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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 34 9412 9014 3374 3126 103 5653

Fabien Kenig publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Fabien Kenig between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Fabien Kenig published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 7 publications in 2004. 6 of the 111 publications appeared in the last two years.

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

111 publications in total across all disciplines

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Fabien Kenig: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 2
1991 0
1992 4
1993 0
1994 3
1995 6
1996 1
1997 1
1998 1
1999 2
2000 2
2001 4
2002 0
2003 4
2004 7
2005 3
2006 6
2007 4
2008 5
2009 6
2010 4
2011 5
2012 5
2013 2
2014 3
2015 4
2016 5
2017 5
2018 3
2019 1
2020 0
2021 4
2022 1
2023 2
2024 4
2025 2
Total 111
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Fabien Kenig publications per year - data summary

  • Fabien Kenig, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Illinois at Chicago, has 111 publications recorded across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1990 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2004, with 7 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1996, 1997, 1998, 2019 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 36 years in the span carry no publications at all (1991, 1993, 2002 and 2020).
  • The rate of publication averages 3.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 3.5 per year counting only the 32 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 13 publications, 12% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1990-2001: 26 publications (2.2 per year); 2002-2013: 51 publications (4.3 per year); 2014-2025: 34 publications (2.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Fabien Kenig publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fabien Kenig sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 101–110 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 103 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492 103
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Fabien Kenig publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Fabien Kenig, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Illinois at Chicago, records 103 publications - the 14th percentile of the discipline.
  • 14% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Fabien Kenig, and about 86% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Fabien Kenig ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Fabien Kenig D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fabien Kenig sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 34 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123 34
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Fabien Kenig D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Fabien Kenig, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Illinois at Chicago, records 34 D-Index - the 3rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 3% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Fabien Kenig, and about 97% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Fabien Kenig ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Fabien Kenig is a researcher affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines including environmental science and engineering, with a focus on specialized subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, mechanics of materials, spectroscopy, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

Their research concentrates on several key topics, including mass spectrometry techniques and applications, planetary science and exploration, ion-surface interactions and analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, spaceflight effects on biology, tardigrade biology and ecology, and laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma.

Kenig has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers covering a range of subjects. These include:

  • Infancy of sterol biosynthesis hints at extinct eukaryotic species, 2023, Nature
  • Femtosecond Laser Desorption Postionization MS vs ToF-SIMS Imaging for Uncovering Biomarkers Buried in Geological Samples, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • Organic sulfones in the brine of Lake Vida, East Antarctica, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Biological functions at high pressure: transcriptome response of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 to hydrostatic pressure relevant to Titan and other icy ocean worlds, 2024, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Astrobiology of Titan's subglacial, high pressure ocean: A review and introduction of a relevant experimental system, 2025, Elsevier eBooks

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kenig include Raveendra C. Wickramasinghe, Michael J. Pasterski, Anton V. Ievlev, Matthias Lorenz, and Luke Hanley.

The venues where Kenig's work has been published reflect interdisciplinary interests and include:

  • Nature
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Elsevier eBooks

Best Publications

  • Evidence for gammacerane as an indicator of water column stratification

    J.S. Sinninghe Damsté;F. Kenig;M.P. Koopmans;J. Koster

  • Diagenetic and catagenetic products of isorenieratene: Molecular indicators for photic zone anoxia

    Martin P. Koopmans;Jürgen Köster;Heidy M.E. Van Kaam-Peters;Fabien Kenig

  • Fluids from aging ocean crust that support microbial life.

    James P. Cowen;Stephen J. Giovannoni;Fabien Kenig;H. Paul Johnson

  • Microbial life at −13 °C in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake

    Alison E. Murray;Fabien Kenig;Christian H. Fritsen;Christopher P. McKay

  • Occurrence and origin of mono-, di-, and trimethylalkanes in modern and Holocene cyanobacterial mats from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Fabien Kenig;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;A.C. Kock-van Dalen;W.Irene C. Rijpstra

  • Does growth rate affect ketone unsaturation and intracellular carbon isotopic variability in Emiliania huxleyi

    Brian N. Popp;Fabien Kenig;Stuart G. Wakeham;Edward A. Laws

  • Controls on the carbon isotopic composition of Southern Ocean phytoplankton

    Brian N. Popp;Tom Trull;Fabien Kenig;Stuart G. Wakeham

  • Analysis of unresolved complex mixtures of hydrocarbons extracted from Late Archean sediments by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC)

    Gregory T. Ventura;Fabien Kenig;Christopher M. Reddy;Glenn S. Frysinger

  • Molecular indicators for palaeoenvironmental change in a Messinian evaporitic sequence (Vena del Gesso, Italy). II: High-resolution variations in abundances and 13C contents of free and sulphur-bound carbon skeletons in a single marl bed

    F Kenig;J S Damsté;N L Frewin;J M Hayes

  • Sedimentation, distribution and diagenesis of organic matter in a recent carbonate environment, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

    Fabien Kenig;Alain Y. Huc;Bruce H. Purser;Jean-Louis Oudin

  • Fractionation between inorganic and organic carbon during the Lomagundi (2.22–2.1 Ga) carbon isotope excursion

    A. Bekker;C. Holmden;N.J. Beukes;F. Kenig

  • Molecular signature of chitin-protein complex in Paleozoic arthropods

    George D. Cody;Neal S. Gupta;Neal S. Gupta;Derek E.G. Briggs;A.L.D. Kilcoyne

  • Water column structure during deposition of Middle Devonian–Lower Mississippian black and green/gray shales of the Illinois and Michigan Basins: a biomarker approach

    Todd C. Brown;Fabien Kenig

  • Early sponges and toxic protists: possible sources of cryostane, an age diagnostic biomarker antedating Sturtian Snowball Earth.

    J. J. Brocks;A. J. M. Jarrett;E. Sirantoine;F. Kenig

  • Isotopic biogeochemistry of the Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic), UK.

    F. Kenig;J. M. Hayes;B. N. Popp;R. E. Summons

  • Precision of the current methods to measure the alkenone proxy U-37(K ') and absolute alkenone abundance in sediments: Results of an interlaboratory comparison study

    Antony Rosell-Melé;Edouard Bard;K.-C. Emeis;J. O. Grimalt

  • Molecular indicators for palaeoenvironmental change in a Messinian evaporitic sequence (Vena del Gesso, Italy). I: Variations in extractable organic matter of ten cyclically deposited marl beds☆

    Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Neil L. Frewin;Fabien Kenig;Jan W. De Leeuw

  • Intermittent euxinia: Reconciliation of a Jurassic black shale with its biofacies

    Fabien Kenig;John D. Hudson;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté;Brian N. Popp

  • Molecular evidence of Late Archean archaea and the presence of a subsurface hydrothermal biosphere.

    Gregory T. Ventura;Fabien Kenig;Christopher M. Reddy;Juergen Schieber

  • Structure and distribution of branched aliphatic alkanes with quaternary carbon atoms in Cenomanian and Turonian black shales of Pasquia Hills (Saskatchewan, Canada)

    Fabien Kenig;Dirk-Jan H. Simons;David Crich;James P. Cowen

  • Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian) paleoenvironmental history of the Eastern Canadian margin of the Western Interior Seaway: bonebeds and anoxic events

    Claudia J. Schröder-Adams;Stephen L. Cumbaa;John Bloch;Dale A. Leckie

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter T. Doran
Peter T. Doran Louisiana State University
Brian N. Popp
Brian N. Popp University of Hawaii at Manoa
Andrew C. Scott
Andrew C. Scott Royal Holloway University of London
John M. Hayes
John M. Hayes Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
John C. Priscu
John C. Priscu Montana State University
Chris M. Hall
Chris M. Hall University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Xiaomin Fang
Xiaomin Fang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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