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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 58 2147 1946 927 819 219 12592

Paul A. Baker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Paul A. Baker between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Paul A. Baker published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2014. 10 of the 261 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2014. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 9 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 2 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 13 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 10 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 4 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 20 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 5 publications
1970 2025

261 publications in total across all disciplines

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Paul A. Baker: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 1
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 2
1982 9
1983 2
1984 1
1985 2
1986 3
1987 1
1988 13
1989 1
1990 10
1991 2
1992 1
1993 2
1994 2
1995 1
1996 4
1997 2
1998 3
1999 2
2000 3
2001 7
2002 6
2003 7
2004 4
2005 13
2006 12
2007 2
2008 5
2009 5
2010 6
2011 8
2012 3
2013 1
2014 20
2015 3
2016 13
2017 13
2018 8
2019 14
2020 6
2021 17
2022 4
2023 5
2024 5
2025 5
Total 261
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Paul A. Baker 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 Paul A. Baker 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, 218–227 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: 219 publications — 69th percentile

69% 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
218–227 290 219
228–237 262
238–247 243
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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Paul A. Baker 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 Paul A. Baker 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, 58 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: 58 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113 58
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Paul A. Baker is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these domains, key subfields of study for Baker include Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics with a focus on Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Geological formations and processes, and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Recent publications by Paul A. Baker include:

  • "Vulnerability of the biota in riverine and seasonally flooded habitats to damming of Amazonian rivers" (2020) in Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • "Holocene variations in Lake Titicaca water level and their implications for sociopolitical developments in the central Andes" (2023) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The Rise and Fall of Wiñaymarka: Rethinking Cultural and Environmental Interactions in the Southern Basin of Lake Titicaca" (2021) in Human Ecology
  • "Reconstructing two millennia of copper and silver metallurgy in the Lake Titicaca region (Bolivia/Peru) using trace metals and lead isotopic composition" (2021) in Anthropocene
  • "Ecological resilience in tropical Andean lakes: A paleolimnological perspective" (2021) in Limnology and Oceanography

Paul A. Baker frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Catherine A. Rigsby
  • Charlotte A Brunner
  • Rowena C. Duckworth
  • Wayne D. Goodfellow
  • Henrike M. Gröschel-Becker

Common venues for Baker's publications include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Awards earned by Paul A. Baker include being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2018 and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The History of South American Tropical Precipitation for the Past 25,000 Years

    Paul A. Baker;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Robert B. Dunbar

  • Constraints on the Formation of Sedimentary Dolomite

    Paul A. Baker;Miriam Kastner

  • Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin

    Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse;Eugenio Y. Arima;Thomas Dunne;Edward Park

  • Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

    Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Paul A. Baker;Patrick J. Bartlein

  • Tropical climate changes at millennial and orbital timescales on the Bolivian Altiplano

    Paul A. Baker;Catherine A. Rigsby;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Sherilyn C. Fritz

  • Occurrence and Formation of Dolomite in Organic-Rich Continental Margin Sediments

    Paul A. Baker;Stephen J. Burns

  • Diagenesis of carbonates in deep-sea sediments; evidence from Sr/Ca ratios and interstitial dissolved Sr (super 2+) data

    Paul A. Baker;Joris M. Gieskes;Harry Elderfield

  • Coral growth rate: Variation with depth

    Paul A. Baker;Jon N. Weber

  • North Atlantic Deepwater Temperature Change During Late Pliocene and Late Quaternary Climatic Cycles

    Gary S. Dwyer;Thomas M. Cronin;Paul A. Baker;Maureen E. Raymo

  • Hydrologic variation during the last 170,000 years in the southern hemisphere tropics of South America

    Sherilyn C. Fritz;Paul A. Baker;Tim K. Lowenstein;Geoffrey O. Seltzer

  • Nature and causes of Quaternary climate variation of tropical South America

    Paul A. Baker;Paul A. Baker;Sherilyn C. Fritz

  • Late Quaternary Climate and Hydrology of Tropical South America Inferred from an Isotopic and Chemical Model of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia and Peru

    Scott L. Cross;Paul A. Baker;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Sherilyn C. Fritz

  • A vegetation and fire history of Lake Titicaca since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Gina M Paduano;Mark B Bush;Paul A Baker;Sherilyn C Fritz

  • Paleolimnological evidence of the effects on lakes of energy and mass transfer from climate and humans

    P. R. Leavitt;S. C. Fritz;N. J. Anderson;P. A. Baker

  • A new estimate of the Holocene lowstand level of Lake Titicaca, central Andes, and implications for tropical palaeohydrology.

    Scott L. Cross;Paul A. Baker;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Sherilyn C. Fritz

  • Early Warming of Tropical South America at the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition

    G. O. Seltzer;D. T. Rodbell;P. A. Baker;Sherilyn C. Fritz

  • A Late Quaternary diatom record of tropical climatic history from Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia)

    Pedro M Tapia;Sherilyn C Fritz;Paul A Baker;Geoffrey O Seltzer

  • Cenozoic marine sedimentation in the Sechura and Pisco basins, Peru

    Robert B. Dunbar;Richard C. Marty;Paul A. Baker

  • Quaternary glaciation and hydrologic variation in the South American tropics as reconstructed from the Lake Titicaca drilling project

    Sherilyn C. Fritz;Paul A. Baker;Geoffrey O. Seltzer;Ashley Ballantyne

  • The deep structure of a sea-floor hydrothermal deposit

    Robert A. Zierenberg;Yves Fouquet;D.J. Miller;J.M. Bahr

Frequent Co-Authors

Sherilyn C. Fritz
Sherilyn C. Fritz University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi
Cristiano Mazur Chiessi Universidade de São Paulo
Geoffrey O. Seltzer
Geoffrey O. Seltzer Syracuse University
André Oliveira Sawakuchi
André Oliveira Sawakuchi Universidade de São Paulo
Enno Schefuß
Enno Schefuß University of Bremen
Stefan Mulitza
Stefan Mulitza University of Bremen
Gary S. Dwyer
Gary S. Dwyer Duke University
Matthias Zabel
Matthias Zabel University of Bremen
Robert B. Dunbar
Robert B. Dunbar Stanford University
Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo

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