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Rainer Kind 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 Rainer Kind sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Rainer Kind 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 Rainer Kind sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Rainer Kind is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics. Their research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence, contributing to a broad scientific understanding of the Earth's physical processes.

Among the main topics covered in their work are earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, cryospheric studies and observations, seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and seismology and earthquake studies.

Rainer Kind has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with notable papers including:

  • New insights into the structural elements of the upper mantle beneath the contiguous United States from S-to-P converted seismic waves (2020, Geophysical Journal International)
  • The GEOFON Program in 2020 (2021, Seismological Research Letters)
  • Lateral growth of NE Tibetan Plateau restricted by the Asian lithosphere: Results from a dense seismic profile (2020, Gondwana Research)
  • Moho and uppermost mantle structure in the Alpine area from S-to-P converted waves (2021, Solid Earth)
  • Moho depths beneath the European Alps: a homogeneously processed map and receiver functions database (2023, Earth system science data)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rainer Kind include:

  • Frederik Tilmann
  • Xiaohui Yuan
  • Konstantinos Michailos
  • György Hetényi
  • Matteo Scarponi

Rainer Kind's work has been published in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Gondwana Research
  • Solid Earth

Over the course of their career, Rainer Kind has received recognition including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Partially Molten Middle Crust Beneath Southern Tibet: Synthesis of Project INDEPTH Results

    K. D. Nelson;Wenjin Zhao;L. D. Brown;J. Kuo

  • Seismic Images of Crust and Upper Mantle Beneath Tibet: Evidence for Eurasian Plate Subduction

    R. Kind;X. Yuan;J. Saul;D. Nelson

  • Seismic Evidence for a Detached Indian Lithospheric Mantle Beneath Tibet

    G. Kosarev;R. Kind;S. V. Sobolev;X. Yuan

  • Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of southern Tibet from a seismological passive source experiment

    Xiaohui Yuan;James Ni;Rainer Kind;James Mechie

  • The rapid drift of the Indian tectonic plate

    Prakash Kumar;Xiaohui Yuan;M. Ravi Kumar;Rainer Kind

  • The boundary between the Indian and Asian tectonic plates below Tibet

    Junmeng Zhao;Xiaohui Yuan;Hongbing Liu;Prakash Kumar

  • Subduction and collision processes in the Central Andes constrained by converted seismic phases

    X. Yuan;S. V. Sobolev;R. Kind;O. Oncken

  • Evidence from Earthquake Data for a Partially Molten Crustal Layer in Southern Tibet

    Rainer Kind;James Ni;Wenjin Zhao;Jianxin Wu

  • Moho topography in the central Andes and its geodynamic implications

    X Yuan;S.V Sobolev;R Kind

  • Seismic signature of the collision between the east Tibetan escape flow and the Sichuan Basin

    Zhongjie Zhang;Xiaohui Yuan;Yun Chen;Xiaobo Tian

  • Tibetan plate overriding the Asian plate in central and northern Tibet

    Wenjin Zhao;Prakash Kumar;James Mechie;Rainer Kind

  • Rejuvenation of the lithosphere by the Hawaiian plume

    Xueqing Li;Rainer Kind;Xiaohui Yuan;Ingo Wölbern

  • Receiver functions at the stations of the German Regional Seismic Network (GRSN)

    R. Kind;G. L. Kosarev;N. V. Petersen

  • Seismic polarization anisotropy beneath the central Tibetan Plateau

    Wei-Chuang Huang;James F. Ni;Frederik Tilmann;Doug Nelson

  • Imaging the colliding Indian and Asian lithospheric plates beneath Tibet

    Prakash Kumar;Xiaohui Yuan;Rainer Kind;James Ni

  • The S receiver functions: synthetics and data example

    Xiaohui Yuan;Rainer Kind;Xueqing Li;Rongjiang Wang

  • The lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary in the Tien Shan‐Karakoram region from S receiver functions: Evidence for continental subduction

    P. Kumar;X. Yuan;R. Kind;G. Kosarev

  • The Nature of the 660-Kilometer Upper-Mantle Seismic Discontinuity from Precursors to the PP Phase

    Charles H. Estabrook;Rainer Kind

  • Mapping the Hawaiian plume conduit with converted seismic waves

    Xueqing Li;Rainer Kind;K. Priestley;Stephan V. Sobolev

  • Lithospheric structure of the Aegean obtained from P and S receiver functions

    F. Sodoudi;R. Kind;D. Hatzfeld;K. F. Priestley

  • Rejuvenation of the Lithosphere by the Hawaiian Plume

    R. Kind;X. Li;X. Yuan;I. Woelbern

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaohui Yuan
Xiaohui Yuan University of Potsdam
James Mechie
James Mechie University of Potsdam
Stephan V. Sobolev
Stephan V. Sobolev University of Potsdam
Frederik Tilmann
Frederik Tilmann Freie Universität Berlin
Eric Sandvol
Eric Sandvol University of Missouri
James Ni
James Ni New Mexico State University
Lawrence D. Brown
Lawrence D. Brown Cornell University
Simon L. Klemperer
Simon L. Klemperer Stanford University
Frank Scherbaum
Frank Scherbaum University of Potsdam
Lev Vinnik
Lev Vinnik Russian Academy of Sciences

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