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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 58 2180 1978 934 825 285 10991

Scott R. Paterson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Scott R. Paterson between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Scott R. Paterson published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 6.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2016. 12 of the 296 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2016. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 8 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 4 publications
1983 2025

296 publications in total across all disciplines

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Scott R. Paterson: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 2
1986 0
1987 2
1988 4
1989 9
1990 3
1991 7
1992 2
1993 9
1994 4
1995 2
1996 5
1997 1
1998 8
1999 3
2000 2
2001 11
2002 6
2003 8
2004 4
2005 6
2006 8
2007 10
2008 8
2009 15
2010 6
2011 3
2012 5
2013 2
2014 8
2015 8
2016 23
2017 21
2018 13
2019 16
2020 16
2021 13
2022 8
2023 2
2024 8
2025 4
Total 296
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Scott R. Paterson 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 Scott R. Paterson 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, 278–287 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: 285 publications — 84th percentile

84% 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
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
278–287 128 285
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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Scott R. Paterson 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 Scott R. Paterson 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, 58 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: 58 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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
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 58
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

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Scott R. Paterson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research covers a broad range of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering, and Conservation Techniques and Studies.

Paterson has authored numerous papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • The causes of continental arc flare ups and drivers of episodic magmatic activity in Cordilleran orogenic systems, 2021, Lithos
  • Erupted zircon record of continental crust formation during mantle driven arc flare-ups, 2020, Geology
  • The role of crustal thickness on magma composition in arcs: An example from the pre-Andean, South American Cordillera, 2022, Gondwana Research
  • Detrital zircon provenance and depositional links of Mesozoic Sierra Nevada intra-arc strata, 2021, Geosphere
  • Schlieren-Bound Magmatic Structures Record Crystal Flow-Sorting in Dynamic Upper-Crustal Magma-Mush Chambers, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent coauthors in Paterson's body of work include Snir Attia, Katie Ardill, Valbone Memeti, Vali Memeti, and Pablo H. Alasino.

The primary venues publishing Paterson's research are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geosphere
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Lithos
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Scott R. Paterson has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • A review of criteria for the identification of magmatic and tectonic foliations in granitoids

    Scott R Paterson;Ron H Vernon;Othmar T Tobisch

  • Interpreting magmatic fabric patterns in plutons

    Scott R Paterson;T.Kenneth Fowler;Keegan L Schmidt;Aaron S Yoshinobu

  • Quantifying crustal thickness over time in magmatic arcs.

    Lucia Profeta;Mihai N. Ducea;Mihai N. Ducea;James B. Chapman;Scott R. Paterson

  • Arc magmatic tempos: Gathering the evidence

    Scott R. Paterson;Mihai N. Ducea

  • Bursting the bubble of ballooning plutons: A return to nested diapirs emplaced by multiple processes

    Scott R. Paterson;Ron H. Vernon

  • Re-examining pluton emplacement processes

    Scott R. Paterson;T.Kenneth Fowler

  • Rates of processes in magmatic arcs : implications for the timing and nature of pluton emplacement and wall rock deformation

    Scott R. Paterson;Othmar T. Tobisch

  • Magma addition and flux calculations of incrementally constructed magma chambers in continental margin arcs: Combined field, geochronologic, and thermal modeling studies

    Scott R. Paterson;David Okaya;Valbone Memeti;Rita Economos

  • High-Volume Magmatic Events in Subduction Systems

    Mihai N. Ducea;Mihai N. Ducea;Scott R. Paterson;Peter G. DeCelles

  • Analysis and interpretation of composite foliations in areas of progressive deformation

    Othmar T Tobisch;Scott R Paterson

  • In defense of magmatic diapirs

    Robert B Miller;Scott R Paterson

  • Using pluton ages to date regional deformations: Problems with commonly used criteria

    Scott R. Paterson;Othmar T. Tobisch

  • Magmatic lobes as “snapshots” of magma chamber growth and evolution in large, composite batholiths: An example from the Tuolumne intrusion, Sierra Nevada, California

    Valbone Memeti;Scott Paterson;Jennifer Matzel;Roland Mundil

  • The transition from magmatic to high-temperature solid-state deformation: implications from the Mount Stuart batholith, Washington

    Robert B. Miller;Scott R. Paterson

  • The rise and fall of continental arcs: Interplays between magmatism, uplift, weathering, and climate

    Cin-Ty A. Lee;Sally Thurner;Scott Paterson;Wenrong Cao

  • Pluton emplacement in arcs: a crustal-scale exchange process

    Scott R. Paterson;T. Kenneth Fowler;Robert B. Miller

  • Construction of mid-crustal sheeted plutons: Examples from the North Cascades, Washington

    Robert B. Miller;Scott R. Paterson

  • Four magmatic fabrics in the Tuolumne batholith, central Sierra Nevada, California (USA): Implications for interpreting fabric patterns in plutons and evolution of magma chambers in the upper crust

    Jiří Žák;Scott R. Paterson;Valbone Memeti

  • Characteristics of internal contacts in the Tuolumne Batholith, central Sierra Nevada, California (USA): Implications for episodic emplacement and physical processes in a continental arc magma chamber

    Jiří Žák;Scott R. Paterson

  • How late are K-feldspar megacrysts in granites?

    R.H. Vernon;R.H. Vernon;S.R. Paterson

  • Repeated, multiscale, magmatic erosion and recycling in an upper-crustal pluton: Implications for magma chamber dynamics and magma volume estimates

    Scott Paterson;Valbone Memeti;Roland Mundil;Jiří Žák

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron H. Vernon
Ron H. Vernon Macquarie University
Roland Mundil
Roland Mundil Berkeley Geochronology Center
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Scott E. Johnson
Scott E. Johnson University of Maine
Keith Putirka
Keith Putirka California State University, Fresno
Donna L. Whitney
Donna L. Whitney University of Minnesota
Joseph L. Wooden
Joseph L. Wooden Stanford University
Carmen Galindo
Carmen Galindo Complutense University of Madrid
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Jason B. Saleeby
Jason B. Saleeby California Institute of Technology

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