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Olivier Rieppel publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Olivier Rieppel sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 364 publications — 87th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Olivier Rieppel D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Olivier Rieppel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Olivier Rieppel is affiliated with the Field Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Within these broad fields, their work is concentrated on several subfields including Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, History and Philosophy of Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their scientific output is centered around topics such as Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Evolution and Science Education, Philosophy and History of Science, and Paleopathology and ancient diseases.

Olivier Rieppel's recent papers include:

  • Aquatic Habits and Niche Partitioning in the Extraordinarily Long-Necked Triassic Reptile Tanystropheus (2020) published in Current Biology
  • The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography (2020) published in PeerJ
  • Repeated evolution of durophagy during ichthyosaur radiation after mass extinction indicated by hidden dentition (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Evidence Supporting Predation of 4-m Marine Reptile by Triassic Megapredator (2020) published in iScience
  • Panzhousaurus rotundirostris Jiang et al., 2019 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the recovery of the monophyly of Pachypleurosauridae (2021) published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Frequent collaborators in Olivier Rieppel's research include:

  • Ryosuke Motani
  • Andrea Tintori
  • Nicholas C. Fraser
  • D. Jiang
  • Stephan N. F. Spiekman

The venues where Olivier Rieppel has published multiple works are:

  • MorphoBank datasets
  • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Current Biology
  • PeerJ

Best Publications

  • Assembling the Squamate Tree of Life: Perspectives from the Phenotype and the Fossil Record

    Jacques A. Gauthier;Maureen Kearney;Jessica Anderson Maisano;Olivier Rieppel

  • An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China

    Chun Li;Xiao-Chun Wu;Olivier Rieppel;Li-Ting Wang

  • Fundamentals of comparative biology

    Olivier Rieppel

  • THE ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF TURTLES

    Olivier Rieppel;Robert R. Reisz

  • Reptile phylogeny and the interrelationships of turtles

    Michael deBRAGA;Olivier Rieppel

  • A Fossil Snake with Limbs

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

  • Studies on skeleton formation in reptiles. v. Patterns of ossification in the skeleton of Alligator mississippiensis DAUDIN (Reptilia, Crocodylia)

    O. Rieppel

  • A Review of the Origin of Snakes

    Olivier Rieppel

  • Turtles as diapsid reptiles

    O. Rieppel;M. deBraga

  • A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China

    Ryosuke Motani;Da-Yong Jiang;Guan-Bao Chen;Andrea Tintori

  • The phylogeny of anguinomorph lizards

    Olivier Rieppel

  • Studies on skeleton formation in reptiles: Patterns of ossification in the skeleton of Chelydra serpentina (Reptilia, Testudines)

    Olivier Rieppel

  • The enigmatic marine reptile nanchangosaurus from the lower triassic of Hubei, China and the phylogenetic affinities of Hupehsuchia.

    Xiao-hong Chen;Ryosuke Motani;Long Cheng;Da-yong Jiang

  • Feeding mechanics in Triassic stem‐group sauropterygians: the anatomy of a successful invasion of Mesozoic seas

    Olivier Rieppel

  • Studies on skeleton formation in reptiles. I. The postembryonic development of the skeleton in Cyrtodactylus pubisulcus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

    Olivier Rieppel

  • THE ANATOMY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF HAASIOPHIS TERRASANCTUS, A FOSSIL SNAKE WITH WELL-DEVELOPED HIND LIMBS FROM THE MID-CRETACEOUS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

    Olivier Rieppel;Hussam El-Dine Zaher;Eitan Tchernov;Michael J. Polcyn

  • Modules, kinds, and homology.

    Olivier Rieppel

  • The poverty of taxonomic characters

    Olivier Rieppel;Maureen Kearney

  • A New Pachypleurosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland

    O. Rieppel

  • Turtles as diapsid reptiles

    Olivier Rieppel

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryosuke Motani
Ryosuke Motani University of California, Davis
Andrea Tintori
Andrea Tintori University of Milan
P. Martin Sander
P. Martin Sander University of Bonn
Hugo Bucher
Hugo Bucher University of Zurich
Jonathan C. Aitchison
Jonathan C. Aitchison University of Queensland
Mark A. Norell
Mark A. Norell American Museum of Natural History
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Robert R. Reisz
Robert R. Reisz University of Toronto
Stephen L. Brusatte
Stephen L. Brusatte University of Edinburgh
Louis L. Jacobs
Louis L. Jacobs Southern Methodist University

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