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Natalia Shakhova 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 Natalia Shakhova sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 135 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Natalia Shakhova 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 Natalia Shakhova sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Natalia Shakhova is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with significant work in methane hydrates, climate change related to permafrost, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

The scientist's main fields of study include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work further extends into important subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Geology, and Mechanics of Materials.

Shakhova has contributed frequently to various scientific journals and conference proceedings. The leading publication venues for their research include Geosciences, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Bulletin of the Tomsk Polytechnic University Geo Assets Engineering, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Several notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Shakhova include:

  • "Source apportionment of methane escaping the subsea permafrost system in the outer Eurasian Arctic Shelf" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "CASCADE - The Circum-Arctic Sediment CArbon DatabasE" (2021, Earth system science data)
  • "Organic matter composition and greenhouse gas production of thawing subsea permafrost in the Laptev Sea" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "In-situ temperatures and thermal properties of the East Siberian Arctic shelf sediments: Key input for understanding the dynamics of subsea permafrost" (2022, Marine and Petroleum Geology)
  • "Sonar Estimation of Methane Bubble Flux from Thawing Subsea Permafrost: A Case Study from the Laptev Sea Shelf" (2020, Geosciences)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Shakhova include Igor Semiletov, Oleg Dudarev, Örjan Gustafsson, Denis Kosmach, and Denis Chernykh.

The scientist's research topics cover:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis

Best Publications

  • Extensive Methane Venting to the Atmosphere from Sediments of the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    Natalia Shakhova;Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Anatoly Salyuk;Vladimir Yusupov

  • Activation of old carbon by erosion of coastal and subsea permafrost in Arctic Siberia

    J. E. Vonk;J. E. Vonk;Laura Sanchez-Garcia;Laura Sanchez-Garcia;B. E. van Dongen;B. E. van Dongen;V. Alling;V. Alling

  • Ebullition and storm-induced methane release from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    Natalia Shakhova;Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Ira Leifer;Valentin Sergienko

  • The East Siberian Arctic Shelf: towards further assessment of permafrost-related methane fluxes and role of sea ice

    Natalia Evgenievna Shakhova;Natalia Evgenievna Shakhova;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Valentin Sergienko;Leopold Lobkovsky

  • Geochemical and geophysical evidence of methane release over the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    N. Shakhova;N. Shakhova;I. Semiletov;I. Semiletov;I. Leifer;A. Salyuk

  • Current rates and mechanisms of subsea permafrost degradation in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf.

    Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Orjan Gustafsson;Valentin Sergienko

  • Acidification of East Siberian Arctic Shelf waters through addition of freshwater and terrestrial carbon

    Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Igor Petrovich Semiletov;Irina Ivanovna Pipko;Örjan Gustafsson;Leif G. Anderson

  • Carbonate chemistry dynamics and carbon dioxide fluxes across the atmosphere–ice–water interfaces in the Arctic Ocean: Pacific sector of the Arctic

    Igor P. Semiletov;Igor P. Semiletov;Irina I. Pipko;Irina Repina;Natalia E. Shakhova;Natalia E. Shakhova

  • Carbon transport by the Lena River from its headwaters to the Arctic Ocean, with emphasis on fluvial input of terrestrial particulate organic carbon vs. carbon transport by coastal erosion

    I. P. Semiletov;I. P. Semiletov;I. I. Pipko;N. E. Shakhova;N. E. Shakhova;O. V. Dudarev

  • Methane release and coastal environment in the East Siberian Arctic shelf

    N. Shakhova;N. Shakhova;I. Semiletov;I. Semiletov

  • Siberian Arctic black carbon sources constrained by model and observation

    Patrik Winiger;August Andersson;Sabine Eckhardt;Andreas Stohl

  • East Siberian Sea, an Arctic region of very high biogeochemical activity

    L. G. Anderson;G. Björk;S. Jutterström;S. Jutterström;I. Pipko

  • Understanding the Permafrost-Hydrate System and Associated Methane Releases in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf

    Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Evgeny Chuvilin

  • Modeling sub‐sea permafrost in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf: The Laptev Sea region

    D. J. Nicolsky;V. E. Romanovsky;N. N. Romanovskii;A. L. Kholodov

  • On carbon transport and fate in the East Siberian Arctic land–shelf–atmosphere system

    Igor P. Semiletov;Igor P. Semiletov;Natalia E. Shakhova;Natalia E. Shakhova;Valentin I. Sergienko;Irina I. Pipko

  • The distribution of methane on the Siberian Arctic shelves: Implications for the marine methane cycle

    Natalia Shakhova;Natalia Shakhova;Igor Semiletov;Igor Semiletov;Gleb Panteleev

  • Preferential burial of permafrost‐derived organic carbon in Siberian‐Arctic shelf waters

    Jorien E. Vonk;Igor P. Semiletov;Igor P. Semiletov;Igor P. Semiletov;Oleg V. Dudarev;Timothy I. Eglinton

  • Source apportionment of circum-Arctic atmospheric black carbon from isotopes and modeling

    P. Winiger;T. E. Barrett;R. J. Sheesley;L. Huang

  • Space–time dynamics of carbon and environmental parameters related to carbon dioxide emissions in the Buor-Khaya Bay and adjacent part of the Laptev Sea

    I. P. Semiletov;I. P. Semiletov;N. E. Shakhova;N. E. Shakhova;I. I. Pipko;S. P. Pugach

  • The degradation of submarine permafrost and the destruction of hydrates on the shelf of east arctic seas as a potential cause of the “Methane Catastrophe”: some results of integrated studies in 2011

    V. I. Sergienko;L. I. Lobkovskii;I. P. Semiletov;O. V. Dudarev

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor Semiletov
Igor Semiletov Russian Academy of Sciences
Örjan Gustafsson
Örjan Gustafsson Stockholm University
Ira Leifer
Ira Leifer University of California, Santa Barbara
Birgit Wild
Birgit Wild Stockholm University
Leif G. Anderson
Leif G. Anderson University of Gothenburg
Jorien E. Vonk
Jorien E. Vonk Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tommaso Tesi
Tommaso Tesi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Zbigniew Klimont
Zbigniew Klimont International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Thomas Röckmann
Thomas Röckmann Utrecht University

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