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Ian G. Stanistreet 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 Ian G. Stanistreet sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 171 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ian G. Stanistreet 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 Ian G. Stanistreet sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ian G. Stanistreet is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and has a research focus primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work intersects several subfields including Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geology, and Archeology. This multidisciplinary approach extends across studies related to Pleistocene-era hominins, geological and paleoclimatology research, as well as evolution and paleontology.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Stanistreet has contributed to a number of recent publications, with a concentration of work published in the journal Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. Notable papers include:

  • New Olduvai Basin stratigraphy and stratigraphic concepts revealed by OGCP cores into the Palaeolake Olduvai depocentre, Tanzania (2020), Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Palaeosalinity and palaeoclimatic geochemical proxies (elements Ti, Mg, Al) vary with Milankovitch cyclicity (1.3 to 2.0 Ma), OGCP cores, Palaeolake Olduvai, Tanzania (2020), Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Their work is often situated alongside research by various coauthors, frequently collaborating with researchers such as Harald Stollhofen, Jackson K. Njau, Kathy Schick, Nicholas Toth, and Lindsay J. McHenry. These partnerships contribute to a broad examination of geological and archaeological questions.

Stanistreet's publications have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Human Evolution
  • Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
  • Journal of Archaeological Science

Best Publications

  • The Okavango Fan and the classification of subaerial fan systems

    I.G. Stanistreet;T.S. McCarthy

  • Late Pliocene Homo and hominid land use from Western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Charles R. Peters;Fidelis T. Masao;Ronald J. Clarke

  • Avulsion mechanisms on the Okavango fan, Botswana: the control of a fluvial system by vegetation

    T. S. McCARTHY;W. N. Ellery;I. G. Stanistreet

  • Cherts of the Barberton Greenstone Belt Interpreted as Products of Submarine Exhalative Activity

    Isabelle Paris;Ian G. Stanistreet;Martin J. Hughes

  • The sedimentary dynamics of active fluvial channels on the Okavango fan, Botswana

    T. S. McCARTHY;I. G. Stanistreet;B. Cairncross

  • Sedimentary basinal responses to a Late Precambrian Wilson Cycle: the Damara Orogen and Nama Foreland, Namibia

    Ian G. Stanistreet;Peter A. Kukla;George Henry

  • Mass and hyperconcentrated flow deposits record dune damming and catastrophic breakthrough of ephemeral rivers, Skeleton Coast Erg, Namibia

    Johan Svendsen;Harald Stollhofen;Carmen B.E Krapf;Ian G Stanistreet

  • Tuffs, tectonism and glacially related sea-level changes, Carboniferous-Permian, Southern Namibia

    Harald Stollhofen;Ian G. Stanistreet;Berthold Bangert;Hermann Grill

  • Environments and hominin activities across the FLK Peninsula during Zinjanthropus times (1.84 Ma), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Ian G. Stanistreet;Jackson K. Njau;Jackson K. Njau;Marion K. Bamford

  • Changing tectono-sedimentary scenarios relevant to the development of the Late Archaean Witwatersrand Basin

    I.G. Stanistreet;T.S. McCarthy

  • A storm surge origin for sandstone beds in an epicontinental platform sequence, Ordovician, Norway

    Patrick J. Brenchley;Geoffrey Newall;Ian G. Stanistreet

  • Record of the Damaran Khomas Hochland accretionary prism in central Namibia: Refutation of an ensialic origin of aLate Proterozoic orogenic belt

    Peter A. Kukla;Ian G. Stanistreet

  • Single-zircon U-Pb dating of Carboniferous-Permian tuffs, Namibia, and the intercontinental deglaciation cycle framework

    Harald Stollhofen;Mario Werner;Ian G Stanistreet;Richard A Armstrong

  • Hoanib River flood deposits of Namib Desert interdunes asanalogues for thin permeability barrier mudstone layers inaeolianite reservoirs

    Ian G. Stanistreet;Harald Stollhofen

  • Landscape distribution of Oldowan stone artifact assemblages across the fault compartments of the eastern Olduvai Lake Basin during early lowermost Bed II times.

    Robert J. Blumenschine;Fidelis T. Masao;Harald Stollhofen;Ian G. Stanistreet

  • Fine resolution of early hominin time, Beds I and II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

    Ian G. Stanistreet

  • Low sinuosity and meandering bedload rivers of the Okavango Fan: channel confinement by vegetated levées without fine sediment

    I.G. Stanistreet;B. Cairncross;T.S. McCarthy

  • Late Proterozoic outer shelf manganese and iron deposits at Otjosondu (Namibia) related to the Damaran oceanic opening

    Bernhard Buehn;Ian G. Stanistreet;Martin Okrusch

  • Contrasting styles of ephemeral river systems and their interaction with dunes of the Skeleton Coast erg (Namibia)

    Carmen B.E. Krapf;Harald Stollhofen;Ian G. Stanistreet

  • Geological studies related to the origin of the Witwatersrand Basin and its mineralization; an introduction and a strategy for research and exploration

    T. S. McCarthy;I. G. Stanistreet;L. J. Robb

  • A tectono-sedimentary reconstruction of the development and evolution of the Witwatersrand Basin, with particular emphasis on the Central Rand Group

    R. E. Myers;T. S. McCarthy;I. G. Stanistreet

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Stollhofen
Harald Stollhofen University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Rosa M. Albert
Rosa M. Albert Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Katherine H. Freeman
Katherine H. Freeman Pennsylvania State University
Simon C. Brassell
Simon C. Brassell Indiana University
Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand
Alan L. Deino
Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center
Terence S. McCarthy
Terence S. McCarthy University of the Witwatersrand
Robert J. Blumenschine
Robert J. Blumenschine Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ignacio de la Torre
Ignacio de la Torre IE University
Gerard T. Schuster
Gerard T. Schuster University of Utah

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