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James A. D. Connolly

James A. D. Connolly

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
73
Citations
19759
World Ranking
793
National Ranking
22

James A. D. Connolly 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 James A. D. Connolly sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 183 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James A. D. Connolly 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 James A. D. Connolly sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James A. D. Connolly is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where their research primarily focuses on earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to geophysics. Their work spans several related subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, artificial intelligence applications, mechanical engineering, and atmospheric science.

The main topics covered in their research encompass geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, planetary science and exploration, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as astro and planetary science.

Among their recent publications are:

  • GeoPS: An interactive visual computing tool for thermodynamic modelling of phase equilibria (2021) in Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • Geophysical evidence for an enriched molten silicate layer above Mars's core (2023) in Nature
  • Marsquake Locations and 1-D Seismic Models for Mars From InSight Data (2022) in Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Seismo-hydro-mechanical modelling of the seismic cycle: Methodology and implications for subduction zone seismicity (2020) in Tectonophysics
  • Fluid-mediated selective dissolution of subducting carbonaceous material: Implications for carbon recycling and fluid fluxes at forearc depths (2020) in Chemical Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Connolly include Andrea Maffeis, Simona Ferrando, Maria Luce Frezzotti, Daniele Castelli, and Henri Samuel.

Connolly's work is published often in high-impact venues such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, Journal of Petrology, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, and International Geology Review.

Best Publications

  • Computation of phase equilibria by linear programming: A tool for geodynamic modeling and its application to subduction zone decarbonation

    J.A.D. Connolly

  • The geodynamic equation of state: What and how

    J. A. D. Connolly

  • Multivariable phase diagrams; an algorithm based on generalized thermodynamics

    J. A. D. Connolly

  • Serpentine and the subduction zone water cycle

    Lars H Rüpke;Jason Phipps Morgan;Matthias Hort;Matthias Hort;James A.D Connolly

  • Metamorphic devolatilization of subducted marine sediments and the transport of volatiles into the Earth's mantle

    D. M. Kerrick;J. A. D. Connolly

  • Metamorphic devolatilization of subducted oceanic metabasalts: implications for seismicity, arc magmatism and volatile recycling

    D.M. Kerrick;J.A.D. Connolly

  • Can we constrain the interior structure of rocky exoplanets from mass and radius measurements

    Caroline Dorn;Amir Khan;Kevin Heng;James A. D. Connolly

  • An automated strategy for calculation of phase diagram sections and retrieval of rock properties as a function of physical conditions

    J. A. D. Connolly;K. Petrini

  • Melting of the continental crust: Some thermal and petrological constraints on anatexis in continental collision zones and other tectonic settings

    Alan Bruce Thompson;James A. D. Connolly

  • C‐O‐H‐S fluid composition and oxygen fugacity in graphitic metapelites

    J. A. D. Connolly;B. Cesare

  • Serpentinization of Oceanic Peridotites: Implications for Geochemical Cycles and Biological Activity

    Gretchen L. Früh-Green;James A.D. Connolly;Alessio Plas;Deborah S. Kelley

  • Integrated geophysical‐petrological modeling of the lithosphere and sublithospheric upper mantle: Methodology and applications

    J. C. J.C. Afonso;M. M. Fernàndez;Giorgio G. Ranalli;W. L. W.L. Griffin

  • Modeling open system metamorphic decarbonation of subducting slabs

    P. J. Gorman;D. M. Kerrick;J. A. D. Connolly

  • Compaction-driven fluid flow in viscoelastic rock

    J.A.D. Connolly;Yu.Yu. Podladchikov

  • How contact metamorphism can trigger global climate changes: Modeling gas generation around igneous sills in sedimentary basins

    Ingrid Aarnes;Henrik Svensen;James A.D. Connolly;Yuri Y. Podladchikov

  • Are the regional variations in Central American arc lavas due to differing basaltic versus peridotitic slab sources of fluids

    Lars H. Rüpke;Jason Phipps Morgan;Matthias Hort;James A.D. Connolly

  • Can we constrain interior structure of rocky exoplanets from mass and radius measurements

    Caroline Dorn;Amir Khan;Kevin Heng;Yann Alibert

  • Devolatilization‐generated fluid pressure and deformation‐propagated fluid flow during prograde regional metamorphism

    J. A. D. Connolly

  • Why is terrestrial subduction one-sided?

    Taras V. Gerya;James A.D. Connolly;David A. Yuen

  • Titanium in phengite: a geobarometer for high temperature eclogites

    Estelle Auzanneau;M. W. Schmidt;D. Vielzeuf;J. A. D Connolly

Frequent Co-Authors

Amir Khan
Amir Khan ETH Zurich
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Boris J. P. Kaus
Boris J. P. Kaus Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Yuri Y. Podladchikov
Yuri Y. Podladchikov University of Lausanne
Max W. Schmidt
Max W. Schmidt ETH Zurich
Juan Carlos Afonso
Juan Carlos Afonso University of Twente
Frédéric Deschamps
Frédéric Deschamps Academia Sinica
Lapo Boschi
Lapo Boschi University of Padua
Yingjie Yang
Yingjie Yang Southern University of Science and Technology

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