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Bradley R. Hacker 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 Bradley R. Hacker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Bradley R. Hacker 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 Bradley R. Hacker sits on this spectrum.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Bradley R. Hacker is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States, with a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological Studies and Exploration, and Mineralogy and Gemology Studies.

Bradley R. Hacker has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in venues such as Tectonics, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, and Lithos.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Linking titanite U-Pb dates to coupled deformation and dissolution-reprecipitation, 2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Timing of Syenite-Charnockite Magmatism and Ruby and Sapphire Metamorphism in the Mogok Valley Region, Myanmar, 2020, Tectonics
  • Protracted Subduction of the European Hyperextended Margin Revealed by Rutile U-Pb Geochronology Across the Dora-Maira Massif (Western Alps), 2022, Tectonics
  • Petrochronology of Wadi Tayin Metamorphic Sole Metasediment, With Implications for the Thermal and Tectonic Evolution of the Samail Ophiolite (Oman/UAE), 2020, Tectonics
  • Late Eocene-Oligocene granulite facies garnet-sillimanite migmatites from the Mogok Metamorphic belt, Myanmar, and implications for timing of slip along the Sagaing Fault, 2021, Lithos

Frequent collaborators include Andrew Kylander-Clark, Joshua M. Garber, M. P. Searle, Andrew J. Smye, and Guillaume Bonnet.

Among the awards received, Bradley R. Hacker was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • U/Pb zircon ages constrain the architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling–Dabie Orogen, China

    Bradley R. Hacker;Lothar Ratschbacher;Laura Webb;Trevor Ireland

  • Subduction factory 2. Are intermediate-depth earthquakes in subducting slabs linked to metamorphic dehydration reactions?

    Bradley R. Hacker;Simon M. Peacock;Geoffrey A. Abers;Stephen D. Holloway

  • Tectonics of the Qinling (Central China): tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation history

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Bradley R. Hacker;Andrew Calvert;Laura E. Webb

  • Subduction factory 1. Theoretical mineralogy, densities, seismic wave speeds, and H 2 O contents

    Bradley R. Hacker;Geoffrey A. Abers;Simon M. Peacock

  • Subduction factory: 4. Depth-dependent flux of H2O from subducting slabs worldwide

    Peter E. van Keken;Bradley R. Hacker;Ellen M. Syracuse;Geoff A. Abers

  • Exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing

    Bradley R. Hacker;Lothar Ratschbacher;Laura Webb;Michael O. McWilliams

  • Normal faulting in central Tibet since at least 13.5 Myr ago

    Peter M. Blisniuk;Bradley R. Hacker;Johannes Glodny;Lothar Ratschbacher

  • Differentiation of the continental crust by relamination

    Bradley R. Hacker;Peter B. Kelemen;Mark D. Behn

  • Exhumation of the ultrahigh‐pressure continental crust in east central China: Cretaceous and Cenozoic unroofing and the Tan‐Lu fault

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Bradley R. Hacker;Laura E. Webb;Michael McWilliams

  • H2O subduction beyond arcs

    Bradley R. Hacker

  • Laser-ablation split-stream ICP petrochronology

    Andrew R.C. Kylander-Clark;Bradley R. Hacker;John M. Cottle

  • Continental Lower Crust

    Bradley R. Hacker;Peter B. Kelemen;Mark D. Behn

  • Hot and dry deep crustal xenoliths from tibet

    Bradley R. Hacker;Edwin Gnos;Lothar Ratschbacher;Marty Grove

  • Subduction Factory 3: An Excel worksheet and macro for calculating the densities, seismic wave speeds, and H2O contents of minerals and rocks at pressure and temperature

    Bradley R. Hacker;Geoffrey A. Abers

  • Rapid emplacement of the Oman ophiolite: Thermal and geochronologic constraints

    B. R. Hacker;J. L. Mosenfelder;E. Gnos;E. Gnos

  • Evolution of the Kangmar Dome, southern Tibet: Structural, petrologic, and thermochronologic constraints

    Jeffrey Lee;Bradley R. Hacker;William S. Dinklage;Yu Wang

  • Sedimentary record and tectonic implications of Mesozoic rifting in southeast Mongolia

    S.A. Graham;M.S. Hendrix;C.L. Johnson;D. Badamgarav

  • Structure and petrology of Tauride ophiolites and mafic dike intrusions (Turkey): Implications for the Neotethyan ocean

    Yildirim Dilek;Peter Thy;Bradley Hacker;Sidsel Grundvig

  • Diapirs as the source of the sediment signature in arc lavas

    Mark D. Behn;Peter B. Kelemen;Greg Hirth;Bradley R. Hacker

  • When continents collide : geodynamics and geochemistry of ultrahigh-pressure rocks

    Bradley R. Hacker;Juhn G. Liou

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew R.C. Kylander-Clark
Andrew R.C. Kylander-Clark University of California, Santa Barbara
Lothar Ratschbacher
Lothar Ratschbacher TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Geoffrey A. Abers
Geoffrey A. Abers Cornell University
Michael McWilliams
Michael McWilliams Stanford University
Peter B. Kelemen
Peter B. Kelemen Columbia University
James M. Mattinson
James M. Mattinson University of California, Santa Barbara
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Torgeir B. Andersen
Torgeir B. Andersen University of Oslo
Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington

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