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Michael Collins 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 Collins sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 151 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Collins 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 Collins sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Collins was affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned several interconnected fields, mainly focusing on business, management, and accounting, alongside economics, econometrics, and finance.

Their research included work across various subfields such as accounting, strategy and management, marketing, economics and econometrics, and finance. Topics addressed in their publications involved financial literacy, pension and retirement analysis, digital platforms and economics, the sharing economy and platforms, housing market and economics, as well as housing, finance, and neoliberalism.

The list of notable recent papers by Michael Collins includes:

  • No card, no service: Challenges faced by vulnerable populations of a cashless society (2023, Business and Society Review)
  • Mortgage Broker Loan Pricing Leading Up to the Financial Crisis: Were Yield Spread Premiums the Only Problem? (2021, Housing Policy Debate)

Their frequent co-authors included Dan Horne, Keith Harvey, and Peter J. Nigro. Michael Collins was published mainly in venues such as Business and Society Review and Housing Policy Debate.

Best Publications

  • Net sediment transport patterns inferred from grain-size trends, based upon definition of “transport vectors”—reply

    Shu Gao;Michael Collins

  • Analysis of grain size trends, for defining sediment transport pathways in marine environments

    S. Gao;M.B. Collins

  • Holocene sedimentary systems on continental shelves

    S. Gao;M.B. Collins;M.B. Collins

  • The influence of clay on the threshold of movement of fine sandy beds

    I. Panagiotopoulos;G. Voulgaris;M.B. Collins

  • Oceanography and marine environment of the Basque country

    Ángel Borja;Michael Collins

  • Grain size trends associated with net sediment transport patterns: An example from the Belgian continental shelf

    S. Gao;M.B. Collins;J. Lanckneus;G. De Moor

  • A critique of the "McLaren Method" for defining sediment transport paths; discussion and reply

    Shu Gao;Michael Collins;Patrick McLaren;Donald Bowles

  • Island wakes and headland eddies: A comparison between remotely sensed data and laboratory experiments

    Charitha Pattiaratchi;Alec James;Michael B Collins

  • Investor Protection and the Value Effects of Bank Merger Announcements in Europe and the US

    Jens Hagendorff;Michael Collins;Kevin Keasey

  • Thermaikos Gulf Coastal System, NW Aegean Sea: an overview of water/sediment fluxes in relation to air–land–ocean interactions and human activities

    S.E Poulos;G.Th Chronis;M.B Collins;V Lykousis

  • Mechanisms for linear sandbank formation and maintenance in relation to dynamical oceanographic observations

    Charitha Pattiaratchi;Michael B Collins

  • Water and sediment movement in the vicinity of linear sandbanks: the Norfolk Banks, southern North Sea

    M.B. Collins;S.J. Shimwell;S. Gao;H. Powell

  • Tidally-induced Flow Structure Over Intertidal Flats

    M.B. Collins;M.B. Collins;X. Ke;X. Ke;S. Gao;S. Gao

  • Fluviatile sediment fluxes to the Mediterranean Sea: a quantitative approach and the influence of dams

    S. E. Poulos;M. B. Collins

  • Low-salinity plumes in the oceanic region of the Basque Country

    L. Ferrer;A. Fontán;J. Mader;G. Chust

  • Sediment resuspension on beaches: response to breaking waves

    G. Voulgaris;M.B. Collins

  • Tidal Inlet Equilibrium, in Relation to Cross-sectional Area and Sediment Transport Patterns

    Shu Gao;Michael Collins

  • Shelf morphology as an indicator of sedimentary regimes: A synthesis from a mixed siliciclastic–carbonate shelf on the eastern Brazilian margin

    Alex C. Bastos;Valéria S. Quaresma;Mariana B. Marangoni;Danielle P. D'Agostini

  • Settling velocities and entrainment thresholds of biogenic sands (shell fragments) under unidirectional flow

    D. Paphitis;M. B. Collins;L. A. Nash;S. Wallbridge

  • Measuring and Modelling Sediment Transport on a Macrotidal Ridge and Runnel Beach: An Intercomparison

    G. Voulgaris;D. Simmonds;D. Michel;H. Howa

  • The North-West European Shelf Seas: The sea bed and the sea in Motion - II. Physical and chemical oceanography, and physical resources

    F.T. Banner;M.B. Collins;K.S. Massie

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu Gao
Shu Gao East China Normal University
Charitha Pattiaratchi
Charitha Pattiaratchi University of Western Australia
George Ferentinos
George Ferentinos University of Patras
Peter T. Harris
Peter T. Harris University of Tasmania
Michael N. Tsimplis
Michael N. Tsimplis City University of Hong Kong
David A. Huntley
David A. Huntley Plymouth University
Cathy H. Lucas
Cathy H. Lucas University of Southampton
João Alveirinho Dias
João Alveirinho Dias University of Algarve
Alejandro Cearreta
Alejandro Cearreta University of the Basque Country

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