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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 49 3586 3283 250 233 235 9393

Xavier Crosta publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xavier Crosta between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xavier Crosta published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 9.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2020. 15 of the 264 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2020. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 5 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 5 publications
1997 2025

264 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xavier Crosta: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 2
1999 0
2000 0
2001 1
2002 3
2003 1
2004 5
2005 15
2006 2
2007 10
2008 2
2009 13
2010 13
2011 8
2012 10
2013 22
2014 5
2015 9
2016 18
2017 8
2018 8
2019 22
2020 27
2021 21
2022 14
2023 9
2024 10
2025 5
Total 264
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Xavier Crosta 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 Xavier Crosta 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, 228–237 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: 235 publications — 74th percentile

74% 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
228–237 262 235
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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Xavier Crosta 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 Xavier Crosta 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, 49 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: 49 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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 49
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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Overview

Xavier Crosta is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and has published extensively in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses on areas such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work often centers on topics including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Marine and environmental studies

They have contributed to numerous scientific papers, with recent publications including:

  • "Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Multi-decadal trends in Antarctic sea-ice extent driven by ENSO-SAM over the last 2,000 years," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "Antarctic sea-ice and palaeoproductivity variation over the last 156,000 years in the Indian sector of Southern Ocean," 2020, Marine Micropaleontology
  • "Impact of Southern Ocean surface conditions on deep ocean circulation during the LGM: a model analysis," 2021, Climate of the past
  • "Antarctic sea ice over the past 130,000 years - Part 1: a review of what proxy records tell us," 2022, Climate of the past

Their frequent co-authors include Johan Étourneau, Minoru Ikehara, Sunil Kumar Shukla, Matthieu Civel-Mazens, and Giuseppe Cortese.

Publication venues where Xavier Crosta has frequently published are:

  • Marine Micropaleontology (9 publications)
  • Climate of the past (8 publications)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research) (7 publications)
  • Nature Geoscience (3 publications)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Sea-surface temperature and sea ice distribution of the Southern Ocean at the EPILOG Last Glacial Maximum—a circum-Antarctic view based on siliceous microfossil records

    Rainer Gersonde;Xavier Crosta;Andrea Abelmann;Leanne K Armand

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • Global characterization of the Holocene Thermal Maximum

    Hans Renssen;Heikki Seppä;Xavier Crosta;Hugues Goosse

  • Assessing recent trends in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere surface climate

    Julie M. Jones;Sarah T. Gille;Hugues Goosse;Nerilie J. Abram

  • The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean sediments

    Leanne K. Armand;Xavier Crosta;Oscar Romero;Jean-Jacques Pichon

  • A community-based geological reconstruction of Antarctic Ice Sheet deglaciation since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Michael J Bentley;Colm Ó Cofaigh;John B Anderson;Howard Conway

  • The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean sediments: 2. Open ocean related species

    Xavier Crosta;Oscar E Romero;Leanne K Armand;Jean-Jacques Pichon

  • Abrupt Cooling of Antarctic Surface Waters and Sea Ice Expansion in the South Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean at 5000 cal yr B.P.

    David A. Hodell;Sharon L. Kanfoush;Aldo Shemesh;Xavier Crosta

  • Application of modern analog technique to marine Antarctic diatoms: Reconstruction of maximum sea-ice extent at the Last Glacial Maximum

    X. Crosta;J.-J. Pichon;L. H. Burckle

  • Late Quaternary sea ice history in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean as recorded by diatom assemblages

    Xavier Crosta;Arne Sturm;Leanne Armand;Jean Jacques Pichon

  • Retreat history of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Andrew N. Mackintosh;Elie Verleyen;Philip E. O'Brien;Duanne A. White

  • Evidence from wavelet analysis for a mid-Holocene transition in global climate forcing

    M. Debret;D. Sebag;X. Crosta;N. Massei

  • African humid periods triggered the reactivation of a large river system in Western Sahara

    Charlotte Skonieczny;P. Paillou;A. Bory;Germain Bayon;Germain Bayon

  • Sequence of events during the last deglaciation in Southern Ocean sediments and Antarctic ice cores

    A. Shemesh;D. Hodell;X. Crosta;S. Kanfoush;S. Kanfoush

  • Holocene climate in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean: Controlled by insolation or oceanic circulation?

    Simon H.H. Nielsen;Nalân Koç;Xavier Crosta

  • Distribution of Chaetoceros resting spores in modern peri-Antarctic sediments

    Xavier Crosta;Jean-Jacques Pichon;Monique Labracherie

  • Holocene climate variations in the western Antarctic Peninsula: evidence for sea ice extent predominantly controlled by changes in insolation and ENSO variability

    Johan Etourneau;Lewis G. Collins;V. Willmott;J.-H. Kim

  • Reappraisal of Antarctic seasonal sea-ice at the Last Glacial Maximum

    Xavier Crosta;Jean-Jacques Pichon;Lloyd H. Burckle

  • Highly branched isoprenoids as proxies for variable sea ice conditions in the Southern Ocean

    Guillaume Massé;Simon T. Belt;Xavier Crosta;Sabine Schmidt

  • The biogeography of major diatom taxa in Southern Ocean surface sediments: 3. Tropical/Subtropical species

    Oscar E Romero;Leanne K Armand;Xavier Crosta;Jean-Jacques Pichon

  • Relationship between Antarctic sea ice and southwest African climate during the late Quaternary

    Jan Berend W. Stuut;Xavier Crosta;Klaas van der Borg;Ralph Schneider

  • Holocene subsurface temperature variability in the eastern Antarctic continental margin

    Jung-Hyun Kim;Xavier Crosta;Veronica Willmott;Hans Renssen

  • Antarctic Sea Ice Proxies from Marine and Ice Core Archives Suitable for Reconstructing Sea Ice over the past 2000 Years

    Elizabeth R. Thomas;Claire S. Allen;Johan Etourneau;Amy C. F. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Sabine Schmidt
Sabine Schmidt University of Bordeaux
Hans Renssen
Hans Renssen University of South-Eastern Norway
Leanne K. Armand
Leanne K. Armand Macquarie University
Didier M. Roche
Didier M. Roche Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Hugues Goosse
Hugues Goosse Université Catholique de Louvain
Raja S. Ganeshram
Raja S. Ganeshram University of Edinburgh
Barbara Stenni
Barbara Stenni Ca Foscari University of Venice
Samuel L. Jaccard
Samuel L. Jaccard University of Lausanne
Alain Mazaud
Alain Mazaud Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Amy Leventer
Amy Leventer Colgate University

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