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Earth Science 40 5963 5522 303 275 129 4485

Duncan McIlroy publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Duncan McIlroy between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Duncan McIlroy published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 3.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2017. 4 of the 137 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2017. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 8 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 2 publications
1985 2025

137 publications in total across all disciplines

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Duncan McIlroy: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 3
1998 4
1999 6
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 0
2004 5
2005 5
2006 2
2007 3
2008 1
2009 8
2010 7
2011 5
2012 6
2013 11
2014 4
2015 7
2016 7
2017 15
2018 9
2019 2
2020 5
2021 3
2022 4
2023 4
2024 2
2025 2
Total 137
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Duncan McIlroy 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 Duncan McIlroy 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: 129 publications — 27th percentile

27% 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
128–137 557 129
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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Duncan McIlroy 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 Duncan McIlroy 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, 40 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: 40 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% 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
39 349
40 296 40
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

Duncan McIlroy is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and focuses on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, and Geophysics.

Their research topics cover a range of geological and biological themes, notably:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny

Among their recent publications are:

  • "A Chronostratigraphic Framework for the Rise of the Ediacaran Macrobiota: New Constraints from Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland" (2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • "Palaeobiology of the reclining rangeomorph Beothukis from the Ediacaran Mistaken Point Formation of southeastern Newfoundland" (2020, Geological Magazine)
  • "The ichnology of shallow-marine and transitional environments" (2023, Geological Society London Special Publications)
  • "Charniodiscus and Arborea Are Separate Genera Within the Arboreomorpha: Using the Holotype of C. concentricus to Resolve a Taphonomic/Taxonomic Tangle" (2022, Frontiers in Earth Science)
  • "Rheotropic Epifaunal Growth, Not Felling by Density Currents, Is Responsible for Many Ediacaran Fossil Orientations at Mistaken Point" (2022, Frontiers in Earth Science)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Duncan McIlroy include:

  • Christopher McKean
  • Rod S. Taylor
  • Giovanni Pasinetti
  • Daniel Pérez-Pinedo
  • Jack Matthews

Their publications are often found in the following venues with multiple contributions:

  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Geological Magazine
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Life
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis

    D. McIlroy

  • The Impact of Bioturbation on Infaunal Ecology and Evolution During the Proterozoic-Cambrian Transition

    Unknown

  • First evidence for locomotion in the Ediacara biota from the 565 Ma Mistaken Point Formation, Newfoundland

    Alexander G. Liu;Duncan McIlroy;Martin D. Brasier;Martin D. Brasier

  • Some ichnological concepts, methodologies, applications and frontiers

    Duncan McIlroy

  • Ichnological evidence for meiofaunal bilaterians from the terminal Ediacaran and earliest Cambrian of Brazil.

    Luke A. Parry;Luke A. Parry;Paulo César Boggiani;o Daniel J. Condon;Russel J. Garwood;Russel J. Garwood

  • Bioturbation influence on reservoir quality: A case study from the Cretaceous Ben Nevis Formation, Jeanne d'Arc Basin, offshore Newfoundland, Canada

    Nicola S. Tonkin;Duncan McIlroy;Rudi Meyer;Allison Moore-Turpin

  • Ichnofabrics and sedimentary facies of a tide-dominated delta: Jurassic Ile Formation of Kristin Field, Haltenbanken, Offshore Mid-Norway

    Duncan McIlroy

  • Palaeobiology and evolution of the earliest agglutinated Foraminifera: Platysolenites, Spirosolenites and related forms

    Duncan McIlroy;O. R. Green;M. D. Brasier

  • Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma)

    Alexander G. Liu;Jack J. Matthews;Latha R. Menon;Duncan McIlroy

  • Effaced preservation in the Ediacara biota and its implications for the early macrofossil record

    Alexander G. Liu;Duncan Mcilroy;Jonathan B. Antcliffe;Martin D. Brasier;Martin D. Brasier

  • Ichnological analysis: The common ground between ichnofacies workers and ichnofabric analysts

    Duncan McIlroy

  • Ediacaran fossil preservation: Taphonomy and diagenesis of a discoid biota from the Amadeus Basin, central Australia

    N.B. Mapstone;D. McIlroy

  • Experimental Production of Clay Rims by Macrobiotic Sediment Ingestion and Excretion Processes

    Sarah J. Needham;Richard H. Worden;Duncan McIlroy

  • Fossils and matgrounds from the Neoproterozoic Longmyndian Supergroup, Shropshire, UK

    Duncan Mcilroy;T. Peter Crimes;John C. Pauley

  • Sedimentology of the tide-dominated Jurassic Lajas Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

    Duncan McIlroy;Stephen Flint;John A. Howell;Nick Timms

  • Engineering the Cambrian explosion: the earliest bioturbators as ecosystem engineers

    Unknown

  • Evidence for Cnidaria-like behavior in ca. 560 Ma Ediacaran Aspidella

    Latha R. Menon;Duncan McIlroy;Martin D. Brasier;Martin D. Brasier

  • Microbial mats implicated in the generation of intrastratal shrinkage (‘synaeresis’) cracks

    Dario Harazim;Richard H. T. Callow;Duncan Mcilroy

  • Animal-sediment interactions: the effect of ingestion and excretion by worms on mineralogy

    S. J. Needham;R. H. Worden;D. McIlroy

  • Lateral variability in shallow marine ichnofabrics: implications for the ichnofabric analysis method

    Duncan McIlroy

  • Neonereites uniserialis from c. 600 Ma year old rocks in western Scotland and the emergence of animals

    M. D. Brasier;D. McILROY

  • Faeces, clay minerals and reservoir potential

    D. McIlroy;R.H. Worden;S.J. Needham

  • Ethology of the trace fossil Chondrites: Form, function and environment

    Andrea Baucon;Malgorzata Bednarz;Suzanne Dufour;Fabrizio Felletti

  • Earth System Evolution and Early Life: A Celebration of the Work of Martin Brasier

    A. T. Brasier;D. McIlroy;N. McLoughlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin D. Brasier
Martin D. Brasier University of Oxford
Uwe Bergmann
Uwe Bergmann SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Guy M. Narbonne
Guy M. Narbonne Queen's University
Ed Landing
Ed Landing Columbia University in the City of New York
Marc Laflamme
Marc Laflamme University of Toronto
Ben Kneller
Ben Kneller University of Aberdeen
Richard H. Worden
Richard H. Worden University of Liverpool
David W. Jolley
David W. Jolley University of Aberdeen
John A. Howell
John A. Howell University of Aberdeen
Karl J. Niklas
Karl J. Niklas Cornell University

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