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Simon H. Bottrell 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 Simon H. Bottrell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 197 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon H. Bottrell 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 Simon H. Bottrell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Simon H. Bottrell is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including climate change and permafrost, groundwater flow and contamination studies, cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Recent publications by Simon H. Bottrell include:

  • Characterisation of fractured carbonate aquifers using ambient borehole dilution tests, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Biogeochemical Processes in the Active Layer and Permafrost of a High Arctic Fjord Valley, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Iso-Wetlands: unlocking wetland ecologies and agriculture in prehistory through sulfur isotopes, 2022, Archaeology International
  • Repeated pulses of volcanism drove the end-Permian terrestrial crisis in northwest China, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Effects of glacier retreat upon glacier-groundwater coupling and biogeochemistry in Central Svalbard, 2023, Journal of Hydrology

Simon H. Bottrell frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Archaeology International
  • Nature Geoscience

Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Andy Hodson
  • Steven F. Thornton
  • L. J. West
  • Rhiannon E. Stevens
  • Hazel Reade

Best Publications

  • The reactivity of sedimentary iron minerals toward sulfide

    Donald E. Canfield;Robert Raiswell;Simon H. Bottrell

  • Thermochemical sulphate reduction and the generation of hydrogen sulphide and thiols (mercaptans) in Triassic carbonate reservoirs from the Sichuan Basin, China

    Chunfang Cai;Richard H. Worden;Simon H. Bottrell;Lansheng Wang

  • Volcanism, mass extinction, and carbon isotope fluctuations in the Middle Permian of China.

    Paul B. Wignall;Yadong Sun;David P. G. Bond;Gareth Izon

  • Reconstruction of changes in global sulfur cycling from marine sulfate isotopes

    Simon H. Bottrell;Robert J. Newton

  • The importance of the relationship between scale and process in understanding long-term DOC dynamics

    JM Clark;JM Clark;SH Bottrell;CD Evans;DT Monteith

  • Microbial-silica interactions in Icelandic hot spring sinter: possible analogues for some Precambrian siliceous stromatolites

    Kurt O. Konhauser;Vernon R. Phoenix;Simon H. Bottrell;David G. Adams

  • Large shifts in the isotopic composition of seawater sulphate across the Permo–Triassic boundary in northern Italy

    R.J Newton;E.L Pevitt;P.B Wignall;S.H Bottrell

  • Thermochemical sulphate reduction (TSR): experimental determination of reaction kinetics and implications of the observed reaction rates for petroleum reservoirs

    Martin M. Cross;David A.C. Manning;Simon H. Bottrell;Richard H. Worden

  • Controls on the pyritization of exceptionally preserved fossils; an analysis of the Lower Devonian Hunsrueck Slate of Germany

    D. E. G. Briggs;R. Raiswell;S. H. Bottrell;D. Hatfield

  • Migration and attenuation of agrochemical pollutants: insights from isotopic analysis of groundwater sulphate

    S.J Moncaster;S.J Moncaster;S.H Bottrell;J.H Tellam;J.W Lloyd

  • Stable isotope evidence for microbial sulphate reduction at the bed of a polythermal high Arctic glacier

    Jemma L Wadham;S Bottrell;Martyn Tranter;R Raiswell

  • A modified crush-leach method for the analysis of fluid inclusion electrolytes

    Simon H. Bottrell;Bruce W.D. Yardley;Frank Buckley

  • Pyritization of soft-bodied fossils: Beecher's Trilobite Bed, Upper Ordovician, New York State

    Derek E.G. Briggs;Simon H. Bottrell;Robert Raiswell

  • Sulphide oxidation under partially anoxic conditions at the bed of the Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Simon H. Bottrell;Martyn Tranter

  • Post-metamorphic gold-quartz veins from N.W. Italy: the composition and origin of the ore fluid

    B. W. D. Yardley;D.A. Banks;S.H. Bottrell;Larryn William Diamond

  • Processes controlling the distribution and natural attenuation of dissolved phenolic compounds in a deep sandstone aquifer

    Steven F Thornton;Sean Quigley;Michael J Spence;Steven A Banwart

  • Turbidite depositional influences on the diagenesis of Beecher's Trilobite Bed and the Hunsrück Slate; sites of soft tissue pyritization

    Robert Raiswell;Robert Newton;Simon H. Bottrell;Patricia M. Coburn

  • Isotopic composition of sulfate as a tracer of natural and anthropogenic influences on groundwater geochemistry in an urban sandstone aquifer, Birmingham, UK

    Simon Bottrell;John Tellam;Rebecca Bartlett;Anwen Hughes;Anwen Hughes

  • Isotopic evidence for anoxic pyrite oxidation and stimulation of bacterial sulphate reduction in marine sediments

    S. H. Bottrell;Ronald John Parkes;Barry Andrew Cragg;R. Raiswell

  • Tree height strongly affects estimates of water-use efficiency responses to climate and CO2 using isotopes.

    R. J. W. Brienen;E. Gloor;S. Clerici;R. Newton

  • Role of biomineralization as an ultraviolet shield: Implications for Archean life

    V.R. Phoenix;K.O. Konhauser;D.G. Adams;S.H. Bottrell

  • Stable isotope evidence for microbial sulphate reduction at the bed of a polythermal high Arctic glacier

    J. L. Wadham;S. Bottrell;M. Tranter;R. Raiswell

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Newton
Robert J. Newton University of Leeds
Robert Raiswell
Robert Raiswell University of Leeds
Robert J.G. Mortimer
Robert J.G. Mortimer York St John University
Paul B. Wignall
Paul B. Wignall University of Leeds
Bruce W. D. Yardley
Bruce W. D. Yardley University of Leeds
Pippa J. Chapman
Pippa J. Chapman University of Leeds
Keith D. Bartle
Keith D. Bartle University of Leeds
Ronald John Parkes
Ronald John Parkes Cardiff University
John H. Tellam
John H. Tellam University of Birmingham
Keith C. Hamer
Keith C. Hamer University of Leeds

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