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6476
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Malcolm C. McKenna 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 Malcolm C. McKenna sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 100 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Malcolm C. McKenna 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 Malcolm C. McKenna sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Malcolm C. McKenna was affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research focused primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with key emphases in Global and Planetary Change as well as Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's body of work covered specific main topics including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Malcolm C. McKenna contributed to scientific literature through publications in well-regarded venues such as Geophysical Research Letters. A noted recent paper is titled The Impacts of El Niño Diversity on Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Blocking, published in 2023 in Geophysical Research Letters.

Their frequent co-author was Christina Karamperidou, indicating collaboration within their research network.

Throughout their career, McKenna received recognition including fellowship status from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Faunal turnovers of Palaeogene mammals from the Mongolian Plateau

    Jin Meng;Malcolm C. McKenna

  • A Theropod Dinosaur Embryo and the Affinities of the Flaming Cliffs Dinosaur Eggs

    Mark A. Norell;James M. Clark;Dashzeveg Demberelyin;Barsbold Rhinchen

  • Stem Lagomorpha and the antiquity of Glires.

    Robert J. Asher;Jin Meng;John R. Wible;Malcolm C. McKenna

  • Cenozoic Paleogeography of North Atlantic Land Bridges

    Malcolm C. McKenna

  • Survival in the first hours of the Cenozoic

    Douglas S. Robertson;Malcolm C. McKenna;Owen B. Toon;Sylvia Hope

  • South America's earliest rodent and recognition of a new interval of mammalian evolution

    André R. Wyss;John J. Flynn;Mark A. Norell;Carl C. Swisher

  • Eocene paleolatitude, climate, and mammals of Ellesmere island

    Malcolm C. McKenna

  • Fossil Mammals and Early Eocene North Atlantic Land Continuity

    Malcolm C. McKenna

  • Fossil mammals from the "Mesaverde" Formation (late Cretaceous, Judithian) of the Bighorn and Wind River basins, Wyoming : with definitions of late Cretaceous North American land-mammal "ages".

    Jason A Lillegraven;Malcolm C Mckenna

  • Holarctic Landmass Rearrangement, Cosmic Events, and Cenozoic Terrestrial Organisms

    Malcolm C. McKenna

  • PALEONTOLOGY AND THE ORIGIN OF THE PRIMATES

    Malcolm C. McKenna

  • Epipubic bones in eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia

    Michael J. Novacek;Guillermo W. Rougier;John R. Wible;Malcolm C. McKenna

  • New evidence for late mesozoic-early Cenozoic evolution of the Chilean Andes in the upper Tinguiririca valley (35 °S), central Chile

    Reynaldo Charrier;Andre R. Wyss;John J. Flynn;Carl C. Swisher

  • 4. Wasatchian Through Duchesnean Biochronology

    Peter Robinson;Gregg F. Gunnell;Stephen L. Walsh;William C. Clyde

  • Beginning of the age of mammals in Asia : the late Paleocene Gashato fauna, Mongolia. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 144, article 4

    Frederick S. Szalay;Malcolm C. McKenna;Central Asiatic Expeditions

  • Two new Oligocene desmostylians and a discussion of tethytherian systematics

    Daryl P. Domning;Clayton Edward Ray;Malcolm C. McKenna

  • Fossil mammalia from the early wasatchian four mile fauna, Eocene of northwest Colorado

    Malcolm C. McKenna

  • A new fossil mammal assemblage from the southern Chilean Andes: implications for geology, geochronology, and tectonics

    John J. Flynn;Michael J. Novacek;Holly E. Dodson;Daniel Frassinetti

  • Extraordinary preservation in a new vertebrate assemblage from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia

    Demberelyin Dashzeveg;Michael J. Novacek;Mark A. Norell;James M. Clark

  • Earliest Eutherian Ear Region: A Petrosal Referred to Prokennalestes from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia

    John R. Wible;Guillermo W. Rougier;Michael J. Novacek;Malcolm C. McKENNA

  • Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleogeographic and paleoclimatic history of the Arctic Ocean Basin, based on shallow-water marine faunas and terrestrial vertebrates

    Louie Marincovich;Elisabeth M. Brouwers;David M. Hopkins;Malcolm C. McKenna

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Novacek
Michael J. Novacek American Museum of Natural History
Mark A. Norell
Mark A. Norell American Museum of Natural History
John J. Flynn
John J. Flynn American Museum of Natural History
Carl C. Swisher
Carl C. Swisher Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Reynaldo Charrier
Reynaldo Charrier University of Chile
Bruce J. MacFadden
Bruce J. MacFadden University of Florida
Luis M. Chiappe
Luis M. Chiappe Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Richard L. Cifelli
Richard L. Cifelli University of Oklahoma
William C. Clyde
William C. Clyde University of New Hampshire
Morris Goodman
Morris Goodman Wayne State University

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