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John A. Wolff 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 John A. Wolff sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 247 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John A. Wolff 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 John A. Wolff sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

John A. Wolff is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Earth-Surface Processes, and Archeology.

The main topics covered in Wolff's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological formations and processes, and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Their recent publications demonstrate a breadth of study within these areas. Notable papers include:

  • Europium and barium enrichments in compositionally zoned felsic tuffs: A smoking gun for the origin of chemical and physical gradients by cumulate melting, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Modulation of zircon solubility by crystal-melt dynamics, 2020, Geology
  • Cumulate recycling in igneous systems: The volcanic record, 2023, Lithos
  • Tenerife, a complex end member of basaltic oceanic island volcanoes, with explosive polygenetic phonolitic calderas, and phonolitic-basaltic stratovolcanoes, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Anatomy of a Recharge Magma: Hornblende Dacite Pumice from the rhyolitic Tshirege Member of the Bandelier Tuff, Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA, 2020, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Wolff has published extensively in several venues, including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Geology
  • Lithos
  • Journal of Petrology

Their work involves collaboration with frequent co-authors such as Frank C. Ramos, Martin J. Streck, James D. Muirhead, Arron Steiner, and Joan Martí.

Among their recognitions, Wolff has been named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Measuring 87Sr/86Sr variations in minerals and groundmass from basalts using LA-MC-ICPMS

    Frank C. Ramos;John A. Wolff;Darren L. Tollstrup

  • Rheomorphism of welded tuffs

    J.A. Wolff;J.V. Wright

  • Volcanological study of the great Tambora eruption of 1815

    Stephen Self;Michael R. Rampino;M. S. Newton;J. A. Wolff

  • Fast kimberlite ascent rates estimated from hydrogen diffusion profiles in xenolithic mantle olivines from southern Africa

    Anne H. Peslier;Alan B. Woodland;John A. Wolff

  • Magma volume, volatile emissions, and stratospheric aerosols from the 1815 eruption of Tambora

    S. Self;R. Gertisser;T. Thordarson;M. R. Rampino

  • Distinguishing strongly rheomorphic tuffs from extensive silicic lavas

    Christopher D Henry;John A Wolff

  • Basaltic fissure eruptions, plume heights, and atmospheric aerosols

    Richard B. Stothers;John A. Wolff;Stephen Self;Michael R. Rampino

  • Cumulate fragments in silicic ignimbrites: The case of the Snake River Plain

    Ben S. Ellis;Olivier Bachmann;John A. Wolff

  • Remelting of cumulates as a process for producing chemical zoning in silicic tuffs: A comparison of cool, wet and hot, dry rhyolitic magma systems

    J.A. Wolff;B.S. Ellis;F.C. Ramos;W.A. Starkel

  • Columbia River flood basalts from a centralized crustal magmatic system

    J. A. Wolff;Frank C. Ramos;G. L. hart;J. D. Patterson

  • Zoning in highly alkaline magma bodies

    John A. Wolff;Michael Storey

  • The late Quaternary Diego Hernandez Formation, Tenerife: Volcanology of a complex cycle of voluminous explosive phonolitic eruptions

    Campbell John Edgar;John A Wolff;P Olin;Holly J Nichols

  • Sr isotope disequilibrium in Columbia River flood basalts: Evidence for rapid shallow-level open-system processes

    Frank C. Ramos;John A. Wolff;Darren L. Tollstrup

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  • Partitioning of rare earth and high field strength elements between titanite and phonolitic liquid

    Paul H. Olin;John A. Wolff

  • Experimental constraints on pre-eruptive conditions of phonolitic magma from the caldera-forming El Abrigo eruption, Tenerife (Canary Islands)

    Joan Andújar;Fidel Costa;Joan Martí;John A Wolff

  • Compositional variations within scoria cones

    Mel Strong;John Wolff

  • Rhyolitic volcanism of the central Snake River Plain: a review

    B. S. Ellis;J. A. Wolff;S. Boroughs;D. F. Mark

  • Large-volume, low-δ18O rhyolites of the central Snake River Plain, Idaho, USA

    Scott Boroughs;John Wolff;Bill Bonnichsen;Martha Godchaux

  • Sr isotope disequilibrium during differentiation of the Bandelier Tuff: Constraints on the crystallization of a large rhyolitic magma chamber

    J. A. Wolff;F. C. Ramos;J. P. Davidson

  • Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in welded tuffs: application to a welded-tuff dyke in the tertiary Trans-Pecos Texas volcanic province, USA

    John A. Wolff;Brooks B. Ellwood;Scott D. Sachs

  • A complex Quaternary ignimbrite-forming phonolitic eruption: the Poris Member of the Diego Hernández Formation (Tenerife, Canary Islands)

    Campbell Edgar;John A Wolff;Holly J Nichols;Ray A F Cas

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan Martí
Joan Martí Spanish National Research Council
Valentin R. Troll
Valentin R. Troll Uppsala University
Stephen Self
Stephen Self University of California, Berkeley
Darren F. Mark
Darren F. Mark University of Glasgow
Ilya N. Bindeman
Ilya N. Bindeman University of Oregon
Michael R. Rampino
Michael R. Rampino New York University
Christopher D. Henry
Christopher D. Henry University of Nevada Reno
Ralf Gertisser
Ralf Gertisser Keele University

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