2026 Samuel C. Colbeck: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	37	6788	2383	102	5767

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Earth Science

6788

2383

102

5767

Samuel C. Colbeck 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 Samuel C. Colbeck sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 603+

This scientist: 102 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Samuel C. Colbeck 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 Samuel C. Colbeck sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

1992 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Best Publications

An overview of seasonal snow metamorphism

Unknown

624
Citations
Theory of metamorphism of dry snow

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420
Citations
A Theory of Water Percolation in Snow

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331
Citations
The layered character of snow covers

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283
Citations
Air movement in snow due to windpumping

Unknown

265
Citations
Snow-crystal growth with varying surface temperatures and radiation penetration

Unknown

194
Citations
The Physical Aspects of Water Flow Through Snow

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164
Citations
Dynamics of snow and ice masses

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162
Citations
A simulation of the enrichment of atmospheric pollutants in snow cover runoff

Unknown

152
Citations
Water flow through heterogeneous snow

Unknown

143
Citations
Grain clusters in wet snow

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142
Citations
A theory for water flow through a layered snowpack

Unknown

130
Citations
An analysis of water flow in dry snow

Unknown

130
Citations
The permeability of a melting snow cover

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129
Citations
The generation of runoff from subarctic snowpacks

Thomas Dunne;Anthony G. Price;Samuel C. Colbeck

126
Citations
Thermodynamics of snow metamorphism due to variations in curvature

Unknown

123
Citations
The capillary effects on water percolation in homogeneous snow

Unknown

119
Citations
Classification of seasonal snow cover crystals

Unknown

118
Citations
A Review of Sintering in Seasonal Snow.

Unknown

107
Citations
Water Flow Through Snow Overlying an Impermeable Boundary

Unknown

103
Citations

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