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2023

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51
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Zvi Garfunkel 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 Zvi Garfunkel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 119 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zvi Garfunkel 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 Zvi Garfunkel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Israel Leader Award
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • GSA Honorary Fellow Award, The Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Zvi Garfunkel is a researcher affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Geophysics. The main topics they investigate include earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, and geological and geophysical studies worldwide.

Garfunkel has contributed research published in respected journals, including the Journal of the Geological Society. One of their recent papers is titled The early evolution of the Neotethys in the eastern Mediterranean area: implication of new evidence from the Levant basin and margin, published in 2022 in the Journal of the Geological Society.

Their research collaborations include coauthoring with Michael Gardosh.

Garfunkel's scholarly output shows a consistent emphasis on investigating tectonic and geological phenomena, aligning with the subfield of geophysics to understand Earth's structural composition and processes.

They have also been recognized within their professional community as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and have received the GSA Honorary Fellow Award from the same organization.

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

  • The early evolution of the Neotethys in the eastern Mediterranean area: implication of new evidence from the Levant basin and margin, 2022, Journal of the Geological Society

  • Michael Gardosh

  • Journal of the Geological Society

Best Publications

  • Internal structure of the Dead Sea leaky transform (rift) in relation to plate kinematics

    Zvi Garfunkel

  • Active faulting in the dead sea rift

    Z. Garfunkel;I. Zak;R. Freund

  • Plate kinematics of the circum Red Sea—a re-evaluation

    Sam Joffe;Zvi Garfunkel

  • Block rotation by strike-slip faulting: Structural and paleomagnetic evidence

    H. Ron;R. Freund;Z. Garfunkel;A. Nur

  • Constrains on the origin and history of the Eastern Mediterranean basin

    Z Garfunkel

  • The structure of the Dead Sea basin

    Zvi Garfunkel;Zvi Ben-Avraham

  • Mantle circulation and the lateral migration of subducted slabs

    Z. Garfunkel;C. A. Anderson;G. Schubert

  • Origin of the Eastern Mediterranean basin: a reevaluation

    Z. Garfunkel

  • The Shear along the Dead Sea Rift [and Discussion]

    Unknown

  • Seismotectonics of the Sinai subplate – the eastern Mediterranean region

    Amos Salamon;Avraham Hofstetter;Zvi Garfunkel;Hagai Ron

  • Permian-early Mesozoic tectonism and continental margin formation in Israel and its implications for the history of the Eastern Mediterranean

    Unknown

  • Sediments and structure of the Gulf of Elat (Aqaba)—Northern Red Sea

    Zvi Ben-Avraham;Gideon Almagor;Zvi Garfunkel

  • Model for the Late Cenozoic Tectonic History of the Mojave Desert, California, and for Its Relation to Adjacent Regions

    Zvi Garfunkel

  • Uplift and exhumation of high-pressure metamorphic terrains: the example of the cycladic blueschist belt (Aegean Sea)

    Dov Avigad;Zvi Garfunkel

  • Back arc extension and denudation of Mediterranean eclogites

    Dov Avigad;Zvi Garfunkel;Laurent Jolivet;José M. Azañón

  • Seismicity of the eastern Mediterranean region: Perspective from the Sinai subplate

    A. Salamon;A. Hofstetter;Z. Garfunkel;H. Ron

  • Relations between normal-fault geometry, tilting and vertical motions in extensional terrains: an example from the southern Gulf of Suez

    J.A. Jackson;N.J. White;Z. Garfunkel;H. Anderson

  • Low‐angle faults above and below a blueschist belt—Tinos Island, Cyclades, Greece

    Dov Avigad;Zvi Garfunkel

  • Structures and kinematics in the northeastern Mediterranean: A study of an irregular plate boundary

    Ditza Kempler;Zvi Garfunkel

  • Relation between continental rifting and uplifting: evidence from the Suez rift and northern Red Sea

    Z. Garfunkel

  • The crustal structure of the Dead Sea Transform

    M. Weber;K. Abu-Ayyash;A. Abueladas

  • Tethyan rifting in the Levant Region and its role in Early Mesozoic crustal evolution

    Michael A. Gardosh;Zvi Garfunkel;Yehezkel Druckman;Binyamin Buchbinder

Frequent Co-Authors

Zvi Ben-Avraham
Zvi Ben-Avraham Tel Aviv University
Dov Avigad
Dov Avigad Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Stephan V. Sobolev
Stephan V. Sobolev University of Potsdam
Trond Ryberg
Trond Ryberg University of Potsdam
Amotz Agnon
Amotz Agnon Hebrew University of Jerusalem
James Mechie
James Mechie University of Potsdam
Frank Scherbaum
Frank Scherbaum University of Potsdam
Andrey Babeyko
Andrey Babeyko Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Ivan Koulakov
Ivan Koulakov Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Gabi Laske
Gabi Laske University of California, San Diego

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