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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 38 6640 6156 477 457 222 4141

Daniel Birgel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Daniel Birgel between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Daniel Birgel published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 8.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2012. 18 of the 241 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2012. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 9 publications
1999 2025

241 publications in total across all disciplines

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Daniel Birgel: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 3
2002 0
2003 2
2004 19
2005 1
2006 6
2007 5
2008 11
2009 19
2010 6
2011 13
2012 21
2013 8
2014 6
2015 16
2016 15
2017 10
2018 6
2019 7
2020 12
2021 9
2022 10
2023 17
2024 9
2025 9
Total 241
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Daniel Birgel 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 Daniel Birgel 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, 218–227 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: 222 publications — 70th percentile

70% 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
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290 222
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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Daniel Birgel 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 Daniel Birgel 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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 38
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

Daniel Birgel is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Oceanography, and Paleontology.

The main topics of Birgel's work cover Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Birgel has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Geobiology, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research), Geological Magazine, and Chemical Geology.

Frequent co-authors in Birgel's work are Jörn Peckmann, Francesco Dela Pierre, Marcello Natalicchio, Mathia Sabino, and Eberhard Gischler.

Selected recent publications by Daniel Birgel reflect the diversity and focus of their research:

  • The response of water column and sedimentary environments to the advent of the Messinian salinity crisis: insights from an onshore deep-water section (Govone, NW Italy), 2020, Geological Magazine
  • Climatic and hydrologic variability in the northern Mediterranean across the onset of the Messinian salinity crisis, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • De novo phytosterol synthesis in animals, 2023, Science
  • Lipid Biomarker Patterns Reflect Nutritional Strategies of Seep-Dwelling Bivalves From the South China Sea, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Molecular and isotopic signatures of oil-driven bacterial sulfate reduction at seeps in the southern Gulf of Mexico, 2022, Chemical Geology

Best Publications

  • A multiple proxy and model study of Cretaceous upper ocean temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations

    Karen L. Bice;Daniel Birgel;Philip A. Meyers;Kristina A. Dahl;Kristina A. Dahl

  • Changing redox conditions at cold seeps as revealed by authigenic carbonates from Alaminos Canyon, northern Gulf of Mexico

    Daniel Birgel;Dong Feng;Dong Feng;Harry H. Roberts;Jörn Peckmann

  • Molecular fossils reveal fluid composition and flow intensity at a Cretaceous seep

    Jörn Ludwig Peckmann;Daniel Birgel;Steffen Kiel;Steffen Kiel

  • Lipid biomarker patterns of methane-seep microbialites from the Mesozoic convergent margin of California

    Daniel Birgel;Volker Thiel;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Marcus Elvert

  • Bacterial formation of phosphatic laminites off Peru

    Esther T Arning;Daniel Birgel;B Brunner;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann

  • Genesis of phosphorite crusts off Peru

    Esther T Arning;Andreas Lückge;C Breuer;Nikolaus Gussone

  • Aerobic methanotrophy at ancient marine methane seeps: A synthesis

    Daniel Birgel;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann

  • A new constraint on the antiquity of anaerobic oxidation of methane: Late Pennsylvanian seep limestones from southern Namibia

    Daniel Birgel;Tobias Himmler;André Freiwald;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann

  • Formation of seep carbonates along the Makran convergent margin, northern Arabian Sea and a molecular and isotopic approach to constrain the carbon isotopic composition of parent methane

    Tobias Himmler;Tobias Himmler;Daniel Birgel;Germain Bayon;Thomas Pape

  • Methanogenesis produces strong 13C enrichment in stromatolites of Lagoa Salgada, Brazil: a modern analogue for Palaeo‐/Neoproterozoic stromatolites?

    D. Birgel;P. Meister;P. Meister;R. Lundberg;T. D. Horath

  • 13C-depleted biphytanic diacids as tracers of past anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Daniel Birgel;Marcus Elvert;X Han;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann

  • Lipid biomarker patterns of phosphogenic sediments from upwelling regions

    Esther T Arning;Daniel Birgel;Heide N Schulz-Vogt;Lars Holmkvist

  • Formation of secondary carbonates and native sulphur in sulphate-rich Messinian strata, Sicily

    Simone B Ziegenbalg;B Brunner;Jean Marie Rouchy;Daniel Birgel

  • Post-glacial microbialite formation in coral reefs of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans

    Katrin Heindel;Katrin Heindel;Daniel Birgel;Benjamin Brunner;Volker Thiel

  • FORMATION OF DEGLACIAL MICROBIALITES IN CORAL REEFS OFF TAHITI (IODP 310) INVOLVING SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA

    Katrin Heindel;Daniel Birgel;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann;Henning Kuhnert

  • Biogeochemical controls on authigenic carbonate formation at the Chapopote ``asphalt volcano'', Bay of Campeche

    Thomas H. Naehr;Daniel Birgel;Gerhard Bohrmann;Ian R. MacDonald

  • Time integrated variation of sources of fluids and seepage dynamics archived in authigenic carbonates from Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Seafloor Observatory

    Dong Feng;Daniel Birgel;Jörn Peckmann;Harry H. Roberts

  • The crustacean ichnofossil Palaxius associated with callianassid body fossils in an Eocene methane-seep limestone, Humptulips Formation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

    Jörn Ludwig Peckmann;Baba Senowbari-Daryan;Daniel Birgel;James L Goedert

  • Aliphatic lipids in recent sediments of the Fram Strait/Yermak Plateau (Arctic Ocean): composition, sources and transport processes

    Daniel Birgel;Ruediger Stein;Jens Hefter

  • Pendant bioconstructions cemented by microbial carbonate in submerged marine caves (Holocene, SE Sicily)

    A. Guido;K. Heindel;D. Birgel;A. Rosso

  • Cretaceous methane-seep deposits from New Zealand and their fauna

    Steffen Kiel;Daniel Birgel;Kathleen A. Campbell;James S. Crampton

  • Post-glacial variability of sea ice cover, river run-off and biological production in the western Laptev Sea (Arctic Ocean) – A high-resolution biomarker study

    Tanja Hörner;Rüdiger Stein;Kirsten Fahl;Daniel Birgel

  • Methanogenesis produces strong 13C-enrichment in stromatolites of Lagoa Salgada, Brazil: A modern analogue for Palaeo-/Neoproterozoic stromatolites?

    Patrick Meister;Daniel Birgel;Rebecca Lundberg;Thomas Horat

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Kirsten Fahl
Kirsten Fahl Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Benjamin Brunner
Benjamin Brunner The University of Texas at El Paso
Hildegard Westphal
Hildegard Westphal Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
Steffen Kiel
Steffen Kiel Swedish Museum of Natural History
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Lloyd D Keigwin
Lloyd D Keigwin Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Germain Bayon
Germain Bayon French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen

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