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Timothy Beach 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 Beach sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 166 publications — 44th percentile

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

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

Timothy Beach 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 Beach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Timothy Beach is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences with a primary focus on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies as well as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

More specifically, their work engages with subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Paleontology
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

In terms of topics, their research covers:

  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeological Research and Protection
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Climate change and permafrost

Timothy Beach has published extensively in various venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Annals of the American Association of Geographers
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their recent scholarly articles include:

  • Monumental architecture at Aguada Fénix and the rise of Maya civilization, 2020, Nature
  • Origins and spread of formal ceremonial complexes in the Olmec and Maya regions revealed by airborne lidar, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Winter Storm Uri: A Test of Texas' Water Infrastructure and Water Resource Resilience to Extreme Winter Weather Events, 2021, Journal of Extreme Events
  • The need for stewardship of lands exposed by deglaciation from climate change, 2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Wetland Farming and the Early Anthropocene: Globally Upscaling from the Maya Lowlands with LiDAR and Multiproxy Verification, 2020, Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Among their frequent collaborators are:

  • Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach
  • Anaïs Zimmer
  • Duncan Cook
  • Sheryl Beach
  • Nicholas P. Dunning

Timothy Beach has received recognition from scholarly organizations including being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2007 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use

    Lucas Stephens;Dorian Fuller;Nicole Boivin;Torben Rick

  • Soil Erosion, Slope Management, and Ancient Terracing in the Maya Lowlands

    Nicholas P. Dunning;Timothy Beach

  • Kax and kol: Collapse and resilience in lowland Maya civilization

    Nicholas P. Dunning;Timothy P. Beach;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach

  • Arising from the Bajos: The Evolution of a Neotropical Landscape and the Rise of Maya Civilization

    Nicholas P. Dunning;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach;Timothy Beach;John G. Jones

  • Impacts of the ancient Maya on soils and soil erosion in the central Maya Lowlands

    T. Beach;N. Dunning;S. Luzzadder-Beach;D.E. Cook

  • Prehispanic Agrosystems and Adaptive Regions in the Maya Lowlands

    Nicholas Dunning;Timothy Beach;Pat Farrell;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach

  • Ancient Maya impacts on the Earth's surface: An Early Anthropocene analog?

    Timothy Beach;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach;Duncan Cook;Nicholas Dunning

  • In search of an Ancient Maya market

    Bruce H. Dahlin;Christopher T. Jensen;Richard E. Terry;David R. Wright

  • A review of human and natural changes in Maya Lowland wetlands over the Holocene

    Tim Beach;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach;Nicholas Dunning;John Jones

  • Temple mountains, sacred lakes, and fertile fields: ancient Maya landscapes in northwestern Belize

    Nicholas Dunning;Vernon Scarborough;Fred Valdez;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach

  • Monumental architecture at Aguada Fénix and the rise of Maya civilization

    Takeshi Inomata;Daniela Triadan;Verónica A. Vázquez López;Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz

  • The Fate of Eroded Soil: Sediment Sinks and Sediment Budgets of Agrarian Landscapes in Southern Minnesota, 1851–1988

    Timothy Beach

  • Human and natural impacts on fluvial and karst depressions of the Maya Lowlands

    Timothy Beach;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach;Nicholas Dunning;Duncan Edward Cook

  • UPLAND AGRICULTURE IN THE MAYA LOWLANDS: ANCIENT MAYA SOIL CONSERVATION IN NORTHWESTERN BELIZE*

    Timothy Beach;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach;Nicholas Dunning;Jon Hageman

  • The Paleoecology and Ancient Settlement of the Petexbatun Region, Guatemala

    Nicholas Dunning;Timothy Beach;David Rue

  • Wetland fields as mirrors of drought and the Maya abandonment

    Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach;Timothy P. Beach;Nicholas P. Dunning

  • Ancient Maya terracing and modern conservation in the Peten rain forest of Guatemala

    Timothy Beach;Nicholas P. Dunning

  • Soil Constraints on Northwest Yucatan, Mexico: Pedoarchaeology and Maya Subsistence at Chunchucmil

    Timothy Beach

  • Human-Environment Interactions in a Tropical Watershed: The Paleoecology of Laguna Tamarindito, El Petén, Guatemala

    Nicholas Dunning;David J. Rue;Timothy Beach;Alan Covich

  • SOIL CATENAS, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, AND ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY SOIL EROSION IN THE PETéN, GUATEMALA

    Timothy Beach

  • High-resolution speleothem record of precipitation from the Yucatan Peninsula spanning the Maya Preclassic Period

    Martín Medina-Elizalde;Stephen J. Burns;Josué M. Polanco-Martínez;Timothy Beach

  • Ancient Maya wetland fields revealed under tropical forest canopy from laser scanning and multiproxy evidence.

    Timothy Beach;Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach;Samantha Krause;Tom Guderjan

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Inomata
Takeshi Inomata University of Arizona
Andrew J. Dugmore
Andrew J. Dugmore University of Edinburgh
Scott M. Fitzpatrick
Scott M. Fitzpatrick University of Oregon
Arlen F. Chase
Arlen F. Chase Pomona College
Nicholas Brokaw
Nicholas Brokaw University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London
Simon Brewer
Simon Brewer University of Utah
Jon M. Erlandson
Jon M. Erlandson University of Oregon
Torben C. Rick
Torben C. Rick National Museum of Natural History
Karl W. Butzer
Karl W. Butzer The University of Texas at Austin

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