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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 65 1445 1284 95 88 208 11866

Gerhard Wörner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gerhard Wörner between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gerhard Wörner published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 5.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2020. 15 of the 246 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2020. 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 10 publications
1980 2025

246 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gerhard Wörner: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 1
1981 0
1982 1
1983 0
1984 4
1985 1
1986 1
1987 2
1988 2
1989 1
1990 2
1991 3
1992 7
1993 2
1994 2
1995 3
1996 3
1997 0
1998 0
1999 6
2000 12
2001 4
2002 5
2003 3
2004 3
2005 5
2006 4
2007 9
2008 5
2009 10
2010 11
2011 7
2012 4
2013 7
2014 4
2015 5
2016 10
2017 12
2018 16
2019 6
2020 17
2021 11
2022 11
2023 9
2024 5
2025 10
Total 246
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Gerhard Wörner 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 Gerhard Wörner 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, 208–217 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: 208 publications — 66th percentile

66% 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
208–217 292 208
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
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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Gerhard Wörner 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 Gerhard Wörner 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, 65 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: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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
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 65
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

Gerhard Wörner is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their main area of work encompasses geophysics, with a significant focus on geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry, and petrology.

Their research spans several subfields including geophysics, artificial intelligence applications within geosciences, geochemistry and petrology, atmospheric science, and pollution studies. This multidisciplinary approach highlights engagement with both theoretical and applied scientific challenges within Earth sciences.

Wörner's publication record includes several papers in prominent scientific venues such as the Journal of Petrology, Nature Communications, and Goldschmidt conferences. The frequent appearance in these venues indicates active participation in peer-reviewed scientific discourse on topics related to petrology, geochemical mapping, and tectonic processes.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "An andesitic source for Jack Hills zircon supports onset of plate tectonics in the Hadean," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Isotopic Compositions (Li-B-Si-O-Mg-Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb) and Fe2+/ΣFe Ratios of Three Synthetic Andesite Glass Reference Materials (ARM-1, ARM-2, ARM-3)," 2021, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
  • "Fo and Ni Relations in Olivine Differentiate between Crystallization and Diffusion Trends," 2020, Journal of Petrology
  • "Trace Elements and Li Isotope Compositions Across the Kamchatka Arc: Constraints on Slab-Derived Fluid Sources," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "New U Pb, Hf and O isotope constraints on the provenance of sediments from the Adelaide Rift Complex - Documenting the key Neoproterozoic to early Cambrian succession," 2020, Gondwana Research

Co-authorship collaborations have been formed with several researchers, including:

  • Andreas Kronz
  • Björn Klaes
  • Sören Thiele-Bruhn
  • Helge W. Arz
  • Rolf Kilian

Wörner's frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Petrology
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Nature Communications
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

The main research topics addressed by Wörner encompass geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geochemistry and elemental analysis, and studies on thallium and germanium.

Best Publications

  • Geochemical variations in igneous rocks of the Central Andean orocline (13°S to 18°S): Tracing crustal thickening and magma generation through time and space

    Mirian Mamani;Gerhard Wörner;Thierry Sempere

  • Behaviour of high field strength elements in subduction zones: constraints from Kamchatka-Aleutian arc lavas

    Carsten Münker;Gerhard Wörner;Gene Yogodzinski;Tatiana Churikova

  • Sources and Fluids in the Mantle Wedge below Kamchatka, Evidence from Across-arc Geochemical Variation

    T. Churikova;F. Dorendorf;G. Wörner

  • Ridge collision, slab-window formation, and the flux of Pacific asthenosphere into the Caribbean realm

    Michael Abratis;Gerhard Wörner

  • Minor- and trace-element zoning in plagioclase: implications for magma chamber processes at Parinacota volcano, northern Chile

    Catherine Ginibre;Gerhard Wörner;Andreas Kronz

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

    A. Gerdes;G. Wörner;A. Henk

  • Crystal Zoning as an Archive for Magma Evolution

    Catherine Ginibre;Gerhard Wörner;Andreas Kronz

  • High-resolution quantitative imaging of plagioclase composition using accumulated backscattered electron images: new constraints on oscillatory zoning

    Catherine Ginibre;Andreas Kronz;Gerhard Wörner

  • Geochronology (40Ar/39Ar, K-Ar and He-exposure ages) of Cenozoic magmatic rocks from Northern Chile (18-22°S): implications for magmatism and tectonic evolution of the central Andes

    Gerhard Wörner;Konrad Hammerschmidt;Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst;Judith Lezaun

  • The Nevados de Payachata volcanic region (18°S/69°W, N. Chile) II. Evidence for widespread crustal involvement in Andean magmatism

    Jon P. Davidson;Nancy J. McMillan;Stephen Moorbath;Gerhard Wörner

  • Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope geochemistry of Tertiary and Quaternary alkaline volcanics from West Germany

    G. Wörner;G. Wörner;A. Zindler;H. Staudigel;H. Staudigel;H.-U. Schmincke

  • Hydrated sub-arc mantle: a source for the Kluchevskoy volcano, Kamchatka/Russia

    Frank Dorendorf;Uwe Wiechert;Uwe Wiechert;Gerhard Wörner

  • Geochronologic and stratigraphic constraints on canyon incision and Miocene uplift of the Central Andes in Peru

    Jean-Claude Thouret;G. Wörner;Yanni Gunnell;Brad Singer

  • Variable regimes in magma systems documented in plagioclase zoning patterns : El Misti stratovolcano and Andahua monogenetic cones

    Philipp Ruprecht;Gerhard Wörner

  • Copper isotopic composition of the silicate Earth

    Sheng Ao Liu;Jian Huang;Jingao Liu;Gerhard Wörner

  • Magmatic history and evolution of the Central American Land Bridge in Panama since Cretaceous times

    Wencke Wegner;Gerhard Wörner;Russell S. Harmon;Brian R. Jicha

  • Mineralogical and Chemical Zonation of the Laacher See Tephra Sequence (East Eifel, W. Germany)

    G. Wörner;H.-U. Schmincke

  • The Preparation and Preliminary Characterisation of Three Synthetic Andesite Reference Glass Materials (ARM-1, ARM-2, ARM-3) for In Situ Microanalysis

    Shitou Wu;Shitou Wu;Gerhard Wörner;Klaus Peter Jochum;Brigitte Stoll

  • Petrogenesis of Basanitic to Tholeiitic Volcanic Rocks from the Miocene Vogelsberg, Central Germany

    P. J. F. Bogaard;G. Wörner

  • Os, Sr, Nd, Pb, O isotope and trace element data from the Ferrar flood basalts, antarctica: evidence for an enriched subcontinental lithospheric source

    M. Molzahn;L. Reisberg;G. Wörner

  • Evolution of the West Andean Escarpment at 18°S (N. Chile) during the last 25 Ma: uplift, erosion and collapse through time

    Gerhard Wörner;Dieter Uhlig;Ingrid Kohler;Hartmut Seyfried

  • Andean Cenozoic volcanic centers reflect basement isotopic domains

    Gerhard Wörner;Stephen Moorbath;Russell S. Harmon

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Kronz
Andreas Kronz University of Göttingen
Russell S. Harmon
Russell S. Harmon North Carolina State University
Lucia Civetta
Lucia Civetta University of Naples Federico II
Giovanni Orsi
Giovanni Orsi University of Naples Federico II
Massimo D'Antonio
Massimo D'Antonio University of Naples Federico II
Jean-Claude Thouret
Jean-Claude Thouret University of Clermont Auvergne
Stephen Moorbath
Stephen Moorbath University of Oxford
Yilin Xiao
Yilin Xiao University of Science and Technology of China
Jon P. Davidson
Jon P. Davidson Durham University
Simon Turner
Simon Turner Macquarie University

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