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South Africa
2022

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D-Index
67
Citations
16625
World Ranking
1216
National Ranking
5

Nicolas J. Beukes publications per year

1973: 1 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 1 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 1 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 7 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 1 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 1 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 1 publications
1973 2025

208 publications in total across all disciplines

Nicolas J. Beukes 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 Nicolas J. Beukes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 198 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicolas J. Beukes 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 Nicolas J. Beukes sits on this spectrum.

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: 67 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in South Africa Leader Award
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Nicolas J. Beukes was affiliated with the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. Their research primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing extensively to the study of geological processes and geochemical analysis. Their work spanned several key subfields, including Geophysics, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, and Geology.

The scientist published research on a variety of topics, with notable work in Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis. Other areas of study included Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological formations and processes, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Among the recent papers authored by Nicolas J. Beukes were:

  • Archean to early Paleoproterozoic iron formations document a transition in iron oxidation mechanisms, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Bulk and grain-scale minor sulfur isotope data reveal complexities in the dynamics of Earth's oxygenation, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reconciling discrepant minor sulfur isotope records of the Great Oxidation Event, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Chemical evolution of seawater in the Transvaal Ocean between 2426 Ma (Ongeluk Large Igneous Province) and 2413 Ma ago (Kalahari Manganese Field), 2020, Gondwana Research
  • The paleoenvironmental implications of pre-Great Oxidation Event manganese deposition in the Mesoarchean Ijzermijn Iron Formation Bed, Mozaan Group, Pongola Supergroup, South Africa, 2022, Precambrian Research

The frequent co-authors who collaborated with the scientist included:

  • Albertus J.B. Smith
  • Stefan V. Lalonde
  • Gareth Izon
  • Jens Gutzmer
  • Michiel de Kock

Nicolas J. Beukes published multiple articles in prominent venues such as the South African Journal of Geology, Precambrian Research, Abstracts with Programs of the Geological Society of America, Goldschmidt2022 Abstracts, and Geological Magazine.

The scientist was recognized with the GSA Honorary Fellow Award by The Geological Society of America. The award reflects their contributions to the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Dating the rise of atmospheric oxygen

    A. Bekker;H. D. Holland;P.-L. Wang;D. Rumble

  • Atmospheric oxygenation three billion years ago

    Sean Andrew Crowe;Lasse N. Døssing;Lasse N. Døssing;Nicolas J. Beukes;Michael Bau

  • Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis half a billion years before the Great Oxidation Event

    Noah J. Planavsky;Dan Asael;Axel Hofmann;Christopher T. Reinhard

  • Geochemistry and sedimentology of a facies transition from limestone to iron-formation deposition in the early Proterozoic Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

    Cornelis Klein;Nicolas J. Beukes

  • Low-latitude glaciation in the Palaeoproterozoic era

    D. A. Evans;N. J. Beukes;J. L. Kirschvink

  • Iron isotopes constrain biologic and abiologic processes in banded iron formation genesis

    Clark M. Johnson;Brian L. Beard;Cornelis Klein;Nic J. Beukes

  • Rapid oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago

    Genming Luo;Genming Luo;Shuhei Ono;Nicolas J. Beukes;David T. Wang

  • Origin and Paleoenvironmental Significance of Major Iron Formations at the Archean-Paleoproterozoic Boundary

    Nicolas J. Beukes;Jens Gutzmer

  • Ancient geochemical cycling in the Earth as inferred from Fe isotope studies of banded iron formations from the Transvaal Craton

    Clark M. Johnson;Brian L. Beard;Nicolas J. Beukes;Cornelis Klein

  • Sedimentology and geochemistry of the glaciogenic late Proterozoic Rapitan Iron-Formation in Canada

    Cornelis Klein;Nicolas J. Beukes

  • Facies relations, depositional environments and diagenesis in a major early Proterozoic stromatolitic carbonate platform to basinal sequence, Campbellrand Subgroup, Transvaal Supergroup, Southern Africa

    Nicolas J. Beukes

  • Evidence for a gradual rise of oxygen between 2.6 and 2.5 Ga from Mo isotopes and Re-PGE signatures in shales

    Martin Wille;Jan Kramers;Thomas Nägler;N.J. Beukes

  • Fe, C, and O isotope compositions of banded iron formation carbonates demonstrate a major role for dissimilatory iron reduction in ~2.5 Ga marine environments

    Adriana Heimann;Adriana Heimann;Adriana Heimann;Clark M. Johnson;Clark M. Johnson;Brian L. Beard;Brian L. Beard;John W. Valley;John W. Valley

  • Carbonate petrography, kerogen distribution, and carbon and oxygen isotope variations in an early Proterozoic transition from limestone to iron-formation deposition, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

    Nicolas J. Beukes;Cornelis Klein;Alan J. Kaufman;J. M. Hayes

  • Chemostratigraphy of the Paleoproterozoic Duitschland Formation, South Africa: Implications for Coupled Climate Change and Carbon Cycling

    A. Bekker

  • Precambrian Iron-Formations of Southern Africa

    N. J. Beukes

  • Dating the Oldest Greenstone in India: A 3.51-Ga Precise U-Pb SHRIMP Zircon Age for Dacitic Lava of the Southern Iron Ore Group, Singhbhum Craton

    Joydip Mukhopadhyay;N.J. Beukes;Richard Armstrong;Udo Zimmermann

  • Geochemistry and sedimentology of a facies transition — from microbanded to granular iron-formation — in the early Proterozoic Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa

    Nicolas J. Beukes;Cornelis Klein

  • A paleoweathering profile from Griqualand West, South Africa: evidence for a dramatic rise in atmospheric oxygen between 2.2 and 1.9 bybp

    H D Holland;N J Beukes

  • Pb, O, and C isotopes in silicified Mooidraai dolomite (Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa): implications for the composition of Paleoproterozoic seawater and `dating' the increase of oxygen in the Precambrian atmosphere

    Michael Bau;Rolf L. Romer;Volker Lüders;Nicolas J. Beukes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Gutzmer
Jens Gutzmer Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Clark M. Johnson
Clark M. Johnson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brian L. Beard
Brian L. Beard University of Wisconsin–Madison
Cornelis Klein
Cornelis Klein University of New Mexico
Ronny Schoenberg
Ronny Schoenberg University of Tübingen
Bruce M. Simonson
Bruce M. Simonson Oberlin College
Michael Bau
Michael Bau Constructor University
Kurt O. Konhauser
Kurt O. Konhauser University of Alberta
Harald Strauss
Harald Strauss University of Münster

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