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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 31 8947 8315 2903 2569 127 3726

Sally P. Horn publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sally P. Horn between 1973 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sally P. Horn published across 53 years, from 1973 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2005. 8 of the 166 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1973 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 9. Peak 9 publications in 2005. 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 3 publications
1973 2025

166 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sally P. Horn: publications per year, 1973 to 2025
Year Publications
1973 1
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 2
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 2
1990 3
1991 0
1992 3
1993 1
1994 1
1995 2
1996 5
1997 5
1998 2
1999 2
2000 5
2001 8
2002 1
2003 3
2004 3
2005 9
2006 4
2007 3
2008 4
2009 6
2010 5
2011 4
2012 2
2013 9
2014 4
2015 7
2016 5
2017 8
2018 8
2019 9
2020 4
2021 4
2022 8
2023 4
2024 5
2025 3
Total 166
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Sally P. Horn 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 Sally P. Horn 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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Sally P. Horn 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 Sally P. Horn 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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sally P. Horn is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant work in Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Sally P. Horn has published extensively in scientific journals, collaborating frequently with other researchers. The coauthors who have worked most often with them include Chad S. Lane, Erik N. Johanson, Kurt A. Haberyan, Paula J. Perilla-Castillo, and Steven G. Driese.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, with multiple articles in The Holocene and Quaternary International. Other venues include Organic Geochemistry, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America.

Recent papers authored by Sally P. Horn cover a range of environmental and geological topics:

  • "Climate-induced treeline mortality during the termination of the Little Ice Age in the Greater Yellowstone Ecoregion, USA" (2021), published in The Holocene
  • "Compound-specific stable carbon and hydrogen isotope analyses of late-Holocene vegetation and precipitation change at Laguna Los Mangos, Costa Rica" (2021), published in Quaternary International
  • "Fire history across the Little Ice Age in southern Pacific Costa Rica" (2020), published in Journal of Paleolimnology
  • "A 3600-year record of drought in southern Pacific Costa Rica" (2020), published in Quaternary Research
  • "An ecological analysis of lacustrine diatoms in Costa Rica" (2022), published in Hydrobiologia

In recognition of their contributions to science, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Changes in Fire Regimes Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Assessment Based on a Global Synthesis and Analysis of Charcoal Data

    Mitch J. Power;J. Marlon;N. Ortiz;P. J. Bartlein

  • Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes

    A.L. Daniau;P.J. Bartlein;S.P. Harrison;S.P. Harrison;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice;I.C. Prentice

  • Holocene fires in Costa Rica

    Sally P. Horn;Robert L. Sanford

  • Pre-Columbian land-use history in Costa Rica: a 3000-year record of forest clearance, agriculture and fires from Laguna Zoncho

    Rachel M. Clement;Sally P. Horn

  • Postglacial Vegetation and Fire History in the Chirripó Páramo of Costa Rica

    Sally P. Horn

  • Fire history of the Appalachian region: a review and synthesis

    Charles W. Lafon;Adam T. Naito;Henri D. Grissino-Mayer;Sally P. Horn

  • Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Latin America at 0, 6000 and 18 000 radiocarbon years ago

    R. Marchant;A. Cleef;S. P. Harrison;H. Hooghiemstra

  • Climatic control of the biomass-burning decline in the Americas after ad 1500

    Mitchell J. Power;F. E. Mayle;P. J. Bartlein;J. R. Marlon

  • Modern pollen spectra from Costa Rica

    John C. Rodgers;Sally P. Horn

  • Quaternary Glaciers and Climate on Cerro Chirripó, Costa Rica

    Kenneth H. Orvis;Sally P. Horn

  • A 2000-year reconstruction of forest disturbance from southern Pacific Costa Rica

    Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Sally P. Horn

  • Sample preparation methods and replicability in macroscopic charcoal analysis

    Kyle J. Schlachter;Kyle J. Schlachter;Sally P. Horn

  • Stable carbon isotope ratios in lake and swamp sediments as a proxy for prehistoric forest clearance and crop cultivation in the Neotropics

    Chad S. Lane;Sally P. Horn;Claudia I. Mora

  • Prehistoric agriculture and forest clearance in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

    Roger Byrne;Sally P. Horn

  • Postfire vegetation development in the Costa Rican paramos.

    S. P. Horn

  • Páramos de Costa Rica

    Maarten Kappelle;Sally P. Horn

  • Wildlife conservation in urban greenways of the mid-southeastern United States

    Andrew Schiller;Sally P. Horn

  • Late-Holocene paleoenvironmental change at mid-elevation on the Caribbean slope of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic: a multi-site, multi-proxy analysis

    Chad S. Lane;Sally P. Horn;Claudia I. Mora;Kenneth H. Orvis

  • Timing of deglaciation in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

    SP Horn

  • A 4000-year record of fire and forest history from Valle de Bao, Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

    Lisa M. Kennedy;Sally P. Horn;Kenneth H. Orvis

  • PreColumbian agriculture and forest disturbance in Costa Rica: palaeoecological evidence from two lowland rainforest lakes

    Lisa A. Northrop;Sally P. Horn

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry D. McKay
Larry D. McKay University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Hermann Behling
Hermann Behling University of Göttingen
Patricio I. Moreno
Patricio I. Moreno University of Chile
Steven G. Driese
Steven G. Driese Baylor University
Henri D. Grissino-Mayer
Henri D. Grissino-Mayer University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Claudia I. Mora
Claudia I. Mora The University of Texas at Austin
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
Jennifer R. Marlon
Jennifer R. Marlon Yale University
Patrick J. Bartlein
Patrick J. Bartlein University of Oregon
Daniele Colombaroli
Daniele Colombaroli Royal Holloway University of London

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