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Stephen L. Brusatte

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
10960
World Ranking
12116
National Ranking
935

Stephen L. Brusatte publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 246 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Stephen L. Brusatte D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen L. Brusatte sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stephen L. Brusatte is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. The primary focus of their research spans Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, Brusatte concentrates on subfields including Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and broader Ecology topics.

The scientist's research covers several main topics such as Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Brusatte has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent outputs in the following venues:

  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Current Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Royal Society Open Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brusatte include:

  • Potential for Powered Flight Neared by Most Close Avialan Relatives, but Few Crossed Its Thresholds (2020) - Current Biology
  • Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity (2020) - Biology Letters
  • Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water (2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution (2020) - PeerJ
  • Brawn before brains in placental mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction (2022) - Science

Brusatte has worked collaboratively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Thomas E. Williamson
  • Mark T. Young
  • Carlos Roberto dos Anjos Candeiro
  • Julia A. Schwab
  • Lawrence M. Witmer

Best Publications

  • Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Michael J. Benton;Marcello Ruta;Graeme T. Lloyd

  • The origin and early radiation of dinosaurs

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Sterling J. Nesbitt;Randall B. Irmis;Richard J. Butler

  • Gradual Assembly of Avian Body Plan Culminated in Rapid Rates of Evolution across the Dinosaur-Bird Transition

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Graeme T. Lloyd;Steve C. Wang;Mark A. Norell

  • The Origin and Diversification of Birds

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Jingmai K. O’Connor;Erich D. Jarvis;Erich D. Jarvis

  • Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago

    Zoltán Csiki-Sava;Eric Buffetaut;Attila Ősi;Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola

  • The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Michael J. Benton;Julia B. Desojo;Max C. Langer

  • The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (mesoeucrocodylia, thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometric morphometrics, analysis of disparity, and biomechanics

    Mark T. Young;Mark T. Young;Stephen L. Brusatte;Marcello Ruta;Marco Brandalise De Andrade

  • Tyrannosaur Paleobiology: New Research on Ancient Exemplar Organisms

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Stephen L. Brusatte;Mark A. Norell;Thomas D. Carr;Gregory M. Erickson;Gregory M. Erickson

  • Basal Abelisaurid and Carcharodontosaurid Theropods from the Lower Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation of Niger

    Paul C. Sereno;Stephen L. Brusatte

  • The extinction of the dinosaurs

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Richard J. Butler;Paul M. Barrett;Matthew T. Carrano

  • The phylogeny and evolutionary history of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs.

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Thomas D. Carr

  • The first 50 Myr of dinosaur evolution: macroevolutionary pattern and morphological disparity

    Stephen L Brusatte;Michael J Benton;Marcello Ruta;Graeme T Lloyd

  • The osteology of Neovenator salerii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Wealden Group (Barremian) of the Isle of Wight

    Stephen Brusatte;Rbj Benson;S Hutt

  • The Sail-Backed Reptile Ctenosauriscus from the Latest Early Triassic of Germany and the Timing and Biogeography of the Early Archosaur Radiation

    Richard J. Butler;Stephen L. Brusatte;Stephen L. Brusatte;Mike Reich;Sterling J. Nesbitt

  • Identifying Heterogeneity In Rates Of Morphological Evolution: Discrete Character Change In The Evolution Of Lungfish (Sarcopterygii; Dipnoi)

    Graeme T. Lloyd;Steve C. Wang;Stephen L. Brusatte;Stephen L. Brusatte

  • Footprints pull origin and diversification of dinosaur stem lineage deep into Early Triassic.

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki;Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki;Richard J. Butler

  • The Osteology of Alioramus, A Gracile and Long-Snouted Tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Thomas D. Carr;Mark A. Norell

  • The Cranial Osteology and Feeding Ecology of the Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph Genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe

    Mark T. Young;Stephen L. Brusatte;Stephen L. Brusatte;Marco Brandalise de Andrade;Julia Brenda Desojo

  • Untangling the dinosaur family tree

    Max C. Langer;Martin Daniel Ezcurra;Oliver Walter Mischa Rauhut;Michael J. Benton

  • The evolution of cranial form and function in theropod dinosaurs: insights from geometric morphometrics

    S.L. Brusatte;S.L. Brusatte;Manabu Sakamoto;S. Montanari;W.E.H. Harcourt Smith;W.E.H. Harcourt Smith

  • How do geological sampling biases affect studies of morphological evolution in deep time?: A case study of pterosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) disparity

    Richard J. Butler;Stephen L. Brusatte;Stephen L. Brusatte;Brian Andres;Roger B. J. Benson

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Norell
Mark A. Norell American Museum of Natural History
Richard J. Butler
Richard J. Butler University of Birmingham
Roger B. J. Benson
Roger B. J. Benson University of Oxford
Xing Xu
Xing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gareth J. Dyke
Gareth J. Dyke University of Debrecen
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Ian B. Butler
Ian B. Butler University of Edinburgh
Octávio Mateus
Octávio Mateus Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Martín D. Ezcurra
Martín D. Ezcurra University of Birmingham
Sterling J. Nesbitt
Sterling J. Nesbitt Virginia Tech

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