Subfield · Paleontology
Top Paleontology Researchers
J. van der Plicht ranks first, out of 4,775 ranked researchers.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.
The ranking
- 1 J. van der Plicht Netherlands · #1,632 worldwide 1.8k citations · 110 works
- 2 Brian F. Windley United Kingdom · #1,662 worldwide 3.9k citations · 89 works
- 3 Christopher Bronk Ramsey United Kingdom · #2,257 worldwide 2.4k citations · 79 works
- 4 Édouard Bard France · #3,225 worldwide 1.9k citations · 114 works
- 5 Marc A. Suchard United States · #3,397 worldwide 1.5k citations · 96 works
- 6 S. M. McLennan United States · #3,665 worldwide 1.6k citations · 121 works
- 7 Joseph L. Kirschvink United States · #3,694 worldwide 1.7k citations · 95 works
- 8 Timothy W. Lyons United States · #3,986 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
- 9 Alexandros Stamatakis Germany · #4,152 worldwide 1.6k citations · 104 works
- 10 Simon A. Wilde Australia · #4,261 worldwide 3k citations · 108 works
- 11 W. F. Albright United States · #4,325 worldwide 560 citations · 195 works
- 12 Norman I. Platnick United States · #4,849 worldwide 893 citations · 105 works
- 13 Dorian Q. Fuller United Kingdom · #5,651 worldwide 644 citations · 77 works
- 14 Israel Finkelstein Israel · #5,842 worldwide 403 citations · 98 works
- 15 Richard A. Reyment Sweden · #5,892 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
- 16 Eske Willerslev Denmark · #6,057 worldwide 1.6k citations · 58 works
- 17 Chris Turney Australia · #6,168 worldwide 1.4k citations · 88 works
- 18 William M. Gardner United States · #6,578 worldwide 2.7k citations · 54 works
- 19 Andrew H. Knoll United States · #7,222 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
- 20 Sahra Talamo Germany · #7,637 worldwide 1.5k citations · 53 works
- 21 Karl W. Butzer United States · #7,777 worldwide 701 citations · 80 works
- 22 Bernd Kromer Germany · #7,912 worldwide 2.7k citations · 51 works
- 23 Philippe Walter France · #7,954 worldwide 554 citations · 122 works
- 24 S. Blair Hedges United States · #9,411 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
- 25 A. Townsend Peterson United States · #9,437 worldwide 2.1k citations · 148 works
- 26 Wallace S. Broecker United States · #9,910 worldwide 1.6k citations · 103 works
- 27 Paula Reimer United Kingdom · #10,166 worldwide 1.6k citations · 50 works
- 28 Colin Renfrew United Kingdom · #10,298 worldwide 550 citations · 91 works
- 29 Jay Quade United States · #10,556 worldwide 1.4k citations · 67 works
- 30 Ian Hodder United States · #11,362 worldwide 414 citations · 60 works
- 31 Jared M. Diamond United States · #11,478 worldwide 1.2k citations · 122 works
- 32 Erik Trinkaus United States · #11,512 worldwide 664 citations · 71 works
- 33 Thure E. Cerling United States · #11,610 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
- 34 Irka Hajdas Switzerland · #11,680 worldwide 1.1k citations · 67 works
- 35 Paul Kapp United States · #11,794 worldwide 1.4k citations · 58 works
- 36 Daniel J. Condon United Kingdom · #12,791 worldwide 1.4k citations · 51 works
- 37 Bruce G. Trigger Canada · #12,837 worldwide 393 citations · 93 works
- 38 John Southon United States · #13,396 worldwide 1.4k citations · 105 works
- 39 Michael R. Willig United States · #13,589 worldwide 1k citations · 56 works
- 40 R. Lawrence Edwards United States · #13,593 worldwide 2k citations · 153 works
- 41 George S. Burr United States · #13,596 worldwide 1.6k citations · 48 works
- 42 F. Robert France · #13,848 worldwide 858 citations · 96 works
- 43 Henry Elderfield United Kingdom · #14,032 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
- 44 Barbara Wohlfarth Sweden · #14,272 worldwide 908 citations · 54 works
- 45 Frank Asaro United States · #14,451 worldwide 953 citations · 46 works
- 46 Michael Bau Germany · #14,896 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
- 47 J. John Lowe United Kingdom · #15,062 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
- 48 Andrew Murray Denmark · #15,425 worldwide 2.1k citations · 149 works
- 49 Donald E. Canfield Denmark · #15,435 worldwide 1.6k citations · 96 works
- 50 Zheng‐Xiang Li Australia · #16,114 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
- 51 Charles A. Ross United States · #16,627 worldwide 796 citations · 50 works
- 52 A.G. Wintle United Kingdom · #16,699 worldwide 1.5k citations · 41 works
- 53 Urs Schaltegger Switzerland · #16,833 worldwide 1.5k citations · 83 works
- 54 Sturt W. Manning United States · #17,421 worldwide 1.5k citations · 40 works
- 55 James G. Ogg United States · #17,961 worldwide 1k citations · 75 works
- 56 Richard G. Klein United States · #18,035 worldwide 653 citations · 51 works
- 57 Ziheng Yang United Kingdom · #18,042 worldwide 922 citations · 62 works
- 58 David Bukry United States · #18,054 worldwide 745 citations · 54 works
- 59 Hai Cheng China · #18,099 worldwide 2.9k citations · 250 works
- 60 Alex Bayliss United Kingdom · #18,158 worldwide 2.6k citations · 39 works
- 61 Nicholas J Shackleton United Kingdom · #18,544 worldwide 1.1k citations · 46 works
- 62 J. Desmond Clark United States · #18,646 worldwide 388 citations · 66 works
- 63 Michael J. Hambrey United Kingdom · #18,808 worldwide 933 citations · 68 works
- 64 G.A.T. Duller United Kingdom · #19,094 worldwide 937 citations · 65 works
- 65 Richard G. Roberts Australia · #19,306 worldwide 1.2k citations · 102 works
- 66 Lucas Joost Lourens Netherlands · #19,518 worldwide 1.1k citations · 44 works
- 67 Gar W. Rothwell United States · #19,544 worldwide 642 citations · 76 works
- 68 Mark P. Leone United States · #19,762 worldwide 339 citations · 53 works
- 69 Paul G. Bahn United Kingdom · #20,001 worldwide 277 citations · 75 works
- 70 Timothy Earle United States · #20,508 worldwide 518 citations · 41 works
- 71 Ursula Röhl Germany · #20,649 worldwide 872 citations · 55 works
- 72 Robert M. Hazen United States · #21,117 worldwide 1.4k citations · 149 works
- 73 Stephen Shennan United Kingdom · #21,147 worldwide 464 citations · 52 works
- 74 Peter Bellwood Australia · #21,246 worldwide 285 citations · 55 works
- 75 Zhisheng An China · #22,288 worldwide 1.8k citations · 130 works
- 76 George E. Gehrels United States · #22,440 worldwide 1.9k citations · 136 works
- 77 Richard P. Evershed United Kingdom · #22,515 worldwide 1.1k citations · 116 works
- 78 Arnold G. Kluge United States · #22,557 worldwide 827 citations · 40 works
- 79 Mark Maslin United Kingdom · #22,834 worldwide 687 citations · 102 works
- 80 Wolfgang Kiessling Germany · #23,370 worldwide 870 citations · 44 works
- 81 Svante Björck Sweden · #23,574 worldwide 1.1k citations · 83 works
- 82 Stefan Schouten Netherlands · #23,713 worldwide 1.6k citations · 170 works
- 83 Mark G. Macklin United Kingdom · #23,729 worldwide 637 citations · 67 works
- 84 Lewis R. Binford United States · #23,804 worldwide 1.5k citations · 36 works
- 85 R. Glenn Northcutt United States · #23,829 worldwide 470 citations · 43 works
- 86 James C. Zachos United States · #23,968 worldwide 961 citations · 73 works
- 87 Paul R. Bown United Kingdom · #24,160 worldwide 718 citations · 73 works
- 88 Alan J. Kaufman United States · #24,170 worldwide 651 citations · 50 works
- 89 Wout Krijgsman Netherlands · #24,186 worldwide 985 citations · 97 works
- 90 Xiaoming Liu United States · #24,212 worldwide 948 citations · 57 works
- 91 T. Mark Harrison United States · #24,313 worldwide 1.6k citations · 97 works
- 92 Daniel R. Brooks Canada · #24,403 worldwide 630 citations · 90 works
- 93 Clark M. Johnson United States · #24,621 worldwide 982 citations · 62 works
- 94 David A.D. Evans United States · #25,160 worldwide 761 citations · 65 works
- 95 Gerald M. Friedman United States · #25,963 worldwide 686 citations · 85 works
- 96 Peter A. Ziegler Switzerland · #26,147 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
- 97 Steve Weiner Israel · #26,177 worldwide 793 citations · 47 works
- 98 Kristian Kristiansen Sweden · #26,788 worldwide 342 citations · 42 works
- 99 Donald R. Lowe United States · #27,001 worldwide 644 citations · 60 works
- 100 Chantal Tribolo France · #27,115 worldwide 240 citations · 68 works
authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Paleontology, re-ranked on the composite score. 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 — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.