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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 31 9003 8370 895 831 121 3119

Stephen Kershaw publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stephen Kershaw between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stephen Kershaw published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2022. 14 of the 150 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2022. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 3 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 4 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 7 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 8 publications
1977 2025

150 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stephen Kershaw: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 1
1979 0
1980 1
1981 2
1982 1
1983 0
1984 1
1985 3
1986 3
1987 5
1988 0
1989 0
1990 2
1991 4
1992 0
1993 0
1994 5
1995 1
1996 1
1997 4
1998 0
1999 2
2000 4
2001 1
2002 1
2003 0
2004 2
2005 0
2006 0
2007 2
2008 0
2009 5
2010 2
2011 6
2012 4
2013 1
2014 7
2015 3
2016 3
2017 9
2018 4
2019 5
2020 5
2021 12
2022 13
2023 10
2024 6
2025 8
Total 150
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Stephen Kershaw 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 Stephen Kershaw 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, 118–127 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: 121 publications — 22nd percentile

22% 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
118–127 540 121
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
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Stephen Kershaw 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 Stephen Kershaw 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, 31 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: 31 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% 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 31
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
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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Overview

Stephen Kershaw is affiliated with Brunel University London in the United Kingdom and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio includes a substantial number of publications, with a focus on paleontology and related geological disciplines.

Their work covers various subfields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, notably Paleontology, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Geophysics. Major research topics include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geological formations and processes, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, and Marine Sponges and Natural Products.

Stephen Kershaw has contributed to multiple scientific publications, often collaborating with notable co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Kun Liang, Consuelo Sendino, Juwan Jeon, Jiayuan Huang, and Yuandong Zhang.

Common venues for their research include:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Facies
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kershaw cover a range of topics and geological periods:

  • Keratose sponges in ancient carbonates - A problem of interpretation, 2022, Sedimentology
  • Microbialite development through the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition in China: Distribution, characteristics, and paleoceanographic implications, 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • The Jiwozhai patch reef: A palaeobiodiversity hotspot in middle Givetian (Devonian) of South China, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Addressing a Phanerozoic carbonate facies conundrum-sponges or clotted micrite? Evidence from Early Silurian reefs, South China Block, 2021, The Sedimentary Record
  • Fossil brachiopod identification using a new deep convolutional neural network, 2021, Gondwana Research

Best Publications

  • A ?microbialite carbonate crust at the Permian–Triassic boundary in South China, and its palaeoenvironmental significance

    Stephen Kershaw;Tingshan Zhang;Guangzhi Lan

  • Microbialites and global environmental change across the Permian-Triassic boundary: a synthesis.

    Stephen Kershaw;Sylvie Crasquin;Y. Li;Pierre-Yves Collin

  • Late Pleistocene to Holocene record of changing uplift rates in southern Calabria and northeastern Sicily (southern Italy, Central Mediterranean Sea)

    Fabrizio Antonioli;Luigi Ferranti;Kurt Lambeck;Steve Kershaw

  • Relative sea-level fall since the last interglacial stage: Are coasts uplifting worldwide?

    Kevin Pedoja;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson;Vincent Regard;Vincent Regard;Peter Robert Cobbold

  • Earliest Triassic microbialites in the South China block and other areas: controls on their growth and distribution

    Steve Kershaw;Yue Li;Sylvie Crasquin-Soleau;Qinglai Feng

  • Classification and geological significance of biostromes

    Stephen Kershaw

  • Elevation of the last interglacial highstand in Sicily (Italy): A benchmark of coastal tectonics

    F. Antonioli;S. Kershaw;P. Renda;Derek Rust

  • The contribution of regional uplift and coseismic slip to the vertical crustal motion in the Messina Straits, southern Italy: Evidence from raised Late Holocene shorelines

    Luigi Ferranti;Carmelo Monaco;Fabrizio Antonioli;Laura Maschio

  • Holocene tectonic uplift patterns in northeastern Sicily: evidence from marine notches in coastal outcrops

    Derek Rust;Stephen Kershaw

  • In the aftermath of the end-Permian extinction: the microbialite refuge?

    Marie-Béatrice Forel;Sylvie Crasquin;Steve Kershaw;Pierre-Yves Collin

  • Parameterization of stromatoporoid shape

    Stephen Kershaw;Robert RlDING

  • Cavities and cryptic faunas beneath non‐reef stromatoporoids

    Stephen Kershaw

  • Modern carbonate ooids preserve ambient aqueous REE signatures

    Fei Li;Fei Li;Gregory E. Webb;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Stephen Kershaw

  • Holocene coastal uplift in the taormina area, northeastern sicily: Implications for the southern prolongation of the calabrian seismogenic belt

    I.S. Stewart;A. Cundy;S. Kershaw;C. Firth

  • Coastal elevation changes in eastern Sicily: implications for volcano instability at Mount Etna

    Callum Firth;I. Stewart;W.J. McGuire;S. Kershaw

  • Shallow-marine dysoxia across the Permian–Triassic boundary: Evidence from pyrite framboids in the microbialite in South China

    Wei Liao;Yongbiao Wang;Stephen Kershaw;Zeting Weng

  • Stromatoporoid palaeobiology and taphonomy in a Silurian biostrome on Gotland, Sweden

    Stephen Kershaw

  • Early Triassic stromatolites in a siliciclastic nearshore setting in northern Perth Basin, Western Australia: Geobiologic features and implications for post-extinction microbial proliferation

    Zhong-Qiang Chen;Yongbiao Wang;Stephen Kershaw;Mao Luo

  • Earliest Triassic microbialites in Çürük Dag, southern Turkey: composition, sequences and controls on formation

    Steve Kershaw;Sylvie Crasquin;Marie-Béatrice Forel;Carine Randon

  • Patterns of stromatoporoid growth in level-bottom environments

    Stephen Kershaw

  • Stromatoporoid-coral intergrowths in a Silurian biostrome

    Stephen Kershaw

  • Stromatoporoid growth form and taxonomy in a Silurian biostrome, Gotland

    Stephen Kershaw

  • Ostracods (Crustacea) and water oxygenation in the earliest Triassic of South China: implications for oceanic events at the end-Permian mass extinction

    M.B. Forel;Sylvie Crasquin;S. Kershaw;Q. Feng

  • Palaeozoic stromatoporoid taphonomy: ecologic and environmental significance

    Stephen Kershaw;Frank R Brunton

  • Permian–Triassic boundary microbialites at Zuodeng Section, Guangxi Province, South China: Geobiology and palaeoceanographic implications

    Yuheng Fang;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Stephen Kershaw;Hao Yang

  • Stromatoporoid-coral intergrowths in a Silurian biostrome

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  • A Transient ElectroMagnetic (TEM) Method Survey in North-Central Coast of Crete, Greece: Evidence of Seawater Intrusion

    Despina Kalisperi;Maria Kouli;Filippos Vallianatos;Pantelis Soupios

  • Molecular records of microbialites following the end-Permian mass extinction in Chongyang, Hubei Province, South China

    Lin Chen;Yongbiao Wang;Shucheng Xie;Stephen Kershaw

  • Microbial response to limited nutrients in shallow water immediately after the end‐Permian mass extinction

    C. Jia;J. Huang;S. Kershaw;G. Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhong-Qiang Chen
Zhong-Qiang Chen China University of Geosciences
Thomas J. Algeo
Thomas J. Algeo University of Cincinnati
Joachim Reitner
Joachim Reitner University of Göttingen
Vincent Regard
Vincent Regard Paul Sabatier University
Joseph Martinod
Joseph Martinod University of Savoy Mont Blanc - Chambery
Lars E. Holmer
Lars E. Holmer Uppsala University
Shucheng Xie
Shucheng Xie China University of Geosciences
Laurent Husson
Laurent Husson Grenoble Alpes University
Rudy Swennen
Rudy Swennen KU Leuven
Maggie Cusack
Maggie Cusack University of Stirling

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