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Roy Thompson 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 Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 157 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roy Thompson 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 Thompson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Roy Thompson is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, focusing their research primarily within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Statistics and Probability, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Economics and Econometrics.

Their research addresses a range of topics related to climate and earth systems. Key areas of study include Climate variability and models, Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Science and Climate Studies, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Climate Change Policy and Economics.

Thompson has contributed to several recent publications, with papers appearing in multiple academic venues. Their publications include:

  • "Croll, feedback mechanisms, climate change and the future" (2021) in Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • "International climate targets are achievable, but only in models, not in the real world" (2023) in The Anthropocene Review
  • "Croll, feedback mechanisms, climate change and the future" (2021) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

The publication venues Thompson has appeared in reflect a focus on environmental and earth science scholarship:

  • Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • The Anthropocene Review
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Several researchers have collaborated with Thompson, including:

  • David C. Schneider
  • John A. Dearing
  • Kirsty Tooke
  • Simon Willcock

Best Publications

  • Paleorainfall Reconstructions from Pedogenic Magnetic Susceptibility Variations in the Chinese Loess and Paleosols.

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Mineral magnetic record of the Chinese loess and paleosols

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Quaternary Climates, Environments and Magnetism

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Magnetic susceptibility of lake sediments

    R. Thompson;R. W. Battarbee;P. E. O'Sullivan;F. Oldfield

  • Spatial and temporal reconstructions of changes in the Asian palaeomonsoon: A new mineral magnetic approach.

    Barbara A. Maher;R. Thompson;L. P. Zhou

  • Paleoclimatic significance of the mineral magnetic record of the Chinese loess and paleosols.

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Environmental Applications of Magnetic Measurements

    R. Thompson;J. C. Stober;G. M. Turner;F. Oldfield

  • Lake diatom response to recent Arctic warming in Finnish Lapland

    Sanna Sorvari;Atte Korhola;Roy Thompson

  • 210 Pb dating of annually laminated lake sediments from Finland

    P. G. Appleby;F. Oldfield;R. Thompson;P. Huttunen

  • Lake sediment record of the geomagnetic secular variation in Britain during Holocene times

    Gillian M. Turner;R. Thompson

  • Comparing palaeolimnological and instrumental evidence of climate change for remote mountain lakes over the last 200 years

    Richard W. Battarbee;John-Arvid Grytnes;Roy Thompson;Peter G. Appleby

  • Oxygen isotopes from Chinese caves: records not of monsoon rainfall but of circulation regime

    Barbara A. Maher;Roy Thompson

  • Suspended sediment sources identified by magnetic measurements

    D. E. Walling;M. R. Peart;F. Oldfield;R. Thompson

  • Identification of suspended sediment sources by means of magnetic measurements: Some preliminary results

    F. Oldfield;T. A. Rummery;R. Thompson;D. E. Walling

  • The occurrence of Greigite in sediments from Loch Lomond

    Ian Snowball;Roy Thompson

  • A stable chemical remanence in Holocene sediments

    Ian Snowball;Roy Thompson

  • Soil organic carbon storage in mountain grasslands of the Pyrenees: effects of climate and topography

    Jordi Garcia-Pausas;Pere Casals;Lluís Camarero;Carme Huguet

  • Climate variability and ecosystem dynamics of remote alpine and arctic lakes: the MOLAR project

    Richard W. Battarbee;Roy Thompson;Jordi Catalan;John-Arvid Grytnes

  • Replicated proxy-climate signals over the last 2000 yr from two distant UK peat bogs: new evidence for regional palaeoclimate teleconnections

    K.E Barber;D Maddy;N Rose;A.C Stevenson

  • Precise measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor G(M)n in the few-GeV2 region

    J. Lachniet;J. Lachniet;A. Afanasev;H. Arenhövel;W. K. Brooks

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker D. Burkert
Volker D. Burkert Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
S. E. Kuhn
S. E. Kuhn Old Dominion University
R. A. Schumacher
R. A. Schumacher Carnegie Mellon University
K. Hicks
K. Hicks Ohio University
M. Guidal
M. Guidal University of Paris-Saclay

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