2026 Steven D. Jacobsen: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	49	3641	3335	1433	1272	161	8220

Overview

Steven D. Jacobsen is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Materials Science, with a total of 33 and 18 publications respectively in these areas.

The subfields of study Jacobsen focuses on include Geophysics, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Ecology. Their work involves topics such as high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, astro and planetary science, crystal structures and properties, isotope analysis in ecology, and advanced condensed matter physics.

Frequent publication venues for Jacobsen include Geophysical Research Letters, American Mineralogist, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Physical Review Letters. They have published most extensively in Geophysical Research Letters, with four papers featured there.

Their recent papers cover a range of subjects and include the following titles:

Computationally Directed Discovery of MoBi₂ (2020) - Journal of the American Chemical Society
Extreme redox variations in a superdeep diamond from a subducted slab (2023) - Nature
Highly volatile element (H, C, F, Cl, S) abundances and H isotopic compositions in chondrules from carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites (2021) - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Thank You to Our 2019 Peer Reviewers (2020) - Geophysical Research Letters
Dual origin of ferropericlase inclusions within super-deep diamonds (2023) - Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Jacobsen collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors including Dongzhou Zhang, Alison B. Altman, James M. Rondinelli, Danna E. Freedman, and E. Ercan. These collaborations represent significant recurring partnerships within their research network.

Best Publications

Effective hydrostatic limits of pressure media for high-pressure crystallographic studies

Ross J. Angel;Maciej Bujak;Maciej Bujak;Jing Zhao;G. Diego Gatta

572
Citations
Spin transition of iron in magnesiowüstite in the Earth's lower mantle.

Jung Fu Lin;Jung Fu Lin;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Steven D. Jacobsen;Michael Y. Hu

398
Citations
Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle

Brandon Schmandt;Steven D. Jacobsen;Thorsten W. Becker;Zhenxian Liu

395
Citations
Rapid magma ascent recorded by water diffusion profiles in mantle olivine

Sylvie Demouchy;Steven D. Jacobsen;Fabrice Gaillard;Charles R. Stern

341
Citations
The COMPRES/GSECARS gas-loading system for diamond anvil cells at the Advanced Photon Source

Mark Rivers;Vitali B. Prakapenka;Atsushi Kubo;Clayton Pullins

316
Citations
Spin transition zone in Earth;s lower mantle

Jung Fu Lin;György Vankó;György Vankó;Steven D. Jacobsen;Valentin Iota

251
Citations
Cation sorption on the muscovite (0 0 1) surface in chloride solutions using high-resolution X-ray reflectivity

Michel L. Schlegel;Kathryn. L. Nagy;Paul Fenter;Likwan Cheng

213
Citations
Elasticity of (Mg,Fe)O Through the Spin Transition of Iron in the Lower Mantle

J. C. Crowhurst;J. M. Brown;A. F. Goncharov;S. D. Jacobsen

204
Citations
Reduced Radiative Conductivity of Low-Spin (Mg,Fe)O in the Lower Mantle

Alexander F. Goncharov;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Steven D. Jacobsen

192
Citations
Structure and elasticity of single‐crystal (Mg,Fe)O and a new method of generating shear waves for gigahertz ultrasonic interferometry

Steven D. Jacobsen;Steven D. Jacobsen;Steven D. Jacobsen;Hans J. Reichmann;Hartmut A. Spetzler;Hartmut A. Spetzler;Hartmut A. Spetzler;Stephen J. Mackwell

167
Citations
Nominally Anhydrous Minerals and Earth's Deep Water Cycle

Joseph R. Smyth;Steven Dollard Jacobsen

166
Citations
Sound velocities and elastic constants of iron-bearing hydrous ringwoodite

Steven D. Jacobsen;Joseph R. Smyth;Hartmut Spetzler;Hartmut Spetzler;Christopher M. Holl

162
Citations
A systematic study of OH in hydrous wadsleyite from polarized FTIR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction: Oxygen sites for hydrogen storage in Earth∑ s interior

Steven D. Jacobsen;Steven D. Jacobsen;Sylvie Demouchy;Daniel J. Frost;Tiziana Boffa Ballaran

151
Citations
Structural systematics of hydrous ringwoodite and water in Earth’s interior

Joseph R. Smyth;Christopher M. Holl;Daniel J. Frost;Steven D. Jacobsen

140
Citations
Earth's deep water cycle

Steven D. Jacobsen;Suzan Frederike Maria van der Lee

135
Citations
Hydrogen solubility and speciation in natural, gem-quality chromian diopside

Geoffrey D. Bromiley;Hans Keppler;Catherine McCammon;Fiona A. Bromiley

133
Citations
Effect of Water on the Equation of State of Nominally Anhydrous Minerals

Steven D. Jacobsen

131
Citations
Compression of single-crystal magnesium oxide to 118 GPa and a ruby pressure gauge for helium pressure media

Steven D. Jacobsen;Christopher M. Holl;Kimberly A. Adams;Rebecca A. Fischer

128
Citations
Pressure-induced electronic spin transition of iron in magnesiowustite- ( Mg , Fe ) O

Jung Fu Lin;Alexander G. Gavriliuk;Alexander G. Gavriliuk;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Steven D. Jacobsen

123
Citations
High-pressure elasticity of a natural magnetite crystal

Hans J. Reichmann;Steven D. Jacobsen

116
Citations
Radiative conductivity in the Earth’s lower mantle

Alexander F. Goncharov;Benjamin D. Haugen;Benjamin D. Haugen;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Pierre Beck

115
Citations
Hydrogen solubility and speciation in natural, gem-quality chromian diopside (vol 89, pg 941, 2004)

Geoffrey Bromiley;H Keppler;C McCammon;FA Bromiley

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph R. Smyth University of Colorado Boulder

Daniel J. Frost University of Bayreuth

Jung-Fu Lin The University of Texas at Austin

Yue Meng Argonne National Laboratory

Erik H. Hauri Carnegie Institution for Science

Przemyslaw Dera University of Hawaii at Manoa

Catherine McCammon University of Bayreuth

Thomas S. Duffy Princeton University

Alexander F. Goncharov Carnegie Institution for Science

Ross J. Angel University of Padua

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