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D-Index
45
Citations
7184
World Ranking
4483
National Ranking
18

Roland Schmidt 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 Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 100 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roland Schmidt 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 Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Decorrelated GRACE time-variable gravity solutions by GFZ, and their validation using a hydrological model

    J. Kusche;R. Schmidt;S. Petrovic;R. Rietbroek

  • Temperature effects on the acidity of remote alpine lakes

    Sabine Sommaruga-WÖgrath;Karin A. Koinig;Roland Schmidt;Ruben Sommaruga

  • Climate-driven pH control of remote alpine lakes and effects of acid deposition

    Roland Psenner;Roland Schmidt

  • The GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam/Groupe de Recherche de Gèodésie Spatiale satellite-only and combined gravity field models: EIGEN-GL04S1 and EIGEN-GL04C

    Christoph Förste;Roland Schmidt;Richard Stubenvoll;Frank Flechtner

  • Global change revealed by palaeolimnological records from remote lakes : a review

    Jordi Catalan;Sergi Pla-Rabés;Alexander P. Wolfe;John P. Smol

  • A lacustrine GDGT-temperature calibration from the Scandinavian Arctic to Antarctic : Renewed potential for the application of GDGT-paleothermometry in lakes

    Emma J. Pearson;Steve Juggins;Helen M. Talbot;Jan Weckström

  • Cyclotella-taxa (Bacillariophyceae) in lakes of the Alpine region and their relationship to environmental variables

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  • Boreal forests and tundra

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  • Hydrological Signals Observed by the GRACE Satellites

    R. Schmidt;F. Flechtner;U. Meyer;K.-H. Neumayer

  • Palaeoclimate records 60–8 ka in the Austrian and Swiss Alps and their forelands

    Oliver Heiri;Karin A. Koinig;Christoph Spötl;Sam Barrett

  • Estimation of steric sea level variations from combined GRACE and Jason-1 data

    A. Lombard;D. Garcia;G. Ramillien;A. Cazenave

  • Climate change as the primary cause for pH shifts in a high alpine lake

    Karin A. Koinig;Roland Schmidt;Sabine Sommaruga-Wögrath;Richard Tessadri

  • Surface-sediment and epilithic diatom pH calibration sets for remote European mountain lakes (AL:PE Project) and their comparison with the Surface Waters Acidification Programme (SWAP) calibration set

    N. G. Cameron;H. J. B. Birks;H. J. B. Birks;V. J. Jones;F. Berges

  • EIGEN-GL05C - A new global combined high-resolution GRACE-based gravity field model of the GFZ-GRGS cooperation

    Christoph Förste;Frank Flechtner;R. Schmidt;R. Stubenvoll

  • Holocene diatom flora and stratigraphy from sediment cores of two Antarctic lakes (King George Island)

    Unknown

  • Integration of GRACE mass variations into a global hydrological model

    Susanna Werth;Andreas Güntner;Svetozar Petrović;Roland Schmidt

  • Ultra-sensitive Alpine lakes and climate change

    Roy Thompson;Christian Kamenik;Roland Schmidt

  • A new global Earth's gravity field model from satellite orbit perturbations: GRIM5-S1

    Unknown

  • The Diatoms: Diatoms as indicators of environmental change near arctic and alpine treeline

    André F. Lotter;Reinhard Pienitz;Roland Schmidt

  • Evaluation of GRACE filter tools from a hydrological perspective

    S. Werth;A. Güntner;R. Schmidt;J. Kusche

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Psenner
Roland Psenner University of Innsbruck
Roy Thompson
Roy Thompson University of Pittsburgh
Willy Tinner
Willy Tinner University of Bern
Andrea Lami
Andrea Lami National Research Council (CNR)
Daniele Colombaroli
Daniele Colombaroli Royal Holloway University of London
Jordi Catalan
Jordi Catalan Spanish National Research Council
Oliver Heiri
Oliver Heiri University of Basel
Neil L. Rose
Neil L. Rose University College London
Michel Magny
Michel Magny Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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