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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 50 3373 3088 180 166 240 10222

Patrick D. Nunn publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Patrick D. Nunn between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Patrick D. Nunn published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 7 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2019. 18 of the 309 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2019. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 3 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 8 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 8 publications
1982 2025

309 publications in total across all disciplines

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Patrick D. Nunn: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 1
1984 3
1985 0
1986 1
1987 2
1988 5
1989 1
1990 3
1991 1
1992 3
1993 4
1994 4
1995 3
1996 0
1997 1
1998 5
1999 11
2000 6
2001 9
2002 1
2003 8
2004 9
2005 5
2006 12
2007 15
2008 11
2009 5
2010 0
2011 2
2012 11
2013 11
2014 8
2015 7
2016 12
2017 14
2018 15
2019 24
2020 18
2021 14
2022 15
2023 10
2024 10
2025 8
Total 309
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Patrick D. Nunn 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 Patrick D. Nunn 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: 240 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
238–247 243 240
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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Patrick D. Nunn 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 Patrick D. Nunn 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, 50 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: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% 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
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 50
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

Patrick D. Nunn is affiliated with the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Their research expertise lies primarily within the Social Sciences, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science, Demography, Atmospheric Science, Geography, Planning and Development, and Ecology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to Climate Change, Adaptation, and Migration, as well as Island Studies and Pacific Affairs. Additional specialized areas include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, climate change impacts on agriculture, and Disaster Management and Resilience.

Key venues where their research has been published include:

  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Regional Environmental Change
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Global Environmental Psychology
  • Geoheritage

A selection of recent papers features:

  • "An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa" (2021), appearing in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Risks to future atoll habitability from climate-driven environmental changes" (2021), published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "Seawalls as maladaptations along island coasts" (2021), found in Ocean & Coastal Management
  • "Coronavirus: COVID-19 Transmission in Pacific Small Island Developing States" (2020), featured in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent collaborators in their research include Roselyn Kumar, Johannes M. Luetz, Virginie Duvat, Carola Klöck, and Daniela Medina Hidalgo.

In addition to articles, Patrick D. Nunn has contributed to book publications, having one title published by Springer Nature titled Beyond Belief (2021).

Best Publications

  • Sea-Level Rise by 2100

    John A. Church;Peter U. Clark;Anny Cazenave;Jonathan M. Gregory

  • Sea Level Change

    J. A. Church;P. U. Clark;A. Cazenave;Jonathan M. Gregory

  • Environmental Sustainability: A Case of Policy Implementation Failure?

    Michael Howes;Liana Wortley;Ruth Potts;Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes

  • Responding to the challenges of climate change in the Pacific Islands: management and technological imperatives

    Patrick D. Nunn

  • Climate, Environment and Society in the Pacific during the Last Millennium

    Patrick D. Nunn

  • An assessment of community-based adaptation initiatives in the Pacific Islands

    Karen E. McNamara;Rachel Clissold;Ross Westoby;Annah E. Piggott-McKellar

  • Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago

    Patrick D. Nunn;Nicholas J. Reid

  • Audience segmentation and climate change communication: Conceptual and methodological considerations

    Donald William Hine;Joseph P Reser;Mark Morrison;Wendy J Phillips

  • Misperceptions of climate-change risk as barriers to climate-change adaptation: a case study from the Rewa Delta, Fiji

    Shalini Lata;Patrick D. Nunn

  • Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa.

    Walter Leal Filho;Edmond Totin;James A Franke;Samora Macrice Andrew

  • Beyond the core: community governance for climate-change adaptation in peripheral parts of Pacific Island Countries

    Patrick D. Nunn;William Aalbersberg;Shalini Lata;Marion Gwilliam

  • The end of the Pacific? Effects of sea level rise on Pacific Island livelihoods

    Patrick D. Nunn

  • Value of traditional oral narratives in building climate-change resilience: insights from rural communities in Fiji

    Shaiza Z. Janif;Patrick D. Nunn;Paul Geraghty;William G.L. Aalbersberg

  • Times of Plenty, Times of Less: Last-Millennium Societal Disruption in the Pacific Basin

    Patrick Nunn;Rosalind Hunter-Anderson;Michael T Carson;Frank Thomas

  • What are the barriers to successful community-based climate change adaptation? A review of grey literature

    Annah E. Piggott-McKellar;Karen E. McNamara;Patrick D. Nunn;James E. M. Watson

  • Preaching to different choirs: How to motivate dismissive, uncommitted, and alarmed audiences to adapt to climate change?

    Donald W. Hine;Wendy J. Phillips;Ray Cooksey;Joseph P. Reser

  • Environmental catastrophe in the Pacific Islands around A.D. 1300

    Patrick D. Nunn

  • Adaptation to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States: A Systematic Literature Review of Academic Research:

    Carola Klöck;Patrick D. Nunn

  • Integration of Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study from Baie Martelli, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu

    Rory Anthony Walshe;Patrick Nunn

  • Spirituality and attitudes towards Nature in the Pacific Islands: insights for enabling climate-change adaptation

    Patrick D. Nunn;Kate Mulgrew;Bridie Scott-Parker;Donald W. Hine

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Hine
Donald W. Hine University of New England
Peter U. Clark
Peter U. Clark Oregon State University
Anders Levermann
Anders Levermann Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Mark A. Merrifield
Mark A. Merrifield University of California, San Diego
Glenn A. Milne
Glenn A. Milne University of Ottawa
Jonathan M. Gregory
Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading
John A. Church
John A. Church University of New South Wales
William R. Dickinson
William R. Dickinson University of Arizona
Detlef Stammer
Detlef Stammer Universität Hamburg
Svetlana Jevrejeva
Svetlana Jevrejeva National Oceanography Centre

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