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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 38 6658 6174 479 459 213 3928

Roland Zech publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roland Zech between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roland Zech published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 4.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2021. 16 of the 227 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2021. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 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: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 28 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 7 publications
1977 2025

227 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roland Zech: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
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 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 2
2005 2
2006 5
2007 8
2008 9
2009 11
2010 8
2011 6
2012 13
2013 8
2014 9
2015 14
2016 17
2017 14
2018 16
2019 10
2020 15
2021 28
2022 7
2023 8
2024 9
2025 7
Total 227
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Roland Zech 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 Zech 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, 208–217 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: 213 publications — 68th percentile

68% 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
208–217 292 213
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
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 Zech 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 Zech 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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 38
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
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 Zech is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany and has concentrated their work primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research has a strong focus on Atmospheric Science, contributing the majority of their publications in this subfield, followed by work in Anthropology, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology.

The main topics Roland Zech has explored include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Zech has published multiple research papers in various scientific journals. Among recent publications are:

  • "A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago" (2021), published in Science
  • "Leaf wax n-alkane patterns and compound-specific δ 13C of plants and topsoils from semi-arid and arid Mongolia" (2020), published in Biogeosciences
  • "The potential of δ2H-alkanes and δ18Osugar for paleoclimate reconstruction - A regional calibration study for South Africa" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Reconstructing Late Quaternary precipitation and its source on the southern Cape coast of South Africa: A multi-proxy paleoenvironmental record from Vankervelsvlei" (2022), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "The spatial distribution of sedimentary compounds and their environmental implications in surface sediments of Lake Khar Nuur (Mongolian Altai)" (2020), published in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

The main venues where Roland Zech frequently publishes include:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Science
  • Biogeosciences
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Roland Zech has collaborated extensively with several researchers, reflecting a significant network of academic partnerships. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Marcel Bliedtner (40 joint publications)
  • Paul Strobel (35 joint publications)
  • Julian Struck (30 joint publications)
  • Sönke Szidat (25 joint publications)
  • Michael Zech (23 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Pleistocene glaciations of Central Asia: results from 10Be surface exposure ages of erratic boulders from the Pamir (Tajikistan), and the Alay–Turkestan range (Kyrgyzstan)

    Uwe Abramowski;Arne Bergau;Dominik Seebach;Roland Zech

  • Late Quaternary glacial and climate history of the Pamir Mountains derived from cosmogenic 10Be exposure ages

    Roland Zech;Uwe Abramowski;Bruno Glaser;Pjotr Sosin

  • Timing of the late Quaternary glaciation in the Andes from ∼15 to 40° S†

    Roland Zech;Jan-Hendrik May;Christoph Kull;Jana Ilgner

  • Humid glacials, arid interglacials?: Critical thoughts on pedogenesis and paleoclimate based on multi-proxy analyses of the loess-paleosol sequence Crvenka, Northern Serbia

    Roland Zech;Michael Zech;Slobodan Marković;Ulrich Hambach

  • Deglaciation and landscape history around Annapurna, Nepal, based on 10Be surface exposure dating

    Roland Zech;Michael Zech;Peter W. Kubik;Krishna Kharki

  • Approaches and challenges to the study of loess - Introduction to the LoessFest Special Issue

    Randall J. Schaetzl;E. Arthur Bettis;Onn Crouvi;Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons

  • The importance of solar insolation on the temperature variations for the past 110 kyr on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Li Gao;Junsheng Nie;Steven Clemens;Weiguo Liu

  • A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago

    Alan Cooper;Chris S. M. Turney;Jonathan Palmer;Alan Hogg

  • Evidence for long-lasting landform surface instability on hummocky moraines in the Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan) from 10Be surface exposure dating

    Roland Zech;Bruno Glaser;Pjotr Sosin;Peter W. Kubik

  • Late Pleistocene glaciation in the Central Andes: Temperature versus humidity control — A case study from the eastern Bolivian Andes (17°S) and regional synthesis

    Christoph Kull;Samuel Imhof;Martin Grosjean;Roland Zech

  • Leaf waxes in litter and topsoils along a European transect

    Imke Kathrin Schäfer;Verena Lanny;Jörg Franke;Timothy I. Eglinton

  • A late pleistocene glacial chronology from the Kitschi-Kurumdu Valley, Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan), based on 10Be surface exposure dating

    Roland Zech

  • Quaternary vegetation changes derived from a loess-like permafrost palaeosol sequence in northeast Siberia using alkane biomarker and pollen analyses

    Michael Zech;Andrei A. Andreev;Roland Zech;Stefanie-Katharina Müller

  • Exposure dating of Late Glacial and pre-LGM moraines in the Cordon de Doña Rosa, Northern/Central Chile (~31° S)

    Roland Zech;Christoph Kull;Peter Kubik;Heinz Veit

  • Characterisation and palaeoclimate of a loess-like permafrost palaeosol sequence in NE Siberia

    Michael Zech;Roland Zech;Wolfgang Zech;Bruno Glaser

  • Late Quaternary environmental changes in Misiones, subtropical NE Argentina, deduced from multi-proxy geochemical analyses in a palaeosol-sediment sequence

    Michael Zech;Roland Zech;Héctor Morrás;Lucas Moretti

  • Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in Pleistocene loess-paleosol sequences: Three case studies

    R. Zech;L. Gao;R. Tarozo;Y. Huang

  • A 240,000-year stable carbon and nitrogen isotope record from a loess-like palaeosol sequence in the Tumara Valley, Northeast Siberia

    Michael Zech;Roland Zech;Bruno Glaser

  • Climate deteriorations and Neanderthal demise in interior Iberia.

    D. Wolf;T. Kolb;M. Alcaraz-Castaño;S. Heinrich

  • Leaf wax n-alkanes in modern plants and topsoils from eastern Georgia (Caucasus) – implications for reconstructing regional paleovegetation

    Marcel Bliedtner;Marcel Bliedtner;Imke Kathrin Schäfer;Roland Zech;Roland Zech;Hans von Suchodoletz

  • LGM and Late Glacial glacier advances in the Cordillera Real and Cochabamba (Bolivia) deduced from 10 Be surface exposure dating

    Roland Zech;Christoph Kull;Peter Kubik;Heinz Veit

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Glaser
Bruno Glaser Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Wolfgang Zech
Wolfgang Zech University of Bayreuth
Heinz Veit
Heinz Veit University of Bern
Sönke Szidat
Sönke Szidat University of Bern
Peter W. Kubik
Peter W. Kubik ETH Zurich
Kazimierz Rozanski
Kazimierz Rozanski AGH University of Science and Technology
Andrew S. Carr
Andrew S. Carr University of Leicester
Yongsong Huang
Yongsong Huang Brown University
Marcus Christl
Marcus Christl ETH Zurich

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