John C. Mutter

7.3k citations

112 papers · 6.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 48

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Geophysics top 0.2%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Geology top 0.1%
- Geological and Geophysical Studies

Papers in

Geophysics 76
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis 53
- earthquake and tectonic studies 50
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 36
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 20
- Seismic Waves and Analysis 9
Geology 34
- Geological and Geophysical Studies 31

Co-authors: R. S. Detrick (14 shared papers)Peter Buhl (13 shared papers)John A. Orcutt (8 shared papers)S. C. Cande (3 shared papers)Manik Talwani (8 shared papers)Emilio E. Vera (4 shared papers)Thomas M. Brocher (3 shared papers)Paul L. Stoffa (3 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (13 papers)Nature (10 papers)Geology (9 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (8 papers)Eos (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Australia Canada

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John C. Mutter

107 papers receiving 5.4k citations

John C. Mutter's Hit Papers

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Multi-channel seismic imaging of a crustal magma chamber along the East Pacific Rise 1987 · 682 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1987 Nature

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1	Multi-channel seismic imaging of a crustal magma chamber along the East Pacific Rise Nature ·R. S. Detrick, Peter Buhl, Emilio E. Vera, John C. Mutter, John A. Orcutt, John Madsen, Thomas M. Brocher Hit paper breakdown →	1987	682
2	The structure of 0‐ to 0.2‐m.y.‐old oceanic crust at 9°N on the East Pacific Rise from expanded spread profiles Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Emilio E. Vera, John C. Mutter, Peter Buhl, John A. Orcutt, Alistair J. Harding, Mary E. Kappus, R. S. Detrick, Thomas M. Brocher	1990	368
3	Origin of seaward-dipping reflectors in oceanic crust off the Norwegian margin by “subaerial sea-floor spreading” Geology ·John C. Mutter, Manik Talwani, Paul L. Stoffa	1982	320
4	Convective partial melting: 1. A model for the formation of thick basaltic sequences during the initiation of spreading Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John C. Mutter, W. Roger Buck, Carolyn M. Zehnder	1988	319
5	A revised identification of the oldest sea-floor spreading anomalies between Australia and Antarctica Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·S. C. Cande, John C. Mutter	1982	287
6	Structure of young oceanic crust at 13°N on the East Pacific Rise from expanding spread profiles Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Alistair J. Harding, John A. Orcutt, Mary E. Kappus, Emilio E. Vera, John C. Mutter, Peter Buhl, R. S. Detrick, Thomas M. Brocher	1989	232
7	Seismic Structure of the Southern East Pacific Rise Science ·R. S. Detrick, Alistair J. Harding, Graham M. Kent, John A. Orcutt, John C. Mutter, Peter Buhl	1993	205
8	Structural Processes at Slow-Spreading Ridges Science ·John C. Mutter, Jeffrey A. Karson	1992	196
9	Seismic imaging of hotspot-related crustal underplating beneath the Marquesas Islands Nature ·David W. Caress, Marcia K. Mcnutt, R. S. Detrick, John C. Mutter	1995	165
10	Variations in thickness of layer 3 dominate oceanic crustal structure Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Carolyn Z. Mutter, John C. Mutter	1993	142
11	Evidence for a thick oceanic crust adjacent to the Norwegian Margin Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John C. Mutter, Manik Talwani, Paul L. Stoffa	1984	141
12	No evidence from multichannel reflection data for a crustal magma chamber in the MARK area on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Nature ·R. S. Detrick, John C. Mutter, Peter Buhl, Isaac I. Kim	1990	130
13	Uniform accretion of oceanic crust south of the Garrett transform at 14°15′S on the East Pacific Rise Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Graham M. Kent, Alistair J. Harding, John A. Orcutt, R. S. Detrick, John C. Mutter, Peter Buhl	1994	125
14	Evidence for fault weakness and fluid flow within an active low-angle normal fault Nature ·Jacqueline S. Floyd, John C. Mutter, A. M. Goodliffe, Brian Taylor	2001	99
15	Variability in oceanic crustal thickness and structure: Multichannel seismic reflection results from the northern East Pacific Rise Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·G. A. Barth, John C. Mutter	1996	98
16	New seismic images of oceanic crustal structure Geology ·Robert Stephen White, R. S. Detrick, John C. Mutter, Peter Buhl, Timothy Minshull, Ellen Mullen Morris	1990	96
17	Breakup between Australia and Antarctica: A brief review in the light of new data Tectonophysics ·John C. Mutter, Kerry A. Hegarty, S. C. Cande, Jeffrey K. Weissel	1985	94
18	Magmatism and rift margin evolution: Evidence from northwest Australia Geology ·John R. Hopper, John C. Mutter, Roger L. Larson, Carolyn Z. Mutter	1992	94
19	Crustal structure at the Blake Spur Fracture Zone from expanding spread profiles Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Timothy Minshull, Robert Stephen White, John C. Mutter, Peter Buhl, R. S. Detrick, Charles A. Williams, Ellen Mullen Morris	1991	93
20	Fine-scale segmentation of the crustal magma reservoir beneath the East Pacific Rise Nature Geoscience ·S. M. Carbotte, M. Marjanović, Hélène D. Carton, John C. Mutter, Juan Pablo Canales, Mladen R Nedimović, Shuoshuo Han, M. R. Perfit	2013	88

About John C. Mutter

John C. Mutter is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology, having authored 112 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (53 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (50 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (36 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (31 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (20 papers), Geological formations and processes (14 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (9 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (5.6k citations), Geology (1.7k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (654 citations), Atmospheric Science (881 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (324 citations). John C. Mutter has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include R. S. Detrick, Peter Buhl, John A. Orcutt, S. C. Cande, Manik Talwani, Emilio E. Vera, Thomas M. Brocher, Paul L. Stoffa, Alistair J. Harding and Carolyn Z. Mutter. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Nature, Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Eos.

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