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Richard M. Bailey 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 M. Bailey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 116 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Richard M. Bailey 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 M. Bailey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard M. Bailey is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Sociology and Political Science, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Bailey's work covers several main topics, including Marine and Fisheries Research, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Their recent publications demonstrate a range of interdisciplinary research across prestigious journals:

  • Evaluating Scenarios Toward Zero Plastic Pollution, 2020, Science
  • Designing a Circular Carbon and Plastics Economy for a Sustainable Future, 2024, Nature
  • A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan Molar from the Annamite Chain of Northern Laos, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Synergistic Interactions Among Growing Stressors Increase Risk to an Arctic Ecosystem, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Deterioration Risk of Dryland Earthen Heritage Sites Facing Future Climatic Uncertainty, 2020, Scientific Reports

Bailey frequently publishes in venues such as Nature Communications, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Ecological Modelling, arXiv (Cornell University), and Science.

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors Ernesto Carrella, Jens Koed Madsen, Michael Drexler, Steven Saul, and Nicolas Payette, reflecting a broad engagement with colleagues in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

    Winnie W. Y. Lau;Yonathan Shiran;Richard M. Bailey;Ed Cook

  • Further investigations of the quartz optically stimulated luminescence components using linear modulation

    J.S. Singarayer;R.M. Bailey

  • Statistical modelling of single grain quartz De distributions and an assessment of procedures for estimating burial dose

    R.M. Bailey;L.J. Arnold

  • Biodiversity baselines, thresholds and resilience: testing predictions and assumptions using palaeoecological data

    K.J. Willis;K.J. Willis;R.M. Bailey;S.A. Bhagwat;H.J.B. Birks;H.J.B. Birks

  • Partial bleaching and the decay form characteristics of quartz OSL

    R.M. Bailey;B.W. Smith;E.J. Rhodes

  • An early modern human presence in Sumatra 73,000–63,000 years ago

    K. E. Westaway;J. Louys;R. Due Awe;M. J. Morwood

  • The Early to Middle Stone Age transition and the emergence of modern human behaviour at site 8-B-11, Sai Island, Sudan.

    P Van Peer;R Fullagar;S Stokes;R.M Bailey

  • Towards a general kinetic model for optically and thermally stimulated luminescence of quartz

    R.M Bailey

  • Statistical treatment of fluvial dose distributions from southern Colorado arroyo deposits

    L.J. Arnold;L.J. Arnold;R.M. Bailey;G.E. Tucker

  • Late Pleistocene Human Skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, and Modern Human Origins

    F. E. Grine;R. M. Bailey;K. Harvati;R. P. Nathan

  • Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia

    Peter M. Veth;Ingrid Ward;Tiina Manne;Sean Ulm

  • Component-resolved bleaching spectra of quartz optically stimulated luminescence: preliminary results and implications for dating

    J.S. Singarayer;R.M. Bailey

  • Tracking sustainable development with a national barometer for South Africa using a downscaled “safe and just space” framework

    Megan J. Cole;Megan J. Cole;Richard M. Bailey;Mark G. New

  • Age limits on Middle Pleistocene glacial sediments from OSL dating, north Norfolk, UK

    Steven M. Pawley;Richard M. Bailey;James Rose;Brian S.P. Moorlock;Brian S.P. Moorlock

  • Mega-Lake in the Kalahari: A Late Pleistocene record of the Palaeolake Makgadikgadi system

    Sallie L. Burrough;David S.G. Thomas;David S.G. Thomas;Richard M. Bailey

  • Paper I—simulation of dose absorption in quartz over geological timescales and its implications for the precision and accuracy of optical dating

    R.M. Bailey

  • Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago

    Yan Rizal;Kira E. Westaway;Yahdi Zaim;Gerrit D. van den Bergh

  • Style and timing of glaciation in the Lahul Himalaya, northern India: a framework for reconstructing late Quaternary palaeoclimatic change in the western Himalayas

    Lewis A. Owen;Richard M. Bailey;Edward J. Rhodes;Wishart A. Mitchell

  • Assessing the completeness of optical resetting of quartz OSL in the natural environment

    J.S. Singarayer;R.M. Bailey;S. Ward;S. Stokes

  • Identification of partial resetting using De as a function of illumination time

    R.M. Bailey;J.S. Singarayer;S. Ward;S. Stokes

  • The effect of thermal transfer on the zeroing of the luminescence of quartz from recent glaciofluvial sediments

    E.J. Rhodes;R.M. Bailey

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Stokes
Stephen Stokes University of Oxford
Giles F.S. Wiggs
Giles F.S. Wiggs University of Oxford
Joy S. Singarayer
Joy S. Singarayer University of Reading
Lee J. Arnold
Lee J. Arnold University of Adelaide
Katherine J. Willis
Katherine J. Willis University of Oxford
Mark New
Mark New University of Cape Town
Edward J. Rhodes
Edward J. Rhodes University of Sheffield
ZhongPing Lai
ZhongPing Lai Shantou University
Warren W. Wood
Warren W. Wood Michigan State University
Heather Viles
Heather Viles University of Oxford

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