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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 49 3649 3343 251 236 187 8088

Hans Kerp publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hans Kerp between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hans Kerp published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 6.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2021. 8 of the 224 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2021. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 4 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 4 publications
1990 2025

224 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hans Kerp: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 2
1992 2
1993 1
1994 4
1995 4
1996 7
1997 6
1998 4
1999 3
2000 8
2001 6
2002 2
2003 12
2004 3
2005 11
2006 11
2007 10
2008 8
2009 7
2010 7
2011 9
2012 9
2013 6
2014 10
2015 3
2016 3
2017 10
2018 11
2019 4
2020 10
2021 13
2022 5
2023 4
2024 4
2025 4
Total 224
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Hans Kerp 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 Kerp 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, 178–187 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: 187 publications — 58th percentile

58% 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
178–187 414 187
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
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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Hans Kerp 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 Kerp 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, 49 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: 49 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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 49
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
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

Hans Kerp is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research spans across multiple disciplines in agricultural and biological sciences as well as earth and planetary sciences.

The main fields of Kerp's work include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader areas, Kerp focuses on several subfields such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Paleontology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Atmospheric Science

Key topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Hans Kerp has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Benjamin Bomfleur
  • Patrick Blomenkemper
  • Abdalla Abu Hamad
  • William A. DiMichele
  • Jun Wang

Research outputs by Kerp have appeared predominantly in these publication venues:

  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Paläontologische Zeitschrift
  • eLife
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Science

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hans Kerp include:

  • "Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding 'Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data': Myanmar amber" (2020, Paläontologische Zeitschrift)
  • "Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding 'Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data': the importance of private collections" (2020, Paläontologische Zeitschrift)
  • "An evidence-based 3D reconstruction of Asteroxylon mackiei, the most complex plant preserved from the Rhynie chert" (2021, eLife)
  • "Palynology and vegetation dynamics across the Permian-Triassic boundary in southern Tibet" (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Contributions towards whole-plant reconstructions of Dicroidium plants (Umkomasiaceae) from the Permian of Jordan" (2020, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology)

Best Publications

  • Fungal endophytes in a 400-million-yr-old land plant: infection pathways, spatial distribution, and host responses.

    Michael Krings;Thomas N. Taylor;Hagen Hass;Hans Kerp

  • Fossil arbuscular mycorrhizae from the Early Devonian

    Thomas N. Taylor;Winfried Remy;Hagen Hass;Hans Kerp

  • The Study of Fossil Gymnosperms by Means of Cuticular Analysis

    Hans Kerp

  • Stomata in early land plants: an anatomical and ecophysiological approach

    Dianne Edwards;H. Kerp;H. Hass

  • The oldest fossil ascomycetes

    T. N. Taylor;H. Hass;H. Kerp

  • Fungi from the Rhynie chert: a view from the dark side

    T. N. Taylor;S. D. Klavins;M. Krings;E. L. Taylor

  • The oldest fossil lichen

    T. N. Taylor;H G Hass;W Remy;H Kerp

  • A cyanolichen from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert.

    Thomas N. Taylor;Hagen Hass;Hans Kerp

  • Post-Variscan late Palaeozoic Northern Hemisphere gymnosperms: the onset to the Mesozoic

    Hans Kerp

  • Bias of the paleobotanical record as a consequence of variations in the chemical composition of higher vascular plant cuticles

    Erik W. Tegelaar;Hans Kerp;Henk Visscher;Pieter A. Schenck

  • Typical Triassic Gondwanan floral elements in the Upper Permian of the paleotropics

    Hans Kerp;Abdalla Abu Hamad;Birgit Vörding;Klaus Bandel

  • Photography of plant fossils—New techniques, old tricks

    Hans Kerp;Benjamin Bomfleur

  • The so-called "Paleophytic-Mesophytic" transition in equatorial Pangea — Multiple biomes and vegetational tracking of climate change through geological time

    William A. DiMichele;Hans Kerp;Neil J. Tabor;Cynthia V. Looy

  • A Late Permian flora with Dicroidium from the Dead Sea region, Jordan

    Abdalla Abu Hamad;Hans Kerp;Birgit Vörding;Klaus Bandel

  • The land plant δ13C record and plant evolution in the Late Palaeozoic

    Wolfgang Peters-Kottig;Harald Strauss;Hans Kerp

  • Spores of the Rhynie chert plant Aglaophyton (Rhynia) major (Kidston and Lang) D.S. Edwards, 1986

    Charles H. Wellman;Hans Kerp;Hagen Hass

  • How Paleozoic Vines and Lianas Got off the Ground: On Scrambling and Climbing Carboniferous–Early Permian Pteridosperms

    Michael Krings;Hans Kerp;Thomas N. Taylor;Edith L. Taylor

  • The Modernization of Landscapes during the Late Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic

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  • Palaeonema phyticum gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Palaeonematidae fam. n.), a Devonian nematode associated with early land plants

    Hagen Hass;Hans Kerp;George Poinar

  • A harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Early Devonian Rhynie cherts, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Jason A. Dunlop;Lyall I. Anderson;Hans Kerp;Hagen Hass

  • Wildfires in the Late Palaeozoic of Central Europe - The Zechstein (Upper Permian) of NW-Hesse (Germany)

    Dieter Uhl;Hans Kerp

  • Le renouvellement des flores au passage Carbonifère Permien : approches stratigraphique, biologique, sédimentologique

    J Broutin;J Doubinger;G Farjanel;P Freytet

  • Mesozoic seed ferns: Old paradigms, new discoveries1

    Edith L. Taylor;Thomas N. Taylor;Hans Kerp;Elizabeth J. Hermsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas N. Taylor
Thomas N. Taylor University of Kansas
Michael Krings
Michael Krings Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
William A. DiMichele
William A. DiMichele Smithsonian Institution
Spencer G. Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Cindy V. Looy
Cindy V. Looy University of California, Berkeley
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida
Howard J. Falcon-Lang
Howard J. Falcon-Lang Royal Holloway University of London
Dieter Uhl
Dieter Uhl University of Tübingen
Christopher Walker
Christopher Walker Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Conrad C. Labandeira
Conrad C. Labandeira Smithsonian Institution

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