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Earth Science 39 6100 5649 27 19 155 6303

Bruce S. Rubidge publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bruce S. Rubidge between 1984 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bruce S. Rubidge published across 41 years, from 1984 to 2024, averaging 4.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2021. 8 of the 179 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2021. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 5 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 1 publication
1984 2024

179 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bruce S. Rubidge: publications per year, 1984 to 2024
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 1
1991 1
1992 0
1993 2
1994 2
1995 1
1996 3
1997 4
1998 0
1999 1
2000 5
2001 6
2002 6
2003 5
2004 6
2005 6
2006 4
2007 3
2008 2
2009 4
2010 5
2011 2
2012 4
2013 9
2014 5
2015 8
2016 10
2017 12
2018 11
2019 6
2020 11
2021 16
2022 7
2023 7
2024 1
Total 179
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Bruce S. Rubidge 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 Bruce S. Rubidge 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, 148–157 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: 155 publications — 42nd percentile

42% 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
148–157 495 155
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
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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Bruce S. Rubidge 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 Bruce S. Rubidge 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, 39 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: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% 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 39
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
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

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Bruce S. Rubidge is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Their research is primarily situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on paleontology and related disciplines.

Their work extends across several subfields including Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Earth-Surface Processes, Geology, and Global and Planetary Change. The main topics addressed in their research involve Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Geological formations and processes, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

The scientist's recent significant publications include:

  • Introduction to the tetrapod biozonation of the Karoo Supergroup, 2020, South African Journal of Geology
  • Early Triassic terrestrial tetrapod fauna: a review, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Biostratigraphy of the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa, 2020, South African Journal of Geology
  • Non-mammaliaform cynodonts from western Gondwana and the significance of Argentinean forms in enhancing understanding of the group, 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Biostratigraphy of the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa, 2020, South African Journal of Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bruce S. Rubidge include:

  • Michael O. Day
  • Julien Benoît
  • Fernando Abdala
  • Luke A. Norton
  • Jennifer Botha

Rubidge has published regularly in venues such as:

  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • South African Journal of Geology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

This scientist has received recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa. Their contributions continue to advance knowledge in paleontology and earth sciences through interdisciplinary approaches spanning evolutionary biology and geological processes.

Best Publications

  • The Karoo basins of south-central Africa

    O. Catuneanu;H. Wopfner;P.G. Eriksson;B. Cairncross

  • 27th Du Toit Memorial LectureRe-uniting lost continents – Fossil reptiles from the ancient Karoo and their wanderlust

    Bruce S. Rubidge

  • A lamprey from the Devonian period of South Africa

    Robert W. Gess;Michael I. Coates;Bruce S. Rubidge

  • Evolutionary Patterns Among Permo-Triassic Therapsids *

    Bruce S. Rubidge;Christian A. Sidor

  • High-precision temporal calibration of Late Permian vertebrate biostratigraphy: U-Pb zircon constraints from the Karoo Supergroup, South Africa

    Bruce S. Rubidge;Douglas H. Erwin;Douglas H. Erwin;Jahandar Ramezani;Samuel A. Bowring

  • When and how did the terrestrial mid-Permian mass extinction occur? Evidence from the tetrapod record of the Karoo Basin, South Africa.

    Michael O. Day;Jahandar Ramezani;Samuel A. Bowring;Peter M. Sadler

  • Foredeep submarine fans and forebulge deltas: orogenic off-loading in the underfilled Karoo Basin

    O Catuneanu;P.J Hancox;B Cairncross;B.S Rubidge

  • The Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone (Lopingian), South Africa: A proposed biostratigraphy based on a new compilation of stratigraphic ranges

    Pia A. Viglietti;Roger M.H. Smith;Kenneth D. Angielczyk;Kenneth D. Angielczyk;Christian F. Kammerer;Christian F. Kammerer

  • The amphibamid Micropholis from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South africa

    Rainer R. Schoch;Bruce S. Rubidge

  • Fluvial style variations in the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Elliot formation, main Karoo Basin, South Africa

    Emese M. Bordy;P. John Hancox;Bruce S. Rubidge

  • Basin development during the deposition of the Elliot Formation (Late Triassic - Early Jurassic), Karoo Supergroup, South Africa

    Emese M. Bordy;P. John Hancox;Bruce S. Rubidge

  • The most basal anomodont therapsid and the primacy of Gondwana in the evolution of the anomodonts

    Sean Modesto;Bruce Rubidge;Johann Welman

  • Breakthroughs in the biodiversity, biogeography, biostratigraphy, and basin analysis of the Beaufort group

    P.J Hancox;B.S Rubidge

  • Changes in Permo-Triassic terrestrial tetrapod ecological representation in the Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup) of South Africa

    Merrill Nicolas;Bruce S. Rubidge

  • Sequence analysis of the Ecca—Beaufort contact in the southern Karoo of South Africa

    B.S. Rubidge;P.J. Hancox;O. Catuneanu

  • Carnivorous dinocephalian from the Middle Permian of Brazil and tetrapod dispersal in Pangaea

    Juan Carlos Cisneros;Fernando Abdala;Saniye Atayman-Güven;Bruce S. Rubidge

  • THE OLDEST THEROCEPHALIANS (THERAPSIDA, EUTHERIODONTIA) AND THE EARLY DIVERSIFICATION OF THERAPSIDA

    Fernando Abdala;Bruce S. Rubidge;Juri Van Den Heever

  • A primitive anomodont therapsid from the base of the Beaufort Group (Upper Permian) of South Africa

    Bruce S. Rubidge;James A. Hopson

  • A New Lydekkerinid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Lower Triassic of South Africa: Implications for Evolution of the Early Capitosauroid Cranial Pattern

    M. A. Shishkin;B. S. Rubidge;J. W. Kitching

  • Introduction to the tetrapod biozonation of the Karoo Supergroup

    R.M.H. Smith;B.S. Rubidge;M.O. Day;J. Botha

  • Dental Occlusion in a 260-Million-Year-Old Therapsid with Saber Canines from the Permian of Brazil

    Juan Carlos Cisneros;Juan Carlos Cisneros;Fernando Abdala;Bruce S. Rubidge;Paula Camboim Dentzien-Dias

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger M. H. Smith
Roger M. H. Smith University of the Witwatersrand
Paul R. Manger
Paul R. Manger University of the Witwatersrand
Kenneth D. Angielczyk
Kenneth D. Angielczyk Field Museum of Natural History
Christophe Lécuyer
Christophe Lécuyer Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Christian A. Sidor
Christian A. Sidor University of Washington
Octavian Catuneanu
Octavian Catuneanu University of Alberta
Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand
Frédéric Fluteau
Frédéric Fluteau Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Douglas H. Erwin
Douglas H. Erwin National Museum of Natural History

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