Subfield · Geochemistry and Petrology
Top Geochemistry and Petrology Researchers
N. David Mermin ranks first, out of 4,740 ranked researchers.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.
The ranking
- 1 N. David Mermin United States · #1,111 worldwide 2.1k citations · 120 works
- 2 James N. Galloway United States · #1,677 worldwide 2.3k citations · 100 works
- 3 Derek R. Lovley United States · #1,727 worldwide 2.2k citations · 87 works
- 4 Frank J. Millero United States · #2,568 worldwide 2k citations · 109 works
- 5 E. Bruce Watson United States · #2,836 worldwide 1.8k citations · 98 works
- 6 Paul J. Steinhardt United States · #2,985 worldwide 2.3k citations · 109 works
- 7 William A. Fowler United States · #3,170 worldwide 1.6k citations · 82 works
- 8 Alfred Kröner Germany · #3,562 worldwide 2.3k citations · 105 works
- 9 S. M. McLennan United States · #3,665 worldwide 1.6k citations · 121 works
- 10 Timothy W. Lyons United States · #3,986 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
- 11 Simon A. Wilde Australia · #4,261 worldwide 3k citations · 108 works
- 12 Robert A. Berner United States · #4,662 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
- 13 John Dewey United States · #5,078 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
- 14 Robert N. Clayton United States · #5,773 worldwide 1.6k citations · 61 works
- 15 Hiroshi Ohmoto United States · #6,069 worldwide 1.4k citations · 67 works
- 16 Jillian F. Banfield United States · #6,248 worldwide 2k citations · 144 works
- 17 John H. Martin United States · #6,400 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
- 18 Fu‐Yuan Wu China · #6,994 worldwide 2.3k citations · 97 works
- 19 Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong · #7,043 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
- 20 Yong Sik Ok South Korea · #7,161 worldwide 3.3k citations · 181 works
- 21 Andrew H. Knoll United States · #7,222 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
- 22 Nanthi Bolan Australia · #7,326 worldwide 2.4k citations · 136 works
- 23 Guust Nolet United States · #8,056 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
- 24 Edward J. Anthony United Kingdom · #8,618 worldwide 1.7k citations · 96 works
- 25 Wallace S. Broecker United States · #9,910 worldwide 1.6k citations · 103 works
- 26 Dinesh Mohan India · #10,082 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
- 27 H.W. Nesbitt Canada · #10,442 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
- 28 Jay Quade United States · #10,556 worldwide 1.4k citations · 67 works
- 29 Alex N. Halliday United Kingdom · #10,789 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
- 30 J. P. Remeika United States · #11,035 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
- 31 William H. Peck United States · #11,429 worldwide 810 citations · 50 works
- 32 Thure E. Cerling United States · #11,610 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
- 33 Susan L. Brantley United States · #11,832 worldwide 948 citations · 66 works
- 34 Jörg Rinklebe Germany · #11,890 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
- 35 Éric H. Oelkers France · #11,940 worldwide 1.9k citations · 111 works
- 36 Albrecht W. Hofmann Germany · #12,140 worldwide 1.8k citations · 53 works
- 37 Ian J. Fairchild United Kingdom · #12,147 worldwide 897 citations · 60 works
- 38 Shan Gao China · #12,376 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
- 39 Yaoling Niu United Kingdom · #12,530 worldwide 1.9k citations · 79 works
- 40 I. R. Kaplan United States · #12,579 worldwide 1k citations · 58 works
- 41 Christopher R. German United States · #12,598 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
- 42 Daniel J. Condon United Kingdom · #12,791 worldwide 1.4k citations · 51 works
- 43 Bernd R.T. Simoneit United States · #13,124 worldwide 1.8k citations · 160 works
- 44 Jack J. Middelburg Netherlands · #13,553 worldwide 1.6k citations · 128 works
- 45 R. Lawrence Edwards United States · #13,593 worldwide 2k citations · 153 works
- 46 Henry Elderfield United Kingdom · #14,032 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
- 47 Gregg A. Swayze United States · #14,199 worldwide 796 citations · 49 works
- 48 William R. Dickinson United States · #14,298 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
- 49 Claude J. Allègre France · #14,361 worldwide 931 citations · 64 works
- 50 Alan J. M. Baker Australia · #14,705 worldwide 966 citations · 57 works
- 51 Hitoshi Sakai Japan · #14,726 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
- 52 Samuel Epstein United States · #14,732 worldwide 1.8k citations · 43 works
- 53 Michael Bau Germany · #14,896 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
- 54 Donald E. Canfield Denmark · #15,435 worldwide 1.6k citations · 96 works
- 55 W. C. Krumbein United States · #15,648 worldwide 651 citations · 49 works
- 56 N. Leroy France · #16,036 worldwide 1.2k citations · 102 works
- 57 Zheng‐Xiang Li Australia · #16,114 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
- 58 R.K. O’Nions United Kingdom · #16,656 worldwide 1.3k citations · 43 works
- 59 Klaus Kaiser Germany · #16,698 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
- 60 Peter Dulski Germany · #16,786 worldwide 1.1k citations · 61 works
- 61 Urs Schaltegger Switzerland · #16,833 worldwide 1.5k citations · 83 works
- 62 Chen‐Tung Arthur Chen Taiwan · #16,976 worldwide 1.4k citations · 98 works
- 63 Hugh O’Neill Australia · #17,193 worldwide 1.1k citations · 91 works
- 64 Donald J. DePaolo United States · #17,226 worldwide 1.6k citations · 120 works
- 65 R.M. Bustin Canada · #17,880 worldwide 1k citations · 67 works
- 66 James G. Ogg United States · #17,961 worldwide 1k citations · 75 works
- 67 Zhidan Zhao China · #18,101 worldwide 1.4k citations · 96 works
- 68 Nobumichi Shimizu United States · #18,253 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
- 69 S. B. Jacobsen United States · #18,567 worldwide 1.5k citations · 117 works
- 70 Walter E. Dean United States · #18,928 worldwide 951 citations · 65 works
- 71 Antje Boëtius Germany · #19,566 worldwide 1.1k citations · 104 works
- 72 Stephen E. Kesler United States · #19,735 worldwide 738 citations · 44 works
- 73 Cristiana L. Ciobanu Australia · #20,467 worldwide 702 citations · 49 works
- 74 Xiangke Wang China · #20,515 worldwide 2.3k citations · 134 works
- 75 W.H. van Riemsdijk Netherlands · #20,841 worldwide 908 citations · 75 works
- 76 M. D. Norman Australia · #21,151 worldwide 973 citations · 85 works
- 77 Akihisa Inoue Japan · #21,354 worldwide 4.7k citations · 595 works
- 78 S. R. Taylor Australia · #21,919 worldwide 757 citations · 54 works
- 79 T. D. Jickells United Kingdom · #21,951 worldwide 960 citations · 41 works
- 80 Stefan Bachu Canada · #22,073 worldwide 674 citations · 44 works
- 81 Zhisheng An China · #22,288 worldwide 1.8k citations · 130 works
- 82 Gilbert N. Hanson United States · #23,115 worldwide 857 citations · 50 works
- 83 Hugh P. Taylor United States · #23,320 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
- 84 Christoph A. Heinrich Switzerland · #23,440 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
- 85 David I. Groves Australia · #23,640 worldwide 1.6k citations · 85 works
- 86 R. Raiswell United Kingdom · #23,972 worldwide 792 citations · 39 works
- 87 Martin A. A. Schoonen United States · #24,208 worldwide 583 citations · 56 works
- 88 Xiaoming Liu United States · #24,212 worldwide 948 citations · 57 works
- 89 Clark M. Johnson United States · #24,621 worldwide 982 citations · 62 works
- 90 Jan Košler Norway · #24,801 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
- 91 Gary Amy United States · #24,884 worldwide 1.1k citations · 97 works
- 92 André Mariotti France · #24,940 worldwide 802 citations · 43 works
- 93 Tom Gleeson Canada · #25,230 worldwide 706 citations · 40 works
- 94 John M. Edmond United States · #25,584 worldwide 875 citations · 37 works
- 95 Gordon E. Brown United States · #25,692 worldwide 728 citations · 44 works
- 96 Gerald M. Friedman United States · #25,963 worldwide 686 citations · 85 works
- 97 Meththika Vithanage Sri Lanka · #26,030 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
- 98 Wei Chen China · #26,537 worldwide 669 citations · 61 works
- 99 John D. Coates United States · #26,575 worldwide 584 citations · 41 works
- 100 John M. Zachara United States · #27,034 worldwide 780 citations · 75 works
authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Geochemistry and Petrology, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.