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Michael Ablain

Michael Ablain

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
6071
World Ranking
6771
National Ranking
2376

Michael Ablain 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 Michael Ablain sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 125 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Michael Ablain 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 Michael Ablain sits on this spectrum.

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: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • DUACS DT2014: the new multi-mission altimeter data set reprocessed over 20years

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  • Sea level budget over 2003-2008: A reevaluation from GRACE space gravimetry, satellite altimetry and Argo

    A. Cazenave;K. Dominh;S. Guinehut;E. Berthier

  • A new assessment of the error budget of global mean sea level rate estimated by satellite altimetry over 1993–2008

    M. Ablain;A. Cazenave;G. Valladeau;S. Guinehut

  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

  • Improved Sea Level record over the satellite altimetry era (1993-2010) from the Climate Change Initiative project

    M. Ablain;A. Cazenave;G. Larnicol;M. Balmaseda

  • Measuring Global Ocean Heat Content to Estimate the Earth Energy Imbalance

    Benoit Meyssignac;Tim Boyer;Zhongxiang Zhao;Maria Z. Hakuba;Maria Z. Hakuba

  • New estimate of the current rate of sea level rise from a sea level budget approach

    H. B. Dieng;A. Cazenave;B. Meyssignac;M. Ablain

  • An improved and homogeneous altimeter sea level record from the ESA Climate Change Initiative

    Jean François Legeais;Michaël Ablain;Lionel Zawadzki;Hao Zuo

  • Can We Merge GEOSAT Follow-On with TOPEX/Poseidon and ERS-2 for an Improved Description of the Ocean Circulation?

    P. Y. Le Traon;Y. Faugère;F. Hernandez;J. Dorandeu

  • Satellite Altimetry-Based Sea Level at Global and Regional Scales

    M. Ablain;J. F. Legeais;P. Prandi;M. Marcos

  • Contemporary sea level changes from satellite altimetry: What have we learned? What are the new challenges?

    Anny Cazenave;Hindumathi Palanisamy;Michael Ablain

  • The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service Ocean State Report

    Karina Von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Enrique Alvarez-Fanjul;Lars Axell

  • Uncertainty in satellite estimates of global mean sea-level changes, trend and acceleration

    Michaël Ablain;Benoît Meyssignac;Lionel Zawadzki;Rémi Jugier

  • Jason-2 in DUACS: Updated System Description, First Tandem Results and Impact on Processing and Products

    G. Dibarboure;M.-I. Pujol;F. Briol;P. Y. Le Traon

  • Terrestrial Waters and Sea Level Variations on Interannual Time Scale

    W. Llovel;M. Becker;A. Cazenave;S. Jevrejeva

  • Contributions of Altimetry and Argo to Non-Closure of the Global Mean Sea Level Budget Since 2016

    Anne Barnoud;Julia Pfeffer;Adrien Guérou;Marie-Laure Frery

  • Towards the 1 mm/y Stability of the Radial Orbit Error at Regional Scales

    Alexandre Couhert;Luca Cerri;Jean-Francois Legeais;Michael Ablain

  • Improved wet path delays for all ESA and reference altimetric missions

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  • Comparison of Global Mean Sea Level Time Series from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and Jason-2

    D. Masters;R. S. Nerem;C. Choe;E. Leuliette

  • Local sea level trends, accelerations and uncertainties over 1993-2019.

    Pierre Prandi;Benoit Meyssignac;Michaël Ablain;Giorgio Spada

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