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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 44 4766 4389 45 41 197 6595

Timothy A. Little publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Timothy A. Little between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Timothy A. Little published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2017. 5 of the 205 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2017. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 5 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 6 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications
1986 2025

205 publications in total across all disciplines

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Timothy A. Little: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 4
1993 1
1994 5
1995 2
1996 1
1997 1
1998 5
1999 1
2000 0
2001 3
2002 3
2003 1
2004 6
2005 2
2006 9
2007 7
2008 7
2009 7
2010 8
2011 7
2012 14
2013 9
2014 6
2015 9
2016 8
2017 15
2018 14
2019 10
2020 10
2021 9
2022 6
2023 6
2024 3
2025 2
Total 205
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Timothy A. Little 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 Timothy A. Little 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, 188–197 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: 197 publications — 62nd percentile

62% 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
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401 197
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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Timothy A. Little 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 Timothy A. Little 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, 44 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: 44 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% 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 44
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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Overview

Timothy A. Little is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial body of work in Geophysics, which accounts for the majority of their publications. Additional subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their main topics of work encompass earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and high-pressure geophysics and materials. They have also engaged in research related to geology and paleoclimatology, seismic waves and analysis, landslides and related hazards, as well as broader geological and geophysical studies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Russ Van Dissen, Marcel Mizera, Carolyn Boulton, Jesse Kearse, and Nicola Litchfield.

Several publication venues feature Timothy A. Little's work repeatedly. Notably, they have contributed to the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, which hosts the largest number of their publications. Other venues include Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Geosphere, and Gondwana Research.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Timothy A. Little include:

  • The New Zealand Community Fault Model - version 1.0: an improved geological foundation for seismic hazard modelling (2023), New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
  • Mechanical Implications of Creep and Partial Coupling on the World's Fastest Slipping Low-Angle Normal Fault in Southeastern Papua New Guinea (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Coseismic deformation of the ground during large-slip strike-slip ruptures: Finite evolution of "mole tracks" (2021), Geosphere
  • The petrology, geochronology and tectono-magmatic setting of igneous rocks in the Suckling-Dayman metamorphic core complex, Papua New Guinea (2020), Gondwana Research
  • A time-dependent seismic hazard model following the Kaikōura M7.8 earthquake (2023), New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Best Publications

  • Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand

    Ian J. Hamling;Sigrún Hreinsdóttir;Kate Clark;John Elliott

  • Do great earthquakes occur on the Alpine fault in central South Island, New Zealand?

    R. Sutherland;D. Eberhart‐Phillips;R. A. Harris;T. Stern

  • A model of active faulting in New Zealand

    NJ Litchfield;R Van Dissen;R Sutherland;PM Barnes

  • Variations in exhumation level and uplift rate along the obliqu-slip Alpine fault, central Southern Alps, New Zealand

    Timothy A. Little;Simon Cox;Julie K. Vry;Geoffrey Batt

  • Surface Rupture of Multiple Crustal Faults in the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura, New Zealand, Earthquake

    Nicola J. Litchfield;Pilar Villamor;Russ J. Van Dissen;Andrew Nicol

  • Diapiric exhumation of Earth's youngest (UHP) eclogites in the gneiss domes of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea

    T.A. Little;B.R. Hacker;S.M. Gordon;S.M. Gordon;S.L. Baldwin

  • Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine fault, New Zealand

    Rupert Sutherland;Virginia G. Toy;John Townend;Simon C. Cox

  • Extreme hydrothermal conditions at an active plate-bounding fault

    Rupert Sutherland;Rupert Sutherland;John Townend;Virginia Toy;Phaedra Upton

  • World's largest coseismic strike‐slip offset: The 1855 rupture of the Wairarapa Fault, New Zealand, and implications for displacement/length scaling of continental earthquakes

    D. W. Rodgers;T. A. Little

  • Seven million years of strike‐slip and related off‐fault deformation, northeastern Marlborough fault system, South Island, New Zealand

    Timothy A. Little;Andrew Jones

  • Displacement transfer between intersecting regional strike-slip and extensional fault systems

    V. Mouslopoulou;A. Nicol;T.A. Little;J.J. Walsh

  • Tertiary tectonics of the Border Ranges Fault System, Chugach Mountains, Alaska: Deformation and uplift in a forearc setting

    Timothy A. Little;Charles W. Naeser

  • Distribution and mechanism of Neogene to present-day vertical axis rotations, Pacific-Australian Plate Boundary Zone, South Island, New Zealand

    Timothy A. Little;Andrew P. Roberts

  • The Mw7.8 2016 Kaikōura earthquake

    Mark W. Stirling;N. J. Litchfield;Pilar Villamor;Russ J. Van Dissen

  • Continental rifting and metamorphic core complex formation ahead of the Woodlark spreading ridge, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea

    Timothy A. Little;S. L. Baldwin;P. G. Fitzgerald;B. Monteleone

  • Kinematics of oblique collision and ramping inferred from microstructures and strain in middle crustal rocks, central Southern Alps, New Zealand

    T.A. Little;R.J. Holcombe;B.R. Ilg

  • Can microplate rotation drive subduction inversion

    L.E. Webb;S.L. Baldwin;T.A. Little;P.G. Fitzgerald

  • Feedback between rifting and diapirism can exhume ultrahigh-pressure rocks

    S. M. Ellis;T. A. Little;Laura Wallace;B. R. Hacker

  • Zoned (Cretaceous and Cenozoic) garnet and the timing of high grade metamorphism, Southern Alps, New Zealand

    J. K. Vry;J. Baker;R. Maas;T. A. Little

  • Fault rock lithologies and architecture of the central Alpine fault, New Zealand, revealed by DFDP-1 drilling

    Virginia G. Toy;Carolyn J. Boulton;Carolyn J. Boulton;Rupert Sutherland;Rupert Sutherland;John Townend

  • An episodic Cretaceous cooling model for the Otago‐Marlborough Schist, New Zealand, based on 40Ar/39Ar white mica ages

    Timothy A. Little;Nick Mortimer;Michael McWilliams

  • Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

    R. Sutherland;V. G. Toy;J. Townend;S. Cox

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Ellis
Susan Ellis GNS Science
Laura M. Wallace
Laura M. Wallace The University of Texas at Austin
David J. Prior
David J. Prior University of Otago
Virginia Toy
Virginia Toy Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
R. Van Dissen
R. Van Dissen GNS Science
Pilar Villamor
Pilar Villamor GNS Science
John Townend
John Townend Victoria University of Wellington
Kelvin Berryman
Kelvin Berryman GNS Science

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