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Stefano M. Bernasconi

Stefano M. Bernasconi

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Earth Science
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 90 269 229 9 9 563 27343

Stefano M. Bernasconi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stefano M. Bernasconi between 1991 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stefano M. Bernasconi published across 36 years, from 1991 to 2026, averaging 20.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 57 publications in 2021. 52 of the 746 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 57. Peak 57 publications in 2021. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 13 publications 2000: 18 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 18 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 24 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 30 publications 2014: 35 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 32 publications 2019: 53 publications 2020: 41 publications 2021: 57 publications 2022: 41 publications 2023: 47 publications 2024: 41 publications 2025: 51 publications 2026: 1 publication
1991 2026

746 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stefano M. Bernasconi: publications per year, 1991 to 2026
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 1
1994 0
1995 2
1996 0
1997 6
1998 6
1999 13
2000 18
2001 13
2002 5
2003 18
2004 11
2005 8
2006 18
2007 14
2008 23
2009 24
2010 25
2011 23
2012 22
2013 30
2014 35
2015 20
2016 20
2017 26
2018 32
2019 53
2020 41
2021 57
2022 41
2023 47
2024 41
2025 51
2026 1
Total 746
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Stefano M. Bernasconi 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 Stefano M. Bernasconi 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, 558–567 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: 563 publications — 99th percentile

99% 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
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 11 563
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Stefano M. Bernasconi 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 Stefano M. Bernasconi 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, 90 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: 90 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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
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 90
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 Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Stefano M. Bernasconi is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has a research focus centered predominantly on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their main topics of study cover a broad range of geoscientific and environmental themes such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Bernasconi's notable recent publications include:

  • InterCarb: A Community Effort to Improve Interlaboratory Standardization of the Carbonate Clumped Isotope Thermometer Using Carbonate Standards, 2021, published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • A Unified Clumped Isotope Thermometer Calibration (0.5-1,100°C) Using Carbonate-Based Standardization, 2021, published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Biodegradation of poly(butylene succinate) in soil laboratory incubations assessed by stable carbon isotope labelling, 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry, 2022, published in Science
  • Calibration of the dual clumped isotope thermometer for carbonates, 2021, published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent collaborators in their research include Madalina Jaggi, Nathan Looser, Gretchen L. Früh-Green, Mark A. Lever, and Álvaro Fernández.

Bernasconi has published extensively across multiple venues with the highest numbers of publications found in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

This scientist's body of work provides significant contributions to isotope geochemistry and environmental processes, advancing understanding in clumped isotope thermometry and its applications in paleoclimatic reconstructions and ecological studies.

Best Publications

  • A Serpentinite-Hosted Ecosystem: The Lost City Hydrothermal Field

    Deborah S. Kelley;Jeffrey A. Karson;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Dana R. Yoerger

  • Preservation of organic matter and alteration of its carbon and nitrogen isotope composition during simulated and in situ early sedimentary diagenesis

    Moritz F Lehmann;Stefano M Bernasconi;Alberto Barbieri;Judith A McKenzie

  • Microbial mediation as a possible mechanism for natural dolomite formation at low temperatures

    Crisogono Vasconcelos;Judith A. McKenzie;Stefano Bernasconi;Djordje Grujic

  • A revised isotope fractionation model for dissimilatory sulfate reduction in sulfate reducing bacteria

    Benjamin Brunner;Stefano M. Bernasconi

  • Temperature and salinity variations of Mediterranean Sea surface waters over the last 16,000 years from records of planktonic stable oxygen isotopes and alkenone unsaturation ratios

    Kay-Christian Emeis;Ulrich Struck;Hans-Martin Schulz;Reinhild Rosenberg

  • 30,000 Years of Hydrothermal Activity at the Lost City Vent Field

    Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Deborah S. Kelley;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Jeffrey A. Karson

  • Calibration of the δ18O paleothermometer for dolomite precipitated in microbial cultures and natural environments

    Crisogono Vasconcelos;Judith A. McKenzie;Rolf Warthmann;Stefano M. Bernasconi

  • Dolomite formation within microbial mats in the coastal sabkha of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

    Tomaso R. R. Bontognali;Crisógono Vasconcelos;Rolf J. Warthmann;Stefano M. Bernasconi

  • Hypersulfidic deep biosphere indicates extreme sulfur isotope fractionation during single-step microbial sulfate reduction

    Ulrich G. Wortmann;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Michael E. Böttcher

  • The record of nitrate utilization and productivity limitation provided by δ15N values in lake organic matter—A study of sediment trap and core sediments from Baldeggersee, Switzerland

    Jane L. Teranes;Stefano M. Bernasconi

  • Reducing Uncertainties in Carbonate Clumped Isotope Analysis Through Consistent Carbonate-Based Standardization

    Stefano M. Bernasconi;Inigo A. Müller;Kristin D. Bergmann;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach;Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach

  • 100,000 Years of African monsoon variability recorded in sediments of the Nile margin

    Marie Revel;E. Ducassou;F. E. Grousset;S. M. Bernasconi

  • A Unified Clumped Isotope Thermometer Calibration (0.5–1,100°C) Using Carbonate-Based Standardization

    Noah Anderson;J R Kelson;S Kele;M Daëron

  • Temperature dependence of oxygen- and clumped isotope fractionation in carbonates: A study of travertines and tufas in the 6-95 °C temperature range

    Sándor Kele;Sándor Kele;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach;Enrico Capezzuoli;A. Nele Meckler

  • A model for oxygen and sulfur isotope fractionation in sulfate during bacterial sulfate reduction processes

    Benjamin Brunner;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Jutta Kleikemper;Martin H. Schroth

  • The role of serpentinites in cycling of carbon and sulfur: Seafloor serpentinization and subduction metamorphism

    Jeffrey C. Alt;Esther M. Schwarzenbach;Gretchen L. Früh-Green;Wayne C. Shanks

  • Tethyan magnetostratigraphy from Pizzo Mondello (Sicily) and correlation to the Late Triassic Newark astrochronological polarity time scale

    Giovanni Muttoni;Dennis V. Kent;Paul E. Olsen;Piero Di Stefano

  • Bacterial, archaeal and fungal succession in the forefield of a receding glacier.

    Anita Zumsteg;Joerg Luster;Hans Göransson;Hans Göransson;Rienk H. Smittenberg;Rienk H. Smittenberg

  • Seasonal variation of the δC and δN of particulate and dissolved carbon and nitrogen in Lake Lugano: Constraints on biogeochemical cycling in a eutrophic lake

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Judith A. McKenzie;Alberto Barbieri

  • Modelling nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation during denitrification in a lacustrine redox-transition zone

    Moritz F. Lehmann;Peter Reichert;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Alberto Barbieri

  • A volcanic CO2 pulse triggered the Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a and a biocalcification crisis

    Sabine Méhay;Christina E. Keller;Stefano M. Bernasconi;Helmut Weissert

  • Activity and Diversity of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in a Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Aquifer

    Jutta Kleikemper;Martin H. Schroth;William V. Sigler;Martina Schmucki

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Hochuli
Peter A. Hochuli University of Zurich
Benjamin Brunner
Benjamin Brunner The University of Texas at El Paso
Martin Ziegler
Martin Ziegler Utrecht University
Gert J. de Lange
Gert J. de Lange Utrecht University
Rienk H. Smittenberg
Rienk H. Smittenberg Stockholm University

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