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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 58 2128 1929 920 813 182 15009

Marvin D. Lilley publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Marvin D. Lilley between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Marvin D. Lilley published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 3.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2009. 3 of the 191 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2009. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 4 publications 1983: 4 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 2 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 1 publication
1975 2025

191 publications in total across all disciplines

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Marvin D. Lilley: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 1
1981 0
1982 4
1983 4
1984 0
1985 1
1986 0
1987 2
1988 3
1989 1
1990 2
1991 2
1992 0
1993 4
1994 3
1995 2
1996 1
1997 2
1998 6
1999 3
2000 0
2001 3
2002 2
2003 5
2004 8
2005 6
2006 7
2007 4
2008 8
2009 16
2010 8
2011 5
2012 10
2013 12
2014 5
2015 4
2016 10
2017 7
2018 5
2019 6
2020 5
2021 2
2022 5
2023 3
2024 2
2025 1
Total 191
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Marvin D. Lilley 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 Marvin D. Lilley 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, 178–187 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: 182 publications — 55th percentile

55% 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
178–187 414 182
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
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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Marvin D. Lilley 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 Marvin D. Lilley 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, 58 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: 58 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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 58
59 136
60 135
61 96
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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Overview

Marvin D. Lilley is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States, contributing extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics, with a particular focus on methane hydrates and related phenomena, geology and paleoclimatology research, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geological and geochemical analysis, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Marvin D. Lilley has published in numerous well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Nature Communications

They have collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Gretchen L. Früh-Green
  • Tamara Baumberger
  • J. E. Lupton
  • Susan Q. Lang
  • S. L. Walker

Selected recent papers by Marvin D. Lilley include:

  • Diversity of magmatism, hydrothermal processes and microbial interactions at mid-ocean ridges, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Methane thermometry in deep-sea hydrothermal systems: Evidence for re-ordering of doubly-substituted isotopologues during fluid cooling, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • The rocky road to organics needs drying, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Multi-stage evolution of the Lost City hydrothermal vent fluids, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Time series of hydrothermal vent fluid chemistry at Main Endeavour Field, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Remote sampling using the NEPTUNE cabled observatory, 2022, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Best Publications

  • A Serpentinite-Hosted Ecosystem: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Dana R. Yoerger

  • An off-axis hydrothermal vent field near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 30° N

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Donna K. Blackman;Gretchen L. Früh-Green

  • Abiogenic hydrocarbon production at lost city hydrothermal field.

    Giora Proskurowski;Giora Proskurowski;Marvin D. Lilley;Jeffery S. Seewald;Gretchen L. Früh-Green

  • Volcanic eruption of the mid-ocean ridge along the East Pacific Rise crest at 9°45-52'N: Direct submersible observations of seafloor phenomena associated with an eruption event in April, 1991

    R.M. Haymon;D.J. Fornari;K. L. Von Damm;M.D. Lilley

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of biological community development at nascent deep-sea hydrothermal vents (9°50 N, East Pacific Rise)

    Timothy M. Shank;Daniel J. Fornari;Karen L. Von Damm;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Biogeography and Ecological Setting of Indian Ocean Hydrothermal Vents

    C. L. Van Dover;S. E. Humphris;D. Fornari;C. M. Cavanaugh

  • Elevated concentrations of formate, acetate and dissolved organic carbon found at the Lost City hydrothermal field

    Susan Q. Lang;David A. Butterfield;Mitch Schulte;Deborah S. Kelley

  • Anomalous CH 4 and NH 4 + concentrations at an unsedimented mid-ocean-ridge hydrothermal system

    M. D. Lilley;D. A. Butterfield;E. J. Olson;J. E. Lupton

  • Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from Axial Seamount hydrothermal emissions study vent field, Juan de Fuca Ridge: Subseafloor boiling and subsequent fluid‐rock interaction

    David A. Butterfield;Gary J. Massoth;Russell E. McDuff;John E. Lupton

  • Low temperature volatile production at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field, evidence from a hydrogen stable isotope geothermometer

    Giora Proskurowski;Marvin D. Lilley;Deborah S. Kelley;Eric J. Olson

  • Seafloor eruptions and evolution of hydrothermal fluid chemistry

    D. A. Butterfield;I. R. Jonasson;G. J. Massoth;R. A. Feely

  • Gradients in the composition of hydrothermal fluids from the Endeavour segment vent field: Phase separation and brine loss

    David A. Butterfield;Russell E. McDuff;Michael J. Mottl;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Magmatic events can produce rapid changes in hydrothermal vent chemistry

    Marvin D. Lilley;David A. Butterfield;David A. Butterfield;John E. Lupton;Eric J. Olson

  • Rapid growth at deep-sea vents

    Richard A. Lutz;Timothy M. Shank;Daniel J. Fornari;Rachel M. Haymon

  • Methane oxidation in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes of the endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

    M.A. de Angelis;M.D. Lilley;J.A. Baross

  • Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

    Rolf B. Pedersen;Hans Tore Rapp;Ingunn H. Thorseth;Marvin D. Lilley

  • The quantum event of oceanic crustal accretion: impacts of diking at mid-ocean ridges.

    J. R. Delaney;D. S. Kelley;M. D. Lilley;D. A. Butterfield

  • Direct observation of the evolution of a seafloor 'black smoker' from vapor to brine

    K.L. Von Damm;L.G. Buttermore;S.E. Oosting;A.M. Bray

  • Dissolved Organic Carbon in Ridge-Axis and Ridge-Flank Hydrothermal Systems

    Susan Q. Lang;David A. Butterfield;Marvin D. Lilley;H. Paul Johnson

  • Warm springs discovered on 3.5 Ma oceanic crust, eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

    M. J. Mottl;G. Wheat;E. Baker;N. Becker

  • Submarine venting of phase-separated hydrothermal fluids at axial volcano, Juan de Fuca ridge

    G. J. Massoth;D. A. Butterfield;J. E. Lupton;R. E. McDuff

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Butterfield
David A. Butterfield University of Washington
John E. Lupton
John E. Lupton Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Joseph A. Resing
Joseph A. Resing University of Washington
Rolf B. Pedersen
Rolf B. Pedersen University of Bergen
Ingunn H. Thorseth
Ingunn H. Thorseth University of Bergen
Deborah S. Kelley
Deborah S. Kelley University of Washington
Edward T. Baker
Edward T. Baker Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Timothy M. Shank
Timothy M. Shank Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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