2026 Timothy L. Grove: 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	94	199	170	100	84	455	31791

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Timothy L. Grove is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy. Their work covers significant subfields such as Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology, and Atmospheric Science.

The main research topics in Timothy Grove's portfolio include:

Geological and Geochemical Analysis
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Astro and Planetary Science
Earthquake and tectonic studies
Planetary Science and Exploration
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

They have been published frequently in several scientific venues. Prominent among these are:

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
Harvard Dataverse

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Timothy L. Grove include:

Widespread production of silica- and alkali-rich melts at the onset of planetesimal melting, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Formation of primitive achondrites by partial melting of alkali-undepleted planetesimals in the inner solar system, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Incremental melting in the ureilite parent body: Initial composition, melting temperatures, and melt compositions, 2020, Meteoritics and Planetary Science
The case for the angrite parent body as the archetypal first-generation planetesimal: Large, reduced and Mg-enriched, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Origins of Major Element, Trace Element, and Isotope Garnet Signatures in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent collaborators in Timothy L. Grove's work include:

Stephanie Brown Krein
Max Collinet
Olivier Namur
Yishen Zhang
Bernard Charlier

Timothy L. Grove's career is marked by recognition from a number of academic bodies. They have been named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2014, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2008, and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2001.

Best Publications

Experimental investigations of the role of H2O in calc-alkaline differentiation and subduction zone magmatism

T. W. Sisson;T. L. Grove

1647
Citations
The influence of water on melting of mantle peridotite

Glenn A. Gaetani;Timothy L. Grove

836
Citations
The role of H2O during crystallization of primitive arc magmas under uppermost mantle conditions and genesis of igneous pyroxenites: an experimental study

Othmar Müntener;Peter B. Kelemen;Timothy L. Grove

828
Citations
Fractional crystallization and mantle-melting controls on calc-alkaline differentiation trends

Timothy L. Grove;Linda T. Elkins-Tanton;Stephen W. Parman;Nilanjan Chatterjee

817
Citations
Experimental and natural partitioning of Th, U, Pb and other trace elements between garnet, clinopyroxene and basaltic melts

Erik H. Hauri;Thomas P. Wagner;Timothy L. Grove

807
Citations
The Role of H 2 O in Subduction Zone Magmatism

Timothy L. Grove;Christy B. Till;Christy B. Till;Michael J. Krawczynski;Michael J. Krawczynski

700
Citations
Primary magmas of mid-ocean ridge basalts 2. Applications

Rosamond J. Kinzler;Timothy L. Grove

687
Citations
Primary magmas of mid-ocean ridge basalts 1. Experiments and methods

Rosamond J. Kinzler;Timothy L. Grove

658
Citations
Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

Charles K. Shearer;Paul C. Hess;Mark A. Wieczorek;Matt E. Pritchard

574
Citations
The role of an H2O-rich fluid component in the generation of primitive basaltic andesites and andesites from the Mt. Shasta region, N California

T. L. Grove;S. W. Parman;S. A. Bowring;R. C. Price

563
Citations
The influence of H2O on mantle wedge melting

Timothy L. Grove;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Stephen W. Parman;Etienne Médard

551
Citations
Origin of calc-alkaline series lavas at Medicine Lake Volcano by fractionation, assimilation and mixing

Timothy L. Grove;David C. Gerlach;Thomas W. Sando

540
Citations
Fractionation of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB)

Timothy L. Grove;Rosamond J. Kinzler;Wilfred B. Bryan

532
Citations
Temperatures and H 2 O contents of low-MgO high-alumina basalts

T. W. Sisson;T. L. Grove

492
Citations
Fractionation of pyroxene-phyric MORB at low pressure: An experimental study

T. L. Grove;W. B. Bryan

480
Citations
Phase equilibrium controls on the tholeiitic versus calc‐alkaline differentiation trends

Timothy L. Grove;Michael B. Baker

467
Citations
Rare earth element diffusion in diopside: influence of temperature, pressure, and ionic radius, and an elastic model for diffusion in silicates

James A. Van Orman;Timothy L. Grove;Nobumichi Shimizu

450
Citations
Ternary feldspar experiments and thermodynamic models

Linda T. Elkins;Timothy L. Grove

441
Citations
Coupled CaAl-NaSi diffusion in plagioclase feldspar: Experiments and applications to cooling rate speedometry

Timothy L Grove;Michael B Baker;Rosamond J Kinzler

428
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

Frequent Co-Authors

Nilanjan Chatterjee MIT

Bernard Charlier University of Liège

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton Arizona State University

Edward M. Stolper California Institute of Technology

David L. Shuster University of California, Berkeley

Benjamin P. Weiss MIT

David Walker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Glenn A. Gaetani Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Michael B. Baker California Institute of Technology

Nobumichi Shimizu Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

External Links

Personal website of Timothy L. Grove

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