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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 72 845 746 401 344 374 20301

Timothy J. Bralower publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Timothy J. Bralower between 1982 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Timothy J. Bralower published across 45 years, from 1982 to 2026, averaging 8.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2005. 5 of the 400 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2005. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 5 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 13 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 18 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 30 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 29 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 4 publications 2026: 1 publication
1982 2026

400 publications in total across all disciplines

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Timothy J. Bralower: publications per year, 1982 to 2026
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 1
1985 0
1986 0
1987 4
1988 1
1989 5
1990 7
1991 7
1992 13
1993 0
1994 2
1995 9
1996 3
1997 11
1998 8
1999 7
2000 18
2001 4
2002 16
2003 20
2004 6
2005 30
2006 17
2007 6
2008 16
2009 4
2010 11
2011 2
2012 3
2013 7
2014 6
2015 5
2016 14
2017 27
2018 29
2019 24
2020 16
2021 23
2022 5
2023 2
2024 5
2025 4
2026 1
Total 400
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Timothy J. Bralower 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 J. Bralower 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, 368–377 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: 374 publications — 93rd percentile

93% 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 60 374
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 J. Bralower 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 J. Bralower 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, 72 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: 72 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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 72
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

Timothy J. Bralower is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Paleontology, and Geophysics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Timothy J. Bralower has contributed multiple recent research papers in significant scientific journals. Some of these include:

  • "On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary," 2020, Science
  • "Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater," 2020, Science Advances
  • "A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Organic matter from the Chicxulub crater exacerbated the K-Pg impact winter," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their field. Frequent collaborators include Ursula Röhl, Xenia Golovchenko, Bruno Galbrun, S. P. S. Gulick, and Christopher M. Lowery.

Their research outputs are published in a variety of venues, with prominent ones being:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

    Peter Schulte;Laia Alegret;Ignacio Arenillas;José A. Arz

  • Oceanic anoxic events and plankton evolution: Biotic response to tectonic forcing during the mid-Cretaceous

    R. Mark Leckie;Timothy J. Bralower;Richard Cashman

  • A Transient Rise in Tropical Sea Surface Temperature During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

    James C. Zachos;Michael W. Wara;Steven Bohaty;Margaret L. Delaney

  • On the duration of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM)

    Ursula Röhl;Thomas Westerhold;Timothy J. Bralower;James C. Zachos

  • Extreme warming of mid-latitude coastal ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Inferences from TEX86 and isotope data

    J.C. Zachos;S. Schouten;S. Bohaty;T. Quattlebaum

  • Warming the fuel for the fire: Evidence for the thermal dissociation of methane hydrate during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

    Deborah J. Thomas;James C. Zachos;Timothy J. Bralower;Ellen Thomas

  • New chronology for the late Paleocene thermal maximum and its environmental implications

    U. Röhl;T.J. Bralower;R.D. Norris;G. Wefer

  • Evidence of surface water oligotrophy during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: Nannofossil assemblage data from Ocean Drilling Program Site 690, Maud Rise, Weddell Sea

    Timothy J. Bralower

  • Rapid diversification of planktonic foraminifera in the tropical Pacific (ODP Site 865) during the late Paleocene thermal maximum

    D. Clay Kelly;Timothy J. Bralower;James C. Zachos;Isabella Premoli Silva

  • Timing and Paleoceanography of Oceanic Dysoxia/Anoxia in the Late Barremian to Early Aptian (Early Cretaceous)

    Timothy J. Bralower;Michael A. Arthur;R. Mark Leckie;William V. Sliter

  • Low productivity and slow deep-water circulation in mid-Cretaceous oceans

    Timothy J. Bralower;Hans R. Thierstein

  • On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

    Pincelli M. Hull;André Bornemann;Donald E. Penman;Michael J. Henehan;Michael J. Henehan

  • Calcareous nannofossil zonation of the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary interval and correlation with the geomagnetic polarity timescale

    Timothy J. Bralower;Simonetta Monechi;Hans R. Thierstein

  • Late Paleocene to Eocene paleoceanography of the equatorial Pacific Ocean: Stable isotopes recorded at Ocean Drilling Program Site 865, Allison Guyot

    Timothy J. Bralower;James C. Zachos;Ellen Thomas;Matthew Parrow

  • An Integrated Cretaceous Microfossil Biostratigraphy

    Timothy J. Bralower;R. Mark Leckie;William V. Sliter;Hans R. Thierstein

  • Trace element abundances in the Rock Canyon Anticline, Pueblo, Colorado, marine sedimentary section and their relationship to Caribbean plateau construction and oxygen anoxic event 2

    Laura J. Snow;Laura J. Snow;Robert A. Duncan;Timothy J. Bralower

  • The record of global change in mid-Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian) sections from the Sierra Madre, Northeastern Mexico

    Timothy J. Bralower;Emily CoBabe;Bradford Clement;William V. Sliter

  • High-resolution records of the late Paleocene thermal maximum and circum-Caribbean volcanism: is there a causal link?

    T. J. Bralower;D. J. Thomas;J. C. Zachos;Marc M Hirschmann

  • North American continental margin records of the Paleocene‐Eocene thermal maximum: Implications for global carbon and hydrological cycling

    Cédric M. John;Steven M. Bohaty;James C. Zachos;Appy Sluijs

  • Glass from the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in Haiti

    Haraldur Sigurdsson;Steven D'Hondt;Michael A. Arthur;Timothy J. Bralower

  • Mid-Cretaceous strontium-isotope stratigraphy of deep-sea sections

    T. J. Bralower;P. D. Fullagar;C. K. Paull;G. S. Dwyer

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Joanna Morgan
Joanna Morgan Imperial College London
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
Charles S. Cockell
Charles S. Cockell University of Edinburgh
David A. Kring
David A. Kring Lunar and Planetary Institute
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Kazuhisa Goto
Kazuhisa Goto University of Tokyo
Lee R. Kump
Lee R. Kump Pennsylvania State University
Marco J. L. Coolen
Marco J. L. Coolen Curtin University
Paul R. Bown
Paul R. Bown University College London

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