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36
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9085
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Roy Middleton publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roy Middleton sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 103 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Roy Middleton D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roy Middleton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Roy Middleton was affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focused on engineering, with particular emphasis on ocean engineering and mechanical engineering.

Their work covered topics including drilling and well engineering, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, as well as hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Middleton's research contributions appeared in venues such as the IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference and Exhibition and the SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition.

  • IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference and Exhibition
  • SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition

Their recent papers included:

  • "Improved Logging Techniques and Interpretation Experiences to Evaluate Perforate-Wash-Cement Intervals," published in 2024 at the IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference and Exhibition
  • "Multiwell Field Examples for Lightweight Cement Evaluation Using Tight Processing from Pulse-Echo and Pitch-Catch Data," published in 2025 at the SPE/IADC International Drilling Conference and Exhibition

Collaboration was an integral part of Middleton's scientific work, with frequent co-authors such as Amit Govil, Dan Mueller, Guillermo Andres Obando Palacio, Kevin Constable, and Lars Hovda.

  • Amit Govil
  • Dan Mueller
  • Guillermo Andres Obando Palacio
  • Kevin Constable
  • Lars Hovda

Roy Middleton's body of work contributed to fields that intersected with practical and theoretical aspects of engineering, focusing on topics relevant to drilling operations, reservoir management, and the use of advanced logging techniques within petroleum extraction processes.

Best Publications

  • Cosmic ray production rates of 10Be and 26Al in quartz from glacially polished rocks

    K. Nishiizumi;E. L. Winterer;C. P. Kohl;J. Klein

  • Sediment incorporation in island-arc magmas: Inferences from 10Be

    Fouad Tera;Louis Brown;Julie Morris;I.Selwyn Sacks

  • 41Ca: past, present and future

    D. Fink;J. Klein;R. Middleton

  • Cosmic ray produced 10Be and 26Al in Antarctic rocks: exposure and erosion history

    K. Nishiizumi;C.P. Kohl;J.R. Arnold;J. Klein

  • Production of 10 Be and 26 Al by cosmic rays in terrestrial quartz in situ and implications for erosion rates

    K. Nishiizumi;D. Lal;J. Klein;R. Middleton

  • Beryllium-10 dating of the duration and retreat of the last pinedale glacial sequence

    J. C. Gosse;J. Klein;B. Lawn;R. Middleton

  • Precise cosmogenic 10Be measurements in western North America: Support for a global Younger Dryas cooling event

    John C. Gosse;Eb Evenson;J. Klein;B. Lawn

  • Role of in situ cosmogenic nuclides 10be and 26al in the study of diverse geomorphic processes

    K. Nishiizumi;C. P. Kohl;J. R. Arnold;Ronald Dorn

  • 10 Be in island-arc volcanoes and implications for subduction

    Louis Brown;Jeffrey Klein;Roy Middleton;I. Selwyn Sacks

  • 10Be analysis of a Quaternary weathering profile in the Virginia Piedmont

    M. J. Pavich;Louis Brown;J. Nathalie Valette-Silver;Jeffrey Klein

  • Revealing Histories of Exposure Using In Situ Produced 26Al and 10Be in Libyan Desert Glass

    Jeffrey Klein;Robert Giegengack;Roy Middleton;Pankaj Sharma

  • Erosion of the eastern United States observed with 10Be

    Louis Brown;Milan J. Pavich;R. E. Hickman;Jeffrey Klein

  • 10Be distribution in soils from Merced River terraces, California

    Milan J. Pavich;Louis Brown;Jennifer Harden;Jeffrey Klein

  • Atmospheric deposition of 7Be and 10Be

    Louis Brown;Gary J Stensland;Jeffrey Klein;Roy Middleton

  • On 10Be standards and the half-life of 10Be

    Roy Middleton;Louis Brown;Bijan Dezfouly-Arjomandy;Jeffrey Klein

  • 10Be accumulation in a soil chronosequence

    Milan J. Pavich;Louis Brown;Jeffrey Klein;Roy Middleton

  • In situ10Be-26Al exposure ages at Meteor Crater, Arizona

    K Nishiizumi;C.P Kohl;E.M Shoemaker;J.R Arnold

  • A review of ion sources for accelerator mass spectrometry

    R. Middleton

  • Beryllium-10 in Australasian tektites: Constraints on the location of the source crater

    P. Ma;K. Aggrey;C. Tonzola;C. Schnabel

  • 41Ca: Measurement by accelerator mass spectrometry and applications

    D. Fink;R. Middleton;J. Klein;P. Sharma

  • 26Al depth profile in Apollo 15 drill core

    K. Nishiizumi;J. Klein;R. Middleton;J.R. Arnold

  • Complex exposure histories for meteorites with “short” exposure ages

    G. F. Herzog;S. Vogt;A. Albrecht;A. Albrecht;S. Xue;S. Xue

  • Beryllium-10 in continental sediments

    Louis Brown;I. Selwyn Sacks;Fouad Tera;J. Klein

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob Klein
Jacob Klein Weizmann Institute of Science
David Fink
David Fink Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Kunihiko Nishiizumi
Kunihiko Nishiizumi University of California, Berkeley
Milan J. Pavich
Milan J. Pavich United States Geological Survey
I. Selwyn Sacks
I. Selwyn Sacks Carnegie Institution for Science
Rainer Wieler
Rainer Wieler ETH Zurich
Harmon Craig
Harmon Craig University of California, San Diego
David Elmore
David Elmore Purdue University West Lafayette
Grant M. Raisbeck
Grant M. Raisbeck University of Paris-Saclay
Julie Morris
Julie Morris Washington University in St. Louis

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