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Adolf Seilacher

Adolf Seilacher

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
46
Citations
13162
World Ranking
4125
National Ranking
1597

Adolf Seilacher 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 Adolf Seilacher sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 117 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Adolf Seilacher 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 Adolf Seilacher sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Adolf Seilacher was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research contributions spanned various topics and were published in multiple scholarly venues. Seilacher's work included investigations into morphogenetic mechanisms and contributions to paleontological literature.

Their recent publications included the following papers:

  • Self-organizing morphogenetic mechanisms as processors of evolution, 2022, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Prof. Dr. Adolf Seilacher, 2021, Württembergisch Franken

Frequent co-authors included:

  • Hans Hagdorn

Common publication venues for their research were:

  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Württembergisch Franken

Adolf Seilacher received the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Bathymetry of trace fossils

    Adolf Seilacher

  • Cycles and events in stratigraphy

    Gerhard Einsele;Werner Ricken;Adolf Seilacher

  • Trace Fossil Analysis

    Adolf Seilacher

  • Biomat-related lifestyles in the Precambrian

    Adolf Seilacher

  • FAULT‐GRADED BEDS INTERPRETED AS SEISMITES

    Adolf Seilacher

  • Vendobionta and Psammocorallia: lost constructions of Precambrian evolution

    A. Seilacher

  • Cyclic and Event Stratification

    Gerhard Einsele;Adolf Seilacher

  • Uniformity in marine invertebrate ichnology

    Robert W. Frey;Adolf Seilacher

  • Sedimentological, ecological and temporal patterns of fossil Lagerstätten

    Unknown

  • Vendozoa: Organismic construction in the Proterozoic biosphere

    Adolf Seilacher

  • Ediacaran biota : The dawn of animal life in the shadow of giant protists

    Adolf Seilacher;Dmitri Grazhdankin;Anton Legouta

  • Sedimentary structures tentatively attributed to seismic events

    Adolf Seilacher

  • Trace fossils in the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition: Behavioral diversification, ecological turnover and environmental shift

    Adolf Seilacher;Luis A. Buatois;M. Gabriela Mángano

  • Aberrations in bivalve evolution related to photo‐ and chemosymbiosis

    Adolf Seilacher

  • Triploblastic animals more than 1 billion years ago : Trace fossil evidence from India

    Adolf Seilacher;Pradip K. Bose;Friedrich Pflüger

  • Constructional morphology of sand dollars

    Adolf Seilacher

  • Late Precambrian and Early Cambrian Metazoa: Preservational or Real Extinctions?

    A. Seilacher

  • Puncoviscana folded belt in northwestern Argentina: testimony of Late Proterozoic Rodinia fragmentation and pre-Gondwana collisional episodes

    R. H. Omarini;R. J. Sureda;H.-J. Götze;A. Seilacher

  • The Phylum Vendobionta: a sister group of the Eumetazoa?

    Leo W. Buss;Adolf Seilacher

  • Possible evolution of mobile animals in association with microbial mats

    Murray Gingras;James W. Hagadorn;Adolf Seilacher;Stefan V. Lalonde

  • Trilobite palaeobiology and substrate relationships

    A. Seilacher

  • Concretion morphologies reflecting diagenetic and epigenetic pathways

    Adolf Seilacher

  • Distinctive Features of Sandy Tempestites

    A. Seilacher

  • The early evolution of metazoa and the significance of problematic taxa

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Sherrell
Robert M. Sherrell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter A. Rona
Peter A. Rona Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James W. Hagadorn
James W. Hagadorn Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Joan M. Bernhard
Joan M. Bernhard Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Richard A. Lutz
Richard A. Lutz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David M. Raup
David M. Raup University of Chicago
Leo W. Buss
Leo W. Buss Yale University
Luis A. Buatois
Luis A. Buatois University of Saskatchewan
Andrew J. Gooday
Andrew J. Gooday National Oceanography Centre
Lauren S. Mullineaux
Lauren S. Mullineaux Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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