2026 Peter M. Sadler: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	35	7444	6894	2543	2247	91	8236

Overview

Peter M. Sadler is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable engagement in subfields such as Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Geological formations and processes
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Geological and Geophysical Studies

Peter M. Sadler's recent scholarly output includes papers published in established journals and venues such as Science, Nature Communications, Geobiology, Paleobiology, and presentations in Geological Society of America abstracts. Selected recent publications are:

"A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity" (2020, Science)
"The human impact on North American erosion, sediment transfer, and storage in a geologic context" (2020, Nature Communications)
"Quantifying the global biodiversity of Proterozoic eukaryotes" (2024, Science)
"Infaunal augurs of the Cambrian explosion: An Ediacaran trace fossil assemblage from Nevada, USA" (2020, Geobiology)
"Ephemeral species in the fossil record? Synchronous coupling of macroevolutionary dynamics in mid-Paleozoic zooplankton" (2020, Paleobiology)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Junxuan Fan, Shu-zhong Shen, Xudong Hou, Michael J. Melchin, and Stephen A. Leslie. These coauthors have worked with Sadler on multiple projects, with collaboration counts ranging from three to five joint contributions per individual.

Peter M. Sadler's publications are often found in venues such as:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Science
Nature Communications
Geobiology
AGU Advances

Best Publications

Sediment Accumulation Rates and the Completeness of Stratigraphic Sections

Peter M. Sadler

1466
Citations
Calibrating the End-Permian Mass Extinction

Shu-zhong Shen;James L. Crowley;James L. Crowley;Yue Wang;Samuel A. Bowring

864
Citations
Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

Paul F. Hoffman;Paul F. Hoffman;Dorian S. Abbot;Yosef Ashkenazy;Douglas I. Benn

658
Citations
A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity

Jun-xuan （樊隽轩） Fan;Jun-xuan （樊隽轩） Fan;Shu-zhong （沈树忠） Shen;Shu-zhong （沈树忠） Shen;Douglas H. Erwin;Douglas H. Erwin;Peter M. Sadler

511
Citations
Classical confidence intervals and Bayesian probability estimates for ends of local taxon ranges

David Strauss;Peter M. Sadler

395
Citations
The Ordovician Period

R.A. Cooper;P.M. Sadler

351
Citations
Geometry and stratification of uppermost Cretaceous and Paleogene units on Seymour Island, northern Antarctic Peninsula

Peter M. Sadler

254
Citations
The Silurian Period

M. J. Melchin;R. A. Cooper;P. M. Sadler

247
Citations
The Influence of Hiatuses on Sediment Accumulation Rates

P. M. Sadler

191
Citations
On the Labeling, Length, and Objective Basis of Fischer Plots

Peter M. Sadler;David A. Osleger;Isabel P. Montanez

190
Citations
When and how did the terrestrial mid-Permian mass extinction occur? Evidence from the tetrapod record of the Karoo Basin, South Africa.

Michael O. Day;Jahandar Ramezani;Samuel A. Bowring;Peter M. Sadler

182
Citations
High-resolution, early Paleozoic (Ordovician-Silurian) time scales

Peter M. Sadler;Roger A. Cooper;Michael Melchin

179
Citations
Estimation of completeness of stratigraphical sections using empirical data and theoretical models

Peter M. Sadler;David J. Strauss

157
Citations
Thinking outside the zone: High-resolution quantitative diatom biochronology for the Antarctic Neogene

Rosemary D. Cody;Richard H. Levy;David M. Harwood;Peter M. Sadler

154
Citations
Scaling laws for aggradation, denudation and progradation rates: the case for time-scale invariance at sediment sources and sinks

Peter M. Sadler;Douglas J. Jerolmack

152
Citations
QUANTITATIVE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY—ACHIEVING FINER RESOLUTION IN GLOBAL CORRELATION

Peter M. Sadler

146
Citations
A New Look at Sedimentation Rates and the Completeness of the Stratigraphic Record

Mark H. Anders;Scot W. Krueger;Peter M. Sadler

133
Citations
Graptoloid evolutionary rates track Ordovician–Silurian global climate change

Roger A. Cooper;Peter M. Sadler;Axel Munnecke;James S. Crampton

119
Citations
Transience and persistence in the depositional record of continental margins

Douglas J. Jerolmack;Peter Sadler

119
Citations
The expected duration of upward-shallowing peritidal carbonate cycles and their terminal hiatuses

Peter M. Sadler

113
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger A. Cooper GNS Science

James S. Crampton Victoria University of Wellington

Douglas H. Erwin National Museum of Natural History

Michael J. Melchin St. Francis Xavier University

Richard H. Levy GNS Science

Stephen R. Meyers University of Wisconsin–Madison

James L. Crowley Boise State University

Jahandar Ramezani MIT

Robert M. McKay Victoria University of Wellington

Aiko Voigt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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