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90
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Axel Gerdes 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 Axel Gerdes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 574 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Axel Gerdes 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 Axel Gerdes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Axel Gerdes is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on several subfields and topics related to geological processes and geophysical analysis. Their work includes extensive study in Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics Gerdes explores include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Gerdes has published extensively in several scientific journals. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Lithos
  • Gondwana Research
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Precambrian Research

Among recent scientific papers by Axel Gerdes are:

  • Exploring laser ablation U-Pb dating of regional metamorphic garnet - The Straits Schist, Connecticut, USA (2020), Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Quantifying deformation processes in the SE Pyrenees using U-Pb dating of fracture-filling calcites (2020), Journal of the Geological Society
  • Ultramafic Carbonated Melt- and Auto-Metasomatism in Mantle Eclogites: Compositional Effects and Geophysical Consequences (2020), Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Hercynian anatexis in the envelope of the Beni Bousera peridotites (Alboran Domain, Morocco): Implications for the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the deep crustal roots of the Mediterranean region (2020), Gondwana Research
  • Ultrapotassic magmatism in the heyday of the Variscan Orogeny: the story of the Třebíč Pluton, the largest durbachitic body in the Bohemian Massif (2020), International Journal of Earth Sciences

Collaborative work features several frequent co-authors, reflecting multi-author research networks. Key frequent collaborators include:

  • Richard Albert
  • Aratz Beranoaguirre
  • Leo J. Millonig
  • Horst R. Marschall
  • Sonja Aulbach

Best Publications

  • Plesovice zircon : A new natural reference material for U-Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis

    Jirri Slama;Jirri Slama;Jirri Slama;Jan Kosler;Daniel J. Condon;James L. Crowley

  • Combined U–Pb and Hf isotope LA-(MC-)ICP-MS analyses of detrital zircons: Comparison with SHRIMP and new constraints for the provenance and age of an Armorican metasediment in Central Germany

    Axel Gerdes;Armin Zeh

  • Zircon formation versus zircon alteration — New insights from combined U–Pb and Lu–Hf in-situ LA-ICP-MS analyses, and consequences for the interpretation of Archean zircon from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt

    Axel Gerdes;Armin Zeh

  • The Cadomian Orogeny and the opening of the Rheic Ocean: The diacrony of geotectonic processes constrained by LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon dating (Ossa-Morena and Saxo-Thuringian Zones, Iberian and Bohemian Massifs)

    Ulf Linnemann;Francisco Pereira;Teresa E. Jeffries;Kerstin Drost

  • Natural fractionation of 238U/235U

    S. Weyer;Ariel Anbar;A. Gerdes;Gwyneth Gordon

  • Precise and accurate in situ U-Pb dating of zircon with high sample throughput by automated LA-SF-ICP-MS

    Dirk Frei;Axel Gerdes

  • The continuum between Cadomian orogenesis and opening of the Rheic Ocean: Constraints from LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating and analysis of plate-tectonic setting (Saxo-Thuringian zone, northeastern Bohemian Massif, Germany)

    Ulf Linnemann;Axel Gerdes;Kerstin Drost;Bernd Buschmann

  • The Cadomian Orogen: Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian crustal growth and orogenic zoning along the periphery of the West African Craton—Constraints from U-Pb zircon ages and Hf isotopes (Schwarzburg Antiform, Germany)

    Ulf Linnemann;Axel Gerdes;Mandy Hofmann;Linda Marko

  • Archean Accretion and Crustal Evolution of the Kalahari Craton—the Zircon Age and Hf Isotope Record of Granitic Rocks from Barberton/Swaziland to the Francistown Arc

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Jackson M. Barton

  • Archaean to Proterozoic Crustal Evolution in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa^Botswana): Constraints from Combined U^Pb and Lu^Hf Isotope Analyses of Zircon

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Reiner Klemd;Jackson M. Barton

  • Magma-mixing in the genesis of Hercynian calc-alkaline granitoids: an integrated petrographic and geochemical study of the Sázava intrusion, Central Bohemian Pluton, Czech Republic

    Vojtěch Janoušek;Colin J.R. Braithwaite;D.R. Bowes;Axel Gerdes

  • Tantalum–(niobium–tin) mineralisation in African pegmatites and rare metal granites: Constraints from Ta–Nb oxide mineralogy, geochemistry and U–Pb geochronology

    Frank Melcher;Torsten Graupner;Hans-Eike Gäbler;Maria Sitnikova

  • Tracking the evolution of large-volume silicic magma reservoirs from assembly to supereruption

    Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw;Urs Schaltegger;Daniel A. Frick;Michael A. Dungan;Michael A. Dungan

  • SHRIMP U‐Pb zircon dating from Sulu‐Dabie dolomitic marble, eastern China: constraints on prograde, ultrahigh‐pressure and retrograde metamorphic ages

    F. L. Liu;A. Gerdes;J.G. Liou;H. M. Xue

  • Post‐collisional granite generation and HT–LP metamorphism by radiogenic heating: the Variscan South Bohemian Batholith

    A. Gerdes;G. Wörner;A. Henk

  • Multi-method chronometric constraints on the evolution of the Northern Kyrgyz Tien Shan granitoids (Central Asian orogenic belt): from emplacement to exhumation

    S. Glorie;J. De Grave;M. M. Buslov;M. A. Elburg

  • U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Basal allochthonous units of NW Iberia: Provenance and paleoposition on the northern margin of Gondwana during the Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic

    Rubén Díez Fernández;José R. Martínez Catalán;Axel Gerdes;Jacobo Abati

  • U–Th–Pb and Lu–Hf systematics of zircon from TTG's, leucosomes, meta-anorthosites and quartzites of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa): Constraints for the formation, recycling and metamorphism of Palaeoarchaean crust

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Jay Barton;Reiner Klemd

  • A new appraisal of sri lankan bb zircon as a reference material for LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotope tracing.

    Maristella M. Santos;Cristiano Lana;Ricardo Scholz;Ian Buick

  • Coupled U–Pb–Hf of detrital zircons of Cambrian sandstones from Morocco and Sardinia: Implications for provenance and Precambrian crustal evolution of North Africa

    D. Avigad;A. Gerdes;N. Morag;T. Bechstädt

  • SHRIMP U–Pb dating, trace elements and the Lu–Hf isotope system of coesite-bearing zircon from amphibolite in the SW Sulu UHP terrane, eastern China

    Fulai Liu;Axel Gerdes;Lingsen Zeng;Huaimin Xue

  • Resolving the Variscan evolution of the Moldanubian sector of the Bohemian Massif: the significance of the Bavarian and the Moravo-Moldanubian tectonometamorphic phases

    Fritz Finger;Axel Gerdes;Vojtech Janousek;Milos Rene

Frequent Co-Authors

Dov Avigad
Dov Avigad Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ulf Linnemann
Ulf Linnemann Senckenberg Naturmuseum
Mandy Hofmann
Mandy Hofmann Senckenberg Naturmuseum
Armin Zeh
Armin Zeh Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ricardo Arenas
Ricardo Arenas Complutense University of Madrid
Friedrich Finger
Friedrich Finger University of Salzburg
Frank Melcher
Frank Melcher University of Leoben
Gernold Zulauf
Gernold Zulauf Goethe University Frankfurt
Dirk Frei
Dirk Frei University of the Western Cape
Sonja Aulbach
Sonja Aulbach Goethe University Frankfurt

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