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Martin Pickford

Martin Pickford

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
48
Citations
8823
World Ranking
3803
National Ranking
269

Martin Pickford 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 Martin Pickford sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 250 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Pickford 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 Martin Pickford sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Martin Pickford is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Paleontology. Within this broad field, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Anthropology, Ecology, and Archaeology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Pickford's publication record includes frequent contributions to several scientific journals. The venues where they have published most often are:

  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Fossil Imprint
  • Historical Biology
  • Geodiversitas
  • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Pickford include:

  • "The myth of the hippo-like anthracothere: The eternal problem of homology and convergence," 2021, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • "Stratigraphy, palaeoclimatic context and fossils of the Southern Rub Al Khali (the Empty Quarter): results of a geo-archaeological survey around the area of Maitan in the Sultanate of Oman," 2020, Historical Biology
  • "Conohyus simorrensis (Lartet, 1851) (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Carpetana (Madrid, Spain)," 2020, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • "PRECISIONS CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MIOCENE HOMINOIDS FROM INDIA," 2020, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • "Muddying the muddle in the middle even more," 2022, Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews

The scientist has worked with several frequent co-authors, collaborating multiple times in their research. Notable collaborators include:

  • Dominique Gommery
  • Brigitte Sénut
  • Tanju Kaya
  • Serdar Mayda
  • Frank Sénégas

Best Publications

  • First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya)

    Brigitte Senut;Martin Pickford;Dominique Gommery;Pierre Mein

  • Bipedalism in Orrorin tugenensis revealed by its femora

    Martin Pickford;Brigitte Senut;Dominique Gommery;Jacques Treil

  • Preliminary Miocene mammalian biostratigraphy for Western Kenya

    M. Pickford

  • The geological and faunal context of Late Miocene hominid remains from Lukeino, Kenya

    Martin Pickford;Brigitte Senut

  • External and Internal Morphology of the BAR 1002'00 Orrorin tugenensis Femur

    K. Galik;B. Senut;M. Pickford;D. Gommery

  • Geology and palaeontology of Neogene strata of Pakistan

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

  • New hominoid primates from the Siwaliks of Pakistan and their bearing on hominoid evolution

    David Pilbeam;Grant E. Meyer;Catherine Badgley;M. D. Rose

  • New Postcranial Fossils of Proconsul africanus and Proconsul nyanzae

    A. C. Walker;M. Pickford

  • Neogene desertification of Africa

    Brigitte Senut;Martin Pickford;Martin Pickford;Loïc Ségalen

  • New chronology for the Early Miocene mammalian faunas of Kisingiri, Western Kenya

    R. E. Drake;J. A. Van Couvering;M. H. Pickford;G. H. Curtis

  • The skull of Proconsul africanus : reconstruction and cranial capacity

    Alan Walker;Dean Falk;Richard Smith;Richard Smith;Martin Pickford

  • Cainozoic paleontological sites of Western Kenya

    Martin Pickford

  • A new Late Miocene hominoid from Kenya: Samburupithecus kiptalami gen. et sp. nov.

    Hidemi Ishida;Martin Pickford

  • Late Miocene sediments and fossils from the Northern Kenya Rift Valley

    M. Pickford

  • Palaeoanthropology. Sahelanthropus or 'Sahelpithecus'?

    Milford H. Wolpoff;Brigitte Senut;Martin Pickford;John Hawks

  • The late Cenozoic Thiaridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cerithioidea) of the Albertine Rift Valley (Uganda-Congo) and their bearing on the origin and evolution of the Tanganyikan thalassoid malacofauna

    Dirk Van Damme;Martin Pickford;Martin Pickford

  • Geology, fauna and palaeoenvironments of the Ngorora Formation, Kenya Rift Valley

    W. W. Bishop;M. H. L. Pickford

  • Otavipithecus namibiensis , first Miocene hominoid from southern Africa

    G C Conroy;M Pickford;B Senut;J Van Couvering

  • On the origins of Hippopotamidae togetherwith descriptions of two new species, a new genus and a new subfamily from the Miocene of Kenya

    Martin Pickford

  • Biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography of East Africa and the Iberian peninsula

    Martin Pickford;Jorge Morales

  • The age of Orrorin tugenensis, an early hominid from the Tugen Hills, Kenya

    Yoshihiro Sawada;Martin Pickford;Brigitte Senut;Tetsumaru Itaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge Morales
Jorge Morales Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Yannicke Dauphin
Yannicke Dauphin Sorbonne University
Sevket Sen
Sevket Sen French National Museum of Natural History
Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand
Julia A. Lee-Thorp
Julia A. Lee-Thorp University of Oxford
Tetsumaru Itaya
Tetsumaru Itaya Okayama University of Science
David Pilbeam
David Pilbeam Harvard University
Nathalie Fagel
Nathalie Fagel University of Liège
Richard J.H. Smith
Richard J.H. Smith University of Iowa
Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria

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