Thomas J. Shankland publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thomas J. Shankland between 1968 and 2015, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thomas J. Shankland published across 48 years, from 1968 to 2015, averaging 2.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 1993. 1 of the 101 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

2 4 6 8

1968 2015

101 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thomas J. Shankland: publications per year, 1968 to 2015
Year	Publications
1968	2
1969	0
1970	1
1971	0
1972	1
1973	0
1974	5
1975	1
1976	1
1977	4
1978	0
1979	3
1980	0
1981	4
1982	2
1983	4
1984	2
1985	1
1986	0
1987	3
1988	1
1989	4
1990	2
1991	4
1992	3
1993	8
1994	0
1995	4
1996	3
1997	3
1998	4
1999	2
2000	3
2001	3
2002	0
2003	1
2004	4
2005	3
2006	3
2007	1
2008	2
2009	1
2010	1
2011	1
2012	1
2013	4
2014	0
2015	1
Total	101

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Thomas J. Shankland 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 Thomas J. Shankland sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 97 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
38–47	5
48–57	33
58–67	94
68–77	161
78–87	278
88–97	376	97
98–107	404
108–117	484
118–127	540
128–137	557
138–147	491
148–157	495
158–167	458
168–177	490
178–187	414
188–197	401
198–207	333
208–217	292
218–227	290
228–237	262
238–247	243
248–257	208
258–267	185
268–277	147
278–287	128
288–297	119
298–307	120
308–317	107
318–327	93
328–337	87
338–347	64
348–357	87
358–367	60
368–377	60
378–387	34
388–397	50
398–407	44
408–417	31
418–427	39
428–437	27
438–447	36
448–457	27
458–467	29
468–477	30
478–487	19
488–497	15
498–507	18
508–517	19
518–527	16
528–537	10
538–547	11
548–557	14
558–567	11
568–577	7
578–587	14
588–597	5
598–602	4
603+	100

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Thomas J. Shankland 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 Thomas J. Shankland sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	144
31	215
32	278
33	379
34	366
35	372
36	389
37	366
38	344
39	349
40	296
41	289
42	277	42
43	279
44	248
45	257
46	212
47	202
48	207
49	204
50	183
51	178
52	182
53	178
54	163
55	117
56	163
57	120
58	113
59	136
60	135
61	96
62	103
63	83
64	103
65	83
66	89
67	92
68	89
69	78
70	75
71	53
72	62
73	54
74	35
75	52
76	50
77	32
78	37
79	20
80	33
81	36
82	34
83	34
84	24
85	19
86	18
87	26
88	30
89	17
90	21
91	19
92	15
93	14
94	20
95	9
96	10
97	15
98	13
99	3
100	13
101	3
102	9
103	4
104	6
105	6
106+	98

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Research.com Recognitions

1994 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Thomas J. Shankland is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their professional activities are situated within a prominent national research institution known for its contributions to a range of scientific disciplines.

Shankland has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1994. This distinction reflects participation in the geophysical sciences community at a notable level.

There are no listed publications, co-authors, specific subfields, or detailed main topics of study associated with Shankland in the available data. Consequently, there is no direct information about their research output or collaboration networks.

Best Publications

Thermodynamic parameters in the Earth as determined from seismic profiles

J. M. Brown;T. J. Shankland

650
Citations
Partial melting and electrical conductivity anomalies in the upper mantle

T. J. Shankland;H. S. Waff

365
Citations
Electrical conductivity, temperatures, and fluids in the lower crust

Thomas J. Shankland;Mark E. Ander

320
Citations
Slow dynamics in the nonlinear elastic response of Berea sandstone

James A. Ten Cate;Thomas J. Shankland

266
Citations
Electrical Conductivity of Olivine, Wadsleyite, and Ringwoodite Under Upper-Mantle Conditions

Yousheng Xu;Brent T. Poe;Thomas J. Shankland;David C. Rubie

248
Citations
Laboratory-based electrical conductivity in the Earth's mantle

Yousheng Xu;Thomas J. Shankland;Brent T. Poe

246
Citations
Free carbon & electrical conductivity in the Earth's mantle

A. G. Duba;T. J. Shankland

229
Citations
Electrical conduction in olivine

Robert N. Schock;Alfred G. Duba;Thomas J. Shankland

228
Citations
Thermal diffusivity and conductivity of olivine, wadsleyite and ringwoodite to 20 GPa and 1373 K

Yousheng Xu;Thomas J Shankland;Sven Linhardt;David C Rubie

219
Citations
The electrical conductivity of an isotropic olivine mantle

Steven Constable;Thomas J. Shankland;Al Duba

201
Citations
Pressure effect on electrical conductivity of mantle olivine

Yousheng Xu;T.J Shankland;T.J Shankland;A.G Duba;A.G Duba

200
Citations
Electrical conductivity of the earth's lower mantle

T. J. Shankland;T. J. Shankland;J. Peyronneau;J.-P. Poirier

192
Citations
Geophysical constraints on partial melt in the upper mantle

T. J. Shankland;R. J. O’Connell;H. S. Waff

187
Citations
Nonlinear generation of elastic waves in crystalline rock

Paul A. Johnson;Thomas J. Shankland;Richard J. O'Connell;James N. Albright

175
Citations
Velocity‐density systematics: Derivation from Debye theory and the effect of ionic size

T. J. Shankland

173
Citations
Conductivity in fluid-bearing rocks

T. J. Shankland;H. S. Waff

135
Citations
Electrical conductivity of dry lower crustal rocks

K. A. Kariya;T. J. Shankland

135
Citations
Standard electrical conductivity of isotropic, homogeneous olivine in the temperature range 1200°‐1500°C

T. J. Shankland;A. G. Duba

132
Citations
Nonlinear generation of elastic waves in granite and sandstone: Continuous wave and travel time observations

Paul A. Johnson;Thomas J. Shankland

126
Citations
Optical absorption and radiative heat transport in olivine at high temperature

T. J. Shankland;Uzi Nitsan;A. G. Duba

119
Citations
Electrical conductivity of the Earth's lower mantle

Unknown

22
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Johnson Los Alamos National Laboratory

Yusheng Zhao Southern University of Science and Technology

Jean-Paul Poirier Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Brent T. Poe University of Bayreuth

Richard J. O'Connell Harvard University

Amir Khan ETH Zurich

Grant Heiken Los Alamos National Laboratory

David C. Rubie University of Bayreuth

Yanbin Wang University of Chicago

Jianzhong Zhang Los Alamos National Laboratory

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