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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 42 5363 4959 93 91 154 5411

Florent Rivals publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Florent Rivals between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Florent Rivals published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2020. 31 of the 272 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2020. 2002: 2 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 5 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 29 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 26 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 10 publications
2002 2025

272 publications in total across all disciplines

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Florent Rivals: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 2
2003 1
2004 3
2005 1
2006 5
2007 6
2008 4
2009 3
2010 9
2011 7
2012 11
2013 9
2014 7
2015 10
2016 18
2017 19
2018 15
2019 19
2020 29
2021 15
2022 26
2023 22
2024 21
2025 10
Total 272
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Florent Rivals 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 Florent Rivals 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, 148–157 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: 154 publications — 41st percentile

41% 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
138–147 491
148–157 495 154
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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Florent Rivals 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 Florent Rivals 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, 42 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: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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
41 289
42 277 42
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

Florent Rivals is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, focusing on research intersecting Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences. Their extensive work contributes notably to the fields of Paleontology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Ecology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to Pleistocene-Era hominins, archaeology and ancient environmental studies, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, as well as evolution and paleontology studies. Their research also touches on wildlife ecology and conservation, geology and paleoclimatology research, and primate behavior and ecology.

Florent Rivals' recent publications include:

  • The impact of sediment abrasion on tooth microwear analysis: an experimental study (2021, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences)
  • Examining Neanderthal and carnivore occupations of Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain) using archaeostratigraphic and intra-site spatial analysis (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Neanderthals in a highly diverse, mediterranean-Eurosiberian forest ecotone: The pleistocene pollen record of Teixoneres Cave, northeastern Spain (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Neanderthal mobile toolkit in short-term occupations at Teixoneres Cave (Moia, Spain) (2020, Journal of Archaeological Science Reports)
  • Neanderthal faunal exploitation and settlement dynamics at the Abri du Maras, level 5 (south-eastern France) (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ruth Blasco
  • Jordi Rosell
  • Anna Rufà
  • Iván Ramírez-Pedraza
  • M. Gema Chacón

Florent Rivals' publications appear regularly in key scientific journals and repositories, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

Best Publications

  • Dietary Change and Evolution of Horses in North America

    Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Florent Rivals;Nikos Solounias;Nikos Solounias;Gina M. Semprebon

  • Evidence for geographic variation in the diets of late Pleistocene and early Holocene Bison in North America, and differences from the diets of recent Bison

    Florent Rivals;Nikos Solounias;Nikos Solounias;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Matthew C. Mihlbachler

  • Was grass more prevalent in the pronghorn past? An assessment of the dietary adaptations of Miocene to Recent Antilocapridae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)

    Gina M. Semprebon;Florent Rivals

  • EFFECT OF ONTOGENETIC-AGE DISTRIBUTION IN FOSSIL AND MODERN SAMPLES ON THE INTERPRETATION OF UNGULATE PALEODIETS USING THE MESOWEAR METHOD

    Florent Rivals;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Nikos Solounias

  • Palaeoecology of the Mammoth Steppe fauna from the late Pleistocene of the North Sea and Alaska: Separating species preferences from geographic influence in paleoecological dental wear analysis

    Florent Rivals;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Matthew C. Mihlbachler;Nikos Solounias;Nikos Solounias;Dick Mol

  • Les faunes de grands mammifères de la Caune de l'Arago (Tautavel) dans le cadre biochronologique des faunes du Pléistocène moyen italien

    Anne-Marie Moigne;Maria Rita Palombo;Véronique Belda;Djamila Heriech-Briki

  • Dietary flexibility and niche partitioning of large herbivores through the Pleistocene of Britain

    Florent Rivals;Adrian M. Lister

  • Trends in the paleodietary habits of fossil camels from the Tertiary and Quaternary of North America

    Gina M. Semprebon;Florent Rivals

  • An examination of dietary diversity patterns in Pleistocene proboscideans (Mammuthus, Palaeoloxodon, and Mammut) from Europe and North America as revealed by dental microwear

    Florent Rivals;Gina Semprebon;Adrian Lister

  • Palaeoecology of Neanderthals during Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles in northeastern Iberia (Abric Romaní): From regional to global scale

    Francesc Burjachs;Juan Manuel López-García;Ethel Allué;Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  • Investigation of equid paleodiet from Schöningen 13 II-4 through dental wear and isotopic analyses: Archaeological implications.

    Florent Rivals;Florent Rivals;Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Margot Kuitems;Thijs Van Kolfschoten

  • A zooarchaeological contribution to establish occupational patterns at Level J of Abric Romaní (Barcelona, Spain)

    Jordi Rosell;Isabel Cáceres;Ruth Blasco;María Bennàsar

  • Dietary plasticity in ungulates: Insight from tooth microwear analysis

    Florent Rivals;Gina M. Semprebon

  • Late and middle Pleistocene ungulates dietary diversity in Western Europe indicate variations of Neanderthal paleoenvironments through time and space

    Florent Rivals;Ellen Schulz;Thomas M. Kaiser

  • Seasonality and intra-site variation of Neanderthal occupations in the Middle Palaeolithic locality of Payre (Ardèche, France) using dental wear analyses

    Florent Rivals;Marie-Hélène Moncel;Marylène Patou-Mathis

  • Puzzling out a palimpsest: Testing an interdisciplinary study in level O of Abric Romaní

    Amèlia Bargalló;Maria Joana Gabucio;Florent Rivals

  • Dietary interpretation and paleoecology of herbivores from Pikermi and Samos (late Miocene of Greece)

    Nikos Solounias;Florent Rivals;Gina M. Semprebon

  • Middle Pleistocene ecology and Neanderthal subsistence: insights from stable isotope analyses in Payre (Ardèche, southeastern France).

    Michaela Ecker;Hervé Bocherens;Marie-Anne Julien;Marie-Anne Julien;Florent Rivals

  • Large carnivores as taphonomic agents of space modification: an experimental approach with archaeological implications

    Edgard Camarós;Marián Cueto;Luis C. Teira;Jesus Tapia

  • A new application of dental wear analyses: estimation of duration of hominid occupations in archaeological localities.

    Florent Rivals;Ellen Schulz;Thomas M. Kaiser

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth Blasco
Ruth Blasco Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Jordi Rosell
Jordi Rosell Rovira i Virgili University
Nikos Solounias
Nikos Solounias New York Institute of Technology
Marie-Hélène Moncel
Marie-Hélène Moncel National Museum of Natural History
Ethel Allué
Ethel Allué Rovira i Virgili University
Hugues-Alexandre Blain
Hugues-Alexandre Blain Rovira i Virgili University
Palmira Saladié
Palmira Saladié Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution
Hervé Bocherens
Hervé Bocherens University of Tübingen
Eudald Carbonell
Eudald Carbonell Rovira i Virgili University
Adrian M. Lister
Adrian M. Lister Natural History Museum

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