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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 41 5599 5177 8 8 106 5657

Leonardo Salgado publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Leonardo Salgado between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Leonardo Salgado published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 3.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2015. 10 of the 180 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2015. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 4 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 5 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 1 publication 2015: 20 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 4 publications
1977 2025

180 publications in total across all disciplines

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Leonardo Salgado: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 1
1992 2
1993 3
1994 0
1995 1
1996 4
1997 3
1998 0
1999 2
2000 5
2001 4
2002 1
2003 5
2004 5
2005 4
2006 3
2007 7
2008 4
2009 8
2010 8
2011 6
2012 7
2013 8
2014 1
2015 20
2016 4
2017 11
2018 8
2019 5
2020 4
2021 11
2022 12
2023 2
2024 6
2025 4
Total 180
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Leonardo Salgado 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 Leonardo Salgado 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, 98–107 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: 106 publications — 14th percentile

14% 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
98–107 404 106
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
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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Leonardo Salgado 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 Leonardo Salgado 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, 41 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: 41 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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 41
42 277
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

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Argentina Leader Award

Overview

Leonardo Salgado is affiliated with the National Scientific and Technical Research Council in Argentina. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these areas, their work focuses on several subfields including Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Geophysics, and Oceanography.

Their scholarly contributions emphasize topics related to Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, and Marine and Coastal Plant Biology. Additionally, their work covers Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide.

Leonardo Salgado has published extensively in multiple venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Cretaceous Research
  • Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina
  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Diversity
  • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Their recent papers include:

  • "Two Late Cretaceous sauropods reveal titanosaurian dispersal across South America," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "Structure of Rhodolith Beds and Surrounding Habitats at the Doce River Shelf (Brazil)," 2020, Diversity
  • "Report of a giant titanosaur sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Neuquén Province, Argentina," 2021, Cretaceous Research
  • "Should we abandon the name Titanosauridae? some comments on the taxonomy of titanosaurian sauropods (Dinosauria)," 2021, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • "Variación morfológica en la secuencia de vertebras caudales de algunos seudópodos titanosaurios," 2021, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their research, frequently co-authoring with:

  • José Luis Carballido
  • Alejandro Otero
  • Jorge O. Calvo
  • C. S. Karez
  • Rodrigo L. Moura

Best Publications

  • A new giant carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia

    Rodolfo A. Coria;Leonardo Salgado

  • A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs

    José Luis Carballido;Diego Pol;Alejandro Otero;Ignacio Alejandro Cerda

  • UBERABATITAN RIBEIROI, A NEW TITANOSAUR FROM THE MARÍLIA FORMATION (BAURU GROUP, UPPER CRETACEOUS), MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

    Leonardo Salgado;Ismar De Souza Carvalho

  • A NEW SPECIMEN OF NEUQUENSAURUS AUSTRALIS, A LATE CRETACEOUS SALTASAURINE TITANOSAUR FROM NORTH PATAGONIA

    Leonardo Salgado;Sebastián Apesteguía;Susana E. Heredia

  • A basal iguanodontian (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the Late Cretaceous of South America

    Rodolfo A. Coria;Leonardo Salgado

  • Embryonic Skulls of Titanosaur Sauropod Dinosaurs

    Luis M. Chiappe;Leonardo Salgado;Rodolfo A. Coria

  • Un nuevo saltasaurino (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) de la provincia de Río Negro (Formación Allen, Cretácico superior), Patagonia, Argentina

    Leonardo Salgado;Claudia Azpilicueta

  • A new basal rebbachisaurid (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of the Neuquen Basin; evolution and biogeography of the group

    José Luis Carballido;Leonardo Salgado;Diego Pol;José Ignacio Canudo

  • Amazonsaurus maranhensis gen. et sp. nov. (Sauropoda, Diplodocoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Brazil

    Ismar de Souza Carvalho;Leonardo dos Santos Avilla;Leonardo Salgado

  • Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Tehuelchesaurus benitezii (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia

    José Luis Carballido;Oliver Walter Mischa Rauhut;Oliver Walter Mischa Rauhut;Diego Pol;Leonardo Salgado

  • Lower Cretaceous rebbachisaurid sauropods from Cerro Aguada del León (Lohan Cura Formation), Neuquén Province, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

    Leonardo Salgado;Alberto Garrido;Sergio E. Cocca;Juan R. Cocca

  • EVOLUTION OF TITANOSAURID SAUROPODS. II: THE CRANIAL EVIDENCE

    Leonardo Salgado;Jorge Orlando Calvo

  • Climate's role in the distribution of the Cretaceous terrestrial Crocodyliformes throughout Gondwana

    Ismar de Souza Carvalho;Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini;Leonardo Salgado;Felipe Mesquita de Vasconcellos

  • Extreme postcranial pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs from South America

    Ignacio Alejandro Cerda;Leonardo Salgado;Jaime Eduardo Powell

  • The Osteology of Chubutisaurus insignis Del Corro, 1975 (Dinosauria: Neosauropoda) from the ‘Middle’ Cretaceous of Central Patagonia, Argentina

    José Luis Carballido;Diego Pol;Ignacio Alejandro Cerda;Leonardo Salgado

  • EL GENERO AEOLOSAURUS (SAUROPODA, TITANOSAURIDAE) EN LA FORMACION ALLEN (CAMPANIANO-MAASTRICHTIANO) DE LA PROVINCIA DE RIO NEGRO, ARGENTINA.

    Leonardo Salgado;Rodolfo Aníbal Coria

  • Demandasaurus darwini, a New Rebbachisaurid Sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula

    Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor;José Ignacio Canudo;Pedro Huerta;Diego Montero

  • Reappraisal of an ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island (Antarctica)

    Leonardo Salgado;Zulma Gasparini

  • Giant titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia

    Fernando E Novas;Leonardo Salgado;Jorge Calvo;Federico Agnolin

  • An enigmatic plant-eating theropod from the Late Jurassic period of Chile

    Fernando E. Novas;Leonardo Salgado;Leonardo Salgado;Manuel Suárez;Federico L. Agnolín

Frequent Co-Authors

Zulma Gasparini
Zulma Gasparini National University of La Plata
José Ignacio Canudo
José Ignacio Canudo University of Zaragoza
Jorge O. Calvo
Jorge O. Calvo National University of Comahue
Diego Pol
Diego Pol National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Luis M. Chiappe
Luis M. Chiappe Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Fernando E. Novas
Fernando E. Novas Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum
Marcelo Reguero
Marcelo Reguero National University of La Plata
Sergio A. Marenssi
Sergio A. Marenssi University of Buenos Aires
Ashok Sahni
Ashok Sahni Panjab University

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