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Torgeir B. Andersen

Torgeir B. Andersen

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 52 3116 2845 38 33 159 7969

Torgeir B. Andersen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Torgeir B. Andersen between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Torgeir B. Andersen published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 3.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2019. 1 of the 165 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2019. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1981 2025

165 publications in total across all disciplines

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Torgeir B. Andersen: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 0
1983 0
1984 3
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 1
1989 1
1990 3
1991 4
1992 3
1993 2
1994 4
1995 0
1996 0
1997 2
1998 3
1999 2
2000 4
2001 1
2002 4
2003 4
2004 5
2005 4
2006 3
2007 4
2008 3
2009 4
2010 4
2011 3
2012 7
2013 6
2014 12
2015 8
2016 10
2017 9
2018 13
2019 15
2020 2
2021 2
2022 4
2023 3
2024 0
2025 1
Total 165
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Torgeir B. Andersen 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 Torgeir B. Andersen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 158–167 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 159 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458 159
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Torgeir B. Andersen 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 Torgeir B. Andersen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182 52
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Torgeir B. Andersen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and works primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research contributions span 24 publications focusing on geophysical phenomena and geological processes.

The main subfields of Andersen's research include:

  • Geophysics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Paleontology
  • Artificial Intelligence

Key topics explored in their work are:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Their publication record includes contributions to various scientific journals such as:

  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Tectonics
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Geosciences
  • Basin Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Andersen include:

  • Vestiges of the Pre-Caledonian Passive Margin of Baltica in the Scandinavian Caledonides: Overview, Revisions and Control on the Structure of the Mountain Belt, 2022, Geosciences
  • Widening of Hydrous Shear Zones During Incipient Eclogitization of Metastable Dry and Rigid Lower Crust-Holsnøy, Western Norway, 2021, Tectonics
  • Focal Mechanisms of Intraslab Earthquakes: Insights From Pseudotachylytes in Mantle Units, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • P Wave Anisotropy Caused by Partial Eclogitization of Descending Crust Demonstrated by Modeling Effective Petrophysical Properties, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Fault Growth and Orthogonal Shortening in Transtensional Supradetachment Basins: Insights from the 'Old Red' of Western Norway, 2023, Basin Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Andersen are:

  • Timm John
  • Sascha Zertani
  • Loïc Labrousse
  • Johannes C. Vrijmoed
  • Johannes Jakob

Best Publications

  • Subduction and eduction of continental crust: major mechanisms during continent‐continent collision and orogenic extensional collapse, a model based on the south Norwegian Caledonides

    Torgeir B. Andersen;Bjørn Jamtveit;John F. Dewey;Eivind Swensson

  • Uplift of deep crust during orogenic extensional collapse: A model based on field studies in the Sogn-Sunnfjord Region of western Norway

    Torgeir B. Andersen;Bjørn Jamtveit

  • Extensional tectonics in the Caledonides of southern Norway, an overview

    Torgeir B. Andersen

  • High-Temperature Deformation During Continental-Margin Subduction & Exhumation: The Ultrahigh-Pressure Western Gneiss Region of Norway

    Bradley R. Hacker;Torgeir B. Andersen;Scott Johnston;Andrew R.C. Kylander-Clark

  • Campaign-style titanite U–Pb dating by laser-ablation ICP: Implications for crustal flow, phase transformations and titanite closure

    K.J. Spencer;B.R. Hacker;A.R.C. Kylander-Clark;T.B. Andersen

  • The trapped fluid phase in upper mantle xenoliths from Victoria, Australia: implications for mantle metasomatism

    T. Andersen;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly;W. L. Griffin

  • Orogenic uplift and collapse, crustal thickness, fabrics and metamorphic phase changes: the role of eclogites

    J. F. Dewey;P. D. Ryan;T. B. Andersen

  • Generation of intermediate-depth earthquakes by self-localizing thermal runaway

    Timm John;Timm John;Sergei Medvedev;Lars H. Rüpke;Torgeir B. Andersen

  • The Scandinavian Caledonides: main features, conceptual advances and critical questions

    F. Corfu;T. B. Andersen;D. Gasser

  • The middle Devonian basins of western Norway: sedimentary response to large-scale transtensional tectonics?

    P.T. Osmundsen;T.B. Andersen

  • Crustal‐scale boudinage and migmatization of gneiss during their exhumation in the UHP Province of Western Norway

    L. Labrousse;L. Jolivet;P. Agard;R. Hébert

  • Softening trigerred by eclogitization, the first step toward exhumation during continental subduction

    Laurent Jolivet;Hugues Raimbourg;Loïc Labrousse;Dov Avigad

  • Devonian, orogen-parallel, opposed extension in the Central Norwegian Caledonides

    Alvar Braathen;Øystein Nordgulen;Per-Terje Osmundsen;Torgeir B. Andersen

  • Deep crustal fabrics and a model for the extensional collapse of the southwest Norwegian Caledonides

    Torgeir B Andersen;Per Terje Osmundsen;Laurent Jolivet

  • Evidence for hyperextension along the pre-Caledonian margin of Baltica

    Torgeir B. Andersen;Fernando Corfu;Loic Labrousse;Per-Terje Osmundsen

  • Fossil earthquakes recorded by pseudotachylytes in mantle peridotite from the Alpine subduction complex of Corsica

    Torgeir B. Andersen;Håkon Austrheim

  • Absolute dating of brittle fault movements: Late Permian and late Jurassic extensional fault breccias in western Norway

    Elizabeth A. Eide;Trond H. Torsvik;Torgeir B. Andersen

  • Palaeomagnetic dating of fault rocks: evidence for Permian and Mesozoic movements and brittle deformation along the extensional Dalsfjord Fault, western Norway

    T. H. Torsvik;B. A. Sturt;E. Swensson;T. B. Andersen

  • The Sunnfjord melange, evidence of Silurian ophiolite accretion in the West Norwegian Caledonides

    T. B. Andersen;K. P. Skjerlie;H. Furnes

  • Stress release in exhumed intermediate and deep earthquakes determined from ultramafic pseudotachylyte

    Torgeir B. Andersen;Karen Mair;Håkon Austrheim;Yuri Y. Podladchikov

  • Exhuming Norwegian ultrahigh-pressure rocks: Overprinting extensional structures and the role of the Nordfjord-Sogn Detachment Zone

    Scott M. Johnston;Scott M. Johnston;Bradley R. Hacker;Torgeir B. Andersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Corfu
Fernando Corfu University of Oslo
Loïc Labrousse
Loïc Labrousse Sorbonne University
Timm John
Timm John Freie Universität Berlin
Trond H. Torsvik
Trond H. Torsvik University of Oslo
Håkon Austrheim
Håkon Austrheim University of Oslo
Lewis D. Ashwal
Lewis D. Ashwal University of the Witwatersrand
Bradley R. Hacker
Bradley R. Hacker University of California, Santa Barbara
Christian Tegner
Christian Tegner Aarhus University
Per Terje Osmundsen
Per Terje Osmundsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bjørn Jamtveit
Bjørn Jamtveit University of Oslo

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