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Wolfgang Dreybrodt

Wolfgang Dreybrodt

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 45 4386 4033 307 291 109 9340

Wolfgang Dreybrodt publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wolfgang Dreybrodt between 1965 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wolfgang Dreybrodt published across 59 years, from 1965 to 2023, averaging 3.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 1988. 5 of the 194 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1965 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 8. Peak 8 publications in 1988. 1965: 1 publication 1966: 2 publications 1967: 4 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 4 publications 1970: 2 publications 1971: 2 publications 1972: 3 publications 1973: 4 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 8 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 4 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 1 publication 2015: 2 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 5 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 5 publications
1965 2023

194 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wolfgang Dreybrodt: publications per year, 1965 to 2023
Year Publications
1965 1
1966 2
1967 4
1968 0
1969 4
1970 2
1971 2
1972 3
1973 4
1974 3
1975 2
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 3
1981 3
1982 2
1983 2
1984 4
1985 6
1986 5
1987 1
1988 8
1989 4
1990 1
1991 4
1992 7
1993 8
1994 0
1995 3
1996 4
1997 5
1998 5
1999 6
2000 5
2001 8
2002 5
2003 2
2004 3
2005 3
2006 2
2007 3
2008 6
2009 3
2010 6
2011 4
2012 5
2013 1
2014 1
2015 2
2016 6
2017 2
2018 1
2019 5
2020 4
2021 3
2022 0
2023 5
Total 194
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Wolfgang Dreybrodt 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 Dreybrodt 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, 108–117 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: 109 publications — 16th percentile

16% 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
108–117 484 109
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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Wolfgang Dreybrodt 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 Dreybrodt 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, 45 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: 45 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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 45
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

Wolfgang Dreybrodt is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, and Mechanics of Materials.

The primary topics of Wolfgang Dreybrodt's research work focus on Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, Rock Mechanics and Modeling, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Jens Fohlmeister, Franci Gabrovšek, Hao Yan, Huiming Bao, and Yongbo Peng.

Wolfgang Dreybrodt's recent papers illustrate a concentration on chemical and isotopic processes in geological contexts, especially related to carbonate formations and water chemistry. These papers include:

  • The impact of outgassing of CO2 and prior calcium precipitation to the isotope composition of calcite precipitated on stalagmites. Implications for reconstructing climate information from proxies, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Early hypogenic carbonic acid speleogenesis in unconfined limestone aquifers by upwelling deep-seated waters with high CO2 concentration: a modelling approach, 2021, Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • The influence of hydrodynamics on the carbon isotope composition of inorganically precipitated calcite, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Publication venues where Wolfgang Dreybrodt frequently publishes include Chemical Geology, Hydrology and earth system sciences, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Best Publications

  • Processes in Karst Systems : Physics, Chemistry, and Geology

    Wolfgang Dreybrodt

  • The kinetics of calcite dissolution and precipitation in geologically relevant situations of karst areas: 2. Closed system☆

    Dieter Buhmann;Wolfgang Dreybrodt

  • Processes in Karst Systems

    Wolfgang Dreybrodt

  • A new direction in effective accounting for the atmospheric CO2 budget: Considering the combined action of carbonate dissolution, the global water cycle and photosynthetic uptake of DIC by aquatic organisms

    Zaihua Liu;Wolfgang Dreybrodt;Haijing Wang;Haijing Wang

  • Testing Theoretically Predicted Stalagmite Growth Rate with Recent Annually Laminated Samples: Implications for Past Stalagmite Deposition

    Andy Baker;Dominique Genty;Wolfgang Dreybrodt;William L. Barnes

  • Climatic dependence of stable carbon and oxygen isotope signals recorded in speleothems: From soil water to speleothem calcite

    Wolfgang Dreybrodt;Denis Scholz

  • The Role of Dissolution Kinetics in the Development of Karst Aquifers in Limestone: A Model Simulation of Karst Evolution

    W. Dreybrodt

  • Dissolution kinetics of natural calcite minerals in CO2-water systems approaching calcite equilibrium

    U. Svensson;W. Dreybrodt

  • Principles of Early Development of Karst Conduits Under Natural and Man-Made Conditions Revealed by Mathematical Analysis of Numerical Models

    Wolfgang Dreybrodt

  • The kinetics of the reaction CO2 + H2O → H+ + HCO3− as one of the rate limiting steps for the dissolution of calcite in the system H2OCO2CaCO3

    W. Dreybrodt;J. Lauckner;Liu Zaihua;U. Svensson

  • Speleogenesis Evolution of Karst Aquifers

    Wolfgang Dreybrodt;Derek C Ford;Arthur N Palmer;Alexander B Kimchouk

  • ATMOSPHERIC CO2 SINK:SILICATE WEATHERING OR CARBONATE WEATHERING

    Zaihua Liu;Wolfgang Dreybrodt;Huan Liu

  • Surface controlled dissolution rates of gypsum in aqueous solutions exhibit nonlinear dissolution kinetics

    Alexander A Jeschke;Katrin Vosbeck;Wolfgang Dreybrodt

  • A mass transfer model for dissolution and precipitation of calcite from solutions in turbulent motion

    Wolfgang Dreybrodt;Dieter Buhmann

  • Chemical kinetics, speleothem growth and climate

    Wolfgang Dreybrodt

  • Hydrodynamic control of inorganic calcite precipitation in Huanglong Ravine, China: Field measurements and theoretical prediction of deposition rates

    Liu Zaihua;U. Svensson;W. Dreybrodt;Yuan Daoxian

  • Precipitation kinetics of calcite in the system CaCO3H2OC02: The conversion to CO2 by the slow process H++HCO3− → CO2+H2O as a rate limiting step

    W. Dreybrodt;L. Eisenlohr;B. Madry;S. Ringer

  • Calcite dissolution kinetics in the system CaCO3–H2O–CO2 at high undersaturation

    Georg Kaufmann;Wolfgang Dreybrodt

  • The kinetics of calcite dissolution and precipitation in geologically relevant situations of karst areas

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  • The inhibiting action of intrinsic impurities in natural calcium carbonate minerals to their dissolution kinetics in aqueous H2O–CO2 solutions

    Laurent Eisenlohr;Krassimira Meteva;Franci Gabrovšek;Wolfgang Dreybrodt

  • Early development of Karst aquifers on percolation networks of fractures in limestone

    Jörg Siemers;Wolfgang Dreybrodt

Frequent Co-Authors

Zaihua Liu
Zaihua Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
John A. Shelnutt
John A. Shelnutt University of Georgia
Craig J. Medforth
Craig J. Medforth University of California, Davis
Denis Scholz
Denis Scholz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ian J. Fairchild
Ian J. Fairchild University of Birmingham
Huiming Bao
Huiming Bao Louisiana State University
Derek C. Ford
Derek C. Ford McMaster University
Andy Baker
Andy Baker University of New South Wales
William L. Barnes
William L. Barnes University of Exeter

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