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Michael Abrams 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 Abrams sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 126 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 Abrams 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 Abrams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Abrams is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine, contributing extensively across fields such as paleontology, cognitive neuroscience, cell biology, surgery, and oncology.

The scientist's recent publications include the following:

  • ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) and ASTER Global Water Body Dataset (ASTWBD), 2020, Remote Sensing
  • The Hypersonic Missile Gap, 2023, Mechanical Engineering
  • Cholinergic regulation of sleep in the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Fly the Climate-Friendly Skies, 2022, Mechanical Engineering

Michael Abrams frequently publishes in venues including Mechanical Engineering, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, Cancer Research, and eLife.

The main research topics covered by Abrams include:

  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Frequent collaborators of Michael Abrams include Richard M. Harland, Hannah Zeigler, Martin L Heithe, Misha Raffiee, and John O. Dabiri.

Best Publications

  • Remote sensing for porphyry copper deposits in southern Arizona

    Michael J. Abrams;David Brown;Larry Lepley;Ray Sadowski

  • Mapping Hydrothermally Altered Rocks at Cuprite, Nevada, Using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), a New Satellite-Imaging System

    Lawrence C. Rowan;Simon J. Hook;Michael J. Abrams;John C. Mars

  • Multispectral imaging contributions to global land ice measurements from space

    Jeffrey S. Kargel;Michael J. Abrams;Michael P. Bishop;Andrew Bush

  • ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) and ASTER Global Water Body Dataset (ASTWBD)

    Michael J. Abrams;Robert Crippen;Hiroyuki Fujisada

  • ASTER DEM performance

    H. Fujisada;G.B. Bailey;G.G. Kelly;S. Hara

  • Uplift and subsidence associated with the great Aceh‐Andaman earthquake of 2004

    Aron J. Meltzner;Kerry Sieh;Michael Abrams;Duncan Carr Agnew

  • The ASTER Global Emissivity Dataset (ASTER GED): Mapping Earth's emissivity at 100 meter spatial scale

    Glynn C. Hulley;Simon J. Hook;Elsa Abbott;Nabin Malakar

  • Repeated volcanic disasters in Prehispanic time at Popocatépetl, central Mexico: Past key to the future?

    Claus Siebe;Michael Abrams;José Luis Macías;Johannes Obenholzner

  • Mapping of hydrothermal alteration in the Cuprite mining district, Nevada, using aircraft scanner images for the spectral region 0.46 to 2.36µm

    Michael J. Abrams;Roger P. Ashley;Lawrence C. Rowan;Alexander F. H. Goetz

  • Debris avalanches and debris flows transformed from collapses in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico – behavior, and implications for hazard assessment

    L Capra;J.L Macı́as;K.M Scott;M Abrams

  • The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) after fifteen years: Review of global products

    Michael J. Abrams;Hiroji Tsu;Glynn C. Hulley;Koki Iwao

  • ASTER watches the world's volcanoes: a new paradigm for volcanological observations from orbit

    D Pieri;M Abrams

  • Radiocarbon ages of Holocene Pelado, Guespalapa, and Chichinautzin scoria cones, south of Mexico City: implications for archaeology and future hazards

    Claus Siebe;Virgilio Rodríguez-Lara;Peter Ernst georg Schaaf;Michael Abrams

  • Relative dating of Hawaiian lava flows using multispectral thermal infrared images: A new tool for geologic mapping of young volcanic terranes

    Anne B. Kahle;Alan R. Gillespie;Elsa A. Abbott;Michael J. Abrams

  • Geochemistry, Sr-Nd isotope composition, and tectonic setting of Holocene Pelado, Guespalapa, and Chichinautzin scoria cones, south of Mexico-City

    Claus Siebe;Virgilio Rodrı́guez-Lara;Peter Schaaf;Michael Abrams

  • Thermal radiance observations of an active lava flow during the June 1984 eruption of Mount Etna

    David C. Pieri;Lori S. Glaze;Michael J. Abrams

  • The use of multispectral thermal infrared image data to estimate the sulfur dioxide flux from volcanoes: A case study from Mount Etna, Sicily, July 29, 1986

    Vincent J. Realmuto;Michael J. Abrams;M. Fabrizia Buongiorno;David C. Pieri

  • Mapping in the Oman ophiolite using enhanced Landsat Thematic Mapper images

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  • Geology and radiocarbon ages of Tláloc, Tlacotenco, Cuauhtzin, Hijo del Cuauhtzin, Teuhtli, and Ocusacayo monogenetic volcanoes in the central part of the Sierra Chichinautzin, México

    Claus Siebe;Lilia Arana-Salinas;Michael Abrams

  • The ASTER Global DEM

    Michael Abrams;Bryan Bailey;Hiroji Tsu;Masami Hato

  • Twenty Years of ASTER Contributions to Lithologic Mapping and Mineral Exploration

    Michael J. Abrams;Yasushi Yamaguchi

  • Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)

    Thomas J. Schmugge;Michael J. Abrams;Anne B. Kahle;Yasushi Yamaguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Claus Siebe
Claus Siebe National Autonomous University of Mexico
David C. Pieri
David C. Pieri Jet Propulsion Lab
Yasushi Yamaguchi
Yasushi Yamaguchi Nagoya University
Alan R. Gillespie
Alan R. Gillespie University of Washington
José Luis Macías
José Luis Macías National Autonomous University of Mexico
Simon J. Hook
Simon J. Hook California Institute of Technology
Susan E. Hough
Susan E. Hough United States Geological Survey
Nektarios Chrysoulakis
Nektarios Chrysoulakis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Michael F. Sheridan
Michael F. Sheridan University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Paul W. Sternberg
Paul W. Sternberg California Institute of Technology

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