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Earth Science 36 7334 6788 537 512 105 4303

Thomas Tütken publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thomas Tütken between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thomas Tütken published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 6.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2021. 13 of the 173 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2021. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 1 publication 2008: 5 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 8 publications
1999 2025

173 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thomas Tütken: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 0
2002 6
2003 1
2004 2
2005 1
2006 1
2007 1
2008 5
2009 8
2010 8
2011 10
2012 6
2013 5
2014 8
2015 8
2016 5
2017 2
2018 5
2019 12
2020 14
2021 21
2022 17
2023 13
2024 5
2025 8
Total 173
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Thomas Tütken publications per year - data summary

  • Thomas Tütken, a Earth Science scholar from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, has 173 publications recorded across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1999 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 21 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 27 years in the span carry no publications at all (2000 and 2001).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.9 per year counting only the 25 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 64 publications, 37% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1999-2007: 13 publications (1.4 per year); 2008-2016: 63 publications (7.0 per year); 2017-2025: 97 publications (10.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Thomas Tütken 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 Thomas Tütken 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, 98–107 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: 105 publications — 14th percentile

14% 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
98–107 404 105
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
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Thomas Tütken publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Thomas Tütken, a Earth Science scholar from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, records 105 publications - the 14th percentile of the discipline.
  • 14% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Thomas Tütken, and about 86% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Thomas Tütken ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Thomas Tütken 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 Thomas Tütken 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, 36 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: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% 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 36
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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Thomas Tütken D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Thomas Tütken, a Earth Science scholar from Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, records 36 D-Index - the 23rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 23% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Thomas Tütken, and about 77% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Thomas Tütken ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Thomas Tütken is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific contributions spanning subfields such as Ecology, Paleontology, Anthropology, Archeology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including studies on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Marine animal studies overview, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Frequent publication venues for Thomas Tütken include:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Notable recent papers authored by Thomas Tütken cover various aspects of paleoecology and isotope analysis:

  • The turnover of dental microwear texture: Testing the" last supper" effect in small mammals in a controlled feeding experiment, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Zinc isotopes in Late Pleistocene fossil teeth from a Southeast Asian cave setting preserve paleodietary information, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Evidence for the cooking of fish 780,000 years ago at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Nitrogen isotopes in tooth enamel record diet and trophic level enrichment: Results from a controlled feeding experiment, 2020, Chemical Geology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Co-authors with significant joint publications include Daniela Winkler, Marcus Clauß, Jennifer Leichliter, Nicolas Bourgon, and Klervia Jaouen. These collaborations indicate a broad network within fields related to ecology, paleoecology, and isotope geochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr in different environmental samples - Effects of anthropogenic contamination and implications for isoscapes in past migration studies

    Anne-France Maurer;Stephen J.G. Galer;Corina Knipper;Lars Beierlein

  • Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate of the Middle Miocene lake in the Steinheim basin, SW Germany: A reconstruction from C, O, and Sr isotopes of fossil remains

    T. Tütken;T. Tütken;T.W. Vennemann;H. Janz;E.P.J. Heizmann

  • Body temperatures of modern and extinct vertebrates from (13)C-(18)O bond abundances in bioapatite.

    Robert A. Eagle;Edwin A. Schauble;Aradhna K. Tripati;Thomas Tütken

  • Dinosaur Body Temperatures Determined from Isotopic (^(13)C-^(18)O) Ordering in Fossil Biominerals

    Robert A. Eagle;Robert A. Eagle;Thomas Tütken;Taylor S. Martin;Aradhna K. Tripati

  • Effect of organic matrices on the determination of the trace element chemistry (Mg, Sr, Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca) of aragonitic bivalve shells (Arctica islandica)—Comparison of ICP-OES and LA-ICP-MS data

    Bernd R. Schöne;Zengjie Zhang;Dorrit Jacob;David P. Gillikin

  • Glacial–interglacial cycles in Sr and Nd isotopic composition of Arctic marine sediments triggered by the Svalbard/Barents Sea ice sheet

    Thomas Tütken;Anton Eisenhauer;Bettina Wiegand;Bent T Hansen

  • Early diagenesis of bone and tooth apatite in fluvial and marine settings: Constraints from combined oxygen isotope, nitrogen and REE analysis

    T. Tütken;T. Tütken;T.W. Vennemann;H.-U. Pfretzschner

  • Rare earth element systematics of fossil bone revealed by LA-ICPMS analysis

    Daniel Herwartz;Daniel Herwartz;Thomas Tütken;Klaus Peter Jochum;P. Martin Sander

  • Oxygen isotope analysis of human bone phosphate evidences weaning age in archaeological populations

    Kate Britton;Benjamin T. Fuller;Thomas Tütken;Simon Mays

  • Timescales and mechanisms of REE and Hf uptake in fossil bones

    Daniel Herwartz;Thomas Tütken;Carsten Münker;Klaus Peter Jochum

  • Empirical calibration of the clumped isotope paleothermometer using calcites of various origins

    Ulrike Wacker;Jens Fiebig;Julian Tödter;Bernd R. Schöne

  • Grain size separation and sediment mixing in Arctic Ocean sediments: evidence from the strontium isotope systematic

    A. Eisenhauer;H. Meyer;V. Rachold;T. Tütken

  • Niche partitioning between two sympatric genetically distinct cave bears (Ursus spelaeus and Ursus ingressus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) from Austria: Isotopic evidence from fossil bones

    Hervé Bocherens;Mathias Stiller;Keith A. Hobson;Martina Pacher

  • Paleobiology and skeletochronology of Jurassic dinosaurs: implications from the histology and oxygen isotope compositions of bones

    T. Tütken;H.-U. Pfretzschner;T.W. Vennemann;G. Sun

  • Late Quaternary vegetation and environments in the Verkhoyansk Mountains region (NE Asia) reconstructed from a 50-kyr fossil pollen record from Lake Billyakh

    Stefanie Müller;Pavel E. Tarasov;Andrei A. Andreev;Thomas Tütken

  • Stable isotope compositions of mammoth teeth from Niederweningen, Switzerland: Implications for the Late Pleistocene climate, environment, and diet

    Thomas Tütken;Heinz Furrer;Torsten Walter Vennemann

  • Fossil bones and teeth: Preservation or alteration of biogenic compositions?

    Thomas Tütken;Torsten W. Vennemann

  • Nd and Sr isotope compositions in modern and fossil bones – Proxies for vertebrate provenance and taphonomy

    Thomas Tütken;Torsten W. Vennemann;Hans-U. Pfretzschner

  • Stable isotope ecology of Miocene large mammals from Sandelzhausen, southern Germany

    Thomas Tütken;Thomas Tütken;Torsten Vennemann

  • Oxygen and carbon isotope variations in a modern rodent community - implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.

    Alexander Gehler;Thomas Tütken;Andreas Pack

  • Isotopic ordering in eggshells reflects body temperatures and suggests differing thermophysiology in two Cretaceous dinosaurs

    Robert A. Eagle;Marcus Enriquez;Gerald Grellet-Tinner;Alberto Pérez-Huerta

  • Constraints on Miocene oceanography and climate in the Western and Central Paratethys: O-, Sr-, and Nd-isotope compositions of marine fish and mammal remains

    László Kocsis;Torsten W. Vennemann;Ernst Hegner;Denis Fontignie

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Clauss
Marcus Clauss University of Zurich
Torsten Vennemann
Torsten Vennemann University of Lausanne
Daryl Codron
Daryl Codron University of the Free State
Jürgen Hummel
Jürgen Hummel University of Göttingen
Andrei Andreev
Andrei Andreev Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Michael M. Joachimski
Michael M. Joachimski University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Pavel E. Tarasov
Pavel E. Tarasov Freie Universität Berlin
Klaus Peter Jochum
Klaus Peter Jochum Max Planck Society
Bernhard Diekmann
Bernhard Diekmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Bernd R. Schöne
Bernd R. Schöne Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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