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Earth Science 46 4303 3957 1662 1478 176 6727

Tonie van Dam publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tonie van Dam between 1987 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tonie van Dam published across 40 years, from 1987 to 2026, averaging 5.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2013. 13 of the 206 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2013. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 4 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 17 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 12 publications 2026: 1 publication
1987 2026

206 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tonie van Dam: publications per year, 1987 to 2026
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 0
1996 0
1997 1
1998 4
1999 0
2000 3
2001 5
2002 4
2003 6
2004 3
2005 5
2006 5
2007 5
2008 4
2009 1
2010 17
2011 6
2012 11
2013 26
2014 16
2015 12
2016 10
2017 13
2018 7
2019 6
2020 6
2021 4
2022 3
2023 3
2024 5
2025 12
2026 1
Total 206
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Tonie van Dam 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 Tonie van Dam 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, 168–177 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: 176 publications — 53rd percentile

53% 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
168–177 490 176
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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Tonie van Dam 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 Tonie van Dam 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, 46 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: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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 46
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

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Tonie van Dam is affiliated with the University of Luxembourg in Luxembourg and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Geophysics.

Their research focuses on topics such as Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, GNSS positioning and interference, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Cryospheric studies and observations, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, earthquake and tectonic studies, and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Van Dam has contributed to multiple publications in various scientific journals and conferences. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Tidal analysis of GNSS reflectometry applied for coastal sea level sensing in Antarctica and Greenland" (2020) published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "A Time-Varying 3-D Displacement Model of the ~5.9-Year Westward Motion and its Applications for the Global Navigation Satellite System Positions and Velocities" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Comparative analysis of different atmospheric surface pressure models and their impacts on daily ITRF2014 GNSS residual time series" (2020) published in Journal of Geodesy
  • "Improving the estimate of the secular variation of Greenland ice mass in the recent decades by incorporating a stochastic process" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Quantitative Evaluation of Environmental Loading Induced Displacement Products for Correcting GNSS Time Series in CMONOC" (2020) published in Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors associated with van Dam include Sajad Tabibi, Felipe Geremia-Nievinski, Olivier Francis, Lin Liu, and Weiping Jiang.

Their research has appeared in several venues repeatedly, including Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

In 2020, Tonie van Dam was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Anomalous harmonics in the spectra of GPS position estimates

    J. Ray;Z. Altamimi;X. Collilieux;T. van Dam

  • A comparison of annual vertical crustal displacements from GPS and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) over Europe

    T. van Dam;J. Wahr;David Lavallée

  • Displacements of the Earth's surface due to atmospheric loading: Effects on gravity and baseline measurements

    T. M. Van Dam;J. M. Wahr

  • Accelerating changes in ice mass within Greenland, and the ice sheet's sensitivity to atmospheric forcing

    Michael Bevis;Christopher Harig;Shfaqat A. Khan;Abel Brown

  • Singular spectrum analysis for modeling seasonal signals from GPS time series

    Q. Chen;T. van Dam;N. Sneeuw;X. Collilieux

  • Assimilation of GRACE terrestrial water storage into a land surface model: Evaluation and potential value for drought monitoring in western and central Europe

    Bailing Li;Bailing Li;Matthew Rodell;Benjamin F. Zaitchik;Rolf H. Reichle

  • The use of GPS horizontals for loading studies, with applications to northern California and southeast Greenland

    John Wahr;Shfaqat A. Khan;Tonie van Dam;Lin Liu

  • Geocenter motion and its geodetic and geophysical implications

    Xiaoping Wu;Jim Ray;Tonie van Dam

  • Geodetic measurements reveal similarities between post–Last Glacial Maximum and present-day mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;Ingo Sasgen;Michael Bevis;Tonie van Dam

  • Bedrock displacements in Greenland manifest ice mass variations, climate cycles and climate change

    Michael Bevis;John Wahr;Shfaqat A. Khan;Finn Bo Madsen

  • Nontidal ocean loading: amplitudes and potential effects in GPS height time series

    T. van Dam;X. Collilieux;J. Wuite;Z. Altamimi

  • Improved Constraints on Models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment: A Review of the Contribution of Ground-Based Geodetic Observations

    Matt A. King;Zuheir Altamimi;Johannes Boehm;Machiel Bos

  • Comparative analysis of different environmental loading methods and their impacts on the GPS height time series

    Weiping Jiang;Zhao Li;Tonie van Dam;Wenwu Ding

  • Geocenter motions from GPS: A unified observation model

    David A. Lavallée;Tonie van Dam;Geoffrey Blewitt;Peter J. Clarke

  • Vertical deformations from homogeneously processed GRACE and global GPS long-term series

    Volker Tesmer;Peter Steigenberger;Tonie van Dam;Torsten Mayer-Gürr

  • Strategies to mitigate aliasing of loading signals while estimating GPS frame parameters

    Xavier Collilieux;Tonie van Dam;Jim Ray;David Coulot

  • Observing and understanding the Earth system variations from space geodesy

    Shuanggen Jin;Tonie van Dam;Shimon Wdowinski

  • PREDICTIONS OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION AND OF GEOID AND SEA-LEVEL VARIABILITY CAUSED BY OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC LOADING

    T. M. van Dam;J. Wahr;Y. Chao;E. Leuliette

  • Elastic uplift in southeast Greenland due to rapid ice mass loss

    Shfaqat Abbas Khan;John Wahr;Leigh A. Stearns;Gordon S. Hamilton

  • Effects of atmospheric pressure loading and seven-parameter transformations on estimates of geocenter motion and station heights from space geodetic observations

    Paul Tregoning;T van Dam

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Francis
Olivier Francis University of Luxembourg
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
Shfaqat Abbas Khan Technical University of Denmark
John Wahr
John Wahr University of Colorado Boulder
Nico Sneeuw
Nico Sneeuw University of Stuttgart
Adrian Jäggi
Adrian Jäggi University of Bern
Lin Liu
Lin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael Bevis
Michael Bevis The Ohio State University
Kristine M. Larson
Kristine M. Larson University of Colorado Boulder
Stéphane Bordas
Stéphane Bordas University of Luxembourg
Ian Joughin
Ian Joughin University of Washington

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