Matthias Willbold

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Matthias Willbold is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Willbold has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Geophysics, 21 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 15 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Matthias Willbold's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (50 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (20 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (18 papers). Matthias Willbold is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (50 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (20 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (18 papers). Matthias Willbold collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Matthias Willbold's co-authors include Andreas Stracke, Tim Elliott, Klaus Peter Jochum, Brigitte Stoll, K. Herwig, Ingrid Raczek, S. Moorbath, Heye Freymuth, E. Hegner and Flurin Vils and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Willbold

52 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Chemical Characterisation... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400
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  1. Chemical Characterisation of the USGS Reference Glasses GSA-1G, GSC-1G, GSD-1G, GSE-1G, BCR-2G, BHVO-2G and BIR-1G Using EPMA, ID-TIMS, ID-ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS
    2005 472 citations Klaus Peter Jochum, Matthias Willbold et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Matthias Willbold 2.4k 736 653 354 329 54 3.0k
Tsuyoshi Iizuka 3.0k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 537 0.8× 378 1.1× 297 0.9× 97 3.6k
Abdelmouhcine Gannoun 2.0k 0.8× 501 0.7× 829 1.3× 596 1.7× 289 0.9× 76 2.9k
Zaicong Wang 2.0k 0.8× 880 1.2× 477 0.7× 221 0.6× 184 0.6× 116 2.6k
Claire Bollinger 1.6k 0.7× 392 0.5× 767 1.2× 573 1.6× 338 1.0× 51 2.7k
Julie Prytulak 2.3k 1.0× 594 0.8× 654 1.0× 561 1.6× 338 1.0× 81 3.1k
Ulrike Weis 1.8k 0.8× 888 1.2× 605 0.9× 607 1.7× 342 1.0× 56 3.0k
K. Herwig 1.4k 0.6× 698 0.9× 470 0.7× 367 1.0× 204 0.6× 8 2.1k
Ingrid Raczek 3.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.8× 724 1.1× 514 1.5× 301 0.9× 29 3.8k
Monica R. Handler 1.6k 0.7× 561 0.8× 407 0.6× 304 0.9× 172 0.5× 35 2.0k
I. J. Parkinson 4.4k 1.8× 1.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.6× 596 1.7× 570 1.7× 78 5.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthias Willbold

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Willbold

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All Works

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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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Willbold, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Ru and W isotope systematics in ocean island basalts reveals core leakage. Nature. 642(8067). 376–380. 1 indexed citations
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Andersen, Morten B., et al.. (2025). Assessing the timing of deep ocean oxygenation from uranium elemental and isotopic compositions of ophiolites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 666. 119489–119489.
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Willbold, Matthias & Tim Elliott. (2023). Molybdenum isotope evidence for subduction-modified, recycled mafic oceanic crust in the mantle sources of ocean island basalts from La Palma and Hawaii. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 621. 118399–118399. 14 indexed citations
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Willbold, Matthias, et al.. (2023). Systematic Across‐Arc Variations of Molybdenum Isotopes in a Fluid‐Dominated Subduction Zone System. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(9). 11 indexed citations
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Wörner, Gerhard, et al.. (2023). Ancient mantle plume components constrained by tungsten isotope variability in arc lavas. Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 26. 31–35. 2 indexed citations
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Jung, S., Jörg A. Pfänder, Oliver Nebel, et al.. (2023). High-K andesites as witnesses of a continental arc system in the Western Alps, Italy: constraints from HFSE and Hf–Nd–Sr–Pb–O isotope systematics. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 178(2). 3 indexed citations
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Hin, Remco C., Shuo Chen, Matthias Willbold, et al.. (2022). The influence of crustal recycling on the molybdenum isotope composition of the Earth's mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 595. 117760–117760. 25 indexed citations
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Freymuth, Heye, Brian O’Driscoll, Tim Elliott, et al.. (2020). Molybdenum isotope ratios in Izu arc basalts: The control of subduction zone fluids on compositional variations in arc volcanic systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 288. 68–82. 62 indexed citations
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Ionov, Dmitri A., Peng Guo, Wendy R. Nelson, Steven B. Shirey, & Matthias Willbold. (2019). Paleoproterozoic melt-depleted lithospheric mantle in the Khanka block, far eastern Russia: Inferences for mobile belts bordering the North China and Siberian cratons. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 270. 95–111. 9 indexed citations
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Hin, Remco C., Christopher D. Coath, Philip J. Carter, et al.. (2017). Magnesium isotope evidence that accretional vapour loss shapes planetary compositions. Nature. 549(7673). 511–515. 154 indexed citations
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Willbold, Matthias & Tim Elliott. (2016). Molybdenum isotope variations in magmatic rocks. Chemical Geology. 449. 253–268. 127 indexed citations
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Willbold, Matthias, et al.. (2012). Mass-dependent molybdenum isotope variations in ocean island basalts. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 2546–2546. 3 indexed citations
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Willbold, Matthias, Tim Elliott, & S. Moorbath. (2011). The tungsten isotopic composition of the Earth’s mantle before the terminal bombardment. Nature. 477(7363). 195–198. 204 indexed citations
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Freymuth, Heye, Tim Elliott, & Matthias Willbold. (2011). Molybdenum isotopes as a novel tracer for subduction components in the Mariana arc. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 867–867. 1 indexed citations
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Willbold, Matthias, Klaus Peter Jochum, Ingrid Raczek, et al.. (2003). Validation of multi-element isotope dilution ICPMS for the analysis of basalts. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 377(1). 117–125. 18 indexed citations
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Amini, Marghaleray, K. P. Jochum, Brigitte Stoll, et al.. (2002). Geochemistry of Fresh Submarine HSDP-2 Glasses from Mauna Kea Volcano: Unexpected Mobility of 'Immobile' Trace Elements. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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