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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 31 8938 8306 2902 2568 318 3805

Roy H Wilkens publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roy H Wilkens between 1980 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roy H Wilkens published across 45 years, from 1980 to 2024, averaging 7.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 96 publications in 2017. 3 of the 342 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 96. Peak 96 publications in 2017. 1980: 4 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 8 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 11 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 1 publication 2012: 11 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 96 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 56 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 1 publication
1980 2024

342 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roy H Wilkens: publications per year, 1980 to 2024
Year Publications
1980 4
1981 1
1982 1
1983 1
1984 3
1985 4
1986 2
1987 4
1988 8
1989 3
1990 1
1991 2
1992 3
1993 11
1994 1
1995 0
1996 6
1997 3
1998 3
1999 2
2000 1
2001 0
2002 4
2003 2
2004 4
2005 6
2006 2
2007 3
2008 4
2009 5
2010 1
2011 1
2012 11
2013 22
2014 2
2015 3
2016 1
2017 96
2018 3
2019 22
2020 56
2021 25
2022 2
2023 2
2024 1
Total 342
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Roy H Wilkens 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 Roy H Wilkens 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, 318–327 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: 318 publications — 89th percentile

89% 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
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 93 318
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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Roy H Wilkens 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 Roy H Wilkens 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, 31 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: 31 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% 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 31
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
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

Roy H Wilkens is affiliated with the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering disciplines with a significant emphasis on ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, geophysics, environmental chemistry, and geology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Oil and Gas Production Techniques
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Wilkens demonstrate a range of interdisciplinary studies involving oceanographic and geological data analysis. These include:

  • Climate, cryosphere and carbon cycle controls on Southeast Atlantic orbital-scale carbonate deposition since the Oligocene (30-0 Ma), 2021, published in Climate of the past
  • Seafloor Classification Combining Shipboard Low-Frequency and AUV High-Frequency Acoustic Data: A Case Study of Duanqiao Hydrothermal Field, Southwest Indian Ridge, 2022, published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • High resolution benthic foraminiferal δ18O and δ13C records at ODP site 807 over the past 5 Ma, Ontong Java Plateau: Evolution of North Pacific ventilation, Pliocene to Holocene, 2022, published in Global and Planetary Change
  • Table 1-5: Original (uncalibrated) XRF data from 2011-campaign for Hole 1264B, 2020, published in Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Table 4: Mapping pairs of ODP Hole 208-1264C, 2020, published in Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)

Wilkens frequently collaborates with several other researchers in their field. The main coauthors include:

  • Philip A. Meyers
  • William G. Siesser
  • Peter E. Borella
  • Eric H. De Carlo
  • Mitchell W Lyle

Most of Roy H Wilkens's publications appear in venues emphasizing data sharing and scientific research dissemination such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, and the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Other publications have been featured in specialized journals including Climate of the past and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

Best Publications

  • An astronomically dated record of Earth's climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years.

    Thomas Westerhold;Norbert Marwan;Norbert Marwan;Anna Joy Drury;Anna Joy Drury;Diederik Liebrand

  • A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

    Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

  • Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, vol. 85

    Larry A. Mayer;Fritz Theyer;John A. Barron;Dean A. Dunn

  • Evolution of porosity and seismic structure of upper oceanic crust: Importance of aspect ratios

    Roy H. Wilkens;Gerard J. Fryer;Jill Karsten

  • Hydrothermal alteration of a section of upper oceanic crust in the eastern equatorial Pacific : A synthesis of results from Site 504 (DSDP Legs 69, 70, and 83, and ODP Legs 111, 137, 140, and 148)

    J. C. Alt;C. Laverne;D. A. Vanko;P. Tartarotti

  • Tectonics and hydrogeology of the northern Barbados Ridge: Results from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 110

    J. Casey Moore;Alain Mascle;Elliott Taylor;Patrick Andreieff

  • Astronomical calibration of the Ypresian timescale: implications for seafloor spreading rates and the chaotic behavior of the solar system?

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Thomas Frederichs;Claudia Agnini

  • The influence of gas bubbles on sediment acoustic properties: in situ, laboratory, and theoretical results from Eckernförde Bay, Baltic sea

    R.H. Wilkens;M.D. Richardson

  • Detailed investigation of sorted bedforms, or “rippled scour depressions,” within the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, Massachusetts

    John A Goff;Larry A. Mayer;Peter Traykovski;Ilya Buynevich

  • The ratio V p /V s as a discriminant of composition for siliceous limestones

    Roy Wilkens;Gene Simmons;Lou Caruso

  • VELOCITY-POROSITY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE UPPER OCEANIC CRUST : THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

    Patricia A. Berge;Gerard J. Fryer;Roy H. Wilkens

  • Orbitally tuned timescale and astronomical forcing in the middle Eocene to early Oligocene

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Heiko Pälike;R Wilkens

  • Seismic properties, density, and composition of the Icelandic crust near Reydarfjördur

    Nikolas I. Christensen;Roy H. Wilkens

  • Seismic modelling and paleoceanography at DSDP Site 574

    Larry A. Mayer;Tom H. Shipley;Fritz Theyer;Roy H. Wilkens

  • In situ acoustic and laboratory ultrasonic sound speed and attenuation measured in heterogeneous soft seabed sediments: Eel River shelf, California

    Thomas J. Gorgas;Roy H. Wilkens;Shung S. Fu;L.Neil Frazer

  • The ratio vp/vs as a discriminant of composition for siliceous limestones

    Roy Wilkens;Gene Simmons;Lou Caruso

  • Revisiting the Ceara Rise, equatorial Atlantic Ocean: isotope stratigraphy of ODP Leg 154 from 0 to 5 Ma

    Roy H. Wilkens;Thomas Westerhold;Anna J. Drury;Mitchell Lyle

  • Acoustic lance: New in situ seafloor velocity profiles

    S. S. Fu;R. H. Wilkens;L. N. Frazer

  • Synchronizing early Eocene deep-sea and continental records – cyclostratigraphic age models for the Bighorn Basin Coring Project drill cores

    Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Roy H. Wilkens;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Changes in attenuation with depth in an ocean carbonate section: Ocean Drilling Program sites 806 and 807, Ontong Java Plateau

    L. Neil Frazer;Xinhua Sun;Roy H. Wilkens

  • Evolution of structures and fabrics in the Barbados Accretionary Prism. Insights from leg 110 of the Ocean Drilling Program

    Jan H Behrmann;Kevin Brown;J.Casey Moore;Alain Mascle

  • Late Miocene climate and time scale reconciliation: Accurate orbital calibration from a deep-sea perspective

    Anna Joy Drury;Thomas Westerhold;Thomas Frederichs;Jun Tian

  • Expedition 320/321 summary.

    H. Palike;M. Lyle;H. Nishi;I. Raffi

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Westerhold
Thomas Westerhold University of Bremen
Mitchell W Lyle
Mitchell W Lyle Oregon State University
Jun Tian
Jun Tian Tongji University
Isabella Raffi
Isabella Raffi University of Chieti-Pescara
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Gary D. Acton
Gary D. Acton Texas A&M University
Ann Holbourn
Ann Holbourn Kiel University
James E T Channell
James E T Channell University of Florida
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London

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