2026 Peter D. Townsend: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	59	7287	7049	289	273	465	14975

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Overview

Peter D. Townsend is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a substantial number of publications in this field. Specific subfields of study include ecology, global and planetary change, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, and plant science.

The scientist's main research topics encompass:

Remote sensing in agriculture
Species distribution and climate change
Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
Leaf properties and growth measurement
Remote sensing and LiDAR applications
Spectroscopy and chemometric analyses
Plant water relations and carbon dynamics

Recent publications by Peter D. Townsend include:

"NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms" (2021), Remote Sensing of Environment
"Integrating remote sensing with ecology and evolution to advance biodiversity conservation" (2022), Nature Ecology & Evolution
"Foliar functional traits from imaging spectroscopy across biomes in eastern North America" (2020), New Phytologist
"Hyperspectral Measurements Enable Pre-Symptomatic Detection and Differentiation of Contrasting Physiological Effects of Late Blight and Early Blight in Potato" (2020), Remote Sensing
"Leaf reflectance spectra capture the evolutionary history of seed plants" (2020), New Phytologist

Frequent coauthors working alongside Townsend include:

Jeannine Cavender-Bares (17 collaborations)
Ting Zheng (16 collaborations)
Aditya Singh (16 collaborations)
David Schimel (13 collaborations)
David R. Thompson (13 collaborations)

Townsend's work has been published extensively in journals such as:

Remote Sensing of Environment (16 publications)
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences (12 publications)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (11 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9 publications)
Ecology (6 publications)

Best Publications

Thermoluminescence Dosimetry Materials: Properties and Uses

S.W.S. McKeever;M. Moscovitch;P.D. Townsend

1290
Citations
Controlled production of aligned-nanotube bundles

M. Terrones;N. Grobert;J. Olivares;J. P. Zhang

1124
Citations
Optical Effects of Ion Implantation

Peter David Townsend;P. J. Chandler;L. Zhang

1062
Citations
Point Defects in Materials

F. Agullo-Lopez;Charles Richard Arthur Catlow;Peter David Townsend

508
Citations
Optical effects of ion implantation

P D Townsend

397
Citations
Optical properties of silicon nanoclusters fabricated by ion implantation

Tsutomu Shimizu-Iwayama;Norihiro Kurumado;David E. Hole;Peter D. Townsend

315
Citations
An introduction to methods of periodic poling for second-harmonic generation

M Houe;P D Townsend

279
Citations
The formation of waveguides and modulators in LiNbO3 by ion implantation

G. L. Destefanis;J. P. Gailliard;E. L. Ligeon;S. Valette

251
Citations
High sensitivity thermoluminescence spectrometer

B J Luff;P D Townsend

203
Citations
An overview of ion-implanted optical waveguide profiles

P.D. Townsend

176
Citations
Sputtering patterns and defect formation in alkali halides

P. D. Townsend;R. Browning;D. J. Garlant;J. C. Kelly

125
Citations
A Simple Route to Silicon-Based Nanostructures

Yan Qiu Zhu;Wei Bing Hu;Wen Kuang Hsu;Mauricio Terrones

123
Citations
Formation of silver nanoparticles in soda–lime silicate glass by ion implantation near room temperature

A.L. Stepanov;A.L. Stepanov;D.E. Hole;P.D. Townsend

114
Citations
Colloid size distributions in ion implanted glass

L.C. Nistor;J. van Landuyt;J.D. Barton;D.E. Hole

104
Citations
Thermoluminescence spectra of igneous quartz and hydrothermal vein quartz

W. J. Rink;H. Rendell;E. A. Marseglia;B. J. Luff

103
Citations
Ion-implanted Nd:MgO:LiNbO(3) planar waveguide laser.

S. J. Field;David C. Hanna;D. P. Shepherd;Anne C. Tropper

100
Citations
Reduction of the size of the implanted silver nanoparticles in float glass during excimer laser annealing

A.L Stepanov;D.E Hole;A.A Bukharaev;P.D Townsend

98
Citations
Large Enhancement of the Third-order Optical Susceptibility in Cu-silica Composites Produced by Low-Energy High-Current Ion Implantation

J. Olivares;J. Requejo-Isidro;R. del Coso;R. de Nalda

97
Citations
Mode gaps in the refractive index properties of low-dose ion-implanted LiNbO3 waveguides

J. Rams;J. Olivares;P. J. Chandler;P. D. Townsend

96
Citations
1.9-μm operation of a Tm:lead germanate glass waveguide laser

D. P. Shepherd;D. J. B. Brinck;J. Wang;A. C. Tropper

91
Citations