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Robert W. Scott 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 Robert W. Scott sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 202 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert W. Scott 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 Robert W. Scott sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert W. Scott is affiliated with the University of Tulsa in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including Paleontology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Earth-Surface Processes. The research focus predominantly revolves around stratigraphy, geochemical analysis, paleontology, and the study of geological formations and processes.

Scott's research covers a wide range of topics, notably:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

The scientist has contributed to research articles published primarily in these venues:

  • Cretaceous Research
  • Stratigraphy
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Geological Journal
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Frequent collaborators in Scott's research include:

  • Jayagopal Madhavaraju
  • Carlos M. González-León
  • Julio Cesar Saucedo-Samaniego
  • Yong Il Lee
  • Erik Ramírez-Montoya

Some of the recent publications authored or co-authored by Robert W. Scott are:

  • "Chemostratigraphy of the lower Cretaceous Mural Limestone, Rancho Bufalo section, Sonora, Mexico: Implications for OAE 1b," 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Isotopic chemostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of Lower Cretaceous Alisitos Formation (Punta China section), Baja California, Mexico," 2020, Geological Journal
  • "Upper Aptian-lower albian seawater composition and OAEs: Geochemistry of Agua Salada and Lampazos Formations, Sonora, Mexico," 2021, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • "NORTH AMERICAN COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE Note 71 - Application for addition of chemostratigraphic units to the North American Stratigraphic Code: Acase for formalizing chemostratigraphic units," 2020, Stratigraphy
  • "Albian (Lower Cretaceous) carbon isotope chemozones, Texas Comanche Shelf and Mexican Chihuahua Trough: Implications for OAEs," 2020, Cretaceous Research

Best Publications

  • A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca)

    J.G. Carter;C.R. Altaba;L.R. Anderson;R. Araujo

  • Late Cretaceous stratigraphy, Songliao Basin, NE China: SK1 cores

    Xiaoqiao Wan;Jing Zhao;Robert W. Scott;Pujun Wang

  • Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms

    J. A. Toni Simo;Robert W. Scott;Jean-Pierre Masse

  • Upper Cretaceous oceanic red beds in southern Tibet: a major change from anoxic to oxic, deep-sea environments

    Chengshan Wang;Chengshan Wang;Xiumian Hu;Massimo Sarti;Robert W. Scott

  • Late Cretaceous climate changes recorded in Eastern Asian lacustrine deposits and North American Epieric sea strata

    Chengshan Wang;Robert W. Scott;Xiaoqiao Wan;Stephan A. Graham

  • Cretaceous oceanic red beds as possible consequence of oceanic anoxic events

    Chengshan Wang;Xiumian Hu;Yongjian Huang;Michael Wagreich

  • The Maastrichtian transgression onto the northwestern flank of the Proto-Oman Mountains: sequences of rudist-bearing beach to open shelf facies

    P. W. Skelton;S. C. Nolan;R. W. Scott

  • Late Aptian to Late Albian Sea-Level Fluctuations Constrained by Geochemical and Biological Evidence (Nahr Umr Formation, Oman)

    A.M. Immenhauser;W. Schlager;S.J. Burns;R.W. Scott

  • Global environmental controls on Cretaceous reefal ecosystems

    Robert W. Scott

  • Cretaceous oceanic red beds (CORBs): Different time scales and models of origin

    Xiumian Hu;Robert W. Scott;Yuanfeng Cai;Chengshan Wang

  • Evolution of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous reef biotas

    Robert W. Scott

  • Models and Stratigraphy of Mid-Cretaceous Reef Communities, Gulf of Mexico

    Robert W. Scott

  • Early depositional history of a rift basin: Miocene in Western Sinai

    Unknown

  • Paleoecology and paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous Kiowa Formation, Kansas

    Unknown

  • Paleontology and biostratigraphy of Cretaceous rocks, Lampazos area, Sonora, Mexico

    Robert W. Scott;Carlos Gonzalez-Leon

  • Chronostratigraphy of the Cretaceous carbonate shelf, southeastern Arabia

    Unknown

  • Upper Aptian-Lower Albian Mural Formation: stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and depositional cycles on the Sonoran shelf, northern México

    Carlos M. González-León;R.W. Scott;Hannes Löser;Timothy F. Lawton

  • Biotic relations in Early Cretaceous coral-algal-rudist reefs, Arizona

    Robert W. Scott

  • Bay and shoreface benthic communities in the Lower Cretaceous

    Unknown

  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the upper Aptian–upper Albian Mural Limestone (Bisbee Group) in northern Sonora, Mexic

    T.F Lawton;C.M González-León;S.G Lucas;R.W Scott

  • An ocean-facing Aptian-Albian carbonte margin, Oman

    A. Immenhauser;B. Van Der Kooij;A. Van Vliet;W. Schlager

  • Global correlation of middle Cretaceous sea-level events

    Adrian Immenhauser;Robert W. Scott

  • Microstructure, affinities, and systematics of Cretaceous calcispheres

    Unknown

  • Overview of Cretaceous Oceanic Red Beds (CORBs): a Window on Global Oceanic and Climate Change

    Chengshan Wang;Xiumian Hu;Yongjiang Huang;Robert W. Scott

  • Cretaceous Oceanic Red Beds: Stratigraphy, Composition, Origins, and Paleoceanographic and Paleoclimatic Significance

    Xiumian Hu;Chengshan Wang;Robert W. Scott;Michael Wagreich

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Steuber
Thomas Steuber Khalifa University
Xiumian Hu
Xiumian Hu Nanjing University
Chengshan Wang
Chengshan Wang China University of Geosciences
Yong Il Lee
Yong Il Lee Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Alcides N. Sial
Alcides N. Sial Federal University of Pernambuco
Michael Wagreich
Michael Wagreich University of Vienna
Timothy F. Lawton
Timothy F. Lawton The University of Texas at Austin
Victor A. Valencia
Victor A. Valencia Washington State University
Jean-Pierre Masse
Jean-Pierre Masse Aix-Marseille University
Spencer G. Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

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