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Nicklas G Pisias 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 Nicklas G Pisias sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 209 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicklas G Pisias 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 Nicklas G Pisias sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Nicklas G Pisias is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Ocean Engineering. Their research also spans related subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geophysics.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Offshore Engineering and Technologies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Nicklas G Pisias has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Alan C Mix
  • Larry A. Mayer
  • Thomas R. Janecek
  • Jack G. Baldauf
  • Kathleen A. Dadey

Their work appears often in the following publication venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Science

A selection of recent papers by Nicklas G Pisias includes:

  • Global mean sea level over the past 4.5 million years, 2025, Science
  • ODP Leg 202, Hole 1241B - Well Logging Data, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 138, Hole 852D - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 138, Hole 851B - Well Logging Data, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ODP Leg 138, Hole 849B - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

In recognition of their professional contributions, Nicklas G Pisias was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Age dating and the orbital theory of the ice ages: Development of a high-resolution 0 to 300,000-year chronostratigraphy

    Douglas G. Martinson;Nicklas G. Pisias;James D. Hays;John Imbrie

  • The orbital theory of Pleistocene climate: support from a revised chronology of the marine d18O record

    John Imbrie;James D. Hays;Douglas G. Martinson;Andrew McIntyre

  • On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles 1. Linear Responses to Milankovitch Forcing

    J. Imbrie;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens;A. Duffy

  • On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles .2. the 100,000-year Cycle

    J. Imbrie;A. Berger;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens

  • The middle Pleistocene transition: characteristics, mechanisms, and implications for long-term changes in atmospheric pCO2

    Peter U. Clark;David E. Archer;David Pollard;Joel D Blum

  • The role of the thermohaline circulation in abrupt climate change

    Peter U. Clark;Nicklas G. Pisias;Thomas F. Stocker;Andrew J. Weaver

  • THE EVOLUTION OF PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE: A TIME SERIES APPROACH

    N.G. Pisias;T.C. Moore

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • A new late Neogene time scale : Application to Leg 138 sites

    N. J. Shackleton;S. Crowhurst;T. Hagelberg;N. G. Pisias

  • Graphic correlation of oxygen isotope stratigraphy application to the Late Quaternary

    Warren L. Prell;John Imbrie;Douglas G. Martinson;Joseph J. Morley

  • Benthic foraminifer stable isotope record from Site 849 (0 - 5 Ma) : local and global climate changes

    Alan C. Mix;Nicklas G. Pisias;W. Rugh;J. Wilson

  • Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Orbital Forcing, and Climate

    N. J. Shackleton;N. G. Pisias

  • A direct link between the China loess and marine δ 18 O records: aeolian flux to the north Pacific

    Steven A. Hovan;David K. Rea;Nicklas G. Pisias;Nicholas J. Shackleton

  • ENSO-like forcing on oceanic primary production during the Late Pleistocene.

    Luc Beaufort;Thibault de Garidel-Thoron;Alan C. Mix;Nicklas G. Pisias

  • Ferromanganese nodules from MANOP Sites H, S, and R—Control of mineralogical and chemical composition by multiple accretionary processes

    Jack Dymond;Mitchell Lyle;Bruce Finney;David Z. Piper

  • High resolution stratigraphic correlation of benthic oxygen isotopic records spanning the last 300,000 years

    N.G. Pisias;D.G. Martinson;T.C. Moore;N.J. Shackleton

  • Late Pleistocene Continental Climate and Oceanic Variability Recorded in Northwest Pacific Sediments

    S. A. Hovan;D. K. Rea;N. G. Pisias

  • Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, vol. 85

    Larry A. Mayer;Fritz Theyer;John A. Barron;Dean A. Dunn

  • Foraminiferal faunal estimates of paleotemperature: Circumventing the No‐analog problem yields cool Ice Age tropics

    Alan C. Mix;Ann E. Morey;Nicklas G. Pisias;Steven W. Hostetler

  • Paleoceanography of the eastern equatorial Pacific during the Neogene: Synthesis of Leg 138 drilling results

    Nicklas G. Pisias;Larry A. Mayer;Alan C. Mix

  • Cenozoic hiatuses in pelagic sediments

    T. C. Moore;T. H. Van Andel;C. Sancetta;N. G. Pisias

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas J Shackleton
Nicholas J Shackleton University of Cambridge
Alan C. Mix
Alan C. Mix Oregon State University
Mitchell W Lyle
Mitchell W Lyle Oregon State University
Larry A. Mayer
Larry A. Mayer University of New Hampshire
David Schneider
David Schneider University of Ottawa
Peter U. Clark
Peter U. Clark Oregon State University
Theodore C. Moore
Theodore C. Moore University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Douglas G. Martinson
Douglas G. Martinson Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jack Dymond
Jack Dymond Oregon State University
David K. Rea
David K. Rea University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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