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Nobumichi Shimizu 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 Nobumichi Shimizu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 228 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nobumichi Shimizu 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 Nobumichi Shimizu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1996 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Nobumichi Shimizu is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research spans several fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics and geological and geochemical analysis. Shimizu's work covers overlapping subfields including artificial intelligence applications, earth-surface processes, biomedical engineering, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's primary areas of study involve detailed geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, phase equilibria and thermodynamics, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Among Shimizu's contributions are multiple published papers across notable venues. These include:

  • In-situ measurements of magmatic volatile elements, F, S, and Cl, by electron microprobe, secondary ion mass spectrometry, and heavy ion elastic recoil detection analysis (2020, American Mineralogist)
  • Constraints on deep, CO2-rich degassing at arc volcanoes from solubility experiments on hydrous basaltic andesite of Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Peninsula, at 300 to 1200 MPa (2020, American Mineralogist)
  • Boundary-Layer Melts Entrapped as Melt Inclusions? The Case of Phosphorus- and CO2-Rich Spinel-Hosted Melt Inclusions from El Hierro, Canary Islands (2020, Geophysical monograph)
  • Evidence for Microbial Carbon and Sulfur Cycling in Deeply Buried Ridge Flank Basalt (2021, UNC Libraries)

Frequent coauthors in their published research include Estelle F. Rose-Koga, Kenneth T. Koga, Jean-Luc Devidal, M. Le Voyer, and Célia Dalou.

Shimizu's works have primarily appeared in the following publication venues:

  • American Mineralogist
  • Geophysical monograph
  • UNC Libraries

The scientist has been recognized with fellowships from prominent professional organizations. They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Reaction between slab-derived melts and peridotite in the mantle wedge: experimental constraints at 3.8 GPa

    R.P Rapp;N Shimizu;M.D Norman;G.S Applegate;G.S Applegate

  • Melting in the oceanic upper mantle: An ion microprobe study of diopsides in abyssal peridotites

    Kevin T. M. Johnson;Henry J. B. Dick;Nobumichi Shimizu

  • 143Nd/146Nd, a natural tracer: an application to oceanic basalts*

    P. Richard;N. Shimizu;C.J. Allègre

  • Extraction of mid-ocean-ridge basalt from the upwelling mantle by focused flow of melt in dunite channels

    Peter B. Kelemen;Nobumichi Shimizu;Vincent J. M. Salters

  • Growth of early continental crust by partial melting of eclogite

    Robert P. Rapp;Robert P. Rapp;Nobumilchi Shimizu;Marc D. Norman

  • A review of melt migration processes in the adiabatically upwelling mantle beneath oceanic spreading ridges

    P. B. Kelemen;G. Hirth;N. Shimizu;M. Spiegelman

  • Relative depletion of niobium in some arc magmas and the continental crust : partitioning of K, Nb, La, and Ce during melt/rock reaction in the upper mantle

    Peter B. Kelemen;Nobumichi Shimizu;Todd Dunn

  • Geochemistry of gabbro sills in the crust-mantle transition zone of the Oman ophiolite: implications for the origin of the oceanic lower crust

    Peter Kelemen;Kenneth Koga;Nobu Shimizu

  • Evidence for hotspot-related carbonatite metasomatism in the oceanic upper mantle

    Erik H. Hauri;Nobumichi Shimizu;Julie J. Dieu;Stanley R. Hart

  • Ultra-depleted primary melt included in an olivine from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    A. V. Sobolev;N. Shimizu

  • Rare earth element diffusion in diopside: influence of temperature, pressure, and ionic radius, and an elastic model for diffusion in silicates

    James A. Van Orman;Timothy L. Grove;Nobumichi Shimizu

  • Hydrous, silica-rich melts in the sub-arc mantle and their relationship with erupted arc lavas

    P. Schiano;R. Clocchiatti;N. Shimizu;R. C. Maury

  • Rapid reequilibration of H2O and oxygen fugacity in olivine-hosted melt inclusions

    Glenn A. Gaetani;Julie A. O’Leary;Nobumichi Shimizu;Claire E. Bucholz

  • Applications of the ion microprobe to geochemistry and cosmochemistry

    N. Shimizu;S.R. Hart

  • Strontium and samarium diffusion in diopside

    Mark Sneeringer;Stanley R. Hart;Nobumichi Shimizu

  • Geochemical applications of quantitative ion-microprobe analysis

    N. Shimizu;M.P. Semet;C.J. Allègre

  • Rare earth element diffusion in a natural pyrope single crystal at 2.8 GPa

    James A. Van Orman;Timothy L. Grove;Nobumichi Shimizu;Graham D. Layne

  • The boron and lithium isotopic composition of mid-ocean ridge basalts and the mantle

    Horst R. Marschall;V. Dorsey Wanless;Nobumichi Shimizu;Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann;Philip A.E. Pogge von Strandmann

  • Development of the Indus Fan and its significance for the erosional history of the Western Himalaya and Karakoram

    P.D. Clift;N. Shimizu;G.D. Layne;J.S. Blusztajn

  • Whole rock compositional variations in an upper mantle peridotite (Horoman, Hokkaido, Japan): Are they consistent with a partial melting process?

    E Takazawa;F.A Frey;N Shimizu;M Obata

  • Characterising the extent of volcanism at the Galapagos spreading centre using deep tow sediment profiler records

    P. Schiano;R. Clocchiatti;N. Shimizu;R. C. Maury

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham D. Layne
Graham D. Layne Memorial University of Newfoundland
Patrizia Ziveri
Patrizia Ziveri Autonomous University of Barcelona
Kenneth T. Koga
Kenneth T. Koga Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stanley R. Hart
Stanley R. Hart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Peter D. Clift
Peter D. Clift University College London
Jerzy S. Blusztajn
Jerzy S. Blusztajn Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Pierre Schiano
Pierre Schiano University of Clermont Auvergne

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