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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 36 7277 6731 64 60 161 4634

Christian B. Skovsted publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Christian B. Skovsted between 2001 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Christian B. Skovsted published across 24 years, from 2001 to 2024, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2021. 11 of the 163 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2021. 2001: 1 publication 2002: 1 publication 2003: 5 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 5 publications
2001 2024

163 publications in total across all disciplines

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Christian B. Skovsted: publications per year, 2001 to 2024
Year Publications
2001 1
2002 1
2003 5
2004 5
2005 4
2006 8
2007 5
2008 3
2009 9
2010 7
2011 9
2012 8
2013 3
2014 7
2015 8
2016 6
2017 9
2018 7
2019 8
2020 12
2021 18
2022 9
2023 6
2024 5
Total 163
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Christian B. Skovsted 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 Christian B. Skovsted 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, 158–167 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: 161 publications — 45th percentile

45% 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
158–167 458 161
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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Christian B. Skovsted 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 Christian B. Skovsted 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, 36 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: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% 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 36
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
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

Christian B. Skovsted is affiliated with the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Sweden and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses extensively on paleontology, with notable contributions to subfields including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology.

Their work covers several main topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition.

Christian B. Skovsted has published in a range of scientific journals, frequently contributing to venues including:

  • GFF
  • Papers in Palaeontology
  • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Nature Communications

Recent scientific papers authored by Skovsted include the following:

  • An encrusting kleptoparasite-host interaction from the early Cambrian, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Fossil evidence unveils an early Cambrian origin for Bryozoa, 2021, Nature
  • Thermal evolution behavior of the organic matter and a ray of light on the origin of vitrinite-like maceral in the Mesoproterozoic and Lower Cambrian black shales: Insights from artificial maturation, 2021, International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Locating the BACE of the Cambrian: Bayan Gol in southwestern Mongolia and global correlation of the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Brachiopods from the Byrd Group (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) Central Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctica: biostratigraphy, phylogeny and systematics, 2020, Papers in Palaeontology

Throughout their career, Skovsted has collaborated frequently with other researchers in the field. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Timothy P. Topper
  • Zhifei Zhang
  • Luoyang Li
  • Marissa J. Betts
  • Fan Liu

Best Publications

  • An encrusting kleptoparasite-host interaction from the early Cambrian

    Zhifei Zhang;Luke C. Strotz;Timothy P. Topper;Timothy P. Topper;Feiyang Chen;Feiyang Chen

  • Chronology of early Cambrian biomineralization

    Artem Kouchinsky;Stefan Bengtson;Bruce Runnegar;Christian Skovsted

  • The scleritome of Eccentrotheca from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia: Lophophorate affinities and implications for tommotiid phylogeny

    Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock;John R. Paterson;Lars E. Holmer

  • SMALL SHELLY FAUNA FROM THE UPPER LOWER CAMBRIAN BASTION AND ELLA ISLAND FORMATIONS, NORTH-EAST GREENLAND

    Christian B. Skovsted

  • A Stem Group Brachiopod From The Lower Cambrian: Support For A Micrina (Halkieriid) Ancestry

    Lars E. Holmer;Christian B. Skovsted;Alwyn Williams

  • Scleritome construction, biofacies, biostratigraphy and systematics of the tommotiid Eccentrotheca helenia sp. nov. from the Early Cambrian of South Australia

    Christian B. Skovsted;Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock;Timothy P. Topper;John R. Paterson

  • Graptolites as fossil geo-thermometers and source material of hydrocarbons: An overview of four decades of progress

    Qingyong Luo;Goodarzi Fariborz;Ningning Zhong;Ye Wang

  • A new lower Cambrian shelly fossil biostratigraphy for South Australia

    Marissa J. Betts;John R. Paterson;James B. Jago;Sarah M. Jacquet

  • A review of the Cambrian biostratigraphy of South Australia

    J. B. Jago;Wen Long Zang;Xiaowen Sun;G. A. Brock

  • The Early Cambrian tommotiid Micrina, a sessile bivalved stem group brachiopod

    Lars E Holmer;Christian B Skovsted;Glenn A Brock;James L Valentine

  • Early Cambrian chronostratigraphy and geochronology of South Australia

    Marissa J. Betts;Marissa J. Betts;Marissa J. Betts;John R. Paterson;Sarah M. Jacquet;Sarah M. Jacquet;Anita S. Andrew

  • The scleritome of Paterimitra: an Early Cambrian stem group brachiopod from South Australia.

    Christian B Skovsted;Lars E Holmer;Cecilia M Larsson;Anette E.S Högström

  • Mollusc fauna of the Early Cambrian Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland

    Christian B. Skovsted

  • The organic petrology of graptolites and maturity assessment of the Wufeng–Longmaxi Formations from Chongqing, China: Insights from reflectance cross-plot analysis

    Qingyong Luo;Jingyue Hao;Christian B. Skovsted;Peng Luo

  • Small shelly fossils from the argillaceous facies of the Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of western Newfoundland

    Christian B. Skovsted;John S. Peel

  • A sclerite-bearing stem group entoproct from the early Cambrian and its implications

    Zhifei Zhang;Lars E. Holmer;Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock

  • Optical characteristics of graptolite-bearing sediments and its implication for thermal maturity assessment

    Qingyong Luo;Jingyue Hao;Christian B. Skovsted;Yaohui Xu

  • Hyoliths and small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian of North-East Greenland

    John M. Malinky;Christian B. Skovsted

  • EARLY CAMBRIAN BRACHIOPODS FROM NORTH‐EAST GREENLAND

    Christian B. Skovsted;Lars E. Holmer

  • Locating the BACE of the Cambrian: Bayan Gol in southwestern Mongolia and global correlation of the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary

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  • Homologous skeletal secretion in tommotiids and brachiopods

    Uwe Balthasar;Christian B. Skovsted;Lars E. Holmer;Glenn A. Brock

  • Shelly Fossils from the Lower Cambrian 'Pararaia bunyerooensis' Zone, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

    Timothy Paul Topper;Glenn Anthony Brock;Christian B. Skovsted;John Paterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn A. Brock
Glenn A. Brock Macquarie University
Lars E. Holmer
Lars E. Holmer Uppsala University
John R. Paterson
John R. Paterson University of New England
John S. Peel
John S. Peel Uppsala University
Jian Han
Jian Han Northwest University
Leonid E. Popov
Leonid E. Popov Cardiff University
David A. T. Harper
David A. T. Harper Durham University
Degan Shu
Degan Shu Northwest University
Paul M. Myrow
Paul M. Myrow Colorado College
Stefan Bengtson
Stefan Bengtson Swedish Museum of Natural History

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