2026 Scott K. Rowland: 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	39	6127	5673	2202	1956	134	5918

Scott K. Rowland 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 Scott K. Rowland sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 510+

This scientist: 134 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott K. Rowland 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 Scott K. Rowland sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Scott K. Rowland is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Physiology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a diversity of areas such as Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Spaceflight effects on biology, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, and Machine Learning in Materials Science.

Recent publications by Scott K. Rowland include the following papers:

Extraformational sediment recycling on Mars, 2020, Geosphere
Deep imputation on large-scale drug discovery data, 2021, Applied AI Letters
The anatomy of a channel-fed 'a'ā lava flow system, 2022, Bulletin of Volcanology
Deposits from giant floods in Gale crater and their implications for the climate of early Mars, 2020, Scientific Reports
Depositional and Diagenetic Processes of Martian Lacustrine Sediments as Revealed at Pahrump Hills by the Mars Hand Lens Imager, Gale Crater, Mars, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Frequent collaborators in their research include Deirdra M. Fey, Diamond Tachera, K. S. Edgett, K. A. Bennett, and Alberto González Fairén.

Scott K. Rowland has published multiple papers in various scientific venues, with the most frequent publication venues being:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Geosphere
Applied AI Letters
Bulletin of Volcanology
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

J. P. Grotzinger;D. Y. Sumner;L. C. Kah;K. Stack

1015
Citations
Pahoehoe and aa in Hawaii: volumetric flow rate controls the lava structure

Scott K Rowland;George Pl Walker

445
Citations
FLOWGO: a kinematic thermo-rheological model for lava flowing in a channel

Andrew J. L. Harris;S. K. Rowland

311
Citations
Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) Investigation

Kenneth S. Edgett;R. Aileen Yingst;Michael A. Ravine;Michael A. Caplinger

264
Citations
Calculation of lava effusion rates from Landsat TM data

Andrew J. L. Harris;Luke P. Flynn;Laszlo Keszthelyi;Peter J. Mouginis-Mark

221
Citations
Toothpaste lava: characteristics and origin of a lava structural type transitional between pahoehoe and aa

Scott K. Rowland;George P. L. Walker

199
Citations
Assessment of ozone photochemistry in the western North Pacific as inferred from PEM‐West A observations during the fall 1991

D. D. Davis;J. Crawford;G. Chen;W. Chameides

195
Citations
The petrochemistry of Jake_M: A martian mugearite

E. M. Stolper;M. B. Baker;M. E. Newcombe;M. E. Schmidt

182
Citations
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mast cameras and Descent imager: Investigation and instrument descriptions.

Michael C. Malin;Michael A. Ravine;Michael A. Caplinger;F. Tony Ghaemi

162
Citations
Effusion rate controls on lava flow length and the role of heat loss: a review

A. J. L. Harris;S. K. Rowland

125
Citations
Chemistry, mineralogy, and grain properties at Namib and High dunes, Bagnold dune field, Gale crater, Mars: A synthesis of Curiosity rover observations.

Bethany Ehlmann;K. S. Edgett;B. Sutter;Cherie Achilles

122
Citations
A shallow-dipping dike fed the 1995 flank eruption at Fernandina volcano, Galápagos, observed by satellite radar interferometry

Sigurjón Jónsson;Howard Zebker;Peter Cervelli;Paul Segall

112
Citations
The changing morphology of an open lava channel on Mt. Etna

John E. Bailey;Andrew J. L. Harris;Jonathan Dehn;Sonia Calvari

110
Citations
Caldera morphology in the western Galápagos and implications for volcano eruptive behavior and mechanisms of caldera formation

Duncan C. Munro;Scott K. Rowland

105
Citations
Comparison of free tropospheric western Pacific air mass classification schemes for the PEM‐West A experiment

S. Smyth;J. Bradshaw;S. Sandholm;S. Liu

97
Citations
Slopes, lava flow volumes, and vent distributions on Volcán Fernandina, Galápagos Islands

Scott K. Rowland

97
Citations
Shaler: in situ analysis of a fluvial sedimentary deposit on Mars

Lauren A. Edgar;Sanjeev Gupta;David M. Rubin;Kevin W. Lewis

94
Citations
Volumetric characteristics of lava flows from interferometric radar and multispectral satellite data: the 1995 Fernandina and 1998 Cerro Azul eruptions in the western Galápagos

Scott K. Rowland;Andrew J. L. Harris;Martin J. Wooster;Falk Amelung

94
Citations
Sand Grain Sizes and Shapes in Eolian Bedforms at Gale Crater, Mars

Catherine M. Weitz;Robert J. Sullivan;Mathieu G. A. Lapotre;Scott K. Rowland

89
Citations
Lava flows are fractals

B. C. Bruno;G. J. Taylor;S. K. Rowland;P. G. Lucey

88
Citations
Infrasonic tremor observed at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i

M. Garcés;A. Harris;C. Hetzer;J. Johnson

84
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth S. Edgett Malin Space Science Systems (United States)

Dawn Y. Sumner University of California, Davis

Juergen Schieber Indiana University

Linda C. Kah University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Alberto G. Fairén Cornell University

Peter J. Mouginis-Mark University of Hawaii at Manoa

James F. Bell Arizona State University

Andrew J. L. Harris University of Clermont Auvergne

Bernard Hallet University of Washington

Michael C. Malin Malin Space Science Systems (United States)

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