Harro Schmeling

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Harro Schmeling is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Harro Schmeling has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Harro Schmeling's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (64 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (64 papers). Harro Schmeling is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (64 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (64 papers). Harro Schmeling collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Harro Schmeling's co-authors include Gabriele Marquart, Ruud Weijermars, Bertram Schott, Hemin Koyi, Gregor Golabek, Roberto F. Weinberg, Bernhard Steinberger, Boris Kaus, Alexander R. Cruden and T. W. Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Applied Physics and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Harro Schmeling

111 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

A comparison of numerical surface topography calculations... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 50 100 150 200 250
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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. A comparison of numerical surface topography calculations in geodynamic modelling: an evaluation of the ‘sticky air’ method
    2012 296 citations Fabio Crameri, Harro Schmeling et al. Geophysical Journal International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harro Schmeling Germany 36 3.9k 364 356 297 250 112 4.7k
Boris Kaus Germany 35 4.2k 1.1× 303 0.8× 466 1.3× 257 0.9× 236 0.9× 124 4.8k
Peter E. van Keken United States 47 7.6k 1.9× 138 0.4× 315 0.9× 321 1.1× 214 0.9× 118 8.2k
Gary T. Jarvis Canada 24 1.9k 0.5× 232 0.6× 298 0.8× 342 1.2× 228 0.9× 51 2.6k
Yanick Ricard France 48 5.7k 1.4× 117 0.3× 317 0.9× 465 1.6× 133 0.5× 122 6.5k
Peter J. Hudleston United States 34 1.6k 0.4× 311 0.9× 530 1.5× 638 2.1× 65 0.3× 69 2.6k
Hans Ramberg Sweden 29 2.5k 0.6× 603 1.7× 804 2.3× 349 1.2× 204 0.8× 65 3.7k
Raymond C. Fletcher United States 29 1.5k 0.4× 377 1.0× 603 1.7× 534 1.8× 99 0.4× 57 2.6k
Richard F. Katz United Kingdom 27 2.6k 0.6× 92 0.3× 221 0.6× 489 1.6× 124 0.5× 75 3.3k
Alain Burgisser France 35 2.6k 0.7× 275 0.8× 198 0.6× 558 1.9× 181 0.7× 77 3.0k
Neil S. Mancktelow Switzerland 49 5.2k 1.3× 550 1.5× 952 2.7× 1.1k 3.7× 151 0.6× 130 6.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harro Schmeling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harro Schmeling

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmeling, Harro, et al.. (2022). Thermal non-equilibrium of porous flow in a resting matrix applicable to melt migration: a parametric study. Solid Earth. 13(6). 1045–1063. 2 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro, et al.. (2021). Magma ascent mechanisms in the transition regime from solitary porosity waves to diapirism. Solid Earth. 12(7). 1549–1561. 8 indexed citations
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Weinberg, Roberto F., R. H. Vernon, & Harro Schmeling. (2021). Processes in mushes and their role in the differentiation of granitic rocks. Earth-Science Reviews. 220. 103665–103665. 61 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro, et al.. (2019). The effect of effective rock viscosity on 2-D magmatic porosity waves. Solid Earth. 10(6). 2103–2113. 6 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro, et al.. (2019). Modelling melting and melt segregation by two-phase flow: new insights into the dynamics of magmatic systems in the continental crust. Geophysical Journal International. 217(1). 422–450. 28 indexed citations
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Burchardt, Steffi, et al.. (2016). Erupted frothy xenoliths may explain lack of country-rock fragments in plutons. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34566–34566. 3 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro & Gabriele Marquart. (2013). Coupling hydrothermal convection to a cooling oceanic lithosphere: the effect on the "square root-t" law. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro, et al.. (2013). Geoid and topography of Earth-like planets: A comparison between compressible and incompressible models for different rheologies. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 216. 74–90. 2 indexed citations
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Jakovlev, Andrey, et al.. (2013). Seismic images of magmatic rifting beneath the western branch of the East African rift. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 14(11). 4906–4920. 14 indexed citations
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Burchardt, Steffi, Valentín R. Troll, Harro Schmeling, et al.. (2012). El Hierro's floating stones as messengers of crust-magma interaction at depth. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10601. 1 indexed citations
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Crameri, Fabio, Harro Schmeling, Gregor Golabek, et al.. (2011). A benchmark comparison of numerical surface topography calculations in geodynamic modelling. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro, et al.. (2009). The role of melting in continental breakup and ocean formation. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2758. 1 indexed citations
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Richard, Guillaume & Harro Schmeling. (2008). Numerical modeling of two-phase flow in geodynamics: State of the art, benchmark and perspectives. GeCAS. 72(12). 1 indexed citations
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Bagdassarov, Nikolai, et al.. (2003). Internal friction spectroscopy in Li2O–2SiO2 partially crystallised glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 319(1-2). 44–56. 8 indexed citations
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Ruedas, Thomas, et al.. (2002). Melting and Dynamics of a Ridge-Centered Plume and the Effect on Geophysical Observables with Application to Iceland. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Schott, Bertram, David A. Yuen, & Harro Schmeling. (2000). The significance of shear heating in continental delamination. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 118(3-4). 273–290. 32 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro. (1987). On the interaction between small- and large-scale convection and postglacial rebound flow in a power-law mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 84(2-3). 254–262. 27 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro. (1987). On the relation between initial conditions and late stages of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities. Tectonophysics. 133(1-2). 65–80. 61 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro. (1986). Numerical models on the influence of partial melt on elastic, anelastic and electrical properties of rocks. Part II: electrical conductivity. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 43(2). 123–136. 102 indexed citations
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Schmeling, Harro & W. R. Jacoby. (1982). On modelling the lithosphere in mantle convection with non-linear rheology. 50(1). 89–100. 44 indexed citations

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