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Earth Science 66 1316 1168 81 74 241 15869

Reiner Klemd publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Reiner Klemd between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Reiner Klemd published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2021. 15 of the 264 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2021. 1987: 3 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 3 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 6 publications
1987 2025

264 publications in total across all disciplines

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Reiner Klemd: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 3
1988 1
1989 3
1990 1
1991 2
1992 1
1993 1
1994 3
1995 1
1996 2
1997 2
1998 2
1999 3
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 10
2004 4
2005 7
2006 8
2007 5
2008 6
2009 8
2010 8
2011 7
2012 4
2013 6
2014 9
2015 17
2016 9
2017 13
2018 20
2019 8
2020 15
2021 23
2022 19
2023 13
2024 9
2025 6
Total 264
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Reiner Klemd 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 Reiner Klemd 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, 238–247 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: 241 publications — 76th percentile

76% 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
238–247 243 241
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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Reiner Klemd 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 Reiner Klemd 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, 66 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: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% 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 66
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

Reiner Klemd is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has an extensive record of research within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics. Their work spans subfields including geophysics, artificial intelligence, geochemistry and petrology, paleontology, and atmospheric science.

Their research covers several main topics, notably geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and elemental analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Recent publications by Reiner Klemd include:

  • Uncovering and quantifying the subduction zone sulfur cycle from the slab perspective, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Phase separation and fluid mixing revealed by trace element signatures in pyrite from porphyry systems, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Effects of fluid boiling on Au and volatile element enrichment in submarine arc-related hydrothermal systems, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Identifying crystal accumulation and melt extraction during formation of high-silica granite, 2021, Geology
  • Tracking crystal-melt segregation and magma recharge using zircon trace element data, 2020, Chemical Geology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Klemd include:

  • Karsten M. Haase
  • Manuel Keith
  • Panagiotis Voudouris
  • Harald Strauß
  • Jun Gao

Klemd's work appears predominantly in venues such as Lithos, Chemical Geology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geological Society of America Bulletin, and Frontiers in Earth Science. The number of publications distributed in these journals indicates a strong engagement with geochemical and geological research communities.

Best Publications

  • MPI-DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios

    Klaus Peter Jochum;Brigitte Stoll;Kirstin Herwig;Matthias Willbold

  • The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan Orogen, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB)

    Keqing Zong;Keqing Zong;Reiner Klemd;Yu Yuan;Zhenyu He

  • Tectonic evolution of the South Tianshan orogen and adjacent regions, NW China: geochemical and age constraints of granitoid rocks

    Jun Gao;Lingli Long;Reiner Klemd;Qing Qian

  • Formation of HP–LT rocks and their tectonic implications in the western Tianshan Orogen, NW China: geochemical and age constraints

    J Gao;R Klemd

  • The collision between the Yili and Tarim blocks of the Southwestern Altaids: Geochemical and age constraints of a leucogranite dike crosscutting the HP-LT metamorphic belt in the Chinese Tianshan Orogen

    Jun Gao;Reiner Klemd;Qing Qian;Xi Zhang

  • Geochemical and geochronological studies of granitoid rocks from the Western Tianshan Orogen: Implications for continental growth in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Lingli Long;Jun Gao;Reiner Klemd;Christoph Beier

  • Mobilization of Ti Nb-Ta during subduction : Evidence from rutile-bearing dehydration segregations and veins hosted in eclogite, Tianshan, NW China

    Jun Gao;Timm John;Timm John;Reiner Klemd;Xianming Xiong

  • Volcanic arcs fed by rapid pulsed fluid flow through subducting slabs

    Timm John;Nikolaus Gussone;Yuri Y. Podladchikov;Gray E. Bebout

  • Archaean to Proterozoic Crustal Evolution in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa^Botswana): Constraints from Combined U^Pb and Lu^Hf Isotope Analyses of Zircon

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Reiner Klemd;Jackson M. Barton

  • Trace-element mobilization in slabs due to non steady-state fluid-rock interaction: Constraints from an eclogite-facies transport vein in blueschist (Tianshan, China)

    Timm John;Timm John;Reiner Klemd;Jun Gao;Carl-Dieter Garbe-Schönberg

  • Mineral ages and P-T conditions of Late Paleozoic high-pressure eclogite and provenance of mélange sediments from Atbashi in the south Tianshan orogen of Kyrgyzstan

    E. Hegner;R. Klemd;A. Kröner;M. Corsini

  • Gold upgrading in metamorphosed massive sulfide ore deposits: Direct evidence from laser-ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry analysis of invisible gold

    Thomas Wagner;Reiner Klemd;Thomas Wenzel;Benny Mattsson

  • Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Chinese South Tianshan Orogen: constraints from SHRIMP zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of basaltic and dioritic rocks from Xiate, NW China

    Qing Qian;Jun Gao;Reiner Klemd;Guoqi He

  • U-Pb zircon geochronology of Tianshan eclogites in NW China: implication for the collision between the Yili and Tarim blocks of the southwestern Altaids

    Wen Su;Jun Gao;Reiner Klemd;Ji-Lei Li

  • Primary fluids entrapped at blueschist to eclogite transition: evidence from the Tianshan meta-subduction complex in northwestern China

    Jun Gao;Reiner Klemd

  • Changes in dip of subducted slabs at depth: Petrological and geochronological evidence from HP-UHP rocks (Tianshan, NW-China)

    R. Klemd;T. John;E.E. Scherer;S. Rondenay;S. Rondenay

  • U–Th–Pb and Lu–Hf systematics of zircon from TTG's, leucosomes, meta-anorthosites and quartzites of the Limpopo Belt (South Africa): Constraints for the formation, recycling and metamorphism of Palaeoarchaean crust

    Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Jay Barton;Reiner Klemd

  • New Age Constraints on the Metamorphic Evolution of the High‐Pressure/Low‐Temperature Belt in the Western Tianshan Mountains, NW China

    R. Klemd;M. Bröcker;B. R. Hacker;J. Gao

  • Effects of temperature, sulfur, and oxygen fugacity on the composition of sphalerite from submarine hydrothermal vents

    Manuel Keith;Karsten M. Haase;Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera;Reiner Klemd

  • Paleozoic ophiolitic mélanges from the South Tianshan Orogen, NW China: Geological, geochemical and geochronological implications for the geodynamic setting

    Tuo Jiang;Jun Gao;Reiner Klemd;Qing Qian

  • Eclogite-facies quartz veins within metabasites of the Dabie Shan (eastern China): pressure–temperature–time–deformation path, composition of the fluid phase and fluid flow during exhumation of high-pressure rocks

    Leander Franz;R. Oberhänsli;Thomas Wagner;S. Dong

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Gao
Jun Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Timm John
Timm John Freie Universität Berlin
Karsten M. Haase
Karsten M. Haase University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Yuri Y. Podladchikov
Yuri Y. Podladchikov University of Lausanne
Haemyeong Jung
Haemyeong Jung Seoul National University
Qingguo Zhai
Qingguo Zhai Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Michael Bröcker
Michael Bröcker University of Münster
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
Christoph Beier
Christoph Beier University of Helsinki
Jasper Berndt
Jasper Berndt University of Münster

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