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Trond H. Torsvik

Trond H. Torsvik

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Earth Science
Norway
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 96 172 146 1 1 336 36592

Trond H. Torsvik publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Trond H. Torsvik between 1983 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Trond H. Torsvik published across 44 years, from 1983 to 2026, averaging 8.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2012. 12 of the 361 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2012. 1983: 2 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 7 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 1 publication
1983 2026

361 publications in total across all disciplines

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Trond H. Torsvik: publications per year, 1983 to 2026
Year Publications
1983 2
1984 5
1985 3
1986 0
1987 4
1988 2
1989 5
1990 3
1991 11
1992 9
1993 2
1994 5
1995 5
1996 3
1997 4
1998 7
1999 4
2000 1
2001 7
2002 13
2003 10
2004 8
2005 5
2006 9
2007 12
2008 11
2009 11
2010 15
2011 19
2012 20
2013 16
2014 18
2015 13
2016 16
2017 18
2018 8
2019 9
2020 4
2021 11
2022 8
2023 5
2024 8
2025 11
2026 1
Total 361
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Trond H. Torsvik 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 Trond H. Torsvik 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, 328–337 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: 336 publications — 90th percentile

90% 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
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 87 336
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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Trond H. Torsvik 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 Trond H. Torsvik 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, 96 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: 96 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 96
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Norway Leader Award
  • 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1999 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Trond H. Torsvik is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output spans a significant body of work with 64 publications in this field, focused notably on subfields such as Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research covers an array of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Frequent coauthors in their publications are:

  • Chloé M. Marcilly
  • Mathew Domeier
  • L. Robin M. Cocks
  • Dana L. Royer
  • Evgeniy Kulakov

They have published repeatedly in several scientific venues, including:

  • Gondwana Research (7 publications)
  • Precambrian Research (3 publications)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (2 publications)

Among recent papers, examples include:

  • "Ordovician palaeogeography and climate change" (2020, Gondwana Research)
  • "New paleogeographic and degassing parameters for long-term carbon cycle models" (2021, Gondwana Research)
  • "Genesis and evolution of kimberlites" (2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • "Global Phanerozoic sea levels from paleogeographic flooding maps" (2022, Gondwana Research)
  • "Circum-Tethyan magmatic provinces, shifting continents and Permian climate change" (2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

Trond H. Torsvik has been recognized with awards including membership in Academia Europaea since 2005 and fellowship in the American Geophysical Union since 1999.

Best Publications

  • Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma

    M. Seton;R.D. Müller;S. Zahirovic;C. Gaina

  • Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics

    Trond H. Torsvik;Rob Van der Voo;Rob Van der Voo;Ulla Preeden;Conall Mac Niocaill

  • Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic — A tale of Baltica and Laurentia

    T.H. Torsvik;M.A. Smethurst;J.G. Meert;R. Van der Voo

  • Earth geography from 500 to 400 million years ago: a faunal and palaeomagnetic review

    L.R.M. Cocks;T.H. Torsvik;T.H. Torsvik

  • Global plate motion frames: Toward a unified model

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;R. Dietmar Müller;Rob Van der Voo;Bernhard Steinberger

  • Greater India Basin hypothesis and a two-stage Cenozoic collision between India and Asia

    Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Peter C. Lippert;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Nadine McQuarrie

  • Earth History and Palaeogeography

    Trond H. Torsvik;L. Robin M. Cocks

  • Gondwana from top to base in space and time

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;L. Robin M. Cocks

  • Plate tectonics in the late Paleozoic

    Mathew Domeier;Trond H. Torsvik

  • Baltica from the late Precambrian to mid-Palaeozoic times: The gain and loss of a terrane's identity

    L. Robin M. Cocks;Trond H. Torsvik

  • The making and unmaking of a supercontinent: Rodinia revisited

    Joseph G. Meert;Trond H. Torsvik

  • Plume Generation Zones at the margins of Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces on the core–mantle boundary

    Kevin Burke;Kevin Burke;Bernhard Steinberger;Trond H. Torsvik;Mark A. Smethurst

  • Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic

    Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen;Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Stefan M. Schmid;Liviu C. Maţenco

  • A new scheme for the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean and the dissection of an Aptian salt basin

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Sonia Rousse;Cinthia Labails;Mark A. Smethurst

  • Diamonds sampled by plumes from the core–mantle boundary

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Kevin Burke;Kevin Burke;Bernhard Steinberger;Bernhard Steinberger;Susan J. Webb

  • Earth geography from 400 to 250 Ma: a palaeomagnetic, faunal and facies review

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;L. Robin M. Cocks

  • The dynamic evolution of the Palaeozoic geography of eastern Asia

    L. Robin M. Cocks;Trond H. Torsvik

  • Siberia, the wandering northern terrane, and its changing geography through the Palaeozoic

    L. Robin M. Cocks;Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik

  • Towards absolute plate motions constrained by lower-mantle slab remnants

    Douwe G. van der Meer;Douwe G. van der Meer;Wim Spakman;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Maisha L. Amaru;Maisha L. Amaru

  • Restoration of Cenozoic deformation in Asia and the size of Greater India

    Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Douwe J. J. van Hinsbergen;Paul Kapp;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Peter C. Lippert;Peter C. Lippert

  • Reply to comment by D. Aslanian and M. Moulin on ‘A new scheme for the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean and the dissection of an Aptian salt basin’

    Trond H. Torsvik;Trond H. Torsvik;Sonia Rousse;Mark A. Smethurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Steinberger
Bernhard Steinberger Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Wim Spakman
Wim Spakman Utrecht University
Carmen Gaina
Carmen Gaina University of Oslo
Lewis D. Ashwal
Lewis D. Ashwal University of the Witwatersrand
L. Robin M. Cocks
L. Robin M. Cocks Natural History Museum
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen
Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen Utrecht University
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke University of Houston
Rob Van der Voo
Rob Van der Voo University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephanie C. Werner
Stephanie C. Werner University of Oslo
Joseph G. Meert
Joseph G. Meert University of Florida

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