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Paul B. Wignall 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 Paul B. Wignall sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Paul B. Wignall 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 Paul B. Wignall sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Paul B. Wignall is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a substantial concentration on paleontology and geochemistry. With 189 publications in the field, their work spans several subfields including Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Geology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Paul B. Wignall frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Geology
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Recent papers authored by Wignall include:

  • "Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic)" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Environmental crises at the Permian-Triassic mass extinction" (2022), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Six-fold increase of atmospheric pCO2 during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "A nutrient control on marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction" (2020), published in Nature Geoscience
  • "An enormous sulfur isotope excursion indicates marine anoxia during the end-Triassic mass extinction" (2020), published in Science Advances

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jacopo Dal Corso
  • Simon W. Poulton
  • Daoliang Chu
  • Robert J. Newton
  • Haijun Song

Best Publications

  • Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions

    P.B. Wignall

  • Oceanic Anoxia and the End Permian Mass Extinction

    Paul B. Wignall;Richard J. Twitchett

  • Mass extinctions and their aftermath

    Charles R. Marshall;A. Hallam;P. B. Wignall

  • Lethally Hot Temperatures During the Early Triassic Greenhouse

    Yadong Sun;Yadong Sun;Michael M. Joachimski;Paul B. Wignall;Chunbo Yan

  • Mass Extinctions and Their Aftermath

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  • Anoxia as a cause of the Permian/Triassic mass extinction : facies evidence from northern Italy and the western United States

    P.B. Wignall;A. Hallam

  • Pyrite framboid diameter as a measure of oxygen deficiency in ancient mudrocks

    P. B. Wignall;R. Newton

  • Interpreting benthic oxygen levels in mudrocks: A new approach

    Paul B. Wignall;Keith J. Myers

  • Pyrite framboid study of marine Permian-Triassic boundary sections: A complex anoxic event and its relationship to contemporaneous mass extinction

    David P.G. Bond;Paul B. Wignall

  • Triassic climates — State of the art and perspectives

    Nereo Preto;Nereo Preto;Evelyn Kustatscher;Paul B. Wignall

  • Two pulses of extinction during the Permian-Triassic crisis

    Haijun Song;Paul B. Wignall;Jinnan Tong;Hongfu Yin

  • Extent, duration, and nature of the Permian-Triassic superanoxic event

    Paul B. Wignall;Richard J. Twitchett

  • Volcanism, mass extinction, and carbon isotope fluctuations in the Middle Permian of China.

    Paul B. Wignall;Yadong Sun;David P. G. Bond;Gareth Izon

  • Rapid and synchronous collapse of marine and terrestrial ecosystems during the end-Permian biotic crisis

    Richard J. Twitchett;Cindy V. Looy;Ric Morante;Henk Visscher

  • Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions: An update

    David P.G. Bond;Paul B. Wignall

  • Changes in the global carbon cycle occurred as two episodes during the Permian–Triassic crisis

    Shucheng Xie;Richard D. Pancost;Junhua Huang;Paul B. Wignall

  • Pyrite framboid evidence for oxygen-poor deposition during the Permian-Triassic crisis in Kashmir

    Paul B. Wignall;Rob Newton;Michael E. Brookfield

  • Catastrophic soil erosion during the end-Permian biotic crisis

    Mark A. Sephton;Cindy V. Looy;Henk Brinkhuis;Paul B. Wignall

  • The timing of paleoenvironmental change and cause-and-effect relationships during the early Jurassic mass extinction in Europe

    Paul B. Wignall;Robert J. Newton;Crispin T.S. Little

  • Extent and duration of marine anoxia during the Frasnian–Famennian (Late Devonian) mass extinction in Poland, Germany, Austria and France

    David Bond;Paul B. Wignall;Grzegorz Racki

  • Large shifts in the isotopic composition of seawater sulphate across the Permo–Triassic boundary in northern Italy

    R.J Newton;E.L Pevitt;P.B Wignall;S.H Bottrell

  • The Permo-Triassic transition in Spitsbergen: δ13Corg chemostratigraphy, Fe and S geochemistry, facies, fauna and trace fossils

    P. B. Wignall;R. Morante;R. Newton

Frequent Co-Authors

David P.G. Bond
David P.G. Bond University of Hull
Robert J. Newton
Robert J. Newton University of Leeds
Yadong Sun
Yadong Sun University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Xulong Lai
Xulong Lai China University of Geosciences
Stephen E. Grasby
Stephen E. Grasby Geological Survey of Canada
Haijun Song
Haijun Song China University of Geosciences
Michael M. Joachimski
Michael M. Joachimski University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jinnan Tong
Jinnan Tong China University of Geosciences
Richard J. Twitchett
Richard J. Twitchett Natural History Museum
James Leonard Best
James Leonard Best University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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