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109
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81
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Paul R. Renne 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. Renne sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 491 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Paul R. Renne 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. Renne sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 109 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Paul R. Renne is affiliated with the Berkeley Geochronology Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications contributing to subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geology, and Anthropology.

Their work addresses several main topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Geological Studies and Exploration, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Paul R. Renne has contributed to numerous papers, some of which include:

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data (2020) published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Continental flood basalts drive Phanerozoic extinctions (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reconciling early Deccan Traps CO 2 outgassing and pre-KPB global climate (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • IUPAC-IUGS recommendation on the half-lives of 147Sm and 146Sm (2020) published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • The expansion of the Acheulian to the Southeastern Ethiopian Highlands: Insights from the new early Pleistocene site-complex of Melka Wakena (2020) published in Quaternary Science Reviews

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Andrew Tholt, Courtney J. Sprain, Andrea Marzoli, Anthony Fuentes, and Elizabeth Niespolo.

Paul R. Renne's work has appeared commonly in publication venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, and Geological Society of America Bulletin.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2017 and as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2014.

Best Publications

  • Intercalibration of standards, absolute ages and uncertainties in 40Ar/39Ar dating

    Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Carl C. Swisher;Alan L. Deino;Daniel B. Karner

  • Synchronizing Rock Clocks of Earth History

    K. F. Kuiper;K. F. Kuiper;A. Deino;F. J. Hilgen;W. Krijgsman

  • Extensive 200-Million-Year-Old Continental Flood Basalts of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province

    Andrea Marzoli;Andrea Marzoli;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Enzo M. Piccirillo;Marcia Ernesto

  • A test for systematic errors in 40Ar/39Ar geochronology through comparison with U/Pb analysis of a 1.1-Ga rhyolite

    Kyoungwon Min;Roland Mundil;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Kenneth R. Ludwig

  • Joint determination of 40K decay constants and 40Ar∗/40K for the Fish Canyon sanidine standard, and improved accuracy for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

    Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Roland Mundil;Greg Balco;Greg Balco;Kyoungwon Min

  • On the ages of flood basalt events

    Vincent E Courtillot;Paul R Renne;Paul R Renne

  • 2.5-million-year-old stone tools from Gona, Ethiopia

    S. Semaw;P. Renne;J. W.K. Harris;Craig Feibel

  • Response to the comment by W.H. Schwarz et al. on “Joint determination of 40K decay constants and 40Ar∗/40K for the Fish Canyon sanidine standard, and improved accuracy for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology” by P.R. Renne et al. (2010)

    Paul R. Renne;Greg Balco;Kenneth R. Ludwig;Roland Mundil

  • Age and timing of the Permian mass extinctions: U/Pb dating of closed-system zircons.

    Roland Mundil;Kenneth R. Ludwig;Ian Metcalfe;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne

  • Synchrony and causal relations between permian-triassic boundary crises and siberian flood volcanism.

    Paul R. Renne;Michael T. Black;Zhang Zichao;Mark A. Richards

  • Environment and Behavior of 2.5-Million-Year-Old Bouri Hominids

    Jean de Heinzelin;J. Desmond Clark;Tim White;William Hart

  • Time Scales of Critical Events Around the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

    Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne;Alan L. Deino;Frederik J. Hilgen;Klaudia F. Kuiper

  • The age of parana flood volcanism, rifting of gondwanaland, and the jurassic-cretaceous boundary.

    Paul R. Renne;Marcia Ernesto;Igor G. Pacca;Robert S. Coe

  • 2.6-Million-year-old stone tools and associated bones from OGS-6 and OGS-7, Gona, Afar, Ethiopia.

    Sileshi Semaw;Michael J Rogers;Jay Quade;Paul R Renne;Paul R Renne

  • The characteristics and chronology of the earliest Acheulean at Konso, Ethiopia

    Yonas Beyene;Shigehiro Katoh;Giday WoldeGabriel;William K. Hart

  • Rapid Eruption of the Siberian Traps Flood Basalts at the Permo-Triassic Boundary

    Paul R. Renne;Asish R. Basu

  • Stratigraphic, chronological and behavioural contexts of Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia.

    J. Desmond Clark;Yonas Beyene;Giday WoldeGabriel;William K. Hart

  • Synchrony of the Central Atlantic magmatic province and the Triassic-Jurassic boundary climatic and biotic crisis

    Andrea Marzoli;Hervé Bertrand;Kim B. Knight;Simonetta Cirilli

  • Coeval 40Ar/39Ar Ages of 65.0 Million Years Ago from Chicxulub Crater Melt Rock and Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Tektites.

    Carl C. Swisher;José M. Grajales-Nishimura;Alessandro Montanari;Stanley V. Margolis

  • Age of Etendeka flood volcanism and associated intrusions in southwestern Africa

    Paul R. Renne;Jonathan M. Glen;Simon C. Milner;Andrew R. Duncan

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred Jourdan
Fred Jourdan Curtin University
Joshua M. Feinberg
Joshua M. Feinberg University of Minnesota
Giday WoldeGabriel
Giday WoldeGabriel Los Alamos National Laboratory
William K. Hart
William K. Hart Miami University
Roland Mundil
Roland Mundil Berkeley Geochronology Center
Andrea Marzoli
Andrea Marzoli University of Padua
Sébastien Nomade
Sébastien Nomade Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Alan L. Deino
Alan L. Deino Berkeley Geochronology Center
Robert S. Coe
Robert S. Coe University of California, Santa Cruz
Warren D. Sharp
Warren D. Sharp Berkeley Geochronology Center

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