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Earth Science 38 6411 5935 668 621 95 6330

Roderick Brown publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roderick Brown between 1986 and 2022, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roderick Brown published across 37 years, from 1986 to 2022, averaging 2.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2002. 5 of the 100 publications appeared in the last two years.

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

100 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roderick Brown: publications per year, 1986 to 2022
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 2
1991 3
1992 1
1993 3
1994 2
1995 0
1996 1
1997 2
1998 6
1999 4
2000 2
2001 1
2002 9
2003 2
2004 2
2005 4
2006 7
2007 1
2008 3
2009 2
2010 1
2011 3
2012 2
2013 6
2014 3
2015 2
2016 6
2017 4
2018 2
2019 4
2020 4
2021 1
2022 4
Total 100
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Roderick Brown 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 Roderick Brown 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, 88–97 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: 95 publications — 10th percentile

10% 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 95
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
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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Roderick Brown 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 Roderick Brown 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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
38 344 38
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

Roderick Brown is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes. The scientist's work covers a range of topics within geological and geophysical sciences, with significant contributions to geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geophysical studies, and geological formations and processes worldwide.

Brown has published several papers in recognized academic journals, reflecting diverse aspects of Earth sciences. Notable publications include:

  • (U-Th)/He chronology: Part 2. Considerations for evaluating, integrating, and interpreting conventional individual aliquot data, 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • (U-Th)/He chronology: Part 1. Data, uncertainty, and reporting, 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Constraining Plateau Uplift in Southern Africa by Combining Thermochronology, Sediment Flux, Topography, and Landscape Evolution Modeling, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Contrasting thermal evolution of the West African Equatorial and Central Atlantic continental margins, 2022, Gondwana Research
  • Growth zoning of garnet porphyroblasts: Grain boundary and microtopographic controls, 2020, Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Frequent collaborators in Brown's research include:

  • Rebecca M. Flowers
  • Eva Enkelmann
  • Cécile Gautheron
  • Peter W. Reiners
  • James R. Metcalf

The publication venues most frequently associated with Brown's work are:

  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Gondwana Research
  • Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Brown has concentrated on various research themes that integrate geological and geophysical perspectives. This includes detailed geochemical analysis and mapping, as well as investigations into tectonic activity and paleoclimatic conditions. These contributions further expand understanding of geological formations and processes across different regions worldwide.

Best Publications

  • FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO GEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

    Kerry Gallagher;Roderick Brown;Christopher Johnson

  • Fission Track Dating of Phosphate Minerals and the Thermochronology of Apatite

    Andrew J.W. Gleadow;David X. Belton;Barry P. Kohn;Roderick W. Brown

  • Natural age dispersion arising from the analysis of broken crystals. Part I: Theoretical basis and implications for the apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometer

    Roderick W. Brown;Romain Beucher;Steven Roper;Cristina Persano

  • Quantifying passive margin denudation and landscape development using a combined fission-track thermochronology and cosmogenic isotope analysis approach

    H.A.P. Cockburn;R.W. Brown;M.A. Summerfield;M.A. Seidl

  • Denudational history along a transect across the Drakensberg Escarpment of southern Africa derived from apatite fission track thermochronology

    Roderick W. Brown;Michael A. Summerfield;Andrew J. W. Gleadow

  • Shaping the Australian crust over the last 300 million years: Insights from fission track thermotectonic imaging and denudation studies of key terranes

    B. P. Kohn;A. J. W. Gleadow;R. W. Brown;K. Gallagher

  • Modeling postbreakup landscape development and denudational history across the southeast African (Drakensberg Escarpment) margin

    Pieter A Van der Beek;Michael Summerfield;Jean Braun;Roderick William Brown

  • Mesozoic exhumation of the southern Cape, South Africa, quantified using apatite fission track thermochronology

    Justine Tinker;Maarten de Wit;Roderick Brown

  • Rapid Miocene slip on the Snake Range–Deep Creek Range fault system, east-central Nevada

    Elizabeth L. Miller;Trevor A. Dumitru;Roderick W. Brown;Phillip B. Gans

  • Morphotectonic evolution of the South Atlantic margins of Africa and South America

    R. W. Brown;K. Gallagher;A. J. W. Gleadow;M Summerfield

  • The onshore record of passive margin evolution

    Kerry Gallagher;Roderick Brown

  • Denudation and uplift at passive margins: the record on the Atlantic Margin of southern Africa

    Kerry Gallagher;Roderick Brown

  • Linking source and sink: Evaluating the balance between onshore erosion and offshore sediment accumulation since Gondwana break-up, South Africa

    Justine Tinker;Maarten de Wit;Roderick Brown

  • An early cretaceous phase of accelerated erosion on the south-western margin of Africa: Evidence from apatite fission track analysis and the offshore sedimentary record

    Roderick W. Brown;Derek J. Rust;Michael A. Summerfield;Andrew J.W. Gleadow

  • Backstacking apatite fission-track "stratigraphy": A method for resolving the erosional and isostatic rebound components of tectonic uplift histories

    Roderick W. Brown

  • Quantitative resolution of the debate over antiquity of the central Australian landscape: implications for the tectonic and geomorphic stability of cratonic interiors

    D.X. Belton;R.W. Brown;B.P. Kohn;D. Fink

  • The Mesozoic denudation history of the Atlantic margins of southern Africa and southeast Brazil and the relationship to offshore sedimentation

    Kerry Gallagher;Roderick Brown

  • The chronology and tectonic style of landscape evolution along the elevated Atlantic continental margin of South Africa resolved by joint apatite fission track and (U‐Th‐Sm)/He thermochronology

    Mark Wildman;Roderick Brown;Romain Beucher;Romain Beucher;Cristina Persano

  • Late Cretaceous reactivation of major crustal shear zones in northern Namibia: constraints from apatite fission track analysis

    Matthias J. Raab;Matthias J. Raab;Roderick W. Brown;Kerry Gallagher;Andrew Carter

  • Accelerated denudation and tectonic/geomorphic reactivation of the cratons of northeastern Brazil during the Late Cretaceous

    Rebecca Harman;Kerry Gallagher;Roderick Brown;Asaf Raza

  • Apatite fission track analysis: its potential for the estimation of denudation rates and implications for models of long-term landscape development

    M Summerfield;R. W. Brown;A. J. W. Gleadow

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J.W. Gleadow
Andrew J.W. Gleadow University of Melbourne
Kerry Gallagher
Kerry Gallagher University of Rennes
Barry P. Kohn
Barry P. Kohn University of Melbourne
Michael A. Summerfield
Michael A. Summerfield University of Edinburgh
Randell Stephenson
Randell Stephenson University of Aberdeen
Finlay M. Stuart
Finlay M. Stuart University of Glasgow
Derek Fabel
Derek Fabel Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter Birkbeck, University of London
Paul B. O'Sullivan
Paul B. O'Sullivan Syracuse University
Maarten J. de Wit
Maarten J. de Wit Nelson Mandela University

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