World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
5211
World Ranking
8238
National Ranking
5

Pál Sümegi 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 Pál Sümegi sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 603+

This scientist: 156 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pál Sümegi 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 Pál Sümegi 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: 33 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pál Sümegi is affiliated with the University of Szeged in Hungary. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work also in Arts and Humanities. The scientist's work covers various subfields, notably Atmospheric Science, Archeology, Oceanography, Paleontology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research topics span:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Frequent co-authors of Pál Sümegi include:

  • Sándor Gulyás
  • Dávid Molnár
  • László Makó
  • Péter Cseh
  • Tünde Törőcsik

The most common venues where their work has been published are:

  • Quaternary
  • Archeometriai Műhely
  • Studia Quaternaria
  • Diversity
  • Acta Archaeologica

Selected recent publications by Pál Sümegi include:

  • "Loess landscapes of Europe - Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "14C Dated Chronology of the Thickest and Best Resolved Loess/Paleosol Record of the LGM from SE Hungary Based on Comparing Precision and Accuracy of Age-Depth Models," 2020, Radiocarbon
  • "Vegetation and land snail-based reconstruction of the palaeocological changes in the forest steppe eco-region of the Carpathian Basin during last glacial warming," 2021, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "Fluvial magnetic susceptibility as a proxy for long-term variations of mountain permafrost development in the Alp-Carpathian region," 2021, Boreas
  • "Application of Parameterized Grain-Size Endmember Modeling in the Study of Quaternary Oxbow Lake Sedimentation: A Case Study of Tövises Bed Sediments in the Eastern Great Hungarian Plain," 2022, Quaternary

Best Publications

  • The Full-Glacial Forests of Central and Southeastern Europe

    Katherine J. Willis;Edina Rudner;Pal Sümegi

  • Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

    Slobodan B. Marković;Thomas Stevens;George J. Kukla;Ulrich Hambach

  • Dust deposition and climate in the Carpathian Basin over an independently dated last glacial-interglacial cycle

    Thomas Stevens;Slobodan B. Marković;Michael Zech;Ulrich Hambach

  • Climate Variability and Associated Vegetation Response throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) between 60 and 8 ka

    A. Feurdean;A. Perşoiu;I. Tanţău;T. Stevens

  • DOES SOIL CHANGE CAUSE VEGETATION CHANGE OR VICE VERSA? A TEMPORAL PERSPECTIVE FROM HUNGARY

    K. J. Willis;M. Braun;P. Sümegi;A. Tóth

  • Loess landscapes of Europe-Mapping, geomorphology, and zonal differentiation

    Frank Lehmkuhl;Janina J. Nett;Stephan Pötter;Philipp Schulte

  • Reconstructing Quaternary vegetation history in the Carpathian Basin, SE-Europe, using n-alkane biomarkers as molecular fossils: Problems and possible solutions, potential and limitations

    Michael Zech;Björn Buggle;Katharina Leiber;Slobodan B. Marković

  • The late Quaternary environmental history of Bátorliget, N.E. Hungary

    K.J. Willis;P. Sümegi;M. Braun;A. Tóth

  • Quatermalacological analyses for modeling of the Upper Weichselian palaeoenvironmental changes in the Carpathian Basin

    Unknown

  • Atmospheric circulation patterns in Central and Eastern Europe during the Weichselian Pleniglacial inferred from loess grain-size records

    M.P. Bokhorst;J. Vandenberghe;P. Sümegi;M. Łanczont

  • An introduction to the Middle and Upper Pleistocene loess–paleosol sequence at Ruma brickyard, Vojvodina, Serbia

    S.B. Marković;E. Oches;P. Sümegi;M. Jovanović

  • Loess in the Vojvodina region (Northern Serbia): an essential link between European and Asian Pleistocene environments

    S.B. Marković;U. Hambach;T. Stevens;T. Stevens;M. Jovanović

  • Late Pleniglacial vegetation in eastern-central Europe: are there modern analogues in Siberia?

    Enikő Katalin Magyari;Petr Kuneš;Gusztáv Jakab;Pál Sümegi

  • Prehistoric land degradation in Hungary: who, how and why?

    K. J. Willis;Pál Sümegi;M. Braun;K. D. Bennett

  • The late Quaternary loess record of Tokaj, Hungary: Reconstructing palaeoenvironment, vegetation and climate using stable C and N isotopes and biomarkers

    Ann Kathrin Schatz;Michael Zech;Björn Buggle;Sándor Gulyás

  • Late Quaternary dynamics of the Tisza River: Evidence of climatic and tectonic controls

    Gábor Timár;Pál Sümegi;Frank Horváth

  • Recurring Taiga forest-steppe habitats in the Carpathian Basin in the Upper Weichselian

    Unknown

  • Geochronologic and Paleoclimatic Characterization of Quaternary Sediments in the Great Hungarian Plain

    Unknown

  • Retarded wetland succession: anthropogenic and climatic signals in a Holocene peat bog profile from north‐east Hungary

    E. Magyari;P. Sümegi;M. Braun;G. Jakab

  • Reconstruction of the paleo-environment and soil evolution of the Csípö-halom kurgan, Hungary

    Attila Barczi;Tivadar M. Tóth;Attila Csanádi;Pál Sümegi

  • Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to Dansgaard–Oeshger cycles and Heinrich-events: A 28,000-year record of environmental changes from SE Hungary

    Pál Sümegi;Pál Sümegi;Enikő Magyari;Péter Dániel;Mihály Molnár

  • Palaeoclimate record in the Late Pleistocene loess-paleosol sequence at Miseluk (Vojvodina, Serbia)

    Slobodan B. Marković;Slobodan B. Marković;Eric A. Oches;Tivadar Gaudenyi;Mladjen Jovanović

  • The Crvenka loess-paleosol sequence: A record of continuous grassland domination in the southern Carpathian Basin during the Late Pleistocene

    Slobodan B. Marković;Pál Sümegi;Thomas Stevens;Thomas Stevens;Randall J. Schaetzl

  • New chronology of the best developed loess/paleosol sequence of Hungary capturing the past 1.1 ma: Implications for correlation and proposed pan-Eurasian stratigraphic schemes

    P. Sümegi;P. Sümegi;S. Gulyás;D. Molnár;B. P. Sümegi;B. P. Sümegi

  • In situ charcoal fragments as remains of natural wild fires in the upper Würm of the Carpathian Basin

    Pál Sümegi;Zita Edina Rudner

  • Results of paleoecological studies in the loess region of Szeged-Öthalom (SE Hungary)

    P. Sümegi;P. Sümegi;K. Náfrádi;D. Molnár;Sz. Sávai

  • The loess-paleosol sequence of Basaharc (Hungary) revisited: Mollusc-based paleoecological results for the Middle and Upper Pleistocene

    Pál Sümegi;Sándor Gulyás;Gergő Persaits;Dávid GergelyPáll

Frequent Co-Authors

David Molnar
David Molnar Microsoft (United States)
Slobodan B. Marković
Slobodan B. Marković University of Novi Sad
Frank Lehmkuhl
Frank Lehmkuhl RWTH Aachen University
Ulrich Hambach
Ulrich Hambach University of Bayreuth
Balazs Sumegi
Balazs Sumegi University of Pecs
Attila Demény
Attila Demény Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens Uppsala University
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy
Wei Chu
Wei Chu Sichuan University
Ludwig Zöller
Ludwig Zöller University of Bayreuth

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing an Earth Science degree often opens doors to diverse career options beyond traditional roles. For example, those interested in environmental data and information management may explore online programs such as ala-accredited schools that offer library and information science degrees. These programs equip students with skills to manage scientific data effectively, which is invaluable in research institutions and government agencies.

Wondering if is library science a good degree for your interests? It is a versatile option that complements Earth Science studies by focusing on data organization and resource management, providing career flexibility.

For those with a creative angle, degrees like online photography degrees can be a compelling choice. These programs help students develop skills in digital imaging and visual communication, which are essential for documenting environmental studies, geological surveys, and public outreach.

Military veterans seeking to transition into civilian careers might benefit from online photography degree for military veterans programs. These tailored paths offer flexible learning options and relevant skill development to enter fields aligned with Earth Science, such as environmental monitoring and scientific documentation.

Best Scientists Citing Pál Sümegi

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles