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Alexander V. Sobolev

Alexander V. Sobolev

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
52
Citations
13706
World Ranking
2978
National Ranking
198

Alexander V. Sobolev 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 Alexander V. Sobolev sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 211 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Alexander V. Sobolev 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 Alexander V. Sobolev sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2016 - Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France
  • 2015 - Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France
  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2001 - Wolfgang Paul Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
  • 2001 - Wolfgang Paul Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
  • 1999 - Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 1999 - Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 1997 - Elected Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences in geochemistry, petrology and mineralogy
  • 1997 - Elected Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences in geochemistry, petrology and mineralogy

Overview

Alexander V. Sobolev is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions across several related subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Radiation, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Key recent publications include:

  • Pyroxenites from mantle section of Voykar Ophiolite - Melt/peridotite reaction and crystallization in SSZ mantle, 2021, Lithos
  • Ni partitioning between olivine and highly alkaline melts: An experimental study, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Secondary fluorescence effect quantification of EPMA analyses of olivine grains embedded in basaltic glass, 2023, Chemical Geology
  • Fingerprints of Kamafugite-Like Magmas in Mesozoic Lamproites of the Aldan Shield: Evidence from Olivine and Olivine-Hosted Inclusions, 2020, Minerals
  • Chlorine in the Earth's Mantle as an Indicator of the Global Recycling of Oceanic Crust, 2020, Russian Geology and Geophysics

Frequent publication venues for Sobolev include Chemical Geology, Goldschmidt2022 abstracts, Goldschmidt2021 abstracts, Russian Geology and Geophysics, and Microscopy and Microanalysis.

The scientist has collaborated often with several co-authors including Valentina Batanova, Evgeny Asafov, A. N. Koshlyakova, L Danyushevsky, and Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov.

Alexander V. Sobolev has been recognized with several awards, such as the Geochemistry Fellow Honor from the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2021, the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019, and membership in Academia Europaea since 2013.

Best Publications

  • The Amount of Recycled Crust in Sources of Mantle-Derived Melts

    Alexander V. Sobolev;Albrecht W. Hofmann;Dmitry V. Kuzmin;Gregory M. Yaxley

  • An olivine-free mantle source of Hawaiian shield basalts

    Alexander V. Sobolev;Albrecht W. Hofmann;Stephan V. Sobolev;Igor K. Nikogosian;Igor K. Nikogosian

  • Linking mantle plumes, large igneous provinces and environmental catastrophes

    Stephan V. Sobolev;Alexander V. Sobolev;Dmitry V. Kuzmin;Nadezhda A. Krivolutskaya

  • H2O concentrations in primary melts from supra-subduction zones and mid-ocean ridges: Implications for H2O storage and recycling in the mantle

    Alexander V. Sobolev;Marc Chaussidon

  • Petrology and Geochemistry of Boninites from the North Termination of the Tonga Trench: Constraints on the Generation Conditions of Primary High-Ca Boninite Magmas

    Alexander V. Sobolev;Leonid V. Danyushevsky;Leonid V. Danyushevsky

  • Experimental and petrological studies of melt inclusions in phenocrysts from mantle-derived magmas: an overview of techniques, advantages and complications

    Leonid V Danyushevsky;Andrew W McNeill;Alexander V Sobolev

  • Ultra-depleted primary melt included in an olivine from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    A. V. Sobolev;N. Shimizu

  • The Preparation and Preliminary Characterisation of Eight Geological MPI-DING Reference Glasses for In-Situ Microanalysis

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Donald B. Dingwell;Alexander Rocholl;Brigitte Stoll

  • Recycled oceanic crust observed in ‘ghost plagioclase’ within the source of Mauna Loa lavas

    Alexander V. Sobolev;Albrecht W. Hofmann;Igor K. Nikogosian;Igor K. Nikogosian;Igor K. Nikogosian

  • Kimberlite melts rich in alkali chlorides and carbonates: A potent metasomatic agent in the mantle

    Maya B. Kamenetsky;Alexander V. Sobolev;Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Roland Maas

  • Melt inclusion record of the conditions of ascent, degassing, and extrusion of volatile-rich alkali basalt during the powerful 2002 flank eruption of Mount Etna (Italy)

    N. Spilliaert;P. Allard;P. Allard;N. Métrich;A. V. Sobolev

  • Melt Inclusions in Minerals as a Source of Principle Petrological Information

    A. V. Sobolev

  • Olivine in the Udachnaya-East Kimberlite (Yakutia, Russia): Types, Compositions and Origins

    Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Maya B. Kamenetsky;Alexander V. Sobolev;Alexander V. Golovin

  • Zircon response to diamond-pressure metamorphism in the Kokchetav massif, USSR

    J. C. Claoué-Long;N. V. Sobolev;V. S. Shatsky;A. V. Sobolev

  • Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope evidence for a mantle origin of alkali chlorides and carbonates in the Udachnaya kimberlite, Siberia

    Roland Maas;Maya B. Kamenetsky;Alexander V. Sobolev;Vadim S. Kamenetsky

  • Olivine, and the Origin of Kimberlite

    Nicholas Arndt;M. Guitreau;Anne Marie Boullier;A. Le Roex

  • Komatiites reveal a hydrous Archaean deep-mantle reservoir

    Alexander V. Sobolev;Evgeny V. Asafov;Andrey A. Gurenko;Nicholas T. Arndt

  • Petrogenetic significance of minor elements in olivines from diamonds and peridotite xenoliths from kimberlites of Yakutia

    N. V. Sobolev;A. M. Logvinova;D. A. Zedgenizov;N. P. Pokhilenko

  • The H2O content of basalt glasses from Southwest Pacific back-arc basins

    L.V. Danyushevsky;T.J. Falloon;T.J. Falloon;A.V. Sobolev;A.J. Crawford

  • Petrology of the Parental Melts and Mantle Sources of Siberian Trap Magmatism

    A. V. Sobolev;N. A. Krivolutskaya;D. V. Kuzmin

Frequent Co-Authors

Vadim S. Kamenetsky
Vadim S. Kamenetsky Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Maxim Portnyagin
Maxim Portnyagin GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Kaj Hoernle
Kaj Hoernle GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Albrecht W. Hofmann
Albrecht W. Hofmann Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Leonid V. Danyushevsky
Leonid V. Danyushevsky University of Tasmania
Folkmar Hauff
Folkmar Hauff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Andrey A. Gurenko
Andrey A. Gurenko University of Lorraine
Maya B. Kamenetsky
Maya B. Kamenetsky University of Tasmania
Nicholas T. Arndt
Nicholas T. Arndt Grenoble Alpes University

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