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Hartmut Kern

Hartmut Kern

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
5955
World Ranking
5064
National Ranking
360

Hartmut Kern 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 Hartmut Kern sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 111 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Hartmut Kern 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 Hartmut Kern sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hartmut Kern is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Geophysics. Their research interests encompass high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, as well as geological and geochemical analysis.

The scientist has contributed to several research papers published recently. Notable publications include:

  • Compressional wave velocity measurements on mafic-ultramafic rocks under high aqueous fluid pressure and temperature help to explain low-velocity zones in the lithosphere (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • Anwendung des Programms "Factsage" für Verschleißeinschätzungen von chemisch hochbelasteten Feuerfestauskleidungen (2020) published in Keramische Zeitschrift

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hartmut Kern include:

  • E. B. Lebedev
  • Ninely I. Pavlenkova
  • О. А. Луканин
  • К. В. Лобанов
  • A. V. Zharikov

Their work has appeared in peer-reviewed venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Keramische Zeitschrift

The core fields and subfields of study represented in the scientist's research portfolio are:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Geophysics

Main topics addressed throughout their research include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis

Best Publications

  • How mafic is the lower continental crust

    Shan Gao;Ben-Ren Zhang;Zhen-Ming Jin;Hartmut Kern

  • Development of damage and permeability in deforming rock salt

    Otto Schulze;Till Popp;Hartmut Kern

  • Relationship between anisotropy of P and S wave velocities and anisotropy of attenuation in serpentinite and amphibolite

    Hartmut Kern;Bin Liu;Till Popp

  • Fabric-related velocity anisotropy and shear wave splitting in rocks from the Santa Rosa Mylonite Zone, California

    H. Kern;H.-R. Wenk

  • The effect of high temperature and high confining pressure on compressional wave velocities in quartz-bearing and quartz-free igneous and metamorphic rocks

    H. Kern

  • Seismic anisotropy and shear-wave splitting in lower-crustal and upper-mantle rocks from the Ivrea Zone—experimental and calculated data

    Guilhem Barruol;Hartmut Kern

  • Petrophysical studies on rocks from the Dabie ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic belt, Central China: implications for the composition and delamination of the lower crust

    Hartmut Kern;Shan Gao;Zhengmin Jin;Till Popp

  • Pressure and temperature dependence of VP and VS in rocks from the superdeep well and from surface analogues at Kola and the nature of velocity anisotropy

    H Kern;T Popp;F Gorbatsevich;A Zharikov

  • Evolution of dilatancy and permeability in rock salt during hydrostatic compaction and triaxial deformation

    Till Popp;Hartmut Kern;Otto Schulze

  • Elastic-wave velocity in crustal and mantle rocks at high pressure and temperature: the role of the high-low quartz transition and of dehydration reactions

    H. Kern

  • Anisotropy of Vp and Vs in an amphibolite of the deeper crust and its relationship to the mineralogical, microstructural and textural characteristics of the rock

    S Siegesmund;T Takeshita;H Kern

  • Seismic lamination and anisotropy of the Lower Continental Crust

    Rolf Meissner;Wolfgang Rabbel;Hartmut Kern

  • Evolution of the petrological and seismic Moho-implications for the continental crust-mantle boundary

    K. Mengel;H. Kern

  • Elastic wave velocities in rocks from a lower crustal section in southern Calabria (Italy)

    H. Kern;V. Schenk

  • The effect of oriented microcracks and crystallographic and shape preferred orientation on bulk elastic anisotropy of a foliated biotite gneiss from Outokumpu

    H. Kern;T.I. Ivankina;A.N. Nikitin;T. Lokajíček

  • P- and S-wave anisotropy and shear-wave splitting at pressure and temperature in possible mantle rocks and their relation to the rock fabric

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  • Physical properties of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Sulu terrain, eastern central China: implications for the seismic structure at the Donghai (CCSD) drilling site

    Hartmut Kern;Zhenmin Jin;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Till Popp

  • Laboratory seismic measurements: an aid in the interpretation of seismic field data

    Hartmut Kern

  • Seismic properties and densities of middle and lower crustal rocks exposed along the North China Geoscience Transect

    Hartmut Kern;Shan Gao;Qing-Shen Liu

  • A model of velocity structure beneath Calabria, southern Italy, based on laboratory data

    H. Kern;V. Schenk

  • Heterogeneous deformation and texture development in halite polycrystals: comparison of different modeling approaches and experimental data

    Ricardo A. Lebensohn;Paul R. Dawson;Hartmut M. Kern;Hans-Rudolf Wenk

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Hans-Rudolf Wenk University of California, Berkeley
Antonino Pezzino
Antonino Pezzino University of Catania
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Siegfried Siegesmund
Siegfried Siegesmund University of Göttingen
David Mainprice
David Mainprice University of Montpellier
Hong-Fei Zhang
Hong-Fei Zhang China University of Geosciences
Matthew H. Salisbury
Matthew H. Salisbury Bedford Institute of Oceanography
P. Van Houtte
P. Van Houtte KU Leuven
Renée Heilbronner
Renée Heilbronner University of Basel
Guilhem Barruol
Guilhem Barruol Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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