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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 48 3087 2832 1499 1354 102 12196

Thomas C. Brown publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thomas C. Brown between 1974 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thomas C. Brown published across 52 years, from 1974 to 2025, averaging 2.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 7 publications in 2001. 1 of the 125 publications appeared in the last two years.

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

125 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thomas C. Brown: publications per year, 1974 to 2025
Year Publications
1974 2
1975 0
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 1
1985 1
1986 2
1987 5
1988 2
1989 3
1990 4
1991 2
1992 2
1993 3
1994 2
1995 5
1996 5
1997 4
1998 2
1999 2
2000 2
2001 7
2002 2
2003 7
2004 3
2005 5
2006 1
2007 3
2008 5
2009 2
2010 3
2011 1
2012 7
2013 3
2014 5
2015 2
2016 4
2017 5
2018 1
2019 3
2020 0
2021 2
2022 2
2023 0
2024 0
2025 1
Total 125
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Thomas C. Brown publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. Brown sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 94–103 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 102 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390 102
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Thomas C. Brown D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas C. Brown sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203 48
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Thomas C. Brown is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research spans several focused areas, including Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

Key topics in their work include Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Water resources management and optimization, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Tree-ring climate responses, and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies.

Brown has contributed to a range of recent scientific publications. These include:

  • Inequality hinders group efforts to avoid environmental disasters, 2021, Q Open
  • Degraded mapping of disparity tuning in visual cortex explains deficits in binocular depth perception, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Projections of Freshwater Use in the United States Under Climate Change, 2022, Earth s Future
  • Impacts of Climate Change on Hydroclimatic Conditions of U.S. National Forests and Grasslands, 2021, Forests
  • POSB413 Demographic Characteristics and Disease Subtypes of Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia across Large Community Health Systems in the US, 2022, Value in Health

Several collaborative relationships have been established in their career. Frequent coauthors include Travis Warziniack, Mazdak Arabi, Pamela Froemke, Rohini Ghosh, and Shaunie Rasmussen. Brown's work is present across multiple publication venues such as Earth s Future, Forests, Q Open, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Value in Health.

Best Publications

  • A primer on nonmarket valuation

    Patricia A. Champ;Kevin J. Boyle;Thomas C. Brown

  • Explaining the Discrepancy between Intentions and Actions: The Case of Hypothetical Bias in Contingent Valuation

    Icek Ajzen;Thomas C. Brown;Franklin Carvajal

  • The Concept of Value in Resource Allocation

    Thomas C. Brown;B. M. Anderson

  • Using donation mechanisms to value nonuse benefits from public goods

    Patricia A. Champ;Richard C. Bishop;Thomas C. Brown;Daniel W. McCollum

  • Which response format reveals the truth about donations to a public good

    Thomas C. Brown;Patricia A. Champ;Richard C. Bishop;Daniel W. McCollum

  • Information Bias in Contingent Valuation: Effects of Personal Relevance, Quality of Information, and Motivational Orientation

    Icek Ajzen;Thomas C. Brown;Lori H. Rosenthal

  • Forest Practices As Nonpoint Sources of Pollution in North America

    Dan Binkley;Thomas C. Brown

  • Defining, valuing and providing ecosystem goods and services

    Thomas C. Brown;John C. Bergstrom;John B. Loomis

  • An Experimental Examination of Intrinsic Values as a Source of the WTA-WTP Disparity

    Rebecca R. Boyce;Thomas C. Brown;Gary H. McClelland;George L. Peterson

  • Why the WTA-WTP disparity matters

    Thomas C Brown;Robin Gregory

  • Predicting scenic beauty of timber stands

    Thomas C. Brown;Terry C. Daniel

  • Improving Validity Experiments of Contingent Valuation Methods: Results of Efforts to Reduce the Disparity of Hypothetical and Actual Willingness to Pay

    John Loomis;Thomas Brown;Beatrice Lucero;George Peterson

  • The complementary relationship in estimation of regional evapotranspiration: An enhanced advection‐aridity model

    Michael T. Hobbins;Jorge A. Ramírez;Thomas C. Brown

  • Adaptation to Future Water Shortages in the United States Caused by Population Growth and Climate Change

    Thomas C. Brown;Vinod Mahat;Jorge A. Ramirez

  • Testing the Effectiveness of Certainty Scales, Cheap Talk, and Dissonance-Minimization in Reducing Hypothetical Bias in Contingent Valuation Studies

    Mark Morrison;Thomas C. Brown

  • Further tests of entreaties to avoid hypothetical bias in referendum contingent valuation

    Thomas C Brown;Icek Ajzen;Daniel Hrubes

  • Is motion more important than it sounds?: The medium of presentation in environment perception research

    John Hetherington;Terry C. Daniel;Thomas C. Brown

  • Evaluating the Validity of the Dichotomous Choice Question Format in Contingent Valuation

    John Loomis;Thomas Brown;Beatrice Lucero;George Peterson

  • Loss aversion without the endowment effect, and other explanations for the WTA–WTP disparity

    Thomas C. Brown

  • Modeling Forest Scenic Beauty: Concepts and Application to Ponderosa Pine

    Thomas C. Brown;Terry C. Daniel

  • The complementary relationship in estimation of regional evapotranspiration: The Complementary Relationship Areal Evapotranspiration and Advection-Aridity models

    Michael T. Hobbins;Jorge A. Ramírez;Thomas C. Brown;Lodevicus H. J. M. Claessens

  • Contingent Valuation and Incentives

    Patricia A. Champ;Nicholas E. Flores;Thomas C. Brown;James Chivers

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Loomis
John B. Loomis Colorado State University
Richard C. Bishop
Richard C. Bishop University of Wisconsin–Madison
Icek Ajzen
Icek Ajzen University of Massachusetts Amherst
David M. Theobald
David M. Theobald Colorado State University
Robin Gregory
Robin Gregory University of British Columbia
Michael J. Manfredo
Michael J. Manfredo Colorado State University
Mark Morrison
Mark Morrison University of Queensland
Jack L. Knetsch
Jack L. Knetsch Simon Fraser University
Dan Binkley
Dan Binkley Colorado State University
Mazdak Arabi
Mazdak Arabi Colorado State University

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