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Birger Schmitz

Birger Schmitz

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Earth Science
Sweden
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 61 1826 1643 13 12 256 10604

Birger Schmitz publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Birger Schmitz between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Birger Schmitz published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2019. 11 of the 281 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2019. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 6 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 6 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 5 publications
1984 2025

281 publications in total across all disciplines

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Birger Schmitz: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 1
1986 0
1987 3
1988 2
1989 1
1990 1
1991 6
1992 2
1993 1
1994 6
1995 2
1996 11
1997 10
1998 5
1999 5
2000 12
2001 5
2002 2
2003 11
2004 6
2005 6
2006 10
2007 9
2008 7
2009 13
2010 10
2011 16
2012 7
2013 6
2014 9
2015 8
2016 12
2017 14
2018 7
2019 17
2020 7
2021 7
2022 10
2023 2
2024 6
2025 5
Total 281
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 248–257 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 256 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208 256
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 61 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96 61
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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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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