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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 45 4463 4105 1719 1526 196 7415

Timothy F. Lawton publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Timothy F. Lawton between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Timothy F. Lawton published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 4.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2020. 11 of the 213 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2020. 1982: 2 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 0 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 8 publications
1982 2025

213 publications in total across all disciplines

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Timothy F. Lawton: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 2
1983 2
1984 0
1985 3
1986 4
1987 2
1988 0
1989 1
1990 3
1991 3
1992 1
1993 1
1994 3
1995 6
1996 0
1997 2
1998 2
1999 6
2000 8
2001 5
2002 4
2003 4
2004 5
2005 6
2006 1
2007 0
2008 3
2009 6
2010 5
2011 10
2012 10
2013 2
2014 4
2015 9
2016 9
2017 12
2018 8
2019 7
2020 16
2021 12
2022 7
2023 8
2024 3
2025 8
Total 213
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Timothy F. Lawton 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 Timothy F. Lawton 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, 188–197 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: 196 publications — 61st percentile

61% 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
188–197 401 196
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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Timothy F. Lawton 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 Timothy F. Lawton 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, 45 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: 45 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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 45
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Timothy F. Lawton is a researcher affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their work is predominantly situated within the Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications in geoscience, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Atmospheric Science. Over their career, they have contributed extensively to topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Lawton has published research in several notable academic outlets. Frequent publication venues include: Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Geosphere, Basin Research, Geological Society of America Bulletin, and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

They have authored papers such as:

  • Late Paleozoic (Late Mississippian-Middle Permian) sediment provenance and dispersal in western equatorial Pangea, 2021, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Transition from Late Jurassic rifting to middle Cretaceous dynamic foreland, southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Orogen proximal sedimentation in the Permian foreland basin, 2020, Geosphere
  • Reconstructing source-to-sink systems from detrital zircon core and rim ages, 2022, Geology
  • Tectonic controls on the evolution of mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems: Insights from the late Palaeozoic Ouachita-Marathon Foreland, United States, 2021, Basin Research

Lawton's collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Daniel F. Stöckli, María Isabel Sierra-Rojas, Edgar Juárez-Arriaga, Luigi Solari, and Katherine A. Giles.

In addition to journal articles, Lawton has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Springer International Publishing titled La Popa Basin, Nuevo León and Coahuila, Mexico in 2021.

The researcher has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. Their research intersects multiple subfields and disciplines, demonstrating a broad approach to studying geological processes, tectonic evolution, sediment provenance, and paleoclimatic conditions.

Best Publications

  • Carboniferous to Cretaceous assembly and fragmentation of Mexico

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton

  • Patterns and Timing of Synorogenic Sedimentation in Upper Cretaceous Rocks of Central and Northeast Utah

    T. D. Fouch;T. F. Lawton;D. J. Nichols;W. B. Cashion

  • Time of initial thrusting in the Sevier orogenic belt, Idaho-Wyoming and Utah

    P. L. Heller;S. S. Bowdler;H. P. Chambers;J. C. Coogan

  • Near-salt deformation in La Popa basin, Mexico, and the northern Gulf of Mexico: A general model for passive diapirism

    Mark G. Rowan;Timothy F. Lawton;Katherine A. Giles;Robert A. Ratliff

  • The Cretaceous-Paleogene Mexican orogen: Structure, basin development, magmatism and tectonics

    Elisa Fitz-Díaz;Timothy F. Lawton;Edgar Juárez-Arriaga;Gabriel Chávez-Cabello

  • Halokinetic sequence stratigraphy adjacent to the El Papalote diapir, northeastern Mexico

    Katherine A. Giles;Timothy F. Lawton

  • Thrust timing, growth of structural culminations, and synorogenic sedimentation in the type Sevier orogenic belt, western United States

    Peter G. DeCelles;Timothy F. Lawton;Gautam Mitra

  • Estimation of source area, river paleo-discharge, paleoslope, and sediment budgets of linked deep-time depositional systems and implications for hydrocarbon potential

    Janok P. Bhattacharya;Peter Copeland;Timothy F. Lawton;John Holbrook

  • Tectonic Setting of Mesozoic Sedimentary Basins, Rocky Mountain Region, United States

    Timothy F. Lawton

  • Location, location, location: The variable lifespan of the Laramide orogeny

    Peter Copeland;Claire A. Currie;Timothy F. Lawton;Michael A. Murphy

  • Sequential intercontinental suturing as the ultimate control for Pennsylvanian Ancestral Rocky Mountains deformation

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton

  • Arc abandonment as a cause for passive continental rifting: Comparison of the Jurassic Mexican Borderland rift and the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift

    Timothy F. Lawton;Nancy J. McMillan

  • Tectonic setting and sandstone petrofacies of the Bisbee basin(USA–Mexico)

    William R Dickinson;Timothy F Lawton

  • Sandstone Detrital Modes, Central Utah Foreland Region: Stratigraphic Record of Cretaceous-Paleogene Tectonic Evolution

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton;Kerry F. Inman

  • Provenance of Upper Cretaceous–Paleogene sandstones in the foreland basin system of the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeastern Mexico, and its bearing on fluvial dispersal systems of the Mexican Laramide Province

    Timothy F. Lawton;Ira A. Bradford;Francisco J. Vega;George E. Gehrels

  • Recycling detrital zircons: A case study from the Cretaceous Bisbee Group of southern Arizona

    William R. Dickinson;Timothy F. Lawton;George E. Gehrels

  • Style and Timing of Frontal Structures, Thrust Belt, Central Utah

    Timothy F. Lawton

  • Integrating Sandstone Petrology and Nonmarine Sequence Stratigraphy: Application to the Late Cretaceous Fluvial Systems of Southwestern Utah, U.S.A.

    Timothy F. Lawton;S. L. Pollock;R. A. J. Robinson

  • Stratigraphy and origin of the La Popa Basin, Nuevo León and Coahuila, Mexico

    Timothy F. Lawton;Katherine A. Giles;Francisco J. Vega;Carmen Rosales-Domínguez

  • Influence of inherited taper on structural variability and conglomerate distribution, Cordilleran fold and thrust belt, western United States

    Timothy F. Lawton;Steven E. Boyer;James G. Schmitt

  • Mesozoic sedimentary and tectonic history of north-central Mexico

    Claudio Bartolini;James Lee Wilson;Timothy Frost Lawton

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark G. Rowan
Mark G. Rowan University of Colorado Boulder
William R. Dickinson
William R. Dickinson University of Arizona
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Luigi Augusto Solari
Luigi Augusto Solari National Autonomous University of Mexico
Peter Copeland
Peter Copeland University of Houston
Daniel F. Stockli
Daniel F. Stockli The University of Texas at Austin
Gautam Mitra
Gautam Mitra University of Rochester
Spencer G. Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Peter G. DeCelles
Peter G. DeCelles University of Arizona
Douglas W. Burbank
Douglas W. Burbank University of California, Santa Barbara

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