2026 James D. Schiffbauer: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	39	6275	5817	2231	1983	213	4742

Overview

James D. Schiffbauer is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics including paleontology, stratigraphy, geology, paleoclimatology, and evolutionary biology.

The main fields of study for Schiffbauer include:

Earth and Planetary Sciences (122 publications)

The scientist's work is further specialized within several subfields:

Paleontology (57 publications)
Atmospheric Science (24 publications)
Oceanography (16 publications)
Geophysics (12 publications)
Geochemistry and Petrology (8 publications)

Key topics of Schiffbauer's research focus on areas such as:

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (76 publications)
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (48 publications)
Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 publications)
Geological and Geochemical Analysis (18 publications)
Evolution and Paleontology Studies (16 publications)
Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (14 publications)
Astro and Planetary Science (10 publications)

Schiffbauer has published in a range of academic venues, with notable frequency in:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (60 publications)
Journal of Paleontology (6 publications)
PeerJ (4 publications)
Earth-Science Reviews (3 publications)
Scientific Reports (3 publications)

Recent scholarly papers by James D. Schiffbauer include:

"Discovery of bilaterian-type through-guts in cloudinomorphs from the terminal Ediacaran Period," 2020, Nature Communications
"The trace fossil record of the Nama Group, Namibia: Exploring the terminal Ediacaran roots of the Cambrian explosion," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
"Ultrastructure of Ediacaran cloudinids suggests diverse taphonomic histories and affinities with non-biomineralized annelids," 2020, Scientific Reports
"A meta-analysis of the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion: The SPICEraq database," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
"Causes and consequences of end-Ediacaran extinction - an update," 2023, Cambridge Prisms Extinction

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Tara Selly
Marc Laflamme
Sarah Jacquet
Mikaela A. Pulsipher
Stephanie Rosbach

Best Publications

Trace fossil evidence for Ediacaran bilaterian animals with complex behaviors

Zhe Chen;Chuanming Zhou;Mike Meyer;Ke Xiang

176
Citations
Petrographic and SIMS pyrite sulfur isotope analyses of Ediacaran chert nodules: Implications for microbial processes in pyrite rim formation, silicification, and exceptional fossil preservation

Shuhai Xiao;James D. Schiffbauer;Kathleen A. McFadden;Jerry Hunter

174
Citations
A unifying model for Neoproterozoic–Palaeozoic exceptional fossil preservation through pyritization and carbonaceous compression

James D. Schiffbauer;Shuhai Xiao;Yaoping Cai;Adam F. Wallace

173
Citations
Exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages through geologic time and space

A. D. Muscente;James D. Schiffbauer;Jesse Broce;Marc Laflamme

172
Citations
The Weng'an biota and the Ediacaran radiation of multicellular eukaryotes

Shuhai Xiao;A. D. Muscente;Lei Chen;Chuanming Zhou

158
Citations
Microbial biofilms and the preservation of the Ediacara biota

Marc Laflamme;James D. Schiffbauer;Guy M. Narbonne;Derek E. G. Briggs

150
Citations
The latest Ediacaran Wormworld fauna: Setting the ecological stage for the Cambrian Explosion

James D. Schiffbauer;John Warren Huntley;Gretchen R. O’Neil;Simon A.F. Darroch

143
Citations
Preservational modes in the Ediacaran Gaojiashan Lagerstätte: Pyritization, aluminosilicification, and carbonaceous compression

Yaoping Cai;James D. Schiffbauer;Hong Hua;Shuhai Xiao

141
Citations
Interactions between Ediacaran animals and microbial mats: Insights from Lamonte trevallis, a new trace fossil from the Dengying Formation of South China

Mike Meyer;Mike Meyer;Shuhai Xiao;Benjamin C. Gill;James D. Schiffbauer

122
Citations
Controls on the evolution of Ediacaran metazoan ecosystems: A redox perspective.

Frederick Bowyer;Rachel Wood;S. W. Poulton

121
Citations
EXPERIMENTAL FORMATION OF A MICROBIAL DEATH MASK

Simon A. F Darroch;Marc Laflamme;Marc Laflamme;James D Schiffbauer;Derek E. G Briggs;Derek E. G Briggs

117
Citations
BIOSTRATINOMY OF THE LATE EDIACARAN PYRITIZED GAOJIASHAN LAGERSTÄTTE FROM SOUTHERN SHAANXI, SOUTH CHINA: IMPORTANCE OF EVENT DEPOSITS

Yaoping Cai;Hong Hua;Shuhai Xiao;James D. Schiffbauer

116
Citations
TAPHONOMY OF THE UPPER EDIACARAN ENIGMATIC RIBBONLIKE FOSSIL SHAANXILITHES

Mike Meyer;James D Schiffbauer;Shuhai Xiao;Yaoping Cai

114
Citations
Novel application of focused ion beam electron microscopy (FIB-EM) in preparation and analysis of microfossil ultrastructures: A new view of complexity in early eukaryotic organisms

James D. Schiffbauer;Shuhai Xiao

107
Citations
Environmental context for the terminal Ediacaran biomineralization of animals.

Huan Cui;Huan Cui;Alan Kaufman;Shuhai Xiao;Sara Peek

106
Citations
Taphonomic study of Ediacaran organic-walled fossils confirms the importance of clay minerals and pyrite in Burgess Shale−type preservation

Evan P. Anderson;James D. Schiffbauer;Shuhai Xiao

104
Citations
Ediacaran seawater temperature: Evidence from inclusions of Sinian halite

Fanwei Meng;Fanwei Meng;Pei Ni;James D. Schiffbauer;Xunlai Yuan

100
Citations
Ediacaran biozones identified with network analysis provide evidence for pulsed extinctions of early complex life

A. D. Muscente;A. D. Muscente;Natalia Bykova;Thomas H. Boag;Luis A. Buatois

99
Citations
The origin of intracellular structures in Ediacaran metazoan embryos

James D. Schiffbauer;Shuhai Xiao;Kriti Sen Sharma;Ge Wang

88
Citations
The trace fossil record of the Nama Group, Namibia: Exploring the terminal Ediacaran roots of the Cambrian explosion

Simon A.F. Darroch;Simon A.F. Darroch;Alison T. Cribb;Alison T. Cribb;Luis A. Buatois;Gerard J.B. Germs

87
Citations
Morphology and paleoecology of the late Ediacaran tubular fossil Conotubus hemiannulatus from the Gaojiashan Lagerstätte of southern Shaanxi Province, South China

Yaoping Cai;James D. Schiffbauer;Hong Hua;Shuhai Xiao

80
Citations
Reading and Writing of the Fossil Record: Preservational Pathways to Exceptional Fossilization

Marc Laflamme;James D. Schiffbauer;Simon A. F. Darroch

80
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuhai Xiao Virginia Tech

Marc Laflamme University of Toronto

Xunlai Yuan Chinese Academy of Sciences

David A. Fike Washington University in St. Louis

Chuanming Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yongbo Peng Tongji University

Alan G. Whittington The University of Texas at San Antonio

Alan J. Kaufman University of Maryland, College Park

Jakob Vinther University of Bristol

Derek E. G. Briggs Yale University

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