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Naomi E. Levin 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 Naomi E. Levin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 113 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Naomi E. Levin 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 Naomi E. Levin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% 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

  • 2013 - Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America
  • 2011 - Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Naomi E. Levin is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to related subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, as well as Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies.

Among recent publications are:

  • Triple oxygen isotopes in the water cycle (2020), Chemical Geology
  • Increased ecological resource variability during a critical transition in hominin evolution (2020), Science Advances
  • Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia (2020), Science Advances
  • Triple Oxygen Isotopes in Meteoric Waters, Carbonates, and Biological Apatites: Implications for Continental Paleoclimate Reconstruction (2021), Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • A framework for triple oxygen isotopes in speleothem paleoclimatology (2021), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated repeatedly include Benjamin H. Passey, Emily J. Beverly, Phoebe Aron, Tyler E. Huth, and Jay Quade.

Their publications are commonly found in venues such as Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Chemical Geology, Science Advances, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Naomi E. Levin has been recognized with a number of awards including the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) from The Geological Society of America in 2013, the Doris M. Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award from The Geological Society of America in 2011, and is also a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Woody cover and hominin environments in the past 6 million years

    Thure E. Cerling;Jonathan G. Wynn;Samuel A. Andanje;Michael I. Bird

  • High-temperature environments of human evolution in East Africa based on bond ordering in paleosol carbonates

    Benjamin H. Passey;Naomi E. Levin;Naomi E. Levin;Thure E. Cerling;Francis H. Brown

  • A stable isotope aridity index for terrestrial environments.

    Naomi E. Levin;Thure E. Cerling;Benjamin H. Passey;John M. Harris

  • Early hominin diet included diverse terrestrial and aquatic animals 1.95 Ma in East Turkana, Kenya

    David R. Braun;John W. K. Harris;Naomi E. Levin;Jack T. McCoy

  • A Female Homo erectus Pelvis from Gona, Ethiopia

    Scott W. Simpson;Jay Quade;Naomi E. Levin;Naomi E. Levin;Robert Butler

  • A new hominin foot from Ethiopia shows multiple Pliocene bipedal adaptations

    Yohannes Haile-Selassie;Beverly Z. Saylor;Alan Deino;Naomi E. Levin

  • Raw material selectivity of the earliest stone toolmakers at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia

    Dietrich Stout;Jay Quade;Sileshi Semaw;Michael J. Rogers

  • Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma

    Thure E. Cerling;Samuel A. Andanje;Scott A. Blumenthal;Francis H. Brown

  • Isotopic evidence for Plio-Pleistocene environmental change at Gona, Ethiopia

    Naomi E. Levin;Jay Quade;Scott W. Simpson;Sileshi Semaw

  • Isotopic composition of waters from Ethiopia and Kenya: Insights into moisture sources for eastern Africa

    Naomi E. Levin;Naomi E. Levin;Edward J. Zipser;Thure E. Cerling

  • Paleosol carbonates from the omo group: Isotopic records of local and regional environmental change in east africa

    Naomi E. Levin;Naomi E. Levin;Francis H. Brown;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;René Bobe

  • Northeast African vegetation change over 12 m.y.

    Sarah J. Feakins;Naomi E. Levin;Hannah M. Liddy;Alexa Sieracki

  • Environmental dynamics during the onset of the Middle Stone Age in eastern Africa

    Richard Potts;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;J. Tyler Faith;Christian A. Tryon

  • Early Pliocene hominids from Gona, Ethiopia

    Sileshi Semaw;Scott W. Simpson;Scott W. Simpson;Jay Quade;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne

  • Environment and Climate of Early Human Evolution

    Naomi E. Levin

  • Paleoenvironments of the earliest stone toolmakers, Gona, Ethiopia

    Jay Quade;Naomi Levin;Sileshi Semaw;Dietrich Stout

  • New species from Ethiopia further expands Middle Pliocene hominin diversity

    Yohannes Haile-Selassie;Luis Gibert;Stephanie M. Melillo;Timothy M. Ryan

  • Aridity and hominin environments

    Scott A. Blumenthal;Naomi E. Levin;Francis H. Brown;Jean-Philip Brugal

  • Stable isotope ecology of the common hippopotamus

    T. E. Cerling;J. M. Harris;J. A. Hart;P. Kaleme

  • Measurement of δ18O, δ17O, and 17O-excess in Water by Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry

    Elena S. F. Berman;Naomi E. Levin;Amaelle Landais;Shuning Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay Quade
Jay Quade University of Arizona
Benjamin H. Passey
Benjamin H. Passey University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
David R. Braun
David R. Braun George Washington University
William C. McIntosh
William C. McIntosh New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Alan L. Deino
Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center
Francis H. Brown
Francis H. Brown University of Utah
Nelia W. Dunbar
Nelia W. Dunbar New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Lee J. Arnold
Lee J. Arnold University of Adelaide
Mathieu Duval
Mathieu Duval National Research Center on Human Evolution

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