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Thomas W. Stafford

Thomas W. Stafford

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 51 3190 2914 33 32 106 10698

Thomas W. Stafford publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thomas W. Stafford between 1981 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thomas W. Stafford published across 46 years, from 1981 to 2026, averaging 2.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2015. 5 of the 131 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2015. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 3 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 5 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 7 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 4 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 4 publications 2026: 1 publication
1981 2026

131 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thomas W. Stafford: publications per year, 1981 to 2026
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 0
1983 1
1984 1
1985 0
1986 0
1987 2
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 3
1992 0
1993 1
1994 3
1995 3
1996 2
1997 4
1998 2
1999 4
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 3
2004 2
2005 0
2006 1
2007 5
2008 8
2009 9
2010 4
2011 3
2012 5
2013 1
2014 7
2015 14
2016 5
2017 4
2018 6
2019 9
2020 3
2021 1
2022 4
2023 0
2024 1
2025 4
2026 1
Total 131
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 98–107 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 106 publications — 14th percentile

14% 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
98–107 404 106
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 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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178 51
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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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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