Michael Gurnis
Impact in
- Geophysics top 0.02%
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Geology top 0.05%
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
Papers in
- Geophysics 193
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis 163
- High-pressure geophysics and materials 158
- earthquake and tectonic studies 154
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques 15
- Geology 24
- Geological and Geophysical Studies 22
- Co-authors
- R. Dietmar Müller (42 shared papers)Shijie Zhong (22 shared papers)Louis Moresi (14 shared papers)Maria Seton (16 shared papers)Eh Tan (14 shared papers)Sabin Zahirovic (15 shared papers)Nicolas Flament (19 shared papers)Lijun Liu (7 shared papers)
- Journals
- Geophysical Research Letters (32 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (25 papers)Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (24 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (18 papers)Geophysical Journal International (14 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesAustraliaChina
In The Last Decade
Michael Gurnis
227 papers receiving 16.6k citations
Michael Gurnis's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 120
- Geophysics 14.7k
- Geology 2.2k
- Earth-Surface Processes 1.5k
- Paleontology 1.1k
- Atmospheric Science 2.0k
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 231 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 1544 |
| 2 | GPlates: Building a Virtual Earth Through Deep Time Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 533 |
| 3 | Large-scale mantle convection and the aggregation and dispersal of supercontinents Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 505 |
| 4 | 2000 | 497 | |
| 5 | A Global Plate Model Including Lithospheric Deformation Along Major Rifts and Orogens Since the Triassic Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 434 |
| 6 | 2004 | 375 | |
| 7 | 2002 | 328 | |
| 8 | 2003 | 318 | |
| 9 | 2010 | 304 | |
| 10 | 2013 | 289 | |
| 11 | 1995 | 273 | |
| 12 | 2000 | 255 | |
| 13 | 2008 | 255 | |
| 14 | 2008 | 251 | |
| 15 | 1996 | 236 | |
| 16 | 2008 | 235 | |
| 17 | 2010 | 230 | |
| 18 | 1988 | 227 | |
| 19 | 2011 | 223 | |
| 20 | Reconstruction of northeast Asian deformation integrated with western Pacific plate subduction since 200 Ma Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 219 |
About Michael Gurnis
Michael Gurnis is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 231 papers that have together received 17.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (163 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (158 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (154 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (22 papers), Geological formations and processes (20 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (15 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (14.7k citations), Geology (2.2k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1.5k citations), Paleontology (1.1k citations) and Atmospheric Science (2.0k citations). Michael Gurnis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Frequent co-authors include R. Dietmar Müller, Shijie Zhong, Louis Moresi, Maria Seton, Eh Tan, Sabin Zahirovic, Nicolas Flament, Lijun Liu, S. Spasojević and Trond H. Torsvik. Their work appears in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Journal International.
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