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Jens Kallmeyer 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 Jens Kallmeyer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 198 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jens Kallmeyer 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 Jens Kallmeyer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jens Kallmeyer is affiliated with the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Germany. Their research spans across environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular focus on environmental chemistry and ecology. The scientist's work also delves into mechanics of materials, atmospheric science, and global and planetary change.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Kallmeyer has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Drilling

Frequent co-authors include Dirk Wagner, Yuki Morono, Aurèle Vuillemin, Alexander Bartholomäus, and Verena B. Heuer.

Significant recent publications reflecting the scope of the scientist's research are:

  • Enabling large-scale hydrogen storage in porous media - the scientific challenges, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone, 2020, Science
  • Organic matter mineralization in modern and ancient ferruginous sediments, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Rapid metabolism fosters microbial survival in the deep, hot subseafloor biosphere, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Vivianite formation in ferruginous sediments from Lake Towuti, Indonesia, 2020, Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Global distribution of microbial abundance and biomass in subseafloor sediment

    Jens Kallmeyer;Robert Pockalny;Rishi Ram Adhikari;David C. Smith

  • Enabling large-scale hydrogen storage in porous media – the scientific challenges

    Niklas Heinemann;Juan Alcalde;Johannes M. Miocic;Johannes M. Miocic;Suzanne J. T. Hangx

  • Prokaryotic cells of the deep sub-seafloor biosphere identified as living bacteria

    A. Schippers;L. N. Neretin;J. Kallmeyer;T. G. Ferdelman

  • Deep sub-seafloor prokaryotes stimulated at interfaces over geological time

    Ronald John Parkes;Gordon Webster;Barry Andrew Cragg;Andrew John Weightman

  • Geochemistry of Peruvian near-surface sediments

    Philipp Böning;Hans-Jürgen Brumsack;Michael E. Böttcher;Bernhard Schnetger

  • A cold chromium distillation procedure for radiolabeled sulfide applied to sulfate reduction measurements

    Jens Kallmeyer;Timothy G. Ferdelman;Andreas Weber;Henrik Fossing

  • Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific Gyre

    Steven D’Hondt;Arthur J. Spivack;Robert Pockalny;Timothy G. Ferdelman

  • Anaerobic oxidation of methane and sulfate reduction along the Chilean continental margin

    Tina Treude;Jutta Niggemann;Jens Kallmeyer;Paul Wintersteller

  • Presence of oxygen and aerobic communities from sea floor to basement in deep-sea sediments

    Steven D'hondt;Steven D'hondt;Fumio Inagaki;Fumio Inagaki;Carlos Alvarez Zarikian;Carlos Alvarez Zarikian;Lewis J. Abrams

  • Aerobic Microbial Respiration in 86-Million-Year-Old Deep-Sea Red Clay

    Hans Røy;Jens Kallmeyer;Rishi Ram Adhikari;Robert Pockalny

  • New cell extraction procedure applied to deep subsurface sediments

    Jens Kallmeyer;David C. Smith;Arthur J. Spivack;Steven D'Hondt

  • Effects of temperature and pressure on sulfate reduction and anaerobic oxidation of methane in hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin.

    Jens Kallmeyer;Antje Boetius;Antje Boetius

  • An improved cell separation technique for marine subsurface sediments: applications for high-throughput analysis using flow cytometry and cell sorting

    Yuki Morono;Takeshi Terada;Jens Kallmeyer;Fumio Inagaki

  • Living microbial ecosystems within the active zone of catagenesis: Implications for feeding the deep biosphere

    B. Horsfield;H.J. Schenk;K. Zink;R. Ondrak

  • High virus-to-cell ratios indicate ongoing production of viruses in deep subsurface sediments.

    Tim Engelhardt;Jens Kallmeyer;Heribert Cypionka;Bert Engelen

  • Discovery of the first Quaternary maar in the Bohemian Massif, Central Europe, based on combined geophysical and geological surveys

    J. Mrlina;H. Kämpf;C. Kroner;J. Mingram

  • Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone

    Verena B. Heuer;Fumio Inagaki;Yuki Morono;Yusuke Kubo

  • Deep-biosphere methane production stimulated by geofluids in the Nankai accretionary complex

    Akira Ijiri;Fumio Inagaki;Yusuke Kubo;Rishi Ram Adhikari

  • The deep subsurface biosphere in igneous ocean crust: frontier habitats for microbiological exploration.

    Katrina J. Edwards;Andrew T. Fisher;C. Geoffrey Wheat

  • Formation of diagenetic siderite in modern ferruginous sediments

    Aurèle Vuillemin;Richard Wirth;Helga Kemnitz;Anja M. Schleicher

  • Preservation and significance of extracellular DNA in ferruginous sediments from Lake Towuti, Indonesia

    Aurèle Vuillemin;Fabian Horn;Mashal Alawi;Cynthia Henny

  • A procedure for separate recovery of extra- and intracellular DNA from a single marine sediment sample.

    Mashal Alawi;Beate Schneider;Jens Kallmeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean A. Crowe
Sean A. Crowe University of British Columbia
Fumio Inagaki
Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yuki Morono
Yuki Morono Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles
Timothy G. Ferdelman
Timothy G. Ferdelman Max Planck Society
Hendrik Vogel
Hendrik Vogel University of Bern
Steven D'Hondt
Steven D'Hondt University of Rhode Island
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University

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