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Richard Lee Armstrong

Richard Lee Armstrong

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 67 1193 55 190 21905

Richard Lee Armstrong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard Lee Armstrong between 1961 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard Lee Armstrong published across 65 years, from 1961 to 2025, averaging 3 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 1991. 1 of the 197 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1961 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 1991. 1961: 1 publication 1962: 0 publications 1963: 2 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 5 publications 1967: 1 publication 1968: 5 publications 1969: 5 publications 1970: 5 publications 1971: 6 publications 1972: 6 publications 1973: 4 publications 1974: 5 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 3 publications 1978: 7 publications 1979: 6 publications 1980: 7 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 7 publications 1983: 4 publications 1984: 7 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 1 publication 2014: 2 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 2 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1961 2025

197 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard Lee Armstrong: publications per year, 1961 to 2025
Year Publications
1961 1
1962 0
1963 2
1964 0
1965 0
1966 5
1967 1
1968 5
1969 5
1970 5
1971 6
1972 6
1973 4
1974 5
1975 3
1976 2
1977 3
1978 7
1979 6
1980 7
1981 4
1982 7
1983 4
1984 7
1985 6
1986 2
1987 6
1988 3
1989 6
1990 3
1991 11
1992 3
1993 3
1994 0
1995 4
1996 1
1997 1
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 1
2002 2
2003 7
2004 5
2005 2
2006 3
2007 4
2008 6
2009 4
2010 2
2011 0
2012 1
2013 1
2014 2
2015 0
2016 2
2017 2
2018 1
2019 2
2020 2
2021 1
2022 0
2023 0
2024 0
2025 1
Total 197
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Richard Lee Armstrong 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 Lee Armstrong 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: 190 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
188–197 401 190
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 Lee Armstrong 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 Lee Armstrong 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, 67 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: 67 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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
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 67
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1968 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Richard Lee Armstrong was affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focused on Environmental Science, with specific contributions in several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, General Energy, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist contributed to various topics within their field of study, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Global Energy Security and Policy
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Russia and Soviet political economy
  • Water Resources and Management

Throughout their career, Armstrong published papers in several academic venues, notably:

  • Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Forests

Their recent academic papers included:

  • "Biofuel Burning Influences Refractory Black Carbon Concentrations in Seasonal Snow at Lower Elevations of the Dudh Koshi River Basin of Nepal," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "CURRENT STATE OF THE FUEL AND ENERGY SECTOR AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN ENERGY IN CENTRAL ASIA," published in 2020 in Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories
  • "COMPARATIVE ESTIMATION OF RIVER RUNOFF FORMATION IN THE CLIMATIC ZONES OF GORN PAMIR," published in 2020 in Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories
  • "Assessing the Uncertainty of Traditional Sample-Based Forest Inventories in Mixed and Single Species Conifer Systems Using a Digital Forest Twin," published in 2025 in Forests

Frequent collaborators during Armstrong's career included:

  • I. Sh. Normatov
  • P. I. Normatov
  • Alia L. Khan
  • Karl Rittger
  • Peng Xian

Among the honors received, Armstrong was awarded the title of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1968.

Best Publications

  • The Physics of Glaciers

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  • Characteristics of the western United States snowpack from snowpack telemetry (SNOTEL) data

    Mark C. Serreze;Martyn P. Clark;Richard L. Armstrong;David A. McGinnis

  • Sevier Orogenic Belt in Nevada and Utah

    Richard Lee Armstrong

  • A model for the evolution of strontium and lead isotopes in a dynamic Earth

    Richard Lee Armstrong

  • Radiogenic isotopes: the case for crustal recycling on a near-steady-state no-continental-growth Earth

    R. L. Armstrong

  • The GLIMS geospatial glacier database: A new tool for studying glacier change ☆

    Bruce Raup;Adina E. Racoviteanu;Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa;Christopher Helm

  • Mesozoic and early Cenozoic magmatic evolution of the Canadian Cordillera

    Richard Lee Armstrong

  • Snow depth derived from passive microwave remote-sensing data in China

    Xin Li;Rui Jin;Richard Armstrong;Tingjun Zhang

  • K-Ar dating, Quaternary and Neogene volcanic rocks of the Snake River Plain, Idaho

    R. L. Armstrong;William P. Leeman;Harold E. Malde

  • Rb-Sr and K-Ar geochronometry of Mesozoic granitic rocks and their Sr isotopic composition, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho

    Richard Lee Armstrong;William H. Taubeneck;Peter O. Hales

  • The persistent myth of crustal growth

    R. L. Armstrong

  • Geochronology and thermal history of the Coast Plutonic Complex, near Prince Rupert, British Columbia

    T. Mark Harrison;Richard Lee Armstrong;C. W. Naeser;J. E. Harakal

  • CORDILLERAN METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES -From Arizona to Southern Canada

    Richard Lee Armstrong

  • Evolving Geographic Patterns of Cenozoic Magmatism in the North American Cordillera: The Temporal and Spatial Association of Magmatism and Metamorphic Core Complexes

    Richard Lee Armstrong;Peter Ward

  • Challenges and recommendations in mapping of glacier parameters from space: results of the 2008 Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    Adina E. Racoviteanu;Frank Paul;Bruce Raup;Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa

  • Cenozoic volcanic rocks of eastern China — secular and geographic trends in chemistry and strontium isotopic composition

    Xinghua Zhou;Richard Lee Armstrong

  • The Use of Strontium-87/Strontium-86 Ratios to Measure Atmospheric Transport into Forested Watersheds

    William C. Graustein;Richard L. Armstrong

  • Recent northern hemisphere snow extent: A comparison of data derived from visible and microwave satellite sensors

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  • Runoff from glacier ice and seasonal snow in High Asia: separating melt water sources in river flow

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  • Low-Angle (Denudation) Faults, Hinterland of the Sevier Orogenic Belt, Eastern Nevada and Western Utah

    Richard Lee Armstrong

  • Granitoids of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica; implications of chemical and isotopic variations to regional crustal structure and tectonics

    S. G. Borg;E. Stump;Bruce W. Chappell;M. T. McCulloch

  • Paricutin re-examined: a classic example of crustal assimilation in calc-alkaline magma

    A. R. McBirney;H. P. Taylor;R. L. Armstrong

  • Potassium-argon dating of Franciscan metamorphic rocks

    John Suppe;Richard Lee Armstrong

  • Petrochemistry and Sr, Pb, and Nd isotopic geochemistry of early precambrian rocks, Wutaishan and Taihangshan areas, China

    Min Sun;Richard Lee Armstrong;Richard St. J. Lambert

  • Snow depths and grain-size relationships with relevance for passive microwave studies

    Richard L. Armstrong;Alfred Chang;Albert Rango;Edward Josberger

  • Geochronology of Tertiary igneous rocks, eastern Basin and Range Province, western Utah, eastern Nevada, and vicinity, U.S.A.

    Richard Lee Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

John Suppe
John Suppe University of Houston
Richard M. Friedman
Richard M. Friedman University of British Columbia
Karl K. Turekian
Karl K. Turekian Yale University
T. Mark Harrison
T. Mark Harrison University of California, Los Angeles
Gavin P. Reynolds
Gavin P. Reynolds Sheffield Hallam University
Nick Mortimer
Nick Mortimer GNS Science
Edwin H. McKee
Edwin H. McKee United States Geological Survey
Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish University of Portsmouth
Henry J. B. Dick
Henry J. B. Dick Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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