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Alfred Kröner 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 Alfred Kröner sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 443 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alfred Kröner 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 Alfred Kröner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 126 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Alfred Kröner was a researcher affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their academic work primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 38 publications in this field and a notable presence in Computer Science through 9 publications.

Their research spanned several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Atmospheric Science. The main topics covered by their work included Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Geological formations and processes.

Kröner had a record of publication in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues included:

  • Precambrian Research
  • American Journal of Science
  • National Science Review
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Gondwana Research

Notable recent papers included:

  • The onset of deep recycling of supracrustal materials at the Paleo-Mesoarchean boundary, 2021, National Science Review
  • Tectonic significance of the Variscan suture between Brunovistulia and the Bohemian Massif, 2020, Journal of the Geological Society
  • Early Neoproterozoic crustal growth and microcontinent formation of the north-central Central Asian Orogenic Belt: New geological, geochronological, and Nd-Hf isotopic data on the Mélange Zone within the Zavkhan terrane, western Mongolia, 2021, Gondwana Research
  • 3.63 Ga grey gneisses reveal the Eoarchaean history of the Zimbabwe craton, 2022, South African Journal of Geology
  • Extensive magmatism and metamorphism at ca. 3.2 Ga in the eastern Kaapvaal Craton, 2020, Precambrian Research

Frequent co-authors during Kröner's career included Hangqiang Xie, Axel Hofmann, Jean Wong, В. П. Ковач, and И. К. Козаков.

The scientist also contributed to book publications, notably authoring a title published by Springer International Publishing:

  • The Geology of the Egyptian Nubian Shield, 2020

Among awards, Alfred Kröner was recognized as a GSA Honorary Fellow Award recipient by The Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Brian F. Windley;Dmitriy Alexeiev;Wenjiao Xiao;Alfred Kröner

  • Accretionary orogens through Earth history

    Peter A. Cawood;Alfred Kröner;William Joseph Collins;Timothy M. Kusky

  • Zircon M257 ‐ a Homogeneous Natural Reference Material for the Ion Microprobe U‐Pb Analysis of Zircon

    Lutz Nasdala;Wolfgang Hofmeister;Nicholas Norberg;James M. Martinson

  • Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    A. Kröner;V. Kovach;E. Belousova;E. Hegner

  • Age and evolution of a late Archean to Paleoproterozoic upper to lower crustal section in the Wutaishan/Hengshan/Fuping terrain of northern China

    A. Kröner;S.A. Wilde;J.H. Li;K.Y. Wang

  • Time scale of an early to mid-Paleozoic orogenic cycle of the long-lived Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Inner Mongolia of China: Implications for continental growth

    Ping Jian;Dunyi Liu;Alfred Kröner;Brian F. Windley

  • Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic Geology of the Altai Orogen, NW China: New Zircon Age Data and Tectonic Evolution

    Brian F. Windley;Alfred Kröner;Jinghui Guo;Guosheng Qu

  • Accretionary growth and crust formation in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt and comparison with the Arabian-Nubian shield

    A. Kröner;B.F. Windley;G. Badarch;O. Tomurtogoo

  • Evolution of a Permian intraoceanic arc-trench system in the Solonker suture zone, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, China and Mongolia

    Ping Jian;Dunyi Liu;Alfred Kröner;Brian F. Windley

  • The most ancient ophiolite of the Central Asian fold belt: U–Pb and Pb–Pb zircon ages for the Dunzhugur Complex, Eastern Sayan, Siberia, and geodynamic implications

    E.V. Khain;E.V. Bibikova;A. Kröner;D.Z. Zhuravlev

  • Detrital and xenocrystic zircon ages from Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic arc terranes of Mongolia: Significance for the origin of crustal fragments in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Y. Rojas-Agramonte;A. Kröner;A. Demoux;X. Xia

  • Devonian to Permian plate tectonic cycle of the Paleo-Tethys Orogen in southwest China (II): Insights from zircon ages of ophiolites, arc/back-arc assemblages and within-plate igneous rocks and generation of the Emeishan CFB province

    Ping Jian;Dunyi Liu;Alfred Kröner;Qi Zhang

  • Precambrian Plate Tectonics

    A. Kröner

  • Zircon age and occurrence of the Adaatsag ophiolite and Muron shear zone, central Mongolia: constraints on the evolution of the Mongol–Okhotsk ocean, suture and orogen

    O. Tomurtogoo;B.F. Windley;A. Kröner;G. Badarch

  • Linking growth episodes of zircon and metamorphic textures to zircon chemistry: an example from the ultrahigh-temperature granulites of Rogaland (SW Norway)

    Andreas Möller;Andreas Möller;Patrick J. O’Brien;Allen Kennedy;Alfred Kröner

  • The building blocks of continental crust: Evidence for a major change in the tectonic setting of continental growth at the end of the Archean

    Kent C. Condie;Alfred Kröner

  • Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of gneissic rocks from the Chinese Altai: Progressive accretionary history in the early to middle Palaeozoic

    Min Sun;Chao Yuan;Wenjiao Xiao;Xiaoping Long;Xiaoping Long

  • Pan-African Crustal Evolution in the Nubian Segment of Northeast Africa

    A. Kröner;R. Grieling;T. Reischmann;I.M. Hussein

  • Zircon geochronology and metamorphic evolution of mafic dykes in the Hengshan Complex of northern China: Evidence for late Palaeoproterozoic extension and subsequent high-pressure metamorphism in the North China Craton

    Alfred Kröner;Simon A. Wilde;Guochun Zhao;Patrick J. O'Brien

  • Ophiolites and the evolution of tectonic boundaries in the late proterozoic Arabian—Nubian shield of northeast Africa and Arabia

    Alfred Kröner

Frequent Co-Authors

Dunyi Liu
Dunyi Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Ernst Hegner
Ernst Hegner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Yusheng Wan
Yusheng Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Wolfgang Todt
Wolfgang Todt Max Planck Society
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Antonio García-Casco
Antonio García-Casco University of Granada
Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann University of Strasbourg
Simon A. Wilde
Simon A. Wilde Curtin University
Chunyan Dong
Chunyan Dong Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

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