Jan Pleuger

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Pleuger is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Pleuger has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Atmospheric Science and 5 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Jan Pleuger's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (25 papers) and Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (8 papers). Jan Pleuger is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (25 papers) and Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (8 papers). Jan Pleuger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Bulgaria. Jan Pleuger's co-authors include Nikolaus Froitzheim, T. Nagel, Kamil Ustaszewski, Stefan M. Schmid, Neven Georgiev, Liviu Maţenco, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Roland Oberhänsli, Bruno Tomljenović and Ralf Schuster and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

Jan Pleuger

33 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey
    2019 321 citations Stefan M. Schmid, Jan Pleuger et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Pleuger Germany 20 1.1k 166 143 89 88 34 1.2k
Talip Güngör Türkiye 17 1.2k 1.1× 290 1.7× 172 1.2× 85 1.0× 101 1.1× 35 1.4k
Nurdan İnan Türkiye 12 701 0.6× 223 1.3× 146 1.0× 45 0.5× 116 1.3× 26 810
Peter Nievergelt Switzerland 6 727 0.7× 95 0.6× 184 1.3× 65 0.7× 73 0.8× 6 822
Tudor Berza Romania 14 853 0.8× 211 1.3× 79 0.6× 108 1.2× 111 1.3× 23 901
Abdel-Kader M. Moghazi Egypt 18 1.1k 1.0× 525 3.2× 106 0.7× 125 1.4× 52 0.6× 25 1.1k
Armel Menant France 21 1.2k 1.1× 104 0.6× 94 0.7× 29 0.3× 32 0.4× 24 1.2k
Antoneta Seghedi Romania 14 693 0.6× 119 0.7× 80 0.6× 80 0.9× 181 2.1× 33 776
Marta Marcucci Italy 18 617 0.6× 122 0.7× 158 1.1× 112 1.3× 320 3.6× 39 777
Kemal Taşlı Türkiye 18 796 0.7× 252 1.5× 230 1.6× 107 1.2× 387 4.4× 45 1.1k
Faruk Aydin Türkiye 14 1.0k 0.9× 368 2.2× 87 0.6× 78 0.9× 49 0.6× 23 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Pleuger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Pleuger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Pleuger

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jan Pleuger. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jan Pleuger based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jan Pleuger. Jan Pleuger is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Handy, Mark R., et al.. (2023). Faulting, basin formation and orogenic arcuation at the Dinaric–Hellenic junction (northern Albania and Kosovo). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 112(6). 1613–1634. 4 indexed citations
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Tilmann, Frederik, et al.. (2023). Investigating the Eastern Alpine–Dinaric transition with teleseismic receiver functions: Evidence for subducted European crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 609. 118096–118096. 9 indexed citations
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Pleuger, Jan, et al.. (2022). Rift-related paleogeography of the European margin in the Eastern Alps (Central Tauern Window). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 115(1). 3 indexed citations
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Pleuger, Jan, et al.. (2021). Highly variable petrophysical properties in felsic high-pressure rocks of the continental crust. Lithos. 410-411. 106572–106572. 5 indexed citations
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Tilmann, Frederik, et al.. (2021). Filling the Moho gap: High resolution crustal structure of the Eastern Alps. 1 indexed citations
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Pleuger, Jan, et al.. (2020). Evolving temperature field in a fossil subduction channel during the transition from subduction to collision (Tauern Window, Eastern Alps). Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 39(2). 247–269. 8 indexed citations
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Handy, Mark R., et al.. (2019). Coupled Crust‐Mantle Response to Slab Tearing, Bending, and Rollback Along the Dinaride‐Hellenide Orogen. Tectonics. 38(8). 2803–2828. 65 indexed citations
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Froitzheim, Nikolaus, et al.. (2017). Along-strike shear-sense reversal in the Vals-Scaradra Shear Zone at the front of the Adula Nappe (Central Alps, Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 110(2). 677–697. 5 indexed citations
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Handy, Mark R., et al.. (2015). Orogen-Parallel and -Normal Extension at the Dinarides-Hellenides Junction during Clockwise Rotation and Radial Expansion of the Retreating Hellenic Arc-Trench System. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Froitzheim, Nikolaus, Dirk Frei, Ashlea N. Wainwright, et al.. (2014). Age and composition of meta‐ophiolite from the Rhodope Middle Allochthon (Satovcha, Bulgaria): A test for the maximum‐allochthony hypothesis of the Hellenides. Tectonics. 33(8). 1477–1500. 40 indexed citations
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Kirchenbaur, Maria, Jan Pleuger, T. Nagel, et al.. (2011). Timing of high-pressure metamorphic events in the Bulgarian Rhodopes from Lu–Hf garnet geochronology. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 163(5). 897–921. 55 indexed citations
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Pleuger, Jan, et al.. (2011). Kinematics of Palaeogene low-angle extensional faults and basin formation along the eastern border of the Central Rhodopes (Bulgaria). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften. 162(2). 171–192. 13 indexed citations
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Herwartz, Daniel, Carsten Münker, Erik E. Scherer, et al.. (2008). Lu-Hf garnet geochronology of eclogites from the Balma Unit (Pennine Alps): implications for Alpine paleotectonic reconstructions. Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 101(S1). 173–189. 32 indexed citations
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Froitzheim, Nikolaus, et al.. (2003). Exhumation of high- and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks by slab extraction. Geology. 31(10). 925–925. 60 indexed citations
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Pleuger, Jan, et al.. (2002). Neutron texture study of a natural gneiss mylonite affected by two phases of deformation. Applied Physics A. 74(0). s1058–s1060. 3 indexed citations

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