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Richard E. Thomson

Richard E. Thomson

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 64 1473 1312 66 57 244 17057

Richard E. Thomson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard E. Thomson between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard E. Thomson published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 4.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2014. 15 of the 275 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2014. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 1 publication 1972: 2 publications 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 5 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 3 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 7 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 5 publications
1970 2025

275 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard E. Thomson: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 1
1972 2
1973 1
1974 0
1975 3
1976 2
1977 5
1978 1
1979 0
1980 1
1981 3
1982 3
1983 3
1984 5
1985 4
1986 3
1987 3
1988 2
1989 2
1990 6
1991 4
1992 6
1993 2
1994 4
1995 7
1996 5
1997 4
1998 8
1999 7
2000 7
2001 13
2002 5
2003 10
2004 3
2005 10
2006 3
2007 7
2008 11
2009 9
2010 4
2011 5
2012 8
2013 8
2014 14
2015 6
2016 4
2017 4
2018 1
2019 7
2020 5
2021 6
2022 7
2023 5
2024 10
2025 5
Total 275
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Richard E. Thomson publications per year - data summary

  • Richard E. Thomson, a Earth Science scholar from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has 275 publications recorded across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1970 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2014, with 14 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1970, 1971, 1973, 1978 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 56 years in the span carry no publications at all (1974 and 1979).
  • The rate of publication averages 4.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 5.1 per year counting only the 54 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 33 publications, 12% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1970-1988: 43 publications (2.3 per year); 1989-2007: 113 publications (5.9 per year); 2008-2025: 119 publications (6.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Richard E. Thomson 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 E. Thomson 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, 238–247 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: 244 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243 244
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 E. Thomson publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Richard E. Thomson, a Earth Science scholar from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, records 244 publications - the 77th percentile of the discipline.
  • 77% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Richard E. Thomson, and about 23% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Richard E. Thomson ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Richard E. Thomson 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 E. Thomson 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, 64 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: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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 64
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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Richard E. Thomson D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Richard E. Thomson, a Earth Science scholar from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, records 64 D-Index - the 84th percentile of the discipline.
  • 84% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Richard E. Thomson, and about 16% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Richard E. Thomson ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Richard E. Thomson is affiliated with Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Canada. Their research spans primarily the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on geophysics and oceanography as subfields of study.

Their work addresses a wide range of topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, earthquake detection and analysis, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, seismic waves and analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, and crustacean biology and ecology.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Natural Hazards, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Pure and Applied Geophysics, and the Journal of Shellfish Research.

Thomson has published notable recent papers such as:

  • "The meteorological tsunami of 1 November 2010 in the southern Strait of Georgia: a case study" (2020), published in Natural Hazards
  • "A Role for Gravity Currents in Cross-Sill Estuarine Exchange and Subsurface Inflow to the Southern Strait of Georgia" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Ocean Indicators Predict Range Expansion of an Introduced Species: Invasion History of the European Green Crab Carcinus maenas on the North American Pacific Coast" (2021), published in Journal of Shellfish Research
  • "The 2022 Tonga Tsunami on the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts of the Americas" (2024), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "A review of zooplankton and deep carbon fixation contributions to carbon cycling in the dark ocean" (2022), published in Journal of Marine Systems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard E. Thomson include Alexander B. Rabinovich, William J. Emery, Lucinda J. Leonard, Gwyn Lintern, and Jadranka Šepić.

Best Publications

  • Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography

    William J. Emery;Richard E. Thomson

  • Bottom-up ecosystem trophic dynamics determine fish production in the Northeast Pacific.

    Daniel M. Ware;Richard E. Thomson

  • Oceanography of the British Columbia Coast

    Richard E. Thomson

  • An unprecedented coastwide toxic algal bloom linked to anomalous ocean conditions

    Ryan M. McCabe;Barbara M. Hickey;Raphael M. Kudela;Kathi A. Lefebvre

  • Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography

    M. R. Nayak;William J. Emery;Richard E. Thomson

  • The Global Reach of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra Tsunami

    Vasily Titov;Alexander B. Rabinovich;Alexander B. Rabinovich;Harold O. Mofjeld;Richard E. Thomson

  • The Grand Banks landslide-generated tsunami of November 18, 1929: preliminary analysis and numerical modeling

    I.V. Fine;A.B. Rabinovich;B.D. Bornhold;R.E. Thomson

  • Changes in the zooplankton community of the British Columbia continental margin, 1985-1999, and their covariation with oceanographic conditions

    D L Mackas;Richard E Thomson;Moira Galbraith

  • Estimating Mixed Layer Depth from Oceanic Profile Data

    Richard E. Thomson;Isaac V. Fine

  • Physical forcing of phytoplankton dynamics in the southwestern Ross Sea

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Andrea M. Weiss;Walker O. Smith

  • Physical and biological processes over a submarine canyon during an upwelling event

    S. E. Allen;C. Vindeirinho;R. E. Thomson;M. G. G. Foreman

  • Developing a Mechanistic Understanding of Fish Migrations by Linking Telemetry with Physiology, Behavior, Genomics and Experimental Biology: An Interdisciplinary Case Study on Adult Fraser River Sockeye Salmon

    Steven J. Cooke;S. G. Hinch;A. P. Farrell;D. A. Patterson

  • Poleward reach of the California Undercurrent extension

    Richard E. Thomson;Maxim V. Krassovski

  • Link Between Long-Term Variability in Upwelling and Fish Production in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

    Daniel M. Ware;Richard E. Thomson

  • The 26 December 2004 Sumatra Tsunami: Analysis of Tide Gauge Data from the World Ocean Part 1. Indian Ocean and South Africa

    Alexander B. Rabinovich;Richard E. Thomson

  • The landslide tsunami of November 3, 1994, Skagway Harbor, Alaska

    Evgueni A. Kulikov;Alexander B. Rabinovich;Richard E. Thomson;Brian D. Bornhold

  • Currents along the pacific coast of Canada

    H.J. Freeland;W.R. Crawford;R.E. Thomson

  • A basin‐scale oceanic instability event in the Gulf of Alaska

    Richard E. Thomson;James F. R. Gower

  • Hydrothermal event plumes from the CoAxial seafloor eruption site, Juan de Fuca Ridge

    E. T. Baker;G. J. Massoth;R. A. Feely;R. W. Embley

  • Rectilinear leads and internal motions in the ice pack of the western Arctic Ocean

    John R. Marko;Richard E. Thomson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander B. Rabinovich
Alexander B. Rabinovich Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences
Stephen E. Calvert
Stephen E. Calvert University of British Columbia
Earl E. Davis
Earl E. Davis Geological Survey of Canada
William J. Emery
William J. Emery University of Colorado Boulder
William R. Crawford
William R. Crawford Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Brian D. Bornhold
Brian D. Bornhold Geological Survey of Canada
Barbara M. Hickey
Barbara M. Hickey University of Washington
Edward T. Baker
Edward T. Baker Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Richard A. Feely
Richard A. Feely University of Washington
Reinhard Pienitz
Reinhard Pienitz Université Laval

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