2026 Samuel L. Jaccard: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	58	2141	1941	61	58	246	13096

Samuel L. Jaccard 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 L. Jaccard sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 603+

This scientist: 246 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Samuel L. Jaccard 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 L. Jaccard sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Samuel L. Jaccard is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has a research portfolio focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scientific work spans a range of related subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's recent publications cover significant topics in geology, paleoclimatology, marine ecosystems, and isotope analysis. Some of their notable papers include:

A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records, 2020, Scientific Data
Southern Ocean upwelling, Earth's obliquity, and glacial-interglacial atmospheric CO ₂ change, 2020, Science
Global Ocean Sediment Composition and Burial Flux in the Deep Sea, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
²³⁰Th Normalization: New Insights on an Essential Tool for Quantifying Sedimentary Fluxes in the Modern and Quaternary Ocean, 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Bioactive Trace Metals and Their Isotopes as Paleoproductivity Proxies: An Assessment Using GEOTRACES-Era Data, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Their frequent coauthors include David J. Janssen, Alfredo Martínez-García, Jörg Rickli, Michael J. Ellwood, and Christel Hassler. This collaboration network reflects a broad interaction with researchers active in related fields of study.

Samuel L. Jaccard has published regularly in several scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nature Communications
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
Scientific Data

The main research topics covered by Jaccard's work include:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

This profile captures multiple dimensions of Samuel L. Jaccard's scientific engagement, spanning interdisciplinary studies within environmental and earth sciences, and reflects active collaboration and publication across high-impact venues in these domains.

Best Publications

Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation

C. M. Moore;M. M. Mills;K. R. Arrigo;I. Berman-Frank

2214
Citations
Global Carbon and other Biogeochemical Cycles and Feedbacks

Josep G. Canadell;Pedro M.S. Monteiro;Marcos H. Costa;Leticia Cotrim Da Cunha

798
Citations
Iron Fertilization of the Subantarctic Ocean During the Last Ice Age

Alfredo Martínez-García;Daniel M. Sigman;Haojia Ren;Robert F. Anderson

547
Citations
North Pacific seasonality and the glaciation of North America 2.7 million years ago

Gerald H. Haug;Andrey Ganopolski;Daniel Mikhail Sigman;Antoni Rosell-Mele

499
Citations
Southern Ocean dust-climate coupling over the past four million years

Alfredo Martínez-Garcia;Alfredo Martínez-Garcia;Alfredo Martínez-Garcia;Antoni Rosell-Melé;Antoni Rosell-Melé;Antoni Rosell-Melé;Samuel L. Jaccard;Walter Geibert;Walter Geibert

441
Citations
A review of nitrogen isotopic alteration in marine sediments

Rebecca S. Robinson;Markus Kienast;Ana Luiza Albuquerque;Mark Altabet

371
Citations
Polar ocean stratification in a cold climate

Daniel M. Sigman;Samuel L. Jaccard;Gerald H. Haug

318
Citations
Causes of ice age intensification across the Mid-Pleistocene Transition

Thomas B. Chalk;Thomas B. Chalk;Mathis P. Hain;Gavin L. Foster;Eelco J. Rohling;Eelco J. Rohling

312
Citations
Southern Ocean dust-climate couplings over the last 4,000,000 years

A. Martínez-García;A. Rosell-Mélé;Samuel Jaccard;W. Geibert

283
Citations
Two Modes of Change in Southern Ocean Productivity Over the Past Million Years

S. L. Jaccard;Christopher Tyler Hayes;Christopher Tyler Hayes;A. Martinez-Garcia;D. A. Hodell

281
Citations
Carbon dioxide release from the North Pacific abyss during the last deglaciation.

Eric D. Galbraith;Eric D. Galbraith;Samuel L. Jaccard;Samuel L. Jaccard;Thomas F. Pedersen;Daniel Mikhail Sigman

276
Citations
A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

Darrell Kaufman;Nicholas McKay;Cody Routson;Michael Erb

272
Citations
Palaeoclimate constraints on the impact of 2 °C anthropogenic warming and beyond

Hubertus Fischer;Hubertus Fischer;Katrin J Meissner;Alan C Mix;Nerilie J Abram

269
Citations
Covariation of deep Southern Ocean oxygenation and atmospheric CO2 through the last ice age.

Samuel L. Jaccard;Eric D. Galbraith;Eric D. Galbraith;Eric D. Galbraith;Alfredo Martínez-García;Alfredo Martínez-García;Robert F. Anderson

267
Citations
Large climate-driven changes of oceanic oxygen concentrations during the last deglaciation

Samuel L. Jaccard;Eric D. Galbraith

256
Citations
Glacial/interglacial changes in subarctic north pacific stratification.

Samuel L Jaccard;Gerald H Haug;Daniel M Sigman;Thomas F Pedersen

213
Citations
Persistent non-solar forcing of Holocene storm dynamics in coastal sedimentary archives

Philippe Sorrel;Philippe Sorrel;Maxime Debret;Isabelle Billeaud;Samuel L. Jaccard

191
Citations
Subarctic Pacific evidence for a glacial deepening of the oceanic respired carbon pool

Samuel Jaccard;Samuel Jaccard;E.D. Galbraith;D.M. Sigman;G.H. Haug;G.H. Haug

190
Citations
Biological and physical controls in the Southern Ocean on past millennial-scale atmospheric CO2 changes

Julia Gottschalk;Luke Cameron Skinner;Jörg Lippold;Hendrik Vogel

174
Citations
Evidence from diatom-bound nitrogen isotopes for subarctic Pacific stratification during the last ice age and a link to North Pacific denitrification changes

Brigitte G. Brunelle;Daniel M. Sigman;Mea S. Cook;Lloyd D. Keigwin

156
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel M. Sigman Princeton University

Gerald H. Haug Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Eric D. Galbraith McGill University

Robert F. Anderson Columbia University

Gisela Winckler Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Alain Mazaud Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

Alfredo Martínez-García Max Planck Society

Roger Francois University of British Columbia

Hendrik Vogel University of Bern

Luke C Skinner University of Cambridge

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