2026 Susan W. Kieffer: 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	43	4871	4491	1842	1637	126	9372

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Penrose Medal, The Geological Society of America
2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1995 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
1992 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1986 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1985 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1977 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Susan W. Kieffer is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, with focused contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Geology, Building and Construction, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology.

Their work covers various topics, including:

Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation
Mining and Resource Management
Geological formations and processes
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
Earthquake and tectonic studies

Recent publications by Kieffer include the following:

"The mysterious grooves of Volcán Bárcena: a review of the role of streamwise counter-rotating vortices during erosion by dilute pyroclastic density currents," 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
"Correction to: The mysterious grooves of Volcán Bárcena: a review of the role of streamwise counter-rotating vortices during erosion by dilute pyroclastic density currents," 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Kieffer include:

Giuseppe Di Capua
Peter Bobrowsky
Cindy M. Palinkas
Eckart Meiburg
Jim Best

The venues where Kieffer has most often published comprise:

Geological Society London Special Publications
Bulletin of Volcanology

The scientist has been recognized with multiple honors, reflecting their standing in the geological sciences community. Awards include the Penrose Medal from The Geological Society of America in 2014, the Arthur L. Day Medal from the same society in 1992, and fellowships from notable organizations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the MacArthur Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Geological Society of America. They have also been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1986.

Best Publications

Cassini Observes the Active South Pole of Enceladus

Carolyn Porco;Paul Helfenstein;Peter Thomas;Andy Ingersoll

1371
Citations
The role of volatiles and lithology in the impact cratering process.

Susan Werner Kieffer;Charles H. Simonds

553
Citations
Thermodynamics and lattice vibrations of minerals: 3. Lattice dynamics and an approximation for minerals with application to simple substances and framework silicates

Susan Werner Kieffer

428
Citations
Sound Speed in Liquid-Gas Mixtures' Water-Air and Water-Steam

Susan Werner Kieffer

422
Citations
Thermodynamics and lattice vibrations of minerals: 5. Applications to phase equilibria, isotopic fractionation, and high‐pressure thermodynamic properties

Susan Werner Kieffer

416
Citations
Shock metamorphism of the Coconino Sandstone at Meteor Crater, Arizona

Susan Werner Kieffer

396
Citations
Thermodynamics and lattice vibrations of minerals: 1. Mineral heat capacities and their relationships to simple lattice vibrational models

Susan Werner Kieffer

366
Citations
Shock processes in porous quartzite: Transmission electron microscope observations and theory

Susan Werner Kieffer;Prem P. Phakey;John M. Christie

306
Citations
Thermodynamics and lattice vibrations of minerals: 2. Vibrational characteristics of silicates

Susan Werner Kieffer

270
Citations
Isotope fractionation in silicate melts by thermal diffusion

F. Huang;P. Chakraborty;C. C. Lundstrom;C. Holmden

257
Citations
Thermodynamics and lattice vibrations of minerals: 4. Application to chain and sheet silicates and orthosilicates

Susan Werner Kieffer

249
Citations
Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

Jennifer Sills;P. H. Gleick;R. M. Adams;R. M. Amasino

236
Citations
A clathrate reservoir hypothesis for Enceladus' south polar plume.

Susan W. Kieffer;Xinli Lu;Craig M. Bethke;John R. Spencer

233
Citations
Triton's Geyser-Like Plumes: Discovery and Basic Characterization

Laurence A. Soderblom;S.W. Kieffer;T.L. Becker;R. H. Brown

210
Citations
Laboratory studies of volcanic jets

Susan Werner Kieffer;Bradford Sturtevant

206
Citations
Seismicity at Old Faithful Geyser: an isolated source of geothermal noise and possible analogue of volcanic seismicity

Susan Werner Kieffer

196
Citations
Emplacement of Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Shocked Quartz from Chicxulub Crater

Walter Alvarez;Philippe Claeys;Susan W. Kieffer

193
Citations
Io in the near infrared: Near‐Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) results from the Galileo flybys in 1999 and 2000

Rosaly M. C. Lopes;L. W. Kamp;S. Douté;W. D. Smythe

180
Citations
Blast dynamics at Mount St Helens on 18 May 1980

Susan Werner Kieffer

151
Citations
The role of SO2 in volcanism on Io

B. A. Smith;E. M. Shoemaker;S. W. Kieffer;A. F. Cook

145
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred S. McEwen University of Arizona

Alexandra Navrotsky Arizona State University

Kenneth H. Wohletz Los Alamos National Laboratory

Fang Huang University of Science and Technology of China

Laszlo P. Keszthelyi United States Geological Survey

James Leonard Best University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Randolph L. Kirk United States Geological Survey

Laurence A. Soderblom United States Geological Survey

Torrence V. Johnson Jet Propulsion Lab

Thomas J. Ahrens California Institute of Technology

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