2026 Adolf Seilacher: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	46	4124	1598	117	13162

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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

1523
Citations
Cycles and events in stratigraphy

Gerhard Einsele;Werner Ricken;Adolf Seilacher

977
Citations
Trace Fossil Analysis

Adolf Seilacher

861
Citations
Biomat-related lifestyles in the Precambrian

Adolf Seilacher

684
Citations
FAULT‐GRADED BEDS INTERPRETED AS SEISMITES

Adolf Seilacher

555
Citations
Vendobionta and Psammocorallia: lost constructions of Precambrian evolution

A. Seilacher

552
Citations
Cyclic and Event Stratification

Gerhard Einsele;Adolf Seilacher

518
Citations
Uniformity in marine invertebrate ichnology

Robert W. Frey;Adolf Seilacher

517
Citations
Sedimentological, ecological and temporal patterns of fossil Lagerstätten

Unknown

474
Citations
Vendozoa: Organismic construction in the Proterozoic biosphere

Adolf Seilacher

456
Citations
Ediacaran biota : The dawn of animal life in the shadow of giant protists

Adolf Seilacher;Dmitri Grazhdankin;Anton Legouta

353
Citations
Sedimentary structures tentatively attributed to seismic events

Adolf Seilacher

328
Citations
Trace fossils in the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition: Behavioral diversification, ecological turnover and environmental shift

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

327
Citations
Aberrations in bivalve evolution related to photo‐ and chemosymbiosis

Adolf Seilacher

318
Citations
Triploblastic animals more than 1 billion years ago : Trace fossil evidence from India

Adolf Seilacher;Pradip K. Bose;Friedrich Pflüger

316
Citations
Constructional morphology of sand dollars

Adolf Seilacher

228
Citations
Late Precambrian and Early Cambrian Metazoa: Preservational or Real Extinctions?

A. Seilacher

202
Citations
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

160
Citations
The Phylum Vendobionta: a sister group of the Eumetazoa?

Leo W. Buss;Adolf Seilacher

156
Citations
Possible evolution of mobile animals in association with microbial mats

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

149
Citations
Trilobite palaeobiology and substrate relationships

A. Seilacher

145
Citations
Concretion morphologies reflecting diagenetic and epigenetic pathways

Adolf Seilacher

140
Citations
Distinctive Features of Sandy Tempestites

A. Seilacher

128
Citations
The early evolution of metazoa and the significance of problematic taxa

Unknown

18
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Sherrell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Peter A. Rona Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

James W. Hagadorn Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Joan M. Bernhard Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Richard A. Lutz Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

David M. Raup University of Chicago

Leo W. Buss Yale University

Luis A. Buatois University of Saskatchewan

Andrew J. Gooday National Oceanography Centre

Lauren S. Mullineaux Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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