram;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Michael N. Evans

  • Last millennium Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures from tree rings: Part II, spatially resolved reconstructions

    Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Rob Wilson;Rob Wilson;Keith R. Briffa;Ulf Büntgen;Ulf Büntgen

  • Towards a rigorous understanding of societal responses to climate change

    Dagomar Degroot;Kevin Anchukaitis;Martin Bauch;Jakob Burnham

  • Tree-ring reconstructed summer temperature anomalies for temperate East Asia since 800 C.E

    Edward R. Cook;Paul J. Krusic;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Brendan M. Buckley

  • Exorcising the `segment length curse': summer temperature reconstruction since AD 1640 using non-detrended stable carbon isotope ratios from pine trees in northern Finland

    Mary Gagen;Danny McCarroll;Neil J. Loader;Iain Robertson

  • Long tree‐ring chronologies reveal 20th century increases in water‐use efficiency but no enhancement of tree growth at five Iberian pine forests

    Laia Andreu-Hayles;Laia Andreu-Hayles;Octavi Planells;Emilia Gutiérrez;Elena Muntan

  • Spatiotemporal drought variability in northwestern Africa over the last nine centuries

    Ramzi Touchan;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;David M. Meko;Mohamed Sabir

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward R. Cook
Edward R. Cook Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Benjamin I. Cook
Benjamin I. Cook Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Rosanne D'Arrigo
Rosanne D'Arrigo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Rob Wilson
Rob Wilson University of St Andrews
Nicole Davi
Nicole Davi Columbia University
Michael N. Evans
Michael N. Evans University of Maryland, College Park
Neil Pederson
Neil Pederson Harvard University
David M. Meko
David M. Meko University of Arizona
Paul J. Krusic
Paul J. Krusic University of Cambridge
Jason E. Smerdon
Jason E. Smerdon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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