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74
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746
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Robert Raiswell 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 Raiswell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 152 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Raiswell 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 Raiswell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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

  • 2010 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Robert Raiswell is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Pollution, Paleontology, Environmental Chemistry, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their scientific work covers a range of main topics, notably:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Smart Materials for Construction
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Raiswell has published research in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

The recent papers authored or coauthored by Raiswell cover topics related to chemical weathering, marine diagenetic environments, and iron bioavailability in oceans. These publications include:

  • "Globally elevated chemical weathering rates beneath glaciers," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Temporal evolution of shallow marine diagenetic environments: Insights from carbonate concretions," 2023, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Long-range transport of dust enhances oceanic iron bioavailability," 2024, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Thinning Antarctic glaciers expose high-altitude nunataks delivering more bioavailable iron to the Southern Ocean," 2025, Nature Communications

Throughout their career, Raiswell has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, such as Xiangying Li, Ninglian Wang, Yongjian Ding, Jon Hawkings, and Jacob C. Yde.

In recognition of contributions to their field, Raiswell received the Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2010.

Best Publications

  • The use of chromium reduction in the analysis of reduced inorganic sulfur in sediments and shales

    Donald E. Canfield;Robert Raiswell;Joseph T. Westrich;Christopher M. Reaves

  • Burial of organic carbon and pyrite sulfur in sediments over phanerozoic time: a new theory

    Robert A Berner;Robert Raiswell

  • The reactivity of sedimentary iron minerals toward sulfide

    Donald E. Canfield;Robert Raiswell;Simon H. Bottrell

  • C/S method for distinguishing freshwater from marine sedimentary rocks

    Robert A. Berner;Robert Raiswell;Robert Raiswell

  • Sources of iron for pyrite formation in marine sediments

    Robert Raiswell;Donald E. Canfield

  • Pyrite formation in euxinic and semi-euxinic sediments

    Robert Raiswell;Robert A. Berner

  • The Iron Biogeochemical Cycle Past and Present

    Robert Raiswell;Donald Eugene Canfield

  • Degree of Pyritization of Iron as a Paleoenvironmental Indicator of Bottom-Water Oxygenation

    R. Raiswell;F. Buckley;Robert A. Berner;T. F. Anderson

  • A revised scheme for the reactivity of iron (oxyhydr)oxide minerals towards dissolved sulfide

    Simon W. Poulton;Michael D. Krom;Robert Raiswell

  • Could bacteria have formed the Precambrian banded iron formations

    Kurt O. Konhauser;Tristan Hamade;Rob Raiswell;Richard C. Morris

  • The low-temperature geochemical cycle of iron: From continental fluxes to marine sediment deposition

    Simon Poulton;Robert Raiswell

  • Pyrite Formation and Fossil Preservation

    Donald E. Canfield;Robert Raiswell

  • The evolution of the sulfur cycle

    Donald Eugene Canfield;R. Raiswell

  • A comparison of iron extraction methods for the determination of degree of pyritisation and the recognition of iron-limited pyrite formation

    R. Raiswell;D.E. Canfield;R.A. Berner

  • Pyrite texture, isotopic composition and the availability of iron

    R. Raiswell

  • Mudrock-hosted carbonate concretions: a review of growth mechanisms and their influence on chemical and isotopic composition

    R. Raiswell;Q. J. Fisher

  • Pyrite and organic matter in Phanerozoic normal marine shales

    Robert Raiswell;Robert A Berner

  • Bioavailable iron in the Southern Ocean: the significance of the iceberg conveyor belt

    Rob Raiswell;Liane G Benning;Martyn Tranter;Slawek Tulaczyk

  • THE GROWTH OF CAMBRIAN AND LIASSIC CONCRETIONS

    R. Raiswell

  • Ice sheets as a significant source of highly reactive nanoparticulate iron to the oceans

    Jon R. Hawkings;Jemma L. Wadham;Martyn Tranter;Rob Raiswell

  • SOURCES AND MECHANISMS FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF HIGHLY REACTIVE IRON IN EUXINIC BLACK SEA SEDIMENTS

    Thomas F. Anderson;Robert Raiswell

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald E. Canfield
Donald E. Canfield University of Southern Denmark
Simon H. Bottrell
Simon H. Bottrell University of Leeds
Martyn Tranter
Martyn Tranter Aarhus University
Liane G. Benning
Liane G. Benning Freie Universität Berlin
Jemma L. Wadham
Jemma L. Wadham University of Bristol
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside
Simon W. Poulton
Simon W. Poulton University of Leeds
Robert A. Berner
Robert A. Berner Yale University
Jeremy D. Owens
Jeremy D. Owens Florida State University
Samuel Albani
Samuel Albani University of Milano-Bicocca

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