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Hugo Bucher 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 Hugo Bucher sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 202 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Hugo Bucher 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 Hugo Bucher sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hugo Bucher is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a strong focus on paleontology. Their research contributions span multiple subfields including Paleontology, Geology, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, and Atmospheric Science. The scientist's work mainly investigates the paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils alongside geological and geochemical analyses.

Their publication record includes significant papers such as "Dynamics of the Largest Carbon Isotope Excursion During the Early Triassic Biotic Recovery" (2020, Frontiers in Earth Science), "The main stage of recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction: taxonomic rediversification and ecologic reorganization of marine level-bottom communities during the Middle Triassic" (2021, PeerJ), and "A Unitary Association-based conodont biozonation of the Smithian-Spathian boundary (Early Triassic) and associated biotic crisis from South China" (2022, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology). Additional recent works include "An expanded Smithian-Spathian (Lower Triassic) boundary from a reefal build-up record in Oman: implications for conodont taxonomy, high-resolution biochronology and the carbon isotope record" (2023, Papers in Palaeontology) and "Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from Timor: taxonomy and biochronology" (2020, Palaeontographica Abteilung A).

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Bucher frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Torsten Vennemann, Marc Leu, Zoneibe Luz, Elke Schneebeli-Hermann, and Oluwaseun Edward, reflecting a significant network within their research community.

Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Lethaia, Goldschmidt Abstracts, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, and Papers in Palaeontology.

Best Publications

  • Smithian-Spathian boundary event: Evidence for global climatic change in the wake of the end-Permian biotic crisis

    Thomas Galfetti;Peter A. Hochuli;Arnaud Brayard;Hugo Bucher

  • Good genes and good luck: Ammonoid diversity and the end-permian mass extinction

    Arnaud Brayard;Gilles Escarguel;Hugo Bucher;Claude Monnet

  • Timing of the Early Triassic carbon cycle perturbations inferred from new U–Pb ages and ammonoid biochronozones.

    Thomas Galfetti;Hugo Bucher;Maria Ovtcharova;Urs Schaltegger

  • Climatic and biotic upheavals following the end-Permian mass extinction

    Carlo Romano;Nicolas Goudemand;Torsten W. Vennemann;David Ware

  • The Early Triassic ammonoid recovery: Paleoclimatic significance of diversity gradients

    Arnaud Brayard;Arnaud Brayard;Hugo Bucher;Gilles Escarguel;Frédéric Fluteau

  • New Early to Middle Triassic U–Pb ages from South China: Calibration with ammonoid biochronozones and implications for the timing of the Triassic biotic recovery

    Maria Ovtcharova;Hugo Bucher;Urs Schaltegger;Thomas Galfetti

  • Early Triassic Marine Biotic Recovery: The Predators' Perspective

    Torsten M. Scheyer;Carlo Romano;Jim Jenks;Hugo Bucher

  • Late Early Triassic climate change: Insights from carbonate carbon isotopes, sedimentary evolution and ammonoid paleobiogeography.

    Thomas Galfetti;Hugo Bucher;Arnaud Brayard;Arnaud Brayard;Peter A. Hochuli

  • Mode and Rate of Growth in Ammonoids

    Hugo Bucher;Neil H. Landman;Susan M. Klofak;Jean Guex

  • Transient metazoan reefs in the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction

    Arnaud Brayard;Emmanuelle Vennin;Nicolas Olivier;Kevin G. Bylund

  • Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution.

    Carlo Romano;Martha B. Koot;Ilja Kogan;Arnaud Brayard

  • New trace fossil evidence for an early recovery signal in the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction

    Richard Hofmann;Nicolas Goudemand;Martin Wasmer;Hugo Bucher

  • Mature Modifications and Dimorphism in Ammonoid Cephalopods

    Richard Arnold Davis;Neil H. Landman;Jean-Louis Dommergues;Didier Marchand

  • Rapid demise and recovery of plant ecosystems across the end-Permian extinction event

    Peter A. Hochuli;Peter A. Hochuli;Elke Hermann;Jorunn Os Vigran;Hugo Bucher;Hugo Bucher

  • Evolution of Early Triassic outer platform paleoenvironments in the Nanpanjiang Basin (South China) and their significance for the biotic recovery.

    Thomas Galfetti;Hugo Bucher;Rossana Martini;Peter A. Hochuli

  • Terrestrial ecosystems on North Gondwana following the end-Permian mass extinction

    Elke Hermann;Peter A. Hochuli;Hugo Bucher;Thomas Brühwiler

  • Geochronological constraints on post-extinction recovery of the ammonoids and carbon cycle perturbations during the Early Jurassic

    Jean Guex;Blair Schoene;Annachiara Bartolini;Jorge Spangenberg

  • Latitudinal gradient of taxonomic richness: combined outcome of temperature and geographic mid-domains effects?

    Arnaud Brayard;Arnaud Brayard;Gilles Escarguel;Hugo Bucher

  • Geological transect across the Northwestern Himalaya in eastern Ladakh and Lahul (a model for the continental collision of India and Asia)

    A. Steck;L. Spring;J.C. Vannay;H. Masson

  • Organic matter and palaeoenvironmental signals during the Early Triassic biotic recovery: The Salt Range and Surghar Range records

    Elke Hermann;Peter A. Hochuli;Sabine Méhay;Hugo Bucher

  • An unusually diverse mollusc fauna from the earliest Triassic of South China and its implications for benthic recovery after the end-Permian biotic crisis☆

    Michael Hautmann;Hugo Bucher;Thomas Brühwiler;Nicolas Goudemand

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnaud Brayard
Arnaud Brayard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Peter A. Hochuli
Peter A. Hochuli University of Zurich
Aymon Baud
Aymon Baud University of Lausanne
Urs Schaltegger
Urs Schaltegger University of Geneva
Jean Guex
Jean Guex University of Lausanne
Alexander Nützel
Alexander Nützel Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie
Gilles Escarguel
Gilles Escarguel Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Torsten Vennemann
Torsten Vennemann University of Lausanne
Maria Ovtcharova
Maria Ovtcharova University of Geneva

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