2026 Derek E. G. Briggs: 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	98	155	133	78	66	363	26064
Biology and Biochemistry	98	1706	1537	949	842	345	25112

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2003 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Derek E. G. Briggs is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans several scientific fields and subfields, focusing primarily on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Plant Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Plant Diversity and Evolution
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Iron oxide chemistry and applications
Cassava research and cyanide
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Derek E. G. Briggs has contributed to research venues with multiple publications, notably:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (6 publications)
Journal of Paleontology (4 publications)
Harvard Dataverse (3 publications)
Palaios
Geology

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

Richard K. Bambach
A. J. Boucot
Rodney Feldman
Carrie E. Schweitzer
Elvira Gastaldo Th E Family

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Derek E. G. Briggs include:

"The Parker Quarry Lagerstätte of Vermont-The first reported Burgess Shale-type fauna rediscovered," 2021, published in Geology
"LEAVES IN IRON OXIDE: REMARKABLE PRESERVATION OF A NEOGENE FLORA FROM NEW CALEDONIA," 2022, published in Palaios
"Putting heads together," 2022, published in Science
"EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION IS NOT THAT EXCEPTIONAL: NEOPROTEROZOIC-TO-RECENT FOSSILS SHARE THE SAME MECHANISM OF BIOMOLECULE FOSSILIZATION," 2020, published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
"Presentation of the 2020 Paleontological Society Medal to Susan M. Kidwell," 2021, published in Journal of Paleontology

The scientist has received several recognitions such as:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2019
Member of the Royal Irish Academy, 2003
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1999

Best Publications

Taphonomy and time-averaging of marine shelly faunas

Susan M. Kidwell;Daniel W. J. Bosence;Peter A. Allison;Derek E. G. Briggs

842
Citations
The Role of Decay and Mineralization in the Preservation of Soft-Bodied Fossils

Derek E.G. Briggs

671
Citations
The Fossils of the Burgess Shale

D. E. G. Briggs;Douglas H. Erwin;Frederick J. Collier

541
Citations
THEROLE OFDECAY ANDMINERALIZATION IN THEPRESERVATION OFSOFT-BODIEDFOSSILS

Derek E.G. Briggs

528
Citations
The stratigraphy of shell concentrations.

Susan M. Kidwell;Peter A. Allison;Derek E. G. Briggs

437
Citations
Palaeobiology: A Synthesis

Derek E.G. Briggs;Peter R. Crowther

435
Citations
The conodont animal

Derek E. G. Briggs;Euan N. K. Clarkson;Richard J. Aldridge

415
Citations
Disparity as an evolutionary index: a comparison of Cambrian and Recent arthropods

Matthew A. Wills;Derek E. G. Briggs;Richard A. Fortey

410
Citations
Taphonomy of insects in carbonates and amber

Xavier Martı́nez-Delclòs;Derek E.G Briggs;Enrique Peñalver

375
Citations
Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type

Peter Van Roy;Peter Van Roy;Patrick J. Orr;Joseph P. Botting;Lucy A. Muir

357
Citations
Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

Quanguo Li;Ke-Qin Gao;Jakob Vinther;Matthew D. Shawkey

336
Citations
Decay and mineralization of shrimps

Derek E. G. Briggs;Amanda J. Kear

319
Citations
Fossilization of soft tissue in the laboratory.

Derek E. G. Briggs;Amanda J. Kear

318
Citations
The role of the calcium carbonate-calcium phosphate switch in the mineralization of soft-bodied fossils

Derek E. G. Briggs;Philip R. Wilby

306
Citations
Morphological Disparity in the Cambrian

Derek E. G. Briggs;Richard A. Fortey;Matthew A. Wills

300
Citations
Controls on the formation of authigenic minerals in association with decaying organic matter: an experimental approach

Jens Sagemann;Simon J Bale;Derek E.G Briggs;R.John Parkes

282
Citations
Cambrian Burgess Shale Animals Replicated in Clay Minerals

Patrick J. Orr;Derek E. G. Briggs;Stuart L. Kearns

265
Citations
The colour of fossil feathers

Jakob Vinther;Derek E.G Briggs;Richard O Prum;Vinodkumar Saranathan

265
Citations
Exceptional fossil record: Distribution of soft-tissue preservation through the Phanerozoic

Peter A. Allison;Derek E. G. Briggs

263
Citations
Phosphatization of soft-tissue in experiments and fossils

D. E. G. Briggs;A. J. Kear;D. M. Martill;P. R. Wilby

263
Citations
The anatomy of conodonts

R. J. Aldridge;Derek Ernest Gilmor Briggs;M. P. Smith;E. N. K. Clarkson

257
Citations
Preservation of Chitin in 25-Million-Year-Old Fossils

B. Artur Stankiewicz;Derek E. G. Briggs;Richard P. Evershed;Matthew B. Flannery

253
Citations
The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation

Derek E. G. Briggs

41
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek J. Siveter University of Oxford

David J. Siveter University of Leicester

Richard P. Evershed University of Bristol

Jakob Vinther University of Bristol

Richard A. Fortey Natural History Museum

Roger E. Summons MIT

Margaret E. Collinson Royal Holloway University of London

Richard D. Pancost University of Bristol

Peter A. Allison Imperial College London

Richard J. Aldridge University of Leicester

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