2026 Louis L. Jacobs: 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	44	4684	4309	1791	1588	159	7941

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

776
Citations
The Origin of Grass-Dominated Ecosystems

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

744
Citations
Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America

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

701
Citations
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

360
Citations
A Fossil Snake with Limbs

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

278
Citations
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

244
Citations
Geology and palaeontology of Neogene strata of Pakistan

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

194
Citations
Effects of changing environments on Siwalik rodent faunas of northern Pakistan

Lawrence J. Flynn;Louis L. Jacobs

152
Citations
Neogene Siwalik mammalian lineages: Species longevities, rates of change, and modes of speciation

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

145
Citations
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

141
Citations
Physical drivers of mosasaur evolution

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

139
Citations
Neogene Palaeontology and Geochronology of the Baringo Basin, Kenya

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

138
Citations
Patterns of faunal turnover and diversity in the Neogene Siwaliks of northern Pakistan

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

126
Citations
Early Cretaceous (Comanchean) vertebrates of central Texas

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

123
Citations
Of mice and men: Fossil-based divergence dates and molecular “clocks”

Louis L. Jacobs;David Pilbeam

111
Citations
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

109
Citations
Microspectroscopic evidence of cretaceous bone proteins.

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

94
Citations
A new species of Tenontosaurus (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Texas

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

92
Citations
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

87
Citations
Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, and ungulatelike mammals

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

74
Citations
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

59
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Octávio Mateus Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Christine M. Janis Brown University

Everett H. Lindsay University of Arizona

David Pilbeam Harvard University

Neil J. Tabor Southern Methodist University

Noye M. Johnson Dartmouth College

Christopher R. Scotese Northwestern University

Robert F. Butler University of Portland

Manfred R. Strecker University of Potsdam

Michel Brunet University of Poitiers

External Links

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