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P. Martin Sander

P. Martin Sander

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 49 5303 5082 354 346 153 8035

P. Martin Sander publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by P. Martin Sander between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. P. Martin Sander published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 5 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2013. 13 of the 194 publications appeared in the last two years.

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

194 publications in total across all disciplines

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P. Martin Sander: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 1
1989 4
1990 2
1991 0
1992 3
1993 3
1994 2
1995 0
1996 0
1997 4
1998 2
1999 3
2000 4
2001 1
2002 1
2003 3
2004 3
2005 1
2006 6
2007 4
2008 5
2009 5
2010 4
2011 9
2012 7
2013 15
2014 7
2015 6
2016 4
2017 10
2018 12
2019 11
2020 9
2021 9
2022 8
2023 12
2024 12
2025 1
Total 194
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P. Martin Sander publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where P. Martin Sander sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 151–160 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 153 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539 153
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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P. Martin Sander D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where P. Martin Sander sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273 49
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

P. Martin Sander is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has specialized mainly in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research output covers a substantial number of publications with a strong focus on paleontology and related disciplines.

Their main fields of study comprise:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Sander's subfields reflect a detailed concentration on paleobiological and conservation topics, including:

  • Paleontology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Geometry and Topology

The key topics in their work encompass:

  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Morphological variations and asymmetry
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders

Among their recent papers are significant contributions centered on marine reptiles, evolutionary biology, and chemical analyses related to fossil organisms. Notable publications include:

  • "Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans," 2021, published in Science
  • "Chemistry of porphyrins in fossil plants and animals," 2021, published in RSC Advances
  • "A globally distributed durophagous marine reptile clade supports the rapid recovery of pelagic ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction," 2022, published in Communications Biology
  • "A new cymbospondylid ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA," 2020, published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • "A spinosaurid from Thailand (Sao Khua Formation, Early Cretaceous) and a reassessment of Camarillasaurus cirugedae from the Early Cretaceous of Spain," 2021, published in Historical Biology

Sander frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Tanja Wintrich
  • Nicole Klein
  • Mariam Tahoun
  • Christa E. Müller
  • Jun Liu

Their work is commonly published in journals such as:

  • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
  • Current Biology
  • PeerJ
  • Historical Biology
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism.

    P. Martin Sander;Andreas Christian;Marcus Clauss;Regina Fechner

  • Longbone histology of the Tendaguru sauropods: implications for growth and biology

    P. Martin Sander

  • Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur

    P. Martin Sander;Octávio Mateus;Thomas Laven;Nils Knötschke

  • Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) dinosaur eggs and eggshells

    Koen Stein;Koen Stein;Edina Prondvai;Edina Prondvai;Timothy Huang;Timothy Huang;Jean-Marc Baele

  • Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution, and phylogeny

    P. Martin Sander

  • Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Haţeg Island

    Michael J. Benton;Zoltan Csiki;Dan Grigorescu;Ragna Redelstorff

  • Developmental Plasticity in the Life History of a Prosauropod Dinosaur

    P. Martin Sander;Nicole Klein

  • Small body size and extreme cortical bone remodeling indicate phyletic dwarfism in Magyarosaurus dacus (Sauropoda: Titanosauria)

    Koen Stein;Zoltan Csiki;Kristina Curry Rogers;David B. Weishampel

  • Histology of ankylosaur osteoderms: implications for systematics and function

    Torsten M. Scheyer;P. Martin Sander

  • The norian Plateosaurus bonebeds of central Europe and their taphonomy

    P. Martin Sander

  • Shell bone histology indicates terrestrial palaeoecology of basal turtles

    Torsten M Scheyer;P.Martin Sander

  • Adaptive radiation in sauropod dinosaurs: bone histology indicates rapid evolution of giant body size through acceleration

    P.Martin Sander;Nicole Klein;Eric Buffetaut;Gilles Cuny

  • Fossilization transforms vertebrate hard tissue proteins into N-heterocyclic polymers.

    Jasmina Wiemann;Matteo Fabbri;Tzu-Ruei Yang;Koen Stein

  • A plywood structure in the shell of fossil and living soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) and its evolutionary implications

    Torsten M. Scheyer;P. Martin Sander;Walter G. Joyce;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Rare earth element systematics of fossil bone revealed by LA-ICPMS analysis

    Daniel Herwartz;Daniel Herwartz;Thomas Tütken;Klaus Peter Jochum;P. Martin Sander

  • Timescales and mechanisms of REE and Hf uptake in fossil bones

    Daniel Herwartz;Thomas Tütken;Carsten Münker;Klaus Peter Jochum

  • Adaptive Patterns in Aquatic Amniote Bone Microanatomy-More Complex than Previously Thought.

    Alexandra Houssaye;P. Martin Sander;Nicole Klein

  • In vitro digestibility of fern and gymnosperm foliage: implications for sauropod feeding ecology and diet selection

    Jürgen Hummel;Carole T Gee;Karl-Heinz Südekum;P. Martin Sander

  • Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans

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  • Growth Record and Histological Variation in the Dorsal Ribs of Camarasaurus sp. (Sauropoda)

    Katja Waskow;P. Martin Sander

  • A redescription of theearly archosauromorph Protorosaurus speneri Meyer, 1832, andits phylogenetic relationships

    Annalise Gottmann-Quesada;P. Martin Sander

  • THE LATE TRIASSIC BLACK SHALES OF THE GUANLING AREA, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, SOUTH‐WEST CHINA: A UNIQUE MARINE REPTILE AND PELAGIC CRINOID FOSSIL LAGERSTÄTTE

    Wang Xiaofeng;Gerhard H. Bachmann;Hans Hagdorn;P. Martin Sander

  • Fossil charcoal: techniques and applications

    P.Martin Sander;Carole T. Gee

  • An Evolutionary Cascade Model for Sauropod Dinosaur Gigantism - Overview, Update and Tests

    P. Martin Sander

  • THE SKULL OF THE PISTOSAURAUGUSTASAURUSFROM THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC OF NORTHWESTERN NEVADA

    Olivier Rieppel;P. Martin Sander;Glenn W. Storrs

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Rieppel
Olivier Rieppel Field Museum of Natural History
Hugo Bucher
Hugo Bucher University of Zurich
Thomas Tütken
Thomas Tütken Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Marcus Clauss
Marcus Clauss University of Zurich
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Christa E. Müller
Christa E. Müller University of Bonn
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra University of Zurich
Eric Buffetaut
Eric Buffetaut École Normale Supérieure
Jürgen Hummel
Jürgen Hummel University of Göttingen
Klaus Peter Jochum
Klaus Peter Jochum Max Planck Society

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