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Hans-Jürgen Förster

Hans-Jürgen Förster

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
6485
World Ranking
6748
National Ranking
485

Hans-Jürgen Förster 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 Hans-Jürgen Förster sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 122 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans-Jürgen Förster 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 Hans-Jürgen Förster sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hans-Jürgen Förster is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and has contributed to research predominantly within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Materials Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Mechanics of Materials.

The primary topics in Förster's academic work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Crystal Structures and Properties, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions.

Förster has published papers in several venues, with frequent appearances in Mineralogical Magazine, Minerals, Geothermal Energy, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, and Lithos. The following are some of their recent publications:

  • Temperature and pressure corrections applied to rock thermal conductivity: impact on subsurface temperature prognosis and heat-flow determination in geothermal exploration (2020) - Geothermal Energy
  • The Thermal Diffusivity of Sedimentary Rocks: Empirical Validation of a Physically Based α − φ Relation (2021) - Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Role of fractional crystallization, fluid-melt separation, and alteration on the Li and B isotopic composition of a highly evolved composite granite pluton: The case of the Eibenstock granite, Erzgebirge, Germany (2022) - Lithos
  • Ambiguity of crustal geotherms: A thermal-conductivity perspective (2020) - Geothermics
  • Fluorbritholite-(Nd), Ca2Nd3(SiO4)3F, a new and key mineral for neodymium sequestration in REE skarns (2023) - Mineralogical Magazine

Frequent co-authors in Förster's work include Ben Norden, Andrea Förster, Luca Bindi, Sven Fuchs, and Dan Holtstam. These collaborators have contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting active research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • An experimental study of dissolution–reprecipitation in fluorapatite: fluid infiltration and the formation of monazite

    Daniel E. Harlov;Richard Wirth;Hans-Jürgen Förster

  • Late-Collisional Granites in the Variscan Erzgebirge, Germany

    H.-J. Förster;G. Tischendorf;R. B. Trumbull;B. Gottesmann

  • Apatite-monazite relations in the Kiirunavaara magnetite-apatite ore, northern Sweden

    Daniel E Harlov;Ulf B Andersson;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Jan Olov Nyström

  • Fluid-induced nucleation of (Y + REE)-phosphate minerals within apatite: Nature and experiment. Part I. Chlorapatite

    Daniel E. Harlov;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Timo G. Nijland

  • An evaluation of the Rb vs. (Y + Nb) discrimination diagram to infer tectonic setting of silicic igneous rocks

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  • Formation of extremely F-rich hydrous melt fractions and hydrothermal fluids during differentiation of highly evolved tin-granite magmas: a melt/fluid-inclusion study

    Rainer Thomas;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Karen Rickers;James D. Webster

  • Melt inclusions in quartz from an evolved peraluminous pegmatite: Geochemical evidence for strong tin enrichment in fluorine-rich and phosphorus-rich residual liquids

    James D. Webster;Rainer Thomas;Dieter Rhede;Hans-Jürgen Förster

  • Geochemical evolution of halogen-enriched granite magmas and mineralizing fluids of the Zinnwald tin-tungsten mining district, Erzgebirge, Germany

    Jim Webster;Rainer Thomas;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Reimar Seltmann

  • True and brittle micas: composition and solid-solution series

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  • The behaviour of boron in a peraluminous granite-pegmatite system and associated hydrothermal solutions: a melt and fluid-inclusion study

    Rainer Thomas;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Wilhelm Heinrich

  • Composition and origin of intermediate solid solutions in the system thorite-xenotime-zircon-coffinite

    Hans-Jürgen Förster

  • Minor- and trace-element composition of trioctahedral micas: a review

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  • Variscan silicic magmatism and related tin-tungsten mineralization in the Erzgebirge-Slavkovský les metallogenic province

    K. Breiter;H.-J. Förster;R. Seltmann

  • Fluid-induced nucleation of (Y + REE)-phosphate minerals within apatite: Nature and experiment. Part I. Chlorapatite

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  • Intracontinental extensional magmatism with a subduction fingerprint: the late Carboniferous Halle Volcanic Complex (Germany)

    Rolf L. Romer;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Christoph Breitkreuz

  • Formation of Al-rich titanite (CaTiSiO4O–CaAlSiO4OH) reaction rims on ilmenite in metamorphic rocks as a function of fH2O and fO2

    Daniel Harlov;Peter Tropper;Wolfgang Seifert;Timo Nijland

  • Evaluation of common mixing models for calculating bulk thermal conductivity of sedimentary rocks: Correction charts and new conversion equations

    Sven Fuchs;Felina Schütz;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Andrea Förster

  • Reservoir characterization of a CO2 storage aquifer: The Upper Triassic Stuttgart Formation in the Northeast German Basin

    A. Förster;R. Schöner;H.-J. Förster;B. Norden

  • The crustal structure of the Dead Sea Transform

    M. Weber;K. Abu-Ayyash;A. Abueladas

  • The transition from peraluminous to peralkaline granitic melts: Evidence from melt inclusions and accessory minerals

    R. Thomas;J.D. Webster;D. Rhede;W. Seifert

  • A new graphical presentation and subdivision of potassium micas

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  • Occurrence and Origin of Andalusite in Peraluminous Felsic Igneous Rocks

    DB Clarke;M. Dorais;B. Barbarin;D. Barker

  • Lithium and boron in late-orogenic granites – Isotopic fingerprints for the source of crustal melts?

    Rolf L. Romer;Anette Meixner;Hans-Jürgen Förster

  • The chemical composition of uraninite in Variscan granites of the Erzgebirge, Germany

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  • Crustal composition and mantle heat flow: Implications from surface heat flow and radiogenic heat production in the Variscan Erzgebirge (Germany)

    Andrea Förster;Hans-Jürgen Förster

  • The Role of Advective Fluid Flow and Diffusion during Localized, Solid-State Dehydration: Sondrum Stenhuggeriet, Halmstad, SW Sweden

    Daniel E. Harlov;L. Johansson;A. Van Den Kerkhof;H. J. Forster

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Förster
Andrea Förster Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Dieter Rhede
Dieter Rhede Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Rainer Thomas
Rainer Thomas University of Potsdam
Daniel E. Harlov
Daniel E. Harlov Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Luca Bindi
Luca Bindi University of Florence
Reimar Seltmann
Reimar Seltmann Natural History Museum
Richard Wirth
Richard Wirth Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Sven Fuchs
Sven Fuchs BOKU University
James D. Webster
James D. Webster American Museum of Natural History
Hervé Martin
Hervé Martin University of Clermont Auvergne

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