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Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi 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 Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi sits on this spectrum.

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Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi 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 Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2004 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant emphasis on geophysics, astronomy and astrophysics, atmospheric science, molecular biology, and geology as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Urrutia-Fucugauchi has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Geology

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Urrutia-Fucugauchi are:

  • "Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater" (2020, Science Advances)
  • "A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "On the absolute geomagnetic intensity fluctuations in Mexico over the last three millennia" (2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences)
  • "Ocean resurge-induced impact melt dynamics on the peak-ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico" (2021, International Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • "Chicxulub Crater Joint Gravity and Magnetic Anomaly Analysis: Structure, Asymmetries, Impact Trajectory and Target Structures" (2022, Pure and Applied Geophysics)

Their frequent coauthors include Ligia Pérez-Cruz, D. A. Kring, A. Wittmann, S. P. S. Gulick, and Joanna Morgan.

Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi has been recognized by membership in the Academia Europaea since 2019 and was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2004.

Best Publications

  • The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

    Peter Schulte;Laia Alegret;Ignacio Arenillas;José A. Arz

  • New links between the Chicxulub impact structure and the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

    Virgil L. Sharpton;G. B. Dalrymple;Luis E. Marin;Graham Ryder

  • Chicxulub multiring impact basin - Size and other characteristics derived from gravity analysis

    Virgil L. Sharpton;Kevin Burke;Antonio Camargo-Zanoguera;Stuart A. Hall

  • Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoenvironments of Chalco Lake, Central Mexico

    Maria Socorro Lozano-Garcı́a;Beatriz Ortega-Guerrero;Margarita Caballero-Miranda;Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi

  • The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

    Joanna V. Morgan;Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy Bralower;Elise Chenot

  • Importance of pre-impact crustal structure for the asymmetry of the Chicxulub impact crater

    Sean P. S. Gulick;Penny J. Barton;Gail L. Christeson;Joanna V. Morgan

  • Continental boundaries of the Jalisco block and their influence in the Pliocene-Quaternary kinematics of western Mexico

    José Rosas-Elguera;Luca Ferrari;Victor Hugo Garduño-Monroy;Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi

  • Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Christopher M. Lowery;Timothy J. Bralower;Jeremy D. Owens;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • Bouguer Gravity Anomalies and Regional Crustal Structure in Central Mexico

    Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi;Jesus Hernan Flores-Ruiz

  • The subducted Rivera‐Cocos Plate Boundary: Where is it, what is it, and what is its relationship to the Colima Rift?

    W. Bandy;C. Mortera-Gutierrez;J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi;T. W. C. Hilde

  • UNAM Scientific Drilling Program of Chicxulub Impact Structure‐Evidence for a 300 kilometer crater diameter

    J. Urrutia-Fucugauchi;L. Marin;A. Trejo-Garcia

  • Geophysical Characterization of the Chicxulub Impact Crater

    S.P.S. Gulick;G.L. Christeson;P.J. Barton;R.A.F. Grieve

  • Mapping Chicxulub crater structure with gravity and seismic reflection data

    A. R. Hildebrand;M. Pilkington;C. Ortiz-Aleman;R. E. Chavez

  • The Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Project (CSDP)

    Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi;Joanna Morgan;Dieter Stöffler;Philippe Claeys

  • Mexico City topsoils: Heavy metals vs. magnetic susceptibility

    O. Morton-Bermea;E. Hernandez;E. Martinez-Pichardo;A.M. Soler-Arechalde

  • Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater

    David A. Kring;Sonia M. Tikoo;Martin Schmieder;Ulrich Riller

  • Paleomagnetism of the Chiapas Massif, southern Mexico: Evidence for rotation of the Maya Block and implications for the opening of the Gulf of Mexico

    Roberto S. Molina-Garza;Rob Van Der Voo;Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi

  • Mammoth bones embedded in a late Pleistocene lahar from Popocatépetl volcano, near Tocuila, central México

    Claus Siebe;Peter Schaaf;Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi

  • A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact

    G S Collins;N Patel;T M Davison;A S P Rae;A S P Rae

  • Stratigraphy and Tectonics of the Guadalajara Region and Triple-Junction Area, Western Mexico

    José Rosas-Elgukra;Luca Ferrari;Margarita LóPez Martinez;Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi

  • High-resolution chronology for the Mesoamerican urban center of Teotihuacan derived from Bayesian statistics of radiocarbon and archaeological data

    Laura E. Beramendi-Orosco;Galia Gonzalez-Hernandez;Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi;Linda R. Manzanilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Joanna Morgan
Joanna Morgan Imperial College London
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
David A. Kring
David A. Kring Lunar and Planetary Institute
Charles S. Cockell
Charles S. Cockell University of Edinburgh
Kazuhisa Goto
Kazuhisa Goto University of Tokyo
Catalina Gebhardt
Catalina Gebhardt Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Ulrich Riller
Ulrich Riller Universität Hamburg
Timothy J. Bralower
Timothy J. Bralower Pennsylvania State University
Marco J. L. Coolen
Marco J. L. Coolen Curtin University

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