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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 57 2239 2030 240 218 299 14541

Paul R. Bown publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Paul R. Bown between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Paul R. Bown published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2005. 16 of the 332 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2005. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 18 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 4 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 32 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 9 publications
1977 2025

332 publications in total across all disciplines

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Paul R. Bown: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 1
1986 1
1987 3
1988 2
1989 4
1990 3
1991 5
1992 18
1993 3
1994 3
1995 1
1996 4
1997 4
1998 1
1999 1
2000 4
2001 2
2002 4
2003 2
2004 10
2005 32
2006 16
2007 6
2008 8
2009 14
2010 18
2011 6
2012 26
2013 13
2014 14
2015 7
2016 6
2017 21
2018 10
2019 13
2020 6
2021 7
2022 4
2023 12
2024 7
2025 9
Total 332
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Paul R. Bown 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 R. Bown sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 298–307 publications, is where this scientist sits. 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
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 299 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120 299
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Paul R. Bown 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 R. Bown sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 57 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120 57
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Paul R. Bown is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 68 publications reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach.

The focus areas of their research include:

  • Paleontology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Geophysics

Their work covers a range of scientific topics such as:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Paul R. Bown has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Nannoplankton Research
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science

Their recent scientific papers include:

  • On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, 2020, Science
  • Ecological Response of Plankton to Environmental Change: Thresholds for Extinction, 2020, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Algal plankton turn to hunting to survive and recover from end-Cretaceous impact darkness, 2020, Science Advances
  • Global record of "ghost" nannofossils reveals plankton resilience to high CO 2 and warming, 2022, Science
  • New composite bio- and isotope stratigraphies spanning the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum at tropical ODP Site 865 in the Pacific Ocean, 2020, Journal of Micropalaeontology

Collaborations are an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Trevor Williams
  • Thomas Westerhold
  • Tom Dunkley Jones
  • R. Mark Leckie
  • Felix M. Gradstein

Best Publications

  • The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

    Peter Schulte;Laia Alegret;Ignacio Arenillas;José A. Arz

  • Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy

    Paul R. Bown

  • Are we now living in the Anthropocene

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Mark Williams;Alan Smith;Tiffany L. Barry

  • Timing of India‐Asia collision: Geological, biostratigraphic, and palaeomagnetic constraints

    Yani Najman;Erwin Appel;Marcelle Boudagher-Fadel;Paul Bown

  • Calcareous nannoplankton evolution and diversity through time

    Paul R. Bown;Jackie A. Lees;Jeremy R. Young

  • A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

    Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

  • Coccolith ultrastructure and biomineralisation

    Jeremy R. Young;Sean A. Davis;Paul R. Bown;Stephen Mann

  • The Cretaceous-Tertiary biotic transition

    N. Macleod;P. F. Rawson;P. L. Forey;F. T. Banner;F. T. Banner

  • On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

    Pincelli M. Hull;André Bornemann;Donald E. Penman;Michael J. Henehan;Michael J. Henehan

  • Why marine phytoplankton calcify

    Fanny M Monteiro;Lennart T. Bach;Colin Brownlee;Paul Bown

  • Stratigraphy of the Anthropocene

    J Zalasiewicz;M Williams;R Fortey;Alan Smith

  • Shelf and open-ocean calcareous phytoplankton assemblages across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Implications for global productivity gradients

    Samantha J. Gibbs;Timothy J. Bralower;Paul R. Bown;James C. Zachos

  • Evidence for global cooling in the Late Cretaceous

    Christian Linnert;Stuart A. Robinson;Jackie A. Lees;Paul R. Bown

  • Nannoplankton extinction and origination across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

    Samantha J. Gibbs;Paul R. Bown;Jocelyn A. Sessa;Timothy J. Bralower

  • Extinction and environmental change across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in Tanzania

    Paul Nicholas Pearson;Ian Kenneth McMillan;Bridget S. Wade;Tom Dunkley Jones

  • Guidelines for coccolith and calcareous nannofossil terminology

    Jeremy R Young;James A Bergen;Paul R Bown;Jackie A Burnett

  • High sea-surface temperatures during the Early Cretaceous Epoch

    Kate Littler;Stuart A. Robinson;Paul R. Bown;Alexandra J. Nederbragt

  • The global stratotype sections and point (GSSP) for the base of the jurassic system at kuhjoch (Karwendel Mountains, Northern Calcareous Alps, Tyrol, Austria)

    A. V. Hillebrandt;L. Krystyn;W. M. Kurschner;N. R. Bonis

  • Palaeobiogeography of Early Cretaceous (Berriasian–Barremian) calcareous nannoplankton

    C. Street;P.R. Bown

  • Calcareous nannofossils in extreme environments: The Messinian Salinity Crisis, Polemi Basin, Cyprus

    Bridget S. Wade;Bridget S. Wade;Paul R. Bown

  • Integrated stratigraphy across the Aptian-Albian boundary in the Marnes Bleues, at the Col de Pré-Guittard, Arnayon (Drôme), and at Tartonne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), France: a candidate Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Boundary Point for the base of the Albian Stage

    W.J. Kennedy;A.S. Gale;P.R. Bown;M. Caron

Frequent Co-Authors

Samantha J. Gibbs
Samantha J. Gibbs University of Southampton
Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Jeremy R. Young
Jeremy R. Young University College London
Steven M Bohaty
Steven M Bohaty University of Southampton
Thomas Westerhold
Thomas Westerhold University of Bremen
Paul A. Wilson
Paul A. Wilson University of Southampton
Stuart A. Robinson
Stuart A. Robinson University of Oxford
Andrew S. Gale
Andrew S. Gale University of Portsmouth
Timothy J. Bralower
Timothy J. Bralower Pennsylvania State University
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London

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