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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 32 8735 8117 2838 2512 168 3513

R. Douglas Elmore publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by R. Douglas Elmore between 1979 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. R. Douglas Elmore published across 46 years, from 1979 to 2024, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2006. 4 of the 174 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2006. 1979: 3 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 5 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 4 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication 2024: 3 publications
1979 2024

174 publications in total across all disciplines

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R. Douglas Elmore: publications per year, 1979 to 2024
Year Publications
1979 3
1980 2
1981 1
1982 1
1983 2
1984 2
1985 3
1986 2
1987 3
1988 5
1989 3
1990 6
1991 3
1992 4
1993 4
1994 2
1995 2
1996 4
1997 2
1998 5
1999 0
2000 5
2001 4
2002 6
2003 9
2004 5
2005 8
2006 11
2007 7
2008 2
2009 2
2010 1
2011 5
2012 7
2013 2
2014 2
2015 1
2016 4
2017 3
2018 6
2019 7
2020 10
2021 3
2022 1
2023 1
2024 3
Total 174
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R. Douglas Elmore 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 R. Douglas Elmore 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, 168–177 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: 168 publications — 48th percentile

48% 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
168–177 490 168
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
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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R. Douglas Elmore 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 R. Douglas Elmore 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, 32 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: 32 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% 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 32
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
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

  • 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

R. Douglas Elmore is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work is predominantly concentrated on topics related to Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, as well as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research. Other areas of interest include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geological Studies and Exploration, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, and Geological formations and processes.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with R. Douglas Elmore include Gerhard Heij, M. Hamilton, Stacey Evans, Matt Hamilton, and Shannon A. Dulin.

Publications by this researcher appear regularly in several scientific venues, most notably:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Journal of Structural Geology

Recent papers include:

  • Diagenetic controls on reservoir quality of a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic system: Sycamore Formation, Sho-Vel-Tum Field, Oklahoma, USA, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Burial Diagenesis and Tectonism Inferred From Paleomagnetism and Magnetic Fabrics in the Wolfcamp Shale, Midland Basin, Texas, USA, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Fractured, altered, and faulted basement in northeastern Oklahoma: Implications for induced seismicity, 2021, Journal of Structural Geology
  • MESOPROTEROZOIC MAGMATISM IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA: PETROGENETIC CONSTRAINTS FROM TRACE-ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY, 2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • INTEGRATED DIAGENETIC AND PALEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF THE HAYNESVILLE SHALE, 2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

R. Douglas Elmore has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The occurrence and origin of Late Paleozoic remagnetization in the sedimentary rocks of North America

    Chad McCabe;R. Douglas Elmore

  • Associations between burial diagenesis of smectite, chemical remagnetization, and magnetite authigenesis in the Vocontian trough, SE France

    Bodo Katz;R. Douglas Elmore;Monika Cogoini;Michael H. Engel

  • Evidence for a relationship between hydrocarbons and authigenic magnetite

    Unknown

  • Remagnetization and chemical alteration of sedimentary rocks

    R. D. Elmore;A. R. Muxworthy;M. Aldana

  • Remagnetization by basinal fluids: Testing the hypothesis in the Viola limestone, southern Oklahoma

    R. Douglas Elmore;David London;Don Bagley;David Fruit

  • Widespread chemical remagnetization: Orogenic fluids or burial diagenesis of clays?

    Unknown

  • Sedimentologic-magnetic record of western Pangean climate in upper Paleozoic loessite (lower Cutler beds, Utah)

    G.S. (Lynn) Soreghan;R. Douglas Elmore;Michael T. Lewchuk

  • Chemical remagnetization and burial diagenesis: Testing the hypothesis in the Pennsylvanian Belden Formation, Colorado

    Sanjay Banerjee;R. Douglas Elmore;M. H. Engel

  • The Precambrian nonesuch formation of the North American mid-continent rift, sedimentology and organic geochemical aspects of lacustrine deposition

    R. Douglas Elmore;Gary J. Milavec;Scott W. Imbus;Michael H. Engel

  • Strain partitioning of deformation mechanisms in limestones: examining the relationship of strain and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS)

    Unknown

  • Black Shell turbidite, Hatteras Abyssal Plain, western Atlantic Ocean

    R. Douglas Elmore;Orrin H. Pilkey;William J. Cleary;H. Allen Curran

  • Remanence in authigenic magnetite: Testing the hydrocarbon-magnetite hypothesis

    R. Douglas Elmore;Lisa Crawford

  • The Copper Harbor Conglomerate: A late Precambrian fining-upward alluvial fan sequence in northern Michigan

    R. Douglas Elmore

  • Stable isotope (C, S, N) and molecular studies on the Precambrian nonesuch Shale (Wisconsin-Michigan, U.S.A.): Evidence for differential preservation rates, depositional environment and hydrothermal influence

    Scott W. Imbus;Stephen A. Macko;R. Douglas Elmore;Michael H. Engel

  • The late diagenetic conversion of pyrite to magnetite by organically complexed ferric iron

    Unknown

  • Remagnetization and orogenic fluids: testing the hypothesis in the central Appalachians

    R. Douglas Elmore;Jeff Kelley;Mark Evans;Michael T. Lewchuk

  • Paleoclimatic inferences from paleopedology and magnetism of the Permian Maroon Formation loessite, Colorado, USA

    Kristy L. Tramp;G.S. (Lynn) Soreghan;R. Douglas Elmore

  • Paleosols Capping Regressive Carbonate Cycles in the Pennsylvanian Black Prince Limestone, Arizona

    Robert K. Goldhammer;R. Douglas Elmore

  • Paleomagnetic dating of burial diagenesis in Mississippian carbonates, Utah

    Angela M. Blumstein;R. Douglas Elmore;Michael H. Engel;Crawford Elliot

  • The Occurrence and Origin of Remagnetization in the Sedimentary Rocks of North America

    R. Douglas Elmore;Chad Mccabe

  • Fluid control of localized mineral domains in limestone pressure solution structures

    Mark A. Evans;R. Douglas Elmore

  • Precambrian non‐marine stromatolites in alluvial fan deposits, the Copper Harbor Conglomerate, upper Michigan

    R. Douglas Elmore

  • The origin, distribution and hydrocarbon generation potential of organic-rich facies in the Nonesuch formation, central North American Rift System: A regional study

    Scott W. Imbus;Michael H. Engel;R.Douglas Elmore;John E. Zumberge

  • A study of the relationship between hydrocarbon migration and the precipitation of authigenic magnetic minerals in the Triassic Chugwater Formation, southern Montana

    Brian Kilgore;R. Douglas Elmore

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerilyn S. Soreghan
Gerilyn S. Soreghan University of Oklahoma
Cortland F. Eble
Cortland F. Eble University of Kentucky
Michael D. Blum
Michael D. Blum University of Kansas
John Parnell
John Parnell University of Aberdeen
Lee R. Riciputi
Lee R. Riciputi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Orrin H. Pilkey
Orrin H. Pilkey Duke University
Stephen A. Macko
Stephen A. Macko University of Virginia
Nathan D. Sheldon
Nathan D. Sheldon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David R. Cole
David R. Cole The Ohio State University
Gregory J. Retallack
Gregory J. Retallack University of Oregon

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