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Arne P. Willner 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 Arne P. Willner sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 93 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Arne P. Willner 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 Arne P. Willner sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Arne P. Willner is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics.

Their work spans several specialized subfields, including:

  • Geophysics
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geology

Main topics in Willner's research encompass:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Arne P. Willner has contributed to several publications across different research venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Gondwana Research
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Tectonophysics
  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Willner include:

  • "Deep subduction of felsic rocks hosting UHP lenses in the central Saxonian Erzgebirge: Implications for UHP terrane exhumation" (2020, Gondwana Research)
  • ""Hot" subduction initiation and the origin of the Yarlung-Tsangbo ophiolites, southern Tibet: New insights from ultrahigh temperature metamorphic soles" (2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "Rodingitization records from ocean-floor to high pressure metamorphism in the Xigaze ophiolite, southern Tibet" (2021, Gondwana Research)
  • "C-O-H-S fluids released by oceanic serpentinite in subduction zones: Implications for arc-magma oxidation" (2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "The Samail subduction zone dilemma: Geochronology of high-pressure rocks from the Saih Hatat window, Oman, reveals juxtaposition of two subduction zones with contrasting thermal histories" (2024, Earth-Science Reviews)

Willner has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Hans-Peter Schertl
  • Johannes Glodny
  • Wen-Yong Duan
  • Jan Schönig
  • Zhang Li

Best Publications

  • Time of formation and peak of Variscan HP-HT metamorphism of quartz-feldspar rocks in the central Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

    A. Kröner;A. P. Willner

  • History of crustal growth and recycling at the Pacific convergent margin of South America at latitudes 29°–36° S revealed by a U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope study of detrital zircon from late Paleozoic accretionary systems

    A.P. Willner;A.P. Willner;A. Gerdes;H.-J. Massonne

  • Arc–continent collision in the Southern Urals

    D. Brown;P. Spadea;V. Puchkov;J. Alvarez-Marron

  • Time markers for the evolution and exhumation history of a Late Palaeozoic paired metamorphic belt in North-Central Chile (34°-35°30′S)

    Arne P. Willner;Stuart N. Thomson;Stuart N. Thomson;Alfred Kröner;Jo Anne Wartho

  • Single zircon ages, PT evolution and Nd isotopic systematics of high-grade gneisses in southern Malawi and their bearing on the evolution of the Mozambique belt in southeastern Africa

    A. Kröner;A. P. Willner;E. Hegner;P. Jaeckel

  • A counterclockwise PTt path of high-pressure/low-temperature rocks from the Coastal Cordillera accretionary complex of south-central Chile: constraints for the earliest stage of subduction mass flow

    A.P. Willner;J. Glodny;T.V. Gerya;T.V. Gerya;E. Godoy

  • Physical controls of magmatic productivity at Pacific-type convergent margins: Numerical modelling

    Weronika Gorczyk;Arne P. Willner;Taras V. Gerya;James A.D. Connolly

  • Pressure-Temperature and Fluid Evolution of Quartzo-Feldspathic Metamorphic Rocks with a Relic High-Pressure, Granulite-Facies History from the Central Erzgebirge (Saxony, Germany)

    Arne P. Willner;Kerstin Rötzler;Walter V. Maresch

  • The geodynamics of collision of a microplate (Chilenia) in Devonian times deduced by the pressure–temperature–time evolution within part of a collisional belt (Guarguaraz Complex, W-Argentina)

    Arne P. Willner;Arne P. Willner;Axel Gerdes;Hans-Joachim Massonne;Alexander Schmidt

  • Pressure–Temperature Evolution of a Late Palaeozoic Paired Metamorphic Belt in North–Central Chile (34°–35°30′S)

    Arne P. Willner

  • Phase relations and dehydration behaviour of psammopelite and mid-ocean ridge basalt at very-low-grade to low-grade metamorphic conditions

    Hans-Joachim Massonne;Arne P. Willner;Arne P. Willner

  • Metamorphic and plutonic basement complexes

    Francisco Hervé;Victor Faundez;Mauricio Calderón;Hans Joachim Massonne

  • Characterization and geodynamic implications of contrasting metamorphic evolution in juxtaposed high-pressure units of the western Erzgebirge (Saxony, Germany)

    Kerstin Rötzler;Renate Schumacher;Walter V. Maresch;Arne P. Willner

  • The phenomenon of deficient electron microprobe totalsin radiation-damaged and altered zircon

    Lutz Nasdala;Andreas Kronz;Richard Wirth;Tamás Váczi

  • Typology and single grain U/Pb ages of detrital zircons from Proterozoic sandstones in the SW Urals (Russia): early time marks at the eastern margin of Baltica

    A.P. Willner;S. Sindern;R. Metzger;T. Ermolaeva

  • Numerical modelling of PT-paths related to rapid exhumation of high-pressure rocks from the crustal root in the Variscan Erzgebirge Dome (Saxony/Germany)

    A.P. Willner;E. Sebazungu;T.V. Gerya;T.V. Gerya;W.V. Maresch

  • Densities of metapelitic rocks at high to ultrahigh pressure conditions: What are the geodynamic consequences?

    Hans-Joachim Massonne;Arne P. Willner;Arne P. Willner;Taras Gerya

  • Mineral Chemistry and Pressure–Temperature Evolution of Two Contrasting High-pressure–Low-temperature Belts in the Chonos Archipelago, Southern Chile

    Arne P. Willner;Francisco Hervé;Hans Joachim Massonne

  • The Puncoviscana trough — a large basin of Late Precambrian to Early Cambrian age on the pacific edge of the Brazilian shield

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  • Origin and evolution of Avalonia: evidence from U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotopes in zircon from the Mira terrane, Canada, and the Stavelot–Venn Massif, Belgium

    A. P. Willner;A. P. Willner;S. M. Barr;A. Gerdes;A. Gerdes;H.-J. Massonne

  • Inherent gravitational instability of hot continental crust: Implications for doming and diapirism in granulite facies terrains

    Taras V. Gerya;Leonid L. Perchuk;Walter V. Maresch;Arne P. Willner

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Joachim Massonne
Hans-Joachim Massonne University of Stuttgart
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Stuart N. Thomson
Stuart N. Thomson University of Arizona
Walter V. Maresch
Walter V. Maresch Ruhr University Bochum
Alfred Kröner
Alfred Kröner Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Francisco Hervé
Francisco Hervé Andrés Bello University
Johannes Glodny
Johannes Glodny University of Potsdam
Uwe Ring
Uwe Ring Stockholm University
Hans-Peter Schertl
Hans-Peter Schertl Ruhr University Bochum

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