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Birger Schmitz

Birger Schmitz

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Earth Science
Sweden
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
61
Citations
10604
World Ranking
1826
National Ranking
13

Birger Schmitz 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 Birger Schmitz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 256 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Birger Schmitz 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 Birger Schmitz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Birger Schmitz is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden, with primary research interests spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their work intersects several specialized subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research topics primarily focus on Astro and Planetary Science, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Planetary Science and Exploration, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological formations and processes, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide.

Frequent publication venues for Birger Schmitz include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Science Advances
  • Science

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure, 2021, published in Science Advances
  • Absolute dating of the L-chondrite parent body breakup with high-precision U-Pb zircon geochronology from Ordovician limestone, 2020, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Asteroid break-ups and meteorite delivery to Earth the past 500 million years, 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ruthenium isotopes show the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid, 2024, published in Science
  • A rapid sedimentary response to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum hydrological change: New data from alluvial units of the Tremp-Graus Basin (Spanish Pyrenees), 2021, published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Birger Schmitz has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Fredrik Terfelt
  • Shiyong Liao
  • Ellinor Martin
  • Victoriano Pujalte
  • Aitor Payros

Best Publications

  • Global dinoflagellate event associated with the late Paleocene thermal maximum

    Erica M. Crouch;Claus Heilmann-Clausen;Henk Brinkhuis;Hugh E.G. Morgans

  • Abrupt increase in seasonal extreme precipitation at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary

    Birger Schmitz;Victoriano Pujalte

  • Barium, equatorial high productivity, and the northward wandering of the Indian continent

    Birger Schmitz

  • Causes and consequences of globally warm climates in the early Paleogene

    Scott L. Wing;Philip D. Gingerich;Birger Schmitz;Ellen Thomas

  • A benthic foraminiferal record of Paleocene sea level and trophic/redox conditions at Gebel Aweina, Egypt

    Robert P. Speijer;Birger Schmitz

  • A rain of ordinary chondritic meteorites in the early Ordovician

    Birger Schmitz;Mario Tassinari;Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink

  • The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Eocene Series in the Dababiya section (Egypt)

    Marie-Pierre Aubry;Khaled Ouda;Christian Dupuis;William A. Berggren

  • Sea-level, humidity, and land-erosion records across the initial Eocene thermal maximum from a continental-marine transect in northern Spain

    Birger Schmitz;Victoriano Pujalte

  • Asteroid breakup linked to the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event

    Birger Schmitz;David A. T. Harper;Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink;Svend Stouge

  • Sediment-Dispersed Extraterrestrial Chromite Traces a Major Asteroid Disruption Event

    Birger Schmitz;Therese Häggström;Mario Tassinari

  • Climate and sea-level perturbations during the Incipient Eocene Thermal Maximum: evidence from siliciclastic units in the Basque Basin (Ermua, Zumaia and Trabakua Pass), northern Spain

    B. Schmitz;V. Pujalte;K. Núñez-Betelu

  • Gradual mass extinction, species survivorship, and long-term environmental changes across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in high latitudes

    Gerta Keller;E. Barrera;B. Schmitz;E. Mattson

  • First record of the Hirnantian (Upper Ordovician) δ13C excursion in the North American Midcontinent and its regional implications

    Stig M. Bergström;Matthew M. Saltzman;Birger Schmitz

  • Stable isotope and foraminiferal changes across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary at Stevns Klint, Denmark : arguments for long-term oceanic instability before and after bolide-impact event

    Birger Schmitz;Gerta Keller;Olof Stenvall

  • High-resolution iridium, δ13C, δ18O, foraminifera and nannofossil profiles across the latest Paleocene benthic extinction event at Zumaya, Spain

    Birger Schmitz;Frank Asaro;Eustoquio Molina;Simonetta Monechi

  • Barium, SiO2 (excess), and P2O5 as proxies of biological productivity in the Middle East during the Palaeocene and the latest Palaeocene benthic extinction event

    Birger Schmitz;Stella D. Charisi;Elisabet I. Thompson;Robert P. Speijer

  • The impact of Paleocene/Eocene boundary events on middle neritic benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Egypt

    R.P. Speijer;G.J. Van Der Zwaan;B. Schmitz

  • Basaltic explosive volcanism, but no comet impact, at the Paleocene–Eocene boundary: high-resolution chemical and isotopic records from Egypt, Spain and Denmark

    Birger Schmitz;Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink;Claus Heilmann-Clausen;Göran Åberg

  • Katian (Upper Ordovician) delta C-13 chemostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy in the United States and Baltoscandia: A regional comparison

    Stig M. Bergström;Seth Young;Birger Schmitz

  • 87Sr/86Sr, Na, F, Sr, and La in skeletal fish debris as a measure of the paleosalinity of fossil-fish habitats

    Birger Schmitz;Göran Åberg;Lars Werdelin;Peter Forey

  • Cambrian high-resolution biostratigraphy and carbon isotope chemostratigraphy in Scania, Sweden: first record of the SPICE and DICE excursions in Scandinavia

    Per Ahlberg;Niklas Axheimer;Loren E. Babcock;Mats E. Eriksson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Wieler
Rainer Wieler ETH Zurich
Victoriano Pujalte
Victoriano Pujalte University of the Basque Country
Stig M. Bergström
Stig M. Bergström The Ohio State University
Simonetta Monechi
Simonetta Monechi University of Florence
Marie-Pierre Aubry
Marie-Pierre Aubry Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eustoquio Molina
Eustoquio Molina University of Zaragoza
Noriko T. Kita
Noriko T. Kita University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Henk Brinkhuis
Henk Brinkhuis Utrecht University

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