2026 Robert W. Scott: 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	37	6931	6421	2416	2139	202	4691

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

312
Citations
Late Cretaceous stratigraphy, Songliao Basin, NE China: SK1 cores

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

233
Citations
Cretaceous Carbonate Platforms

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

197
Citations
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

188
Citations
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

144
Citations
Cretaceous oceanic red beds as possible consequence of oceanic anoxic events

Chengshan Wang;Xiumian Hu;Yongjian Huang;Michael Wagreich

129
Citations
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

116
Citations
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

115
Citations
Global environmental controls on Cretaceous reefal ecosystems

Robert W. Scott

114
Citations
Cretaceous oceanic red beds (CORBs): Different time scales and models of origin

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

105
Citations
Evolution of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous reef biotas

Robert W. Scott

102
Citations
Models and Stratigraphy of Mid-Cretaceous Reef Communities, Gulf of Mexico

Robert W. Scott

96
Citations
Early depositional history of a rift basin: Miocene in Western Sinai

Unknown

84
Citations
Paleoecology and paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous Kiowa Formation, Kansas

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80
Citations
Paleontology and biostratigraphy of Cretaceous rocks, Lampazos area, Sonora, Mexico

Robert W. Scott;Carlos Gonzalez-Leon

78
Citations
Chronostratigraphy of the Cretaceous carbonate shelf, southeastern Arabia

Unknown

78
Citations
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

77
Citations
Biotic relations in Early Cretaceous coral-algal-rudist reefs, Arizona

Robert W. Scott

70
Citations
Bay and shoreface benthic communities in the Lower Cretaceous

Unknown

67
Citations
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

66
Citations
An ocean-facing Aptian-Albian carbonte margin, Oman

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

65
Citations
Global correlation of middle Cretaceous sea-level events

Adrian Immenhauser;Robert W. Scott

64
Citations
Microstructure, affinities, and systematics of Cretaceous calcispheres

Unknown

61
Citations
Overview of Cretaceous Oceanic Red Beds (CORBs): a Window on Global Oceanic and Climate Change

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

59
Citations
Cretaceous Oceanic Red Beds: Stratigraphy, Composition, Origins, and Paleoceanographic and Paleoclimatic Significance

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

47
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Steuber Khalifa University

Xiumian Hu Nanjing University

Chengshan Wang China University of Geosciences

Yong Il Lee Seoul National University of Science and Technology

Alcides N. Sial Federal University of Pernambuco

Michael Wagreich University of Vienna

Timothy F. Lawton The University of Texas at Austin

Victor A. Valencia Washington State University

Jean-Pierre Masse Aix-Marseille University

Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

External Links

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