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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 31 8903 8272 643 614 126 4195

Dieter Uhl publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dieter Uhl between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dieter Uhl published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2022. 11 of the 209 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2022. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 2 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 10 publications 2026: 1 publication
1999 2026

209 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dieter Uhl: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 3
2001 1
2002 3
2003 4
2004 5
2005 3
2006 7
2007 7
2008 1
2009 2
2010 8
2011 4
2012 7
2013 9
2014 6
2015 8
2016 12
2017 6
2018 9
2019 11
2020 9
2021 15
2022 22
2023 20
2024 15
2025 10
2026 1
Total 209
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Dieter Uhl 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 Dieter Uhl 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, 118–127 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: 126 publications — 25th percentile

25% 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
118–127 540 126
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
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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Dieter Uhl 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 Dieter Uhl 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

Dieter Uhl is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these disciplines, their work has focused on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics of Dieter Uhl's research cover a range of areas related to paleobotany, geology, and paleoclimatology. These include:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborative efforts in these fields and include André Jasper, Haytham El Atfy, Yongdong Wang, Rafael Spiekermann, and Aowei Xie.

Publications by Dieter Uhl have appeared in a variety of scientific venues, notably:

  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Cretaceous Research
  • Palaeoworld

Examples of recent papers include:

  • Evidence for the repeated occurrence of wildfires in an upper Pliocene lignite deposit from Yunnan, SW China, 2022, International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Evidence of widespread wildfires in coal seams from the Middle Jurassic of Northwest China and its impact on paleoclimate, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Palaeobotanical experiences of plant diversity in deep time. 1: How well can we identify past plant diversity in the fossil record?, 2021, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Paleoclimate-induced wildfires in a paleomire in the Ordos Basin, Northern China during the Middle Jurassic greenhouse period, 2023, Chemical Geology
  • Palaeobotanical experiences of plant diversity in deep time. 2: How to measure and analyse past plant biodiversity, 2021, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Best Publications

  • The role of the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau for the evolution of Tibetan biotas

    Adrien Favre;Martin Päckert;Steffen U. Pauls;Sonja C. Jähnig

  • Miocene climate in Europe — Patterns and evolution

    Angela A. Bruch;Dieter Uhl;Volker Mosbrugger

  • A Late Miocene climate model simulation with ECHAM4/ML and its quantitative validation with terrestrial proxy data

    Arne Micheels;Angela A. Bruch;Dieter Uhl;Dieter Uhl;Torsten Utescher

  • The burning of Gondwana: Permian fires on the southern continent—A palaeobotanical approach

    André Jasper;Margot Guerra-Sommer;Abdalla M.B. Abu Hamad;Marion Bamford

  • Late Moscovian terrestrial biotas and palaeoenvironments of Variscan Euramerica

    C.J. Cleal;S. Opluštil;B.A. Thomas;Y. Tenchov

  • Reconstructing palaeotemperatures using leaf floras – case studies for a comparison of leaf margin analysis and the coexistence approach

    D Uhl;V Mosbrugger;A Bruch;T Utescher

  • Cenozoic paleotemperatures and leaf physiognomy — A European perspective

    Dieter Uhl;Dieter Uhl;Stefan Klotz;Christopher Traiser;Christine Thiel

  • Plant biodiversity changes in Carboniferous tropical wetlands

    C. J. Cleal;D. Uhl;B. Cascales-Miñana;B. A. Thomas

  • Triassic and Jurassic palaeoclimate development in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China—a review and additional lithological data

    A. Rahman Ashraf;Yuewu Sun;Ge Sun;Ge Sun;Dieter Uhl

  • Wildfires in the Late Palaeozoic of Central Europe - The Zechstein (Upper Permian) of NW-Hesse (Germany)

    Dieter Uhl;Hans Kerp

  • The record of Triassic charcoal and other evidence for palaeo-wildfires: Signal for atmospheric oxygen levels, taphonomic biases or lack of fuel?

    Abdallah M.B. Abu Hamad;André Jasper;Dieter Uhl

  • Wildfires in the Late Palaeozoic of Central Europe—an overview of the Rotliegend (Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian) of the Saar-Nahe Basin (SW-Germany)

    D. Uhl;S. Lausberg;R. Noll;K.R.G. Stapf

  • Na Duong (northern Vietnam) – an exceptional window into Eocene ecosystems from Southeast Asia

    Madelaine Böhme;Manuela Aiglstorfer;Pierre-Olivier Antoine;Erwin Appel

  • Evidence for palaeo-wildfire in the Late Permian palaeotropics – charcoalified wood from the Um Irna Formation of Jordan

    D. Uhl;A. Abu Hamad;A. Abu Hamad;H. Kerp;K. Bandel

  • Seasonality intensification and long-term winter cooling as a part of the Late Pliocene climate development

    Stefan Klotz;Stefan Klotz;Séverine Fauquette;Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout;Dieter Uhl;Dieter Uhl

  • The sensitivity of ECHAM4/ML to a double CO2 scenario for the Late Miocene and the comparison to terrestrial proxy data

    Anke Steppuhn;Arne Micheels;Arne Micheels;Angela A. Bruch;Dieter Uhl;Dieter Uhl

  • Refining CLAMP — Investigations towards improving the Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program

    Vasilis Teodoridis;Petr Mazouch;Robert A. Spicer;Robert A. Spicer;Dieter Uhl

  • Palaeoclimate estimates for the Middle Miocene Schrotzburg flora (S Germany): a multi-method approach

    Dieter Uhl;Dieter Uhl;Angela A. Bruch;Angela A. Bruch;Christopher Traiser;Stefan Klotz

  • The antiquity of the Rhine River: stratigraphic coverage of the dinotheriensande (eppelsheim formation) of the Mainz Basin (Germany).

    Madelaine Böhme;Manuela Aiglstorfer;Dieter Uhl;Ottmar Kullmer

  • Fires in the mire: repeated fire events in Early Permian ‘peat forming’ vegetation of India

    André Jasper;Deepa Agnihotri;Rajni Tewari;Rafael Spiekermann

  • Source rock potential and paleoenvironment of the Miocene Rudeis and Kareem formations, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: An integrated palynofacies and organic geochemical approach

    Haytham El Atfy;Haytham El Atfy;Rainer Brocke;Dieter Uhl;Dieter Uhl;Bandar Ghassal

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Klotz
Stefan Klotz Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Volker Mosbrugger
Volker Mosbrugger American Museum of Natural History
Torsten Utescher
Torsten Utescher University of Bonn
Volker Mosbrugger
Volker Mosbrugger American Museum of Natural History
Leszek Marynowski
Leszek Marynowski University of Silesia
Christopher J. Cleal
Christopher J. Cleal University of Bristol
Madelaine Böhme
Madelaine Böhme University of Tübingen
Ralf Littke
Ralf Littke RWTH Aachen University
Michael Krings
Michael Krings Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jennifer C. McElwain
Jennifer C. McElwain Trinity College Dublin

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