2026 Peter T. Doran: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	46	4122	3786	1596	1417	230	14048

Overview

Peter T. Doran is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States and has an extensive body of research in environmental and planetary sciences. Their work spans several main fields including Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy.

Key subfields addressed in their research are Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, and Global and Planetary Change. These reflect a multidisciplinary approach integrating physical, biological, and atmospheric perspectives.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, particularly emphasizing:

Polar Research and Ecology
Planetary Science and Exploration
Cryospheric studies and observations
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Astro and Planetary Science

Frequent publication venues reflect the scientist's focus on space, cryospheric studies, and astrobiology, with multiple publications appearing in:

Life Sciences in Space Research
Antarctic Science
Astrobiology
The Cryosphere
Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter T. Doran are:

Consensus revisited: quantifying scientific agreement on climate change and climate expertise among Earth scientists 10 years later, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
Climate From the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, 1986-2017: Surface Air Temperature Trends and Redefined Summer Season, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
COSPAR Policy on Planetary Protection, 2020, Space Research Today
Microbial diversity and activity in Southern California salterns and bitterns: analogues for remnant ocean worlds, 2021, Environmental Microbiology
Induced polarization effects in airborne transient electromagnetic data collected in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, 2021, Geophysical Journal International

Collaborations have involved frequent co-authors such as Krista F. Myers, Hilary A. Dugan, Petra Rettberg, Niklas Hedman, and B. E. Schmidt, indicating a network of researchers active in related scientific domains.

Best Publications

Spectrofluorometric characterization of dissolved organic matter for indication of precursor organic material and aromaticity

Diane M. McKnight;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Paul K. Westerhoff;Peter T. Doran

3499
Citations
Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate

P C D Milly;R T Wetherald;K A Dunne;T L Delworth

2257
Citations
Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming

John Cook;John Cook;Naomi Oreskes;Peter T Doran;William R L Anderegg;William R L Anderegg

1843
Citations
Examining the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change

Peter T. Doran;Maggie Kendall Zimmerman

956
Citations
Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response

Peter T. Doran;John C. Priscu;W. Berry Lyons;John E. Walsh

623
Citations
Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986–2000

Peter T. Doran;Christopher P. McKay;Gary D. Clow;Gayle L. Dana

555
Citations
Perennial Antarctic lake ice : An oasis for life in a polar desert

John C. Priscu;Christian H. Fritsen;Edward E. Adams;Stephen J. Giovannoni

476
Citations
Physical Controls on the Taylor Valley Ecosystem, Antarctica

Andrew G. Fountain;W. Berry Lyons;Melody B. Burkins;Gayle L. Dana

305
Citations
Climatology of katabatic winds in the McMurdo dry valleys, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Thomas H. Nylen;Andrew G. Fountain;Peter T. Doran

234
Citations
Paleolimnology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

Peter T. Doran;Robert A. Wharton;W. Berry Lyons

212
Citations
Microbial life at −13 °C in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake

Alison E. Murray;Fabien Kenig;Christian H. Fritsen;Christopher P. McKay

211
Citations
Deep groundwater and potential subsurface habitats beneath an Antarctic dry valley

Jill A. Mikucki;E. Auken;S. Tulaczyk;R. A. Virginia

192
Citations
Hydrologic response to extreme warm and cold summers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica

Peter T. Doran;Christopher P. McKay;Andrew G. Fountain;Thomas H. Nylen

180
Citations
Persistent effects of a discrete warming event on a polar desert ecosystem

J. E. Barrett;R. A. Virginia;D. H. Wall;P. T. Doran

150
Citations
Dating Quaternary lacustrine sediments in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Peter T. Doran;G.W. Berger;W.B. Lyons;R.A. Wharton

147
Citations
Biogeochemical stoichiometry of Antarctic Dry Valley ecosystems

J. E. Barrett;J. E. Barrett;R. A. Virginia;W. B. Lyons;D. M. McKnight

145
Citations
Geochronology of high latitude lake sediments

Alexander P. Wolfe;Gifford H. Miller;Carrie A. Olsen;Steven L. Forman

136
Citations
Importance of landscape position and legacy: the evolution of the lakes in Taylor Valley, Antarctica

Wberry Lyons;ReW. Fountain;Peter Doran;JohN. C. Priscu

122
Citations
Ecological Legacies: Impacts on Ecosystems of the McMurdo Dry Valleys

Daryl L. Moorhead;Peter T. Doran;Andrew G. Fountain;W. Berry Lyons

122
Citations
Consensus revisited: quantifying scientific agreement on climate change and climate expertise among Earth scientists 10 years later

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122
Citations
Findings of the Mars Special Regions Science Analysis Group

K. Buxbaum;M. Meyer;N. Barlow

121
Citations
Diatoms in sediments of perennially ice-covered Lake Hoare, and implications for interpreting lake history in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica

S.A. Spaulding;Diane M. McKnight;E.F. Stoermer;P.T. Doran

117
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Priscu Montana State University

Fabien Kenig University of Illinois at Chicago

Ross A. Virginia Dartmouth College

Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center

Andrew G. Fountain Portland State University

Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder

W. Berry Lyons The Ohio State University

Michael N. Gooseff University of Colorado Boulder

Diana H. Wall Colorado State University

Esben Auken Aarhus University

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