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Dieter Franke 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 Dieter Franke sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 209 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dieter Franke 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 Dieter Franke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dieter Franke is affiliated with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a concentrated focus on Geophysics, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their work involves several subfields, including Geophysical and Geological Studies, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, and High-pressure Geophysics and Materials. Specifically, their main topics of research encompass:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geological formations and processes
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Franke has contributed to a variety of scientific journals and venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Tectonophysics
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Their recent papers include:

  • On the climate benefit of a coal-to-gas shift in Germany's electric power sector, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Detailed Seismic Bathymetry Beneath Ekström Ice Shelf, Antarctica: Implications for Glacial History and Ice-Ocean Interaction, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The crustal structure of the southern Davie Ridge offshore northern Mozambique - A wide-angle seismic and potential field study, 2020, Tectonophysics
  • Structure and evolution of the Atlantic passive margins: A review of existing rifting models from wide-angle seismic data and kinematic reconstruction, 2021, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • The East-Mayotte new volcano in the Comoros Archipelago: structure and timing of magmatic phases inferred from seismic reflection data, 2022, Comptes Rendus Géoscience

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Charles Masquelet
  • Daniel Sauter
  • Sylvie Leroy
  • Matthias Delescluse
  • Nicolas Chamot-Rooke

In addition to journal articles, Franke has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Maribus eBooks:

  • World ocean review: Mit den Meeren leben 7. Lebensgarant Ozean - nachhaltig nutzen, wirksam schützen, 2021

Best Publications

  • Rifting, lithosphere breakup and volcanism: Comparison of magma-poor and volcanic rifted margins

    Dieter Franke

  • The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea

    Dieter Franke;Dimitri Savva;Manuel Pubellier;Stephan Steuer

  • Evolution of the South China Sea: Revised ages for breakup and seafloor spreading

    Udo Barckhausen;Martin Engels;Dieter Franke;Stefan Ladage

  • Seismic stratigraphy of the central South China Sea basin and implications for neotectonics

    Chun Feng Li;Jiabiao Li;Weiwei Ding;Dieter Franke

  • Margin segmentation and volcano-tectonic architecture along the volcanic margin off argentina/uruguay, south atlantic

    D. Franke;S. Neben;S. Ladage;B. Schreckenberger

  • The continent-ocean transition at the southeastern margin of the South China Sea

    D. Franke;U. Barckhausen;N. Baristeas;M. Engels

  • Different expressions of rifting on the South China Sea margins

    D. Savva;M. Pubellier;D. Franke;N. Chamot-Rooke

  • The Laptev Sea Rift

    Dieter Franke;Karl Hinz;Onno Oncken

  • Seismic images of a collision zone offshore NW Sabah/Borneo

    Dieter Franke;Udo Barckhausen;Ingo Heyde;Mark Tingay

  • Seismic stratigraphy and tectonic structure from a composite multi-channel seismic profile across the entire Dangerous Grounds, South China Sea

    Weiwei Ding;Dieter Franke;Jiabiao Li;Stephan Steuer

  • Limits of the seismogenic zone in the epicentral region of the 26 December 2004 great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake: Results from seismic refraction and wide-angle reflection surveys and thermal modeling

    Frauke Klingelhoefer;Marc-André Gutscher;S. Ladage;J.-X. Dessa

  • Structural inheritance in the North Atlantic

    Christian Schiffer;Christian Schiffer;Anthony G. Doré;Gillian R. Foulger;Dieter Franke

  • The deep-water fold-and-thrust belt offshore NW Borneo: Gravity-driven versus basement-driven shortening

    S. Hesse;S. Back;D. Franke

  • The offshore East African Rift System: Structural framework at the toe of a juvenile rift

    Dieter Franke;Wilfried Jokat;Stefan Ladage;Harald Stollhofen

  • Seismic evidence of hyper-stretched crust and mantle exhumation offshore Vietnam

    D. Savva;F. Meresse;M. Pubellier;N. Chamot-Rooke

  • A review of Pangaea dispersal and Large Igneous Provinces – in search of a causative mechanism.

    Alexander L. Peace;Alexander L. Peace;J.J.J. Phethean;D. Franke;G.R. Foulger

  • Oligocene–Miocene carbonates and their role for constraining the rifting and collision history of the Dangerous Grounds, South China Sea

    Stephan Steuer;Dieter Franke;Florian Meresse;Dimitri Savva

  • Geology of the East Siberian Sea, Russian Arctic, from seismic images: Structures, evolution, and implications for the evolution of the Arctic Ocean Basin

    Dieter Franke;Karl Hinz;Christian Reichert

  • Crustal fragmentation, magmatism, and the diachronous opening of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea

    Laurent Gernigon;Dieter Franke;Laurent Geoffroy;Christian Schiffer;Christian Schiffer

  • Birth of a volcanic margin off Argentina, South Atlantic

    Dieter Franke;Stefan Ladage;Michael Schnabel;Bernd Schreckenberger

  • Seismic Stratigraphy of the Central South China Sea Basin and Implications for Neotectonics

    C. F. Li;W. Ding;D. Franke;Y. Yao

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben
Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Manuel Pubellier
Manuel Pubellier École Normale Supérieure
Wilfried Jokat
Wilfried Jokat University of Bremen
Olaf Eisen
Olaf Eisen University of Bremen
César R. Ranero
César R. Ranero Spanish National Research Council
Gillian R. Foulger
Gillian R. Foulger Durham University
Laurent Gernigon
Laurent Gernigon Norwegian Geological Survey
Christoph Mayer
Christoph Mayer Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Nicolas Chamot-Rooke
Nicolas Chamot-Rooke École Normale Supérieure
Martyn S. Stoker
Martyn S. Stoker University of Adelaide

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