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2025

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D-Index
44
Citations
6166
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4797
National Ranking
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Sergei Lebedev 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 Sergei Lebedev sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 266 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Sergei Lebedev 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 Sergei Lebedev sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Sergei Lebedev is affiliated with the Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial body of work in Geophysics, comprising 119 publications. Additional subfields include Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, seismology and earthquake studies, and geological formations and processes exploration.

Sergei Lebedev has contributed to various publications, with frequent appearances in journals such as Geophysical Journal International, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Pacific Medical Journal, and the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • African cratonic lithosphere carved by mantle plumes, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The upper mantle beneath the South Atlantic Ocean, South America and Africa from waveform tomography with massive data sets, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • WINTERC-G: mapping the upper mantle thermochemical heterogeneity from coupled geophysical-petrological inversion of seismic waveforms, heat flow, surface elevation and gravity satellite data, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • The Slab Puzzle of the Alpine-Mediterranean Region: Insights From a New, High-Resolution, Shear Wave Velocity Model of the Upper Mantle, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • The tilted Iceland Plume and its effect on the North Atlantic evolution and magmatism, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Nicolas Celli
  • Javier Fullea
  • Raffaele Bonadio
  • Yihe Xu
  • Thomas Meier

Best Publications

  • Global shear speed structure of the upper mantle and transition zone

    A. J. Schaeffer;A. J. Schaeffer;S. Lebedev

  • Upper mantle beneath Southeast Asia from S velocity tomography

    Sergei Lebedev;Sergei Lebedev;Guust Nolet

  • Global upper-mantle tomography with the automated multimode inversion of surface and S-wave forms

    Sergei Lebedev;Rob D. Van Der Hilst;Rob D. Van Der Hilst

  • Imaging the North American continent using waveform inversion of global and USArray data

    A.J. Schaeffer;A.J. Schaeffer;S. Lebedev

  • African cratonic lithosphere carved by mantle plumes.

    Nicolas Luca Celli;Sergei Lebedev;Andrew J. Schaeffer;Carmen Gaina

  • Episodic stress and fluid pressure cycling in subducting oceanic crust during slow slip

    E. Warren-Smith;B. Fry;L. Wallace;L. Wallace;E. Chon

  • On the relationship between azimuthal anisotropy from shear wave splitting and surface wave tomography

    T. W. Becker;S. Lebedev;M. D. Long

  • Asthenospheric flow and origin of volcanism in the Baikal Rift area

    Sergei Lebedev;Thomas Meier;Rob D. van der Hilst;Rob D. van der Hilst

  • Seismic structure of Precambrian lithosphere: New constraints from broad-band surface-wave dispersion

    Sergei Lebedev;Sergei Lebedev;Jan Boonen;Jeannot Trampert

  • Seismic evidence for olivine phase changes at the 410- and 660-kilometer discontinuities.

    Sergei Lebedev;Sébastien Chevrot;Rob D. van der Hilst

  • Complex layered deformation within the Aegean crust and mantle revealed by seismic anisotropy

    Brigitte Endrun;Sergei Lebedev;Thomas Meier;Céline Tirel

  • The upper mantle beneath the South Atlantic Ocean, South America and Africa from waveform tomography with massive data sets

    N L Celli;N L Celli;S Lebedev;A J Schaeffer;M Ravenna

  • Mapping the Moho with seismic surface waves: A review, resolution analysis, and recommended inversion strategies

    Sergei Lebedev;Joanne M.-C. Adam;Joanne M.-C. Adam;Thomas Meier

  • A shear wave velocity model of the European upper mantle from automated inversion of seismic shear and surface waveforms

    C. P. Legendre;T. Meier;S. Lebedev;W. Friederich

  • WINTERC-G: mapping the upper mantle thermochemical heterogeneity from coupled geophysical-petrological inversion of seismic waveforms, heat flow, surface elevation and gravity satellite data

    J Fullea;J Fullea;S Lebedev;Z Martinec;Z Martinec;N L Celli

  • Toward a generalized plate motion reference frame

    T. W. Becker;A. J. Schaeffer;S. Lebedev;C. P. Conrad

  • Automated multimode inversion of surface and S waveforms

    Sergei Lebedev;Guust Nolet;Thomas Meier;Rob D. Van Der Hilst

  • Azimuthal seismic anisotropy in the Earth's upper mantle and the thickness of tectonic plates

    A.J. Schaeffer;A.J. Schaeffer;S. Lebedev;T.W. Becker

  • Origin of azimuthal seismic anisotropy in oceanic plates and mantle

    Thorsten W. Becker;Clinton P. Conrad;Andrew J. Schaeffer;Sergei Lebedev

  • Seismic evidence for stratification in composition and anisotropic fabric within the thick lithosphere of Kalahari Craton

    Forough Sodoudi;Xiaohui Yuan;Rainer Kind;Sergei Lebedev

  • Azimuthal anisotropy of Rayleigh-wave phase velocities in the east-central United States

    Frédéric Deschamps;Frédéric Deschamps;Sergei Lebedev;Thomas Meier;Jeannot Trampert

  • Widespread volcanism in the Greenland–North Atlantic region explained by the Iceland plume

    Bernhard Steinberger;Eva Bredow;Sergei Lebedev;Andrew Schaeffer;Andrew Schaeffer;Andrew Schaeffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Meier
Thomas Meier Kiel University
Carmen Gaina
Carmen Gaina University of Oslo
Thorsten W. Becker
Thorsten W. Becker The University of Texas at Austin
Alan G. Jones
Alan G. Jones Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
Christopher J. Bean
Christopher J. Bean Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
Jeannot Trampert
Jeannot Trampert Utrecht University
Clinton P. Conrad
Clinton P. Conrad University of Oslo
Jan H. Behrmann
Jan H. Behrmann GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Frank L. Vernon
Frank L. Vernon University of California, San Diego

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