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5577
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Neil C. Mitchell 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 Neil C. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 192 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Neil C. Mitchell 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 Neil C. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Neil C. Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics focusing primarily on earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geological formations and processes. Other areas of interest include Geological and Geophysical Studies, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Neil C. Mitchell include:

  • Reconstructing the level of the central Red Sea evaporites at the end of the Miocene, 2020, Basin Research
  • Landslides in the Upper Submarine Slopes of Volcanic Islands: The Central Azores, 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Coastal erosion rates of lava deltas around oceanic islands, 2020, Geomorphology
  • How have thick evaporites affected early seafloor spreading magnetic anomalies in the Central Red Sea?, 2022, Geophysical Journal International
  • Discordance analysis on a high-resolution valley network map of Mars: Assessing the effects of scale on the conformity of valley orientation and surface slope direction, 2022, Icarus

Neil C. Mitchell frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Rui Quartau, A.Y. Izzeldin, Zhongwei Zhao, Jonas Preine, and Ian Stewart. These collaborations have resulted in multiple co-authored publications.

Common publication venues for this scientist include SSRN Electronic Journal, where they have five publications, followed by Tectonophysics with three publications. Other notable venues are Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Geomorphology, and Sedimentology.

Best Publications

  • Slope failures on the flanks of the western Canary Islands

    D.G Masson;A.B Watts;M.J.R Gee;R Urgeles

  • Coastal evolution on volcanic oceanic islands: A complex interplay between volcanism, erosion, sedimentation, sea-level change and biogenic production

    Ricardo S. Ramalho;Rui Quartau;Rui Quartau;Alan S. Trenhaile;Neil C. Mitchell

  • The morphology of the submarine flanks of volcanic ocean islands. A comparative study of the Canary and Hawaiian hotspot islands

    Neil C Mitchell;Douglas G Masson;Anthony B Watts;Martin J.R Gee

  • Landslides and the evolution of El Hierro in the Canary Islands

    Martin J.R. Gee;Anthony B. Watts;Douglas G. Masson;Neil C. Mitchell

  • Classification of seafloor geology using multibeam sonar data from the Scotian Shelf

    Neil C. Mitchell;John E.Hughes Clarke

  • Quantifying tectonic strain and magmatic accretion at a slow spreading ridge segment, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 29°N

    J. Escartín;J. Escartín;J. Escartín;P. A. Cowie;R. C. Searle;S. Allerton

  • Morphologies of knickpoints in submarine canyons

    Neil C. Mitchell

  • Do geochemical estimates of sediment focusing pass the sediment test in the equatorial Pacific

    Mitchell Lyle;Neil Mitchell;Nicklas Pisias;Alan Mix

  • Development of volcanic insular shelves: Insights from observations and modelling of Faial Island in the Azores Archipelago

    R. Quartau;A.S. Trenhaile;N.C. Mitchell;F. Tempera

  • A model for attenuation of backscatter due to sediment accumulations and its application to determine sediment thicknesses with GLORIA sidescan sonar

    Neil C. Mitchell

  • Transition from circular to stellate forms of submarine volcanoes

    Neil C. Mitchell

  • Interpreting long-profiles of canyons in the USA Atlantic continental slope

    Neil C. Mitchell

  • Morphology of the Faial Island shelf (Azores): The interplay between volcanic, erosional, depositional, tectonic and mass‐wasting processes

    R. Quartau;F. Tempera;N. C. Mitchell;L. M. Pinheiro

  • Submarine salt flows in the central Red Sea

    Neil C. Mitchell;Marco Ligi;Valentina Ferrante;Enrico Bonatti

  • A rifted inside corner massif on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 5°S

    T.J Reston;W Weinrebe;I Grevemeyer;E.R Flueh

  • Despeckling SRTM and other topographic data with a denoising algorithm

    John A. Stevenson;Xianfang Sun;Neil C. Mitchell

  • Susceptibility of mid‐ocean ridge volcanic islands and seamounts to large‐scale landsliding

    Neil C. Mitchell

  • Variations in sediment wave dimensions across the tidally dominated Irish Sea, NW Europe

    Katrien J.J. Van Landeghem;Katrien J.J. Van Landeghem;Andrew J. Wheeler;Neil C. Mitchell;Gerry Sutton

  • Quantitative backscatter measurements with a long-range side-scan sonar

    N.C. Mitchell;M.L. Somers

  • Reversed sediment wave migration in the Irish Sea, NW Europe: A reappraisal of the validity of geometry-based predictive modelling and assumptions

    Katrien J.J. Van Landeghem;Jaco H. Baas;Neil C. Mitchell;Darren Wilcockson

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Ligi
Marco Ligi National Research Council (CNR)
Mitchell W Lyle
Mitchell W Lyle Oregon State University
Douglas G. Masson
Douglas G. Masson Seascape Consultants (United Kingdom)
Robert D Larter
Robert D Larter British Antarctic Survey
José Madeira
José Madeira University of Lisbon
Anthony Watts
Anthony Watts University of Oxford
Andrew J. Wheeler
Andrew J. Wheeler University College Cork
Andrea Argnani
Andrea Argnani National Research Council (CNR)
John M. Huthnance
John M. Huthnance National Oceanography Centre
Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín École Normale Supérieure

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