Rainer Altherr

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
116 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Rainer Altherr is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Altherr has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Geophysics, 21 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 18 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Altherr's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (101 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (70 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (61 papers). Rainer Altherr is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (101 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (70 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (61 papers). Rainer Altherr collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Türkiye. Rainer Altherr's co-authors include Wolfgang Siebel, Friedhelm Henjes‐Kunst, Gültekin Topuz, W. Schwarz, H. J. Kreuzer, E. Hegner, Muharrem Satır, Horst R. Marschall, Thomas Ludwig and J. Keller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Altherr

114 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

High-potassium, calc-alka... 1978 2026 1994 2010 2000 1978 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. High-potassium, calc-alkaline I-type plutonism in the European Variscides: northern Vosges (France) and northern Schwarzwald (Germany)
    2000 605 citations Rainer Altherr et al. profile →
  2. Explosive volcanic activity in the Mediterranean over the past 200,000 yr as recorded in deep-sea sediments
    1978 360 citations J. Keller, William B. F. Ryan et al. Geological Society of America Bulletin profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rainer Altherr 5.8k 1.5k 752 573 331 116 6.3k
Hilary Downes 7.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.1× 538 0.7× 843 1.5× 442 1.3× 191 7.7k
Massimo Tiepolo 6.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.3× 669 0.9× 716 1.2× 398 1.2× 140 6.6k
Étienne Deloule 6.0k 1.0× 2.1k 1.4× 618 0.8× 894 1.6× 320 1.0× 208 7.2k
Nick Rogers 6.5k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 936 1.2× 823 1.4× 487 1.5× 79 7.4k
Ingrid Raczek 3.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 514 0.7× 724 1.3× 301 0.9× 29 3.8k
Alan P. Dickin 5.2k 0.9× 2.5k 1.7× 824 1.1× 808 1.4× 539 1.6× 137 5.9k
Wolfgang Siebel 7.3k 1.3× 2.8k 1.9× 673 0.9× 1.0k 1.8× 542 1.6× 165 8.1k
S. Tonarini 4.1k 0.7× 933 0.6× 853 1.1× 780 1.4× 245 0.7× 101 4.7k
Michael P. Gorton 2.7k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 440 0.6× 575 1.0× 288 0.9× 27 3.4k
Daniel Demaiffe 4.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 450 0.6× 657 1.1× 403 1.2× 149 4.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Altherr

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All Works

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Altherr, Rainer, et al.. (2018). Age and metamorphic evolution of metapelites and metagranites from the East Pelagonian Zone, Republic of Macedonia (FYROM): implications for the life span of the Vardar Ocean. EGUGA. 16144. 1 indexed citations
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Altherr, Rainer, et al.. (2014). Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the Vlakno Cave on the island of Dugi otok (Dalmatia, Croatia) – lithic perspective. 31(1). 5–72. 9 indexed citations
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Trieloff, M., S. Mostefaoui, A. El Goresy, et al.. (2013). A Precise ^53Mn-^53Cr Age of Sphalerites from the Primitive EH3 Chondrite Sahara 97158. M&PSA. 76. 5251. 2 indexed citations
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Altherr, Rainer, et al.. (2011). LITIČKI NALAZI S OTOKA SUŠCA. University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE). 35(1). 7–39. 1 indexed citations
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Lugović, Boško, et al.. (2007). Petrology, geochemistry and tectonic significance of Mesozoic ultramafic rocks from the Zagorje-Mid-Transdanubian Zone in Croatia. Geologica Carpathica. 58(6). 511–530. 7 indexed citations
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Lugović, Boško, Branimir Šegvić, & Rainer Altherr. (2006). PETROLOGY AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF GREENSCHISTS FROM THE MEDVEDNICA MTS. (SAVA UNIT, NW CROATIA). Ofioliti. 31(1). 39–50. 12 indexed citations
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Topuz, Gültekin, Rainer Altherr, W. Schwarz, Abdurrahman Dokuz, & Hans‐Peter Meyer. (2006). Variscan amphibolite-facies rocks from the Kurtoğlu metamorphic complex (Gümüşhane area, Eastern Pontides, Turkey). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 96(5). 861–873. 173 indexed citations
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Weinstein, Yishai, Oded Navon, Rainer Altherr, & Mordechai Stein. (2006). The Role of Lithospheric Mantle Heterogeneity in the Generation of Plio-Pleistocene Alkali Basaltic Suites from NW Harrat Ash Shaam (Israel). Journal of Petrology. 47(5). 1017–1050. 129 indexed citations
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Kaliwoda, Melanie & Rainer Altherr. (2005). MANTLE XENOLITHS FROM HARRAT UWAYRID (SAUDI ARABIA): METASOMATIC PHENOMENA, THERMAL HISTORY AND LI-BE-B CHARACTERISTICS. Ofioliti. 30(2). 193–193. 2 indexed citations
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Kaliwoda, Melanie & Rainer Altherr. (2003). Li-Be-B Systematics of mantle Xenoliths from Harrat Uwayrid (Saudi Arabia). EAEJA. 3745. 2 indexed citations
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Altherr, Rainer, et al.. (2002). Subduction-related lithium metasomatism during exhumation of the Alpe Arami ultrahigh-pressure garnet peridotite (Central Alps, Switzerland). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 143(5). 623–640. 36 indexed citations
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Altherr, Rainer, et al.. (1999). TRACE ELEMENT PARTITIONING BETWEEN MINERALS OF THE ALPE ARAMI GARNET PERIDOTITE, SWITZERLAND. Ofioliti. 24. 148–149. 2 indexed citations
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Kalt, Angelika & Rainer Altherr. (1996). Metamorphic evolution of garnet-spinel peridotites from the Variscan Schwarzwald (Germany). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 85(2). 211–224. 21 indexed citations
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Altherr, Rainer, Boško Lugović, Hans‐Peter Meyer, & Vladimı́r Majer. (1995). Early miocene post-collisional calc-alkaline magmatism along the easternmost segment of the periadriatic fault system (Slovenia and Croatia). Mineralogy and Petrology. 54(3-4). 225–247. 63 indexed citations
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Class, Cornelia, et al.. (1994). Geochemistry of Pliocene to Quaternary alkali basalts from the Huri Hills, northern Kenya. Chemical Geology. 113(1-2). 1–22. 82 indexed citations
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Keller, J., William B. F. Ryan, D. Ninkovich, & Rainer Altherr. (1978). Explosive volcanic activity in the Mediterranean over the past 200,000 yr as recorded in deep-sea sediments. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 89(4). 591–591. 360 indexed citations breakdown →
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Altherr, Rainer, et al.. (1977). Metamorphic Rocks on the Southern Margin of the Central Gneiss Complex of the Black Forest. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 154(2). 129–154. 4 indexed citations

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