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2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 82 476 411 21 19 518 20416

Martin Frank publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Martin Frank between 1979 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Martin Frank published across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025, averaging 12.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2014. 35 of the 593 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2014. 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 15 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 25 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 15 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 20 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 28 publications 2009: 23 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 29 publications 2012: 29 publications 2013: 35 publications 2014: 39 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 22 publications
1979 2025

593 publications in total across all disciplines

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Martin Frank: publications per year, 1979 to 2025
Year Publications
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 7
1995 6
1996 15
1997 5
1998 8
1999 6
2000 11
2001 7
2002 25
2003 7
2004 15
2005 6
2006 20
2007 18
2008 28
2009 23
2010 14
2011 29
2012 29
2013 35
2014 39
2015 16
2016 29
2017 20
2018 25
2019 21
2020 26
2021 22
2022 18
2023 27
2024 13
2025 22
Total 593
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Martin Frank 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 Martin Frank 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, 518–527 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: 518 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 16 518
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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Martin Frank 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 Martin Frank 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, 82 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: 82 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34 82
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

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Martin Frank is affiliated with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ecology, Geophysics, and Oceanography.

The research conducted by Martin Frank covers a range of topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Drivers of river reactivation in North Africa during the last glacial cycle" (2021) published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Persistent Provenance of South Asian Monsoon-Induced Silicate Weathering Over the Past 27 Million Years" (2021) published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • "What Can We Learn From X-Ray Fluorescence Core Scanning Data? A Paleomonsoon Case Study" (2020) published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Impact of ambient conditions on the Si isotope fractionation in marine pore fluids during early diagenesis" (2020) published in Biogeosciences
  • "Labrador Sea bottom water provenance and REE exchange during the past 35,000 years" (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent co-authors involved in collaborations include:

  • Ed C. Hathorne
  • Marcus Gutjahr
  • Patricia Grasse
  • Christopher Siebert
  • Georgi Laukert

Martin Frank has published extensively in several venues, reflecting the scope of their research. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Best Publications

  • The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.

    Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis;Steven C. Clemens

  • Contribution of Southern Ocean surface-water stratification to low atmospheric CO2 concentrations during the last glacial period

    Roger Franois;Mark A. Altabet;Ein-Fen Yu;Daniel M. Sigman

  • RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES: TRACERS OF PAST OCEAN CIRCULATION AND EROSIONAL INPUT

    Martin Frank

  • Strong and deep Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last glacial cycle

    E. Böhm;J. Lippold;Marcus Gutjahr;Martin Frank

  • New sample preparation techniques for the determination of Si isotopic compositions using MC-ICPMS

    R. B. Georg;B. C. Reynolds;Martin Frank;A. N. Halliday

  • 230Th-normalization: an essential tool for interpreting sedimentary fluxes during the late Quaternary

    Roger Francois;Martin Frank;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Michael P. Bacon

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • The early Miocene onset of a ventilated circulation regime in the Arctic Ocean

    Martin Jakobsson;Jan Backman;Bert Rudels;Jonas Nycander

  • Reliable extraction of a deepwater trace metal isotope signal from Fe-Mn oxyhydroxide coatings of marine sediments

    Marcus Gutjahr;Martin Frank;Claudine H. Stirling;Veronika Klemm

  • Age model and core-seismic integration for the Cenozoic Arctic Coring Expedition sediments from the Lomonosov Ridge

    Jan Backman;Martin Jakobsson;Martin Frank;Francesca Sangiorgi

  • GEOTRACES – An international study of the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes

    G.M. Henderson;R.F. Anderson;J. Adkins;P. Andersson

  • 60 Myr records of major elements and Pb–Nd isotopes from hydrogenous ferromanganese crusts: reconstruction of seawater paleochemistry

    Martin Frank;R.K. O'Nions;J.R. Hein;V.K. Banakar

  • A 200 kyr record of cosmogenic radionuclide production rate and geomagnetic field intensity from 10Be in globally stacked deep-sea sediments

    Martin Frank;Bernd Schwarz;Sabine Baumann;Peter W. Kubik

  • Climate change and solar variability: what's new under the sun?

    Edouard Bard;Martin Frank

  • Thallium isotope variations in seawater and hydrogenetic, diagenetic, and hydrothermal ferromanganese deposits

    M. Rehkämper;Martin Frank;J. R. Hein;D. Porcelli

  • SECULAR VARIATION OF ND AND PB ISOTOPES IN FERROMANGANESE CRUSTS FROM THE ATLANTIC, INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS

    R.K. O’Nions;Martin Frank;F. von Blanckenburg;H.-F. Ling

  • The hafnium and neodymium isotope composition of seawater in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean

    Torben Stichel;Martin Frank;Jörg Dominik Rickli;Brian A. Haley

  • 10BE AND 26AL PRODUCTION RATES DEDUCED FROM AN INSTANTANEOUS EVENT WITHIN THE DENDRO-CALIBRATION CURVE, THE LANDSLIDE OF KOFELS, OTZ VALLEY, AUSTRIA

    Peter W. Kubik;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Jozef Masarik;Martin Frank

  • Silicon isotope fractionation during nutrient utilization in the North Pacific

    Ben C. Reynolds;M. Frank;A.N. Halliday

  • Mechanisms controlling the silicon isotopic compositions of river waters

    R. B. Georg;B. C. Reynolds;Martin Frank;A. N. Halliday

Frequent Co-Authors

Ed C Hathorne
Ed C Hathorne GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Brian A. Haley
Brian A. Haley Oregon State University
Marcus Gutjahr
Marcus Gutjahr GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
James R. Hein
James R. Hein United States Geological Survey
Lothar Stramma
Lothar Stramma GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Peter W. Kubik
Peter W. Kubik ETH Zurich
Tina van de Flierdt
Tina van de Flierdt Imperial College London
Silke Voigt
Silke Voigt Goethe University Frankfurt
Wolfgang Kuhnt
Wolfgang Kuhnt Kiel University

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