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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 62 1675 1499 109 102 304 13983

Joachim Reitner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Joachim Reitner between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Joachim Reitner published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 7.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2015. 14 of the 368 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2015. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 4 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 4 publications 1996: 13 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 10 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 3 publications
1976 2025

368 publications in total across all disciplines

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Joachim Reitner: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 2
1983 2
1984 1
1985 1
1986 2
1987 3
1988 1
1989 4
1990 2
1991 7
1992 3
1993 4
1994 1
1995 4
1996 13
1997 8
1998 1
1999 10
2000 6
2001 13
2002 9
2003 13
2004 8
2005 15
2006 10
2007 5
2008 12
2009 7
2010 13
2011 16
2012 13
2013 11
2014 9
2015 18
2016 15
2017 13
2018 7
2019 13
2020 15
2021 16
2022 11
2023 15
2024 11
2025 3
Total 368
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Joachim Reitner 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 Joachim Reitner 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, 298–307 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: 304 publications — 87th percentile

87% 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
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
298–307 120 304
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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Joachim Reitner 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 Joachim Reitner 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, 62 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: 62 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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
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 62
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

Joachim Reitner is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Paleontology, Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Biotechnology. The scientist's work encompasses multiple key topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

The publication record of Joachim Reitner includes a collection of papers covering diverse areas of geological and biological sciences. Recent papers include:

  • Triple oxygen isotopes of cherts through time, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Low-temperature, shallow-water hydrothermal vent mineralization following the recent submarine eruption of Tagoro volcano (El Hierro, Canary Islands), 2020, Marine Geology
  • Carbonates and cherts as archives of seawater chemistry and habitability on a carbonate platform 3.35 Ga ago: Insights from Sm/Nd dating and trace element analysis from the Strelley Pool Formation, Western Australia, 2020, Precambrian Research
  • Habitability of the early Earth: liquid water under a faint young Sun facilitated by strong tidal heating due to a closer Moon, 2021, Paläontologische Zeitschrift

Joachim Reitner frequently publishes in several scientific venues. Notable journals and publication counts include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 12 publications
  • Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 8 publications
  • Precambrian Research, 4 publications
  • Lethaia, 4 publications
  • The Depositional Record, 2 publications

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jan-Peter Duda (22 joint works)
  • Yu Pei (12 joint works)
  • Cui Luo (11 joint works)
  • Xingliang Zhang (8 joint works)
  • Andreas Pack (7 joint works)

Best Publications

  • Photosynthesis-induced biofilm calcification and calcium concentrations in Phanerozoic oceans.

    Gernot Arp;Andreas Reimer;Joachim Reitner

  • Methane-derived carbonates and authigenic pyrite from the northwestern Black Sea

    J Peckmann;A Reimer;U Luth;C Luth

  • Modern cryptic microbialite/metazoan facies from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) formation and concepts

    Joachim Reitner

  • Membrane lipid patterns typify distinct anaerobic methanotrophic consortia

    Martin Blumenberg;Richard Seifert;Joachim Reitner;Thomas Pape

  • Estimating the Phanerozoic history of the Ascomycota lineages: combining fossil and molecular data.

    Christina Beimforde;Kathrin Feldberg;Stephan Nylinder;Jouko Rikkinen

  • Calcium isotope fractionation in calcite and aragonite

    Nikolaus Gussone;Florian Böhm;Anton Eisenhauer;Martin Dietzel

  • Highly isotopically depleted isoprenoids: molecular markers for ancient methane venting

    Volker Thiel;Jörn Peckmann;Richard Seifert;Patrick Wehrung

  • Microbialite Formation in Seawater of Increased Alkalinity, Satonda Crater Lake, Indonesia

    Gernot Arp;Andreas Reimer;Joachim Reitner

  • Molecular signals for anaerobic methane oxidation in Black Sea seep carbonates and a microbial mat

    Volker Thiel;Jörn Peckmann;Hans Hermann Richnow;Ulf Luth

  • Cold seep deposits of Beauvoisin (Oxfordian; southeastern France) and Marmorito (Miocene; northern Italy): microbially induced authigenic carbonates

    J. Peckmann;V. Thiel;Walter Michaelis;P. Clari

  • Biofilm exopolymers control microbialite formation at thermal springs discharging into the alkaline Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA

    Gernot Arp;Volker Thiel;Volker Thiel;Andreas Reimer;Walter Michaelis

  • A comprehensive approach to the study of methane-seep deposits from the Lincoln Creek Formation, western Washington State, USA

    J. Peckmann;J. L. Goedert;V. Thiel;W. Michaelis

  • Oxygen isotope fractionation in marine aragonite of coralline sponges

    Florian Böhm;Michael M. Joachimski;Wolf-Christian Dullo;Anton Eisenhauer

  • Fossil and recent sponges

    J. Reitner;Helmut Keupp

  • Biosedimentology of Microbial Buildups IGCP Project No. 380 Proceedings of 2nd Meeting, Göttingen/Germany 1996

    Fritz Neuweiler;Joachim Reitner;Claude Monty;Mark Feldmann

  • Concretionary methane-seep carbonates and associated microbial communities in Black Sea sediments

    Joachim Reitner;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann;Martin Blumenberg;Walter Michaelis

  • Phylogenetic analysis of a microbialite-forming microbial mat from a hypersaline lake of the Kiritimati atoll, Central Pacific.

    Dominik Schneider;Gernot Arp;Andreas Reimer;Joachim Reitner

  • Mineralization of the metre-long biosilica structures of glass sponges is templated on hydroxylated collagen

    Hermann Ehrlich;Rainer Deutzmann;Eike Brunner;Enrico Cappellini

  • Methane-derived carbonate build-ups and associated microbial communities at cold seeps on the lower Crimean shelf (Black Sea)

    Joachim Reitner;Jörn Peckmann;Andreas Reimer;Gabriela Schumann

  • Mud mounds: A polygenetic spectrum of fine-grained carbonate buildups

    Gerd Flajs;Manfred Vigener;Helmut Keupp;Dieter Meischner

  • Calcification in cyanobacterial biofilms of alkaline salt lakes

    Gernot Arp;Andreas Reimer;Joachim Reitner

  • Microbial fabric formation in spring mounds ("microbialites") of alkaline salt lakes in the Badain Jaran sand sea, PR China

    Gernot Arp;Juergen Hofmann;Joachim Reitner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gert Wörheide
Gert Wörheide Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
Walter Michaelis
Walter Michaelis Universität Hamburg
Martin Blumenberg
Martin Blumenberg University of Göttingen
Anton Eisenhauer
Anton Eisenhauer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Marco Taviani
Marco Taviani Schmidt Ocean Institute
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Luis Somoza
Luis Somoza Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Richard Seifert
Richard Seifert Universität Hamburg
Daniel Birgel
Daniel Birgel Universität Hamburg

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