2026 Robert M. DeConto: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	65	1368	1214	612	527	233	23155

Robert M. DeConto 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 M. DeConto sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 603+

This scientist: 233 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert M. DeConto 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 M. DeConto sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert M. DeConto is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. They have contributed significantly to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oceanography, and Ecology.

DeConto's work covers a range of topics, with notable focus on cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate variability and models, winter sports injuries and performance, polar research and ecology, and landslides and related hazards.

Frequent collaborators in DeConto's research include:

David Pollard
Robert E. Kopp
Edward Gasson
Laura De Santis
Florence Colleoni

DeConto has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

Science Advances
Science
Geology
Nature Communications
Earth's Future

Among DeConto's recent papers are:

The Paris Climate Agreement and future sea-level rise from Antarctica (2021, Nature)
Projecting Antarctica's contribution to future sea level rise from basal ice shelf melt using linear response functions of 16 ice sheet models (LARMIP-2) (2020, Earth System Dynamics)
Past abrupt changes, tipping points and cascading impacts in the Earth system (2021, Nature Geoscience)
Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future (2020, Reviews of Geophysics)
Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO₂ (2023, Science)

Best Publications

Contribution of Antarctica to past and future sea-level rise

Robert M. DeConto;David Pollard

2321
Citations
Rapid Cenozoic glaciation of Antarctica induced by declining atmospheric CO2.

Robert M. DeConto;David Pollard

1476
Citations
Modelling West Antarctic ice sheet growth and collapse through the past five million years

David Pollard;Robert M. DeConto

1334
Citations
Sea-level rise due to polar ice-sheet mass loss during past warm periods

Andrea Dutton;A E Carlson;Antony J Long;Glenn A Milne

882
Citations
Global cooling during the eocene-oligocene climate transition.

Zhonghui Liu;Zhonghui Liu;Mark Pagani;David Zinniker;Robert DeConto

864
Citations
Obliquity-paced Pliocene West Antarctic ice sheet oscillations

T. Naish;T. Naish;R. Powell;R. Levy;R. Levy;G. Wilson

828
Citations
Alternative global Cretaceous paleogeography

William W. Hay;Robert M. DeConto;Christopher N. Wold;Kevin M. Wilson

790
Citations
Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low Lying Islands, Coasts and Communities

Michael Oppenheimer;Bruce Glavovic;Jochen Hinkel;Roderik van de Wal

693
Citations
Potential Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by hydrofracturing and ice cliff failure

David Pollard;Robert M. DeConto;Richard B. Alley

657
Citations
2.8 Million Years of Arctic Climate Change from Lake El’gygytgyn, NE Russia

Martin Melles;Julie Brigham-Grette;Pavel S. Minyuk;Norbert R. Nowaczyk

543
Citations
The Paris Climate Agreement and future sea-level rise from Antarctica

Robert M. DeConto;David Pollard;Richard B. Alley;Isabella Velicogna

523
Citations
Thresholds for Cenozoic bipolar glaciation

Robert M. DeConto;David Pollard;Paul A. Wilson;Heiko Pälike

506
Citations
A 40-million-year history of atmospheric CO2

Yi Ge Zhang;Mark Pagani;Zhonghui Liu;Steven M. Bohaty

445
Citations
Past extreme warming events linked to massive carbon release from thawing permafrost

Robert M. DeConto;Simone Galeotti;Mark Pagani;David Tracy

419
Citations
The role of carbon dioxide during the onset of Antarctic glaciation

Mark Pagani;Matthew Huber;Zhonghui Liu;Steven M. Bohaty

400
Citations
Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

E.J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H.A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

377
Citations
Description of a hybrid ice sheet-shelf model, and application to Antarctica

D. Pollard;R. M. DeConto

322
Citations
Pliocene Warmth, Polar Amplification, and Stepped Pleistocene Cooling Recorded in NE Arctic Russia

Julie Brigham-Grette;Martin Melles;Pavel Minyuk;Andrei Andreev

307
Citations
Antarctic and Southern Ocean influences on Late Pliocene global cooling.

Robert McKay;Tim Naish;Lionel Carter;Christina Riesselman

301
Citations
Evolving Understanding of Antarctic Ice-Sheet Physics and Ambiguity in Probabilistic Sea-Level Projections

Robert E. Kopp;Robert M. DeConto;Daniel A. Bader;Carling C. Hay;Carling C. Hay;Carling C. Hay

292
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Pollard Pennsylvania State University

Julie Brigham-Grette University of Massachusetts Amherst

Martin Melles University of Cologne

Pavel E. Tarasov Freie Universität Berlin

Andrei Andreev Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Tim R Naish Victoria University of Wellington

Volker Wennrich University of Cologne

Richard H. Levy GNS Science

Hendrik Vogel University of Bern

Mark Pagani Yale University

External Links

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