Alfred Kröner

41.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
377 papers, 34.4k citations indexed

About

Alfred Kröner is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Kröner has authored 377 papers receiving a total of 34.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 352 papers in Geophysics, 168 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 46 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Alfred Kröner's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (348 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (184 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (176 papers). Alfred Kröner is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (348 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (184 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (176 papers). Alfred Kröner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Australia. Alfred Kröner's co-authors include Brian F. Windley, D. V. Alexeiev, Gombosuren Badarch, E. Hegner, Wenjiao Xiao, Dunyi Liu, Min Sun, Ping Jian, W. Todt and Simon A. Wilde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Kröner

376 papers receiving 33.0k citations

Hit Papers

Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogen... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2006 2009 2013 2008 2004 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. Tectonic models for accretion of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
    2006 3.0k citations Brian F. Windley, D. V. Alexeiev et al. profile →
  2. Accretionary orogens through Earth history
    2009 945 citations Alfred Kröner, Brian F. Windley et al. profile →
  3. Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
    2013 772 citations Alfred Kröner, В. П. Ковач et al. profile →
  4. Zircon M257 ‐ a Homogeneous Natural Reference Material for the Ion Microprobe U‐Pb Analysis of Zircon
    2008 613 citations Allen Kennedy, Alfred Kröner et al. profile →
  5. Age and evolution of a late Archean to Paleoproterozoic upper to lower crustal section in the Wutaishan/Hengshan/Fuping terrain of northern China
    2004 560 citations Alfred Kröner, Simon A. Wilde et al. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →
  6. Time scale of an early to mid-Paleozoic orogenic cycle of the long-lived Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Inner Mongolia of China: Implications for continental growth
    2007 479 citations Dunyi Liu, Alfred Kröner et al. profile →
  7. Evolution of a Permian intraoceanic arc–trench system in the Solonker suture zone, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, China and Mongolia
    2010 442 citations Dunyi Liu, Alfred Kröner et al. profile →
  8. Detrital and xenocrystic zircon ages from Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic arc terranes of Mongolia: Significance for the origin of crustal fragments in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt
    2010 402 citations Yamirka Rojas‐Agramonte, Alfred Kröner et al. profile →
  9. Devonian to Permian plate tectonic cycle of the Paleo-Tethys Orogen in southwest China (II): Insights from zircon ages of ophiolites, arc/back-arc assemblages and within-plate igneous rocks and generation of the Emeishan CFB province
    2009 364 citations Dunyi Liu, Alfred Kröner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfred Kröner Germany 104 33.2k 16.4k 4.3k 3.1k 2.5k 377 34.4k
Bor‐ming Jahn Taiwan 98 32.6k 1.0× 15.6k 0.9× 5.5k 1.3× 1.9k 0.6× 2.2k 0.9× 283 35.0k
Suzanne Y. O’Reilly Australia 99 41.3k 1.2× 13.6k 0.8× 4.7k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 548 43.0k
Peter A. Cawood Australia 100 36.7k 1.1× 14.1k 0.9× 5.3k 1.2× 5.1k 1.6× 3.8k 1.5× 469 38.9k
Simon A. Wilde Australia 125 52.8k 1.6× 22.9k 1.4× 6.3k 1.5× 2.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 426 55.1k
Guochun Zhao Hong Kong 123 50.7k 1.5× 20.5k 1.2× 6.2k 1.5× 2.8k 0.9× 3.1k 1.2× 485 52.4k
Zheng‐Xiang Li Australia 97 32.2k 1.0× 11.3k 0.7× 4.5k 1.0× 5.6k 1.8× 4.4k 1.7× 376 35.7k
Sun‐Lin Chung Taiwan 91 28.0k 0.8× 10.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 3.0k 1.2× 329 29.4k
Shen‐Su Sun Australia 28 37.6k 1.1× 15.9k 1.0× 5.9k 1.4× 1.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 44 39.2k
Елена Белоусова Australia 64 24.9k 0.7× 12.0k 0.7× 3.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 311 25.8k
Fernando Corfú Norway 65 20.7k 0.6× 9.2k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 283 22.2k

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All Works

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Kröner, Alfred, В. П. Ковач, И. К. Козаков, et al.. (2017). Granulites and Palaeoproterozoic lower crust of the Baidarik Block, Central Asian Orogenic Belt of NW Mongolia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 145. 393–407. 12 indexed citations
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Rojas‐Agramonte, Yamirka, Antonio García‐Casco, Anthony I.S. Kemp, et al.. (2015). Recycling and transport of continental material through the mantle wedge above subduction zones: A Caribbean example. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 436. 93–107. 78 indexed citations
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Wan, Y., Hangqiang Xie, Zhiyong Wang, et al.. (2013). Is the Ordos Block Archean or Paleoproterozoic in age? Implications for the Precambrian evolution of the North China Craton. American Journal of Science. 313(7). 683–711. 131 indexed citations
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Hegner, E., Alfred Kröner, Michel Corsini, et al.. (2010). Mineral ages and P-T conditions of Late Paleozoic high-pressure eclogite and provenance of melange sediments from Atbashi in the south Tianshan orogen of Kyrgyzstan. American Journal of Science. 310(9). 916–950. 192 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Jérémie, Karel Schulmann, Ondrej Lexa, et al.. (2010). Structural constraints on the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in SW Mongolia. American Journal of Science. 310(7). 575–628. 197 indexed citations
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Kröner, Alfred, Jérémie Lehmann, Karel Schulmann, et al.. (2010). Lithostratigraphic and geochronological constraints on the evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt in SW Mongolia: Early Paleozoic rifting followed by late Paleozoic accretion. American Journal of Science. 310(7). 523–574. 194 indexed citations
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Rojas‐Agramonte, Yamirka, Alfred Kröner, James Pindell, et al.. (2008). Detrital zircon geochronology of Jurassic sandstones of western Cuba (San Cayetano Formation): Implications for the Jurassic paleogeography of the NW Proto-Caribbean. American Journal of Science. 308(4). 639–656. 17 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guochun, Simon A. Wilde, Min Sun, et al.. (2008). SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Huai'an Complex: Constraints on Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Trans-North China Orogen. American Journal of Science. 308(3). 270–303. 264 indexed citations
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García‐Casco, Antonio, Concepción Lázaro, Yamirka Rojas‐Agramonte, Alfred Kröner, & Franz Neubauer. (2007). From Aptian Onset to Danian Demise of Subduction along the Northern Margin of the Caribbean Plate (Sierra del Convento Melange, Eastern Cuba). AGUFM. 2007. 2 indexed citations
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Möller, Andreas, Patrick J. O’Brien, Allen Kennedy, & Alfred Kröner. (2003). The Use and Abuse of Th-U Ratios in the Interpretation of Zircon. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 12113. 22 indexed citations
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Kröner, Alfred & Stanisław Mazur. (2003). Proterozoic and Palaeozoic crustal components across the East/Central Sudetes boundary at the eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif: New U/Pb and Pb/Pb single zircon ages from the eastern Fore-Sudetic block (SW Poland). Journal of Geosciences. 48. 83–84. 7 indexed citations
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Pfänder, Jörg A., Klaus Peter Jochum, W. Todt, & Alfred Kröner. (1999). RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MANTLE, LOWER CRUST AND UPPER CRUST WITHIN THE AGARDAGH-TES CHEM OPHIOLITE, CENTRAL ASIA: EVIDENCE FROM PETROLOGIC, TRACE ELEMENT, AND ISOTOPIC DATA. Ofioliti. 24. 151–152. 10 indexed citations
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Vrána, S. & Alfred Kröner. (1995). Pb-Pb zircon ages for tourmaline alkali-feldspar orthogneiss from Hluboka nad Vltavou in southern Bohemia. Journal of Geosciences. 40. 127–131. 8 indexed citations
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Kröner, Alfred, et al.. (1994). Pb-Pb and U-Pb zircon ages for orthogneisses from eastern Bohemia: further evidence for a major Cambro-Ordovician magmatic event. Journal of Geosciences. 39(1). 11 indexed citations
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Kröner, Alfred, E. Hegner, & P. Jaeckel. (1994). Pb-Pb and U-Pb zircon ages and Nd isotopic systematics for metamorphic rocks from the Gory Sowie block, West Sudetes, Poland, and geodynamic significance. Journal of Geosciences. 39(1). 11 indexed citations
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Kröner, Alfred, Gilbert N. Hanson, & A. M. Goodwin. (1984). Archaean geochemistry : the origin and evolution of the Archaean continental crust. Springer eBooks. 41 indexed citations
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Cahen, Lucien, et al.. (1979). The age of the Vista Alegre Pluton and its bearing on the reinterpretation of the Precambrian geology of northern Angola. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. 14 indexed citations
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Kröner, Alfred. (1976). A Discussion on global tectonics in Proterozoic times - Proterozoic crustal evolution in parts of southern Africa and evidence for extensive sialic crust since the end of the Archaean. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 280(1298). 541–553. 26 indexed citations

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