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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 43 4979 4595 7 7 176 6899

Roberto Urrutia publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roberto Urrutia between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roberto Urrutia published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 8 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2024. 17 of the 241 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2024. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 16 publications 2026: 1 publication
1997 2026

241 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roberto Urrutia: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 0
1999 2
2000 3
2001 3
2002 5
2003 5
2004 3
2005 7
2006 7
2007 6
2008 6
2009 12
2010 9
2011 9
2012 9
2013 14
2014 12
2015 10
2016 10
2017 8
2018 12
2019 14
2020 13
2021 9
2022 10
2023 9
2024 16
2025 16
2026 1
Total 241
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Roberto Urrutia 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 Roberto Urrutia 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, 168–177 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: 176 publications — 53rd percentile

53% 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
168–177 490 176
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
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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Roberto Urrutia 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 Roberto Urrutia 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, 43 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: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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 43
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
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Roberto Urrutia is affiliated with the University of Concepción in Chile. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their main topics of investigation include marine and coastal ecosystems, geology and paleoclimatology research, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, water quality and pollution assessment, remote sensing in agriculture, water quality monitoring and analysis, and geological formations and processes.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are Lien Rodríguez-López, Iongel Duran-Llacer, Lisandra Bravo Alvarez, Maarten Van Daele, and Marc De Batist.

Roberto Urrutia has published extensively in several academic journals, with particularly frequent contributions to Remote Sensing, Water, SSRN Electronic Journal, Scientific Reports, and the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) hosted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Spectral analysis using LANDSAT images to monitor the chlorophyll-a concentration in Lake Laja in Chile (2020, Ecological Informatics)
  • Cyanobacterial bloom monitoring and assessment in Latin America (2023, Harmful Algae)
  • What controls the remobilization and deformation of surficial sediment by seismic shaking? Linking lacustrine slope stratigraphy to great earthquakes in South-Central Chile (2021, Sedimentology)
  • Evaluation of the Impact of Climate Change on Runoff Generation in an Andean Glacier Watershed (2020, Water)
  • Retrieving Water Turbidity in Araucanian Lakes (South-Central Chile) Based on Multispectral Landsat Imagery (2021, Remote Sensing)

Best Publications

  • Multiple effects of urbanization on the biodiversity of developing countries: the case of a fast-growing metropolitan area (Concepción, Chile).

    Aníbal Pauchard;Mauricio Aguayo;Eduardo Peña;Roberto Urrutia

  • Evaluation of water quality in the Chillán River (Central Chile) using physicochemical parameters and a modified water quality index.

    Patrick Debels;Ricardo Figueroa;Roberto Urrutia;Ricardo Barra

  • Passive-Sampler Derived Air Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants on a North-South Transect in Chile

    Karla Pozo;Tom Harner;Mahiba Shoeib;Roberto Urrutia

  • Revealing the impact of forest exotic plantations on water yield in large scale watersheds in South-Central Chile

    C. Little;A. Lara;J. McPhee;R. Urrutia

  • Assessment of ecosystem services as an opportunity for the conservation and management of native forests in Chile

    A. Lara;C. Little;R. Urrutia;J. McPhee

  • Lacustrine turbidites as a tool for quantitative earthquake reconstruction: New evidence for a variable rupture mode in south central Chile

    Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Maarten Van Daele;Katrien Heirman;Karen Fontijn

  • Multiproxy summer and winter surface air temperature field reconstructions for southern South America covering the past centuries

    R. Neukom;J. Luterbacher;R. Villalba;M. Küttel

  • Early to Mid-Holocene Aridity in Central Chile and the Southern Westerlies: The Laguna Aculeo Record (34°S)

    Bettina Jenny;Blas L. Valero-Garcés;Rodrigo Villa-Martínez;Roberto Urrutia

  • Effects of pulp and paper mill effluents on the microplankton and microbial self-purification capabilities of the Biobío River, Chile

    B. Karrasch;O. Parra;H. Cid;M. Mehrens

  • Giant earthquakes in South-Central Chile revealed by Holocene mass-wasting events in Lake Puyehue

    Jasper Moernaut;Marc De Batist;Francois Charlet;Katrien Heirman

  • A comparison of the sedimentary records of the 1960 and 2010 great Chilean earthquakes in 17 lakes: Implications for quantitative lacustrine palaeoseismology

    Maarten Van Daele;Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Lindsey Doom;Evelien Boes

  • Lacustrine turbidites produced by surficial slope sediment remobilization: A mechanism for continuous and sensitive turbidite paleoseismic records

    Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Maarten Van Daele;Michael Strasser;Michael Strasser;Michael A. Clare

  • Moisture changes and fluctuations of the Westerlies in Mediterranean Central Chile during the last 2000 years: The Laguna Aculeo record (33°50′S)

    Bettina Jenny;Blas L Valero-Garcés;Roberto Urrutia;Kerry Kelts

  • The 600 yr eruptive history of Villarrica Volcano (Chile) revealed by annually laminated lake sediments

    M. Van Daele;J. Moernaut;J. Moernaut;G. Silversmit;S. Schmidt

  • A quantitative high-resolution summer temperature reconstruction based on sedimentary pigments from Laguna Aculeo, central Chile, back to AD 850

    Lucien von Gunten;Martin Grosjean;Bert Rein;Roberto Urrutia

  • Residues of pesticides and some metabolites in dissolved and particulate phase in surface stream water of Cachapoal River basin, central Chile.

    María José Climent;Eliseo Herrero-Hernández;María Jesús Sánchez-Martín;María Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz

  • Levels and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments from Lenga Estuary, central Chile

    Karla Pozo;Guido Perra;Valentina Menchi;Roberto Urrutia

  • Coastal lake sediments reveal 5500 years of tsunami history in south central Chile

    Philipp Kempf;Jasper Moernaut;Jasper Moernaut;Maarten Van Daele;Willem Vandoorne

  • Larger earthquakes recur more periodically: New insights in the megathrust earthquake cycle from lacustrine turbidite records in south-central Chile

    J. Moernaut;J. Moernaut;M. Van Daele;K. Fontijn;K. Heirman

  • Fluidization of buried mass-wasting deposits in lake sediments and its relevance for paleoseismology: Results from a reflection seismic study of lakes Villarrica and Calafquén (South-Central Chile)

    Jasper Moernaut;Marc De Batist;Katrien Heirman;Maarten Van Daele

  • Food web of a SW Atlantic shallow coastal lagoon: spatial environmental variability does not impose substantial changes in the trophic structure

    Laura Rodríguez-Graña;Danilo Calliari;Daniel Conde;Javier Sellanes

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Pino
Mario Pino Austral University of Chile
Nathalie Fagel
Nathalie Fagel University of Liège
Sebastien Bertrand
Sebastien Bertrand Ghent University
Ricardo Barra
Ricardo Barra University of Concepción
Marc De Batist
Marc De Batist Ghent University
Sabine Schmidt
Sabine Schmidt University of Bordeaux
Karla Pozo
Karla Pozo Masaryk University
Emmanuel Chapron
Emmanuel Chapron University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
Martin Grosjean
Martin Grosjean University of Bern
Michael Strasser
Michael Strasser University of Innsbruck

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