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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 63 1568 1400 695 605 136 19763

Carl C. Swisher publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Carl C. Swisher between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Carl C. Swisher published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 10 publications in 1993. 1 of the 142 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 10. Peak 10 publications in 1993. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 6 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 10 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 5 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 2 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1989 2025

142 publications in total across all disciplines

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Carl C. Swisher: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 6
1991 2
1992 8
1993 10
1994 4
1995 10
1996 7
1997 3
1998 7
1999 2
2000 6
2001 3
2002 3
2003 1
2004 2
2005 4
2006 3
2007 4
2008 7
2009 3
2010 1
2011 5
2012 4
2013 4
2014 7
2015 10
2016 2
2017 0
2018 4
2019 2
2020 2
2021 1
2022 2
2023 1
2024 0
2025 1
Total 142
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Carl C. Swisher 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 Carl C. Swisher 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, 128–137 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: 136 publications — 31st percentile

31% 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
128–137 557 136
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
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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Carl C. Swisher 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 Carl C. Swisher 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, 63 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: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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
62 103
63 83 63
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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Overview

Carl C. Swisher is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research mainly spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on several subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Paleontology.

The main topics of their work focus on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Astro and Planetary Science, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Swisher's recent publications reflect their research interests and expertise. These include:

  • Rapid cooling of the Rustenburg Layered Suite of the Bushveld Complex (South Africa): Insights from biotite 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, 2020, Geology
  • 40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology for Submilligram Samples Using a Ta Platform Microfurnace, With Illustrations From the Bushveld Complex, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • 40Ar/39Ar ages of L4, H5, EL6, and feldspathic ureilitic clasts from the Almahata Sitta polymict ureilite (asteroid 2008 TC3), 2023, Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • In Memoriam, 2020, PS Political Science & Politics
  • A low-temperature hydrothermal cutoff: plagioclase 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the Rustenburg Layered Suite, Bushveld complex, 2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Swisher include:

  • B. D. Turrin
  • Jacob Setera
  • J. A. VanTongeren
  • G. F. Herzog
  • F. N. Lindsay

Their work is regularly published in venues such as Geology, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, PS Political Science & Politics, and Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.

Best Publications

  • A revised Cenozoic geochronology and chronostratigraphy

    William A. Berggren;Dennis V. Kent;Carl C. Swisher;Marie-Pierre Aubry

  • Intercalibration of standards, absolute ages and uncertainties in 40Ar/39Ar dating

    Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Carl C. Swisher;Alan L. Deino;Daniel B. Karner

  • Earliest Pleistocene hominid cranial remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia: taxonomy, geological setting, and age.

    Leo Gabunia;Abesalom Vekua;David Lordkipanidze;Carl C. Swisher

  • Age of the earliest known hominids in Java, Indonesia

    CC Swisher;GH Curtis;T Jacob;AG Getty

  • Cretaceous age for the feathered dinosaurs of Liaoning, China

    Carl C. Swisher;Yuan-qing Wang;Xiao-lin Wang;Xiao-lin Wang;Xing Xu

  • Coeval 40Ar/39Ar Ages of 65.0 Million Years Ago from Chicxulub Crater Melt Rock and Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Tektites.

    Carl C. Swisher;José M. Grajales-Nishimura;Alessandro Montanari;Stanley V. Margolis

  • Cenozoic South American Land Mammal Ages: Correlation to Global Geochronologies

    John J. Flynn;Carl C. Swisher

  • Latest Homo erectus of Java: Potential Contemporaneity with Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia

    C. C. Swisher;W. J. Rink;S. C. Antón;H. P. Schwarcz

  • Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum and the opening of the Northeast Atlantic.

    Michael Storey;Robert A. Duncan;Carl C. Iii. Swisher

  • Intercalibration of astronomical and radioisotopic time

    Paul R. Renne;Alan L. Deino;Robert C. Walter;Brent D. Turrin

  • Further support for a Cretaceous age for the feathered-dinosaur beds of Liaoning, China: new 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Yixian and Tuchengzi formations

    Carl Swisher;Xiaolin Wang;Zhonghe Zhou;Yuanqing Wang

  • Late Pliocene Homo and hominid land use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Charles R. Peters;Fidelis T. Masao;Ronald J. Clarke

  • The Ischigualasto Tetrapod Assemblage (Late Triassic, Argentina) and 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Dinosaur Origins

    Raymond R. Rogers;Carl C. Swisher;Paul C. Sereno;Alfredo M. Monetta

  • Preservation of Miocene glacier ice in East Antarctica

    David E. Sugden;David R. Marchant;Noel Potter;Roland A. Souchez

  • 6. Mammalian Biochronology of the Arikareean Through Hemphillian Interval (Late Oligocene Through Early Pliocene Epochs)

    Richard H. Tedford;L. Barry Albright;Anthony D. Barnosky;Ismael Ferrusquia-Villafranca

  • Early Dispersals of Homo from Africa

    Susan C. Antón;Carl C. Swisher

  • Stratigraphy and chronology of Upper Cretaceous–lower Paleogene strata in Bolivia and northwest Argentina

    Thierry Sempéré;R.F. Butler;D.R. Richards;L.G. Marshall

  • Land Mammal High-Resolution Geochronology, Intercontinental Overland Dispersals, Sea Level, Climate, and Vicariance

    Michael O. Woodburne;Carl C. Swisher

  • Dmanisi and dispersal

    Leo Gabunia;Susan C. Antón;David Lordkipanidze;Abesalom Vekua

  • South America's earliest rodent and recognition of a new interval of mammalian evolution

    André R. Wyss;John J. Flynn;Mark A. Norell;Carl C. Swisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Carr
Michael J. Carr Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mark A. Norell
Mark A. Norell American Museum of Natural History
Michael J. Novacek
Michael J. Novacek American Museum of Natural History
John J. Flynn
John J. Flynn American Museum of Natural History
Mark D. Feigenson
Mark D. Feigenson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
Keisuke Nagao
Keisuke Nagao University of Tokyo
Reynaldo Charrier
Reynaldo Charrier University of Chile
Alan L. Deino
Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center
Malcolm C. McKenna
Malcolm C. McKenna American Museum of Natural History

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