Wolfgang Frank

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Frank is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Frank has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Frank's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers) and Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (11 papers). Wolfgang Frank is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (26 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers) and Geological Formations and Processes Exploration (11 papers). Wolfgang Frank collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Slovakia and Germany. Wolfgang Frank's co-authors include Urs Klötzli, C. Miller, F. Purtscheller, Ralf Schuster, Martin Thöni, Bernhard Grasemann, Volker Dietrich, Volkmar Trommsdorff, Augusto Gansser and Christine Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Frank

38 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Post-Collisional Potassic... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1999 1982 200 400 600
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. Post-Collisional Potassic and Ultrapotassic Magmatism in SW Tibet: Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb-O Isotopic Constraints for Mantle Source Characteristics and Petrogenesis
    1999 645 citations C. Miller, Ralf Schuster et al. Journal of Petrology profile →
  2. Magmatism and metamorphism in the Ladakh Himalayas (the Indus-Tsangpo suture zone)
    1982 429 citations Wolfgang Frank, Martin Thöni et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Frank Austria 20 2.4k 601 271 206 170 40 2.5k
P. Le Fort France 20 3.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.9× 237 0.9× 270 1.3× 115 0.7× 28 3.6k
Martin Thöni Austria 33 3.0k 1.3× 833 1.4× 311 1.1× 396 1.9× 218 1.3× 65 3.2k
J. Girardeau France 37 3.0k 1.3× 480 0.8× 226 0.8× 191 0.9× 167 1.0× 69 3.2k
Patrick Le Fort France 24 2.6k 1.1× 678 1.1× 360 1.3× 166 0.8× 105 0.6× 35 2.7k
Ph. Matte France 23 3.4k 1.5× 755 1.3× 253 0.9× 287 1.4× 290 1.7× 32 3.6k
Delores M. Robinson United States 23 2.7k 1.1× 467 0.8× 380 1.4× 139 0.7× 82 0.5× 52 2.9k
J. Lawford Anderson United States 24 2.2k 0.9× 898 1.5× 204 0.8× 194 0.9× 114 0.7× 57 2.4k
Xiao Xuchang China 18 2.5k 1.1× 910 1.5× 162 0.6× 262 1.3× 174 1.0× 38 2.8k
Henriette Lapierre France 31 3.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.8× 248 0.9× 309 1.5× 317 1.9× 101 3.4k
Michel Corsini France 31 3.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.9× 466 1.7× 172 0.8× 176 1.0× 80 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Frank

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Frank

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Frisch, Wolfgang, et al.. (2015). Cretaceous to Miocene cooling of Austroalpine units southeast of the Tauern Window (Eastern Alps) constrained by multi-system thermochronometry. eSpace (Curtin University). 108(1). 16–33. 7 indexed citations
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Ustaszewski, Kamil, Alexandre Kounov, Stefan M. Schmid, et al.. (2010). Evolution of the Adria-Europe plate boundary in the northern Dinarides: From continent-continent collision to back-arc extension. Tectonics. 29(6). n/a–n/a. 160 indexed citations
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Breiter, Karel, et al.. (2007). Two-mica Granites of the Plechý (Plockenstein) Pluton in thetriple-Point Area (Trojmezí, Dreilandereck) of Austria, theCzech Republic and Germany. 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Wolfgang, et al.. (2006). Geochronology of the metamorphic basement, Transdanubian part of the Tisza Mega-Unit. 49(3). 189–206. 8 indexed citations
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Frank, Wolfgang & Wolfgang Schlager. (2005). Jurassic strike slip versus subduction in the Eastern Alps. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 95(3). 431–450. 50 indexed citations
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Frank, Wolfgang, et al.. (2003). New Age Constraints On Alpine Metamorphism Of The Schistes Lustrés Of The Engadine Window Based On Ar-Ar, Rb-Sr And Fission Track Dating. EAEJA. 14178.
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Vannay, Jean‐Claude, et al.. (2003). Active tectonics coupled to fluvial erosion in the NW Himalaya. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 3988. 1 indexed citations
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Molli, Giancarlo, Alessandra Montanini, & Wolfgang Frank. (2002). MORB-DERIVED VARISCAN AMPHIBOLITES IN THE NORTHERN APENNINE BASEMENT: THE CERRETO METAMORPHIC SLICES (TUSCAN-EMILIAN APENNINE, NW ITALY). Ofioliti. 27(1). 17–30. 13 indexed citations
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Hoinkes, G., et al.. (2002). Relics of eclogite facies metamorphism in the Austroalpine basement, Hochgr�ssen (Speik complex), Austria. Mineralogy and Petrology. 74(1). 49–73. 32 indexed citations
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Frank, Wolfgang, et al.. (2001). LITHOLOGIEN, METAMORPHOSEGESCHICHTE UND TEKTONISCHER BAU DER KRISTALLINEN EINHEITEN AM ALPENOSTRAND. 3 indexed citations
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Eleftheriadis, Georgios K., Wolfgang Frank, & Konstantin Petrakakis. (2001). 40 Ar/39/Ar dating and cooling history of the Pangeon granitoids, Rhodope Massif (Eastern Macedonia, Greece). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece. 34(3). 911–911. 10 indexed citations
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Miller, C., Ralf Schuster, Urs Klötzli, Wolfgang Frank, & F. Purtscheller. (1999). Post-Collisional Potassic and Ultrapotassic Magmatism in SW Tibet: Geochemical and Sr-Nd-Pb-O Isotopic Constraints for Mantle Source Characteristics and Petrogenesis. Journal of Petrology. 40(9). 1399–1424. 645 indexed citations breakdown →
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Frank, Wolfgang, et al.. (1997). Cenozoic Biostratigraphic Correlation across Central Asia Based on a Sediment - Basalt Association in Central Mongolia. 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Wolfgang. (1992). [Imaging of the liver segments by ultrasound. A practical approach].. PubMed. 32(5). 189–97.
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Pichler, Wolfgang, et al.. (1989). Sonographisches Staging des Pankreaskarzinoms. RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren. 150(3). 241–245. 6 indexed citations
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Frank, Wolfgang. (1982). Fluorbestimmung in Oberflächenschichten einer Zr-Legierung mittels der 19F(p, αγ)160-Kernreaktion. Isotopenpraxis Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 18(7). 244–247. 1 indexed citations
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Frank, Wolfgang, et al.. (1976). Die Datierung geologischer Eriignisse im Altkristallin der Gleinalpe (Steiermark) mit der Rb/Sr-Methode. Mineralogy and Petrology. 23(3). 191–203. 19 indexed citations
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Frank, Wolfgang, et al.. (1973). Relations between metamorphism and orogeny in a typical section of the Indian Himalayas. Mineralogy and Petrology. 20(4). 303–332. 74 indexed citations

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