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Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Adam S. Osborn
Unknown
2
Virgil Pasquier
University of Lausanne
3
Yihang Fang
NASA Astrobiology Institute
4
A. V. Kolesnikov
Ufa Institute of Chemistry
5
Juwan Jeon
Korea University
6
Fuencisla Cañadas Blasco
Centro de Astrobiología
7
Joonsoo Kim
University of Michigan
8
Haiyang Wang
Ministry of Natural Resources
9
Mohammed S. Hashim
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
10
Lot Koopmans
University of Oxford

Papers

1
Publication in Communications Earth & Environment (2024) [23 citations, W4401917887]
Communications Earth & Environment|2024
23 cit.
2
A process-based geochemical framework for carbonate sediments during marine diagenesis
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta|2024
7 cit.
3
Complex Adsorption Behavior of Neodymium and Ytterbium on Structurally-Distinct Alumina Surfaces
Environmental Science & Technology|2025
7 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Geoscience (2025) [7 citations, W4409482337]
Nature Geoscience|2025
7 cit.
5
Structural controls on lithium mineralization in shear-zone hosted granitic pegmatites of the Zulu pegmatite field, Zimbabwe – implications for exploration
Mineralium Deposita|2025
7 cit.
6
Microscale iron and sulphur isotopic compositions reveal pyritization pathways during early diagenesis
Communications Earth & Environment|2025
5 cit.
7
Publication in Gondwana Research (2025) [5 citations, W4410910614]
Gondwana Research|2025
5 cit.
8
Publication in Biogeosciences (2025) [5 citations, W4416569691]
Biogeosciences|2025
5 cit.
9
<scp>SIMS</scp> Iron Isotope Measurements of the Balmat Pyrite Reference Material: A <scp> Non‐Unique δ <sup>56</sup> Fe </scp> Signature
Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research|2024
4 cit.
10
Publication in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2024) [4 citations, W4400355436]
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|2024
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Neil Wrobel
Getech (United Kingdom)
2
Douwe G. van der Meer
Shell (Netherlands)
3
Yingying Zhao
Nanjing University
4
Tharika Liyanage
Australian National University
5
Jiangsi Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Anna Nele Meckler
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
7
Stephen Pates
University of Exeter
8
Ross Whiteford
University of St Andrews
9
Feifei Zhang
People’s Hospital of Rizhao
10
Wen Pan
Ministry of Natural Resources

Papers

1
Cenozoic evolution of deep ocean temperature from clumped isotope thermometry
Science|2022
121 cit.
2
Long-term Phanerozoic global mean sea level: Insights from strontium isotope variations and estimates of continental glaciation
Gondwana Research|2022
109 cit.
3
Marine anoxia as a trigger for the largest Phanerozoic positive carbon isotope excursion: Evidence from carbonate barium isotope record
Earth and Planetary Science Letters|2022
36 cit.
4
New opabiniid diversifies the weirdest wonders of the euarthropod stem group
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2022
27 cit.
5
Evolution of tropical land temperature across the last glacial termination
Nature Communications|2022
27 cit.
6
Uranium isotope evidence for extensive shallow water anoxia in the early Tonian oceans
Earth and Planetary Science Letters|2022
26 cit.
7
Pristine or altered, what can early diagenesis tell us in shallow-water carbonates?
Earth and Planetary Science Letters|2024
18 cit.
8
From organisms to biodiversity: the ecology of the Ediacaran/Cambrian transition
Paleobiology|2025
17 cit.
9
Characterization and Correction of Evaporative Artifacts in Speleothem Fluid Inclusion Isotope Analyses as Applied to a Stalagmite From Borneo
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems|2023
16 cit.
10
A rapid onset of ocean acidification associated with the end-Permian mass extinction
Global and Planetary Change|2023
13 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Andrew H. Knoll
Planetary Science Institute
2
Timothy W. Lyons
University of California, Riverside
3
Grant M. Young
Yale University
4
Donald E. Canfield
University of Southern Denmark
5
Daniel P. Schrag
Planetary Science Institute
6
Ariel D. Anbar
Arizona State University
7
James C. Zachos
University of California, Santa Cruz
8
Shuhai Xiao
Virginia Tech
9
Roger E. Summons
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10
David J. Bottjer
University of Southern California

Papers

1
Early Proterozoic climates and plate motions inferred from major element chemistry of lutites
Nature|1982
6.6k cit.
2
An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and carbon-cycle dynamics
Nature|2008
3.6k cit.
3
Unraveling the effects of potassium metasomatism in sedimentary rocks and paleosols, with implications for paleoweathering conditions and provenance
Geology|1995
2.9k cit.
4
A Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth
Science|1998
2.7k cit.
5
Prediction of some weathering trends of plutonic and volcanic rocks based on thermodynamic and kinetic considerations
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta|1984
2.3k cit.
6
An astronomically dated record of Earth’s climate and its predictability over the last 66 million years
Science|2020
2.1k cit.
7
The snowball Earth hypothesis: testing the limits of global change
Terra Nova|2002
1.6k cit.
8
The use of chromium reduction in the analysis of reduced inorganic sulfur in sediments and shales
Chemical Geology|1986
1.4k cit.
9
Development of a sequential extraction procedure for iron: implications for iron partitioning in continentally derived particulates
Chemical Geology|2004
1.3k cit.
10
A new model for Proterozoic ocean chemistry
Nature|1998
1.2k cit.

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