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David K. Loydell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David K. Loydell between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David K. Loydell published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 3.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 2021. 8 of the 142 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 8. Peak 8 publications in 2021. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 4 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 4 publications
1988 2025

142 publications in total across all disciplines

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David K. Loydell: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 2
1992 3
1993 4
1994 2
1995 5
1996 4
1997 4
1998 6
1999 2
2000 5
2001 3
2002 7
2003 3
2004 2
2005 4
2006 3
2007 6
2008 3
2009 7
2010 3
2011 6
2012 5
2013 2
2014 3
2015 4
2016 2
2017 5
2018 5
2019 3
2020 5
2021 8
2022 1
2023 4
2024 4
2025 4
Total 142
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David K. Loydell 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 David K. Loydell 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: 134 publications — 30th percentile

30% 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
128–137 557 134
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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David K. Loydell 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 David K. Loydell 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, 31 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: 31 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% 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 31
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
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

David K. Loydell is affiliated with the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanics of Materials, and Geophysics.

Loydell's research topics cover a range of geological and geochemical areas, with notable emphasis on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis. Additional areas include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Recent publications by Loydell include the following papers:

  • Persistent global marine euxinia in the early Silurian, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A long-term record of early to mid-Paleozoic marine redox change, 2021, Science Advances
  • Uranium Isotope Fractionation in Non-sulfidic Anoxic Settings and the Global Uranium Isotope Mass Balance, 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • The Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project, 2021, Geobiology
  • Sustained increases in atmospheric oxygen and marine productivity in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic eras, 2024, Nature Geoscience

Frequent coauthors in their work include Devon B. Cole, Richard Stockey, Erik A. Sperling, Simon W. Poulton, and Noah J. Planavsky.

Loydell publishes regularly in a variety of scientific venues, with multiple contributions to Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of the Geological Society, Bulletin of Geosciences, and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. They have also published in Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Lower Silurian `hot shales' in North Africa and Arabia: regional distribution and depositional model

    S Lüning;J Craig;D.K Loydell;P Štorch

  • Early Silurian sea-level changes

    David K. Loydell

  • Revised correlation of Silurian Provincial Series of North America with global and regional chronostratigraphic units and delta 13C(carb) chemostratigraphy

    Bradley D. Cramer;Carlton E. Brett;Michael J. Melchin;Peep Männik

  • Graptolites in British stratigraphy

    J. A. Zalasiewicz;L. Taylor;A. W. A. Rushton;D. K. Loydell

  • Integrated biostratigraphy of the lower Silurian of the Aizpute-41 core, Latvia

    David Loydell;P. Mannik;V. Nestor

  • Anatomy of a world-class source rock: Distribution and depositional model of Silurian organic-rich shales in Jordan and implications for hydrocarbon potential

    S. Lüning;Y. M. Shahin;D. Loydell;H. T. Al-Rabi

  • Early Silurian positive δ13C excursions and their relationship to glaciations, sea‐level changes and extinction events

    David K. Loydell

  • Graptolite biozone correlation charts

    David Loydell

  • Integrated biostratigraphy of the Lower Silurian of the Ohesaare Core, Saaremaa, Estonia

    D. K. Loydell;D. Kaljo;P. Mannik

  • Testing the limits of Paleozoic chronostratigraphic correlation via high-resolution (<500 k.y.) integrated conodont, graptolite, and carbon isotope (δ13Ccarb) biochemostratigraphy across the Llandovery–Wenlock (Silurian) boundary: Is a unified Phanerozoic time scale achievable?

    Bradley D. Cramer;David K. Loydell;Christian Samtleben;Axel Munnecke

  • Palaeoecology of the Graptoloidea

    R. A. Cooper;S. Rigby;David Loydell;Denis E. B. Bates

  • Discovery of Llandovery (Silurian) graptolites and probable Devonian corals in the Southalpine Metamorphic Basement of the Eastern Alps (Agordo, NE Italy)

    Iginio Dieni;Danilo Giordano;David K. Loydell;Francesco P. Sassi

  • Persistent global marine euxinia in the early Silurian.

    Richard G. Stockey;Devon B. Cole;Noah J. Planavsky;David K. Loydell

  • Generalized graptolite zonal sequence defining Silurian time intervals for global paleogeographic studies

    Tatyana N. Koren;Alfred C. Lenz;David K. Loydell;Michael J. Melchin

  • Integrated biostratigraphy of the lower Silurian of the Kolka-54 core, Latvia

    David Loydell;V. Nestor;P. Mannik

  • Re-evaluation of the petroleum potential of the Kufra Basin (SE Libya, ne Chad): does the source rock barrier fall?

    Sebastian Lüning;Jonathan Craig;Bill Fitches;Juma Mayouf

  • A long-term record of early to mid-Paleozoic marine redox change.

    Erik A. Sperling;Michael J. Melchin;Tiffani Fraser;Richard G. Stockey

  • Reconstruction of the original organic richness in weathered Silurian shale outcrops (Murzuq and Kufra basins, southern Libya)

    Sebastian Lüning;Sadat Kolonic;David K. Loydell;Jonathan Craig

  • The middle Rhuddanian (lower Silurian) ‘hot’ shale of North Africa and Arabia: an atypical hydrocarbon source rock

    David K. Loydell;Anthony Butcher;Jiří Frýda

  • PROTASPID LARVAE AND PHYLOGENETICS OF ENCRINURID TRILOBITES

    Gregory D. Edgecombe;Stephen E. Speyer;Brian D. E. Chatterton

  • Uranium Isotope Fractionation in Non-sulfidic Anoxic Settings and the Global Uranium Isotope Mass Balance

    Devon B. Cole;Noah J. Planavsky;Martha Longley;Philipp Böning

  • The biostratigraphy and formational relationships of the upper aeronian and lower telychian (llandovery, silurian) formations of western mid‐wales

    David K. Loydell

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik A. Sperling
Erik A. Sperling Stanford University
Jonathan Craig
Jonathan Craig Eni (Italy)
Noah J. Planavsky
Noah J. Planavsky Yale University
Michael J. Melchin
Michael J. Melchin St. Francis Xavier University
Justin V. Strauss
Justin V. Strauss Dartmouth College
David Selby
David Selby Durham University
Jan Zalasiewicz
Jan Zalasiewicz University of Leicester
Benjamin C. Gill
Benjamin C. Gill Virginia Tech
Axel Munnecke
Axel Munnecke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann
Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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