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Lothar Ratschbacher

Lothar Ratschbacher

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 70 964 848 58 53 231 20291

Lothar Ratschbacher publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lothar Ratschbacher between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lothar Ratschbacher published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 6.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2021. 19 of the 277 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2021. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 5 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 5 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 9 publications
1982 2025

277 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lothar Ratschbacher: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 2
1987 3
1988 1
1989 5
1990 5
1991 6
1992 2
1993 8
1994 8
1995 3
1996 6
1997 3
1998 4
1999 4
2000 5
2001 5
2002 2
2003 5
2004 4
2005 6
2006 4
2007 4
2008 1
2009 5
2010 5
2011 11
2012 8
2013 22
2014 11
2015 7
2016 10
2017 17
2018 6
2019 5
2020 11
2021 24
2022 14
2023 5
2024 10
2025 9
Total 277
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Lothar Ratschbacher 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 Lothar Ratschbacher 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, 228–237 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: 231 publications — 73rd percentile

73% 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
228–237 262 231
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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Lothar Ratschbacher 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 Lothar Ratschbacher 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, 70 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: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75 70
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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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Lothar Ratschbacher is affiliated with TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on geophysics and related subfields, including artificial intelligence applications within geosciences, materials chemistry, geochemistry, petrology, and inorganic chemistry. The scientist's work covers a diverse range of topics centered on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geologic mapping, elemental analysis, radioactive element chemistry and processing, as well as ion-surface interactions.

Recent publication venues for their work include:

  • Tectonics
  • American Mineralogist
  • Lithos
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Precambrian Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lothar Ratschbacher are:

  • Raymond Jonckheere
  • Bastian Wauschkuhn
  • Bernd Schurr
  • Birk Härtel
  • Sofia-Katerina Kufner

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Lothar Ratschbacher include:

  • The Hindu Kush slab break-off as revealed by deep structure and crustal deformation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • How diverse is the source? Age, provenance, reworking, and overprint of Precambrian meta-sedimentary rocks of West Gondwana, Cameroon, from zircon U-Pb geochronology, 2021, Precambrian Research
  • Dense GNSS Profiles Across the Northwestern Tip of the India-Asia Collision Zone: Triggered Slip and Westward Flow of the Peter the First Range, Pamir, Into the Tajik Depression, 2020, Tectonics
  • Tajik Basin and Southwestern Tian Shan, Northwestern India-Asia Collision Zone: 2. Timing of Basin Inversion, Tian Shan Mountain Building, and Relation to Pamir-Plateau Advance and Deep India-Asia Indentation, 2020, Tectonics
  • Structure and Stress Field of the Lithosphere Between Pamir and Tarim, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

Lothar Ratschbacher has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • U/Pb zircon ages constrain the architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling–Dabie Orogen, China

    Bradley R. Hacker;Lothar Ratschbacher;Laura Webb;Trevor Ireland

  • Tectonics of the Qinling (Central China): tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation history

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Bradley R. Hacker;Andrew Calvert;Laura E. Webb

  • Lateral extrusion in the eastern Alps, PArt 2: Structural analysis

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Wolfgang Frisch;Hans-Gert Linzer;Olivier Merle

  • Lateral extrusion in the eastern Alps, Part 1: Boundary conditions and experiments scaled for gravity

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Olivier Merle;Philippe Davy;Peter Cobbold

  • Exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing

    Bradley R. Hacker;Lothar Ratschbacher;Laura Webb;Michael O. McWilliams

  • Distributed deformation in southern and western Tibet during and after the India-Asia collision

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Wolfgang Frisch;Guanghua Liu;Chengsheng Chen

  • Normal faulting in central Tibet since at least 13.5 Myr ago

    Peter M. Blisniuk;Bradley R. Hacker;Johannes Glodny;Lothar Ratschbacher

  • Exhumation of the ultrahigh‐pressure continental crust in east central China: Cretaceous and Cenozoic unroofing and the Tan‐Lu fault

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Bradley R. Hacker;Laura E. Webb;Michael McWilliams

  • Assembly of the Pamirs: Age and origin of magmatic belts from the southern Tien Shan to the southern Pamirs and their relation to Tibet

    Martina Schwab;Martina Schwab;Lothar Ratschbacher;Wolfgang Siebel;Michael McWilliams

  • Extension in compressional orogenic belts: The eastern Alps

    L. Ratschbacher;W Frisch;F. Neubauer;S. M. Schmid

  • Hot and dry deep crustal xenoliths from tibet

    Bradley R. Hacker;Edwin Gnos;Lothar Ratschbacher;Marty Grove

  • High‐temperature geochronology constraints on the tectonic history and architecture of the ultrahigh‐pressure Dabie‐Sulu Orogen

    Bradley R. Hacker;Simon R. Wallis;Lothar Ratschbacher;Marty Grove

  • Cenozoic exhumation and deformation of northeastern Tibet and the Qinling: Is Tibetan lower crustal flow diverging around the Sichuan Basin?

    Eva Enkelmann;Lothar Ratschbacher;Raymond Jonckheere;Ralf Nestler

  • Subduction, collision and exhumation in the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling-Dabie orogen

    Bradley R. Hacker;Lothar Ratschbacher;J. G. Liou

  • What brought them up? Exhumation of the Dabie Shan ultrahigh-pressure rocks

    Bradley R. Hacker;Lothar Ratschbacher;Laura Webb;Dong Shuwen

  • The Sino-Korean–Yangtze suture, the Huwan detachment, and the Paleozoic–Tertiary exhumation of (ultra)high-pressure rocks along the Tongbai-Xinxian-Dabie Mountains

    Lothar Ratschbacher;Leander Franz;Eva Enkelmann;Raymond Jonckheere

  • Thermochronologic constraints on deformation and cooling history of high- and ultrahigh-pressure rocks in the Qinling-Dabie orogen, eastern China

    Laura E. Webb;Bradley R. Hacker;Lothar Ratschbacher;Michael O. McWilliams

  • Cretaceous−Cenozoic history of the southern Tan-Lu fault zone: apatite fission-track and structural constraints from the Dabie Shan (eastern China)

    J. C. Grimmer;R. Jonckheere;E. Enkelmann;L. Ratschbacher

  • How was the Triassic Songpan-Ganzi basin filled? A provenance study

    Eva Enkelmann;Amy Weislogel;Lothar Ratschbacher;Elizabeth Eide

  • Deep India meets deep Asia: Lithospheric indentation, delamination and break-off under Pamir and Hindu Kush (Central Asia)

    Sofia-Katerina Kufner;Bernd Schurr;Christian Sippl;Xiaohui Yuan

  • Near-Ultrahigh Pressure Processing of Continental Crust: Miocene Crustal Xenoliths from the Pamir

    Bradley Hacker;Peter Luffi;Valery Lutkov;Vladislav Minaev

  • Fault-striae analysis: a Turbo Pascal program package for graphical presentation and reduced stress tensor calculation

    Blanka Sperner;Lothar Ratschbacher;Rolf Ott

Frequent Co-Authors

Bradley R. Hacker
Bradley R. Hacker University of California, Santa Barbara
Wolfgang Frisch
Wolfgang Frisch University of Tübingen
Jörg A. Pfänder
Jörg A. Pfänder TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Bernd Schurr
Bernd Schurr Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Eva Enkelmann
Eva Enkelmann University of Calgary
Michael McWilliams
Michael McWilliams Stanford University
James Mechie
James Mechie University of Potsdam
Shuwen Dong
Shuwen Dong Nanjing University
Richard Gloaguen
Richard Gloaguen Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Xiaohui Yuan
Xiaohui Yuan University of Potsdam

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