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Robert F. Anderson

Robert F. Anderson

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Earth Science
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
97
Citations
27900
World Ranking
169
National Ranking
83

Robert F. Anderson 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 F. Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 372 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert F. Anderson 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 F. Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - C.C. Patterson Award, Geochemical Society
  • 2005 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Robert F. Anderson is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Environmental Sciences, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their work covers several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Paleontology, and Global and Planetary Change. The main topics of research emphasize Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis.

Anderson has contributed to numerous publications in key venues, such as:

  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Nature Geoscience

Their recent papers include:

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Poleward and weakened westerlies during Pliocene warmth (2021, Nature)
  • Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea (2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
  • 230Th Normalization: New Insights on an Essential Tool for Quantifying Sedimentary Fluxes in the Modern and Quaternary Ocean (2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology)
  • Last glacial atmospheric CO2 decline due to widespread Pacific deep-water expansion (2020, Nature Geoscience)

Frequent co-authors of Anderson include:

  • Frank J. Pavia
  • Christopher T. Hayes
  • Martin Q. Fleisher
  • Phoebe J. Lam
  • Gisela Winckler

They have been recognized with the C.C. Patterson Award from the Geochemical Society in 2010 and were named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Wind-Driven Upwelling in the Southern Ocean and the Deglacial Rise in Atmospheric CO2

    R. F. Anderson;R. F. Anderson;S. Ali;S. Ali;L. I. Bradtmiller;L. I. Bradtmiller;S. H. H. Nielsen

  • The last glacial termination.

    G. H. Denton;R. F. Anderson;R. F. Anderson;J. R. Toggweiler;R. L. Edwards

  • Distribution of thorium isotopes between dissolved and particulate forms in the deep sea

    Michael P. Bacon;Robert F. Anderson

  • A review of the Si cycle in the modern ocean: recent progress and missing gaps in the application of biogenic opal as a paleoproductivity proxy

    O Ragueneau;P Tréguer;A Leynaert;R.F Anderson

  • Increased biological productivity and export production in the glacial Southern Ocean

    N. Kumar;N. Kumar;R. F. Anderson;R. A. Mortlock;P. N. Froelich;P. N. Froelich

  • Authigenic molybdenum formation in marine sediments: A link to pore water sulfide in the Santa Barbara Basin

    Yan Zheng;Yan Zheng;Yan Zheng;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson;Alexander van Geen;James Kuwabara

  • Iron Fertilization of the Subantarctic Ocean During the Last Ice Age

    Alfredo Martínez-García;Daniel M. Sigman;Haojia Ren;Robert F. Anderson

  • Geochemistry of barium in marine sediments: implications for its use as a paleoproxy

    James McManus;William M Berelson;Gary P Klinkhammer;Kenneth S Johnson

  • Unexpected changes in the oxic/anoxic interface in the Black Sea

    J. W. Murray;H. W. Jannasch;S. Honjo;R. F. Anderson

  • Role of marine biology in glacial-interglacial CO2 cycles.

    Karen E. Kohfeld;Karen E. Kohfeld;Corinne Le Quéré;Corinne Le Quéré;Sandy P. Harrison;Sandy P. Harrison;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson

  • Seasonality in the supply of sediment to the deep Sargasso Sea and implications for the rapid transfer of matter to the deep ocean

    W.G. Deuser;E.H. Ross;R.F. Anderson

  • Concentration, oxidation state, and particulate flux of uranium in the Black Sea

    Robert F. Anderson;Martin Q. Fleisher;Anne P. LeHuray

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • Removal of 230Th and 231Pa at ocean margins

    Robert F. Anderson;Michael P. Bacon;Peter G. Brewer

  • The U-series Toolbox for Paleoceanography

    Gideon M. Henderson;Robert F. Anderson

  • Removal of230Th and231Pa from the open ocean

    R.F. Anderson;M.P. Bacon;P.G. Brewer

  • Covariant glacial-interglacial dust fluxes in the equatorial Pacific and Antarctica.

    Gisela Winckler;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson;Martin Q. Fleisher;David McGee;David McGee

  • Determination of natural actinides and plutonium in marine particulate material

    Robert F. Anderson;Alan P. Fleer

  • Fluxes of particles and constituents to the eastern United States continental slope and rise: SEEP—I

    Pierre E. Biscaye;Robert F. Anderson;Bruce L. Deck

  • Remobilization of authigenic uranium in marine sediments by bioturbation

    Yan Zheng;Yan Zheng;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson;Alexander van Geen;Martin Q. Fleisher

  • The influence of particle composition and particle flux on scavenging of Th, Pa and Be in the ocean

    Zanna Chase;Zanna Chase;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson;Martin Q. Fleisher;Peter W. Kubik

Frequent Co-Authors

Gisela Winckler
Gisela Winckler Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Martin Q. Fleisher
Martin Q. Fleisher Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jerry F. McManus
Jerry F. McManus Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Samuel L. Jaccard
Samuel L. Jaccard University of Lausanne
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Laura F. Robinson
Laura F. Robinson University of Bristol
Peter Schlosser
Peter Schlosser Arizona State University
Martin Stute
Martin Stute Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Zanna Chase
Zanna Chase University of Tasmania
Daniel M. Sigman
Daniel M. Sigman Princeton University

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