Subfield · Geophysics
Most cited papers in Geophysics
What are the most cited papers in Geophysics?
The most cited paper in Geophysics is "From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method" (Georg Kresse, Daniel P. Joubert, 1999), with 85,965 citations. Next come "Ab initio molecular dynamics for liquid metals" (45,996) and "Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes" (25,720).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 3,388 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method Georg Kresse, Daniel P. Joubert · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Jan 1999 | 85,965 |
| 2 | Ab initio molecular dynamics for liquid metals Georg Kresse, J. Häfner · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 1993 | 45,996 |
| 3 | Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough · Geological Society London Special Publications | 1989 | 25,720 |
| 4 | The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis Norden Eh Huang, Zhengwei Shen, Steven Long et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences | 8 Mar 1998 | 23,779 |
| 5 | Soft self-consistent pseudopotentials in a generalized eigenvalue formalism David Vanderbilt · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Apr 1990 | 23,211 |
| 6 | Ab initio molecular-dynamics simulation of the liquid-metal–amorphous-semiconductor transition in germanium Georg Kresse, J. Häfner · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 May 1994 | 23,146 |
| 7 | Efficient pseudopotentials for plane-wave calculations N. Troullier, José Luı́s Martins · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Jan 1991 | 16,228 |
| 8 | Interpretation of Raman spectra of disordered and amorphous carbon Andrea Carlo Ferrari, John D. Robertson · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 May 2000 | 15,691 |
| 9 | Recent advances in magnetic structure determination by neutron powder diffraction Juan Rodríguez-Carvajal · Physica B Condensed Matter | Oct 1993 | 15,651 |
| 10 | Ten Lectures on Wavelets Ingrid C. Daubechies, Christopher Heil · Computers in Physics | 1992 | 15,440 |
| 11 | A Practical Guide to Wavelet Analysis Christopher Torrence, Gilbert P. Compo · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | 1998 | 15,178 |
| 12 | Ground State of the Electron Gas by a Stochastic Method David M. Ceperley, B. J. Alder · Physical Review Letters | 18 Aug 1980 | 14,393 |
| 13 | The composition of the Earth W. F. McDonough, Shen‐Su Sun · Chemical Geology | Mar 1995 | 13,976 |
| 14 | The SIESTA method for ab initio order- N materials simulation José M. Soler, Emilio Artacho, Julian D. Gale et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter | 8 Mar 2002 | 11,955 |
| 15 | First principles phonon calculations in materials science Atsushi Togo, Isao Tanaka · Scripta Materialia | 29 Jul 2015 | 11,731 |
| 16 | The Elastic Behaviour of a Crystalline Aggregate R. Hill · Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A | May 1952 | 11,561 |
| 17 | Unified Approach for Molecular Dynamics and Density-Functional Theory Roberto Car, Michele Parrinello · Physical Review Letters | 25 Nov 1985 | 10,807 |
| 18 | Preliminary reference Earth model Adam M. Dziewoński, Don L. Anderson · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors | Jun 1981 | 10,479 |
| 19 | Phonons and related crystal properties from density-functional perturbation theory Stefano Baroni, Stefano de Gironcoli, Andrea Dal Corso et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | 6 Jul 2001 | 10,098 |
| 20 | De-noising by soft-thresholding David L. Donoho · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory | May 1995 | 9,709 |
| 21 | EXPGUI , a graphical user interface for GSAS Brian H. Toby · Journal of Applied Crystallography | Apr 2001 | 9,279 |
| 22 | Trace Element Discrimination Diagrams for the Tectonic Interpretation of Granitic Rocks Julian A. Pearce, Nigel Harris, A. G. Tindle · Journal of Petrology | Nov 1984 | 8,648 |
| 23 | Ab initio molecular dynamics for open-shell transition metals Georg Kresse, J. Häfner · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | Nov 1993 | 8,404 |
| 24 | Theory of Propagation of Elastic Waves in a Fluid-Saturated Porous Solid. I. Low-Frequency Range M. A. Biot · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | Mar 1956 | 8,176 |
| 25 | The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP) Paula J. Reimer et al. · Radiocarbon | Aug 2020 | 7,945 |
| 26 | VASPKIT: A user-friendly interface facilitating high-throughput computing and analysis using VASP code Vei Wang, Nan Xu, Jincheng Liu et al. · Computer Physics Communications | 28 May 2021 | 7,910 |
| 27 | High-precision sampling for Brillouin-zone integration in metals M. Methfessel, Anthony T. Paxton · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Aug 1989 | 7,879 |
| 28 | New empirical relationships among magnitude, rupture length, rupture width, rupture area, and surface displacement Donald L. Wells, Kevin J. Coppersmith · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Aug 1994 | 7,875 |
| 29 | New, improved version of generic mapping tools released Paul Wessel, Walter H. F. Smith · Eos | 24 Nov 1998 | 7,475 |
| 30 | Atomic Decomposition by Basis Pursuit Scott Shaobing Chen, David L. Donoho, Michael A. Saunders · SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing | 1998 | 7,009 |
| 31 | Theory of dynamic critical phenomena Pierre C. Hohenberg, Bertrand I. Halperin · Reviews of Modern Physics | Jul 1977 | 6,962 |
| 32 | Early Proterozoic climates and plate motions inferred from major element chemistry of lutites H.W. Nesbitt, Grant M. Young · Nature | Oct 1982 | 6,835 |
| 33 | A Chemical Classification of Volcanic Rocks Based on the Total Alkali-Silica Diagram M. J. Le Bas, R. W. Le Maitre, Albert Streckeisen et al. · Journal of Petrology | Jun 1986 | 6,747 |
| 34 | Composition of the Continental Crust Roberta L. Rudnick, Shan Gao · Treatise on Geochemistry | 2003 | 6,466 |
| 35 | Application of the cross wavelet transform and wavelet coherence to geophysical time series Aslak Grinsted, John Christopher Moore, Svetlana Jevrejeva · Nonlinear processes in geophysics | 18 Nov 2004 | 6,407 |
| 36 | High-resolution frequency-wavenumber spectrum analysis Jack Capon · Proceedings of the IEEE | 1969 | 6,396 |
| 37 | THREE NATURAL ZIRCON STANDARDS FOR U‐TH‐PB, LU‐HF, TRACE ELEMENT AND REE ANALYSES Michael Wiedenbeck, Paul Allé, Fernando Corfú et al. · Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research | Apr 1995 | 6,331 |
| 38 | Accurate Band Gaps of Semiconductors and Insulators with a Semilocal Exchange-Correlation Potential Fabien Tran, Peter Blaha · Physical Review Letters | 3 Jun 2009 | 6,099 |
| 39 | Geologic Evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen An Yin, T. Mark Harrison · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences | May 2000 | 6,097 |
| 40 | Constant pressure molecular dynamics algorithms Glenn J. Martyna, Douglas J. Tobias, Michael Lawrence Klein · The Journal of Chemical Physics | Sep 1994 | 6,015 |
| 41 | Geochemistry of eocene calc-alkaline volcanic rocks from the Kastamonu area, Northern Turkey Angelο Peccerillo, S. R. Taylor · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | 1976 | 5,873 |
| 42 | A-type granites: geochemical characteristics, discrimination and petrogenesis J B Whalen, Kenneth L. Currie, BRUCE W. CHAPPELL · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | Apr 1987 | 5,654 |
| 43 | The ‘universal’ dielectric response A.K. Jonscher · Nature | Jun 1977 | 5,602 |
| 44 | First-principles calculations of the ferroelastic transition between rutile-type and CaCl 2 -type SiO 2 at high pressures Atsushi Togo, Fumiyasu Oba, Isao Tanaka · Physical Review B | 14 Oct 2008 | 5,518 |
| 45 | The least-squares line and plane and the analysis of palaeomagnetic data Joseph L. Kirschvink · Geophysical Journal International | Sep 1980 | 5,492 |
| 46 | Geochemical discrimination of different magma series and their differentiation products using immobile elements J. A. Winchester, P.A. Floyd · Chemical Geology | 1977 | 5,388 |
| 47 | Computer simulation of local order in condensed phases of silicon Frank H. Stillinger, Thomas A. Weber · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Apr 1985 | 5,316 |
| 48 | The application of laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to in situ U–Pb zircon geochronology Simon E. Jackson, Norman J. Pearson, William L. Griffin et al. · Chemical Geology | 21 Sep 2004 | 5,266 |
| 49 | Plešovice zircon — A new natural reference material for U–Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis Jiří Sláma, Jan Košler, Daniel J. Condon et al. · Chemical Geology | 10 Dec 2007 | 5,245 |
| 50 | Surface deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space Yoshimitsu Okada · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | Aug 1985 | 5,242 |
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