Dirk Frei

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Dirk Frei is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Frei has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Geophysics, 101 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 29 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Frei's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (156 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (101 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (57 papers). Dirk Frei is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (156 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (101 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (57 papers). Dirk Frei collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Germany and Denmark. Dirk Frei's co-authors include Axel Gerdes, Andrew Morton, Gary Stevens, Gerhard Franz, Guido Meinhold, Axel Liebscher, Hilmar von Eynatten, István Dunkl, Fernando Corfú and David H. Cornell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Frei

168 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Zircon M257 ‐ a Homogeneo... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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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. Zircon M257 ‐ a Homogeneous Natural Reference Material for the Ion Microprobe U‐Pb Analysis of Zircon
    2008 613 citations Dirk Frei et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Dirk Frei 4.8k 2.3k 849 623 567 169 5.3k
Bernard Bingen 5.4k 1.1× 2.3k 1.0× 769 0.9× 875 1.4× 445 0.8× 93 5.9k
James K. Mortensen 4.0k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 703 0.8× 744 1.2× 461 0.8× 109 4.6k
J. Stephen Daly 4.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 502 0.6× 477 0.8× 484 0.9× 128 4.6k
Nick M.W. Roberts 5.6k 1.2× 2.1k 0.9× 709 0.8× 867 1.4× 476 0.8× 173 6.4k
John Malpas 6.9k 1.4× 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 629 1.0× 462 0.8× 112 7.7k
Tom Andersen 7.8k 1.6× 3.7k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 857 1.4× 515 0.9× 133 8.2k
Bert De Waele 5.6k 1.2× 2.5k 1.1× 756 0.9× 1.2k 1.9× 619 1.1× 70 6.1k
John Foden 7.0k 1.5× 2.4k 1.0× 892 1.1× 1.0k 1.6× 952 1.7× 129 7.6k
Hugh Rollinson 6.7k 1.4× 3.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 451 0.7× 375 0.7× 110 7.4k
Christoph Hauzenberger 4.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 809 1.0× 539 0.9× 307 0.5× 180 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk Frei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Frei

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All Works

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Bayon, Benjamin Le, Alexis Plunder, Robert J. Thomas, et al.. (2024). Crustal evolution of the northern Nyika Subdomain of the Palaeoproterozoic Ubendian belt in Malawi. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 213. 105216–105216. 2 indexed citations
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Flowerdew, Michael J., Edward J. Fleming, David Chew, et al.. (2023). The Importance of Eurekan Mountains on Cenozoic Sediment Routing on the Western Barents Shelf. Geosciences. 13(3). 91–91. 3 indexed citations
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Blanco, Gonzalo, et al.. (2023). Provenance and geotectonic setting of the Paleoproterozoic Cerro Figurita formation (Río de la Plata Craton, Uruguay). Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 129. 104527–104527. 1 indexed citations
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Morton, Andrew, J. I. Chisholm, & Dirk Frei. (2020). Provenance of Carboniferous sandstones in the central and southern parts of the Pennine Basin, UK: evidence from detrital zircon ages. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 63(3). 6 indexed citations
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Flowerdew, Michael J., Edward J. Fleming, Andrew Morton, et al.. (2019). Assessing mineral fertility and bias in sedimentary provenance studies: examples from the Barents Shelf. Geological Society London Special Publications. 484(1). 255–274. 29 indexed citations
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Tyrrell, Shane, et al.. (2019). Triassic sand supply to the Slyne Basin, offshore western Ireland – new insights from a multi-proxy provenance approach. Journal of the Geological Society. 176(6). 1120–1135. 14 indexed citations
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Farina, Federico, et al.. (2019). Phase equilibria constraints on crystallization differentiation: insights into the petrogenesis of the normally zoned Buddusò Pluton in north-central Sardinia. Geological Society London Special Publications. 491(1). 243–265. 8 indexed citations
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Hartley, Adrian J., et al.. (2019). A multidisciplinary approach to sediment provenance analysis of the late Silurian–Devonian Lower Old Red Sandstone succession, northern Midland Valley Basin, Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society. 177(2). 297–314. 17 indexed citations
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Holdsworth, R. E., R. Trice, Ken McCaffrey, et al.. (2019). The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland. Journal of the Geological Society. 177(5). 1057–1073. 31 indexed citations
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Fleming, Edward J., Michael J. Flowerdew, Helen R. Smyth, et al.. (2016). Provenance of Triassic sandstones on the southwest Barents Shelf and the implication for sediment dispersal patterns in northwest Pangaea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 78. 516–535. 58 indexed citations
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Wiedenbeck, Michael, et al.. (2015). New U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Choma-Kalomo Block (Zambia) and the Dete-Kamativi Inlier (Zimbabwe), with implications for the extent of the Zimbabwe Craton.. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1032. 3 indexed citations
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Gee, David G., et al.. (2012). Detrital Zircon Signatures of the Baltoscandian Margin in the central Scandes. EGUGA. 9986. 1 indexed citations
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Toksoy‐Köksal, Fatma, Axel Gerdes, M. Cemal Göncüoğlu, et al.. (2009). U-Pb age and isotope data from the S- and I-type syn-collisional granites in the Ekecikdag area, central Anatolia. OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University). 73. 3 indexed citations
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Frei, Dirk, et al.. (2008). Detrital zircon U-Pb ages of Late Silurian and Early Devonian sedimentary sequences from Northwestern, Svalbard, implications for regional correlations in the Arctic Caledonides. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Hippler, Dorothee, Rob Witbaard, Dieter Buhl, et al.. (2007). Environmental versus biological controls on multi-proxy records from bivalve shell carbonate. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Hollis, Julie A., et al.. (2006). Review of Survey Activities 2005: Using zircon geochronology to resolve the Archaean geology of southern West Greenland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14 indexed citations
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Frei, Dirk, Daniel E. Harlov, Peter Dulski, & Jørn G. Rønsbo. (2005). Apatite from Durango (Mexico) - A potential standard for in situ trace element analysis of phosphates. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 69(10). 7 indexed citations

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