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Werner E. Piller

Werner E. Piller

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Earth Science
Austria
2023

Werner E. Piller 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 Werner E. Piller sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Werner E. Piller 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 Werner E. Piller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Werner E. Piller is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Oceanography, Geophysics, and Ecology.

The scientist's major research topics cover Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological Formations and Processes Exploration, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Marine and Environmental Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geological formations and processes, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Piller's recent publications include:

  • Miocene lithostratigraphy of the northern and central Vienna Basin (Austria), 2020, Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geologischen Gesellschaft/Austrian journal of earth sciences
  • Calculating dissolved marine oxygen values based on an enhanced Benthic Foraminifera Oxygen Index, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Early and middle Miocene paleobathymetry of the Vienna Basin (Austria), 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Development of early calcareous nannoplankton in the late Triassic (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria), 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • Nanocrystals as phenotypic expression of genotypes-An example in coralline red algae, 2020, Science Advances

Notable frequent coauthors in their collaborative work include Mathias Harzhauser, Gerald Auer, Matthias Kranner, Marie-Pierre Aubry, and Oleg Mandić.

Piller's work has been published notably in venues such as Episodes, Newsletters on Stratigraphy, Climate of the Past, Global and Planetary Change, and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften eBooks titled Catalogus Fossilium Austriae Band 5: Dinoflagellata oligocaenica - miocaenica, expected in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Benchmark data of a changing sea — Palaeogeography, Palaeobiogeography and events in the Central Paratethys during the Miocene

    Mathias Harzhauser;Werner E. Piller

  • Miocene Central Paratethys stratigraphy - current status and future directions

    Werner E. Piller;Mathias Harzhauser;Oleg Mandic

  • Possible refugia for reefs in times of environmental stress

    Bernhard Riegl;Bernhard Riegl;Werner Piller

  • Biogeographic responses to geodynamics: A key study all around the Oligo–Miocene Tethyan Seaway ☆

    Mathias Harzhauser;Andreas Kroh;Oleg Mandic;Werner E. Piller

  • Circum-Mediterranean Oligo-Miocene biogeographic evolution - the gastropods' point of view

    Mathias Harzhauser;Werner E Piller;Fritz F Steininger

  • The Oligo-/Miocene Qom Formation (Iran): evidence for an early Burdigalian restriction of the Tethyan Seaway and closure of its Iranian gateways

    Markus Reuter;W. E. Piller;M. Harzhauser;O. Mandic

  • Integrated stratigraphy of the Sarmatian (Upper Middle Miocene) in the western Central Paratethys

    Mathias Harzhauser;Werner E. Piller

  • The myth of the brackish Sarmatian Sea

    Werner E. Piller;Mathias Harzhauser

  • Geomorphology of the Southeast Florida continental reef tract (Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, USA)

    K. W. Banks;B. M. Riegl;E. A. Shinn;W. E. Piller

  • An integrated stratigraphy of the Pannonian (Late Miocene) in the Vienna Basin

    Vienna Basin;Mathias Harzhauser;Gudrun Daxner-Höck;Werner E. Piller

  • Coral frameworks revisited+reefs and coral carpets in the northern Red Sea

    Bernhard Riegl;Werner Piller

  • Biostromal Coral Facies—A Miocene Example from the Leitha Limestone (Austria) and its Actualistic Interpretation

    Bernhard Riegl;Werner E. Piller

  • Crustose algal frameworks from the Eocene Alpine Foreland

    Michael W Rasser;Werner E Piller

  • Ontogeny and habitat change in Mesozoic cephalopods revealed by stable isotopes (δ18O, δ13C)

    Alexander Lukeneder;Mathias Harzhauser;Stefan Müllegger;Werner E. Piller

  • Benthic foraminiferal associations in the Northern Bay of Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt

    Thomas G. Haunold;Christian Baal;Werner E. Piller

  • Introductory perspective on the COREF Project

    Yasufumi Iryu;Hiroki Matsuda;Hideaki Machiyama;Werner E. Piller

  • Application of neontological taxonomic concepts to Late Eocene coralline algae (Rhodophyta) of the Austrian Molasse Zone

    Michael W. Rasser;Werner E. Piller

  • The stable isotope archive of Lake Pannon as a mirror of Late Miocene climate change

    Mathias Harzhauser;Christine Latal;Werner E. Piller

  • Late Miocene sedimentary environments in south-western Amazonia (Solimões Formation; Brazil).

    Martin Gross;Werner E. Piller;Maria Ines Ramos;Jackson Douglas da Silva Paz

  • Molecular phylogeny of large miliolid foraminifera (Soritacea Ehrenberg 1839)

    M. Holzmann;J. Hohenegger;P. Hallock;W.E. Piller

  • Rhodolith formation induced by reef erosion in the Red Sea, Egypt

    W. E. Piller;M. Rasser

  • The impact of transport processes on rare earth element patterns in marine authigenic and biogenic phosphates

    Gerald Auer;Markus Reuter;Christoph A. Hauzenberger;Werner E. Piller

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathias Harzhauser
Mathias Harzhauser Natural History Museum Vienna
Andreas Kroh
Andreas Kroh Natural History Museum Vienna
Bernhard Riegl
Bernhard Riegl Nova Southeastern University
Oleg Mandic
Oleg Mandic Natural History Museum Vienna
Sylvain Richoz
Sylvain Richoz Lund University
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Martin Zuschin
Martin Zuschin University of Vienna
José-Abel Flores
José-Abel Flores University of Salamanca
Terrence M. Quinn
Terrence M. Quinn The University of Texas at Austin
Leopold Krystyn
Leopold Krystyn University of Vienna

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