2026 Kurt Lambeck: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	110	71	58	8	8	369	47936

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Australia Leader Award
2012 - International Balzan Prize
2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1999 - Member of Academia Europaea
1994 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1993 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
1984 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
1976 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1976 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Kurt Lambeck is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans several fields and subfields primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main areas of focus include Atmospheric Science, Genetics, Environmental Chemistry, Geography, Planning and Development, and Archeology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics, such as:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Cryospheric studies and observations
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Forensic and Genetic Research
Genetic diversity and population structure
Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Race, Genetics, and Society

Kurt Lambeck has published in several academic venues with varying frequency, including:

Quaternary Science Reviews (2 publications)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
Current Biology (1 publication)
Nature Communications (1 publication)
Geology (1 publication)

Their recent papers include the following:

Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Philippine Ayta possess the highest level of Denisovan ancestry in the world, 2021, Current Biology
Relative sea level changes and glacio-isostatic modelling in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Chile: Glacial and tectonic implications, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
Towards solving the missing ice problem and the importance of rigorous model data comparisons, 2022, Nature Communications
Sea-level change, palaeotidal modelling and hominin dispersals: The case of the southern Red Sea, 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent collaborators with Kurt Lambeck are:

Maximilian Larena (2 coauthored works)
Federico Sánchez-Quinto (2 coauthored works)
James McKenna (2 coauthored works)
Carlo Ebeo (2 coauthored works)
Rebecca Reyes (2 coauthored works)

Throughout their career, Kurt Lambeck has received multiple recognitions including:

International Balzan Prize, 2012
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
Member of Academia Europaea, 1999
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1994
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 1984
James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1976
Fellow of American Geophysical Union, 1976

Best Publications

Sea Level Change Through the Last Glacial Cycle

Kurt Lambeck;John Chappell

2656
Citations
Sea-level and deep water temperature changes derived from benthic foraminifera isotopic records

C. Waelbroeck;Laurent Labeyrie;Laurent Labeyrie;Elisabeth Michel;Jean-Claude Duplessy

2594
Citations
Sea level and global ice volumes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene.

Kurt Lambeck;Hélène Rouby;Anthony Purcell;Yiying Sun

2544
Citations
Changes in Sea Level

J. A. Church;J. M. Gregory;Philippe Huybrechts;M. Kuhn

1235
Citations
Timing of the Last Glacial Maximum from observed sea-level minima

Yusuke Yokoyama;Yusuke Yokoyama;Kurt Lambeck;Patrick De Deckker;Paul Johnston

1227
Citations
Links between climate and sea levels for the past three million years

Kurt Lambeck;Tezer M. Esat;Emma-Kate Potter

1107
Citations
Refining the eustatic sea-level curve since the Last Glacial Maximum using far- and intermediate-field sites

Kevin Fleming;Paul Johnston;Dan Zwartz;Yusuke Yokoyama

1038
Citations
Estimates of the Regional Distribution of Sea Level Rise over the 1950–2000 Period

John A. Church;Neil J. White;Richard Coleman;Kurt Lambeck

931
Citations
Into and out of the Last Glacial Maximum: sea-level change during Oxygen Isotope Stages 3 and 2

Kurt Lambeck;Yusuke Yokoyama;Yusuke Yokoyama;Tony Purcell

874
Citations
Information from paleoclimate archives

Valerie Masson-Delmotte;Michael Schulz;A Abe-Ouchi;J Beer

871
Citations
Sea-level change along the Italian coast for the past 10,000 yr

Kurt Lambeck;Fabrizio Antonioli;Anthony Purcell;Sergio Silenzi

867
Citations
Sea-level change, glacial rebound and mantle viscosity for northern Europe

Kurt Lambeck;Catherine Smither;Paul Johnston

838
Citations
Correction: Timing of the Last Glacial Maximum from observed sea-level minima

Yusuke Yokoyama;Kurt Lambeck;Patrick De Deckker;Paul Johnston

832
Citations
The Earth's Variable Rotation: Geophysical Causes and Consequences

Kurt Lambeck

831
Citations
Sea-level change in the Mediterranean Sea since the LGM: model predictions for tectonically stable areas

Kurt Lambeck;Anthony Purcell

657
Citations
Late Pleistocene and Holocene sea‐level change in the Australian region and mantle rheology

Masao Nakada;Kurt Lambeck

626
Citations
Consequences of twenty-first-century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea-level change

Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Shaun A. Marcott;Alan C. Mix

604
Citations
The Earth's Variable Rotation

Kurt Lambeck

597
Citations
Ice volume and sea level during the last interglacial.

Andrea Dutton;Andrea Dutton;Kurt Lambeck;Kurt Lambeck

585
Citations
Timing and duration of the Last Interglacial: evidence for a restricted interval of widespread coral reef growth

C.H Stirling;T.M Esat;K Lambeck;M.T McCulloch

563
Citations
Late Devensian and Holocene shorelines of the British Isles and North Sea from models of glacio-hydro-isostatic rebound

K. Lambeck

551
Citations
Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

497
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony W. Purcell Monash University

Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo

Fabrizio Antonioli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Paul Tregoning Australian National University

Marco Anzidei National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Andrea Dutton University of Florida

Richard Coleman University of Tasmania

Luigi Ferranti University of Naples Federico II

Anny Cazenave Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales

John A. Church University of New South Wales

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