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Martin Pickford

Martin Pickford

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 48 3803 3483 269 250 250 8823

Martin Pickford publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Martin Pickford between 1974 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Martin Pickford published across 52 years, from 1974 to 2025, averaging 6.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2005. 9 of the 329 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1974 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2005. 1974: 2 publications 1975: 5 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 3 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 8 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 9 publications 1987: 11 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 4 publications
1974 2025

329 publications in total across all disciplines

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Martin Pickford: publications per year, 1974 to 2025
Year Publications
1974 2
1975 5
1976 0
1977 2
1978 3
1979 0
1980 1
1981 3
1982 1
1983 8
1984 5
1985 3
1986 9
1987 11
1988 5
1989 3
1990 2
1991 4
1992 4
1993 4
1994 7
1995 7
1996 7
1997 6
1998 9
1999 2
2000 7
2001 12
2002 11
2003 7
2004 14
2005 15
2006 13
2007 7
2008 4
2009 7
2010 11
2011 9
2012 4
2013 11
2014 3
2015 4
2016 10
2017 4
2018 6
2019 5
2020 13
2021 11
2022 15
2023 4
2024 5
2025 4
Total 329
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Martin Pickford publications per year - data summary

  • Martin Pickford, a Earth Science scholar from Sorbonne University, has 329 publications recorded across 52 years, from 1974 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1974 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2005 and 2022, with 15 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1980 and 1982, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 52 years in the span carry no publications at all (1976 and 1979).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.6 per year counting only the 50 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 39 publications, 12% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1974-1991: 67 publications (3.7 per year); 1992-2009: 143 publications (7.9 per year); 2010-2025: 119 publications (7.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

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.

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, 248–257 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: 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.

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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
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
248–257 208 250
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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Martin Pickford publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Martin Pickford, a Earth Science scholar from Sorbonne University, records 250 publications - the 78th percentile of the discipline.
  • 78% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Martin Pickford, and about 22% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Martin Pickford ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

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.

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, 48 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: 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.

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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
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207 48
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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Martin Pickford D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Martin Pickford, a Earth Science scholar from Sorbonne University, records 48 D-Index - the 60th percentile of the discipline.
  • 60% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Martin Pickford, and about 40% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Martin Pickford ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

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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