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70
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Hans Keppler 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 Keppler sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 165 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans Keppler 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 Keppler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Hans Keppler is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics. Their research spans several subfields including geophysics, artificial intelligence applications, geochemistry and petrology, astronomy and astrophysics, as well as ceramics and composites.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geochemistry and elemental analysis, glass properties and applications, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Among the frequent publication venues where Keppler's research appears are:

  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Elements

Keppler has published several research papers between 2021 and 2023, including:

  • "The composition of subduction zone fluids and the origin of the trace element enrichment in arc magmas" (2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology)
  • "Trace element fractionation between biotite, allanite, and granitic melt" (2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology)
  • "Amphibole stability, water storage in the mantle, and the nature of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary" (2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "Electrical Conductivity in Texturally Equilibrated Fluid-Bearing Forsterite Aggregates at 800°C and 1 GPa: Implications for the High Electrical Conductivity Anomalies in Mantle Wedges" (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • "The solubility of N2 in silicate melts and nitrogen partitioning between upper mantle minerals and basalt" (2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Keppler include:

  • Andreas Audétat
  • Greta Rustioni
  • Marija Putak Juriček
  • Michael Wiedenbeck
  • Kirill Vlasov

Hans Keppler was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Solubility of water in the α, β and γ phases of (Mg,Fe)2SiO4

    D. L. Kohlstedt;H. Keppler;D. C. Rubie

  • Constraints from partitioning experiments on the composition of subduction-zone fluids

    Hans Keppler

  • Influence of fluorine on the enrichment of high field strength trace elements in granitic rocks

    Hans Keppler

  • Water partitioning between nominally anhydrous minerals in the MgO–SiO2–H2O system up to 24 GPa: implications for the distribution of water in the Earth’s mantle

    Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova;Hans Keppler;Hans Keppler;David C Rubie

  • Columbite solubility in granitic melts: consequences for the enrichment and fractionation of Nb and Ta in the Earth's crust

    Robert L. Linnen;Hans Keppler

  • Melt composition control of Zr/Hf fractionation in magmatic processes

    Robert L. Linnen;Robert L. Linnen;Hans Keppler;Hans Keppler

  • Complete miscibility between silicate melts and hydrous fluids in the upper mantle: experimental evidence and geochemical implications

    Hélène Bureau;Hans Keppler

  • Partitioning of Cu, Sn, Mo, W, U, and Th between melt and aqueous fluid in the systems haplogranite-H2O−HCl and haplogranite-H2O−HF

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  • Water solubility in aluminous orthopyroxene and the origin of Earth's asthenosphere.

    Katrin Mierdel;Hans Keppler;Hans Keppler;Joseph R. Smyth;Joseph R. Smyth;Falko Langenhorst;Falko Langenhorst

  • Direct observation of complete miscibility in the albite–H 2 O system

    Andy H. Shen;Hans Keppler

  • Role of fluids in transport and fractionation of uranium and thorium in magmatic processes

    Hans Keppler;Hans Keppler;Peter J. Wyllie

  • Water solubility in orthopyroxene

    Markus Rauch;Hans Keppler

  • Carbon solubility in olivine and the mode of carbon storage in the Earth's mantle

    Hans Keppler;Michael Wiedenbeck;Svyatoslav S. Shcheka

  • Water solubility in pyrope to 100 kbar

    Ren Lu;Hans Keppler

  • Carbon solubility in mantle minerals

    Svyatoslav S. Shcheka;Svyatoslav S. Shcheka;Michael Wiedenbeck;Daniel J. Frost;Hans Keppler;Hans Keppler

  • Silica speciation in aqueous fluids at high pressures and high temperatures

    Nikolay Zotov;Nikolay Zotov;Hans Keppler;Hans Keppler

  • Electrical conductivity of hydrous basaltic melts: implications for partial melting in the upper mantle

    Huaiwei Ni;Hans Keppler;Harald Behrens

  • Infrared spectroscopy of hydrous silicate melts to 1000 °C and 10 kbar: Direct observation of H2O speciation in a diamond-anvil cell

    Andy Shen;Hans Keppler

  • Thermodynamics of Water Solubility and Partitioning

    Hans Keppler;Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova

  • FLUORINE IN SILICATE GLASSES : A MULTINUCLEAR NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY

    Thorsten Schaller;Donald B. Dingwell;Hans Keppler;W. Knöller

  • Volcanic degassing of bromine and iodine: experimental fluid/melt partitioning data and applications to stratospheric chemistry

    Hélène Bureau;Hans Keppler;Hans Keppler;Nicole Métrich

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Audétat
Andreas Audétat University of Bayreuth
Catherine McCammon
Catherine McCammon University of Bayreuth
Michael Wiedenbeck
Michael Wiedenbeck University of Potsdam
David C. Rubie
David C. Rubie University of Bayreuth
Leonid Dubrovinsky
Leonid Dubrovinsky University of Bayreuth
Joseph R. Smyth
Joseph R. Smyth University of Colorado Boulder
Craig E. Manning
Craig E. Manning University of California, Los Angeles
Weidong Sun
Weidong Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daniel J. Frost
Daniel J. Frost University of Bayreuth
David L. Kohlstedt
David L. Kohlstedt University of Minnesota

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