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D-Index
38
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5377
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Nat Rutter 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 Nat Rutter sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 81 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Nat Rutter 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 Nat Rutter 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Nat Rutter was affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada during their academic career. Their research focused primarily on the fields of psychology and social sciences, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work concentrated on topics related to family caregiving in mental illness, family and disability support research, and family support in illness. These themes were reflected in their research outputs and collaborations.

Among their published papers, one notable work was titled Life is a rollercoaster: an exploration of a support group for parents and carers of those with children and young people with mental health difficulties, published in 2021 in the European Journal of Public Health. This publication had been cited once.

  • European Journal of Public Health

Nat Rutter collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • N Fothergill-Misbach
  • Neil J. Perkins
  • Michèle Wood
  • Emily Henderson

Throughout their career, Rutter was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1992 by the Academy of Science. Additionally, they held fellowship status with the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Ice-Volume Forcing of East Asian Winter Monsoon Variations in the Past 800,000 Years

    Zhongli Ding;Tungsheng Liu;Nat W. Rutter;Zhiwei Yu

  • Towards an orbital time scale for chinese loess deposits

    Z. Ding;Z. Yu;N.W. Rutter;T. Liu

  • Baoji-type pedostratigraphic section, Loess Plateau, north-central China

    Nat Rutter;Ding Zhongli;M.E. Evans;Liu Tungsheng

  • Changes in Sand Content of Loess Deposits along a North–South Transect of the Chinese Loess Plateau and the Implications for Desert Variations

    Zhongli Ding;Jimin Sun;Nat W. Rutter;Dean Rokosh

  • A coupled environmental system formed at about 2.5 Ma in East Asia

    Ding Zhongli;Nat Rutter;Han Jingtai;Liu Tungsheng

  • COMPARISON OF MILANKOVITCH PERIODS BETWEEN CONTINENTAL LOESS AND DEEP SEA RECORDS OVER THE LAST 2.5 MA

    Tungsheng Liu;Zhongli Ding;Nat Rutter

  • Pedostratigraphy of Chinese loess deposits and climatic cycles in the last 2.5 Myr

    Ding Zhongli;Nat Rutter;Liu Tungsheng

  • Re-arrangement of atmospheric circulation at about 2.6 Ma over northern China: evidence from grain size records of loess-palaeosol and red clay sequences

    Z.L Ding;N.W Rutter;J.M Sun;S.L Yang

  • Correlation and dating of Quaternary littoral zones along the Patagonian coast, Argentina

    Nat Rutter;Enrique J. Schnack;Julio del Rio;Jorge L. Fasano

  • Age of the Crowfoot advance in the Canadian Rocky Mountains: A glacial event coeval with the Younger Dryas oscillation

    Mel A. Reasoner;Gerald Osborn;N. W. Rutter

  • 580,000-year environmental reconstruction from aeolian deposits at the Mu Us Desert margin, China

    Jimin Sun;Jimin Sun;Zhongli Ding;Tungsheng Liu;Dean Rokosh

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Baoji loess-paleosol section in the north-central China Loess Plateau

    Nat Rutter;Ding Zhongli;M.E. Evans;Wang Yuchun

  • Quaternary Geology of the Canadian Cordillera

    Unknown

  • On the problem of Quaternary glaciations, and the extent and patterns of Pleistocene ice cover in the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau

    Zheng Benxing;Nat Rutter

  • A magnetic investigation of a Late Quaternary loess/palaeosol record in Siberia

    Unknown

  • Problematic ice sheets

    Nat Rutter

  • Laurentide, cordilleran, and montane glaciation in the western Peace River — Grande Prairie region, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

    Norm Catto;David G.E. Liverman;Peter T. Bobrowsky;Nat Rutter

  • Comparison of ESR and Amino Acid Data in Correlating and Dating Quaternary Shorelines Along the Patagonian Coast, Argentina

    Nat Rutter;Ulrich Radtke;Enrique J. Schnack

  • Laurentide glaciation in west-central Alberta: a single (Late Wisconsinan) event

    David G. E. Liverman;N. R. Catto;N. W. Rutter

  • Loess/paleosol/cryogenic formation and structure near the northern limit of loess deposition, East European Plain, Russia

    Unknown

  • Paleoclimates and monsoon variations interpreted from micromorphogenic features of the Baoji paleosols, China

    Nat Rutter;Z. Ding

  • Stratigraphy, paleoecology, and glacial history of the Gillam area, Manitoba

    Erik Nielsen;Alan V. Morgan;Anne Morgan;R. J. Mott

  • Dating Methods of Pleistocene Deposits and Their Problems: IV. Amino Acid Racemization Dating

    N. W. Rutter;R. J. Crawford;R. D. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongli Ding
Zhongli Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Karin F. Helmens
Karin F. Helmens Stockholm University
Tungsheng Liu
Tungsheng Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ulrich Radtke
Ulrich Radtke University of Duisburg-Essen
Jimin Sun
Jimin Sun Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jorge Rabassa
Jorge Rabassa National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Rixiang Zhu
Rixiang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gifford H. Miller
Gifford H. Miller University of Colorado Boulder
Zhengtang Guo
Zhengtang Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nina G. Jablonski
Nina G. Jablonski Pennsylvania State University

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