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Frank Melcher 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 Frank Melcher sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Frank Melcher 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 Frank Melcher sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Frank Melcher is affiliated with the University of Leoben in Austria and actively engages in research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their work spans various specialized subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their research are diverse, with a strong emphasis on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Metal Extraction and Bioleaching. Additional areas of focus include Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Frequent collaborators in Melcher's research projects include Viktor Bertrandsson Erlandsson, Peter Onuk, Krzysztof Foltyn, Daniela Wallner, and Rainer Ellmies.

Melcher has published numerous articles across various scientific journals and venues. Notable venues with multiple publications include BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, Ore Geology Reviews, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Minerals, and Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Melcher cover a range of geological and geochemical subjects:

  • The occurrence, origin, and fate of water in chromitites in ophiolites, 2020, American Mineralogist
  • Comparability of heavy mineral data - The first interlaboratory round robin test, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • New perspective on trace element (Re, Ge, Ag) hosts in the Cu-Ag Kupferschiefer deposit, Poland: Insight from a LA-ICP-MS trace element study, 2022, Ore Geology Reviews
  • Geochronology of metamorphism, deformation and fluid circulation: A comparison between Rb-Sr and Ar-Ar phyllosilicate and U-Pb apatite systematics in the Karagwe-Ankole Belt (Central Africa), 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Trace element composition of base metal sulfides from the sediment-hosted Dolostone Ore Formation (DOF) Cu Co deposit in northwestern Namibia: Implications for ore genesis, 2022, Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Best Publications

  • Trace and minor elements in sphalerite: A LA-ICPMS study

    Nigel J. Cook;Cristiana L. Ciobanu;Cristiana L. Ciobanu;Allan Pring;Allan Pring;Allan Pring;William Skinner

  • Petrogenesis of the Ophiolitic Giant Chromite Deposits of Kempirsai, Kazakhstan: a Study of Solid and Fluid Inclusions in Chromite

    Frank Melcher;Walter Grum;Grigore Simon;Tatiana V. Thalhammer

  • 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

  • Geochemistry and tectonomagmatic affinity of the Yungbwa ophiolite, SW Tibet

    Christine Miller;Martin Thöni;Wolfgang Frank;Ralf Schuster

  • The giant chromite deposits at Kempirsai, Urals: constraints from trace element (PGE, REE) and isotope data

    F. Melcher;W. Grum;T. V. Thalhammer;O. A. R. Thalhammer

  • Petrogenesis and geotectonic setting of ultramafic rocks in the Eastern Alps: Constraints from geochemistry.

    Frank Melcher;Thomas Meisel;Jürgen Puhl;Fritz Koller

  • Re-Os systematics of UB-N, a serpentinized peridotite reference material

    Thomas Meisel;Laurie Reisberg;Johann Moser;Jean Carignan

  • Late Neoproterozoic overprinting of the cassiterite and columbite-tantalite bearing pegmatites of the Gatumba area, Rwanda (Central Africa)

    Stijn Dewaele;Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst;Frank Melcher;Maria Sitnikova

  • Sediment-hosted Zn–Pb–Cu deposits in the Central African Copperbelt

    A.B. Kampunzu;J.L.H. Cailteux;A.F. Kamona;M.M. Intiomale

  • CRYPTIC VARIATION OF CHROMITE CHEMISTRY, PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT AND PLATINUM GROUP MINERAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE UG-2 CHROMITITE: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE KAREE MINE, WESTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA

    Malte Junge;Thomas Oberthür;Frank Melcher

  • Magmatic vs. hydrothermal origins for zircon associated with tantalum mineralization in the Tanco pegmatite, Manitoba, Canada

    Marieke Van Lichtervelde;Frank Melcher;Richard Wirth

  • Mineralogical and chemical evolution of tantalum–(niobium–tin) mineralisation in pegmatites and granites. Part 2: Worldwide examples (excluding Africa) and an overview of global metallogenetic patterns

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

  • Mineralogical siting of platinum-group elements in pentlandite from the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    Malte Junge;Richard Wirth;Thomas Oberthür;Frank Melcher

  • Palladium and gold mineralization in podiform chromitite at Kraubath, Austria

    Kreshimir Malitch;Frank Melcher;Helmut Mühlhans

  • Formation of sequences of cemented layers and hardpans within sulfide-bearing mine tailings (mine district Freiberg, Germany)

    Torsten Graupner;Andrea Kassahun;Dieter Rammlmair;Jeannet A. Meima

  • Concordant ages for the giant Kipushi base metal deposit (DR Congo) from direct Rb–Sr and Re–Os dating of sulfides

    Jens Schneider;Jens Schneider;Frank Melcher;Michael Brauns

  • HERCYNIAN AGE OF THE COBALT-NICKEL-ARSENIDE-(GOLD) ORES, BOU AZZER, ANTI-ATLAS, MOROCCO: Re-Os, Sm-Nd, AND U-Pb AGE DETERMINATIONS

    Thomas Oberthür;Frank Melcher;Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst;Axel Gerdes

  • Mineral chemistry of columbite–tantalite from spodumene pegmatites of Kolmozero, Kola Peninsula (Russia)

    Elena V. Badanina;Maria Sitnikova;V.V. Gordienko;Frank Melcher

  • The Kenticha rare-element pegmatite, Ethiopia: internal differentiation, U–Pb age and Ta mineralization

    Dirk Küster;Dirk Küster;Dirk Küster;Rolf L. Romer;Dandena Tolessa;Desta Zerihun

  • A Metamorphosed Early Cambrian Crust–Mantle Transition in the Eastern Alps, Austria

    Frank Melcher;Thomas Meisel

  • The origin of rutile-ilmenite aggregates (“nigrine”) in alluvial-fluvial placers of the Hagendorf pegmatite province, NE Bavaria, Germany

    H. G. Dill;F. Melcher;M. Füßl;B. Weber

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Meisel
Thomas Meisel University of Leoben
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Christoph Hauzenberger
Christoph Hauzenberger University of Graz
Richard Wirth
Richard Wirth Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Ray Burgess
Ray Burgess University of Manchester
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Friedrich Koller
Friedrich Koller University of Vienna
Allan Pring
Allan Pring Flinders University
Axel Schippers
Axel Schippers Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

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