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Richard C. Chiverrell

Richard C. Chiverrell

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 39 6279 5820 659 613 191 4708

Richard C. Chiverrell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard C. Chiverrell between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard C. Chiverrell published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 7.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2019. 11 of the 212 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2019. 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 6 publications
1998 2025

212 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard C. Chiverrell: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 2
1999 0
2000 0
2001 2
2002 0
2003 0
2004 7
2005 1
2006 4
2007 3
2008 6
2009 14
2010 5
2011 4
2012 9
2013 11
2014 9
2015 9
2016 21
2017 9
2018 16
2019 22
2020 20
2021 19
2022 5
2023 3
2024 5
2025 6
Total 212
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Richard C. Chiverrell 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 Richard C. Chiverrell 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, 188–197 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: 191 publications — 59th percentile

59% 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
178–187 414
188–197 401 191
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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Richard C. Chiverrell 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 Richard C. Chiverrell 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, 39 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: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% 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
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349 39
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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Overview

Richard C. Chiverrell is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the domains of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science and Ecology as subfields. Other notable areas of expertise include Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple main topics, which include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Richard C. Chiverrell has published extensively, with papers appearing predominantly in these journals:

  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Boreas
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Selected recent publications include:

  • Growth and retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet, 31,000 to 15,000 years ago: the BRITICE-CHRONO reconstruction (2022, Boreas)
  • Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Pattern, style and timing of British-Irish Ice Sheet advance and retreat over the last 45,000 years: evidence from NW Scotland and the adjacent continental shelf (2021, Journal of Quaternary Science)
  • Retreat dynamics of the eastern sector of the British-Irish Ice Sheet during the last glaciation (2021, Journal of Quaternary Science)
  • Timing, pace and controls on ice sheet retreat: an introduction to the BRITICE-CHRONO transect reconstructions of the British-Irish Ice Sheet (2021, Journal of Quaternary Science)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a core group of researchers, including:

  • Chris D. Clark
  • Derek Fabel
  • Rachel Smedley
  • Colm Ó Cofaigh
  • David H. Roberts

Best Publications

  • Compilation of non-annually resolved Holocene proxy climate records: stacked Holocene peatland palaeo-water table reconstructions from northern Britain

    Dan J. Charman;Antony Blundell;Richard C. Chiverrell;Dawn Hendon

  • The Geomorphology of The Anthropocene: Emergence, Status and Implications

    Antony G. Brown;Stephen Tooth;Joanna E. Bullard;David S. G. Thomas

  • Flood stratigraphies in lake sediments: A review

    Daniel N. Schillereff;Richard C. Chiverrell;Neil Macdonald;Janet M. Hooke

  • Extent and timing of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Britain and Ireland: a review†

    Richard C. Chiverrell;Geoffrey S. P. Thomas

  • Bayesian modelling the retreat of the Irish Sea Ice Stream

    Richard C. Chiverrell;Ian M. Thrasher;Geoffrey S. P. Thomas;Andreas Lang

  • Luminescence dating of glaciofluvial deposits: A review

    I.M. Thrasher;B. Mauz;R.C. Chiverrell;A. Lang

  • Cumulative probability functions and their role in evaluating the chronology of geomorphological events during the Holocene

    Richard C. Chiverrell;Varyl R. Thorndycraft;Thomas O. Hoffmann;Thomas O. Hoffmann

  • A proxy record of late Holocene climate change from May Moss, northeast England

    R. C. Chiverrell

  • Hillslope gullying in the Solway Firth — Morecambe Bay region, Great Britain: Responses to human impact and/or climatic deterioration?

    R.C. Chiverrell;A.M. Harvey;G.C. Foster

  • The Anthropocene: is there a geomorphological case?

    Antony G. Brown;Stephen Tooth;Richard C. Chiverrell;James Rose

  • Exploring Holocene continentality changes in Fennoscandia using present and past tree distributions

    T. Giesecke;T. Giesecke;A.E. Bjune;A.E. Bjune;R.C. Chiverrell;H. Seppä

  • Will farmers work together for conservation? The potential limits of farmers’ cooperation in agri-environment measures

    Mark Riley;Heather Sangster;Hugh Smith;Richard C. Chiverrell

  • Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought.

    David A Sear;Melinda S Allen;Jonathan D Hassall;Ashley E Maloney

  • Estimating aerodynamic roughness over complex surface terrain

    Joanna M. Nield;James King;Giles F. S. Wiggs;Julian Leyland

  • A new approach for luminescence dating glaciofluvial deposits - high precision optical dating of cobbles

    G.T.H. Jenkins;G.A.T. Duller;H.M. Roberts;R.C. Chiverrell

  • Ice-marginal depositional responses to readvance episodes in the Late Devensian deglaciation of the Isle of Man

    Geoffrey S.P Thomas;Richard.C Chiverrell;David Huddart

  • Structural and depositional evidence for repeated ice-marginal oscillation along the eastern margin of the Late Devensian Irish Sea Ice Stream

    Geoffrey S.P. Thomas;Richard C. Chiverrell

  • New age constraints for the limit of the British-Irish Ice Sheet on the Isles of Scilly

    Rachel Smedley;J. D. Scourse;D. Small;J. F. Hiemstra

  • Ice marginal dynamics of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet in the southern North Sea: Ice limits, timing and the influence of the Dogger Bank

    David H. Roberts;David J.A. Evans;S. Louise Callard;Chris D. Clark

  • Devising quality assurance procedures for assessment of legacy geochronological data relating to deglaciation of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet

    David Small;Chris D. Clark;Richard C. Chiverrell;Rachel K. Smedley

Frequent Co-Authors

John Boyle
John Boyle University of Liverpool
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Derek Fabel
Derek Fabel Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Colm Ó Cofaigh
Colm Ó Cofaigh Durham University
James D. Scourse
James D. Scourse University of Exeter
Steven Grahame Moreton
Steven Grahame Moreton Natural Environment Research Council
Mark D. Bateman
Mark D. Bateman University of Sheffield
Janet Hooke
Janet Hooke University of Liverpool
David H. Roberts
David H. Roberts Durham University
Geoff A.T. Duller
Geoff A.T. Duller Aberystwyth University

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