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Earth Science 52 3058 2791 201 188 276 9337

Erwin Appel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Erwin Appel between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Erwin Appel published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 6.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2014. 3 of the 283 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2014. 1982: 2 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 2 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 23 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 2 publications
1982 2025

283 publications in total across all disciplines

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Erwin Appel: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 2
1983 0
1984 1
1985 1
1986 0
1987 2
1988 0
1989 0
1990 3
1991 3
1992 0
1993 1
1994 1
1995 2
1996 1
1997 2
1998 4
1999 5
2000 4
2001 9
2002 12
2003 11
2004 7
2005 12
2006 3
2007 6
2008 14
2009 5
2010 9
2011 11
2012 15
2013 23
2014 26
2015 19
2016 6
2017 9
2018 7
2019 16
2020 16
2021 4
2022 5
2023 3
2024 1
2025 2
Total 283
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Erwin Appel 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 Erwin Appel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 268–277 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 276 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147 276
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Erwin Appel 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 Erwin Appel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182 52
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Erwin Appel is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 61 publications in this field. Within this broad domain, Appel's work frequently intersects with several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Geology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's main research topics cover a variety of aspects related to the Earth's geological and climatic history. These topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological formations and processes

During their career, Erwin Appel has published several scientific papers with notable contributions including:

  • "Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost" (2022) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "First Paleomagnetic Result From the Early Permian Volcanic Rocks in Northeastern Mongolia: Evolutional Implication for the Paleo-Asian Ocean and the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Palaeomagnetic indication for India-Asia collision at 12°N and maximum 810 km Greater India extent in the western suture zone" (2021) published in Geophysical Journal International
  • "Climate transition in the Asia inland at 0.8-0.6 Ma related to astronomically forced ice sheet expansion" (2020) published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Reversible Thermal Hysteresis in Heating-Cooling Cycles of Magnetic Susceptibility: A Fine Particle Effect of Magnetite" (2023) published in Geophysical Research Letters

Appel works in collaboration with other researchers frequently. The most common coauthors include:

  • Xiaomin Fang (10 collaborative works)
  • Wolfgang Rösler (7 collaborative works)
  • Andreas Koutsodendris (7 collaborative works)
  • Jörg Pross (7 collaborative works)
  • Qi Zhang (5 collaborative works)

Erwin Appel's research has appeared in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (5 publications)
  • Geophysical Journal International (3 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (2 publications)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) (2 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Timing of India‐Asia collision: Geological, biostratigraphic, and palaeomagnetic constraints

    Yani Najman;Erwin Appel;Marcelle Boudagher-Fadel;Paul Bown

  • Magnetic susceptibility mapping of roadside pollution

    V. Hoffmann;M. Knab;E. Appel

  • Redox cycling of Fe(II) and Fe(III) in magnetite by Fe-metabolizing bacteria.

    James M. Byrne;Nicole Klueglein;Carolyn Pearce;Carolyn Pearce;Kevin M. Rosso

  • Palaeomagnetism of Cretaceous to Tertiary sediments from southern Tibet: evidence for the extent of the northern margin of India prior to the collision with Eurasia

    A. Patzelt;Huamei Li;Junda Wang;E. Appel

  • Magnetic susceptibility of dust-loaded leaves as a proxy of traffic-related heavy metal pollution in Kathmandu city, Nepal

    Pitambar Gautam;Ulrich Blaha;Erwin Appel

  • Pliocene-Pleistocene stepwise drying of Central Asia: Evidence from paleomagnetism and sporopollen record of the deep borehole SG-3 in the western Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau

    Maotang Cai;Xiaomin Fang;Fuli Wu;Yunfa Miao

  • Magnetic screening of a pollution hotspot in the Lausitz area, Eastern Germany: correlation analysis between magnetic proxies and heavy metal contamination in soils

    C. Spiteri;V. Kalinski;W. Rösler;V. Hoffmann

  • Discriminating sources of anthropogenic heavy metals in urban street dusts using magnetic and chemical methods

    Chunxia Zhang;Qingqing Qiao;Erwin Appel;Baochun Huang

  • Magnetic properties of road dust from Visakhapatnam (India)––relationship to industrial pollution and road traffic

    Srinivasa Rao Goddu;Erwin Appel;Diana Jordanova;Diana Jordanova;Florian Wehland

  • Position of the Lhasa terrane prior to India–Asia collision derived from palaeomagnetic inclinations of 53 Ma old dykes of the Linzhou Basin: constraints on the age of collision and post-collisional shortening within the Tibetan Plateau

    Ursina Liebke;Erwin Appel;Lin Ding;Udo Neumann

  • Micro-scale grain-size analysis and magnetic properties of coal-fired power plant fly ash and its relevance for environmental magnetic pollution studies

    U. Blaha;B. Sapkota;E. Appel;H. Stanjek

  • Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy of the Xining Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, and its constraints on paleontological, sedimentological and tectonomorphological evolution

    Xiaomin Fang;Yahui Fang;Jinbo Zan;Weilin Zhang

  • Environmental magnetic approach towards the quantification of pollution in Kathmandu urban area, Nepal

    Pitambar Gautam;Pitambar Gautam;Ulrich Blaha;Erwin Appel;Ghanashyam Neupane

  • Magnetostratigraphy of deep drilling core SG-1 in the western Qaidam Basin (NE Tibetan Plateau) and its tectonic implications

    Weilin Zhang;Weilin Zhang;Erwin Appel;Xiaomin Fang;Chunhui Song

  • Initial India-Asia Continental Collision and Foreland Basin Evolution in the Tethyan Himalaya of Tibet: Evidence from Stratigraphy and Paleontology

    Qinghai Zhang;Helmut Willems;Lin Ding;Kai-Uwe Gräfe

  • Magnetostratigraphy of the Miocene-Pleistocene Surai Khola Siwaliks in West Nepal

    E. Appel;W. Rösler;G. Corvinus

  • Determination of anthropogenic boundary depth in industrially polluted soil and semi-quantification of heavy metal loads using magnetic susceptibility.

    U. Blaha;E. Appel;H. Stanjek

  • Dependence of microbial magnetite formation on humic substance and ferrihydrite concentrations

    Annette Piepenbrock;Urs Dippon;Katharina Porsch;Erwin Appel

  • Tectonosedimentary evolution model of an intracontinental flexural (foreland) basin for paleoclimatic research

    Xiaomin Fang;Xiaomin Fang;Jiuyi Wang;Weilin Zhang;Jinbo Zan

  • Cenozoic tectonic deformation and uplift of the South Tian Shan: Implications from magnetostratigraphy and balanced cross-section restoration of the Kuqa depression

    Tao Zhang;Xiaomin Fang;Xiaomin Fang;Chunhui Song;Erwin Appel

  • Late Neogene magnetostratigraphy in the western Qaidam Basin (NE Tibetan Plateau) and its constraints on active tectonic uplift and progressive evolution of growth strata

    Weilin Zhang;Weilin Zhang;Xiaomin Fang;Chunhui Song;Erwin Appel

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaomin Fang
Xiaomin Fang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lin Ding
Lin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jörg Pross
Jörg Pross Heidelberg University
István Dunkl
István Dunkl University of Göttingen
Andreas Kappler
Andreas Kappler University of Tübingen
Silke Voigt
Silke Voigt Goethe University Frankfurt
Peter Dietrich
Peter Dietrich University of Tübingen
Chunhui Song
Chunhui Song Lanzhou University
Chiara Montomoli
Chiara Montomoli University of Turin
Richard Gloaguen
Richard Gloaguen Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

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