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Top Paleontology Researchers

Thomas J. Algeo ranks first, followed by Andrew H. Knoll and Roger Benson, out of 287,225 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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  1. 1 Thomas J. Algeo United States · #16,260 worldwide overall 59.2 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Andrew H. Knoll United States · #7,918 worldwide overall 56.7 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 Roger Benson United Kingdom · #5,166 worldwide overall 50.8 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Timothy W. Lyons United States · #7,416 worldwide overall 47.5 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 Shuhai Xiao United States · #42,540 worldwide overall 46.3 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Michael J. Benton United Kingdom · #184,649 worldwide overall 64.4 of 300 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Noah J. Planavsky United States · #15,842 worldwide overall 39.4 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Simon W. Poulton United Kingdom · #25,157 worldwide overall 39.4 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Paul B. Wignall United Kingdom · #31,219 worldwide overall 38.2 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Richard J. Butler United Kingdom · #46,187 worldwide overall 38.0 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11 Fahu Chen China · #16,485 worldwide overall 30.8 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12 Mark Allen Norell United States · #94,938 worldwide overall 40.6 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13 Andrey Bekker United States · #41,265 worldwide overall 31.0 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14 Philip D. Mannion United Kingdom · #24,133 worldwide overall 31.2 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15 Hugh C. Jenkyns United Kingdom · #20,694 worldwide overall 31.8 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  16. 16 Zhonghe Zhou China · #107,250 worldwide overall 34.9 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  17. 17 Ariel D. Anbar United States · #127,954 worldwide overall 29.3 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  18. 18 Donald E. Canfield Denmark · #8,894 worldwide overall 29.1 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  19. 19 Shu‐zhong Shen China · #138,586 worldwide overall 36.5 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
  20. 20 Hai Cheng China · #40,883 worldwide overall 30.1 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  21. 21 John J. Wiens United States · #1,677 worldwide overall 26.4 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  22. 22 Thure E. Cerling United States · #13,229 worldwide overall 27.0 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  23. 23 Philip C. J. Donoghue United Kingdom · #18,067 worldwide overall 31.9 of 102 papers here in the top 10%
  24. 24 Paul C. Sereno United States · #37,211 worldwide overall 26.8 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  25. 25 Kurt O. Konhauser Canada · #116,893 worldwide overall 28.6 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  26. 26 Christopher Bronk Ramsey United Kingdom · #18,213 worldwide overall 30.9 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  27. 27 Jean‐Jacques Hublin Germany · #5,974 worldwide overall 27.4 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  28. 28 Stephen L. Brusatte United Kingdom · #142,473 worldwide overall 34.1 of 136 papers here in the top 10%
  29. 29 James C. Zachos United States · #16,488 worldwide overall 23.8 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  30. 30 Diego Pol Argentina · #90,388 worldwide overall 29.1 of 96 papers here in the top 10%
  31. 31 Thomas Higham United Kingdom · #7,964 worldwide overall 27.8 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  32. 32 Paul Upchurch United Kingdom · #113,755 worldwide overall 26.2 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  33. 33 Benjamin J. W. Mills United Kingdom · #21,990 worldwide overall 22.2 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  34. 34 Dorian Q. Fuller United Kingdom · #1,163 worldwide overall 23.6 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  35. 35 Alan Jay Kaufman United States · #50,873 worldwide overall 24.6 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  36. 36 Kenneth D. Angielczyk United States · #121,060 worldwide overall 27.5 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  37. 37 Daniel J. Field United Kingdom · #38,872 worldwide overall 23.7 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  38. 38 Roger M. H. Smith South Africa · #98,433 worldwide overall 26.3 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  39. 39 Anjali Goswami United Kingdom · #26,198 worldwide overall 24.0 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  40. 40 Johannes Krause Germany · #265 worldwide overall 21.0 of 29 papers here in the top 10%
  41. 41 John R. Hutchinson United Kingdom · #81,615 worldwide overall 25.0 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  42. 42 Paul M. Barrett United Kingdom · #235,659 worldwide overall 30.3 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
  43. 43 Gregory M. Erickson United States · #33,829 worldwide overall 20.9 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  44. 44 Roger Everett Summons United States · #29,344 worldwide overall 21.3 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  45. 45 Emily J. Rayfield United Kingdom · #61,459 worldwide overall 22.6 of 61 papers here in the top 10%
  46. 46 Galen P. Halverson Canada · #84,792 worldwide overall 21.7 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  47. 47 Michael P. Richards Germany · #33,035 worldwide overall 25.4 of 90 papers here in the top 10%
  48. 48 Francis A. Macdonald United States · #115,108 worldwide overall 21.3 of 49 papers here in the top 10%
  49. 49 Graham Shields United Kingdom · #41,607 worldwide overall 21.0 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  50. 50 Stephanie Elaine Pierce United States · #55,854 worldwide overall 21.0 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  51. 50 Chao Li China · #112,446 worldwide overall 21.1 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  52. 52 Jahandar Ramezani United States · #89,972 worldwide overall 20.9 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  53. 53 Eske Willerslev Denmark · #151 worldwide overall 19.4 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  54. 54 Martín D. Ezcurra Argentina · #127,618 worldwide overall 25.4 of 93 papers here in the top 10%
  55. 55 Maoyan Zhu China · #65,957 worldwide overall 23.8 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  56. 56 Max C. Langer Brazil · #152,375 worldwide overall 25.8 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  57. 57 David Emil Reich United States · #65 worldwide overall 18.8 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  58. 58 Ulrich Technau Austria · #21,939 worldwide overall 19.4 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  59. 59 Eudald Carbonell Spain · #65,469 worldwide overall 22.0 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  60. 60 Daniel L. Rabosky United States · #21,974 worldwide overall 18.3 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  61. 61 Daniel John Lunt United Kingdom · #26,830 worldwide overall 18.9 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  62. 62 David Jablonski United States · #50,260 worldwide overall 19.0 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  63. 62 Richard P. Evershed United Kingdom · #31,520 worldwide overall 21.7 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  64. 64 Dennis V. Kent United States · #98,674 worldwide overall 21.5 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  65. 65 Lawrence M. Witmer United States · #88,493 worldwide overall 21.6 of 65 papers here in the top 10%
  66. 66 Alan Cooper Australia · #84,072 worldwide overall 19.0 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  67. 67 Sterling J. Nesbitt United States · #152,620 worldwide overall 25.1 of 100 papers here in the top 10%
  68. 68 Douglas H. Erwin United States · #40,173 worldwide overall 20.7 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  69. 69 Christopher T. Reinhard United States · #23,946 worldwide overall 17.8 of 29 papers here in the top 10%
  70. 70 Fernando Emilio Novas Argentina · #219,138 worldwide overall 25.3 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  71. 71 John R. Horner United States · #94,808 worldwide overall 20.2 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  72. 72 Samuel A. Bowring United States · #39,434 worldwide overall 18.5 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  73. 73 Philip J. Currie Canada · #248,994 worldwide overall 31.3 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  74. 74 Paul J. Valdes United Kingdom · #57,684 worldwide overall 18.2 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  75. 75 Francesco d’Errico France · #6,057 worldwide overall 18.6 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  76. 76 Michael D. Petraglia Germany · #9,526 worldwide overall 20.1 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  77. 77 Julia A. Lee‐Thorp United Kingdom · #13,955 worldwide overall 19.0 of 47 papers here in the top 10%
  78. 78 Daniele Silvestro Sweden · #27,492 worldwide overall 17.8 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  79. 79 Mark Q. Martindale United States · #114,225 worldwide overall 19.7 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  80. 80 Richard Lawrence Edwards United States · #21,239 worldwide overall 17.8 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  81. 81 Matt Friedman United States · #104,629 worldwide overall 20.7 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  82. 82 David T. Johnston United States · #48,511 worldwide overall 16.3 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  83. 83 Feifei Zhang China · #92,718 worldwide overall 16.7 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  84. 84 Xing Xu China · #83,491 worldwide overall 24.3 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  85. 85 Svante Pääbo Germany · #381 worldwide overall 15.7 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  86. 86 Matthew J. Collins United Kingdom · #20,798 worldwide overall 18.0 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  87. 87 Juan Luís Arsuaga Spain · #26,899 worldwide overall 22.3 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  88. 88 Stephen E. Grasby Canada · #196,433 worldwide overall 17.9 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  89. 89 José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro Spain · #14,447 worldwide overall 19.1 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
  90. 90 Ganqing Jiang United States · #47,424 worldwide overall 16.6 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  91. 91 David A Hodell United Kingdom · #29,966 worldwide overall 16.7 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  92. 92 Chris B. Stringer United Kingdom · #4,396 worldwide overall 17.6 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  93. 93 Woodward W. Fischer United States · #60,548 worldwide overall 17.0 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  94. 94 Peter A. Cawood Australia · #5,091 worldwide overall 16.6 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  95. 95 Nicole L. Boivin Germany · #2,375 worldwide overall 16.6 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  96. 96 Ziheng Yang United Kingdom · #10,368 worldwide overall 14.6 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  97. 96 David M. Raup United States · #60,947 worldwide overall 15.8 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  98. 98 Roger Buick United States · #32,927 worldwide overall 15.0 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  99. 99 Guanghui Dong China · #23,324 worldwide overall 16.3 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  100. 100 Michael M. Joachimski Germany · #159,888 worldwide overall 19.5 of 69 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Paleontology. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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