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Tracy D. Frank 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 Tracy D. Frank sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 124 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tracy D. Frank 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 Tracy D. Frank sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tracy D. Frank is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geology, Environmental Chemistry, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their scholarly work covers a wide range of topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank include:

  • Christopher R. Fielding
  • Mitchell J Malone
  • Peter K. Swart
  • Chris Mays
  • Stephen McLoughlin

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The Depositional Record

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Tracy D. Frank are:

  • Pace, magnitude, and nature of terrestrial climate change through the end-Permian extinction in southeastern Gondwana (2021, Geology)
  • A revised, late Palaeozoic glacial time-space framework for eastern Australia, and comparisons with other regions and events (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Sedimentology of the continental end-Permian extinction event in the Sydney Basin, eastern Australia (2020, Sedimentology)
  • Lethal microbial blooms delayed freshwater ecosystem recovery following the end-Permian extinction (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Mercury evidence from southern Pangea terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects (2023, Nature Communications)

Tracy D. Frank has also contributed to book publications, including the 2024 "Expedition 400 Preliminary Report: NW Greenland Glaciated Margin," published as part of a preliminary report.

Best Publications

  • CO2-Forced Climate and Vegetation Instability During Late Paleozoic Deglaciation

    Isabel P. Montañez;Neil J. Tabor;Deb Niemeier;William A. DiMichele

  • Stratigraphic imprint of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age in eastern Australia: a record of alternating glacial and nonglacial climate regime

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;Lauren P. Birgenheier;Michael C. Rygel

  • Low marine sulphate and protracted oxygenation of the Proterozoic biosphere.

    Linda C. Kah;Timothy W. Lyons;Tracy D. Frank

  • The late Paleozoic ice age—A review of current understanding and synthesis of global climate patterns

    Christopher R Fielding;Tracy D Frank;John L Isbell

  • The magnitude of late paleozoic glacioeustatic fluctuations: A synthesis

    Michael C. Rygel;Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;Lauren P. Birgenheier

  • Age and pattern of the southern high-latitude continental end-Permian extinction constrained by multiproxy analysis

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;Stephen McLoughlin;Vivi Vajda

  • Resolving the late Paleozoic ice age in time and space

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;John L. Isbell

  • End-Permian (252 Mya) deforestation, wildfires and flooding—An ancient biotic crisis with lessons for the present

    Vivi Vajda;Stephen McLoughlin;Chris Mays;Tracy D. Frank

  • Tectonic forcings of Maastrichtian ocean-climate evolution

    Tracy D. Frank;Tracy D. Frank;Michael A. Arthur

  • Behavior of carbonate-associated sulfate during meteoric diagenesis and implications for the sulfur isotope paleoproxy

    Benjamin C. Gill;Timothy W. Lyons;Tracy D. Frank

  • Stratigraphic record and facies associations of the late Paleozoic ice age in eastern Australia (New South Wales and Queensland)

    Christopher R Fielding;Tracy D Frank;Lauren P Birgenheier;Michael C Rygel

  • Acme and demise of the late Palaeozoic ice age: A view from the southeastern margin of Gondwana

    Tracy D. Frank;Aaron I. Shultis;Christopher R. Fielding

  • Refined Permian–Triassic floristic timeline reveals early collapse and delayed recovery of south polar terrestrial ecosystems

    Chris Mays;Vivi Vajda;Tracy D. Frank;Christopher R. Fielding

  • REEF FORAMINIFERA AS BIOINDICATORS OF CORAL REEF HEALTH: LOW ISLES REEF, NORTHERN GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA

    Jonathan D. Schueth;Tracy D. Frank

  • Late Paleozoic climate dynamics revealed by comparison of ice-proximal stratigraphic and ice-distal isotopic records

    T.D Frank;L.P Birgenheier;I.P Montañez;C.R Fielding

  • Isotopic evidence for the paleoenvironmental evolution of the Mesoproterozoic Helena Formation, Belt Supergroup, Montana, USA

    Tracy D. Frank;Timothy W. Lyons;Kyger C. Lohmann

  • Molar-tooth structures: A geochemical perspective on a proterozoic enigma

    Tracy D. Frank;Timothy W. Lyons

  • Coupled carbon isotopic and sedimentological records from the Permian system of eastern Australia reveal the response of atmospheric carbon dioxide to glacial growth and decay during the late Palaeozoic Ice Age

    Lauren P. Birgenheier;Tracy D. Frank;Christopher R. Fielding;Michael C. Rygel

  • The Maastrichtian record from Shatsky Rise (northwest Pacific): A tropical perspective on global ecological and oceanographic changes

    Tracy D. Frank;Deborah J. Thomas;R. Mark Leckie;Michael A. Arthur

  • Changes in organic matter production and accumulation as a mechanism for isotopic evolution in the Mesoproterozoic ocean

    T. D. Frank;L. C. Kah;T. W. Lyons

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R. Fielding
Christopher R. Fielding University of Connecticut
Vivi Vajda
Vivi Vajda Swedish Museum of Natural History
Stephen McLoughlin
Stephen McLoughlin Swedish Museum of Natural History
James L. Crowley
James L. Crowley Boise State University
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside
Kyger C. Lohmann
Kyger C. Lohmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Noel P. James
Noel P. James Queen's University
John L. Isbell
John L. Isbell University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Michael A. Arthur
Michael A. Arthur Pennsylvania State University
Peter K. Swart
Peter K. Swart University of Miami

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