2026 Mary L. Droser: 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	63	1620	1450	714	623	242	12445

Research.com Recognitions

2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mary L. Droser is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily falls within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Paleontology. Subfields of study include Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Geology, and Geophysics.

The main topics covered in their scholarly work encompass Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis.

Mary L. Droser's frequent coauthors are:

Scott D. Evans
James G. Gehlîng
Rachel Surprenant
Phillip C. Boan
Ian V. Hughes

Prominent venues where the scientist has published include:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Journal of Paleontology
Precambrian Research
Paleobiology
Gondwana Research

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Mary L. Droser are:

"Discovery of the oldest bilaterian from the Ediacaran of South Australia" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Environmental drivers of the first major animal extinction across the Ediacaran White Sea-Nama transition" (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"What Happens Between Depositional Events, Stays Between Depositional Events: The Significance of Organic Mat Surfaces in the Capture of Ediacara Communities and the Sedimentary Rocks That Preserve Them" (2022) published in Frontiers in Earth Science
"Developmental processes in Ediacara macrofossils" (2021) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
"Probable benthic macroalgae from the Ediacara Member, South Australia" (2020) published in Precambrian Research

Mary L. Droser was awarded the designation of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001.

Best Publications

A semiquantitative field classification of ichnofabric

Mary L. Droser;David J. Bottjer

830
Citations
The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event

M. Gabriela Mángano;Luis A. Buatois;Mark Wilson;Mary Droser

593
Citations
Late Precambrian Oxygenation; Inception of the Clay Mineral Factory

Martin Kennedy;Mary Droser;Lawrence M. Mayer;David Pevear

333
Citations
A new ecological-severity ranking of major Phanerozoic biodiversity crises

George R. McGhee;Matthew E. Clapham;Peter M. Sheehan;David J. Bottjer

302
Citations
Ecological ranking of Phanerozoic biodiversity crises: ecological and taxonomic severities are decoupled

George R. McGhee;Peter M. Sheehan;David J. Bottjer;Mary L. Droser

288
Citations
Trends in depth and extent of bioturbation in Cambrian carbonate marine environments, western United States

Mary L. Droser;David J. Bottjer

251
Citations
Ediacara-type fossils in Cambrian sediments

Sören Jensen;James G. Gehling;Mary L. Droser

240
Citations
How well do fossil assemblages of the Ediacara Biota tell time

James G. Gehling;Mary L. Droser

227
Citations
Decoupling of taxonomic and ecologic severity of Phanerozoic marine mass extinctions

Mary L. Droser;David J. Bottjer;Peter M. Sheehan;George R. McGhee

225
Citations
Trace fossils and substrates of the terminal Proterozoic–Cambrian transition: Implications for the record of early bilaterians and sediment mixing

Mary L. Droser;SÃ¶ren Jensen;James G. Gehling

224
Citations
A Critical Look at the Ediacaran Trace Fossil Record

Sören Jensen;Mary L. Droser;James G. Gehling

221
Citations
The advent of animals: The view from the Ediacaran

Mary L. Droser;James G. Gehling

221
Citations
Palaeoenvironmental trends in the history of trace fossils

David J. Bottjer;Mary L. Droser;David Jablonski

214
Citations
Ordovician increase in extent and depth of bioturbation: Implications for understanding early Paleozoic ecospace utilization

Mary L. Droser;David J. Bottjer

212
Citations
Burrowing below the basal Cambrian GSSP, Fortune Head, Newfoundland

James G. Gehling;Sören Jensen;Mary L. Droser;Paul M. Myrow

201
Citations
Trace fossil preservation and the early evolution of animals

Sören Jensen;Mary L. Droser;James G. Gehling

199
Citations
Textured organic surfaces associated with the Ediacara biota in South Australia

James G. Gehling;Mary L. Droser

187
Citations
Eight-armed Ediacara fossil preserved in contrasting taphonomic windows from China and Australia

Maoyan Zhu;James G. Gehling;Shuhai Xiao;Yuanlong Zhao

177
Citations
The Rise of Animals in a Changing Environment: Global Ecological Innovation in the Late Ediacaran

Mary L. Droser;Lidya G. Tarhan;James G. Gehling

170
Citations
Assemblage palaeoecology of the Ediacara biota: The unabridged edition?

Mary L. Droser;James G. Gehling;Sören R. Jensen

169
Citations
Evaluating the ecological architecture of major events in the Phanerozoic history of marine invertebrate life

Mary L. Droser;David J. Bottjer;Peter M. Sheehan

168
Citations
Ichnofabric of the Paleozoic Skolithos ichnofacies and the nature and distribution of Skolithos piperock

Mary L. Droser

152
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Gehling South Australian Museum

David J. Bottjer University of Southern California

Florentin Paris University of Rennes

Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside

Anna K. Behrensmeyer National Museum of Natural History

Carlton E. Brett University of Cincinnati

Robert A. Gastaldo Colby College

Gordon D. Love University of California, Riverside

Nigel C. Hughes University of California, Riverside

Richard B. Aronson Florida Institute of Technology

External Links

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