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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 76 688 607 16 16 529 16893

Thierry Adatte publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thierry Adatte between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thierry Adatte published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 19 papers a year. Output peaked at 58 publications in 2023. 71 of the 666 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 58. Peak 58 publications in 2023. 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 9 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 5 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 29 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 27 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 29 publications 2019: 37 publications 2020: 49 publications 2021: 39 publications 2022: 30 publications 2023: 58 publications 2024: 33 publications 2025: 38 publications
1991 2025

666 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thierry Adatte: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 2
1992 1
1993 3
1994 9
1995 1
1996 5
1997 4
1998 7
1999 6
2000 7
2001 11
2002 13
2003 29
2004 8
2005 9
2006 8
2007 11
2008 17
2009 18
2010 27
2011 17
2012 21
2013 20
2014 16
2015 27
2016 24
2017 32
2018 29
2019 37
2020 49
2021 39
2022 30
2023 58
2024 33
2025 38
Total 666
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Thierry Adatte 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 Thierry Adatte 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, 528–537 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: 529 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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 10 529
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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Thierry Adatte 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 Thierry Adatte 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, 76 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: 76 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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 76
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

Thierry Adatte is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output includes 228 publications in this field, with extensive contributions to subfields such as Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The research topics covered by Thierry Adatte extend across various domains including Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, and Geological Formations and Processes.

Thierry Adatte's work has been published frequently in several scientific venues. Some of the prominent journals and publication platforms include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Climate of the past
  • Geology

The scientist has authored and coauthored several recent papers of note, reflecting a focus on geochemical proxies, volcanism-related studies, and paleoenvironmental changes. Selected recent publications include:

  • Mercury linked to Deccan Traps volcanism, climate change and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction (2020), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • U-Pb zircon age constraints on the earliest eruptions of the Deccan Large Igneous Province, Malwa Plateau, India (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Effect of Intense Weathering and Postdepositional Degradation of Organic Matter on Hg/TOC Proxy in Organic-rich Sediments and its Implications for Deep-Time Investigations (2020), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Hydroclimatic vulnerability of peat carbon in the central Congo Basin (2022), published in Nature
  • Mercury enrichments of the Pyrenean foreland basins sediments support enhanced volcanism during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) (2022), published in Global and Planetary Change

Thierry Adatte has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, with numerous joint publications documented. Frequent collaborators include Jorge E. Spangenberg, Gerta Keller, Sébastien Castelltort, Nicolas Thibault, and Torsten Vennemann.

Best Publications

  • U-Pb geochronology of the Deccan Traps and relation to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Blair Schoene;Kyle M. Samperton;Michael P. Eddy;Gerta Keller

  • U-Pb constraints on pulsed eruption of the Deccan Traps across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Blair Schoene;Michael P. Eddy;Kyle M. Samperton;C. Brenhin Keller

  • Phosphorus and the roles of productivity and nutrient recycling during oceanic anoxic event 2

    Haydon P. Mort;Thierry Adatte;Karl B. Föllmi;Gerta Keller

  • Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene climate and sea-level fluctuations: the Tunisian record

    Thierry Adatte;Gerta Keller;Wolfgang Stinnesbeck

  • The Cenomanian/Turonian anoxic event at the Bonarelli Level in Italy and Spain: enhanced productivity and/or better preservation?

    Haydon Mort;Olivier Jacquat;Thierry Adatte;Philip Steinmann

  • Main Deccan volcanism phase ends near the K-T boundary: Evidence from the Krishna-Godavari Basin, SE India

    G. Keller;T. Adatte;S. Gardin;A. Bartolini

  • Palaeoenvironment of the Cenomanian–Turonian transition at Eastbourne, England

    Gerta Keller;Qi Han;Thierry Adatte;Stephen J. Burns

  • Polar record of Early Jurassic massive carbon injection

    Guillaume Suan;Guillaume Suan;Boris L. Nikitenko;Mikhail A. Rogov;François Baudin

  • Yucatán subsurface stratigraphy: Implications and constraints for the Chicxulub impact

    W. C. Ward;Gerta Keller;W. Stinnesbeck;T. Adatte

  • Erosion by an Alpine glacier.

    Frédéric Herman;Olivier Beyssac;Mattia Brughelli;Stuart N. Lane

  • Multiple impacts across the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary

    G. Keller;W. Stinnesbeck;T. Adatte;D. Stüben

  • Continental weathering and redox conditions during the early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the northwestern Tethys: Insight from the Posidonia Shale section in the Swiss Jura Mountains

    Jean-Carlos Montero-Serrano;Jean-Carlos Montero-Serrano;Jean-Carlos Montero-Serrano;Karl B. Föllmi;Thierry Adatte;Jorge E. Spangenberg

  • Late Cretaceous sea‐level changes in Tunisia: a multi‐disciplinary approach

    Liangquan Li;Gerta Keller;Thierry Adatte;Wolfgang Stinnesbeck

  • K-T transition in Deccan traps of central India marks major marine seaway across India

    G. Keller;T. Adatte;S. Bajpai;D.M. Mohabey

  • Mercury anomaly, Deccan volcanism, and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Eric Font;Thierry Adatte;Alcides Nobrega Sial;Luiz Drude de Lacerda

  • Maastrichtian to Paleocene depositional environment of the Dakhla Formation, Western Desert, Egypt: sedimentology, mineralogy, and integrated micro- and macrofossil biostratigraphies

    A.A. Tantawy;G. Keller;T. Adatte;W. Stinnesbeck

  • Lithostratigraphic and mineralogic correlations of near K/T boundary clastic sediments in northeastern Mexico: Implications for origin and nature of deposition

    Thierry Adatte;Wolfgang Stinnesbeck;Gerta Keller

  • Chicxulub impact predates the K-T boundary mass extinction

    Gerta Keller;Thierry Adatte;Wolfgang Stinnesbeck;Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra

  • Investigating the history of East Asian monsoon and climate during the last glacial-interglacial period (0-140 000 years): Mineralogy and geochemistry of ODP Sites 1143 and 1144, South China Sea

    F. Tamburini;T. Adatte;K. Föllmi;S.M. Bernasconi

  • Palaeocene-early Eocene climatic evolution in the Tethyan realm: clay mineral evidence

    M.-P. Bolle;T. Adatte

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerta Keller
Gerta Keller Princeton University
Jorge E. Spangenberg
Jorge E. Spangenberg University of Lausanne
Karl B. Föllmi
Karl B. Föllmi University of Lausanne
Wolfgang Stinnesbeck
Wolfgang Stinnesbeck Heidelberg University
Zsolt Berner
Zsolt Berner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Blair Schoene
Blair Schoene Princeton University
Doris Stüben
Doris Stüben Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Dominik Fleitmann
Dominik Fleitmann University of Basel
Emanuela Mattioli
Emanuela Mattioli Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Michel Magny
Michel Magny Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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