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D-Index
60
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31102
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2843
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Richard A. Lutz publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard A. Lutz sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 173 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Richard A. Lutz D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard A. Lutz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard A. Lutz is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on several subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Mechanical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work covers key topics including Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Geological Studies and Exploration, and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard A. Lutz include Dieter Franke, Martin Blumenberg, S. Ladage, Andreas Bahr, and Sandro Schmidt.

Publication venues where Richard A. Lutz's research appears include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Petroleum Geology
  • Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard A. Lutz are:

  • "On the climate benefit of a coal-to-gas shift in Germany's electric power sector," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Basin and petroleum systems modelling in the northern Norwegian Barents Sea," 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "On the climate benefit of a coal-to-gas shift in Germany's electric power sector," 2021, Research Square (Research Square)
  • "INFLUENCE OF PLEISTOCENE GLACIATION ON PETROLEUM SYSTEMS AND GAS HYDRATE STABILITY IN THE OLGA BASIN REGION, BARENTS SEA," 2024, Journal of Petroleum Geology
  • "Ehrungen der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft - Geologischen Vereinigung (DGGV) 2020," 2020, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften

Best Publications

  • DNA primers for amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I from diverse metazoan invertebrates.

    O. Folmer;Michael B. Black;Walter R. Hoeh;Richard A. Lutz

  • Interactive Home Shopping: Consumer, Retailer, and Manufacturer Incentives to Participate in Electronic Marketplaces:

    Joseph Alba;John Lynch;Barton Weitz;Chris Janiszewski

  • LARVAL ECOLOGY OF MARINE BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES: PALEOBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

    David Jablonski;Richard A. Lutz

  • Skeletal Growth of Aquatic Organisms

    Donald C. Rhoads;Richard A. Lutz

  • Volcanic eruption of the mid-ocean ridge along the East Pacific Rise crest at 9°45-52'N: Direct submersible observations of seafloor phenomena associated with an eruption event in April, 1991

    R.M. Haymon;D.J. Fornari;K. L. Von Damm;M.D. Lilley

  • Temporal and spatial patterns of biological community development at nascent deep-sea hydrothermal vents (9°50 N, East Pacific Rise)

    Timothy M. Shank;Daniel J. Fornari;Karen L. Von Damm;Marvin D. Lilley

  • Chemical speciation drives hydrothermal vent ecology.

    George W. Luther;Tim F. Rozan;Martial Taillefert;Martial Taillefert;Donald B. Nuzzio

  • Rapid growth at deep-sea vents

    Richard A. Lutz;Timothy M. Shank;Daniel J. Fornari;Rachel M. Haymon

  • Ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities: A review

    Richard A. Lutz;Michael J. Kennish

  • Cospeciation of chemoautotrophic bacteria and deep sea clams.

    Andrew S. Peek;Robert A. Feldman;Richard A. Lutz;Robert C. Vrijenhoek

  • Temporal change in megafauna at the Rose Garden hydrothermal vent (Galapagos Rift; eastern tropical Pacific)

    Robert R. Hessler;William M. Smithey;Michel A. Boudrias;Clifford H. Keller

  • Anaerobiosis and a theory of growth line formation.

    Richard A. Lutz;Donald C. Rhoads

  • Fluid venting in the eastern Aleutian Subduction Zone

    Erwin Suess;Gerhard Bohrmann;Roland von Huene;Peter Linke

  • Molecular systematics of vestimentiferan tubeworms from hydrothermal vents and cold-water seeps

    M. B. Black;K. M. Halanych;P. A. Y. Maas;W. R. Hoeh

  • Dispersal barriers and isolation among deep-sea mussel populations (Mytilidae: Bathymodiolus) from eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents

    Y. Won;C. R. Young;C. R. Young;R. A. Lutz;R. C. Vrijenhoek

  • Mercury Adaptation among Bacteria from a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent

    Costantino Vetriani;Yein S. Chew;Susan M. Miller;Jane Yagi

  • Skeletal growth of aquatic organisms : biological records of environmental change

    Donald C. Rhoads;Richard A. Lutz

  • Distinct patterns of genetic differentiation among annelids of eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents.

    L. A. Hurtado;R. A. Lutz;R. C. Vrijenhoek

  • A new genus and five new species of mussels lBivalviac Mytilidaer from deep-sea sulfideshydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico

    Richard G Gustafson;Ruth D Turner;Richard A Lutz;Robert C Vrijenhoek

  • Molluscan Larval Shell Morphology

    David Jablonski;Richard A. Lutz

  • Miocene Radiation of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Shrimp (Caridea: Bresiliidae): Evidence from Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I

    Timothy M. Shank;Michael B. Black;Kenneth M. Halanych;Richard A. Lutz

  • Growth Patterns within the Molluscan Shell

    Richard A. Lutz;Donald C. Rhoads

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Vrijenhoek
Robert C. Vrijenhoek Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Timothy M. Shank
Timothy M. Shank Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Eileen White
Eileen White Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Daniel Desbruyères
Daniel Desbruyères French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Rachel M. Haymon
Rachel M. Haymon University of California, Santa Barbara
George W. Luther
George W. Luther University of Delaware
David Jablonski
David Jablonski University of Chicago
Marvin D. Lilley
Marvin D. Lilley University of Washington
Donald C. Rhoads
Donald C. Rhoads Yale University

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