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Loren E. Babcock 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 Loren E. Babcock sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 152 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Loren E. Babcock 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 Loren E. Babcock sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Loren E. Babcock is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses extensively on the study of paleontology, contributing to subfields such as Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oceanography, and Genetics.

Their main research topics include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Loren E. Babcock has published in various scientific venues with a focus on paleontological and geological topics. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Palaeoworld
  • Diversity

Their recent representative papers demonstrate diverse research themes and include the following:

  • A Silurian ancestral scorpion with fossilised internal anatomy illustrating a pathway to arachnid terrestrialisation, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Paleobiology and taphonomy of exceptionally preserved organisms from the Waukesha Biota (Silurian), Wisconsin, USA, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Reply to 'Uppermost Cambrian carbon chemostratigraphy: the HERB and undocumented TOCE events are not synonymous', 2020, Geological Magazine
  • Author Correction: A Silurian ancestral scorpion with fossilised internal anatomy illustrating a pathway to arachnid terrestrialisation, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Marine arthropod Fossil-Lagerstätten, 2025, Journal of Paleontology

Collaboration is a significant part of Babcock's academic work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Shanchi Peng
  • Andrew J. Wendruff
  • Joanne Kluessendorf
  • Donald G. Mikulic
  • Xianfeng Yang

Best Publications

  • The Cambrian Period

    Shanchi Peng;Loren E. Babcock;Per Ahlberg

  • Advances in Cambrian stratigraphy and paleontology: Integrating correlation techniques, paleobiology, taphonomy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction

    Mao-Yan Zhu;Loren E. Babcock;Shan-Chi Peng

  • The Geological Society of America Geologic Time Scale

    J. D. Walker;J. W. Geissman;S. A. Bowring;Loren Babcock

  • Global Standard Stratotype‐section and Point (GSSP) of the Furongian Series and Paibian Stage (Cambrian)

    Shanchi Peng;Loren Babcock;Richard Robison;Huanling Lin

  • Reevaluation of the timing and extent of late Paleozoic glaciation in Gondwana: Role of the Transantarctic Mountains

    John L. Isbell;Paul A. Lenaker;Rosemary A. Askin;Molly F. Miller

  • Trilobite malformations and the fossil record of behavioral asymmetry

    Loren E. Babcock

  • Trilobites in Paleozoic Predator-Prey Systems, and Their Role in Reorganization of Early Paleozoic Ecosystems

    Loren E. Babcock

  • Cambrian chronostratigraphy: Current state and future plans

    Loren E. Babcock;Shanchi Peng

  • Cambrian high-resolution biostratigraphy and carbon isotope chemostratigraphy in Scania, Sweden: first record of the SPICE and DICE excursions in Scandinavia

    Per Ahlberg;Niklas Axheimer;Loren E. Babcock;Mats E. Eriksson

  • Fossilization modes in the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Cambrian of China): testing the roles of organic preservation and diagenetic alteration in exceptional preservation

    Maoyan Zhu;Loren E. Babcock;Michael Steiner

  • The global boundary stratotype section and point (GSSP) of the drumian stage (Cambrian) in the drum mountains, Utah, USA

    Loren E. Babcock;Richard A. Robison;Margaret N. Rees;Shanchi (彭善池) Peng

  • Global climate, sea level cycles, and biotic events in the Cambrian Period

    Loren E. Babcock;Loren E. Babcock;Shan-Chi Peng;Carlton E. Brett;Mao-Yan Zhu

  • Tetrapod and Large Burrows of Uncertain Origin in Triassic High Paleolatitude Floodplain Deposits, Antarctica

    Molly F. Miller;Stephen T. Hasiotis;Loren E. Babcock;John L. Isbell

  • The Chengjiang Biota: Record of the Early Cambrian Diversification of Life and Clues to Exceptional Preservation of Fossils

    Loren E. Babcock;Zhang Wentang(张文堂);Stephen A. Leslie

  • Kaili Biota: A Taphonomic Window on Diversification of Metazoans from the Basal Middle Cambrian: Guizhou, China

    Zhao Yuanlong;Zhu Maoyan;Loren E. Babcock;Yuan Jinliang

  • Paleolimulus, an early limuline (Xiphosurida), from Pennsylvanian‐Permian Lagerst tten of Kansas and taphonomic comparison with modern Limulus

    Loren E. Babcock;Daniel F. Merriam;Ronald R. West

  • Global standard names for the Lowermost Cambrian Series and Stage

    Ed Landing;Shanchi (彭善池) Peng;Loren E. Babcock;Gerd Geyer

  • The Cambrian Period

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  • Corumbella, an Ediacaran-grade organism from the Late Neoproterozoic of Brazil

    Loren E. Babcock;Anne M. Grunow;Georg Robert Sadowski;Stephen A. Leslie

  • Challenges in defining the base of Cambrian Series 2 and Stage 3

    Xingliang Zhang;Per Ahlberg;Loren E. Babcock;Duck K. Choi

  • Furongian Series (Cambrian) biostratigraphy of Scandinavia - a revision

    Fredrik Terfelt;Mats E. Eriksson;Per Ahlberg;Loren E. Babcock

Frequent Co-Authors

Maoyan Zhu
Maoyan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lars E. Holmer
Lars E. Holmer Uppsala University
Derek E. G. Briggs
Derek E. G. Briggs Yale University
John L. Isbell
John L. Isbell University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Gerd Geyer
Gerd Geyer University of Würzburg
Stephen T. Hasiotis
Stephen T. Hasiotis University of Kansas
Carlton E. Brett
Carlton E. Brett University of Cincinnati
Robert A. Gastaldo
Robert A. Gastaldo Colby College
Bruce S. Lieberman
Bruce S. Lieberman University of Kansas
Roger A. Cooper
Roger A. Cooper GNS Science

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