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Thomas W. Stafford

Thomas W. Stafford

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
51
Citations
10698
World Ranking
3190
National Ranking
33

Thomas W. Stafford 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 W. Stafford sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 106 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas W. Stafford 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 W. Stafford sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 59th percentile

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

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

Overview

Thomas W. Stafford is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main subfields include Anthropology, Paleontology, Genetics, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology. Their work touches on several core topics such as Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Forensic and Genetic Research, Genetic diversity and population structure, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by this researcher cover a range of subjects:

  • Rapid range shifts and megafaunal extinctions associated with late Pleistocene climate change (2020, Nature Communications)
  • The age of Clovis-13,050 to 12,750 cal yr B.P. (2020, Science Advances)
  • Human Occupation of the North American Colorado Plateau ∼37,000 Years Ago (2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Revisiting proboscidean phylogeny and evolution through total evidence and palaeogenetic analyses including Notiomastodon ancient DNA (2021, iScience)
  • Late Quaternary geology, archaeology, and geoarchaeology of Hall's Cave, Texas (2021, Quaternary Science Reviews)

Their frequent co-authors highlight collaborative ties within the research community. These include:

  • Michael R. Waters, with whom they have published three times
  • Luciano Varela, with two joint publications
  • P. Sebastián Tambusso, with two collaborations
  • Richard A. Fariña, cooperating on two papers
  • Jean-Marc Elalouf, also with two joint publications

Thomas W. Stafford's work has appeared in several prominent publication venues, which illustrate the multidisciplinary nature of their research:

  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • iScience
  • PaleoAmerica

Best Publications

  • Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Pontus Skoglund;Kelly E. Graf;Mait Metspalu

  • Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans

    Eline D. Lorenzen;David Nogués-Bravo;Ludovic Orlando;Jaco Weinstock

  • Redefining the age of Clovis: implications for the peopling of the Americas.

    Michael R. Waters;Thomas W. Stafford

  • The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana

    Morten Arendt Rendt Rasmussen;Sarah L. Anzick;Michael R. Waters;Pontus Skoglund

  • The isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in individual amino acids isolated from modern and fossil proteins

    P. Edgar Hare;Marilyn L. Fogel;Thomas W. Stafford;Alva D. Mitchell

  • Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Maanasa Raghavan;Matthias Steinrücken;Matthias Steinrücken;Kelley Harris;Stephan Schiffels

  • The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

    Maanasa Raghavan;Michael DeGiorgio;Anders Albrechtsen;Ida Moltke;Ida Moltke

  • Radiocarbon Geochemistry of Modern and Ancient Arctic Lake Systems, Baffin Island, Canada

    Mark B. Abbott;Thomas W. Stafford

  • Accelerator Radiocarbon Dating at the Molecular-Level

    Thomas W. Stafford;Thomas W. Stafford;P.E. Hare;Lloyd Currie;A.J.T. Jull

  • Clovis age western stemmed projectile points and human coprolites at the paisley caves

    Dennis L. Jenkins;Loren G. Davis;Thomas W. Stafford;Paula F. Campos;Paula F. Campos

  • Radiocarbon, 13C and 15N Analysis of Fossil Bone: Removal of Humates With XAD-2 Resin

    Thomas W Stafford;Klaus Brendel;Raymond C Duhamel

  • Proteomic analysis of a pleistocene mammoth femur reveals more than one hundred ancient bone proteins.

    Enrico Cappellini;Lars J. Jensen;Damian Szklarczyk;Aurélien Ginolhac

  • Pre-Clovis occupation 14,550 years ago at the Page-Ladson site, Florida, and the peopling of the Americas

    Jessi J. Halligan;Michael R. Waters;Angelina Perrotti;Ivy J. Owens;Ivy J. Owens

  • Pre-Clovis Mastodon Hunting 13,800 Years Ago at the Manis Site, Washington

    Michael R. Waters;Thomas W. Stafford;H. Gregory McDonald;Carl Gustafson

  • Late Pleistocene Human Skeleton and mtDNA Link Paleoamericans and Modern Native Americans

    James C. Chatters;Douglas J. Kennett;Yemane Asmerom;Brian M. Kemp

  • Lakeside cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 years of holocene population and environmental change.

    Paul C. Sereno;Elena A. A. Garcea;Hélène Jousse;Christopher M. Stojanowski

  • Stratigraphy and palaeoclimatic significance of Late Quaternary loess-palaeosol sequences of the Last Interglacial-Glacial cycle in central Alaska

    Daniel R. Muhs;Thomas A. Ager;E. Arthur Bettis;John McGeehin

  • Radiocarbon evidence for extensive plate-boundary rupture about 300 years ago at the Cascadia subduction zone

    Alan R. Nelson;Alan R. Nelson;Brian F. Atwater;Peter T. Bobrowsky;Lee-Ann Bradley

  • Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny

    Enrico Cappellini;Frido Welker;Frido Welker;Luca Pandolfi;Jazmín Ramos-Madrigal

  • Study of bone radiocarbon dating accuracy at the University of Arizona NSF accelerator facility for radioisotope analysis.

    Thomas W Stafford;A J T Jull;Klaus Brendel;Raymond C Duhamel

  • Dating of the basal aurignacian sandwich at Abric Romaní (Catalunya, Spain) by radiocarbon and Uranium-Series

    James L. Bischoff;Kenneth R. Ludwig;Jose Francisco Garcia;E. Carbonell

  • Wildfire and abrupt ecosystem disruption on California's Northern Channel Islands at the Ållerød–Younger Dryas boundary (13.0–12.9 ka)

    Douglas J. Kennett;James P. Kennett;G. J. West;Jon M. Erlandson

  • Late Quaternary loess in northeastern Colorado: Part I—Age and paleoclimatic significance

    Daniel R. Muhs;John N. Aleinikoff;Thomas W. Stafford;Rolf Kihl

Frequent Co-Authors

Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Douglas J. Kennett
Douglas J. Kennett University of California, Santa Barbara
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
M. Thomas P. Gilbert University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen University of California, Berkeley
James P. Kennett
James P. Kennett University of California, Santa Barbara
Morten E. Allentoft
Morten E. Allentoft Curtin University
Ted E. Bunch
Ted E. Bunch Northern Arizona University
Anders Albrechtsen
Anders Albrechtsen University of Copenhagen
Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante Stanford University

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