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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 41 5608 5186 403 384 103 5610

Volker Schenk publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Volker Schenk between 1967 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Volker Schenk published across 59 years, from 1967 to 2025, averaging 1.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2007. 2 of the 108 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1967 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2007. 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 3 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 0 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 0 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 0 publications 2025: 2 publications
1967 2025

108 publications in total across all disciplines

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Volker Schenk: publications per year, 1967 to 2025
Year Publications
1967 1
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 1
1978 0
1979 0
1980 1
1981 3
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 1
1986 1
1987 0
1988 1
1989 1
1990 2
1991 0
1992 2
1993 0
1994 1
1995 1
1996 0
1997 1
1998 3
1999 0
2000 1
2001 1
2002 1
2003 4
2004 5
2005 4
2006 4
2007 12
2008 4
2009 6
2010 4
2011 6
2012 11
2013 2
2014 6
2015 6
2016 2
2017 3
2018 1
2019 0
2020 1
2021 0
2022 0
2023 1
2024 0
2025 2
Total 108
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Volker Schenk 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 Volker Schenk 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, 98–107 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: 103 publications — 13th percentile

13% 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
98–107 404 103
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
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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Volker Schenk 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 Volker Schenk 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, 41 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: 41 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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 41
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
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

Volker Schenk is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and focuses their research within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Geology, Paleontology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research covers a range of topics mainly centered around Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and High-pressure geophysics and materials. Additional areas of interest include Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, Geological and Geophysical Studies more broadly, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Volker Schenk has published several papers in established scientific venues. Notable recent works include:

  • "Metamorphic Response to Alpine Thrusting of a Crustal-scale Basement Nappe in Southern Calabria (Italy)," 2020, Journal of Petrology
  • "Refining the understanding of Cretaceous subduction zone processes in the central Indonesian region: The Bantimala Complex (SW Sulawesi) revisited," 2023, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • "The Konse Group on the SE margin of the Tanzania Craton − a Paleoproterozoic passive margin succession of the Usagaran Orogen: Constraints from metamorphic monazite ages and isotopically heavy carbon in marbles," 2025, Precambrian Research
  • "Paired metamorphic belts in the Usagaran Orogen of Tanzania: evidence for one-sided oceanic subduction in the Palaeoproterozoic," 2025, Precambrian Research

The frequent co-authors of Volker Schenk include S. Brandt, Michael Bröcker, Erik E. Scherer, Joko Soesilo, and Jasper Berndt. Their collaborative efforts have contributed to various publications primarily in the fields of geophysics and geology.

Key publication venues where Volker Schenk's work has appeared are:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Journal of Petrology
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Their research is informed by detailed geological observations and coupled with geochemical analysis methods. This approach supports investigations of tectonic settings such as subduction zones, metamorphic processes, and ancient passive margin successions.

Volker Schenk's contributions also intersect with the application of artificial intelligence techniques within geophysical contexts, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Best Publications

  • Trace element fractionation during fluid-induced eclogitization in a subducting slab: trace element and Lu-Hf-Sm-Nd isotope systematics

    Timm John;Timm John;Erik E. Scherer;Karsten Haase;Volker Schenk

  • Evidence for a 2 Ga subduction zone: Eclogites in the Usagaran belt of Tanzania

    Andreas Möller;Andreas Möller;Peter Appel;Klaus Mezger;Volker Schenk

  • U-Pb dating of metamorphic minerals: Pan-African metamorphism and prolonged slow cooling of high pressure granulites in Tanzania, East Africa

    Andreas Möller;Andreas Möller;Klaus Mezger;Volker Schenk

  • Paleoproterozoic eclogites of MORB-type chemistry and three Proterozoic orogenic cycles in the Ubendian Belt (Tanzania): Evidence from monazite and zircon geochronology, and geochemistry

    Nelson Boniface;Volker Schenk;Peter Appel

  • Timing and PT Evolution of Whiteschist Metamorphism in the Lufilian Arc–Zambezi Belt Orogen (Zambia): Implications for the Assembly of Gondwana

    Timm John;Volker Schenk;Klaus Mezger;Francis Tembo

  • Petrology of Felsic Granulites, Metapelites, Metabasics, Ultramafics, and Metacarbonates from Southern Calabria (Italy): Prograde Metamorphism, Uplift and Cooling of a Former Lower Crust

    Volker Schenk

  • Partial eclogitisation of gabbroic rocks in a late Precambrian subduction zone (Zambia): prograde metamorphism triggered by fluid infiltration

    Timm John;Volker Schenk

  • Crustal evolution of the Southern Granulite Terrane, south India: New geochronological and geochemical data for felsic orthogneisses and granites

    Soenke Brandt;Michael M. Raith;Volker Schenk;Pulak Sengupta

  • U-Pb and Rb-Sr radiometric dates and their correlation with metamorphic events in the granulite-facies basement of the serre, Southern Calabria (Italy)

    Volker Schenk

  • Crustal Age Domains and the Evolution of the Continental Crust in the Mozambique Belt of Tanzania: Combined Sm–Nd, Rb–Sr, and Pb–Pb Isotopic Evidence

    Andreas Möller;Andreas Möller;Klaus Mezger;Volker Schenk

  • Evidence for a Neoproterozoic ocean in south-central Africa from mid-oceanic-ridge type geochemical signatures and pressure-temperature estimates of Zambian eclogites

    Timm John;Volker Schenk;Karsten Haase;Erik Scherer

  • Blueschist-facies rehydration of eclogites (Tian Shan, NW-China): Implications for fluid–rock interaction in the subduction channel

    François van der Straaten;Volker Schenk;Timm John;Jun Gao

  • 2.09 Ga old eclogites in the Eburnian-Transamazonian orogen of southern Cameroon: Significance for Palaeoproterozoic plate tectonics

    Denny Loose;Volker Schenk

  • High‐pressure granulite facies metamorphism in the Pan‐African belt of eastern Tanzania: P–T–t evidence against granulite formation by continent collision

    P. Appel;A. Möller;V. Schenk

  • Late Neoproterozoic P-T evolution of HP-UHT Granulites from the Palni Hills (South India): New Constraints from Phase Diagram Modelling, LA-ICP-MS Zircon Dating and in-situ EMP Monazite Dating

    S. Brandt;V. Schenk;M. M. Raith;P. Appel

  • Relics of the Mozambique Ocean in the central East African Orogen: Evidence from the Vohibory Block of southern Madagascar

    N. Jöns;V. Schenk

  • Elastic wave velocities in rocks from a lower crustal section in southern Calabria (Italy)

    H. Kern;V. Schenk

  • Interrelations between intermediate-depth earthquakes and fluid flow within subducting oceanic plates: constraints from eclogite-facies pseudotachylytes

    Timm John;Volker Schenk

  • Petrology of granulite-facies metapelites of the Highland Complex, Sri Lanka: implications for the metamorphic zonation and the P-T path

    P. Raase;V. Schenk

  • Subducted seamounts in an eclogite-facies ophiolite sequence: the Andean Raspas Complex, SW Ecuador

    Timm John;Timm John;Timm John;Erik E. Scherer;Volker Schenk;Petra Herms

  • Petrology, geochemistry, and geochronology of trondhjemites from the Qori Complex, Neyriz, Iran

    Abdolnaser Fazlnia;Volker Schenk;François van der Straaten;Mirsaleh Mirmohammadi

Frequent Co-Authors

Timm John
Timm John Freie Universität Berlin
Erik E. Scherer
Erik E. Scherer University of Münster
Karsten M. Haase
Karsten M. Haase University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Folkmar Hauff
Folkmar Hauff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Klaus Mezger
Klaus Mezger University of Bern
Jasper Berndt
Jasper Berndt University of Münster
Axel Gerdes
Axel Gerdes Goethe University Frankfurt
William F. McDonough
William F. McDonough University of Maryland, College Park
Walter V. Maresch
Walter V. Maresch Ruhr University Bochum

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