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D-Index
53
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8193
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2945
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R. Scott Anderson 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. Scott Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 223 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

R. Scott Anderson 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. Scott Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

R. Scott Anderson is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research contributions span several prominent subfields including Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics with significant focus on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Tree-ring climate responses, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Climate change and permafrost, and Geological formations and processes.

Frequently published in notable academic venues, Anderson has contributed extensively to Quaternary Science Reviews, with a total of ten publications there. Additional publication venues include Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, The Holocene, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, and Earth system science data.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Anderson are:

  • The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), version 2 (2020, Earth system science data)
  • New insights into Holocene hydrology and temperature from lipid biomarkers in western Mediterranean alpine wetlands (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Paleohydrological dynamics in the Western Mediterranean during the last glacial cycle (2021, Global and Planetary Change)
  • Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation (2023, Land)
  • Chronological control and centennial-scale climatic subdivisions of the Last Glacial Termination in the western Mediterranean region (2021, Quaternary Science Reviews)

Anderson often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Antonio García-Alix, Jon Camuera, María J. Ramos-Román, and F.J. Jiménez-Espejo. Collaborations with these scientists appear prominently in their body of work.

Best Publications

  • Long-term perspective on wildfires in the western USA

    Jennifer R. Marlon;Patrick J. Bartlein;Daniel G. Gavin;Colin J. Long

  • Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change in North America

    Jennifer R. Marlon;Patrick J. Bartlein;M. K. Walsh;Sandy P. Harrison

  • A review of recent progress in our understanding of aeolian sediment transport

    R. S. Anderson;M. Sørensen;B. B. Willetts

  • Holocene climate changes in eastern Beringia (NW North America) – A systematic review of multi-proxy evidence

    Darrell S. Kaufman;Yarrow L. Axford;Andrew C.G. Henderson;Nicholas P. McKay

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in lake sediments record historic fire events: Validation using HPLC-fluorescence detection

    Elizabeth H. Denis;Elizabeth H. Denis;Jaime L. Toney;Rafael Tarozo;R. Scott Anderson

  • Postglacial history of alpine vegetation, fire, and climate from Laguna de Río Seco, Sierra Nevada, southern Spain

    R.S. Anderson;G. Jiménez-Moreno;J.S. Carrión;C. Pérez-Martínez

  • The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: A requiem

    Nicholas Pinter;Andrew C. Scott;Tyrone L. Daulton;Andrew Podoll

  • Extended megadroughts in the southwestern United States during Pleistocene interglacials

    Peter J. Fawcett;Josef P. Werne;Josef P. Werne;Josef P. Werne;R. Scott Anderson;Jeffrey M. Heikoop

  • Middle- and late-Wisconsin paleobotanic and paleoclimatic records from the southern Colorado Plateau, USA

    R. Scott Anderson;Julio L. Betancourt;Jim I. Mead;Richard H. Hevly

  • Fire History Reconstructions Based on Sediment Records from Lakes and Wetlands

    Cathy Whitlock;R. Scott Anderson

  • Anthropogenic impact and lead pollution throughout the Holocene in Southern Iberia.

    A. García-Alix;F.J. Jimenez-Espejo;J.A. Lozano;G. Jiménez-Moreno

  • A 35,000 Year Vegetation and Climate History from Potato Lake, Mogollon Rim, Arizona

    R. Scott Anderson

  • Holocene forest development and paleoclimates within the central Sierra Nevada, California

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  • Climatic control of the biomass-burning decline in the Americas after ad 1500

    Mitchell J. Power;F. E. Mayle;P. J. Bartlein;J. R. Marlon

  • Vegetation and climate changes during the last two glacial-interglacial cycles in the western Mediterranean: A new long pollen record from Padul (southern Iberian Peninsula)

    Jon Camuera;Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno;María J. Ramos-Román;Antonio García-Alix;Antonio García-Alix

  • Late Quaternary Sea-Level Changes in Maine

    Daniel F. Belknap;Bjorn G. Andersen;R. Scott Anderson;Walter A. Anderson

  • Holocene vegetation and climate change recorded in alpine bog sediments from the Borreguiles de la Virgen, Sierra Nevada, southern Spain

    Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno;R. Scott Anderson

  • Fossil remains of the mycorrhizal fungal Glomus fasciculatum complex in postglacial lake sediments from Maine

    Unknown

  • Fossil and genetic history of a pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) isolate

    Unknown

  • Multi-Millennial Fire History of the Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, USA

    Thomas W. Swetnam;Christopher H. Baisan;Anthony C. Caprio;Peter M. Brown

  • Fire and vegetation history on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, and long-term environmental change in southern California†

    R. Scott Anderson;Scott Starratt;Renata M. Brunner Jass;Nicholas Pinter

  • Paleoclimatic interpretations of meadow sediment and pollen stratigraphies from California

    R. Scott Anderson;Susan J. Smith

  • Vegetation, fire, climate and human disturbance history in the southwestern Mediterranean area during the late Holocene

    Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno;Antonio García-Alix;María Dolores Hernández-Corbalán;R. Scott Anderson

  • Sedimentary charcoal as an indicator of late-Holocene drought in the Sierra Nevada, California, and its relevance to the future

    Andrea Brunelle;R. Scott Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno
Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno University of Granada
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Cathy Whitlock
Cathy Whitlock Montana State University
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Darrell S. Kaufman
Darrell S. Kaufman Northern Arizona University
Debra A. Willard
Debra A. Willard United States Geological Survey
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Eric C. Grimm
Eric C. Grimm University of Minnesota
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout French National Museum of Natural History
William J. Fletcher
William J. Fletcher University of Manchester

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