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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 42 5242 4843 1960 1742 154 6847

Josef P. Werne publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Josef P. Werne between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Josef P. Werne published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 7.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2023. 18 of the 193 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2023. 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 5 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 21 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 9 publications
2000 2025

193 publications in total across all disciplines

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Josef P. Werne: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 2
2001 1
2002 2
2003 3
2004 6
2005 3
2006 0
2007 3
2008 6
2009 8
2010 7
2011 10
2012 12
2013 1
2014 5
2015 7
2016 12
2017 11
2018 10
2019 11
2020 12
2021 14
2022 8
2023 21
2024 9
2025 9
Total 193
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Josef P. Werne 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 Josef P. Werne sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 148–157 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 154 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495 154
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Josef P. Werne 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 Josef P. Werne sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277 42
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Josef P. Werne is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing significantly to these domains with numerous publications. The subfields that characterize their work include Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Mechanics of Materials, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The main topics covered in their research are diverse and interdisciplinary. They have extensively investigated Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions.

Josef P. Werne has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Molly D. O'Beirne, Sergio Contreras, Wesley Scott, William Gilhooly, and Mark B. Abbott. These collaborations have resulted in multiple scientific contributions, reflecting a network of active partnerships.

Their publications appear regularly in notable venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Josef P. Werne demonstrate the scope of their research:

  • Correlation between the ratio of 5-methyl hexamethylated to pentamethylated branched GDGTs (HP5) and water depth reflects redox variations in stratified lakes, 2020, Organic Geochemistry
  • FROG: A global machine-learning temperature calibration for branched GDGTs in soils and peats, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Drought and the collapse of the Tiwanaku Civilization: New evidence from Lake Orurillo, Peru, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Organic matter geochemical signatures of sediments of Lake Ngoring (Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau): A record of environmental and climatic changes in the source area of the Yellow River for the last 1500 years, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • General Holocene warming trend in arid Central Asia indicated by soil isoprenoid tetraethers, 2022, Global and Planetary Change

Josef P. Werne has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • A tale of shales: the relative roles of production, decomposition, and dilution in the accumulation of organic-rich strata, Middle–Upper Devonian, Appalachian basin

    Bradley B Sageman;Adam E Murphy;Josef P Werne;Charles A Ver Straeten

  • Contrasting sulfur geochemistry and Fe/Al and Mo/Al ratios across the last oxic-to-anoxic transition in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

    Timothy W Lyons;Josef P Werne;David J Hollander;R.W Murray

  • An integrated assessment of a “type euxinic” deposit: Evidence for multiple controls on black shale deposition in the middle Devonian Oatka Creek formation

    Josef P. Werne;Bradley B. Sageman;Timothy W. Lyons;David J. Hollander

  • Crenarchaeotal membrane lipids in lake sediments : a new paleotemperature proxy for continental paleoclimate reconstruction?

    Lindsay A. Powers;Josef P. Werne;Thomas C. Johnson;Ellen C. Hopmans

  • Applicability and calibration of the TEX86 paleothermometer in lakes.

    Lindsay Powers;Josef P. Werne;Andrea J. Vanderwoude;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Reduced sulfur in euxinic sediments of the Cariaco Basin: sulfur isotope constraints on organic sulfur formation

    Josef P. Werne;Timothy W. Lyons;David J. Hollander;Michael J. Formolo

  • Paleolimnological evidence of the effects on lakes of energy and mass transfer from climate and humans

    P. R. Leavitt;S. C. Fritz;N. J. Anderson;P. A. Baker

  • Large temperature variability in the southern African tropics since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Lindsay A. Powers;Thomas C. Johnson;Josef P. Werne;Isla S. Castañeda

  • Molecular records of climate variability and vegetation response since the Late Pleistocene in the Lake Victoria basin, East Africa

    Melissa A. Berke;Thomas C. Johnson;Josef P. Werne;Josef P. Werne;Kliti Grice

  • Anthropogenic climate change has altered primary productivity in Lake Superior

    M. D. O'Beirne;M. D. O'Beirne;J. P. Werne;J. P. Werne;R. E. Hecky;T. C. Johnson

  • Extended megadroughts in the southwestern United States during Pleistocene interglacials

    Peter J. Fawcett;Josef P. Werne;Josef P. Werne;Josef P. Werne;R. Scott Anderson;Jeffrey M. Heikoop

  • Wet and arid phases in the southeast African tropics since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Isla S. Castañeda;Josef P. Werne;Thomas C. Johnson

  • Organic sulfur biogeochemistry: Recent advances and future research directions

    Josef P. Werne;David J. Hollander;Timothy W. Lyons;Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

  • Late Quaternary vegetation history of southeast Africa: The molecular isotopic record from Lake Malawi

    Isla S. Castañeda;Josef P. Werne;Thomas C. Johnson;Timothy R. Filley

  • Timing of early diagenetic sulfurization of organic matter: a precursor-product relationship in Holocene sediments of the anoxic Cariaco Basin, Venezuela☆

    Josef P. Werne;David J. Hollander;Anke Behrens;Philippe Schaeffer

  • Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in lake sediments: can they be used as temperature and pH proxies?

    Cornelia I. Blaga;Gert-Jan Reichart;Stefan Schouten;André F. Lotter

  • Climate‐induced variations in productivity and planktonic ecosystem structure from the Younger Dryas to Holocene in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela

    Josef P. Werne;David J. Hollander;Timothy W. Lyons;Larry C. Peterson

  • Absence of seasonal patterns in MBT-CBT indices in mid-latitude soils

    Johan W.H. Weijers;Beth Bernhardt;Francien Peterse;Josef P. Werne;Josef P. Werne

  • Investigating pathways of diagenetic organic matter sulfurization using compound-specific sulfur isotope analysis

    Josef P. Werne;Timothy W. Lyons;David J. Hollander;Stefan Schouten

  • A progressively wetter climate in southern East Africa over the past 1.3 million years

    T. C. Johnson;T. C. Johnson;J. P. Werne;Erik T Brown;A. Abbott

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik T. Brown
Erik T. Brown University of Minnesota
Thomas C. Johnson
Thomas C. Johnson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside
Ellen C. Hopmans
Ellen C. Hopmans Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
David J. Hollander
David J. Hollander University of South Florida
Yongsong Huang
Yongsong Huang Brown University
Isla S. Castañeda
Isla S. Castañeda University of Massachusetts Amherst
R. Scott Anderson
R. Scott Anderson Northern Arizona University

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