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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 36 7408 6861 2527 2234 243 3584

Nicholas Harmon publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nicholas Harmon between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nicholas Harmon published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2019. 11 of the 253 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2019. 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 31 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 4 publications
2002 2025

253 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nicholas Harmon: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 2
2003 3
2004 2
2005 1
2006 6
2007 3
2008 6
2009 4
2010 3
2011 4
2012 12
2013 13
2014 7
2015 11
2016 13
2017 23
2018 26
2019 31
2020 21
2021 26
2022 16
2023 9
2024 7
2025 4
Total 253
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Nicholas Harmon 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 Nicholas Harmon sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 238–247 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 243 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Nicholas Harmon 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 Nicholas Harmon sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 36 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389 36
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Nicholas Harmon is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States and focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses various subfields, notably Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Mechanical Engineering. The predominant emphasis lies within geophysics, which constitutes the majority of their work.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America
  • Earthquake detection and analysis

Nicholas Harmon has contributed to multiple publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Nature
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Harmon include:

  • FAIR data sharing: The roles of common data elements and harmonization, 2020, Journal of Biomedical Informatics
  • The Nature of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Variable water input controls evolution of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc, 2020, Nature
  • Back-propagating supershear rupture in the 2016 Mw 7.1 Romanche transform fault earthquake, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Subduction history of the Caribbean from upper-mantle seismic imaging and plate reconstruction, 2021, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Catherine A. Rychert
  • J. M. Kendall
  • Jenny Collier
  • Andreas Rietbrock
  • Saskia Goes

Best Publications

  • Global P, PP, and PKP wave microseisms observed from distant storms

    Peter Gerstoft;Peter M. Shearer;Nick Harmon;Jian Zhang

  • Distribution of noise sources for seismic interferometry

    Nicholas Harmon;Catherine Rychert;Peter Gerstoft

  • Volcanism in the Afar Rift sustained by decompression melting with minimal plume influence

    Catherine A. Rychert;James O. S. Hammond;Nicholas Harmon;J. Michael Kendall

  • The Nature of the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary

    Catherine A. Rychert;Nicholas Harmon;Steven Constable;Shunguo Wang

  • Using Ambient Seismic Noise to Determine Short-Period Phase Velocities and Shallow Shear Velocities in Young Oceanic Lithosphere

    Nicholas Harmon;Donald Forsyth;Spahr Webb

  • Variable water input controls evolution of the Lesser Antilles volcanic arc

    George F Cooper;George F Cooper;Colin G Macpherson;Jon D Blundy;Benjamin Maunder

  • Phase velocities from seismic noise using beamforming and cross correlation in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

    Nicholas Harmon;Peter Gerstoft;Catherine A. Rychert;Geoffrey A. Abers

  • Seismic imaging of melt in a displaced Hawaiian plume

    Catherine A. Rychert;Gabi Laske;Nicholas Harmon;Peter M. Shearer

  • Thickening of young Pacific lithosphere from high-resolution Rayleigh wave tomography: A test of the conductive cooling model

    Nicholas Harmon;Donald W. Forsyth;Dayanthie S. Weeraratne

  • Back-propagating supershear rupture in the 2016 M w 7.1 Romanche transform fault earthquake

    Stephen P. Hicks;Stephen P. Hicks;Ryo Okuwaki;Ryo Okuwaki;Andreas Steinberg;Andreas Steinberg;Catherine A. Rychert

  • Low seismic velocities below mid‐ocean ridges: Attenuation versus melt retention

    Saskia Goes;John Armitage;Nick Harmon;Hannah Smith

  • Upper mantle temperature and the onset of extension and break-up in Afar, Africa

    John J. Armitage;John J. Armitage;David J. Ferguson;Saskia Goes;James O.S. Hammond

  • Non-hotspot volcano chains produced by migration of shear-driven upwelling toward the East Pacific Rise

    Maxim D. Ballmer;Clinton P. Conrad;Eugene I. Smith;Nicholas Harmon

  • Subduction history of the Caribbean from upper-mantle seismic imaging and plate reconstruction.

    Benedikt Braszus;Saskia Goes;Rob Allen;Andreas Rietbrock

  • Scattered wave imaging of the oceanic plate in Cascadia

    Catherine A. Rychert;Nicholas Harmon;Saikiran Tharimena

  • The initiation of segmented buoyancy-driven melting during continental breakup.

    Ryan J. Gallacher;Derek Keir;Derek Keir;Nicholas Harmon;Graham Stuart

  • A unified continental thickness from seismology and diamonds suggests a melt-defined plate

    Saikiran Tharimena;Catherine Rychert;Nicholas Harmon

  • Imaging lithospheric discontinuities beneath the Northern East African Rift using S -to-P receiver functions

    Aude Lavayssière;Catherine Rychert;Nicholas Harmon;Derek Keir

  • Using Ambient Noise to Image the Northern East African Rift

    Emma L. Chambers;Nicholas Harmon;Derek Keir;Derek Keir;Catherine A. Rychert

  • Seismic imaging of a mid-lithospheric discontinuity beneath Ontong Java Plateau

    Saikiran Tharimena;Catherine A. Rychert;Nicholas Harmon

  • The Pacific lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary: Seismic imaging and anisotropic constraints from SS waveforms

    Catherine A. Rychert;Nicholas Schmerr;Nicholas Harmon

  • Mantle heterogeneity and off axis volcanism on young Pacific lithosphere

    Nicholas Harmon;Donald W. Forsyth;Dayanthie S. Weeraratne;Yingjie Yang

  • Global P, PP, and PKP wave microseisms observed from distant storms

    P. Gerstoft;P. Shearer;N. Harmon;J. Zhang

  • Using ambient seismic noise to determine short period phase velocities and shallow shear velocities in young oceanic lithosphere

    D. W. Forsyth;N. Harmon;S. C. Webb

Frequent Co-Authors

J-M Kendall
J-M Kendall University of Oxford
Andreas Rietbrock
Andreas Rietbrock Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Derek Keir
Derek Keir University of Florence
Saskia Goes
Saskia Goes Imperial College London
Jenny S. Collier
Jenny S. Collier Imperial College London
Timothy J. Henstock
Timothy J. Henstock University of Southampton
Donald W. Forsyth
Donald W. Forsyth Brown University
Jamie J. Wilkinson
Jamie J. Wilkinson Imperial College London
Steven Constable
Steven Constable University of California, San Diego
James O.S. Hammond
James O.S. Hammond Birkbeck, University of London

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