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Earth Science
Russia
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
54
Citations
9808
World Ranking
2721
National Ranking
5

Konstantin D. Litasov 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 Konstantin D. Litasov sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 365 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Konstantin D. Litasov 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 Konstantin D. Litasov sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Russia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Russia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Russia Leader Award

Overview

Konstantin D. Litasov is affiliated with the Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Federation. Their research primarily spans fields related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Materials Science, with significant emphasis on Geophysics and Materials Chemistry within these domains.

The scientist has contributed extensively to multiple specialized topics including:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Konstantin D. Litasov has published papers in various scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • American Mineralogist
  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters
  • Lithos

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Impact shock origin of diamonds in ureilite meteorites, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Calcium orthocarbonate, Ca2CO4-Pnma: A potential host for subducting carbon in the transition zone and lower mantle, 2020, Lithos
  • Metastable structures of CaCO3 and their role in transformation of calcite to aragonite and postaragonite, 2020, Crystal Growth & Design
  • Orthocarbonates of Ca, Sr, and Ba-The Appearance of sp3-Hybridized Carbon at a Low Pressure of 5 GPa and Dynamic Stability at Ambient Pressure, 2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Formation of Mg-Orthocarbonate through the Reaction MgCO3 + MgO = Mg2CO4 at Earth's Lower Mantle P-T Conditions, 2021, Crystal Growth & Design

Throughout their career, Litasov has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Anton Shatskiy
  • Nursultan E. Sagatov
  • Anton V. Arefiev
  • Ivan V. Podborodnikov
  • Pavel N. Gavryushkin

Best Publications

  • Water transport into the deep mantle and formation of a hydrous transition zone

    Eiji Ohtani;Konstantin Litasov;Tomofumi Hosoya;Tomoaki Kubo

  • Phase relations and melt compositions in CMAS-pyrolite-H2O system up to 25 GPa

    Konstantin Litasov;Eiji Ohtani

  • An Experimental Study of Carbonated Eclogite at 3·5–5·5 GPa—Implications for Silicate and Carbonate Metasomatism in the Cratonic Mantle

    Ekaterina S. Kiseeva;Gregory M. Yaxley;Jörg Hermann;Konstantin D. Litasov;Konstantin D. Litasov

  • Water solubility in Mg-perovskites and water storage capacity in the lower mantle

    Konstantin Litasov;Eiji Ohtani;Falko Langenhorst;Hisayoshi Yurimoto

  • Solidus of alkaline carbonatite in the deep mantle

    Konstantin D. Litasov;Anton Shatskiy;Eiji Ohtani;Gregory M. Yaxley

  • Solidus of carbonated peridotite from 10 to 20 GPa and origin of magnesiocarbonatite melt in the Earth's deep mantle

    Sujoy Ghosh;Eiji Ohtani;Konstantin D. Litasov;Hidenori Terasaki

  • Phase relations in hydrous MORB at 18-28 GPa: implications for heterogeneity of the lower mantle

    Konstantin D. Litasov;Eiji Ohtani

  • Melting and Phase Relations of Carbonated Eclogite at 9–21 GPa and the Petrogenesis of Alkali-Rich Melts in the Deep Mantle

    Ekaterina S. Kiseeva;Konstantin D. Litasov;Konstantin D. Litasov;Gregory M. Yaxley;Eiji Ohtani

  • Wet subduction versus cold subduction

    Konstantin D. Litasov;Eiji Ohtani;Asami Sano;Akio Suzuki

  • Stability of dense hydrous magnesium silicate phases and water storage capacity in the transition zone and lower mantle

    E. Ohtani;M. Toma;K. Litasov;Tomoaki Kubo

  • The solidus of carbonated eclogite in the system CaO–Al2O3–MgO–SiO2–Na2O–CO2 to 32GPa and carbonatite liquid in the deep mantle

    Konstantin Litasov;Eiji Ohtani

  • Thermodynamics and Equations of State of Iron to 350 GPa and 6000 K

    P. I. Dorogokupets;A. M. Dymshits;K. D. Litasov;T. S. Sokolova

  • Stability of various hydrous phases in CMAS pyrolite-H 2 O system up to 25 GPa

    K. Litasov;E. Ohtani

  • High hydrogen solubility in Al-rich stishovite and water transport in the lower mantle

    Konstantin D. Litasov;Hiroyuki Kagi;Anton Shatskiy;Eiji Ohtani

  • The post-stishovite phase transition in hydrous alumina-bearing SiO2 in the lower mantle of the earth

    Dmitry L. Lakshtanov;Stanislav V. Sinogeikin;Stanislav V. Sinogeikin;Konstantin D. Litasov;Vitali B. Prakapenka

  • Solidus and phase relations of carbonated peridotite in the system CaO–Al2O3–MgO–SiO2–Na2O–CO2 to the lower mantle depths

    Konstantin D. Litasov;Eiji Ohtani

  • In situ X-ray diffraction study of post-spinel transformation in a peridotite mantle: Implication for the 660-km discontinuity

    Konstantin Litasov;Eiji Ohtani;Asami Sano;Akio Suzuki

  • Effect of water on the phase relations in Earth's mantle and deep water cycle

    Konstantin D. Litasov;Eiji Ohtani

  • Physicochemical conditions for melting in the Earth’s mantle containing a C–O–H fluid (from experimental data)

    K.D. Litasov;K.D. Litasov

  • The system K2CO3-MgCO3 at 6 GPa and 900–1450 °C

    Anton Shatskiy;Anton Shatskiy;Igor S. Sharygin;Igor S. Sharygin;Pavel N. Gavryushkin;Pavel N. Gavryushkin;Konstantin D. Litasov;Konstantin D. Litasov

  • Carbon precipitation from heavy hydrocarbon fluid in deep planetary interiors

    Sergey S. Lobanov;Pei-Nan Chen;Xiao-Jia Chen;Xiao-Jia Chen;Chang-Sheng Zha

  • Raman spectroscopy of various phosphate minerals and occurrence of tuite in the Elga IIE iron meteorite

    Konstantin D. Litasov;Konstantin D. Litasov;Nikolay M. Podgornykh

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiji Ohtani
Eiji Ohtani Tohoku University
Anton Shatskiy
Anton Shatskiy Novosibirsk State University
Nikolay P. Pokhilenko
Nikolay P. Pokhilenko Russian Academy of Sciences
Ken-ichi Funakoshi
Ken-ichi Funakoshi Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society
Akio Suzuki
Akio Suzuki Tohoku University
Yuri N. Palyanov
Yuri N. Palyanov V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy
Hiroyuki Kagi
Hiroyuki Kagi University of Tokyo
Alexander F. Goncharov
Alexander F. Goncharov Carnegie Institution for Science
Jay D. Bass
Jay D. Bass University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tomoo Katsura
Tomoo Katsura University of Bayreuth

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