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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 35 7762 7193 2626 2323 94 3729

Harm J. A. Van Avendonk publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Harm J. A. Van Avendonk between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Harm J. A. Van Avendonk published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 3.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2013. 5 of the 103 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2013. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 1 publication 2009: 1 publication 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 3 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 1 publication
1994 2025

103 publications in total across all disciplines

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Harm J. A. Van Avendonk: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 2
1999 0
2000 0
2001 1
2002 0
2003 2
2004 4
2005 0
2006 4
2007 1
2008 1
2009 1
2010 2
2011 1
2012 3
2013 15
2014 8
2015 7
2016 5
2017 4
2018 6
2019 5
2020 6
2021 7
2022 6
2023 6
2024 4
2025 1
Total 103
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Harm J. A. Van Avendonk 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 Harm J. A. Van Avendonk 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, 88–97 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: 94 publications — 9th percentile

9% 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 94
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
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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Harm J. A. Van Avendonk 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 Harm J. A. Van Avendonk 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, 35 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: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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 35
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
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

Harm J. A. Van Avendonk is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on geophysics. Their research portfolio includes work in subfields such as geophysics, geology, atmospheric science, and earth-surface processes.

Their scholarly output is characterized by studies concentrating on earthquake and tectonic phenomena, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, as well as seismic imaging and inversion techniques. Additional research topics include seismic waves and analysis, geological and geophysical studies, and geophysical and geoelectrical methods.

Harm J. A. Van Avendonk has published numerous papers in reputable scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Stress transition from horizontal to vertical forces during subduction initiation (2022), published in Nature Geoscience
  • Limited Mantle Hydration by Bending Faults at the Middle America Trench (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Strike-Slip Enables Subduction Initiation Beneath a Failed Rift: New Seismic Constraints From Puysegur Margin, New Zealand (2021), published in Tectonics
  • Crustal Structure of the Hikurangi Margin From SHIRE Seismic Data and the Relationship Between Forearc Structure and Shallow Megathrust Slip Behavior (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Crustal Structure of the Northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand: Variable Accretion and Overthrusting Plate Strength Influenced by Rough Subduction (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Nathan L. Bangs
  • Stuart Henrys
  • Andrew Gase
  • Dan Bassett
  • Brandon Shuck

Harm J. A. Van Avendonk's work appears regularly in key publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Tectonics
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Crustal structure of the Yakutat terrane and the evolution of subduction and collision in southern Alaska

    Lindsay L. Worthington;Lindsay L. Worthington;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Sean P. S. Gulick;Gail L. Christeson

  • The Yakutat terrane: Dramatic change in crustal thickness across the Transition fault, Alaska

    Gail L. Christeson;Sean P.S. Gulick;Harm J.A. van Avendonk;Lindsay L. Worthington

  • Crustal-scale seismic profiles across the Manila subduction zone: The transition from intraoceanic subduction to incipient collision

    Daniel H. Eakin;Kirk D. McIntosh;H. J.A. Van Avendonk;Luc Lavier

  • Structure and serpentinization of the subducting Cocos plate offshore Nicaragua and Costa Rica

    H. J. A. Van Avendonk;W. S. Holbrook;D. Lizarralde;P. Denyer

  • Rifting and magmatism in the northeastern South China Sea from wide‐angle tomography and seismic reflection imaging

    Ryan Lester;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Kirk McIntosh;Luc Lavier

  • Inversion of a hyper-extended rifted margin in the Southern Central Range of Taiwan

    Kirk D McIntosh;Harm J Van Avendonk;Luc L Lavier;W. Ryan Lester

  • Crustal structure and inferred rifting processes in the northeast South China Sea

    Kirk D McIntosh;Luc L Lavier;Harm J Van Avendonk;Ryan Lester

  • Seismic velocity structure of the rifted margin of the eastern Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;W. Steven Holbrook;Gregory T. Nunes;Donna J. Shillington

  • Inferring crustal structure in the Aleutian island arc from a sparse wide-angle seismic data set

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Donna J. Shillington;W. Steven Holbrook;Matthew J. Hornbach

  • Composition and structure of the central Aleutian island arc from arc‐parallel wide‐angle seismic data

    Donna J. Shillington;Donna J. Shillington;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;W. Steven Holbrook;Peter B. Kelemen

  • A two-dimensional tomographic study of the Clipperton transform fault

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Alistair J. Harding;John A. Orcutt;James S. McClain

  • Continental crust under compression: A seismic refraction study of South Island Geophysical Transect I, South Island, New Zealand

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;W. Steven Holbrook;David Okaya;Jeffrey K. Austin

  • Extension of continental crust at the margin of the eastern Grand Banks, Newfoundland

    Harm J.A. Van Avendonk;Luc L. Lavier;Donna J. Shillington;Gianreto Manatschal

  • Evidence for asymmetric nonvolcanic rifting and slow incipient oceanic accretion from seismic reflection data on the Newfoundland margin

    Donna J. Shillington;Donna J. Shillington;W. Steven Holbrook;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Brian E. Tucholke

  • Hybrid shortest path and ray bending method for traveltime and raypath calculations

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Alistair J. Harding;John A. Orcutt;W. Steven Holbrook

  • Crustal accretion in the Manila trench accretionary wedge at the transition from subduction to mountain-building in Taiwan

    Ryan Lester;Kirk D McIntosh;Harm J Van Avendonk;Luc L Lavier

  • Episodic magmatism and serpentinized mantle exhumation at an ultraslow-spreading centre

    Ingo Grevemeyer;Nicholas W. Hayman;Christine Peirce;Michaela Schwardt

  • Three-dimensional seismic imaging of the Blake Ridge methane hydrate province: Evidence for large, concentrated zones of gas hydrate and morphologically driven advection

    Matthew J. Hornbach;Demian M. Saffer;W. Steven Holbrook;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk

  • Deep crustal structure of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for rift evolution and seafloor spreading

    Drew R. Eddy;Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Gail L. Christeson;Ian O. Norton

  • Deep crustal structure in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

    G. L. Christeson;H. J. A. Van Avendonk;I. O. Norton;J. W. Snedden

  • Continental rifting and sediment infill in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

    Harm J.A. Van Avendonk;Gail L. Christeson;Ian O. Norton;Drew R. Eddy

  • Decrease in oceanic crustal thickness since the breakup of Pangaea

    Harm J. A. Van Avendonk;Joshua K. Davis;Jennifer L. Harding;Lawrence A. Lawver

Frequent Co-Authors

Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Ingo Grevemeyer
Ingo Grevemeyer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin
W. Steven Holbrook
W. Steven Holbrook Virginia Tech
Luc L. Lavier
Luc L. Lavier The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Gurnis
Michael Gurnis California Institute of Technology
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
Francis T. Wu
Francis T. Wu Binghamton University
Char-Shine Liu
Char-Shine Liu National Taiwan University
Joann M. Stock
Joann M. Stock California Institute of Technology

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