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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 48 3885 3563 267 252 257 7085

Norbert Frank publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Norbert Frank between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Norbert Frank published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 6.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 2017. 21 of the 332 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 2017. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 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: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 36 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 24 publications 2023: 28 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 13 publications
1975 2025

332 publications in total across all disciplines

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Norbert Frank: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
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 0
1995 1
1996 1
1997 0
1998 2
1999 4
2000 2
2001 1
2002 3
2003 2
2004 3
2005 6
2006 7
2007 3
2008 6
2009 10
2010 10
2011 21
2012 11
2013 3
2014 19
2015 16
2016 11
2017 36
2018 19
2019 18
2020 27
2021 14
2022 24
2023 28
2024 8
2025 13
Total 332
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Norbert 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 Norbert 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, 248–257 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: 257 publications — 80th percentile

80% 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
248–257 208 257
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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Norbert 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 Norbert 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, 48 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: 48 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% 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 48
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
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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Overview

Norbert Frank is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Environmental Science. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of Norbert Frank's work cover a broad range of themes relevant to geosciences and environmental studies:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Norbert Frank's recent publications illustrate their engagement with paleoenvironmental reconstructions and climate research. Notable papers include:

  • "Deglacial upslope shift of NE Atlantic intermediate waters controlled slope erosion and cold-water coral mound formation (Porcupine Seabight, Irish margin)", 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Cold-water coral mounds in the western Mediterranean Sea: New insights into their initiation and development since the Mid-Pleistocene in response to changes of African hydroclimate", 2022, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Last glacial millennial-scale hydro-climate and temperature changes in Puerto Rico constrained by speleothem fluid inclusion δ18O and δ2H values", 2022, Climate of the Past
  • "Speleothem growth phases in the central Eastern Desert of Egypt reveal enhanced humidity throughout MIS 5", 2021, Quaternary International
  • "Solar forcing of early Holocene droughts on the Yucatán peninsula", 2021, Scientific Reports

Their collaborative work is marked by frequent partnerships with several co-authors, such as Sophie Warken, Andrea Schröder-Ritzrau, Nils Schorndorf, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, and Denis Scholz. These collaborations indicate active research networks in climate and environmental sciences.

Norbert Frank's research appears frequently in specific academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Climate of the Past
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Best Publications

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

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

  • Speleothem-based paleoclimate record from northern Oman

    Stephen J. Burns;Albert Matter;Norbert Frank;Augusto Mangini

  • Sediment sources and East Asian monsoon intensity over the last 450 ky. Mineralogical and geochemical investigations on South China Sea sediments

    S. Boulay;Christophe Colin;A. Trentesaux;N. Frank

  • Rapid and Accurate U-Th Dating of Ancient Carbonates using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

    Eric Douville;Eline Sallé;Norbert Frank;Markus Hermann Eisele

  • Biological and physical controls in the Southern Ocean on past millennial-scale atmospheric CO2 changes

    Julia Gottschalk;Luke Cameron Skinner;Jörg Lippold;Hendrik Vogel

  • Evolution of weathering patterns in the Indo‐Burman Ranges over the last 280 kyr: Effects of sediment provenance on 87Sr/86Sr ratios tracer

    C. Colin;L. Turpin;D. Blamart;N. Frank

  • The geochemistry of deep-sea coral skeletons: A review of vital effects and applications for palaeoceanography

    Laura F. Robinson;Laura F. Robinson;Jess F. Adkins;Norbert Frank;Alexander C. Gagnon

  • Start of the last interglacial period at 135 ka: Evidence from a high Alpine speleothem

    Christoph Spötl;Augusto Mangini;Norbert Frank;Rene Eichstädter

  • Li/Mg systematics in scleractinian corals: Calibration of the thermometer

    Paolo Montagna;Malcolm McCulloch;Eric Douville;Matthias López Correa

  • Synchronous and proportional deglacial changes in Atlantic meridional overturning and northeast Brazilian precipitation

    Stefan Mulitza;Cristiano M. Chiessi;Enno Schefuß;Jörg Lippold

  • Late Quaternary climatic control on erosion and weathering in the eastern Tibetan Plateau and the Mekong Basin

    Zhifei Liu;Christophe Colin;Alain Trentesaux;Giuseppe Siani

  • Eastern North Atlantic deep-sea corals: tracing upper intermediate water Δ14C during the Holocene

    N. Frank;M. Paterne;L. Ayliffe;T.C.E. van Weering

  • Warm Period Growth of Travertine during the Last Interglaciation in Southern Germany

    Norbert Frank;Margarethe Braum;Ulrich Hambach;Augusto Mangini

  • Northeastern Atlantic cold-water coral reefs and climate

    Norbert Frank;André Freiwald;Matthias López Correa;Claudia Wienberg

  • GEOTRACES intercalibration of neodymium isotopes and rare earth element concentrations in seawater and suspended particles. Part 1: reproducibility of results for the international intercomparison

    Tina van de Flierdt;Katharina Pahnke;Katharina Pahnke;Hiroshi Amakawa;Hiroshi Amakawa;Per Andersson

  • Extracting foraminiferal seawater Nd isotope signatures from bulk deep sea sediment by chemical leaching

    Patrick Blaser;Jörg Lippold;Marcus Gutjahr;Norbert Frank

  • The large-scale evolution of neodymium isotopic composition in the global modern and Holocene ocean revealed from seawater and archive data

    Kazuyo Tachikawa;Thomas Arsouze;Germain Bayon;Aloys Bory

  • Carbonate mounds in a mud volcano province off north-west Morocco: Key to processes and controls

    Anneleen Foubert;Davy Depreiter;Tim Beck;Loïs Maignien

  • The Holocene occurrence of cold water corals in the NE Atlantic: Implications for coral carbonate mound evolution

    Norbert Frank;Estelle Ricard;Audrey Lutringer-Paquet;Cees van der Land

  • Diagenetic formation of gypsum and dolomite in a cold-water coral mound in the Porcupine Seabight, off Ireland

    Hans Pirlet;Laura Mariana Wehrmann;Laura Mariana Wehrmann;Benjamin Brunner;Norbert Frank

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Colin
Christophe Colin University of Paris-Saclay
Dierk Hebbeln
Dierk Hebbeln University of Bremen
Dominique Blamart
Dominique Blamart Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Eric Douville
Eric Douville Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Augusto Mangini
Augusto Mangini Heidelberg University
David Van Rooij
David Van Rooij Ghent University
Jean Henriet
Jean Henriet Ghent University
P. Montagna
P. Montagna National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Marina R. Cunha
Marina R. Cunha University of Aveiro
Fatima F Abrantes
Fatima F Abrantes Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera

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