| Discipline name | D-Index | World Ranking | Current World Ranking | National Ranking | Current National Ranking | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth Science | 88 | 313 | 268 | 164 | 138 | 513 | 26234 |
The chart shows the history of publications by Michael Gurnis between 1980 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael Gurnis published across 47 years, from 1980 to 2026, averaging 12.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 123 publications in 2015. 9 of the 589 publications appeared in the last two years.
589 publications in total across all disciplines
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1981 | 4 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1986 | 9 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1988 | 3 |
| 1989 | 3 |
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1999 | 7 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 14 |
| 2009 | 21 |
| 2010 | 22 |
| 2011 | 17 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 16 |
| 2015 | 123 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 26 |
| 2019 | 36 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2021 | 34 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 |
| Total | 589 |
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 Gurnis sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 513 publications — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.
| 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 | |
| 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 | 513 |
| 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 |
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 Gurnis sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 88 D-Index — 97th percentile
97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.
| 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 | |
| 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 | 88 |
| 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 |
Michael Gurnis is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes.
Their work spans several main topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, methane hydrates and related phenomena, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, and broader geological and geophysical studies.
Michael Gurnis has contributed to a substantial number of publications, often collaborating with frequent co-authors such as Kara A. Bogus, Michelle A. Kominz, Stephen J. Gallagher, Craig S. Fulthorpe, and Gerald Auer. The main venues where their work appears include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Geophysical Journal International, Nature Geoscience, and Geophysical Research Letters.
Among their recent papers are:
Michael Gurnis has been recognized with several awards. Notably, they received the ACM Gordon Bell Prize in 2015 for work involving an extreme-scale implicit solver for complex partial differential equations related to highly heterogeneous flow in Earth's mantle. They are also a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 1993 and were honored with the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) from The Geological Society of America in 1993.
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Michael Gurnis
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R. Dietmar Müller;John Cannon;Xiaodong Qin;Robin J. Watson
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Sidao Ni;Eh Tan;Michael Gurnis;Don Helmberger
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Lijun Liu;Sonja Spasojević;Michael Gurnis
Shijie Zhong;Allen McNamara;Eh Tan;Louis Moresi
Michael Gurnis;Mark Turner;Sabin Zahirovic;Lydia DiCaprio
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