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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 65 1409 1251 88 78 242 14338

Roland Maas publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roland Maas between 1986 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roland Maas published across 41 years, from 1986 to 2026, averaging 7 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2020. 8 of the 286 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2020. 1986: 2 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 7 publications 2026: 1 publication
1986 2026

286 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roland Maas: publications per year, 1986 to 2026
Year Publications
1986 2
1987 2
1988 1
1989 2
1990 2
1991 1
1992 2
1993 1
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 3
1998 2
1999 2
2000 8
2001 9
2002 7
2003 6
2004 11
2005 5
2006 14
2007 7
2008 7
2009 6
2010 4
2011 8
2012 6
2013 7
2014 8
2015 10
2016 14
2017 18
2018 7
2019 19
2020 20
2021 9
2022 17
2023 12
2024 17
2025 7
2026 1
Total 286
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Roland Maas 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 Roland Maas 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: 242 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
238–247 243 242
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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Roland Maas 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 Roland Maas 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, 65 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: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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 65
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

Roland Maas is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and has a research focus within the domains of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their scholarly output includes contributions to fields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects related to geological and geochemical analysis, including geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials. Additionally, Maas has worked on speech recognition and synthesis, natural language processing techniques, and speech and audio processing.

Frequent co-authors in Maas's publications include Jon Woodhead, Andrea Giuliani, Janet Hergt, Vadim S. Kamenetsky, and Hayden Dalton.

Key venues where Maas has published work are arXiv (Cornell University), Chemical Geology, Lithos, Precambrian Research, and Geology. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary span of their research connecting geoscience and computational methods.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Roland Maas include:

  • An Early Cretaceous subduction-modified mantle underneath the ultraslow spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean, 2020, Science Advances
  • Isotopic analyses of clinopyroxenes demonstrate the effects of kimberlite melt metasomatism upon the lithospheric mantle, 2020, Lithos
  • Staged formation of the supergiant Olympic Dam uranium deposit, Australia, 2021, Geology
  • A comparison of geochronological methods commonly applied to kimberlites and related rocks: Three case studies from Finland, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Testing Nano-Powder and Fused-Glass Mineral Reference Materials for In SituRb-Sr Dating of Glauconite, Phlogopite, Biotite and Feldspar via LA-ICP-MS/MS, 2022, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research

These publications span the years 2020 to 2022 and address major topics in geochemical and geochronological methodologies, mantle processes, and mineral dating techniques.

Best Publications

  • Improved laser ablation U‐Pb zircon geochronology through robust downhole fractionation correction

    Chad Paton;Chad Paton;Jon D. Woodhead;John C. Hellstrom;Janet M. Hergt

  • Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd isotope systems in zircon

    Peter D. Kinny;Roland Maas

  • The Earth's oldest known crust: A geochronological and geochemical study of 3900-4200 Ma old detrital zircons from Mt. Narryer and Jack Hills, Western Australia

    Roland Maas;Roland Maas;Peter D. Kinny;Peter D. Kinny;Ian S. Williams;Derek O. Froude

  • Isotopic and Elemental Imaging of Geological Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

    Jon D. Woodhead;John Hellstrom;Janet M. Hergt;Alan Greig

  • Late Holocene drought responsible for the collapse of Old World civilizations is recorded in an Italian cave flowstone

    Russell Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John Hellstrom;Roland Maas

  • Kimberlite melts rich in alkali chlorides and carbonates: A potent metasomatic agent in the mantle

    Maya B. Kamenetsky;Alexander V. Sobolev;Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Roland Maas

  • Igneous and Metamorphic Enclaves in the S-type Deddick Granodiorite, Lachlan Fold Belt, SE Australia: Petrographic, Geochemical and Nd-Sr Isotopic Evidence for Crustal Melting and Magma Mixing

    Roland Maas;Ian A. Nicholls;Colin Legg

  • Multiple mantle plume components involved in the petrogenesis of subduction‐related lavas from the northern termination of the Tonga Arc and northern Lau Basin: Evidence from the geochemistry of arc and backarc submarine volcanics

    Trevor J. Falloon;Leonid V. Danyushevsky;Tony J. Crawford;Roland Maas

  • In situ Sr-isotope analysis of carbonates by LA-MC-ICP-MS: interference corrections, high spatial resolution and an example from otolith studies

    Jon Woodhead;Stephen Swearer;Janet Hergt;Roland Maas

  • Re–Os isotopic evidence for genesis of Archaean nickel ores from uncontaminated komatiites

    Jeffrey G. Foster;David D. Lambert;Louise R. Frick;Roland Maas

  • Evidence for Obliquity Forcing of Glacial Termination II

    R.N. Drysdale;J. C. Hellstrom;G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;A. E. Fallick

  • Precise U-Pb titanite age constraints on the emplacement of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    Ian Samuel Buick;Roland Maas;R L Gibson

  • Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope evidence for a mantle origin of alkali chlorides and carbonates in the Udachnaya kimberlite, Siberia

    Roland Maas;Maya B. Kamenetsky;Alexander V. Sobolev;Vadim S. Kamenetsky

  • U–Pb geochronology of speleothems by MC-ICPMS

    Jon Woodhead;John Hellstrom;Roland Maas;Russell Drysdale

  • Adakites in the Truong Son and Loei fold belts, Thailand and Laos: Genesis and implications for geodynamics and metallogeny

    Teera Kamvong;Khin Zaw;Sebastien Meffre;Roland Maas

  • Towards a new model for kimberlite petrogenesis: Evidence from unaltered kimberlites and mantle minerals

    Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Alexander V. Golovin;Alexander V. Golovin;Roland Maas;Andrea Giuliani

  • Fingerprinting feldspar phenocrysts using crystal isotopic composition stratigraphy: implications for crystal transfer and magma mingling in S-type granites

    Tod E. Waight;Roland Maas;Ian A. Nicholls

  • The provenance of Archean clastic metasediments in the Narryer Gneiss Complex, Western Australia: Trace element geochemistry, Nd isotopes, and U-Pb ages for detrital zircons

    Roland Maas;Roland Maas;Malcolm T McCulloch

  • Climatic significance of seasonal trace element and stable isotope variations in a modern freshwater tufa

    Christian Ihlenfeld;Marc D. Norman;Michael K. Gagan;Russell N. Drysdale

  • Cretaceous felsic volcanism in New Zealand and Lord Howe Rise (Zealandia) as a precursor to final Gondwana break-up

    A. J. Tulloch;J. Ramezani;N. Mortimer;J. Mortensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon D. Woodhead
Jon D. Woodhead University of Melbourne
Vadim S. Kamenetsky
Vadim S. Kamenetsky Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Janet M. Hergt
Janet M. Hergt University of Melbourne
David Phillips
David Phillips University of Melbourne
John Hellstrom
John Hellstrom University of Melbourne
Russell N. Drysdale
Russell N. Drysdale University of Melbourne
Maya B. Kamenetsky
Maya B. Kamenetsky University of Tasmania
Sebastien Meffre
Sebastien Meffre University of Tasmania
Marco L. Fiorentini
Marco L. Fiorentini University of Western Australia

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