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Earth Science 37 6822 6317 2392 2116 127 5457

Robert Smalley publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert Smalley between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert Smalley published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 3.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2010. 8 of the 142 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2010. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 5 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 4 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 3 publications
1983 2025

142 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert Smalley: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 2
1986 0
1987 2
1988 0
1989 0
1990 2
1991 2
1992 1
1993 2
1994 2
1995 0
1996 0
1997 1
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 5
2002 1
2003 3
2004 4
2005 5
2006 6
2007 4
2008 8
2009 5
2010 13
2011 8
2012 3
2013 3
2014 3
2015 6
2016 6
2017 5
2018 7
2019 9
2020 5
2021 1
2022 4
2023 3
2024 5
2025 3
Total 142
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Robert Smalley 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 Smalley sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 118–127 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 127 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540 127
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Robert Smalley 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 Smalley sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 37 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366 37
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Robert Smalley is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics include earthquake and tectonic studies, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, GNSS positioning and interference, earthquake detection and analysis, and seismic waves and analysis.

Recent publications by Robert Smalley include:

  • An updated long-term homogenized daily temperature data set for Australia (2020) published in Geoscience Data Journal
  • Transient ice loss in the Patagonia Icefields during the 2015-2016 El Niño event (2022) published in Scientific Reports
  • A Paradigm Shift in Critical Care Infrastructure in Complex Settings: Evaluating an Ultraportable Operating Room to Improve Field Surgical Safety (2021) published in Military Medicine
  • Estimating the uncertainty of Australian area-average temperature anomalies (2021) published in International Journal of Climatology
  • Vemurafenib improves muscle histopathology in a mouse model of LAMA2-related congenital muscular dystrophy (2023) published in Disease Models & Mechanisms

Robert Smalley frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Demián D. Gómez
  • Dana J. Caccamise
  • Branislava Jovanovic
  • Franco S. Sobrero
  • Michael Bevis

The scientist has published multiple papers in established venues such as the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Geoscience Data Journal, Journal of Geodesy, GPS Solutions, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • The 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule megathrust earthquake of Central Chile, monitored by GPS.

    C. Vigny;A. Socquet;S. Peyrat;J. C. Ruegg

  • The Nazca -South America Euler vector and its rate of change

    Eric Kendrick;Michael Bevis;Robert Smalley;Benjamin Brooks

  • A fractal approach to the clustering of earthquakes: Applications to the seismicity of the New Hebrides

    R.F. Smalley;Jean-Luc Chatelain;D.L. Turcotte;Richard Prévot

  • Observed rapid bedrock uplift in Amundsen Sea Embayment promotes ice-sheet stability

    Valentina R. Barletta;Valentina R. Barletta;Michael Bevis;Benjamin E. Smith;Terry Wilson

  • A renormalization group approach to the stick-slip behavior of faults

    R. F. Smalley;D. L. Turcotte;Sara A. Solla

  • Crustal motion in the Southern Andes (26°–36°S): Do the Andes behave like a microplate?

    Benjamin A. Brooks;Michael Bevis;Robert Smalley;Eric Kendrick

  • Seasonal fluctuations in the mass of the Amazon River system and Earth's elastic response

    Michael Bevis;Douglas Alsdorf;Eric Kendrick;Luiz Paulo Fortes

  • Crustal motion in the zone of the 1960 Chile earthquake: Detangling earthquake‐cycle deformation and forearc‐sliver translation

    Kelin Wang;Yan Hu;Michael Bevis;Eric Kendrick

  • Coseismic and postseismic slip associated with the 2010 Maule Earthquake, Chile: Characterizing the Arauco Peninsula barrier effect

    Yu Nung Nina Lin;Anthony Sladen;Francisco Ortega-Culaciati;Mark Simons

  • Basement seismicity beneath the Andean precordillera thin-skinned thrust belt and implications for crustal and lithospheric behavior

    Robert Smalley;José Pujol;Marc Regnier;Jer-Ming Chiu

  • The 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake: Downdip rupture limit revealed by space geodesy

    Xiaopeng Tong;David Sandwell;Karen Luttrell;Benjamin Brooks

  • On the strength of interplate coupling and the rate of back arc convergence in the central Andes: An analysis of the interseismic velocity field

    Michael Bevis;Eric Kendrick;Robert Smalley;Benjamin Brooks

  • Coseismic slip distribution of the February 27, 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake

    Fred F. Pollitz;Ben Brooks;Xiaopeng Tong;Michael G. Bevis

  • Orogenic-wedge deformation and potential for great earthquakes in the central Andean backarc

    Benjamin A. Brooks;Michael Bevis;Kelin Whipple;J Ramon Arrowsmith

  • An integrated crustal velocity field for the central Andes

    Eric Kendrick;Michael Bevis;Robert Smalley;Benjamin Brooks

  • Bending the Bolivian orocline in real time

    Richard W. Allmendinger;Robert Smalley;Michael Bevis;Holly Caprio

  • Current rates of convergence across the central Andes : Estimates from continuous GPS observations

    Eric C. Kendrick;M. Bevis;R. F. Smalley;O. Cifuentes

  • Geodetic determination of relative plate motion and crustal deformation across the Scotia-South America plate boundary in eastern Tierra del Fuego

    R. Smalley;E. Kendrick;M. G. Bevis;Ian W Dalziel

  • Seismotectonics of thin‐ and thick‐skinned deformation in the Andean Foreland from local network data: Evidence for a seismogenic lower crust

    Robert Smalley;Bryan L. Isacks

  • A high-resolution local network study of the Nazca Plate Wadati-Benioff Zone under western Argentina

    Robert F. Smalley;Bryan L. Isacks

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
Ian W. D. Dalziel
Ian W. D. Dalziel The University of Texas at Austin
Terry Wilson
Terry Wilson The Ohio State University
Frederick W. Taylor
Frederick W. Taylor The University of Texas at Austin
Christophe Vigny
Christophe Vigny École Normale Supérieure
Michael A. Ellis
Michael A. Ellis British Geological Survey
Sergio Barrientos
Sergio Barrientos University of Chile
Simon D. P. Williams
Simon D. P. Williams National Oceanography Centre
Anne Socquet
Anne Socquet Grenoble Alpes University
Charles A. Langston
Charles A. Langston University of Memphis

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