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Christopher L. Fergusson

Christopher L. Fergusson

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 36 7168 6628 351 336 110 5586

Christopher L. Fergusson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Christopher L. Fergusson between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Christopher L. Fergusson published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 2.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2003. 2 of the 110 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2003. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 4 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 2 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 5 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 12 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 4 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 3 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 2 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 1 publication 2022: 2 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1976 2025

110 publications in total across all disciplines

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Christopher L. Fergusson: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 4
1980 0
1981 1
1982 2
1983 0
1984 2
1985 1
1986 1
1987 1
1988 1
1989 2
1990 3
1991 2
1992 3
1993 3
1994 3
1995 2
1996 1
1997 0
1998 3
1999 2
2000 1
2001 5
2002 1
2003 12
2004 1
2005 4
2006 0
2007 4
2008 6
2009 4
2010 3
2011 3
2012 1
2013 3
2014 4
2015 2
2016 2
2017 3
2018 1
2019 2
2020 1
2021 1
2022 2
2023 4
2024 1
2025 1
Total 110
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Christopher L. Fergusson 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 Christopher L. Fergusson 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, 108–117 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: 110 publications — 16th percentile

16% 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
108–117 484 110
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
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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Christopher L. Fergusson 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 Christopher L. Fergusson 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

Christopher L. Fergusson is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research spans various aspects of Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing notably on geophysics and geology. Their work integrates geological and geophysical studies with detailed geological and geochemical analysis, contributing to understanding of earthquake and tectonic studies.

The primary fields of study for Fergusson include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields of their work emphasize:

  • Geophysics
  • Geology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Artificial Intelligence

Main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Fergusson's recent publications include:

  • Coeval basin formation, plutonism and metamorphism in the Northern Tasmanides: extensional Cambro-Ordovician tectonism of the Charters Towers Province, 2020, published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Devonian-Carboniferous regional deformation in the northeastern Lachlan Orogen, southeastern Australia, 2021, published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Late Quaternary neotectonics in the Bird's Head Peninsula (West Papua), Indonesia: Implications for plate motions in northwestern New Guinea, western Pacific, 2022, published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Neogene uplift and deformation in the northeastern Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia: consequences of oblique plate convergence, 2023, published in International Geology Review
  • Segmentation and fault-monocline relationships in the Lapstone Structural Complex, Sydney Basin, New South Wales, 2022, published in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Frequent co-authors of Fergusson include:

  • Sukahar Eka Adi Saputra
  • Colin V. Murray-Wallace
  • R. A. Henderson
  • Asahiko Taira
  • Gregory F. Moore

The main venues where Fergusson has published are:

  • Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • International Geology Review
  • Indonesian Journal on Geoscience

Best Publications

  • Cretaceous–Tertiary convergence and continental collision, Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, western Iran

    M Mohajjel;C.L Fergusson;M.R Sahandi

  • Dextral transpression in Late Cretaceous continental collision, Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone, western Iran

    Mohammad Mohajjel;Christopher L Fergusson

  • Interactions between deformation and fluids in the frontal thrust region of the NanTroSEIZE transect offshore the Kii Peninsula, Japan: Results from IODP Expedition 316 Sites C0006 and C0007

    E Screaton;G Kimura;D Curewitz;D Curewitz;G Moore;G Moore

  • Plate tectonic model for the Carboniferous evolution of the New England Fold Belt

    C. G. Murray;C. L. Fergusson;P. G. Flood;W. G. Whitaker

  • New insights into deformation and fluid flow processes in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190

    Gregory F. Moore;Asahiko Taira;Adam Klaus;Luann Becker

  • Jurassic to cenozoic tectonics of the zagros orogen in northwestern Iran

    M. Mohajjel;C. L. Fergusson

  • Structural, metamorphic, and geochronological constraints on alternating compression and extension in the Early Paleozoic Gondwanan Pacific margin, northeastern Australia

    Christopher Lloyd Fergusson;Robert Henderson;I W Withnall;Christopher Fanning

  • Structure and tectonics

    D. H. Gray;R. L. Allen;M. A. Etheridge;C. L. Fergusson

  • Convergence and intraplate deformation in the Lachlan Fold Belt of Southeastern Australia

    Christopher L. Fergusson;Peter J. Coney

  • Overthrust terranes in the Lachlan fold belt, southeastern Australia

    Christopher L. Fergusson;David R. Gray;Ray A.F. Cas

  • Detrital zircon ages in Neoproterozoic to Ordovician siliciclastic rocks, northeastern Australia: implications for the tectonic history of the East Gondwana continental margin

    Christopher L. Fergusson;Robert A. Henderson;C.Mark Fanning;Ian W. Withnall

  • Gondwanan Eoarchean–Neoproterozoic ancient crustal material in Iran and Turkey: zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopic evidence

    Allen Phillip Nutman;Mohammad Mohajjel;Vickie Bennett;Chris L Fergusson

  • Crustal architecture and geodynamics of North Queensland, Australia: Insights from deep seismic reflection profiling

    R. J Korsch;D. L Huston;Robert Henderson;Richard Blewett

  • Ordovician–Silurian accretion tectonics of the Lachlan Fold Belt, southeastern Australia

    C. L. Fergusson

  • Proterozoic–Cambrian detrital zircon and monazite ages from the Anakie Inlier, central Queensland: Grenville and Pacific‐Gondwana signatures*

    Christopher Lloyd Fergusson;Paul Francis Carr;Christopher Fanning;Tracey Green

  • The upper Devonian Boyd Volcanic complex, Eden, New South Wales

    C. L. Fergusson;R. A. F. Cas;W. J. Collins;G. Y. Craig

  • The Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone in the Neo-Tethyan suture, western Iran: Zircon U-Pb evidence of late Palaeozoic rifting of northern Gondwana and mid-Jurassic orogenesis

    Chris L Fergusson;Allen Phillip Nutman;Mohammad Mohajjel;Vickie C Bennett

  • Thin‐skinned thrusting in the northern New England Orogen, central Queensland, Australia

    Christopher L. Fergusson

  • Implications of a Bengal Fan-type deposit in the Paleozoic Lachlan fold belt of southeastern Australia

    Christopher L. Fergusson;Peter J. Coney

  • Late Ordovician stratigraphy, zircon provenance and tectonics, Lachlan Fold Belt, southeastern Australia*

    Christopher Lloyd Fergusson;Christopher Fanning

  • Middle Palaeozoic thrusting in the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt, southeastern Australia

    Christopher L. Fergusson;A.H.M. VandenBerg

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. Underwood
Michael B. Underwood New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
David Phillips
David Phillips University of Melbourne
Kitty L. Milliken
Kitty L. Milliken The University of Texas at Austin
Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Allen P. Nutman
Allen P. Nutman University of Wollongong
Michael Strasser
Michael Strasser University of Innsbruck
C. McA. Powell
C. McA. Powell University of Western Australia
Christopher Fanning
Christopher Fanning Australian National University
Kohtaro Ujiie
Kohtaro Ujiie University of Tsukuba

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