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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.

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38 publications 510+

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

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.

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The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

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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