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78
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578
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Simon W. Poulton 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 Simon W. Poulton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 351 publications — 90th percentile

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Simon W. Poulton 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 Simon W. Poulton sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Simon W. Poulton is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research contributions span 244 publications, with significant focus on subfields including Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Mechanics of Materials.

Among Poulton's recent papers are:

  • A 200-million-year delay in permanent atmospheric oxygenation, 2021, Nature
  • Phosphorus-limited conditions in the early Neoproterozoic ocean maintained low levels of atmospheric oxygen, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • A nutrient control on marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Evaluating a primary carbonate pathway for manganese enrichments in reducing environments, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Calibrating the temporal and spatial dynamics of the Ediacaran - Cambrian radiation of animals, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews

The scientist has coauthored frequently with Benjamin Mills, Fred Bowyer, Yijun Xiong, Paul B. Wignall, and Graham Shields.

Poulton's publications have appeared in prominent venues including:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts

Research topics within Poulton's work cover:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Their work includes a book publication titled The Iron Speciation Paleoredox Proxy, published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press.

Simon W. Poulton was awarded the Geochemistry Fellow Honor by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Development of a sequential extraction procedure for iron: implications for iron partitioning in continentally derived particulates

    Simon W. Poulton;Donald Eugene Canfield

  • Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean

    C. Scott;T. W. Lyons;A. Bekker;A. Bekker;Y. Shen

  • Late-Neoproterozoic deep-ocean oxygenation and the rise of animal life.

    Donald Eugene Canfield;Simon W. Poulton;Guy M. Narbonne

  • Ferruginous Conditions: A Dominant Feature of the Ocean through Earth's History

    Simon W. Poulton;Donald Eugene Canfield

  • Ferruginous Conditions Dominated Later Neoproterozoic Deep-Water Chemistry

    Donald E. Canfield;Simon W. Poulton;Andrew H. Knoll;Guy M. Narbonne

  • A revised scheme for the reactivity of iron (oxyhydr)oxide minerals towards dissolved sulfide

    Simon W. Poulton;Michael D. Krom;Robert Raiswell

  • Fluctuations in Precambrian atmospheric oxygenation recorded by chromium isotopes

    Robert Frei;Claudio Gaucher;Simon W. Poulton;Don E. Canfield

  • The low-temperature geochemical cycle of iron: From continental fluxes to marine sediment deposition

    Simon Poulton;Robert Raiswell

  • The transition to a sulphidic ocean ∼ 1.84 billion years ago

    Simon W. Poulton;Philip W. Fralick;Donald E. Canfield

  • Co-evolution of eukaryotes and ocean oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic era

    Timothy M. Lenton;Richard A. Boyle;Simon W. Poulton;Graham A. Shields-Zhou

  • Spatial variability in oceanic redox structure 1.8 billion years ago

    Simon W. Poulton;Philip W. Fralick;Donald Eugene Canfield

  • Large-scale fluctuations in Precambrian atmospheric and oceanic oxygen levels from the record of U in shales

    C.A. Partin;A. Bekker;N.J. Planavsky;C.T. Scott

  • Rise to modern levels of ocean oxygenation coincided with the Cambrian radiation of animals

    Xi Chen;Hong-Fei Ling;Derek Vance;Graham A. Shields-Zhou

  • Ocean acidification and the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

    M O Clarkson;Simone A Kasemann;R A Wood;TM Lenton

  • Mo isotope fractionation during adsorption to Fe (oxyhydr)oxides

    Tatiana Goldberg;Corey Archer;Derek Vance;Simon W. Poulton

  • Pervasive oxygenation along late Archaean ocean margins

    Brian Kendall;Christopher T. Reinhard;Timothy W. Lyons;Alan J. Kaufman

  • Redox sensitivity of P cycling during marine black shale formation: Dynamics of sulfidic and anoxic, non-sulfidic bottom waters

    Christian März;Simon W Poulton;Britta Beckmann;K Küster

  • The iron paleoredox proxies: A guide to the pitfalls, problems and proper practice

    Rob Raiswell;Dalton S. Hardisty;Timothy W. Lyons;Donald E. Canfield

  • Assessing the utility of Fe/Al and Fe-speciation to record water column redox conditions in carbonate-rich sediments

    M.O. Clarkson;S Poulton;Romain Guilbaud;Rachel Wood

  • A bistable organic-rich atmosphere on the Neoarchaean Earth

    Aubrey L. Zerkle;Mark W. Claire;Mark W. Claire;Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman;Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman;James Farquhar

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrey Bekker
Andrey Bekker University of California, Riverside
Donald E. Canfield
Donald E. Canfield University of Southern Denmark
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Robert J. Newton
Robert J. Newton University of Leeds
Christian März
Christian März University of Bonn
Rachel Wood
Rachel Wood University of Edinburgh
Timothy M. Lenton
Timothy M. Lenton University of Exeter
Michael D. Krom
Michael D. Krom University of Haifa
Michael Staubwasser
Michael Staubwasser University of Cologne
Mark W. Claire
Mark W. Claire University of St Andrews

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