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Rhodes W. Fairbridge

Rhodes W. Fairbridge

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
7886
World Ranking
5182
National Ranking
1938

Rhodes W. Fairbridge 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 Rhodes W. Fairbridge sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 272 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rhodes W. Fairbridge 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 Rhodes W. Fairbridge sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1962 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Rhodes W. Fairbridge was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States during their academic career. The scientist's contributions to the field were recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1962.

Fairbridge's research profile does not include specific documented papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or book publications based on the available data. Similarly, there are no detailed records of main fields, subfields, or main topics of study provided for this scientist.

Despite the limited details, the information affirms a formal association with a prominent institution and acknowledgment by a notable scientific organization, indicating active engagement in scientific research during their career. As the scientist is deceased, all descriptions refer to their work in the past tense.

Best Publications

  • Eustatic changes in sea level

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  • Equatorial Atlantic Deep-Sea Arkosic Sands and Ice-Age Aridity in Tropical South America

    John E Damuth;Rhodes W Fairbridge

  • The encyclopedia of geomorphology

    Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge

  • Little ice age

    Unknown

  • Can Rapid Climatic Change Cause Volcanic Eruptions

    Michael R. Rampino;Stephen Self;Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  • The encyclopedia of geochemistry and environmental sciences

    Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge

  • The encyclopedia of oceanography

    Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge

  • Encyclopedia of geochemistry

    Clare P. Marshall;Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge

  • Encyclopedia of Environmental Science

    David Alexander;Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge

  • Recent and Pleistocene Coral Reefs of Australia

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  • Cratonic Erosional Unconformities and Peneplains

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge;Charles W. Finkl

  • Shellfish-Eating Preceramic Indians in Coastal Brazil

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  • Prolonged minima and the 179-yr cycle of the solar inertial motion

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge;James H. Shirley

  • The Changing Level of the Sea

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  • An 8,000-yr palaeoclimatic record of the ‘Double-Hale’ 45-yr solar cycle

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge;Claude Hillaire-Marcel

  • Sea Level and the Southern Oscillation

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge;Oswald A. Krebs

  • The Encyclopedia of soil science

    Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge;Charles W. Finkl

  • The encyclopedia of sedimentology

    Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge;Joanne Bourgeois

  • The Encyclopedia of Climatology

    John E. Oliver;Rhodes W Fairbridge;Sofyan Kurnia

  • Climatology of a glacial cycle

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge

  • Encyclopedia of planetary sciences

    James H. Shirley;Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge

  • Late Quaternary Environments of the United States

    Rhodes W. Fairbridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Bengtsson
Lars Bengtsson Lund University
Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Claude Hillaire-Marcel University of Quebec at Montreal
Charles H. Fletcher
Charles H. Fletcher University of Hawaii at Manoa
Antony J. Long
Antony J. Long Durham University
Yücel Yılmaz
Yücel Yılmaz Kadir Has University
John E. Damuth
John E. Damuth The University of Texas at Arlington
Stephen Self
Stephen Self University of California, Berkeley
Michael R. Rampino
Michael R. Rampino New York University
David Jablonski
David Jablonski University of Chicago

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