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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 70 971 854 59 54 418 18441

Wolfgang Bach publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wolfgang Bach between 1985 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wolfgang Bach published across 42 years, from 1985 to 2026, averaging 11.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 45 publications in 2009. 28 of the 499 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 45. Peak 45 publications in 2009. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 6 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 45 publications 2010: 32 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 35 publications 2019: 26 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 27 publications 2026: 1 publication
1985 2026

499 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wolfgang Bach: publications per year, 1985 to 2026
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 6
1996 7
1997 2
1998 5
1999 2
2000 2
2001 11
2002 9
2003 7
2004 6
2005 10
2006 14
2007 6
2008 13
2009 45
2010 32
2011 18
2012 13
2013 19
2014 11
2015 19
2016 25
2017 20
2018 35
2019 26
2020 26
2021 17
2022 20
2023 17
2024 26
2025 27
2026 1
Total 499
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Wolfgang Bach 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 Wolfgang Bach 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, 418–427 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: 418 publications — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 39 418
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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Wolfgang Bach 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 Wolfgang Bach 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, 70 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: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% 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 70
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

Wolfgang Bach is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has a broad research portfolio in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work encompasses geophysical and geochemical analyses related to geological processes, particularly focusing on hydrocarbon exploration, methane hydrates, and tectonic activities.

The scientist has contributed extensively to main and subfields of study including:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Geophysics
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

The main topics covered by Wolfgang Bach's research include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wolfgang Bach include Alexander Diehl, Gerardo J. Iturrino, Holger Paulick, David A. Vanko, and Dale W. Griffin.

Research outputs have been published primarily in venues that focus on geoscience and environmental data as well as geochemistry and earth science journals. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Nature Communications
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Wolfgang Bach include:

  • "Abiotic Sources of Molecular Hydrogen on Earth," 2020, Elements
  • "Natural hydrogen in the energy transition: Fundamentals, promise, and enigmas," 2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "MARHYS (MARine HYdrothermal Solutions) Database: A Global Compilation of Marine Hydrothermal Vent Fluid, End Member, and Seawater Compositions," 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Hydrogen generation and iron partitioning during experimental serpentinization of an olivine-pyroxene mixture," 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Best Publications

  • Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program

    R.A. Binns;F. Barriga;J. Miller;R. Asada

  • Thermodynamic constraints on hydrogen generation during serpentinization of ultramafic rocks

    Thomas M. McCollom;Wolfgang Bach

  • A long in situ section of the lower ocean crust: results of {ODP} Leg 176 drilling at the Southwest Indian Ridge

    Henry J.B. Dick;James H. Natland;Jeffrey C. Alt;Wolfgang Bach

  • Geochemistry of abyssal peridotites (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 15°20'N, ODP Leg 209): Implications for fluid/rock interaction in slow spreading environments

    H. Paulick;W. Bach;M. Godard;J. C. M. De Hoog

  • Unraveling the sequence of serpentinization reactions: petrography, mineral chemistry, and petrophysics of serpentinites from MAR 15°N (ODP Leg 209, Site 1274)

    Wolfgang Bach;Wolfgang Bach;Holger Paulick;Carlos J. Garrido;Benoit Ildefonse

  • Seawater-peridotite interactions: First insights from ODP Leg 209, MAR 15°N

    Wolfgang Bach;Carlos J. Garrido;Holger Paulick;Jason Harvey

  • Abundance and diversity of microbial life in ocean crust

    Cara M. Santelli;Beth N. Orcutt;Erin Banning;Wolfgang Bach;Wolfgang Bach

  • Iron and sulfide oxidation within the basaltic ocean crust: implications for chemolithoautotrophic microbial biomass production

    Wolfgang Bach;Katrina J Edwards

  • Iron partitioning and hydrogen generation during serpentinization of abyssal peridotites from 15°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    Frieder Klein;Wolfgang Bach;Niels Jöns;Thomas M McCollom

  • Compositional controls on hydrogen generation during serpentinization of ultramafic rocks

    Frieder Klein;Wolfgang Bach;Thomas M. McCollom

  • Geomicrobiology in oceanography: microbe–mineral interactions at and below the seafloor

    Katrina J. Edwards;Wolfgang Bach;Thomas M. McCollom

  • Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses.

    Jillian M. Petersen;Frank U. Zielinski;Thomas Pape;Richard Seifert

  • Integrated Fe- and S-isotope study of seafloor hydrothermal vents at East Pacific Rise 9–10°N

    Olivier J Rouxel;Wayne C Shanks;Wolfgang Bach;Wolfgang Bach;Katrina J Edwards;Katrina J Edwards

  • Biological formation of ethane and propane in the deep marine subsurface.

    Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;John M. Hayes;Wolfgang Bach;Arthur J. Spivack

  • Fe–Ni–Co–O–S Phase Relations in Peridotite–Seawater Interactions

    Frieder Klein;Wolfgang Bach

  • Magnetite in seafloor serpentinite—Some like it hot

    Frieder Klein;Wolfgang Bach;Susan E. Humphris;Wolf Achim Kahl

  • Catabolic and anabolic energy for chemolithoautotrophs in deep-sea hydrothermal systems hosted in different rock types

    Jan P. Amend;Thomas M. McCollom;Michael Hentscher;Wolfgang Bach

  • Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the PACMANUS, Northeast Pual and Vienna Woods hydrothermal fields, Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea

    Eoghan P Reeves;Jeffrey S Seewald;Peter J Saccocia;Wolfgang Bach

  • The geochemical consequences of late-stage low-grade alteration of lower ocean crust at the SW Indian Ridge: Results from ODP Hole 735B (Leg 176)

    Wolfgang Bach;Jeffrey C. Alt;Yaoling Niu;Susan E. Humphris

  • Dehydration of subducting serpentinite: Implications for halogen mobility in subduction zones and the deep halogen cycle

    Timm John;Timm John;Marco Scambelluri;Matthias Frische;Jaime D. Barnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
Frieder Klein
Frieder Klein Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Katrina J. Edwards
Katrina J. Edwards University of Southern California
Andreas Klügel
Andreas Klügel University of Bremen
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Susan E. Humphris
Susan E. Humphris Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Thomas M. McCollom
Thomas M. McCollom University of Colorado Boulder
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Christoph Beier
Christoph Beier University of Helsinki
Georges Beaudoin
Georges Beaudoin Université Laval

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