Albrecht W. Hofmann

38.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
182 papers, 29.7k citations indexed

About

Albrecht W. Hofmann is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Albrecht W. Hofmann has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 29.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Geophysics, 48 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 32 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Albrecht W. Hofmann's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (155 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (105 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (92 papers). Albrecht W. Hofmann is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (155 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (105 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (92 papers). Albrecht W. Hofmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Albrecht W. Hofmann's co-authors include William M. White, Klaus Peter Jochum, А. В. Соболев, Igor Nikogosian, M. Seufert, Ingrid Raczek, Brigitte Stoll, Mordechai Stein, Dmitri A. Ionov and Catherine Chauvel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Albrecht W. Hofmann

179 papers receiving 28.1k citations

Hit Papers

Chemical differentiation ... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1988 1997 1986 1982 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Chemical differentiation of the Earth: the relationship between mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust
    1988 2.8k citations Albrecht W. Hofmann Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  2. Mantle geochemistry: the message from oceanic volcanism
    1997 2.3k citations Albrecht W. Hofmann Nature profile →
  3. Nb and Pb in oceanic basalts: new constraints on mantle evolution
    1986 1.5k citations Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  4. Mantle plumes from ancient oceanic crust
    1982 1.3k citations Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  5. The Amount of Recycled Crust in Sources of Mantle-Derived Melts
    2007 1.2k citations А. В. Соболев, Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. profile →
  6. GeoReM: A New Geochemical Database for Reference Materials and Isotopic Standards
    2005 1.1k citations Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. profile →
  7. An olivine-free mantle source of Hawaiian shield basalts
    2005 938 citations А. В. Соболев, Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. Nature profile →
  8. Sr and Nd isotope geochemistry of oceanic basalts and mantle evolution
    1982 620 citations Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. Nature profile →
  9. himu-em: The French Polynesian connection
    1992 590 citations Catherine Chauvel, Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  10. FOZO, HIMU, and the rest of the mantle zoo
    2005 570 citations Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems profile →
  11. Coupled major and trace elements as indicators of the extent of melting in mid-ocean-ridge peridotites
    2001 550 citations E. Hellebrand, J. E. Snow et al. Nature profile →
  12. The chemical composition of the Earth
    1995 525 citations Albrecht W. Hofmann et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Albrecht W. Hofmann Germany 81 27.4k 7.6k 4.1k 2.8k 1.4k 182 29.7k
Stanley R. Hart United States 83 25.2k 0.9× 6.6k 0.9× 4.1k 1.0× 4.0k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 202 28.1k
C. H. Langmuir United States 71 20.4k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 204 22.6k
Roberta L. Rudnick United States 70 18.5k 0.7× 5.3k 0.7× 4.5k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 192 21.0k
Ian S. Williams Australia 78 21.1k 0.8× 9.0k 1.2× 3.1k 0.8× 3.3k 1.2× 3.7k 2.6× 308 24.0k
E. Bruce Watson United States 83 28.6k 1.0× 11.0k 1.4× 4.0k 1.0× 2.5k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 273 32.4k
P. Jonathan Patchett United States 60 14.7k 0.5× 6.1k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 130 16.7k
Janne Blichert‐Toft France 74 19.2k 0.7× 5.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 263 22.1k
Chris J. Hawkesworth United Kingdom 101 28.0k 1.0× 10.4k 1.4× 3.8k 0.9× 4.5k 1.6× 3.4k 2.3× 282 32.0k
Shen‐Su Sun Australia 28 37.6k 1.4× 15.9k 2.1× 5.9k 1.4× 2.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 44 39.2k
Frederick A. Frey United States 78 18.5k 0.7× 4.8k 0.6× 3.1k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 199 19.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hofmann, Albrecht W., Stefan Weyer, Matthias Willbold, et al.. (2025). The influence of mafic and felsic crust on the seawater chemistry ca. 3.0 billion years ago: Evidence from Nd isotopes in banded iron formations from the Murchison Greenstone Belt. Precambrian Research. 418. 107701–107701. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Li‐Hui, et al.. (2024). The return of stagnant slab recorded by intraplate volcanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2414632122–e2414632122. 3 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Albrecht W., Cornelia Class, & S. L. Goldstein. (2022). Size and Composition of the MORB+OIB Mantle Reservoir. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(8). 26 indexed citations
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Chen, Li‐Hui, Xiao‐Jun Wang, Takeshi Hanyu, et al.. (2022). Zinc isotopic evidence for recycled carbonate in the deep mantle. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6085–6085. 40 indexed citations
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Farnetani, C. G., et al.. (2018). Dynamics of rheological heterogeneities in mantle plumes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 499. 74–82. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiao‐Jun, Li‐Hui Chen, Albrecht W. Hofmann, et al.. (2018). Recycled ancient ghost carbonate in the Pitcairn mantle plume. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(35). 8682–8687. 95 indexed citations
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Schulz, Toni, et al.. (2016). Paleoarchean Spherule Beds in the CT3 Drill Core from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: Geochemistry and Os Isotopic Signatures. 79(1921). 6194. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Liang, Shao‐Yong Jiang, Albrecht W. Hofmann, et al.. (2016). Rapid lithospheric thinning of the North China Craton: New evidence from cretaceous mafic dikes in the Jiaodong Peninsula. Chemical Geology. 432. 1–15. 109 indexed citations
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Xu, Bin, Shao‐Yong Jiang, Albrecht W. Hofmann, et al.. (2015). Geochronology and geochemical constraints on petrogenesis of Early Paleozoic granites from the Laojunshan district in Yunnan Province of South China. Gondwana Research. 29(1). 248–263. 31 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Albrecht W., et al.. (2014). Petrology and Geochemistry of Archean Spherule Layer Occurrences in the BARB 5 ICDP Drill Core, Barberton Greenstone Belt. LPI. 1356. 1 indexed citations
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Reimold, W. U., R. T. Schmitt, Albrecht W. Hofmann, et al.. (2014). Impacts onto the Early Earth: Archean Spherule Layers from the ICDP Drill Core BARB5. 77(1800). 5350. 1 indexed citations
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Tolstikhin, I. N., Bernard Marty, D. Porcelli, & Albrecht W. Hofmann. (2013). Evolution of volatile species in the earth’s mantle: A view from xenology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 136. 229–246. 12 indexed citations
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Rampone, Elisabetta, Giulio Borghini, Albrecht W. Hofmann, et al.. (2011). Upper mantle isotopic heterogeneities - global overview with new results from Alpine-Apennine ophiolites. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Lehnert, Kerstin, et al.. (2005). EarthChem: International Collaboration for Solid Earth Geochemistry in Geoinformatics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 8 indexed citations
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Rampone, Elisabetta, et al.. (2003). Melt impregnation in the oceanic mantle: insights from the Mt. Maggiore (Corsica, France) ophiolitic peridotites. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 11019. 3 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Albrecht W., et al.. (2003). Scales of mantle heterogeneity and melting. GeCAS. 67(18). 153. 1 indexed citations
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Hellebrand, E., J. E. Snow, H. J. Dick, & Albrecht W. Hofmann. (2001). Coupled major and trace elements as indicators of the extent of melting in mid-ocean-ridge peridotites. Nature. 410(6829). 677–681. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hofmann, Albrecht W., et al.. (2001). Melt Percolation Monitored by Os-Isotopes and PGE Abundances: A Case Study From the Mantle Section of the Troodos Ophiolite. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 7 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Albrecht W.. (1989). Geochemistry and models of mantle circulation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 328(1599). 425–439. 23 indexed citations
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Arndt, N. T., et al.. (1988). Growth of continental crust: Clues from Nd isotopes and Nb-Th relationships in mantle-derived magmas. 38–39. 1 indexed citations

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