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Alan B. Woodland 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 Alan B. Woodland sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 181 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Alan B. Woodland 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 Alan B. Woodland sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alan B. Woodland is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, and Materials Chemistry.

Woodland's recent scholarly output includes notable publications such as:

  • Sheared Peridotite and Megacryst Formation Beneath the Kaapvaal Craton: a Snapshot of Tectonomagmatic Processes across the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Transition, 2021, Journal of Petrology
  • Constraints on Archean crust recycling and the origin of mantle redox variability from the δ44/40Ca - δ18O - fO2 signatures of cratonic eclogites, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Breyite inclusions in diamond: experimental evidence for possible dual origin, 2020, European Journal of Mineralogy
  • Metasomatized eclogite xenoliths from the central Kaapvaal craton as probes of a seismic mid-lithospheric discontinuity, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Sulphur-rich mantle metasomatism of Kaapvaal craton eclogites and its role in redox-controlled platinum group element mobility, 2020, Chemical Geology

Frequent collaborators in Woodland's research include:

  • Sebastian Tappe
  • Katie A. Smart
  • Laura Uenver-Thiele
  • Catharina Heckel
  • Sally Gibson

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Petrology
  • American Mineralogist
  • Lithos
  • European Journal of Mineralogy
  • Chemical Geology

Woodland's research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Woodland's work integrates experimental and field-based approaches to better understand deep Earth processes, particularly those affecting cratonic lithosphere and mantle compositions. Their research contributes to knowledge about tectonomagmatic interactions, mantle redox states, and mineral inclusions under high pressure. The scientist employs multidisciplinary methods spanning geochemistry, petrology, and geophysics to address complex geological phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Variation in oxygen fugacity with depth in the upper mantle beneath the Kaapvaal craton, Southern Africa

    A.B Woodland;M Koch

  • Olivine water contents in the continental lithosphere and the longevity of cratons

    Anne H. Peslier;Alan B. Woodland;David R. Bell;Marina Lazarov

  • Iron isotope fractionation during planetary differentiation

    Stefan Weyer;Ariel D. Anbar;Gerhard P. Brey;Carsten Münker

  • The distribution of lithium in peridotitic and pyroxenitic mantle lithologies — an indicator of magmatic and metasomatic processes

    Hans-Michael Seitz;Alan B Woodland

  • Fast kimberlite ascent rates estimated from hydrogen diffusion profiles in xenolithic mantle olivines from southern Africa

    Anne H. Peslier;Alan B. Woodland;John A. Wolff

  • Oxidising agents in sub-arc mantle melts link slab devolatilisation and arc magmas

    Antoine Benard;Kevin Klimm;Alan Butler Woodland;Richard Arculus

  • The orthorhombic to high‐P monoclinic phase transition in Mg‐Fe Pyroxenes: Can it produce a seismic discontinuity?

    Alan B. Woodland

  • Ferric iron in orogenic lherzolite massifs and controls of oxygen fugacity in the upper mantle

    A.B. Woodland;J. Kornprobst;A. Tabit

  • The structure of high-pressure C2/c ferrosilite and crystal chemistry of high-pressure C2/c pyroxenes

    D. A. Hugh-Jones;A. B. Woodland;R. J. Angel

  • Thermal state and redox conditions of the Kaapvaal mantle: A study of xenoliths from the Finsch mine, South Africa

    Marina Lazarov;Alan B. Woodland;Gerhard P. Brey

  • Ferric Iron in the Upper Mantle and In Transition Zone Assemblages: Implications for Relative Oxygen Fugacities in the Mantle

    H. St.C. O'Neill;D. C. Rubie;D. Canil;C. A. Geiger

  • Metasomatic control of water contents in the Kaapvaal cratonic mantle

    A.H. Peslier;A.B. Woodland;D.R. Bell;M. Lazarov

  • An oxygen fugacity profile through the Siberian Craton — Fe K-edge XANES determinations of Fe 3 + /∑Fe in garnets in peridotite xenoliths from the Udachnaya East kimberlite

    Gregory M. Yaxley;Andrew J. Berry;Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Alan B. Woodland

  • Natural evidence for rapid abiogenic hydrothermal generation of CH4

    Jens Fiebig;Alan B. Woodland;Jorge Spangenberg;Wolfgang Oschmann

  • Metasomatic interactions in the lithospheric mantle: petrologic evidence from the Lherz massif, French Pyrenees

    A.B. Woodland;J. Kornprobst;E. McPherson;J.-L. Bodinier

  • Oxygen Thermobarometry of Orogenic Lherzolite Massifs

    Alan B. Woodland;Jacques Kornprobst;Bernard J. Wood

  • Reversal of the orthoferrosilite-high-P clinoferrosilite transition; a phase diagram for FeSiO 3 and implications for the mineralogy of the Earth's upper mantle

    Alan B. Woodland;Ross J. Angel

  • A XANES calibration for determining the oxidation state of iron in mantle garnet

    Andrew J. Berry;Greg M. Yaxley;Alan B. Woodland;Garry J. Foran;Garry J. Foran

  • Varying behaviour of Li in metasomatised spinel peridotite xenoliths from western Victoria, Australia

    Alan D Woodland;H-M Seitz;Gregory Yaxley

  • A crystallographic and mössbauer spectroscopy study of Fe 3 2+ Al 2 Si 3 O 12 -Fe 3 2+ Fe 2 3+ Si 3 O 12 , (almandine-“skiagite”) and Ca 3 Fe 2 3+ Si 3 O 12 -Fe 3 2+ Fe 2 3+ Si 3 O 12 (andradite-“skiagite”) garnet solid solutions

    Alan B. Woodland;Charles R. Ross

  • Excess methane in continental hydrothermal emissions is abiogenic

    Jens Fiebig;Alan B. Woodland;Walter D'Alessandro;Wilhelm Püttmann

  • Experimental determination of the solubility of the assemblage paragonite, albite, and quartz in supercritical H2O

    Alan B Woodland;John V Walther

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard P. Brey
Gerhard P. Brey Goethe University Frankfurt
Daniel J. Frost
Daniel J. Frost University of Bayreuth
Ross J. Angel
Ross J. Angel University of Padua
Gregory M. Yaxley
Gregory M. Yaxley Australian National University
Andrew J. Berry
Andrew J. Berry Australian National University
Sonja Aulbach
Sonja Aulbach Goethe University Frankfurt
Sebastian Tappe
Sebastian Tappe TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Rainer Altherr
Rainer Altherr Heidelberg University
Jens Fiebig
Jens Fiebig Goethe University Frankfurt
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt

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