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D-Index
39
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8635
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8254
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2947

Kirk A. Maasch publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kirk A. Maasch sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 128 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Kirk A. Maasch D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kirk A. Maasch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kirk A. Maasch is affiliated with the University of Maine in the United States and specializes in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research centers on several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology, Ecology, and Education, reflecting a diverse scientific scope.

The main topics of Maasch's work encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Maasch has contributed to several publications across various academic venues. Regular publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • American Anthropologist
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Advances in Archaeological Practice

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Maasch include:

  • "Archaeological climate proxies and the complexities of reconstructing Holocene El Niño in coastal Peru" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A Generalized Additive Model Correlating Blacklegged Ticks With White-Tailed Deer Density, Temperature, and Humidity in Maine, USA, 1990-2013" (2020), published in Journal of Medical Entomology
  • "An Intersectional Approach to Equity, Inequity, and Archaeology" (2022), published in Advances in Archaeological Practice
  • "Association between recent U.S. northeast precipitation trends and Greenland blocking" (2022), published in International Journal of Climatology
  • "Climatic and Cultural Transitions in Lambayeque, Peru, 600 to 1540 AD: Medieval Warm Period to the Spanish Conquest" (2022), published in Geosciences

Throughout their career, Maasch has collaborated frequently with researchers including:

  • Daniel H. Sandweiss
  • S. D. Birkel
  • Paul A. Mayewski
  • Bradfield Lyon
  • Andrew M. Carleton

Best Publications

  • Holocene climate variability

    Paul A. Mayewski;Eelco E. Rohling;J. Curt Stager;Wibjörn Karlén

  • Geoarchaeological Evidence from Peru for a 5000 Years B.P. Onset of El Niño

    Daniel H. Sandweiss;James B. Richardson;Elizabeth J. Reitz;Harold B. Rollins

  • A 50,000-year record of climate oscillations from Florida and its temporal correlation with the heinrich events.

    Eric C. Grimm;George L. Jacobson;William A. Watts;Barbara C. S. Hansen

  • Variation in Holocene El Niño frequencies: Climate records and cultural consequences in ancient Peru

    Daniel H. Sandweiss;Kirk A. Maasch;Richard L. Burger;James B. Richardson

  • Greater drought intensity and frequency before AD 1200 in the Northern Great Plains, USA

    Kathleen R. Laird;Kathleen R. Laird;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Kirk A. Maasch;Brian F. Cumming

  • State of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate system

    Paul Andrew Mayewski;M. P. Meredith;C. P. Summerhayes;J. Turner

  • Transitions in the mid-Holocene

    Daniel H. Sandweiss;Kirk A. Maasch;David G. Anderson

  • A low‐order dynamical model of global climatic variability over the full Pleistocene

    Kirk A. Maasch;Barry Saltzman

  • Coupled North Atlantic slope water forcing on Gulf of Maine temperatures over the past millennium

    Alan D. Wanamaker;Alan D. Wanamaker;Karl J. Kreutz;Bernd R. Schöne;Neal Pettigrew

  • The Late Quaternary Glaciations as the Response of a Three-Component Feedback System to Earth-Orbital Forcing.

    Barry Saltzman;Anthony R. Hansen;Kirk A. Maasch

  • Statistical detection of the mid-Pleistocene transition

    K. A. Maasch

  • Reduction in Northward Incursions of the South Asian Monsoon Since ~1400 AD Inferred from a Mt. Everest Ice Core

    Susan D. Kaspari;Paul Andrew Mayewski;Shichang Kang;Sharon B. Sneed

  • A first-order global model of late Cenozoic climatic change

    Barry Saltzman;Kirk A. Maasch

  • A first-order global model of late Cenozoic climatic change II. Further analysis based on a simplification of CO2 dynamics

    Barry Saltzman;Kirk A Maasch

  • Carbon cycle instability as a cause of the Late Pleistocene Ice Age Oscillations: Modeling the asymmetric response

    Barry Saltzman;Kirk A. Maasch

  • CHEMICAL WEATHERING AND CONTROLS ON ATMOSPHERIC O2 AND CO2 : FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES WERE ENUNCIATED BY J. J. EBELMEN IN 1845

    Robert A. Berner;Kirk A. Maasch

  • Plio-Pleistocene time evolution of the 100-kyr cycle in marine paleoclimate records

    Jeffrey Park;Kirk A. Maasch

  • Geoarchaeological evidence for multidecadal natural climatic variability and ancient Peruvian fisheries

    Daniel H Sandweiss;Kirk A Maasch;Fei Chai;C.Fred T Andrus

  • A 2000‐YEAR CONTEXT FOR MODERN CLIMATE CHANGE

    K.A. Maasch;P.A. Mayewski;E.J. Rohling;J.C. Stager

  • A wavelet analysis of Plio-Pleistocene climate indicators: A new view of periodicity evolution

    Edward W. Bolton;Kirk A. Maasch;Jonathan M. Lilly

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Andrew Mayewski
Paul Andrew Mayewski University of Maine
Andrei V. Kurbatov
Andrei V. Kurbatov University of Maine
Barry Saltzman
Barry Saltzman Yale University
Karl J. Kreutz
Karl J. Kreutz University of Maine
Robert J. Oglesby
Robert J. Oglesby University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nancy A. N. Bertler
Nancy A. N. Bertler Victoria University of Wellington
Mark A. J. Curran
Mark A. J. Curran University of Tasmania
William A Watts
William A Watts Trinity College Dublin
Wibjörn Karlén
Wibjörn Karlén Uppsala University

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