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2023

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62
Citations
12982
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2623
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100

Michael K. Gagan publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael K. Gagan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 192 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Michael K. Gagan D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael K. Gagan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Michael K. Gagan is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Their work extends into several interdisciplinary subfields including Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Geology.

Themes central to their research encompass Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geological formations and processes, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Michael K. Gagan has published extensively, with notable recurrent venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), Scientific Reports, Communications Earth & Environment, and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Braddock K. Linsley, Jody M. Webster, Donald C. Potts, Thomas Felis, and Mayuri Inoue, each with multiple coauthored works.

Selected recent papers exemplify the thematic breadth and focus of their investigation:

  • Ubiquitous karst hydrological control on speleothem oxygen isotope variability in a global study, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Past fires and post-fire impacts reconstructed from a southwest Australian stalagmite, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Antiphase response of the Indonesian-Australian monsoon to millennial-scale events of the last glacial period, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Coral Record of Younger Dryas Chronozone Warmth on the Great Barrier Reef, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Multi-proxy validation of glacial-interglacial rainfall variations in southwest Sulawesi, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • Temperature and Surface-Ocean Water Balance of the Mid-Holocene Tropical Western Pacific

    M K Gagan;L K Ayliffe;L K Ayliffe;D Hopley;D Hopley;J A Cali;J A Cali

  • New views of tropical paleoclimates from corals

    M.K. Gagan;L.K. Ayliffe;J.W. Beck;J.E. Cole

  • Ecosystem collapse in pleistocene australia and a human role in megafaunal extinction

    Gifford H. Miller;Marilyn L. Fogel;John W. Magee;Michael K. Gagan

  • A high-resolution Sr/Ca and δ18O coral record from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and the 1982–1983 El Niño

    Malcolm T. McCulloch;Michael K. Gagan;Graham E. Mortimer;Allan R. Chivas

  • Post-glacial evolution of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool and El Niño-Southern oscillation

    Michael K Gagan;Erica J Hendy;Simon G Haberle;Wahyoe S Hantoro

  • Increasing Australian–Indonesian monsoon rainfall linked to early Holocene sea-level rise

    Michael L Griffiths;Russell N Drysdale;Michael Gagan;Jian-xin Zhao

  • Abrupt decrease in tropical Pacific sea surface salinity at end of Little Ice Age.

    Erica J. Hendy;Michael K. Gagan;Chantal A. Alibert;Malcolm T. McCulloch

  • Recent intensification of tropical climate variability in the Indian Ocean

    Nerilie J. Abram;Nerilie J. Abram;Michael K. Gagan;Julia E. Cole;Wahyoe S. Hantoro

  • Coral reef death during the 1997 Indian Ocean Dipole linked to Indonesian wildfires

    Nerilie J. Abram;Michael K. Gagan;Malcolm T. McCulloch;John Chappell

  • High-resolution isotopic records from corals using ocean temperature and mass-spawning chronometers

    Michael K. Gagan;Allan R. Chivas;Peter J. Isdale

  • Palaeoenvironmental change in tropical Australasia over the last 30,000 years: a synthesis by the OZ-INTIMATE group

    Jessica M. Reeves;Helen C. Bostock;Linda K. Ayliffe;Timothy T. Barrows

  • Preindustrial to Modern Interdecadal Variability in Coral Reef pH

    Carles Pelejero;Carles Pelejero;Eva Calvo;Eva Calvo;Malcolm T. McCulloch;Malcolm T. McCulloch;John F. Marshall;John F. Marshall

  • Enhanced rainfall in the Western Mediterranean during deposition of sapropel S1: stalagmite evidence from Corchia cave (Central Italy)

    G Zanchetta;Russell N Drysdale;John Charles Hellstrom;A.E. Fallick

  • Seasonal characteristics of the Indian Ocean Dipole during the Holocene epoch

    Nerilie J. Abram;Nerilie J. Abram;Michael K. Gagan;Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Wahyoe S. Hantoro

  • 65,000 Years of Vegetation Change in Central Australia and the Australian Summer Monsoon

    Bill Johnson;Bill Johnson;Gifford Hubbs Miller;Marilyn L Fogel;John Magee

  • Erratum: Intensification of the meridional temperature gradient in the Great Barrier Reef following the Last Glacial Maximum (Nature Communications (2014) 5 (4102) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5102)

    Thomas Felis;Helen V. McGregor;Braddock K. Linsley;Alexander W. Tudhope

  • Western Pacific coral δ18O records of anomalous Holocene variability in the El Niño–Southern Oscillation

    Helen V. McGregor;Michael K. Gagan

  • Rapid interhemispheric climate links via the Australasian monsoon during the last deglaciation

    Linda K. Ayliffe;Michael K. Gagan;Jian Xin Zhao;Russell N. Drysdale;Russell N. Drysdale

  • Diagenesis and geochemistry of porites corals from Papua New Guinea: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction

    Helen V. McGregor;Michael K. Gagan

  • New evidence for episodic post-glacial sea-level rise, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    P. Larcombe;R.M. Carter;J. Dye;M.K. Gagan

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda K. Ayliffe
Linda K. Ayliffe Australian National University
Helen McGregor
Helen McGregor University of Wollongong
John Hellstrom
John Hellstrom University of Melbourne
Malcolm T. McCulloch
Malcolm T. McCulloch University of Western Australia
Jian-xin Zhao
Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland
Russell N. Drysdale
Russell N. Drysdale University of Melbourne
Nerilie J. Abram
Nerilie J. Abram Australian National University
Bradley N. Opdyke
Bradley N. Opdyke Australian National University
Janice M. Lough
Janice M. Lough Australian Institute of Marine Science
Helen C. Bostock
Helen C. Bostock University of Queensland

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