2026 James G. Ogg: 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	55	2503	2277	158	153	269	30711

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1961 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James G. Ogg is affiliated with Chengdu University of Technology in China. The scientist's research spans a broad range of topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Ocean Engineering, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The main subjects of their research include:

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
Drilling and Well Engineering
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geological and Geophysical Studies
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Frequent collaborators include:

Janet A. Haggerty
Mingcai Hou
Jürgen Thurow
Lubomir F. Jansa
David K. Watkins

They have published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Global and Planetary Change
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Recent publications include:

Sedimentary noise modeling of lake-level change in the Late Triassic Newark Basin of North America, 2021, Global and Planetary Change
East Asian lake hydrology modulated by global sea-level variations in the Eocene warmhouse, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Paleoclimate and sea level response to orbital forcing in the Middle Triassic of the eastern Tethys, 2021, Global and Planetary Change
Source-to-sink of Late carboniferous Ordos Basin: Constraints on crustal accretion margins converting to orogenic belts bounding the North China Block, 2020, Geoscience Frontiers
Plio-Pleistocene deep-sea ventilation in the eastern Pacific and potential linkages with Northern Hemisphere glaciation, 2023, Science Advances

James G. Ogg has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in both 1961 and 2018.

Best Publications

The Geologic Time Scale 2012

Felix M. Gradstein;James G. Ogg;Mark D. Schmitz;Gabi M. Ogg

9643
Citations
A Geologic Time Scale 2004

Felix M. Gradstein;James G. Ogg;Alan G. Smith

4963
Citations
The Concise Geologic Time Scale

James G. Ogg;Gabi Ogg;Felix M. Gradstein

1612
Citations
A new Geologic Time Scale, with special reference to Precambrian and Neogene

Felix M. Gradstein;James G. Ogg;Alan G. Smith;Wouter Bleeker

1465
Citations
A Mesozoic time scale

Felix M. Gradstein;Frits P. Agterberg;James G. Ogg;Jan Hardenbol

1171
Citations
A Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Time Scale

Felix M. Gradstein;Frits P. Agterberg;James G. Ogg;Jan Hardenbol

977
Citations
Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale

J.G. Ogg

649
Citations
On The Geologic Time Scale

Felix M. Gradstein;James G. Ogg;Frits J. Hilgen

643
Citations
A Phanerozoic time scale

F M Gradstein;J Ogg

565
Citations
Organic-matter-rich shales of China

Caineng Zou;Rukai Zhu;Zhong-Qiang Chen;James G. Ogg;James G. Ogg;James G. Ogg

507
Citations
Geologic Time Scale 2004 – why, how, and where next!

Felix Gradstein;James Ogg

463
Citations
The Cretaceous Period

J. G. Ogg;F. P. Agterberg;F. M. Gradstein

395
Citations
Chapter 27 – Cretaceous

J.G. Ogg;L.A. Hinnov;C. Huang

317
Citations
Tectonic denudation of the upper mantle along passive margins: a model based on drilling results (ODP leg 103, western Galicia margin, Spain)

G. Boillot;M. Recq;E.L. Winterer;A.W. Meyer

283
Citations
The Triassic Period

J. G. Ogg

277
Citations
A Geologic Time Scale 2004: The geomagnetic polarity time scale

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221
Citations
Sedimentary noise and sea levels linked to land-ocean water exchange and obliquity forcing.

Mingsong Li;Linda A. Hinnov;Linda A. Hinnov;Chunju Huang;James G. Ogg;James G. Ogg

189
Citations
Paleoclimate proxies for cyclostratigraphy: Comparative analysis using a Lower Triassic marine section in South China

Mingsong Li;Mingsong Li;Mingsong Li;Chunju Huang;James Ogg;James Ogg;James Ogg;Yang Zhang

179
Citations
Astronomical tuning of the end-Permian extinction and the Early Triassic Epoch of South China and Germany

Mingsong Li;Mingsong Li;James Ogg;James Ogg;Yang Zhang;Yang Zhang;Chunju Huang

178
Citations
Obliquity-forced climate during the Early Triassic hothouse in China

Mingsong Li;Mingsong Li;Chunju Huang;Linda Hinnov;Linda Hinnov;Linda Hinnov;James Ogg;James Ogg

172
Citations
The Late Permian/Early Triassic magnetic polarity time scale and plate motions of south China

M. Steiner;J. Ogg;Z. Zhang;S. Sun

163
Citations
The Jurassic Period

S.P. Hesselbo;J.G. Ogg;M. Ruhl;L.A. Hinnov

156
Citations
Status of Divisions of the International Geologic Time Scale

James Ogg

152
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Felix M. Gradstein University of Oslo

Linda A. Hinnov George Mason University

Zhong-Qiang Chen China University of Geosciences

Jörg Mutterlose Ruhr University Bochum

Paul R. Bown University College London

David B. Kemp China University of Geosciences

Michael A. Kaminski King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Sherwood W. Wise Florida State University

Philip A. Meyers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego

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