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53
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11548
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2838
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Robert A. Massom 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 Robert A. Massom sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 194 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Robert A. Massom 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 Robert A. Massom sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert A. Massom is affiliated with the Australian Antarctic Division in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant contribution to Environmental Science as well. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their main research topics involve Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, polar research and ecology, climate change and permafrost, climate variability and models, and ocean acidification effects and responses.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Robert A. Massom include:

  • On the crucial role of atmospheric rivers in the two major Weddell Polynya events in 1973 and 2017 in Antarctica, 2020, Science Advances
  • Antarctic Landfast Sea Ice: A Review of Its Physics, Biogeochemistry and Ecology, 2023, Reviews of Geophysics
  • High-resolution mapping of circum-Antarctic landfast sea ice distribution, 2000-2018, 2020, Earth system science data
  • Eighteen-year record of circum-Antarctic landfast-sea-ice distribution allows detailed baseline characterisation and reveals trends and variability, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Biological responses to change in Antarctic sea ice habitats, 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Massom include Phillip Reid, Alexander Fraser, Sandra Barreira, JL Lieser, and T. A. Scambos.

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues such as:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Earth system science data
  • The Cryosphere
  • Science Advances
  • Reviews of Geophysics

Best Publications

  • Regions of rapid sea ice change: An inter‐hemispheric seasonal comparison

    Sharon Stammerjohn;Sharon Stammerjohn;Robert Massom;Robert Massom;David Rind;Douglas Martinson

  • Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

    Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Stuart P. Corney;Kevin R. Arrigo

  • Variability in sea ice cover and climate elicit sex specific responses in an Antarctic predator

    Sara Labrousse;Jean-Baptiste Sallee;Jean-Baptiste Sallee;Alexander D. Fraser;Rob A. Massom

  • Ice shelf disintegration by plate bending and hydro-fracture: Satellite observations and model results of the 2008 Wilkins ice shelf break-ups

    Ted Scambos;Helen Amanda Fricker;Cheng Chien Liu;Jennifer Bohlander

  • Snow on Antarctic sea ice

    Robert A. Massom;Hajo Eicken;Christian Hass;Martin O. Jeffries

  • Antarctic sea ice change and variability – Physical and ecological implications

    Robert A. Massom;Robert A. Massom;Sharon E. Stammerjohn

  • Antarctic ice shelf disintegration triggered by sea ice loss and ocean swell

    Robert A. Massom;Robert A. Massom;Theodore A. Scambos;Luke G. Bennetts;Phillip Reid;Phillip Reid

  • A review of recent changes in Southern Ocean sea ice, their drivers and forcings

    William R. Hobbs;William R. Hobbs;Rob Massom;Rob Massom;Sharon Stammerjohn;Phillip Reid;Phillip Reid

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Polar research: Six priorities for Antarctic science

    Mahlon C. Kennicutt;Steven L. Chown;John J. Cassano;Daniela Liggett

  • The distribution and formative processes of latent-heat polynyas in East Antarctica

    R. A. Massom;P.T. Harris;Kelvin J. Michael;M.J. Potter

  • A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond

    M.C. Kennicutt;S.L. Chown;J.J. Cassano;D. Liggett

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • The role of sea ice in Arctic and Antarctic polynyas

    D.G. Barber;R.A. Massom

  • East Antarctic Landfast Sea Ice Distribution and Variability, 2000–08

    Alexander D. Fraser;Robert A. Massom;Kelvin J. Michael;Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi

  • East Antarctic sea ice: A review of its structure, properties and drift

    A. P. Worby;R. A. Massom;I. Allison;V. I. Lytle

  • Snow in the changing sea-ice systems

    Melinda A. Webster;Sebastian Gerland;Marika Holland;Elizabeth Hunke

  • Effects of regional fast-ice and iceberg distributions on the behaviour of the Mertz Glacier polynya, East Antarctica

    R. A. Massom;K. L. Hill;V. I. Lytle;A. P. Worby

  • West Antarctic Peninsula sea ice in 2005: Extreme ice compaction and ice edge retreat due to strong anomaly with respect to climate

    Robert A. Massom;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Wouter Lefebvre;Stephen A. Harangozo

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony P. Worby
Anthony P. Worby Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Petra Heil
Petra Heil Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
Sharon Stammerjohn
Sharon Stammerjohn Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Ian Allison
Ian Allison University of Tasmania
Ted A. Scambos
Ted A. Scambos University of Colorado Boulder
Guy D. Williams
Guy D. Williams University of Tasmania
Takeshi Tamura
Takeshi Tamura National Institute of Polar Research
Nathaniel L. Bindoff
Nathaniel L. Bindoff University of Tasmania
Klaus M Meiners
Klaus M Meiners Australian Antarctic Division
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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