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Pascal Godefroit 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 Pascal Godefroit sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 104 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pascal Godefroit 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 Pascal Godefroit sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pascal Godefroit is affiliated with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Belgium and specializes primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Paleontology. Their research also spans Environmental Science, contributing to subfields such as Paleontology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Nature and Landscape Conservation and Surgery.

The main topics of Pascal Godefroit's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, and Ocular Surface and Contact Lens.

Pascal has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Historical Biology
  • Nature
  • PeerJ
  • Palaeontology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers by Pascal Godefroit cover diverse paleontological subjects. These include:

  • "A new phylogeny of cerapodan dinosaurs" (2020) published in Historical Biology
  • "Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers" (2022) published in Nature
  • "A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China" (2020) published in PeerJ
  • "A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France)" (2020) published in Historical Biology
  • "A pathological ulna of Amurosaurus riabinini from the Upper Cretaceous of Far Eastern Russia" (2022) published in Historical Biology

Collaborations form a significant part of Pascal Godefroit's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Aude Cincotta
  • Maria E. McNamara
  • Johan Yans
  • Robert Carleer
  • François Escuillié

Best Publications

  • A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds

    Pascal Godefroit;Andrea Cau;Hu Dong-Yu;Hu Dong-Yu;François Escuillié

  • A Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur from Siberia with both feathers and scales

    Pascal Godefroit;Sofia M. Sinitsa;Danielle Dhouailly;Yuri L. Bolotsky

  • Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs

    Andrea Cau;Vincent Beyrand;Dennis F. A. E. Voeten;Vincent Fernandez

  • Dinosaur egg nests, mammals and other vertebrates from a new Maastrichtian site of the Haţeg Basin (Romania)

    Vlad Codrea;Thierry Smith;Paul Dica;Annelise Folie;Annelise Folie

  • Resolving the long-standing enigmas of a giant ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus mirificus

    Yuong-Nam Lee;Rinchen Barsbold;Philip J. Currie;Yoshitsugu Kobayashi

  • Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China

    Pascal Godefroit;Pascal Godefroit;Helena Demuynck;Gareth Dyke;Dongyu Hu;Dongyu Hu

  • a new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southern France

    Nathalie Bardet;Pascal Godefroit;Jacques Sciau

  • A Complete Skull of Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Eusuchia) and a Reassessment of the Morphology of the Taxon Based on the Romanian Remains

    Massimo Delfino;Vlad Codrea;Annelise Folie;Paul Dica

  • New Hadrosaurid Dinosaurs from the Uppermost Cretaceous of Northeastern China

    Pascal Godefroit;Hai Shulin;Yu Tingxiang;Pascaline Lauters

  • The lambeosaurine dinosaur Amurosaurus riabinini, from the Maastrichtian of Far Eastern Russia

    P Godefroit;Y.L Bolotsky;Jimmy Van Itterbeeck

  • A New Barremian (Early Cretaceous) Ichthyosaur from Western Russia

    Valentin Fischer;Edwige Masure;Maxim S. Arkhangelsky;Pascal Godefroit

  • A remarkable hollow-crested hadrosaur from Russia: an Asian origin for lambeosaurines

    Pascal Godefroit;Yuri Bolotsky;Vladimir Alifanov

  • The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian–Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, north-eastern China

    Richard J. Butler;Jin Liyong;Jin Liyong;Chen Jun;Chen Jun;Pascal Godefroit

  • A new phylogeny of cerapodan dinosaurs

    P. E. Dieudonné;P. Cruzado-Caballero;P. Godefroit;T. Tortosa

  • More than just Nopcsa's Transylvanian dinosaurs: A look outside the Haţeg Basin

    Vlad Codrea;Matei Vremir;Cătălin Jipa;Pascal Godefroit

  • A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs

    Valentin Fischer;Valentin Fischer;Robert M. Appleby;Darren Naish;Jeff Liston

  • A NEW HADROSAURINE DINOSAUR FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF FAR EASTERN RUSSIA

    Yuri L. Bolotsky;Pascal Godefroit

  • Taphonomy and Age Profile of a Latest Cretaceous Dinosaur Bone Bed in Far Eastern Russia

    Pascaline Lauters;Yuri L. Bolotsky;Jimmy Van Itterbeeck;Pascal Godefroit

  • High diversity in cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Europe prior to their extinction.

    Valentin Fischer;Nathalie Bardet;Myette Guiomar;Pascal Godefroit

  • Osteology of Zalmoxes shqiperorum (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda), based on new specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of Nalat-Vad (Romania)

    Pascal Godefroit;Vlad Codrea;David B. Weishampel

  • The last polar dinosaurs: high diversity of latest Cretaceous arctic dinosaurs in Russia.

    Pascal Godefroit;Lina Golovneva;Sergei Shchepetov;Géraldine Garcia

  • A COMPLETE SKULL OF ALLODAPOSUCHUS PRECEDENS NOPCSA, 1928 (EUSUCHIA) AND A REASSESSMENT OF THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE TAXON BASED ON THE

    Romanian Remains;Massimo Delfino;Vlad Codrea;Annelise Folie

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Claeys
Philippe Claeys Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Thierry Smith
Thierry Smith Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Gareth J. Dyke
Gareth J. Dyke University of Debrecen
Nathalie Bardet
Nathalie Bardet Université Paris Cité
Massimo Delfino
Massimo Delfino University of Turin
Haiyan Tong
Haiyan Tong Mahasarakham University
Philip J. Currie
Philip J. Currie University of Alberta
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Richard J. Butler
Richard J. Butler University of Birmingham
Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Kazumasa Wakamatsu Fujita Health University

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