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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 35 7774 7205 2629 2326 145 3586

Keith A. Klepeis publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Keith A. Klepeis between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Keith A. Klepeis published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2017. 18 of the 166 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2017. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 4 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 1 publication 2015: 3 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 11 publications
1991 2025

166 publications in total across all disciplines

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Keith A. Klepeis: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 2
1995 1
1996 1
1997 1
1998 1
1999 3
2000 0
2001 3
2002 5
2003 3
2004 6
2005 4
2006 0
2007 2
2008 1
2009 4
2010 3
2011 4
2012 0
2013 2
2014 1
2015 3
2016 11
2017 19
2018 9
2019 14
2020 10
2021 9
2022 10
2023 15
2024 7
2025 11
Total 166
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Keith A. Klepeis 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 Keith A. Klepeis 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, 138–147 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: 145 publications — 36th percentile

36% 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
138–147 491 145
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
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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Keith A. Klepeis 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 Keith A. Klepeis 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, 35 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: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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 35
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
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

Keith A. Klepeis is affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States. Their primary area of research lies within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 56 publications in this field. Within this domain, they have contributed notably to subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Mechanics of Materials, and Environmental Engineering.

The body of work by Klepeis covers a wide range of geological and geophysical topics. Key research themes include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Landslides and related hazards, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Klepeis include:

  • A hidden Rodinian lithospheric keel beneath Zealandia, Earth's newly recognized continent (2021), published in Geology
  • Stable and transient isotopic trends in the crustal evolution of Zealandia Cordillera (2020), published in American Mineralogist
  • Magmatic surge requires two-stage model for the Laramide orogeny (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • The Initiation and Growth of Transpressional Shear Zones Through Continental Arc Lithosphere, Southwest New Zealand (2022), published in Tectonics
  • The Generation of Arc Andesites and Dacites in the Lower Crust of a Cordilleran Arc, Fiordland, New Zealand (2021), published in Journal of Petrology

Klepeis collaborates frequently with several researchers, with the highest number of joint publications involving:

  • Joshua Schwartz (39 collaborations)
  • Elena A. Miranda (23 collaborations)
  • Gabriela Mora-Klepeis (13 collaborations)
  • Rose Turnbull (10 collaborations)
  • Jonathan Kim (10 collaborations)

The most common venues for Klepeis's publications include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (38 publications)
  • Geology (2 publications)
  • American Mineralogist (2 publications)
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin (2 publications)
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • U-Th-Pb geochronology of the Coast Mountains batholith in north-coastal British Columbia: Constraints on age and tectonic evolution

    G. Gehrels;M. Rusmore;G. Woodsworth;M. Crawford

  • The Late Jurassic to present evolution of the Andean margin: Drivers and the geological record

    Kayla T. Maloney;Geoffrey L. Clarke;Keith A. Klepeis;Leonardo Quevedo

  • Cretaceous high‐P granulites at Milford Sound, New Zealand: metamorphic history and emplacement in a convergent margin setting

    G. L. Clarke;K. A. Klepeis;N. R. Daczko

  • The Magallanes and Deseado fault zones: Major segments of the South American-Scotia transform plate boundary in southernmost South America, Tierra del Fuego

    Keith A. Klepeis

  • Continental underthrusting and obduction during the Cretaceous closure of the Rocas Verdes rift basin, Cordillera Darwin, Patagonian Andes

    Keith Klepeis;Paul Betka;Paul Betka;Geoffrey Clarke;Mark Fanning

  • Tectonics of the Antarctic‐Scotia plate boundary near Elephant and Clarence Islands, West Antarctica

    Keith A. Klepeis;Keith A. Klepeis;Lawrence A. Lawver

  • Contrasting styles of superposed deformation in the southernmost Andes

    Keith A. Klepeis;James A. Austin

  • Structural history of the crustal-scale Coast shear zone north of Portland Canal, southeast Alaska and British Columbia

    Keith A. Klepeis;Maria Luisa Crawford;George Gehrels

  • Relationship between uplift of the metamorphic core of the southernmost Andes and shortening in the Magallanes foreland fold and thrust belt, Tierra del Fuego, Chile

    Keith A. Klepeis

  • Tempo of burial and exhumation within the deep roots of a magmatic arc, Fiordland, New Zealand

    R.M. Flowers;S.A. Bowring;A.J. Tulloch;K.A. Klepeis

  • Evidence of early Cretaceous collisional-style orogenesis in Northern Fiordland, New Zealand and its effects on the evolution of the lower crust

    Nathan R Daczko;Keith A Klepeis;Geoffrey L Clarke

  • Processes controlling vertical coupling and decoupling between the upper and lower crust of orogens: results from Fiordland, New Zealand

    Keith A Klepeis;Geoffrey L Clarke;George Gehrels;Jeff Vervoort

  • Kinematic vorticity and tectonic significance of superposed mylonites in a major lower crustal shear zone, northern Fiordland, New Zealand

    Keith A Klepeis;Nathan R Daczko;Geoffrey L Clarke

  • Magma transport and coupling between deformation and magmatism in the continental lithosphere

    Keith A. Klepeis;Geoffrey L. Clarke;Tracy Rushmer

  • Transformation of two-pyroxene hornblende granulite to garnet granulite involving simultaneous melting and fracturing of the lower crust, Fiordland, New Zealand

    N. R. Daczko;G. L. Clarke;K. A. Klepeis

  • The regional significance of Cretaceous magmatism and metamorphism in Fiordland, New Zealand, from U-Pb zircon geochronology

    Julie A Hollis;G L Clarke;K Klepeis;N. Daczko;N. Daczko

  • The Patagonian Orocline: New paleomagnetic data from the Andean magmatic arc in Tierra del Fuego, Chile

    W. Dickson Cunningham;Keith A. Klepeis;Wulf A. Gose;Ian W. D. Dalziel

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of high‐pressure granulites of the Arthur River Complex, Fiordland, New Zealand: Cretaceous magmatism and metamorphism on the palaeo‐Pacific Margin

    Julie A Hollis;G L Clarke;K Klepeis;N. Daczko

  • The Eclogite–Granulite Transition: Mafic and Intermediate Assemblages at Breaksea Sound, New Zealand

    M. C. De Paoli;G. L. Clarke;K. A. Klepeis;A. H. Allibone

  • Detrital zircon SHRIMP U–Pb age study of the Cordillera Darwin Metamorphic Complex of Tierra del Fuego: sedimentary sources and implications for the evolution of the Pacific margin of Gondwana

    Francisco Herve;Christopher Fanning;Robert J Pankhurst;C Mpodozis

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey L. Clarke
Geoffrey L. Clarke University of Sydney
Nathan R. Daczko
Nathan R. Daczko Macquarie University
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona
Andrew R.C. Kylander-Clark
Andrew R.C. Kylander-Clark University of California, Santa Barbara
Stuart N. Thomson
Stuart N. Thomson University of Arizona
Norman J. Pearson
Norman J. Pearson Macquarie University
Christopher Fanning
Christopher Fanning Australian National University
Trevor Ireland
Trevor Ireland University of Queensland
Francisco Hervé
Francisco Hervé Andrés Bello University
John W. Valley
John W. Valley University of Wisconsin–Madison

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