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44
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7799
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6722
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William Balsam publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Balsam sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 108 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

William Balsam D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William Balsam sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

William Balsam is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional work in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their research interests include Geology and Paleoclimatology, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, as well as Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach integrating geological processes, magnetic studies, and chemical analysis of Earth materials.

William Balsam has contributed to the scientific literature with publications in notable venues. The primary publication venue identified is Quaternary International, where research related to Earth sciences is commonly disseminated.

Among recent articles, William Balsam coauthored the paper titled The formation of iron oxides and magnetic enhancement mechanisms in northern Iranian loess-paleosol sequences: Evidence from diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry and temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility, published in 2021 in Quaternary International.

Frequent collaborators include Amin Ghafarpour, Farhad Khormali, Steven L. Forman, Liangqing Cheng, and Yougui Song. These coauthors indicate active collaboration across studies in paleoenvironmental reconstruction and geochemical analyses.

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

  • The formation of iron oxides and magnetic enhancement mechanisms in northern Iranian loess-paleosol sequences: Evidence from diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry and temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility (2021, Quaternary International)

  • Amin Ghafarpour
  • Farhad Khormali
  • Steven L. Forman
  • Liangqing Cheng
  • Yougui Song

  • Quaternary International

Best Publications

  • Nd and Sr isotopic characteristics of Chinese deserts: Implications for the provenances of Asian dust

    Jun Chen;Gaojun Li;Jiedong Yang;Wenbo Rao

  • Asian monsoon oscillations in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau since the late glacial as interpreted from visible reflectance of Qinghai Lake sediments

    Junfeng Ji;Ji Shen;William Balsam;Jun Chen

  • Visible spectroscopy; a rapid method for determining hematite and goethite concentration in geological materials

    Bobby C. Deaton;William L. Balsam

  • The last interglacial ocean

    William F. Ruddiman;Rose Marie L. Cline;James D. Hays

  • Climatic interpretation of the Luochuan and Lingtai loess sections, China, based on changing iron oxide mineralogy and magnetic susceptibility

    William Balsam;Junfeng Ji;Jun Chen

  • Rapid identification of dolomite using a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR): A fast method for identifying Heinrich events in IODP Site U1308

    Junfeng Ji;Yun Ge;William Balsam;John E. Damuth

  • Pollen distribution in the northeast Pacific Ocean

    Linda Heusser;William L. Balsam

  • Magnetic susceptibility as a proxy for rainfall: Worldwide data from tropical and temperate climate

    William L. Balsam;Brooks B. Ellwood;Junfeng Ji;Earle R. Williams

  • Zr/Rb ratio in the Chinese loess sequences and its implication for changes in the East Asian winter monsoon strength

    Jun Chen;Yang Chen;Lianwen Liu;Junfeng Ji

  • Evaluating optical lightness as a proxy for carbonate content in marine sediment cores

    William L Balsam;Bobby C Deaton;John E Damuth

  • Mineralogic and Climatic Interpretations of the Luochuan Loess Section (China) Based on Diffuse Reflectance Spectrophotometry

    Junfeng Ji;William Balsam;Jun Chen

  • RAPID AND QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF HEMATITE AND GOETHITE IN THE CHINESE LOESS-PALEOSOL SEQUENCE BY DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY

    Junfeng Ji;William Balsam;Jun Chen;Lianwen Liu

  • Sea-floor sediment distribution in the Gulf of Mexico

    William L Balsam;Jana Payne Beeson

  • Geochemical and isotopic characterization of the Bodélé Depression dust source and implications for transatlantic dust transport to the Amazon Basin

    Wafa Abouchami;Kerstin Näthe;Ashwini Kumar;Stephen J.G. Galer

  • High resolution hematite and goethite records from ODP 1143, South China Sea: Co-evolution of monsoonal precipitation and El Niño over the past 600,000 years

    Yi Ge Zhang;Junfeng Ji;William L. Balsam;Lianwen Liu

  • Organic storage of CO2 on the continental slope off the mid-Atlantic bight, the southeastern Bering Sea, and the Peru coast

    John J. Walsh;Eugene T. Premuzic;Jeffrey S. Gaffney;Gilbert T. Rowe

  • Visible spectroscopy of aerosol particles collected on filters: iron-oxide minerals

    R. Arimoto;W. Balsam;C. Schloesslin

  • High resolution hematite/goethite records from Chinese loess sequences for the last glacial-interglacial cycle: Rapid climatic response of the East Asian Monsoon to the tropical Pacific

    Junfeng Ji;Jun Chen;William Balsam;Huayu Lu

  • Modern and Last Glacial Maximum eolian sedimentation patterns in the Atlantic Ocean interpreted from sediment iron oxide content

    William L. Balsam;Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Bobby C. Deaton

  • Quantitative reassessment of brick red lutites: Evidence from reflectance spectrophotometry

    Frank T. Barranco;William L. Balsam;B.C. Deaton

Frequent Co-Authors

Junfeng Ji
Junfeng Ji Nanjing University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nanjing University
Huayu Lu
Huayu Lu Nanjing University
Brooks B. Ellwood
Brooks B. Ellwood Louisiana State University
John E. Damuth
John E. Damuth The University of Texas at Arlington
Richard Arimoto
Richard Arimoto New Mexico State University Carlsbad
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huifang Xu
Huifang Xu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Zhenxing Shen
Zhenxing Shen Xi'an Jiaotong University
Krishnan Rajeshwar
Krishnan Rajeshwar The University of Texas at Arlington

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