2026 David Wacey: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	35	7578	7017	367	351	115	4904

Overview

David Wacey is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia and conducts research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including Paleontology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research topics focus on several key areas:

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Planetary Science and Exploration
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Astro and Planetary Science
Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

David Wacey has authored numerous papers, with recent publications including:

Sulfidization of 3.48 billion-year-old stromatolites of the Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton: Constraints from in-situ sulfur isotope analysis of pyrite (2020), published in Chemical Geology
Dubiofossils from a Mars-analogue subsurface palaeoenvironment: The limits of biogenicity criteria (2021), published in Geobiology
Formation of micro-spherulitic barite in association with organic matter within sulfidized stromatolites of the 3.48 billion-year-old Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton (2020), published in Geobiology
A possible billion-year-old holozoan with differentiated multicellularity (2021), published in Current Biology
Chemical identification of microfossils from the 1.88-Ga Gunflint chert: Towards empirical biosignatures using laser ablation ionization mass spectrometer (2021), published in Journal of Chemometrics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with David Wacey include:

Martin Saunders
Rustam Lukmanov
Marek Tulej
N. F. W. Ligterink
Coenraad de Koning

David Wacey's work is regularly published in several scientific venues, including:

Geobiology
Chemical Geology
Journal of Chemometrics
Current Biology
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

Best Publications

Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia

David Wacey;Matt R. Kilburn;Martin Saunders;John Cliff

474
Citations
Precipitation of dolomite using sulphate‐reducing bacteria from the Coorong Region, South Australia: significance and implications

David T. Wright;David Wacey

382
Citations
Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures Recording an Ancient Ecosystem in the ca. 3.48 Billion-Year-Old Dresser Formation, Pilbara, Western Australia

Nora Noffke;Daniel Christian;David Wacey;Robert M. Hazen

326
Citations
A fresh look at the fossil evidence for early Archaean cellular life

Martin Brasier;Nicola McLoughlin;Owen Green;David Wacey

322
Citations
Changing the picture of Earth's earliest fossils (3.5-1.9 Ga) with new approaches and new discoveries

Martin D. Brasier;Jonathan Antcliffe;Jonathan Antcliffe;Martin Saunders;David Wacey

207
Citations
Cyanobacterial evolution during the Precambrian

Bettina E. Schirrmeister;Patricia Sanchez-Baracaldo;David Wacey

164
Citations
A stable isotope study of microbial dolomite formation in the Coorong Region, South Australia

David Wacey;David T. Wright;Adrian J. Boyce

162
Citations
In situ multiple sulfur isotope analysis by SIMS of pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and pentlandite to refine magmatic ore genetic models

Crystal LaFlamme;Laure Martin;Heejin Jeon;Steven M. Reddy

159
Citations
On biogenicity criteria for endolithic microborings on early Earth and beyond.

Nicola McLoughlin;Martin D. Brasier;David Wacey;Owen R. Green

137
Citations
Uncovering framboidal pyrite biogenicity using nano-scale CNorg mapping

David Wacey;Matt R. Kilburn;Martin Saunders;John B. Cliff

123
Citations
Two coexisting sulfur metabolisms in a ca. 3400 Ma sandstone

David Wacey;Nicola McLoughlin;Martin J. Whitehouse;Matt R. Kilburn

106
Citations
Early Life on Earth: A Practical Guide

David Wacey

103
Citations
Stromatolites in the ∼3400 Ma Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia: Examining Biogenicity from the Macro- to the Nano-Scale

David Wacey

102
Citations
Sedimentary dolomite: a reality check

David T. Wright;David Wacey

102
Citations
Taphonomy of very ancient microfossils from the ∼3400Ma Strelley Pool Formation and ∼1900Ma Gunflint Formation: New insights using a focused ion beam

David Wacey;Sarath Menon;Leonard Green;Derek Gerstmann

101
Citations
Going nano: A new step toward understanding the processes governing freshwater ooid formation

Muriel Pacton;Daniel Ariztegui;David Wacey;David Wacey;Matt R. Kilburn

100
Citations
Pumice as a remarkable substrate for the origin of life.

Martin D. Brasier;Richard Matthewman;Sean McMahon;David Wacey

97
Citations
Enhanced cellular preservation by clay minerals in 1 billion-year-old lakes.

David Wacey;Martin Saunders;Malcolm Roberts;Sarath Menon

92
Citations
Nano−porous pyrite and organic matter in 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites record primordial life

Raphael J. Baumgartner;Martin J. Van Kranendonk;David Wacey;Marco L. Fiorentini

92
Citations
Nanoscale analysis of pyritized microfossils reveals differential heterotrophic consumption in the ∼1.9-Ga Gunflint chert

David Wacey;David Wacey;Nicola McLoughlin;Matt R. Kilburn;Martin Saunders

83
Citations
Earliest microbially mediated pyrite oxidation in ~3.4 billion-year-old sediments

David Wacey;Martin Saunders;Martin D. Brasier;Matt R. Kilburn

75
Citations
Viruses as new agents of organomineralization in the geological record

Muriel Pacton;David Wacey;Cinzia Corinaldesi;Michael Tangherlini

64
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Saunders Yale University

Martin D. Brasier University of Oxford

Matt R. Kilburn University of Western Australia

Marco L. Fiorentini University of Western Australia

John Parnell University of Aberdeen

Peter Wurz University of Bern

Martin J. Van Kranendonk Curtin University

Mark Barley University of Western Australia

Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

Chris Ryan University of Waikato

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