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Dana L. Royer 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 Dana L. Royer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 95 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Dana L. Royer 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 Dana L. Royer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dana L. Royer is affiliated with Wesleyan University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their scholarly work addresses various topics, including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Royer include:

  • Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO 2, 2023, Science
  • Leaf size estimation based on leaf length, width and shape, 2021, Annals of Botany
  • New paleogeographic and degassing parameters for long-term carbon cycle models, 2021, Gondwana Research
  • Leaf-economic strategies across the Eocene-Oligocene transition correlate with dry season precipitation and paleoelevation, 2020, American Journal of Botany
  • Connecting the Deep Earth and the Atmosphere, 2021, Geophysical monograph

Frequent collaborators in Royer's publications include:

  • Margret Steinthorsdottir
  • Bärbel Hönisch
  • Ying Cui
  • Richard S. Barclay
  • Daniel J. Peppe

Royer's work has appeared multiple times in prominent publication venues. These include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • American Journal of Botany
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Science
  • Annals of Botany

Best Publications

  • Target atmospheric CO2: Where should humanity aim?

    James Hansen;Makiko Sato;Pushker Kharecha;David Beerling

  • The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification

    Bärbel Hönisch;Andy Ridgwell;Daniela N. Schmidt;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas

  • Future climate forcing potentially without precedent in the last 420 million years.

    Gavin L. Foster;Dana L. Royer;Daniel J. Lunt

  • CO 2 as a primary driver of Phanerozoic climate

    Dana L. Royer;Robert A. Berner;Isabel P. Montañez;Neil J. Tabor

  • Convergent Cenozoic CO2 history

    David J. Beerling;Dana L. Royer

  • Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate: Global patterns and paleoclimatic applications

    Daniel J. Peppe;Daniel J. Peppe;Dana L. Royer;Bárbara Cariglino;Sofia Y. Oliver

  • CO2-forced climate thresholds during the Phanerozoic

    Dana L. Royer

  • Stomatal density and stomatal index as indicators of paleoatmospheric CO(2) concentration.

    D.L. Royer

  • Paleobotanical evidence for near present-day levels of atmospheric Co2 during part of the tertiary.

    Dana L. Royer;Scott L. Wing;David J. Beerling;David W. Jolley

  • Phanerozoic atmospheric CO2 change: evaluating geochemical and paleobiological approaches

    Dana L. Royer;Robert A. Berner;David J. Beerling

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E.J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H.A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • Correlations of climate and plant ecology to leaf size and shape: Potential proxies for the fossil record

    Dana L. Royer;Peter Wilf;David A. Janesko;Elizabeth A. Kowalski

  • Sharply increased insect herbivory during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.

    Ellen D. Currano;Ellen D. Currano;Peter Wilf;Scott L. Wing;Conrad C. Labandeira;Conrad C. Labandeira

  • Vascular plant species richness in Alaskan arctic tundra: the importance of soil pH

    Laura Gough;Laura Gough;Gaius R. Shaver;Jenny Carroll;Dana L. Royer

  • Depth to pedogenic carbonate horizon as a paleoprecipitation indicator

    Dana L. Royer

  • Climate sensitivity constrained by CO2 concentrations over the past 420 million years.

    Dana L. Royer;Robert A. Berner;Jeffrey Park

  • Making sense of palaeoclimate sensitivity

    E. J. Rohling;A. Sluijs;H. A. Dijkstra;P. Köhler

  • New constraints on atmospheric CO2 concentration for the Phanerozoic

    Peter J. Franks;Dana L. Royer;David J. Beerling;Peter K. Van de Water

  • The DeepMIP contribution to PMIP4: methodologies for selection, compilation and analysis of latest Paleocene and early Eocene climate proxy data, incorporating version 0.1 of the DeepMIP database

    Christopher J Hollis;Tom Dunkley Jones;Eleni Anagnostou;Eleni Anagnostou;Peter K Bijl

  • WHY DO TOOTHED LEAVES CORRELATE WITH COLD CLIMATES? GAS EXCHANGE AT LEAF MARGINS PROVIDES NEW INSIGHTS INTO A CLASSIC PALEOTEMPERATURE PROXY

    Dana L. Royer;Dana L. Royer;Peter Wilf

  • An atmospheric pCO2 reconstruction across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary from leaf megafossils

    D. J. Beerling;B. H. Lomax;D. L. Royer;G. R. Upchurch

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Beerling
David J. Beerling University of Sheffield
Ian J. Wright
Ian J. Wright Western Sydney University
Robert A. Berner
Robert A. Berner Yale University
Angela T. Moles
Angela T. Moles University of New South Wales
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
Mark Westoby
Mark Westoby Macquarie University
William K. Cornwell
William K. Cornwell University of New South Wales
Peter Wilf
Peter Wilf Pennsylvania State University
Jacek Oleksyn
Jacek Oleksyn Polish Academy of Sciences

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