2026 Terry Plank: 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	66	1279	1134	570	490	257	25032

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
2011 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1998 - Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Terry Plank is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics. Other notable subfields include Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Chemistry. The main topics of their research cover Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Plank's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

Magmatic water content controls the pre-eruptive depth of arc magmas (2022), published in Science
Silicate melt inclusions in the new millennium: A review of recommended practices for preparation, analysis, and data presentation (2021), published in Chemical Geology
Potassium isotopic heterogeneity in subducting oceanic plates (2020), published in Science Advances
Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions: A Microscopic Perspective on a Complex Magmatic World (2021), published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Vapor-bubble growth in olivine-hosted melt inclusions (2020), published in American Mineralogist

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Plank include:

Daniel J. Rasmussen
John Ludden
Anna Barth
Yves Moussallam
K. A. Kelley

Plank has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Chemical Geology
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Bulletin of Volcanology

Awards and honors received by Terry Plank are:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013)
Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (2012)
Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry (2011)
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2008)
Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal), The Geological Society of America (1998)
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

The chemical composition of subducting sediment and its consequences for the crust and mantle

Terry Plank;Charles H. Langmuir

3939
Citations
Element transport from slab to volcanic front at the Mariana arc

Tim Elliott;Terry Plank;Alan Zindler;William White

1825
Citations
Petrological systematics of mid-ocean ridge basalts: Constraints on melt generation beneath ocean ridges

Charles H. Langmuir;Emily M. Klein;Terry Plank

1372
Citations
Constraints from Thorium/Lanthanum on Sediment Recycling at Subduction Zones and the Evolution of the Continents

T. Plank

1176
Citations
Dehydration and melting experiments constrain the fate of subducted sediments

Marie C. Johnson;Terry Plank;Terry Plank

972
Citations
Tracing trace elements from sediment input to volcanic output at subduction zones

Terry Plank;Terry Plank;Charles H. Langmuir

907
Citations
Constraints on the depths and temperatures of basaltic magma generation on Earth and other terrestrial planets using new thermobarometers for mafic magmas

Cin-Ty A. Lee;Peter Luffi;Terry Plank;Heather Dalton

833
Citations
The Chemical Composition of Subducting Sediments

T. Plank

691
Citations
The Hf–Nd isotopic composition of marine sediments

Jeff D. Vervoort;Terry Plank;Julie Prytulak;Julie Prytulak

625
Citations
Composition of altered oceanic crust at ODP Sites 801 and 1149

Katherine A. Kelley;Terry Plank;John Ludden;Hubert Staudigel

609
Citations
An evaluation of the global variations in the major element chemistry of arc basalts

Terry Plank;Charles H. Langmuir

606
Citations
Subducting carbon

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558
Citations
Geochemical Fluxes During Seafloor Alteration of the Basaltic Upper Oceanic Crust: DSDP Sites 417 and 418

Hubert Staudigel;Terry Plank;Bill White;Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

550
Citations
Why do mafic arc magmas contain ∼4wt% water on average?

Terry Plank;Katherine A. Kelley;Mindy M. Zimmer;Erik H. Hauri

547
Citations
A mantle melting profile across the Basin and Range, SW USA

K. Wang;T. Plank;T. Plank;J. D. Walker;E. I. Smith

483
Citations
Dy/Dy*: Variations Arising from Mantle Sources and Petrogenetic Processes

Jon Davidson;Simon Turner;Terry A. Plank

408
Citations
Mantle melting as a function of water content beneath back-arc basins

Katherine A. Kelley;Katherine A. Kelley;Katherine A. Kelley;Terry Plank;Timothy L. Grove;Edward M. Stolper

394
Citations
The Role of Water in Generating the Calc-alkaline Trend: New Volatile Data for Aleutian Magmas and a New Tholeiitic Index

Mindy M. Zimmer;Terry Plank;Erik H. Hauri;Gene Yogodzinski

365
Citations
Effects of the melting regime on the composition of the oceanic crust

Terry Plank;Charles H. Langmuir

328
Citations
Volatiles in Magmas

Paul J. Wallace;Terry Plank;Marie Edmonds;Erik H. Hauri

252
Citations
Volatile loss from melt inclusions in pyroclasts of differing sizes

Alexander Saylor Lloyd;Terry A. Plank;Philipp P. Ruprecht;Erik H. Hauri

242
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Katherine A. Kelley University of Rhode Island

Erik H. Hauri Carnegie Institution for Science

Julie Prytulak Durham University

Charles H. Langmuir Harvard University

Hubert Staudigel University of California, San Diego

Richard W. Murray Boston University

Tobias P. Fischer University of New Mexico

Paul J. Wallace University of Oregon

David Walker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Sune G. Nielsen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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