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Kenneth J. Hsü

Kenneth J. Hsü

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
50
Citations
14555
World Ranking
3333
National Ranking
89

Kenneth J. Hsü 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 Kenneth J. Hsü sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 186 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth J. Hsü 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 Kenneth J. Hsü sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kenneth J. Hsü is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans several areas within the biological and pharmaceutical sciences, with documented contributions primarily in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

Hsü's work also intersects with specific subfields such as:

  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Cancer Research
  • Molecular Biology

The scientist has addressed topics focused largely on chemical and genomic aspects, including:

  • Chemical Reactions and Isotopes
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Kenneth J. Hsü has published research in the journal Medical Science & Healthcare Practice, with a recorded paper titled "D.I.Y. Treatment of Cancer" published in 2020.

  • "D.I.Y. Treatment of Cancer", 2020, Medical Science & Healthcare Practice

The scholar has not been documented to collaborate frequently with other authors in the available data.

Hsü's work contributes to areas linking molecular biology to applied pharmacological research, particularly in cancer-related fields and the biochemical mechanisms underpinning diagnostics and treatments.

Best Publications

  • History of the Mediterranean salinity crisis

    Kenneth J. Hsü;Lucien Montadert;Daniel Bernoulli;Maria Bianca Cita

  • Late Miocene Desiccation of the Mediterranean

    K. J. Hsü;W. B. F. Ryan;M. B. Cita

  • Catastrophic Debris Streams (Sturzstroms) Generated by Rockfalls

    Kenneth J. Hsü

  • Origin and assembly of the Tethyside orogenic collage at the expense of Gondwana Land

    A. M. C. Şengör;Demir Altıner;Altan Cin;Timur Ustaömer

  • Tectonics of South China: Key to understanding West Pacific geology

    Kenneth J Hsü;Jiliang Li;Haihong Chen;Qingchen Wang

  • Freshwater Carbonate Sedimentation

    Unknown

  • Mountain building processes

    Kenneth J. Hsü

  • Mesozoic overthrust tectonics in south China

    Kenneth J. Hsü;Sun Shu;Li Jiliang;Chen Haihong

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau: A Working Hypothesis Based on the Archipelago Model of Orogenesis

    Kenneth J. Hsü;Pan Guitang;A. M. C. Sengör

  • Mass mortality and its environmental and evolutionary consequences.

    Kenneth J. Hsü;Q. He;Judith A. McKenzie;Helmut Weissert

  • The limnogeology-ETH coring system

    K. Kelts;U. Briegel;K. Ghilardi;K. Hsu

  • Tectonic evolution of Qinling Mountains, China

    K. J. Hsu;Wang Qingchen;Li Jiliang;Zhou Da

  • Sedimentary basins of the world

    Unknown

  • Geophysical, archaeological, and historical evidence support a solar-output model for climate change.

    Charles A. Perry;Kenneth J. Hsu

  • A “Strangelove” Ocean in the Earliest Tertiary

    Kenneth J. Hsü;Judith A. Mckenzie

  • ‘Strangelove ocean’ before the Cambrian explosion

    Kenneth J. Hsu;Hedi Oberhänsli;J. Y. Gao;Sun Shu

  • Fractal geometry of music.

    K J Hsü;A J Hsü

  • When the Mediterranean Dried UP

    Kenneth J. Hsü

  • Deep sea drilling in the South atlantic.

    Unknown

  • Comment and Reply on "Mesozoic overthrust tectonics in south China"

    David B. Rowley;Alfred M. Ziegler;Nie Gyou;Kenneth J. Hsü

  • Messinian event in the black sea

    Kenneth J. Hsü;Federico Giovanoli

  • Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary Event

    Kenneth J. Hsü

  • Alpine-Mediterranean geodynamics

    Unknown

  • Tectonic Evolution of the Mediterranean Basins

    Kenneth J. Hsü

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. F. Ryan
William B. F. Ryan Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
A. M. C. Şengör
A. M. C. Şengör Istanbul Technical University
Richard Z. Poore
Richard Z. Poore United States Geological Survey
Maria Bianca Cita
Maria Bianca Cita University of Milan
James W. Valentine
James W. Valentine University of California, Berkeley
David B. Rowley
David B. Rowley University of Chicago
David J. Hollander
David J. Hollander University of South Florida
Carla Müller
Carla Müller Goethe University Frankfurt
Hugh C. Jenkyns
Hugh C. Jenkyns University of Oxford

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