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4685
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Louis L. Jacobs 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 Louis L. Jacobs sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 159 publications — 41st percentile

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

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

Louis L. Jacobs 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 Louis L. Jacobs sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Louis L. Jacobs is affiliated with Southern Methodist University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Paleontology and Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, their work addresses several subfields including Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's main research topics cover Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, as well as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils. Additional interests include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Louis L. Jacobs has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including Michael J. Polcyn, Octávio Mateus, Anne S. Schulp, Yuri Kimura, and Lawrence J. Flynn. Among these, Michael J. Polcyn is the most frequent coauthor with ten joint publications.

In terms of publication venues, they have contributed to multiple journals and special publications. Notable venues with multiple publications include Diversity, Geological Society London Special Publications, and Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. They have also published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution and the Journal of African Earth Sciences.

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Tempo and Mode: Evidence on a Protracted Split From a Dense Fossil Record," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "The cranial anatomy and relationships of Cardiocorax mukulu (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from Bentiaba, Angola," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Kembawacela yajuwayeyi n. sp., a new cistecephalid species (Dicynodontia: Emydopoidea) from the Upper Permian of Malawi," 2022, Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • "A new ankylosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia and implications for paleoecology of armoured dinosaurs," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola," 2022, Diversity

Best Publications

  • Best practices for justifying fossil calibrations

    James F. Parham;James F. Parham;James F. Parham;Philip C. J. Donoghue;Christopher J. Bell;Tyler D. Calway

  • The Origin of Grass-Dominated Ecosystems

    Bonnie F. Jacobs;John D. Kingston;Louis L. Jacobs

  • Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America

    Christine M. Janis;Kathleen M. Scott;Louis L. Jacobs

  • A biostratigraphic zonation of the middle and upper siwaliks of the potwar plateau of Northern Pakistan

    J.C. Barry;J.C. Barry;E.H. Lindsay;E.H. Lindsay;L.L. Jacobs;L.L. Jacobs

  • A Fossil Snake with Limbs

    Eitan Tchernov;Olivier Rieppel;Hussam Zaher;Michael J. Polcyn

  • Neogene mammalian faunal change in southern Asia: Correlations with climatic, tectonic, and eustatic events

    John C. Barry;Noye M. Johnson;S. Mahmood Raza;Louis L. Jacobs

  • Geology and palaeontology of Neogene strata of Pakistan

    David Pilbeam;John Barry;Grant E. Meyer;S. M. Ibrahim Shah

  • Effects of changing environments on Siwalik rodent faunas of northern Pakistan

    Lawrence J. Flynn;Louis L. Jacobs

  • Neogene Siwalik mammalian lineages: Species longevities, rates of change, and modes of speciation

    Lawrence J. Flynn;John C. Barry;Michèle E. Morgan;David Pilbeam

  • Chemical, experimental, and morphological evidence for diagenetically altered melanin in exceptionally preserved fossils

    Caitlin Colleary;Caitlin Colleary;Andrei D Dolocan;James E Gardner;Suresh Singh

  • Physical drivers of mosasaur evolution

    Michael J. Polcyn;Louis L. Jacobs;Ricardo Araújo;Anne S. Schulp

  • Neogene Palaeontology and Geochronology of the Baringo Basin, Kenya

    A. Hill;R. Drake;L. Tauxe;M. Monaghan

  • Patterns of faunal turnover and diversity in the Neogene Siwaliks of northern Pakistan

    John C. Barry;Michele E. Morgan;Lawrence J. Flynn;David Pilbeam

  • Early Cretaceous (Comanchean) vertebrates of central Texas

    Dale A. Winkler;Phillip A. Murry;Louis L. Jacobs

  • Of mice and men: Fossil-based divergence dates and molecular “clocks”

    Louis L. Jacobs;David Pilbeam

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico

    Robert F. Butler;Everett H. Lindsay;Louis L. Jacobs;Noye M. Johnson

  • Microspectroscopic evidence of cretaceous bone proteins.

    Johan Lindgren;Per Uvdal;Anders Engdahl;Andrew H. Lee

  • A new species of Tenontosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas

    Dale A. Winkler;Phillip A. Murry;Louis L. Jacobs

  • THE CRETACEOUS BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BASAL MOSASAUROID FROM 'EIN YABRUD, ISRAEL

    Michael J. Polcyn;Eitan Tchernov;Louis L. Jacobs

  • Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals

    Christine M. Janis;Kathleen M. Scott;Louis L. Jacobs

  • Evolution of Tertiary Mammals in North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate-like Mammals

    Philip D. Gingerich;Christine M. Janis;Kathleen M. Scott;Louis L. Jacobs

Frequent Co-Authors

Octávio Mateus
Octávio Mateus Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Christine M. Janis
Christine M. Janis Brown University
Everett H. Lindsay
Everett H. Lindsay University of Arizona
David Pilbeam
David Pilbeam Harvard University
Neil J. Tabor
Neil J. Tabor Southern Methodist University
Noye M. Johnson
Noye M. Johnson Dartmouth College
Christopher R. Scotese
Christopher R. Scotese Northwestern University
Robert F. Butler
Robert F. Butler University of Portland
Manfred R. Strecker
Manfred R. Strecker University of Potsdam
Michel Brunet
Michel Brunet University of Poitiers

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